<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>Please pardon cross-posting.</i></div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the Conference Program Committee, we would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference. The event will be held in Toledo, OH at the Hilton Garden Inn at Perrysburg on Friday, June 6, 2014.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This conference is an opportunity for individuals working in resource sharing to gather information and communicate with other colleagues.</div><div><br></div><div><b>We invite program proposals until this Friday, January 17.</b></div>
<div><br></div><div><i>If you want to submit a proposal but need a bit more time to flesh out the abstract or to fill up a panel with speakers, just enter a placeholder record in the form with your name and contact info, a brief title, and in the place where we ask for the abstract, just leave us a note telling us what you can about your proposal and that you need a bit more time to pull the final details together. We will contact you by the end of January 2014 for a final submission.</i></div>
<div><br></div><div>Accepted program proposal submissions should be 45 minutes in length including time for questions. Proposals might focus on any of the following areas:</div><div><ul><li>Resource sharing best practices<br>
</li><li>Regional collection development projects<br></li><li>Statistics – local, regional, impact on collection development<br></li><li>Assessment<br></li><li>Tips and tricks<br></li><li>Marketing services<br></li><li>Managing student workers<br>
</li><li>Electronic resources and resource sharing<br></li><li>Workflow improvements<br></li><li>Coordinated collection development<br></li><li>Training<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br></li><li>Purchase on demand<br>
</li></ul></div><div>Please submit a 150-200 word proposal for your presentation <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xY9A-fiMA2BmzgkauKiqRra6WZADUntYH5rHJOreZWU/viewform" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br></div>
<div>Program proposals will be reviewed by the program committee and those presenters who are selected will be notified by February 14, 2014.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Please direct any questions to Lorna Newman at <a href="mailto:lorna.newman@uc.edu" target="_blank">lorna.newman@uc.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Please like us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GreatLakesResourceSharingConference" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/GreatLakesResourceSharingConference</a> to get current news on the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference. Or, go to our web page for updates at <a href="http://www.glrsc.org" target="_blank">http://www.glrsc.org</a>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your consideration!</div><br>Christine Morris<br>Director of Member Services<br>OHIONET<br>1500 West Lane Avenue<br>Columbus, OH 43221<br><a href="tel:614-484-1073" value="+16144841073" target="_blank">614-484-1073</a><br>
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<a href="mailto:christinem@ohionet.org" target="_blank">christinem@ohionet.org</a></div></div></div>