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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">**With
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
16th annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing
Conference will take place August 10-11 2017, at Portland State
University in Portland, Oregon. Look for registration opening
April 2017</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
deadline for proposals has been extended to March 10, 2017</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Join
John Chrastka, founder and Executive Director of </span><a
href="http://everylibrary.org/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">EveryLibrary</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">,
the first nationwide political action committee for libraries,
for our Keynote: Interlibrary loan and resource sharing are the
foundation for modern library services, taking individual
libraries in a network 'to scale'. The public is interested in
the story about how you improve their libraries. Learn how to
share your story about the impact and relevance of your work
with funders, voters and the communities you serve. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Call
for Session Proposals</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
NWILL Conference Program Committee invites proposals for
lightning rounds (7 minutes) and regular sessions (45 minutes)
of interest to interlibrary loan and resource sharing
practitioners</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">The
following topics are of interest to the Program Committee, but
we welcome suggestions on other topics as well:</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Managing
your ILL statistics</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Sustainable
ILL & green practices</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Coping
with fewer resources</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">ILL
for public libraries</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Succession
planning</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Libraries
without books, what does it mean for ILL?</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Keeping
track of licensing of e-content for ILL</span></p>
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staff and students</span></p>
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and licensing</span></p>
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href="https://docs.google.com/a/mtroyal.ca/forms/d/1rS2TyeJXXs__LysXOTXF1kttvaJ3Rg7c-XrT6iu9CLg/edit"
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">Submit
your proposals here</span></a><span
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</span><span
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</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">deadline
for proposals is March 10, 2017</span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Eric Alwine
Resource Sharing Specialist
Reed College Library (ORC)</pre>
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