Are you looking for a way to help fund your trip to Mackinac Island for the 2016 Loleta Fyan Small and Rural Library Conference? If your session proposal is chosen you will receive one complimentary registration and one night's lodging at the conference hotel as a presenter. It's a great way to help fund your professional development and share with colleagues ideas and work from your own library. The deadline to submit a proposal is October 19. Please submit your session proposal online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RLC2016 The conference will be held from May 4-6, 2016 at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. This conference is a specially crafted to reach the informational needs of small and rural library staff members throughout Michigan. The three-day event features vendors, awards, keynote speakers and an array of sessions geared to libraries serving small and rural communities. You can find a copy of the proposal form to help you plan your submission content before filling in the online form on the conference web page: www.michigan.gov/fyanconference<http://www.michigan.gov/fyanconference> Please let us know if you have any questions. Shannon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shannon D. White Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700 Toll free: 877-479-0021 whites29@michigan.gov<mailto:whites29@michigan.gov> http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan