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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please pardon any duplicate emails you may get in the process of us sending this message out widely across multiple listservs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are excited to see you in Portland, Oregon in May 2020 for the national
<a href="https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1627">Medical Library Association (MLA) 2020 Conference</a>!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To help put on this event, we need a number of volunteers for various tasks. We are making a general inquiry now to see who would be willing to sign up for particular tasks (see below). We will send a second
email in March/April where you will be able to sign up for the actual shifts you would like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The volunteer opportunities, and general timeframes for them, are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stuffing Conference Bags</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Help stuff the conference bags with all sorts of goodies while catching up with your colleagues! Snacks will be provided!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday, May 14 from 1-5 p.m. at a location to be determined (TBD).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Staffing the Hospitality Booth</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Help provide directions and other information about Portland to conference-goers. You do NOT have to be a resident of Portland to sign up for this if you feel familiar enough with the city to field questions
about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Hospitality Booth will need 2 volunteers per shift (each shift is 2 hours long) during the hours that the MLA registration desk is open. At present, the registration hours are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Friday, May 15 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Saturday, May 16 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday, May 17 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monday, May 18 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday, May 19 7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Staffing the Placement Center/Member Resource Room</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
The Placement Center/Member Resource Room serves as the home base for attendees looking for their next positions and employers seeking new hires. Career consultants provide career-focused advice and one-on-one resume counseling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Placement Center/Member Resource Room will need 1-2 volunteers per shift (each shift is 2 hours long) during the hours that the MLA registration desk is open. At present the registration hours are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Friday, May 15 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Saturday, May 16 7:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sunday, May 17 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monday, May 18 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday, May 19 7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please go to <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4EA9A623A5F85-call">
<b><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4EA9A623A5F85-call</span></b></a><b>
</b>and fill out the survey by <b>February 20, 2020</b> if you are willing to help support the MLA conference with one or more volunteer shifts.
<u>We will send out another email in March or April at which time you will be able to sign up for the specific shift(s)/time(s) you would like</u>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Laura Zeigen, MA, MLIS, MPH, AHIP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">MLA 2020 – Volunteer Assistance Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Health Sciences Education and Research Librarian| Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Oregon Health & Science University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-0565"><span style="color:blue">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2008-0565</span></a>
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pronouns: she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:zeigenl@ohsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">zeigenl@ohsu.edu</span></a> | 503-494-0505<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://librarycalendar.ohsu.edu/appointments/laurazeigen"><span style="color:blue">Schedule an appointment</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Upcoming out of office: Feb 5-6, 17<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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