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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:136%">ALA Annual in New Orleans is right around the corner.<a href="http://2018.alaannual.org/registration/register-now"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
</span></a><a href="http://2018.alaannual.org/registration/register-now"><span style="color:#1155CC">Register now</span></a> and don’t miss these great
<b>ALA Video Round Table </b>programs running June 23rd-25th!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:136%">21st Century Collection Development Strategies for Media<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN">Saturday, June 23, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#212121;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Ernest N. Morial Convention Center</span><span lang="EN"> Room 278
</span></b><span lang="EN"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="color:#444444">Are you involved in media collection development in your library? Join us as a panel of librarians representing both academic and public libraries discuss the
unique film-to-library user ecosystem and its import for collection development and services. Specific topics addressed will include collaborative approaches to building effective streaming video collections, such as developing relationships with multiple
vendors to license streaming video content, educating library users about relevant format and licensing options, collaborating with institutional diversity initiatives, and implementing streaming video initiatives at branch or satellite locations.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:136%">Empowering Youth through Video Storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN">Saturday, June 23, 10:30AM - 11:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#212121;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Hilton New Orleans Riverside</span><span lang="EN"> Fulton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><span lang="EN">NOVAC has been teaching young people to tell their stories through video since the 1970s. Currently, NOVAC leads programs in partnership with public libraries that allow children
and teens to connect and learn from professional filmmakers. Every summer their highly successful workshop culminate in a family-friendly red carpet event celebrating the success of program participants. Join us to discuss what makes this library program so
successful and meet some of the people involved in making it happen as well as participants.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:136%">The State of Independent Filmmaking in New Orleans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN">Sunday, June 24, 10:30AM - 11:30AM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:136%;background:white"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#212121;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Ernest N. Morial Convention Center</span><span lang="EN"> Room 213<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Join VRT and representatives from the New Orleans Film Society to discuss the state of independent film making in New Orleans. This will be a unique opportunity to hear directly from local filmmakers participating in the
Now Showing @ALA film series. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Multimedia Discussion Group<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Sunday, June 24, 2:30PM - 3:30PM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#212121;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Ernest N. Morial Convention Center</span><span lang="EN"> Room 296<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333;background:white;mso-highlight:white">The Multimedia Production Discussion Group serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas on supporting media production in multi-type libraries. Topic coverage is diverse, including
the equipment, computing and on demand support for audio/video creation to 3D printing, Virtual Reality and related technologies often associated with the makerspace movement.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Now Showing @ ALA
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">The <a href="https://2018.alaannual.org/whats-happening/now-showing-ala-film-program">
<span style="color:#1155CC">Now Showing @ ALA Film Program</span></a> offers a variety of films and documentaries throughout the conference from Saturday through Monday.
<span style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Several of these films are being screened in conjunction with the panel of representatives from the New Orleans Films Society and local filmmakers (Sunday, June 24 from 10:30am-11:30am).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN">Sunday, June 24 </span></u></b><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Forgotten Bayou</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 8:00am-9:15am, Theater C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">On August 3, 2012 a sinkhole swallowed a swath of swamps in Bayou Corne, Louisiana. Residents were left with an impossible choice: start their lives over elsewhere,
or stay and face the risks. This film is being screened in conjunction with the panel discussion on Sunday, June 24 from 10:30am - 11:30am.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Echoes of Vietnam</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 9:15am-9:45am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">A group of Vietnamese refugees from New Orleans find an unlikely source of strength after traumatic events like post-war relocation and Hurricane Katrina. This
film is being screened in conjunction with the panel discussion on Sunday, June 24 from 10:30am - 11:30am.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">The Exceptionally Extraordinary Emporium</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 9:45am-10:05am, Theater C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">A celebratory look at the cherished tradition of costuming during Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the place where it all begins—Jefferson Variety, a family-owned local
fabric and craft store. This film is being screened in conjunction with the panel discussion on Sunday, June 24 from 10:30am - 11:30am.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Summer16</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 10:10am-10:30am, Theater C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#212121;background:white;mso-highlight:white">A look at the Baton Rouge flooding of 2016 and the incidents of police brutality in Louisiana that created an intense summer in 2016 for Louisiana residents.
</span><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">This film is being screened in conjunction with the panel discussion on Sunday, June 24 from 10:30am - 11:30am.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Jackson</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 10:30am-12pm, Theater C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Wrought with the racial and religious undertones of the Deep South, the lives of two women are deeply affected by the director of the local pro-life crisis pregnancy
center and the movement she represents</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN">Monday, June 25</span></u></b><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN">Kedi</span></i></b><span lang="EN"> -- 2:30pm-4:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential
part of the communities that make the city so rich. Recipient of the "Dewey the Cat's favorite" honorable mention for Video Round Table's Notable Videos for Adults list in 2018,
<i>Kedi</i> is noteworthy for being an purely entertaining and absolutely adorable documentary.</span><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A">Erin DeWitt Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A">University of North Texas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color:#2A2A2A">Head, Media Library</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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