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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> OH Valley Group of Technical Svcs Librarians <OVGTSL@LSV.UKY.EDU>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>ALAO Public Relations Coordinator<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 15, 2024 11:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> OVGTSL@LSV.UKY.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] 2024 ALAO Conference Call for Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2024 ALAO Conference Call for Proposals</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Conference Planning committee invites you to submit proposals for the 50th ALAO Annual Conference.<span style="background:white"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In-Person Conference Location (Friday, Nov 8, 2024):</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> OCLC Convention Center,
Dublin, OH</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submission Deadline:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> April 15, 2024<br>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submission Form</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">:<b>
</b></span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ALAO2024proposals"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://tinyurl.com/ALAO2024proposals</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please note also that grants are available for
</span><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/Student-Presenter-Grant"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Students</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> and
</span><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/Support-Staff-Conference-Grant"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Library Support Staff</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> to
attend or aid in presenting at the conference. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Adherence to the conference theme, Ohio Academic Libraries: Past, Present, & Future, is encouraged
<b>but not required</b>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Diversity audit of collections</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Protect, Change, or Adaptation in</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">course content in wake of SB83</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AI and other tools for librarianship<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Updates on how past projects and</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">how they are currently working or being used</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Work/life balance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Library as experts in new technologies (Like VR or AI)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Exciting new things to try out in</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">Alma</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Workflows or integrations with campus</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">systems like Workday or EAB Navigate</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Successful library events for different</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">audiences</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communicating the value the library holds to stakeholders<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collection assessment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ways to maximize a resource trial<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Instruction effects on student outcomes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accessibility in libraries: spaces,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">interfaces, licenses, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New roles and duties for student</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">workers</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How Library work and job have been</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<span style="color:black">changing</span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Misinformation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Generative AI in instruction <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Changing landscape of information</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">literacy</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Submissions</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Choose which option best fits your topic(s). Multiple submissions are allowed, but each must represent a different topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conference Session Proposals:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite proposals from
<u>all areas of library work</u> in the form of presentations, posters, & lightning talks. If you have a unique session format idea, please submit it under the
<i>Presentation</i> option (i.e., panel discussions, etc.).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Full Details & Guidelines:<b>
</b></span><a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2024/proposals"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2024/proposals</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite everyone to contribute your ideas to make the 50th ALAO conference the best yet! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">If you have questions about conference programming or proposal submissions, please contact ALAO and Rob Withers at
</span><a href="mailto:program@alaoweb.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">program@alaoweb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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