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<p><span style="font-size:22px">Registration Opens December 9th!</span></p>
<p>Registration for the 2016 Library Technology Conference opens on Wednesday, December 9<sup>th</sup> at 12:00 Noon CST. The conference has filled within a day in the past – please mark your calendars and share this date with your colleagues.</p>
<p><a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3659&qid=95852" target="_blank">http://libtechconf.org/registration/</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:22px">Meet Our Keynote Speakers</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px">Safiya Noble</span></p>
<p><img alt="Safiya Noble" src="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/news.minitex.umn.edu/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/SafiyaNoble.png" style="width:130px;min-height:130px;float:left;margin:3px">Safiya Noble will be the keynote speaker on Wednesday. Ms. Noble is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. She conducts research in socio-cultural informatics; including feminist, historical and political-economic perspectives on computing platforms and software in the public interest. Her research is at the intersection of culture and technology in the design and use of applications on the Internet.</p>
<p>Learn more about Ms. Noble here: <a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3660&qid=95852" target="_blank">http://safiyaunoble.com/</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px">Andromeda Yelton</span></p>
<p><img alt="Andromeda Yelton" src="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/news.minitex.umn.edu/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/AndromedaYelton.png" style="width:130px;min-height:143px;float:left;margin:3px">On Thursday, we'll hear from Andromeda Yelton. Ms. Yelton is a librarian and technologist (and former math major and middle school Latin teacher) who is interested in empowering librarians through code. She speaks and writes about coding and learning to code, gender in library technology, conference codes of conduct, ebooks, copyright, technology, and personal branding.</p>
<p>Learn more about Ms. Yelton here: <a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3663&qid=95852" target="_blank">http://andromedayelton.com/</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:22px">Concurrent Sessions</span></p>
<p>This year’s conference features an exciting blend of concurrent sessions, 90-minute workshops, and lightning round presentations. Find a listing of those here: <a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3661&qid=95852" target="_blank">http://libtechconf.org/sessions/</a>.</p>
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<p>We look forward to seeing you!</p>
<p><a href="https://news.minitex.umn.edu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3662&qid=95852" target="_blank">LibTech Conference 2016</a></p>
<p>March 16-17, 2016</p>
<p>Macalester College</p>
<p>St. Paul, MN</p>
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<p>Questions? Contact <a href="mailto:libtechconference@macalester.edu" target="_blank">Library Technology Conference</a>.</p>
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