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<div>On behalf of the Conference Program Committee, we would like to invite you to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Uieokx6gN2OJ35iyLmaYHec9EIzgQ1DqjlFDVvmu0JA/viewform"><font color="#0563C1"><u>submit a proposal</u></font></a> for “Reading Redefined:
Deep Reading, Learning, and the Impact of Digitization”. The event will be held in Lansing, Michigan at the Lansing Community College West Campus on September 30, 2016.</div>
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<div>This program is an opportunity for librarians, educators, and others interested in understanding the ways that reading is changing to gather, debate, and learn. </div>
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<div><b>We invite program proposals from February 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016.</b></div>
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<div>Program proposal submissions should be 30 minutes in length including time for questions. Proposals might focus on any of the following areas:</div>
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<li>Promise and threat of technology or increasing digitization for our youth</li><li>Role of technology in dissemination of knowledge for libraries</li><li>What are deep reading skills and how can libraries facilitate deep reading</li><li>What is the role of the public or academic library in our digital culture</li><li>The ways that technology is changing the mission and role of libraries</li><li>Bi-literate children balancing deep reading and technology</li><li>Online reading/skimming (DH)</li><li>What does reading on different devices mean to education</li><li>The impact of digital humanities on learning</li><li>How do librarians balance print and electronic book acquisitions</li></ul>
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<div>Please submit a 150-200 word proposal for your presentation<a href="http://goo.gl/forms/8laRuhNCxQ"><font color="#0563C1"> </font></a><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Uieokx6gN2OJ35iyLmaYHec9EIzgQ1DqjlFDVvmu0JA/viewform"><font color="#0563C1"><u>here</u></font></a>.</div>
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<div>Program proposals will be reviewed by the program committee, and those presenters who are selected will be notified by mid-May 2016.</div>
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<div>This event is co-sponsored by a collaborative of Michigan library service agencies. </div>
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<div>Randy Dykhuis <br>
Executive Director<br>
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) <br>
1407 Rensen Street<br>
Lansing, MI 48910 <br>
Phone: (800) 530-9019 x119<br>
Fax: (517) 492-3879<br>
Cell: (517) 927-5121<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:dykhuisr@mcls.org"><font color="blue"><u>dykhuisr@mcls.org</u></font></a><br>
Twitter: @mclsrandy </div>
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