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<span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Hi all,</span><br><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span> <br>
<span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"> Please find below and attached the Call for Proposals and speaker form for the 2014 Manitoba Libraries Conference below for distributing to your members and stakeholders and posting to your websites. Please be sure to include the speaker form as an attachment when sending or posting.</span><br>
<span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span> <br><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Thanks to Sarah Clark and Jordan Bass, Program Committee Co-Chairs, and the Program Committee as whole, for their work in preparing the Call for Proposals.</span><br>
<span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span> <br><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span><font face="Times New Roman">Let us know if you have any questions, and thanks in advance for your assistance in distributing the call.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> <br><font face="Times New Roman">Cheers, </font><br><font face="Times New Roman"><br>Stephen Carney<br>Co-Chair, Manitoba Libraries Conference 2014<br></font><b><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt"></span></b></div>
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<p><b><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Sent on behalf of the Manitoba Libraries Conference Program Committee</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Manitoba Libraries Conference 2014</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="background:white;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-size:12pt">Winnipeg, Manitoba</span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 12-14, 2014</span></b></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Theme: Unlimited Potential</span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Manitoba Libraries Conference Program Committee is pleased to invite members of the library, archival, museum, records management, and educational communities to submit
proposals for the Manitoba Libraries Conference, May 12 – 14, 2014 at the Delta Winnipeg.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Libraries in Manitoba are experiencing a number of challenges in the form of shrinking budgets, rapidly changing information technology, outdated facilities, and a pressing
need to develop relevant collections and adequate resources for diverse user communities. And yet, through ingenuity and innovation libraries continue to overcome these obstacles to provide exceptional programs and relevant services to their respective users.
Recognizing the unlimited potential of Manitoba’s library community the Program Committee invites proposals for sessions on topics including, but not exclusive to:
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">e-Collection Development</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Strategic Planning
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">New Ways of Measuring results. New Ways of Measuring Success</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marketing Value</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Leveraging Open-Source Information Technology</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Punching Above Their Weight: Excellence in Manitoba’s Rural Libraries</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stories from the Front: Highlighting Library Technicians in Manitoba</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Partnering for Success: Exploring Joint Library Initiatives
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submitting Proposals:
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The 2014 Conference Program Committee welcomes proposals in a variety of formats including:
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Pre-conference (full or half-day.)</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Traditional Session: Individual or group presentations of approximately 20 to 60 min per speaker with questions as time permits.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Panel Discussion: Presentations of approximately 10-15 minutes with discussion to follow.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Roundtable: 5-7 minute presentations with open floor discussion.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lightning Round Talk: 20 presentation slides presented at 20 seconds per slide. 6 minutes on a specific topic or focused debate.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Poster Session: Summarized information using text and images presented in a poster format.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">*French Language Proposals are Encouraged</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please complete the
<b><u>Speaker Form</u></b><u> <b>attached</b></u> and submit it to </span><a href="mailto:librariesconference2014@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">librariesconference2014@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The deadline for proposals is
<b>Friday October 18<sup>th</sup>, 2013</b>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Please feel free to direct questions to:
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sarah Clark</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Co-Chair MLC Program Committee</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:Sarah.Clark@umanitoba.ca" target="_blank">Sarah.Clark@umanitoba.ca</a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jordan Bass
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Co-Chair MLC Program Committee</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Jordan.Bass@ad.umanitoba</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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