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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit proposals for the 40<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference, which will take place on November 13-14, 2014 at the Kalahari
Resort & Convention Center in Sandusky, OH. The submission deadline for full-length sessions is <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">May 30, 2014.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Applicants are encouraged to develop sessions that show thoughtful consideration of this year’s conference theme,</span></strong>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Engagement, advocacy and outreach: Empowering our communities,”</span></strong> which seeks to explore how academic libraries and librarians empower our communities
in all the ways that we do. We would love to learn about your ideas, experiences, solutions, and best practices – even those that yielded results that were different than expected!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, research results, panel discussions, etc. Submit your proposals to: <a href="http://bit.ly/1rxFVff" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1rxFVff</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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More information and proposal guidlines can be found in the attached call for proposals. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Questions about the conference can be directed to:<br>
Eboni Johnson, ALAO Vice President<br>
<a href="mailto:ejohnson@oberlin.edu">ejohnson@oberlin.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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