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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DO NOT USE YOUR EMAIL REPLY FUNCTION TO RESPOND TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.MAKE SURE ANY MESSAGE COMES TO
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Greetings!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Almost 350 of you have already registered for the</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://rbms2021.us2.pathable.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">RBMS 2021 Virtual Conference</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, Power, Resistance and Leadership, June 8 – 10, 2021 (#rbms21)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">!
We are delighted to see all this early enthusiasm for the event and look forward to more people joining us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">We have an exciting schedule in place, including participant-driven sessions on amplifying students and decentering archivists, power dynamics in the reading room,
a renovation support group, and more. We’re also featuring People’s Choice sessions voted on by our community - learn about our favorite mistakes, making the invisible visible, and the meaning of “Happily Rarer After”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Join us to critically examine the existing power structures that have shaped and continue to impact special collections and archives.
<b>Register by May 28th for the best rates!</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The RBMS 2021 Conference is 100% virtual this year. We’re excited about no travel costs, a smaller carbon footprint, and increased access to the program. The virtual
environment will have endless opportunities for engagement with fellow attendees and will allow registrants to access all content for an
<i>entire year</i> after the conference. Registration questions can be directed to Conference Manager,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:tondrla@ala.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Tory Ondrla</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">We hope to see you online
<b><i>next month</i></b>!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Liz Call and Robin M. Katz</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">2021 RBMS Conference Program Planning Committee co-chairs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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