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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Please excuse multiple postings…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Tuesday is the kickoff of ILEAD USA (</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Innovative
Librarians Explore, Apply, and Discover)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">, a multi-state immersive continuing education program that develops library leaders through projects based on community needs using technology.
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Based on the successful ILEAD U program held by Illinois State Library in 2010 and 2011, this year participants in Colorado, Utah, Ohio and Iowa will join the program.
Sessions will be held simultaneously in each of the five states. The first of three sessions runs from March 26-28.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Keynote addresses will be delivered by web streaming on the following dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Tuesday March 26, 11:30 a.m. EST, David Lankes will welcome ILEAD USA participants, professor and Dean’s
Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, director of the Information Institute of Syracuse and author of
<i>The Atlas of New Librarianship.</i> Anne Craig, Gwen Harrison and Andrew Bullen of the Illinois State Library will join David.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Wednesday, March 27, 11:30 a.m. EST,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">John Emerson, New York City based activist, graphic designer, writer, and programmer. Emerson’s address “Have You Seen This?” presents ways to get the word out about new projects
and initiatives, looking at techniques for online and offline marketing, using real world examples and taking into account real world library budgets.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Thursday March 28, 11:30 a.m. EST,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Marshall Breeding, independent consultant, speaker, and author. Breeding’s address is entitled “The Next Generation of Library Automation and Discovery: Key Issues and Trends”</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">There will be several ways to follow ILEAD USA:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Web Streaming of Keynote Speakers</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
<a href="http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.htm">http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Facebook</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-LEAD-USA/360145720742183?ref=ts&fref=ts">
<span style="color:windowtext">https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-LEAD-USA/360145720742183?ref=ts&fref=ts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Twitter</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
<a href="https://twitter.com/ILEAD_USA"><span style="color:windowtext">https://twitter.com/ILEAD_USA</span></a> (#ileadusa hashtag)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">WebJunction
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/partners/illinois/il-programs/ileadusa.html"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.webjunction.org/partners/illinois/il-programs/ileadusa.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">YouTube
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ILEADUSA2013">https://www.youtube.com/user/ILEADUSA2013</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">USA is made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant awarded to the State Library of Illinois by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, and Utah are all partners in the grant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Marketing & Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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