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<h1 style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:lighter;font-size:36px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:14px;padding:0px"><font style="font-size:30px" color="#00665b">Call for Proposals<br></font></h1><h4 style="font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:12px;padding:0px">The
 Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning 
Committee invites you to submit proposals for the 47th Annual Conference</h4>

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<p><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Conference Date:</font></span></strong> <span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">October 27-29, 2021</font></span></p> <p><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Conference Location:</font></span></strong> <span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Online</font></span></p> <p><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Submission Deadline:</font></span></strong> <span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> April 12, 2021</font></span></p> <p><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Call for Proposals:</font></span></strong> <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2Fconferences%2F2021%2Fproposals&data=04%7C01%7Cnorrisms%40ucmail.uc.edu%7C2b5197074f3b4151dab508d8ed3f6a19%7Cf5222e6c5fc648eb8f0373db18203b63%7C1%7C0%7C637520203911931231%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=pb4j1w4fB30LCTOo2RQBQ8RDHbwdn%2BQaqrAHQpWK21o%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1155CC">https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2021/proposals</font></span></strong></a></p> <p><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Submission Form:</font></span></strong> <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Falao2021submissions&data=04%7C01%7Cnorrisms%40ucmail.uc.edu%7C2b5197074f3b4151dab508d8ed3f6a19%7Cf5222e6c5fc648eb8f0373db18203b63%7C1%7C0%7C637520203911941225%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hKPzMihsgYcco8f892sD63p1SMsccXvKKYb%2BAy%2BktXg%3D&reserved=0"><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#1155CC">https://tinyurl.com/alao2021submissions</font></span></strong></a><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></span></strong></p> <p><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We encourage thoughtful, timely proposals from all areas of library work. Adherence to the conference theme is encouraged, <strong>but not required</strong>.</font></span></p><p><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</font></span> </p><ul><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Civic engagement</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Collaboration</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Dialogue</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Libraries as space/third space</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Instruction modalities & virtual libraries</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Misinformation</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Service changes/transitions</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Emerging technology solutions</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Crisis management</font></span></font></li></ul> <p><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">One proposal form will be used for all presentation types:</font></span></p> <ul><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Presentation (or other 50-minute session) </font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Poster Session (brief, pre-recorded session)</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Lightning talk (brief live session)</font></span></font></li></ul> <p><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">If you have a unique format idea, not listed above, please submit it under the presentation option (Panel discussions, etc... )</font></span></p> <p><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We invite you to contribute your ideas to make 2021 the best ALAO conference yet. </font></span></p>

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