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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">The deadline for registering is fast approaching! This Friday (April 12) 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> <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">We welcome 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" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Conference attendees – you don’t want to miss the President’s Reception on
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</span>with an <b><span style="color:#A02B93">80s-themed Karaoke</span></b> event that will include
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Be sure to register TODAY if you haven’t already!
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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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