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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please excuse cross-postings </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group (RPLTS IG) invites speakers to present as part of the 2024 Core
Virtual Interest Group Week. The RPLTS session will take place virtually on Friday, March 8, at 2pm Central. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Over the past four years, libraries have experienced a succession of disruptions, including the Covid-19 pandemic, new economic uncertainties, book banning
campaigns, and the emergence of AI. These changes, and others, are reshaping users’ needs and the future of technical services work. We are seeking proposals for presentations about the ways technical services librarians are thinking about and responding
to new trends at their institutions, in librarianship, or across society.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Potential areas to address could include, but are not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">advocacy and outreach<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">artificial intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">assessment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">equity, diversity, and inclusion<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">management techniques<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">new partnerships and collaborations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">new user needs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">staffing challenges<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">systems and workflows<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">vendor relations<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We aim to provide a session with 2-3 short presentations (20 minutes max. each) followed by a brief Q&A. We welcome your presentation proposals
by January 31, 2024, with selection communicated by<b> </b>February 10, 2024. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">You do not need to be a member of ALA/Core to present or attend. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please submit your proposal using this
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/UHBRuv9PKkzL51Lk8"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">form</span></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">.<br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">If you have questions, please contact us. We look forward to receiving your proposals.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Co-Chairs - Alayne Mundt (</span><a href="mailto:mundt@american.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">mundt@american.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)
and Greg Ferguson (</span><a href="mailto:greg.ferguson@nyu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">greg.ferguson@nyu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Co Vice-Chairs - Anne LePage (</span><a href="mailto:alepage@mta.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">alepage@mta.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)
and Rebecca McClure (</span><a href="mailto:mcclurerl@cofc.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1155CC">mcclurerl@cofc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alayne Mundt</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Director of Technical Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">American University Library<br>
<a href="mailto:mundt@american.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">mundt@american.edu</span></a><br>
202-885-3344<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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