<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">*** Please excuse cross-posting ***</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"></span><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><a href="https://netsl.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">NETSL Annual Conference</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Friday, April 8th, 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Virtual or in-person at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">*<span style="margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">We are currently planning for a hybrid conference. We continue to monitor the situation with Covid-19. The health and safety of our presenters and attendees is important to us and we will provide an update on our conference mode in February.</span></span></p><div style="margin:0px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Interested in attending?<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Consider taking this<span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://forms.gle/uRkfs3kzK5gj2err8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">two-question survey</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36)"> to help us plan the event.</span><br></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">Call for Proposals - applications due Friday, January 28, 2022</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">Please</span><a href="https://forms.gle/MsUtMrMEbZzT3AwZ9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">submit your proposal using the form</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">. </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">You can present virtually or in-person. </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">The NETSL board will review proposals for their content, relevance, and overall fit.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">Applicants will be notified about proposals in late February and presenters will have their registration fees waived.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.656"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">What is NETSL?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.656"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">The New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) is a section of the New England Library Association (</span><a href="https://www.nelib.org/sections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">NELA</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,33,36)">). Our mission is to bring together all persons interested in technical services for the exchange of ideas and discussion of problems.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.656"><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">What topics are we looking for?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.656"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">We're seeking proposals for </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">60-minute breakout or workshop sessions </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">and </span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:700;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">7-minute lightning talks</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> related to our 2022 theme: "Our Work Supports Everyone: Demonstrating the Value of Technical Services." Technical services staff collaborate with many departments in the library and talks might cover (but are not limited to):</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Cataloging and metadata</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">E-resources</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Discovery services</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Description services</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Physical processing</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Digital asset management</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Acquisitions</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Resource management</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Assessment</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Interlibrary loan / resource sharing</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Collection management</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:11pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="margin:0px">Relationships with other library and campus departments</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.44"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">You can see titles of past presentations since 2005</span><a href="https://netsl.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">at the NETSL website</span></a><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial">. Please direct any questions to the NETSL Executive Board at </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:netsl@nelib.org" target="_blank">netsl@nelib.org</a></span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Thanks,</div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Emily Graham</div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30)">NETSL President</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Emily Graham</b><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">E-Resource Specialist</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Brandeis Library</font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,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