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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        16th annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing
        Conference will take place August 10-11 2017, at Portland State
        University in Portland, Oregon.  Look for registration opening
        April 2017</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        deadline for proposals has been extended to March 10, 2017</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Join
        John Chrastka, founder and Executive Director of </span><a
        href="http://everylibrary.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">EveryLibrary</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">,
        the first nationwide political action committee for libraries,
        for our Keynote: Interlibrary loan and resource sharing are the
        foundation for modern library services, taking individual
        libraries in a network 'to scale'. The public is interested in
        the story about how you improve their libraries.  Learn how to
        share your story about the impact and relevance of your work
        with funders, voters and the communities you serve. </span></p>
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        for Session Proposals</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        NWILL Conference Program Committee invites proposals for
        lightning rounds (7 minutes) and regular sessions (45 minutes)
        of interest to interlibrary loan and resource sharing
        practitioners</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
        following topics are of interest to the Program Committee, but
        we welcome suggestions on other topics as well:</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Managing
            your ILL statistics</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Sustainable
            ILL & green practices</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Coping
            with fewer resources</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ILL
            for public libraries</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Succession
            planning</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Libraries
            without books, what does it mean for ILL?</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Keeping
            track of licensing of e-content for ILL</span></p>
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style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Training
            staff and students</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Copyright
            and licensing</span></p>
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      style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a
href="https://docs.google.com/a/mtroyal.ca/forms/d/1rS2TyeJXXs__LysXOTXF1kttvaJ3Rg7c-XrT6iu9CLg/edit"
        style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">Submit
          your proposals here</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
      </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">-
      </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Extended</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">
      </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">deadline
        for proposals is March 10, 2017</span></p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Eric Alwine
Resource Sharing Specialist
Reed College Library (ORC)</pre>
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