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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As you may know, the 2021 OLA Virtual Conference will take place April 20th - 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The regular program schedule has been nearly finalized, but there’s another way you can become part of the educational lineup.
<b>Share some of your best ideas, work, and design skills by presenting a poster session on any topic relevant to libraries and librarianship!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The call for posters is now open!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Accepted posters will be available during the conference in a slide show or recorded format. There will be a one-hour session on Friday April
23rd for attendees to speak with the poster presenters about their topics.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The submission form is here: <a href="https://forms.gle/YR1Ao6BysYRvpKBb8">Poster Session Proposal Form</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline: March 1, 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Applicants will be notified no later than
Monday, March 8<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For any questions about poster session presentations and submissions, contact OLA’s Program Coordinators Christie Christophersen and KT Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to reading your poster proposals!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">KT Austin & Christie Christophersen<br>
<b>OLA 2021 Conference Committee Program Co-Coordinators</b><br>
<a href="mailto:olaprograms@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olaprograms@olaweb.org</a>
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