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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Forwarding this on behalf of the Washington Library Association:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">ACRL-OR/OLA Members Receive Member-Rate Registration to the
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">ACRL-WA & OR Conference!</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">When:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> October 27,
2023</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Where:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA and Online.</span><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Theme: The Work of Libraries</span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">People, and their labor, are the core of academic libraries. This work can be exciting, monotonous, high stakes, invisible, precarious, invigorating, and exhausting.
Like other forms of labor, work in academic libraries has changed dramatically since the advent of the pandemic, and continues to change.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">This conference is an opportunity to explore the different ways in which we engage with our work. Learn more about the conference on the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#005A5C"><a href="https://www.wla.org/2023-fall-academic-conference" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005A5C">conference home page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">.
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The Early-Bird Registration deadline for the ACRL-WA & OR Conference has been extended to Monday, October 2</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">.
Don't miss this opportunity to </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#005A5C"><a href="https://wala.memberclicks.net/2023-ald-acrl-wa---acrl-or-conference-registration" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005A5C">register
at the best price</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">!
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Are you a member of OLA? OLA members receive member-rate registration pricing for this conference!
</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">When registering, select non-member registration. When prompted, you'll be able to confirm that you are a member of OLA which will provide you with
a discount code to apply to reduce your registration to the member rate. </span>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">If you're unsure of your OLA membership status, please visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#005A5C"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/"><span style="color:#005A5C">https://www.olaweb.org/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">
and log into the member portal. We will verify your member status with OLA prior to the conference.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please reach out to the WLA Office at<span style="color:#005A5C">
<a href="mailto:info@wla.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005A5C">info@wla.org</span></a>
</span>or call/text (206) 823-1138. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">On behalf of the ALD/ACRL-WA Conference Planning Committee,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#005954">Rhea Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#005954"> (She/they)</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
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Seattle, WA 98133<br>
Phone/Text: 206-823-1138<br>
<b><span style="color:#005954">wla.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#005954">Currently Reading:
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Breathe and Count Back From Ten</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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