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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello small and/or rural Oregon libraries –<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just saw this. A great opportunity for those of you would like to attend ALA this summer!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>Public libraries that serve small and/or rural communities are invited to apply for a travel stipend to attend a one-day dialogue and deliberation pre-conference workshop at the 2018 American Library Association
(ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>“Libraries Transforming Communities: Conversation Café Workshop for Public Libraries Serving Small, Mid-Sized and/or Rural Communities” will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2018, at the Ernest
N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>Attending the pre-conference is free, though space will be limited to 50 participants. Twenty-five participants from public libraries serving small and/or rural communities will be selected to receive an $800
stipend to help cover travel costs for one library employee.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><i>Those interested in applying for a travel stipend should <a href="https://apply.ala.org/LTC2018/guidelines">read the project guidelines</a> and <a href="https://apply.ala.org/LTC2018/">submit an online application</a> by
March 9, 2018. Applicants need not be ALA members.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More information at <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/smallrural-public-libraries-invited-apply-stipends-dialogue-and-deliberation">
http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/10/smallrural-public-libraries-invited-apply-stipends-dialogue-and-deliberation</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#595959">Tamara Ottum, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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