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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">***Please excuse cross postings***</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Core<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span>Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest
Group</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">seeks facilitators for virtual roundtable
discussions for its session at the 2021 Virtual ALA Annual Conference<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> (Date/time TBA).</span> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Housed within the Core division of ALA, the Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest provides a forum to
discuss common problems concerning aspects of professional activity, both supervisory and non-administrative, in the technical services area of academic research libraries. For our ALA Annual session we are looking for volunteers to facilitate small group
discussions related to<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the Library and Technical Services</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Sample questions of interest included, but are not limited to </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Are you aware of the EDI applications in the library community? What are the different spheres of EDI in the library context? How library wide EDI related decisions would affect Technical Services? <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Is there any EDI related initiative or project in Technical Services of your library? <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
How do librarians and staff members in Technical Service practice EDI? <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
Do you know any resources, toolkits or trainings that address EDI for the library community? <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Roundtable discussions are small, informal group discussions intended to give participants the opportunity to network, discuss best practices,
and share information. Discussion facilitators are responsible for identifying and developing a topic, creating discussion questions, and facilitating a discussion. Discussion facilitators will also provide a quick report back to the group at large toward
the end of the session. If similar proposals are submitted and accepted, facilitators may be asked to co-facilitate. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Those interested in participating as a discussion facilitator should submit a proposal that includes: </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• The topic you wish to explore related to<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><b><i>Equity, Diversity and
Inclusion (EDI) in the Library and Technical Services</i></b> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• An abstract or a description that explains the topic. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">• Three sample discussion questions. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please submit your proposal at </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bit.ly/3gNoMCn">https://bit.ly/3gNoMCn</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> by </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">May
10, 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">RPLTS Interest Group Co-Chairs: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Christine Davidian </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:davidian@rowan.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">davidian@rowan.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sai Deng </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:Sai.Deng@ucf.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Sai.Deng@ucf.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">RPLTS Interest Group Co-Vice-Chairs: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sofia Slutskaya <a href="mailto:sofia.slutskaya@emory.edu" target="_blank" id="LPlnk451154"><span style="font-family:Lato;color:black">sofia.slutskaya@emory.edu</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sherab Chen </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#082E4F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="mailto:chen.1140@osu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">chen.1140@osu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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