<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Northwest 2018 Call for Proposals </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline:  December 15th, 2017 at 5pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Conference date & location:  March 30, 2018 at Portland State University, Portland OR</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture.  The 2018 conference will be held at Portland State University on Friday, March 30, 2018.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The conference explores how technology is applied within library settings and its impact on access and services for patrons. Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online Northwest also seeks proposals for 45-minute panels, workshops, and presentations on all topics relating to technology and libraries.  The program committee is particularly interested in 45 minute proposals and 5 minute lightning talks that support the conference’s 2018 theme:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Innovative Open Source Management, Technology, Advocacy, and Practices.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The committee is also interested in proposals that address the following themes in relation to technology and libraries:</span></p><br><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">User Experience/Understanding Users</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Design</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Community Engagement/Impact</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Content Curation/Creation </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy and Security </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post-conference, presenters will have the option of submitting a paper, or other materials, based on their presentation to the conference proceedings.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals will be accepted until 5pm on December 15, 2017.  Follow this link and create an account to submit:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=onlinenorthwest" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.<wbr>edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=<wbr>onlinenorthwest</span></a></p><br><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information about Online Northwest, please see our website:  </span><a href="http://onlinenorthwest.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(149,79,114);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://onlinenorthwest.org/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> . Information about conference registration will be posted shortly.</span><br></div>