<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VuMvIvh6EtwQZuz_l_2gR8GVbyqNpM-91_EIwF6OTQQU_HyV8DVgAw4IcpRuOIKFgqTyg3i3ZgR-I9Hx3OVBghi0k4l2pispQjlhEmdMt8dN4OHgz3cv-KRogxh3TwOpYx_tNOVJ" width="624" height="175" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="border: none;"></span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Registration opens December 6th! </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join us at the 11th Annual Library Technology Conference! Here’s what you need to know to register: </span></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration opens Wednesday, December 6th at 12:00 Noon (CST) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register (and find more info) at </span><a href="http://libtechconf.org/registration/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://libtechconf.org/<wbr>registration/</span></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration has filled quickly in the past (like, within a couple of hours.) Please plan ahead to make sure you get signed up in time.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_6927318932298151139gmail-Apple-tab-span">   </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_6927318932298151139gmail-Apple-tab-span">      </span></span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keynote speakers:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are thrilled to announce Sarah T. Roberts and Bergis Jules as this year’s keynote speakers!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VFKmq83yC7Zm7ktKuvRrUv6JQxLot9qZZlFs0XPNhFF-3fAhS7sVjsVtvDsePbmev5n46z8kmSgpKfm-uJy9LwFXd4S5Tzx1bXYa_51hd8onVcrcp8w3E5AApKc7NVl4jwE5RARN" width="200" height="300" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: none;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(66,66,66);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarah T. Roberts </span><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(66,66,66);ba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