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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Call for proposals:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The University Libraries at Grand Valley State University are excited to
host Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age. The conference will be held at Grand Valley State University and the new</span><a href="http://www.gvsu.edu/library/maryidemapew" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">
</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 77, 125); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information
Commons</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> from August 10-12, 2015.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age will bring together academic and public
librarians, administrators, technologists, architects, designers, furniture manufacturers and educators from across the country to discuss, share, learn and collectively re-think the increasingly important role libraries play in the communities that they serve.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The conference is accepting submissions for twenty-minute presentations and
brief eight-minute lightning round talks that address best practices, case studies, projects, and creative ideas supporting any of the following themes:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Design to:</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Transform physical library spaces and places</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Promote innovative services, programs, or technologies</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Assess and evaluate spaces, services, technologies and programs</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Reflect community values and needs</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Develop a forward-thinking organizational culture</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">For more information about the conference or to submit a proposal, go to
the conference website at:</span><a href="http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/rethinkit/" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">
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<span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">All proposals should include: proposed program title, name of speaker(s),
contact information, and a description of the presentation. Descriptions should be limited to 500 words for presentations and 150 words for lightning round talks. Video descriptions will also be accepted. Submission will be accepted through Monday, April 13,
2015. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by April 30.</span></p>
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