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<h1 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#AEC143">2023 Conference Updates</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#AEC143"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<h3 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ARSL Conference | September 20-23, 2023 | Wichita, KS</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year's conference theme is "Unite & Ignite"! Our conference provides an opportunity to unite as a professional community and foster a sense of togetherness across a nation
of small but mighty libraries. When we come together to share and learn we'll light fires of innovation and change that can burn bright all year long.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conference Scholarship Applications Open Today!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application deadline: May 2, 2023</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested applicants may apply for any/all scholarships for which they are eligible in a given year. All successful applicants will be awarded one (1) scholarship from among
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New This Year: The Empowering Library Workers of Color Conference Scholarship</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Library workers of color have been, and in many places continue to be, given access to fewer opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Establishing this scholarship
is part of ARSL’s ongoing commitment to cultivating an intentionally inclusive professional community that amplifies the voices and lived experiences of library workers of color while also acknowledging the persistent structural inequalities within our profession.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants for this scholarship must be members of one or more marginalized and/or underrepresented ethnic, racial, or cultural identity groups within our profession<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
(including but not limited to Black or African American; American Indian, First Nations, or Alaskan Native; Spanish, Hispanic, or Latine/a/o/x; Asian; Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, or other Pacific Islander; Middle Eastern or North African)</span></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All conference scholarship applications will be submitted through our new Universal Application. Click the link below to access the application.<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<h4 style="margin:0in;line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Request for Program Proposals</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Request for Proposals (RFP) for 2023 ARSL Conference Sessions is open!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Are you a community engagement superstar? Have a storytime formula that can't be beat? Do your reader's advisory recommendations always hit
the mark? We need YOU to present at ARSL 2023! The program presenters are the heart of the conference, bringing valuable skills and experience to share with fellow attendees.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submission Deadline: April 25, 2023, 5:00 pm CT</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ready to get started? Download the
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New this year: Pop-Up Program Demos</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If the thought of lecturing at the front of the room turns your legs to jelly our pop-up program demos might be the opportunity you've been
waiting for! These 20-minute sessions will give presenters the opportunity to demo a craft or other library program piece for small groups of attendees. These practical, actionable demo sessions will let programming pros share their ideas in a less intimidating,
more familiar environment. Special consideration will be given to pop-up demos that incorporate intentional accessibility for patrons of different ages and ability levels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Discussion 1: 3:30 p.m. PT/ 4:30 p.m. MT/5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET<br>
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