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<span class="gmail-im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ALCST Acquisitions Section tasked its Education Committee with developing a draft document of core competencies for acquisitions professionals. The committee has worked to identify key skills and behaviors that enable successful performance of the acquisitions role in libraries.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The AS Education Committee would now like to invite input from the broader community on this draft competencies document. The committee is particularly seeking comments from professionals in non-academic settings.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></font></span><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">The document draft, and also the page at which to leave your comments, may be found here:<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2HXZiPa" target="_blank" style="">http://bit.ly/2HXZiPa</a><u></u><u></u></font></p><span class="gmail-im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We encourage everyone to submit feedback by *<b><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">April 1</span></span></b>*.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you in advance for your thoughtful feedback.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></font></span><p class="gmail-m_4622779773794244130MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">L. Angie Ohler on behalf of the ALCTS Acquisitions Section Education Committee:<u></u><u></u></font></p><span class="gmail-im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px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