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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Call for Preconference Proposals for 2019 ALA Annual
Conference </b><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS) invites you to submit a virtual or in-person preconference
proposal for the upcoming 2019 ALA Annual Conference. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The ALCTS Program Committee welcomes topics that are of
current and ongoing interest to the ALCTS membership, including acquisitions,
cataloging and metadata, collection management, continuing resources,
preservation and reformatting. Proposals will be reviewed by the ALCTS Program
Committee and proposal submitters will be contacted to discuss their
submission.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To propose a preconference, please submit an online proposal
form using the link provided in this message. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-indent:0.25in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>ALA 2019
Annual Conference in Washington D.C., June 20-25, 2019</b><span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.75in;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Virtual Preconference</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> -
Two or three one-hour virtual sessions held prior to Annual<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.75in;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In-person Preconference - </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">One
day interactive training workshop held at Annual<br>
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</span><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conferenceabstracts.com%2Fcfp2%2Flogin.asp%3FEventKey%3DKWCDQAPD&data=02%7C01%7CJulene.Jones%40uky.edu%7C6e0f668dc1e54ec02f0a08d5f1962214%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636680549481148623&sdata=JpV4YiRTqPhMuAtq7KMBbhgVJoeSShybRY11KuWRBtI%3D&reserved=0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">Preconference
Proposal Submission Site</a> (login with your ALA credentials or create a new
account to enter) | <b>Please indicate whether the Preconference is virtual or
in-person in the form’s Proposal Information section, under the Additional
Information field </b>| Submission Deadline: <span style="color:red">September
23, 2018</span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please send any questions or comments about submitting a
proposal to:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Marianne Hanley (<a href="mailto:mhanley@syr.edu" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">mhanley@syr.edu</a>)
– ALCTS Program Committee Co-Chair<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eleanor Cook (<a href="mailto:cooke@ecu.edu)-" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">cooke@ecu.edu)-</a>
ALCTS Program Committee Co-Chair<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Megan Dougherty (<a href="mailto:mdougherty@ala.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">mdougherty@ala.org</a>)
– ALCTS Program Officer, Continuing Education <span></span></p>
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