The Association of Rural and Small Libraries is looking for presenters...one week left to submit your proposal! See below: Thanks, Colleen Colleen Leddy, Director Stair District Library Morenci, MI 49256 We want you! Do you have a great program or service at your library? Do you have a wonderful staffing model? Ask yourself, is it replicable? Would my ARSL friends benefit from hearing all about it? Just one week left: Proposals are due by 5pm, CST, on January 24. Submit here: https://goo.gl/forms/HWjNZxZfchvSAgYQ2 Now is your chance to give back to our great association! Share your wisdom with the collective at the ARSL Conference: Linking Libraries in the Land of Lincoln in Springfield, IL, Sept 13-15, 2018. *Important items to note:* · *REMEMBER*: Please thoroughly read the proposal submittal form. · MAX TWO: We are accepting a maximum of TWO proposals per presenter, including individual and group presentations. · PRESENTER DISCOUNTS: We will be supplementing registration for those selected to present at conference at a $100 discount per session selected. If presenters are selected to repeat a session, there will be a $150 conference registration discount. For multiple presenters, any conference discount will apply to the lead speaker only. No additional funding will be available for this conference (scholarships are a separate award). · DEADLINE: Proposals are due by 5pm CST, Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Please be sure you keep a copy of your proposal! · SELECTION TIMELINE: We hope to have selected presented notified by March 11, 2018. Please understand that session selection takes time and there is a team of volunteers working outside their day jobs to make this happen but we ask for patience. If the date for presentation selection changes, we will announce that. · CONTACT: When you successfully submit a proposal, you should receive a confirmation email with a summary of your submission. If you do not receive the confirmation or if you have other questions, please direct them to Jennie Garner, 2018 Program Chair, via email at jgarner@northlibertyiowa.org or phone at (319) 626-5778. *Don’t wait, fill out the form today!* Jennie Garner, Library Director North Liberty Community Library PO Box 320 North Liberty, IA 52317 319-626-5778 <(319)%20626-5778> (o) 319-321-8056 <(319)%20321-8056> (c) www.northlibertylibrary.org "The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.”* ~ *Libba Bray ♦ Community Leadership Program alumnus Please note that items sent and received on this account may become public record. *From:* ARSL_MEMBERSHIP [mailto:arsl_membership-bounces@cvl-lists.org] *On Behalf Of *Jennie Garner *Sent:* Wednesday, December 13, 2017 11:11 AM *To:* arsl_membership@cvl-lists.org *Subject:* [ARSL_MEMBERSHIP] LET'S DO THIS! Call for 2018 ARSL Conference Session Proposals #ARSL2018 All, We are excited to release the call for session proposals for 2018 ARSL Conference in Springfield, IL, Sept 13-15, 2018. *****ATTENTION: Please thoroughly read the proposal submittal form.***** *Important items to note:* · *Bring us your best!* We will be accepting a maximum of TWO proposals per presenter, including individual and group presentations. · PRESENTER DISCOUNTS: We will be supplementing registration for those selected to present at conference at a $100 discount per session selected. If presenters are selected to repeat a session, there will be a $150 conference registration discount. For multiple presenters, any conference discount will apply to the lead speaker only. No additional funding will be available for this conference (scholarships are a separate award). · DEADLINE: Proposals are due by 5pm CST, Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Please be sure you keep a copy of your proposal! · SELECTION TIMELINE: We hope to have selected presented notified by March 11, 2018. Please understand that session selection takes time and there is a team of volunteers working outside their day jobs to make this happen but we ask for patience. If the date for presentation selection changes, we will announce that. · CONTACT: When you successfully submit a proposal, you should receive a confirmation email with a summary of your submission. If you do not receive the confirmation or if you have other questions, please direct them to Jennie Garner, 2018 Program Chair, via email at jgarner@northlibertyiowa.org or phone at (319) 626-5778. Submit proposals here: https://goo.gl/forms/HWjNZxZfchvSAgYQ2 We have such a wide array of knowledge and expertise, we look forward to reading your proposals! Thank you for giving your time and energy to our great association. Sincerely, Jennie Garner, Library Director North Liberty Community Library PO Box 320 North Liberty, IA 52317 319-626-5778 <(319)%20626-5778> (o) 319-321-8056 <(319)%20321-8056> (c) www.northlibertylibrary.org