<div dir="ltr">FYI,<div><br></div><div>Suzanne L. Sager</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Wood</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:34 PM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] How to Submit a Session or Speaker for the ALA AC in Orlando: Deadline March 15<br>To: "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@lists.ala.org">alacro-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How to Submit a Session or Speaker<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Poster Sessions<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Poster sessions were introduced to the American Library Association at its 1982 Annual Conference in Philadelphia.
They are an effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to communicate ideas, research, and programs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://2016.alaannual.org/Poster-sessions" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Please visit the Poster Session
Information Page for more details.</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Conversation Starters and Ignite Sessions<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submissions for Conversation Starters and Ignite Sessions are being accepted until Tuesday, March 15, 2016<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=RLOLUPRI" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Click
here to Submit your proposals!</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://2016.alaannual.org/how-to-submit-session-or-speaker" target="_blank">http://2016.alaannual.org/how-to-submit-session-or-speaker</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The 45 minute Conversation Starters take place in a lecture, panel, or discussion format. Conversation Starter
sessions will take place throughout the day on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Ignite Sessions are 5-minute presentations accompanied by 20 slides that advance automatically every 15
seconds. There will be six Ignite sessions from 11:30 am - 12:00 pm on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. You can
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignite_%28event%29" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">learn more about Ignite events on Wikipedia</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The proposals went through a public voting process that was weighted for 30% of the selection process (staff
votes accounted for another 30%, while the remaining 40% was decided by an advisory group of ALA members).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The submission form will close at the end of the day on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. We'll send out notifications
of acceptance in mid April after the voting is over. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red">Please don't hesitate to contact Alee Navarro <a href="mailto:anavarro@ala.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:red">anavarro@ala.org</span></a> if
you have any questions about the process. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Don Wood<br>
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