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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Please consider joining the LIRT Transitions to College Committee for a preconference at ALA Annual on Friday, June 23 from noon to 4pm in McCormick Place,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><i style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://www.eventscribe.com/2017/ALA-Annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=257861" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Examining and Supporting
Student Transitions Across the Library Spectrum</a></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">will educate participants regarding libraries in supporting students' educational transitions from high school to college, primary
to secondary school, undergraduate to graduate school, and formal schooling into adult life. Sessions include: successful case studies of library programs meant to ease students' transitions; a conversation about school, public and academic library learning
standards; a panel of researchers specializing in students' transition behavior and how libraries support transitions; and opportunities for group discussion and brainstorming. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This is a ticketed preconference, but we’ve endeavored to keep it relatively inexpensive at $30. Refreshments will be provided, including coffee, sodas,
light snacks and desserts.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Please let us know if you have any questions and thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">LIRT Transitions to College Committee Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Beth West - <a href="mailto:bwest@linfield.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">bwest@linfield.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;">Matt Upson – <a href="mailto:matthew.upson@okstate.edu" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">matthew.upson@okstate.edu</a></p>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Beth West</font></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Teaching and Online Learning Librarian</font></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Assistant Professor</font></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Linfield College</font></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">McMinnville, OR</font></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">503.883.2595 | <a href="mailto:bwest@linfield.edu">bwest@linfield.edu</a></font></font></div>
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