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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please excuse duplication…</span><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The 11<sup>th</sup> Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference will take place on September 13<sup>th</sup> and 14<sup>th</sup>,
2012, in Portland, Oregon, at Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus. This year’s theme will be “Delivering on the Discovery Expectation,” and <a href="http://stephenslighthouse.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Abram</a> will be our keynote speaker!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <b>Call for Proposals</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The conference planning committee is soliciting proposals for presentations. Topics of interest include:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Innovative uses of technology and tools for ILL<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Ideas for optimizing ILL workflows<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Professional development strategies (such as training and mentoring)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>Library trends and their impact on ILL<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:11.5pt">To submit a proposal, please email an abstract of 200 words by Friday, March 30, 2012 to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Heidi Nance</span> /
<span style="font-size:11.5pt">Conference Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><a href="mailto:hnance@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">hnance@u.washington.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:11.5pt">Find us online at: <a href="http://nwill.org" target="_blank">http://nwill.org</a>, on <a href="http://twitter.com/NWILL2012" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,
and on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NWILLConference" target="_blank">Facebook</a>!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Linda Frederiksen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Head of Access Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Washington State University Vancouver</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Vancouver, WA 98686</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Email:
<a href="mailto:lfrederiksen@vancouver.wsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">lfrederiksen@vancouver.wsu.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Phone: 360.546.9683</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fax: 360.546.9039</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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