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<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><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">2022 Annual Conference 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"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) conference planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 48th</font></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Annual Conference,</font></span> <span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">The Tipping Point: Initiating Change in Academic Libraries</font></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">.</font></span> </h4></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word" align="center"> <table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:520px"> <img src="https://www.alaoweb.org/resources/Pictures/tippingpoint_2022conference_logo2.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; outline: currentcolor none medium; text-decoration: none; height: auto; width: 100%; font-size: 16px;" width="520" height="auto"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word" align="left"> <div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">As
libraries challenge long-standing traditions and question our neutral
stance, small changes or incidents often result in greater consequences.
Share with your colleagues your programs, stories, and examples of
defining, transformational moments in your libraries.</font></span><br> </p><p style="line-height:22px"><strong><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Conference Date:</font></span></strong> <span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">November 3-4, 2022</font></span></p> <p style="line-height:22px"><strong><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Conference Location:</font></span></strong> <span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center, Lewis Center, Ohio</font></span></p> <p style="line-height:22px"><strong><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Submission Deadline:</font></span> <span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"> April 15, 2022</font></span></strong></p> <p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><strong>Call for Proposals:</strong> <a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2022/proposals" target="_blank">https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2022/proposals</a> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><strong>Submission Form:</strong> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/alao2022submissions" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/alao2022submissions</a> </font></span></p></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:0px;padding:16px 0px;word-break:break-word"> <p style="border-top:4px solid rgb(33,172,238);margin:0px auto;width:100%"> </p><br></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1;text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">We encourage thoughtful, timely proposals from all areas of library work. Adherence to the conference theme is encouraged</font></span> <span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">but not required</font></span><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">. </font></span><br> </p><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</font></span> <ul><li><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Barriers to accessing information</font></span></font></font> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Censorship</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Crisis management</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">DEI in Information Literacy Instruction </font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Emerging technology solutions</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Inclusive cataloging and collections</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Libraries as space/third space</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Misinformation</font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Service changes/transitions</font></span></font></font></p> </li></ul> <p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">One proposal form will be used for all presentation types:</font></span></p> <ul><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Presentation (or other 50-minute session) </font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Poster Session </font></span></font></font></p> </li><li> <p style="line-height:19px"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">Lightning talk (brief live session)</font></span></font></font></p> </li></ul> <p style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" 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 style="line-height:22px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial" color="#000000">We invite you to contribute your ideas to make 2022 the best ALAO conference yet. </font></span></p></div>
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