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<body style="font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1545066215000_StoddartR@lanecc.edu_76DA158117C500009F706F6436643239_"><div><b id="docs-internal-guid-cb321bad-7fff-35b7-07b1-af605380525e" style="font-weight: normal;"><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">#PNLA2019</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">You are invited to submit program proposals for the </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://pnla.org/conference/"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">2019 PNLA Conference</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> in Spokane, Washington on August 7-9th. The theme for the conference is </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Libraries Leading the Way</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. PNLA is seeking programming that focuses on:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Library leadership skills such as communication, conflict resolution, strategic planning, etc.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Outreach to diverse and underrepresented patron groups</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Rural and small libraries</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Young readers and community literacy</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">New library-related competencies and workplace skills</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Technology and innovation</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Information literacy and #CritLib</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Equity, inclusion, and diversity.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Reader’s Advisory</span></p></li><li style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc; white-space: pre; background-color: transparent;" dir="ltr"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Sessions of interest to school, public, academic, and special libraries.</span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Program sessions will be either be 75 minutes, 45 minutes, or 10 minutes lightning talks. PNLA is also seeking proposals to be considered for longer pre-conference sessions as well.The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2019 and submissions will receive a response from the planning committee by March 31st, 2018.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><a id="Nav_3acaca94408ed0f012c9828f53db65f6" style="text-decoration: none;" contenteditable="false" href="https://goo.gl/forms/TKHWzEz0t1MnHEQ13"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.999pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">To submit a proposal please visit this link. </span></a></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr">(<a href="https://goo.gl/forms/LqHHT7NeCJOWxxfY2">https://goo.gl/forms/LqHHT7NeCJOWxxfY2</a>)</p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">You will be asked for program and contact information including a 100-250 word abstract.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">For more information please visit the conference website: </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://pnla.org/conference/"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">https://pnla.org/conference/</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">or contact </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Rick Stoddart (</span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:stoddartr@lanecc.edu"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;">stoddartr@lanecc.edu</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">) </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">2019 Conference Chair.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">#PNLA2019</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" dir="ltr"> </p><br></b><br></div><span id="GWSignatureSent" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><span style="display: block;"><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; display: inline-block; -ms-word-wrap: normal;">
<div>Rick Stoddart, MLIS, Ed.D.</div><div>Library Dean</div><div>Lane Community College</div><div><a href="https://library.lanecc.edu/">https://library.lanecc.edu/</a></div><div>(541) 463-5824</div><div>Pronouns: <em>he, him, his</em><br></div></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><br></span></div></body></html>