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<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"verdana",sans-serif;color:black">**Please excuse cross-posting.**</span></i></strong></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a href="http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48);text-decoration:none"><img border="0" height="200" width="1280"></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)"></span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)">In May 2017, the Association for Library Collections &
Technical Services (<a href="http://www.ala.org/alcts/"><span style="color:rgb(0,85,165)">ALCTS</span></a>) will hold its first-ever fully online event the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/"><span style="color:rgb(0,85,165)">ALCTS
Exchange</span></a>. Part of the upcoming 60<sup>th</sup><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>anniversary of ALCTS, the ALCTS
Exchange celebrates the excellence at the intersections of libraries,
collection management, acquisitions, metadata and cataloging, preservation and
technology with four days of interactive synchronous and asynchronous learning
opportunities. Attendees will engage with an array of presenters facilitating
valuable discussions on stimulating themes and topics from various segments of
the library sphere.</span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)">“The
ALCTS Exchange will be an exciting, fully online, interactive experience
offering a new model for communication and the exchange of ideas in
librarianship,” says ALCTS President Vicki Sipe. “We encourage participation
from those involved in diverse areas of the profession, including non-ALCTS
members, as the ALCTS Exchange will offer presentations, panels, and activities
across the full range of library expertise—collection management, acquisitions,
metadata and cataloging, preservation and technology. We welcome all to register
and experience something new.” </span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)">This
four-day virtual event is unlike any other ALCTS online learning program in
that it employs a range of presentation formats including virtual poster
sessions and lightning rounds. Presenters will address session themes involving
changes in existing workflows, creative problem solving, developing connections
that impact the experiences of library users, and building skills in
preparation for leadership or management roles in the library. Presenters will
also delve into key aspects of the ALCTS Exchange themes in unique, “out of the
box” presentations. What’s more, presenters will engage their audiences through
live session polling, pre-event assignments and discussion boards that
facilitate conversations between presenters and attendees.</span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)">“The
ALCTS Exchange is a premiere event for ALCTS and will provide its attendees
with a rare, career-changing experience,” states Karla Strieb, chair of the
ALCTS Exchange Working Group. “Operating in a fully virtual environment, the ALCTS
Exchange is not recordings of speakers in meeting rooms but rather a unique
interactive professional forum that allows ALCTS to serve new audiences and
offer participants an engaging opportunity for professional growth without the
travel.”</span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)"><a href="http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/registration/"><span style="color:rgb(0,85,165)">Registration</span></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>for
the ALCTS Exchange is now open. Early-bird registration for this four-day
virtual event is $249 for ALCTS individual members; $319 for ALA individual
members; $359 for non-members; $99 for ALA student members; and $595 for
groups. After March 1, 2017, registration rates will increase—please visit the
event registration web page for full registration details.</span></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0in;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)">For more
information on the ALCTS Exchange, please visit the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/"><span style="color:rgb(0,85,165)">ALCTS
Exchange website</span></a>. You can also connect with the ALCTS Exchange on
Facebook and Twitter using <b>#ALCTSx17</b>.</span></p></div>