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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Our esteemed OLA President, Ericka Brunson-Rochette, will
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</span>with an <b><span style="color:#A02B93">80s-themed Karaoke</span></b> event that will include
<b><span style="color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">photo ops, light snacks, a no-host bar, and fun</span></b><span style="color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0B76A0;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Last but not least, the deadline for registering is fast approaching! Friday, April 12 (just two weeks away!) is your last chance to register online so the time to
register is now!</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">
<a href="https://oregonlibconference.org/2024/home/registration/">https://oregonlibconference.org/2024/home/registration/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">We want you to join your colleagues in lovely Salem, Oregon for four days of workshops, presentations, and networking! The conference theme is <b><i>All Together Now</i></b>
and we are looking to celebrate all the ways that libraries collaborate through partnerships, resource and information sharing, how libraries are welcoming spaces, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">A preview of the registration costs (for ALL the options!) is available in this PDF document:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><a href="https://oregonlibconference.org/2024/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/OLA-Conf-2024-Registration-Costs-Final-rev-2024_02_07.pdf">https://oregonlibconference.org/2024/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/02/OLA-Conf-2024-Registration-Costs-Final-rev-2024_02_07.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">On behalf of the Conference Planning Committee, Darci Hanning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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