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<p class="MsoNormal">May be of interest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Link to ALAO conference site: <a href="https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2024/about">
https://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/2024/about</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Janet Carleton| Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives | OHIO University
Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
| </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://media.library.ohio.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">https://media.library.ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> | she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Bove, Frank <bovefr@mountunion.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 5, 2024 10:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> TEDSIG <tedsig@alaoweb.org>; Distribution List for NOTSL Information <NOTSLNEWS@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [TEDSIG-ALAO] TEDSIG/NOTSL Technical Services Conference Grants for the ALAO 2024 Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Technical Services Staff Conference Grant 2024 Application<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Apply Online:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <a href="https://forms.gle/EuzjnBrKrdpqGjin6" target="_blank">Technical Services Staff Conference Grant Application</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Application Deadline:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> 11:59 p.m., August 19th, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Statement of Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Technical, Electronic, & Digital Services Interest Group (TEDSIG) and the Northern Ohio Technical
Services Librarians (NOTSL) seek to encourage technical services staff development and participation in ALAO activities. To that end, the ALAO & NOTSL Executive Boards have partnered this year to offer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A
<b>conference attendance </b>grant for free registrations and up to $150 and,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A
<b>conference presenter</b> grant for free registrations and up to $150 <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">These awards are intended to support and encourage technical services staff to attend and/or present at the 2024 ALAO Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">General Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Technical services staff currently employed in any Ohio library are encouraged to apply. Grant monies may be applied to registration, travel, hotel, and presentation-related expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">For those applying for the
<b>presenter grant</b>, priority will be given to applicants with an accepted program or poster proposal for the upcoming ALAO conference. Co-presenters may apply jointly for the grant, in which case grant money may be shared amongst the awardees at their discretion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">If grant monies have been dispersed and the grant recipient fails to appear at the conference, ALAO and/or NOTSL may request the check be returned, depending on the extenuating circumstances
around the absence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Eligibility<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Technical services staff currently employed in an Ohio library are eligible to apply for the grant. Applications include a completed application form and an essay of 250 words or less describing
how attending/presenting at the 2024 ALAO Conference will help enhance the applicant’s library work experience and professional development. ALAO membership is not required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Frank J. Bove, MA, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">Technical Services Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#7030A0;mso-ligatures:none">University of Mount Union<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">1972 Clark Ave., Alliance, OH 44601<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">(p) 330-829-6642<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none">(e)
<a href="mailto:bovefr@mountunion.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">bovefr@mountunion.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#752F8A;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://umu.libguides.com/"><span style="color:#752F8A">Main Library and Music Library</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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