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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/registration/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Registration Open!</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2019 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Opening Doors for Each Other:
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Collaborations for Shared Success</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/registration/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Register now through April 29</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Monday, May 6, 2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><a href="http://www.innbythebay.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Holiday Inn by the Bay<br>
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Portland, Maine<br>
</span><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Attend the premier annual conference for academic librarians in New England! The theme of the ACRLNEC 2019 Annual Conference, Opening Doors for Each Other,
 emphasizes support that goes in more than one direction—whether it is across organizational lines or via relationships external to the library. It broadens the concept of openness to encompass not only open access but also collaboration, transparency, opportunity,
 creativity, inclusion, and mutual support across the library and beyond. </span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Attend next month’s conference to learn about collaborating for shared success!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">Join us in beautiful Portland, Maine, for a day of professional enrichment, packed with
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">phenomenal </span>
<a href="http://www.acrlnec.org/annual-conference/program/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">programming</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">, networking,
</span><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/sponsors/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">exhibitors</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3B3B3B">, and ideas that will pique your curiosity and challenge
 your intellect. Come for the weekend, stay for the conference!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Not already a member of ACRL New England Chapter?</span><a href="https://acrlnec.org/join"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;text-decoration:none">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Join our organization today</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"> and get a discounted conference registration rate! You can also save money by taking advantage
 of </span><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/travel/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">RideShare opportunities</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">,
</span><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/lodging/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">discounted lodging</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">, and more.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Questions? Email the 2019 Conference Planning Committee at
</span><a href="mailto:acrlnec2019@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white">acrlnec2019@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Official conference hashtag: #acrlnec19</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://acrlnec.org/annual-conference/registration/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Register today!</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Michael Rodriguez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vice President, ACRL New England Chapter<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Licensing & Acquisitions Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">369 Fairfield Way U-1005B | Storrs, CT 06269<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:michael.a.rodriguez@uconn.edu">michael.a.rodriguez@uconn.edu</a> | 860-486-9325<o:p></o:p></p>
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