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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">ALAO Annual Conference registration deadline extended to Oct. 26!<br></font></h1>

<h2 style="line-height:22px"><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Join us to explore the theme of "Tipping Point: Initiating Change in Academic Libraries," November 3-4, 2022 at the <a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2022/lodging">Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center</a>, Lewis Center, OH.</font></span>

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<h2><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Conference details:</font></span></h2>

<h3><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/preconference">Pre-Conference</a> - Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, 10:30am-3:45pm</font></span></h3>

<p><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Afternoon workshop given by keynote speaker Alexia Hudson-Ward<em><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">,</font></span></em> "Beyond Being 'Good Colleagues': Implementing and Sustaining Active Allyship Practices Within Academic Libraries</font></span></p>

<h3><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Conference - Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, 8am-4pm</h3><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Keynote address by <font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2022/speaker">Alexia Hudson-Ward</a>: <font face="Arial, sans-serif">Framing Equitable Access: Within and Outside Our Libraries.

 Her blog, Toward Inclusive Excellence, explores issues of equity, 

diversity, and inclusion, particularly, though not exclusively, as they 

affect the academic library community.</font></span> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>

<strong><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333">Join us for:</font></span></strong>

<ul><li><font color="#000000"><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif">Informative and inspirational breakout sessions, posters, and lightning talks from your colleagues.</font></span></font></li><li><font color="#000000"><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif">Opportunities to network and connect with colleagues in person! </font></span></font></li></ul>

<p><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">ALAO

 remains cautious regarding the pandemic. In addition to other safety 

precautions, attendees will have the opportunity to use their name tags 

to indicate their level of comfort with social distancing.</font></span><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"> </font></span></p>

<h3><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Registration rates, conference schedule, list of exhibitors, and more information is available on the <a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2022/overview">Conference website</a>.</font></span></h3><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">ALAO thanks our <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alaoweb.org%2FEmailTracker%2FLinkTracker.ashx%3FlinkAndRecipientCode%3DFQlFh8x%252fRofzoF6i3HsXc1KYotFm5rkMBU17BxIUiPtoROAW4cQmH5LWKFwZnyLE02pNYo0j4RGaMJJfKTwkqzujx17yOu0q37QwMnGA3Pw%253d&data=05%7C01%7CNORRISMS%40UCMAIL.UC.EDU%7C5531ef3928074d973dfc08daa09ba5db%7Cf5222e6c5fc648eb8f0373db18203b63%7C1%7C0%7C637998887620916584%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xONXSjQFkPEgDVbdppicgGjRzj%2FnFiiZN9VUcWE4MwM%3D&reserved=0">conference sponsors</a></font></span><span><font style="font-size:16px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#333333"> for allowing us to keep registration costs low!</font></span>

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