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<p class="xmsonormal">Happy March! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">The 2024 SLA Midwest Symposium planning committee is publicizing this call for proposals in as many (alternative) channels as we can.
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<p class="xmsonormal">Please feel free to consider submitting a proposal. Also, share the “call for proposals” (below my signature line) with anyone who wears a “specialized” library hat, has an interesting project they’d like to spotlight, works with a library/archives
student (or is a student)...Being from the Midwest or a SLA member are not requirements.
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<p class="xmsonormal">The registration cost for this virtual symposium is minimal, and in the past, registration fees were waived for presenters and students...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Each year is different. Interested in what was presented at the 2023 SLA Midwest Symposium?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Exhibits and archives, advocacy work, creating digital content, language metadata table, the power of API, how to be a DAM librarian, building a research library at a biocultural reserve in the Yucatan...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">See: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/file/d/1Fa5y_FlxFw9tojmWMshgZlcSCHVUHF0W/view?usp=sharing__;!!Dq0X2DkFhyF93HkjWTBQKhk!RPwML_ujIyA2hEOp7rf3ZnZ0glNTsdRrJYfFIl6S5TH4I0MKiNG6TaknDJ3Us9oEsa4jN-1_5EWgIkqqGiy74rGzcxRdWYxw$">
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fa5y_FlxFw9tojmWMshgZlcSCHVUHF0W/view?usp=sharing</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ramune Kubilius, MALS, AHIP-D<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Collection Development / Special Projects Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-9396">Orcid.org/0000-0002-7881-9396</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Call for proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">:
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<p class="xmsonormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIGqXmFoIL6hXBYTyAa6k96cgUeguKshej7htaFxL6rnfAAw/viewform__;!!Mak6IKo!Jr9ni_xBWsxuS_G_hBtvXcAm2J8MTTrsowx9IogP3pYVxlq4TyX6A9vz4CU4eAZquZXcIY4iMspV7ebiDI32czfDq7U4tkzpNc_pdw$"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">2024
SLA Midwest Symposium Proposal Submission Form (google.com)</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">The 2024 SLA Midwest Symposium will take place on Friday, June 7, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Central.
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#202124">This year the planning committee is looking for proposals on a wide variety of topics related to specialized libraries including (but not limited to):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#202124">-Case studies in data<br>
-Practical uses for library data<br>
-Data visualizations <br>
-Special libraries & artificial intelligence<br>
-Taxonomy & knowledge management<br>
-New careers in special libraries<br>
-Advocacy for special libraries<br>
-Negotiation skills</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#202124">We also strongly encourage students to propose a session! There will be dedicated time during the event to hear from students about their work.
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Please fill out the form below by Monday, April 1. Speakers will be notified by Wednesday, April 10.
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For questions, please contact Dan Bostrom, </span><a href="mailto:dan.bostrom@railslibraries.org"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1155CC;background:white">dan.bostrom@railslibraries.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#202124;background:white">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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