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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out the</span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://nasig2019.sched.com/"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">program and schedule</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, including information about our amazing</span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://nasig.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/vision-speakers-for-the-2019-nasig-annual-conference/"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vision Speakers</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, DeEtta Jones, founder and principal of </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.deettajones.com/"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DeEtta Jones & Associates</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Philip Schreuer, Associate University Librarian for Technical and Access Services at Stanford University!</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also please check out our 5 fantastic </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700&pk_association_webpage=15942"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pre-Conference Sessions</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on <a href="https://nasig.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/nasig19-preconference-text-mining-101/">text mining</a>, <a href="https://nasig.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/nasig19-preconference-library-leadership-your-way/">library leadership</a>, <a href="http://#NASIG19%20Preconference – Contract Construction: Creating an Effective Licensing Toolkit in an Academic Library Setting">licensing</a>, <a href="http://#NASIG19%20Preconference – BIBFRAME Basics: A Crash Course">BIBFRAME</a>, and the <a href="https://nasig.wordpress.com/2019/04/24/nasig19-preconference-the-future-of-scholarly-communications/">future of scholarly communications</a>! </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please log in to your NASIG account to receive the member rate. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not a member? </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=309&pk_association_webpage=1168"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join now</span></strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any questions, please </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">check out the</span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700&pk_association_webpage=15811"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FAQ</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> page and/or email </span><a style="text-decoration: none;" href="mailto:conf-plan@nasig.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">conf-plan@nasig.org</span></a></p>
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