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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">**With customary apologies for cross-posting**</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">The deadline for proposals has been extended to Midnight of
<u>Sunday, May 2, 2021</u></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Mark your calendars!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">The 20th Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference will be taking place
<b>September 1 - 3, 2021 ONLINE</b>. Look for registration to open in June 2021.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">If you would like to revisit last year’s conference, view our
</span><a href="https://nwill.org/2020-conference-program"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">2020 Program</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. Session titles that
are linked have recordings available to the public.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Call for Proposals</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">The NWILL Conference Committee invites proposals for lightning rounds (7-10 minutes) and regular sessions (45 minutes) of interest to interlibrary
loan and resource sharing practitioners from all over North America and the world. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Additionally, please note that you DO NOT need to be working in resource sharing yourself. You could be in Access Services, Technical Services,
Special Collections, etc... and possess knowledge that would be of value to the ILL community. While proposals from academic libraries are our most frequent contributors, we strongly encourage submissions from all types of libraries, such as
<b>public libraries</b>, <b>prison libraries</b>, <b>tribal libraries</b>, <b>government libraries</b>,
<b>military libraries</b>, and others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Furthermore, we encourage people from diverse backgrounds to participate in this process. This includes people from different types of
institutions, gender, race, religion, and neurodiversity. We truly want to be as representative of our community as possible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Presenters and co-presenters receive FREE registration to the conference. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please note that sessions from an organization or company about a product will not be considered. If you represent an organization or company
interested in promoting your product, please contact </span><a href="mailto:nwillconf@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">nwillconf@gmail.com</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">.
A user wishing to present a product (<u>that they are not professionally affiliated with</u>) is a valid presentation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">To read the detailed call for proposal visit:
</span><a href="https://nwill.org/call-for-proposals"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://nwill.org/call-for-proposals</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">Submit your proposals
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehvEMhV3ZWAlLKNSWT0Rl5YbTK5yFFiSCcWIBnzqcBcVcrgQ/viewform"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">
- <b>Deadline: By Midnight (PST) of Sunday, May 2, 2021</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">If you have questions, please email
</span></b><a href="mailto:nwillconf@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">nwillconf@gmail.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#222222">. </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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