<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><h1 style="line-height:30.8px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:inherit"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Registration is now open for the Joint Fall 2024 ACRL-OR/WA Conference "New Connections"! </font></strong></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><div style="line-height:19.6px"><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">We are pleased to announce that registration for the Fall Joint Conference at Reed College is now open. Registration is open through 9/30/2024 or until all spaces are filled. </font></p><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"> </font></p><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Reserve your spot today by visiting our <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/1" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">registration site </a> today! For more information on confirmed conference sessions, venue, and other conference details, please visit our <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/2" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">website conference page</a>. </font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><h1 style="line-height:30.8px;margin:0px;text-align:center;font-weight:400"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><strong style="line-height:inherit"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">ACRL-OR/WA Joint Fall Conference "New Connections" Conference Poster Call for Academic Library Student Workers in the Portland Metro Area is Open! (Closes 9/16) </font></strong></span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><div style="line-height:19.6px"><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">We are now accepting proposals for our Academic Library Student Worker lunchtime poster session at our Joint Fall Conference! If you supervise or know student workers in an academic library or academic library adjacent space in the Portland Metro area, please encourage them to submit a poster proposal! <span class="gmail_default" style="">If you are outside the Portland Metro Area and your students would like to participate they are more than welcome to, however we cannot accommodate any travel or housing requests.  </span>More information on our proposal submission <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/3" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">form</a></font></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><h1 style="line-height:30.8px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="line-height:inherit"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">AI Forward in PNW Academic Libraries: An Orbis Cascade Alliance Unconference</font></span></span></span></span></h1></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><tbody style="line-height:inherit"><tr style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse"><td align="left" style="line-height:inherit;vertical-align:top;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word;padding:10px"><div style="line-height:19.6px"><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">Orbis Cascade Alliance members attending the ACRL-OR/WA Joint Conference may also be interested in attending The AI Forward in PNW Academic Libraries: An Orbis Cascade Alliance Unconference scheduled for October 24, 2024 (the day before the joint conference!) from 9:30am - 3:30pm on the University of Oregon NE Portland campus. This unconference is a free one-day in-person opportunity for academic librarians in the Alliance to explore and discover possible intersections and impacts of AI and generative AI with academic library resources, services, and operations.</font></p><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"> </font></p><p style="line-height:19.6px;margin:0px;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000">This event is co-hosted by Seattle University Library and Seattle Pacific University Library and supported by the <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/4" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orbiscascade.org%2Fabout%2Fhelmer-award%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cyentran%40seattleu.edu%7Cc51dd67e7fb041a04e8608dc9f9ae1e5%7Cbc10e052b01c48499967ee7ec74fc9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638560734783730627%7CUnk" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">John F. Helmer Professional Development Award</a>. All updates, including registration, will be on the <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/5" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarworks.seattleu.edu%2Fai-pnw%2Falliance%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cyentran%40seattleu.edu%7Cc51dd67e7fb041a04e8608dc9f9ae1e5%7Cbc10e052b01c48499967ee7ec74fc9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638560734783743273%7CU" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">AI Forward in the PNW website</a>. Registration is set to open on a first-come first-serve on September 4, 2024 until we reach capacity. Questions can be routed to the co-organizers of the AI unconference: Carrie Fry (Seattle Pacific University, <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/6" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">cfry@spu.edu</a>) and Yen Tran (Seattle University, <a rel="noopener" href="http://ola.memberclicks.net/message2/link/e9980084-4d8c-456e-8173-a8ddbf0b6d26/7" target="_blank" style="line-height:inherit">yentran@seattleu.edu</a>).</font></p><div style="line-height:inherit;text-align:center"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"> </font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>Caleah James (She, Her) </b></font></i><div><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>Performing Arts Librarian, </b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>English liaison </b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>PAB 328,  517-7820</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>Hours of availability :</b></font></i></div><div><i><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><b>Mon-Fri 9am-5pm</b></font></i></div><div><b><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4" color="#000000"><a href="https://jamescparc.youcanbook.me/" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank"><i style="">You c</i><i style="">an book me!</i></a></font></b></div></div></div></div>