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<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="background:transparent;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"><br><br><br><br><img src="https://www.alaoweb.org/resources/Pictures/findingbalance_2023conference_logo_bothdates_final.png" style="border: 0px none; display: block; outline: none; 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;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)"><h4><span><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">The Deadline to submit a proposal for the 2023 ALAO Conference has been extended to </font></span><span><span><font style="font-size:15px" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">May 1, 2023</font></span></span></h4> <p><span><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif">The
 Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning 
committee invites you to submit proposals for the 49th ALAO Annual 
Conference. Having spent the past few years radically adapting library 
services during the pandemic, library professionals are now actively 
exploring how to sustain a "new normal" for hybrid spaces, services, and
 collections where customer expectations have been transformed. </font></span></span></p> <p><span><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Conference Dates & Venues:</font></span></strong></span></p> <p><span><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Afternoon Virtual Mini-Conference (Friday, Oct 27, 2023)</font></span><span>: Zoom</span></span></p> <p><span><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">In-Person Conference Location (Friday, Nov 3, 2023)</font></span><span>:</span></span> <span><span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span>Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center, Lewis Center, OH</span></font></span></span></p></div>          </td>       </tr>            <tr>        <td style="background:transparent;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)"><h2>More information and <a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2023/proposals" target="_blank">Call for Proposals</a>.</h2><ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB6a3-L0sz3vCCZVtWspoVVql91DsrWaVzwl1GhtQxsqsLBA/viewform" target="_blank">Nov. 3 In-Person Conference Proposal Form.</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7QG9dVXmBXkHnVVPog5MIH0WehkGkpAYMyMsF02QnOi-ASQ/viewform" target="_blank">Oct. 27 Virtual Conference Proposal Form.</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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