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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">PLA is offering a four-and-a-half-day boot camp labeled as an “intensive library management training” and designed around PLA’s
<i>Results</i> series. For more information, see the email below or visit <a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education/bootcamp">
http://www.ala.org/pla/education/bootcamp</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">FYI,<br>
Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Public Library Association [mailto:pla@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 01, 2012 9:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Get your library in strategic shape with PLA Boot Camp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:white">2012 PLA Boot Camp</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">August 21-25, 2012<br>
Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">One of PLA's most popular professional development programs returns this fall to offer intensive and interactive public library management education.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDAyNTcxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTE4NzcyMzE/index.html"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">Results
Are What Matters: </span></strong><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#669966"><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">Management Tools and Techniques to Improve Library Services and Programs</span></strong></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">August 21-25, 2012<br>
Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library <br>
Instructors: <a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDAyNTcxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTE4NzcyMzI/index.html">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">June Garcia</span></strong></a> and
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDAyNTcxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTE4NzcyMzM/index.html">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">Sandra Nelson</span></strong></a></span><span style="color:#669966"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Designed around PLA’s
<em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Results</span></em> Series, the definitive resource for everyday library management for more than a decade
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<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Topics that will be explored during the 2012 PLA Boot Camp include:
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<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Because participation is limited to ensure an environment that fosters group interaction and active engagement, interested librarians are required to fill out an
<span style="color:#669966"><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yNDAyNTcxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTE4NzcyMzQ/index.html"><strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">online application </span></strong></a></span>to
be accepted into Boot Camp. The application deadline is June 29, 2012. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the program within two weeks of submitting an application and can then proceed with registration.
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">“PLA Boot Camp was the most practical, applicable library workshop I have attended in my 20-year library career.”
</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#669966">Previous Boot Camp Attendee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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