*YOU ARE INVITED TO THE MASL 51 CONFERENCE!!* *{*See information below & attached flyer.} The Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL) is planning their annual conference in October! The conference will be Thursday, October 24th and Friday, October 25th in Bay City with a pre-conference on Wednesday, October 23rd. *MASL 51 Conference Highlights:* - Nationally recognized library and literature expert speakers & authors: * Jennifer LaGarde, John Schu and Eric Slangerup* - 25 Breakout Sessions - including topics on reading promotion, technology integration, booktalks, and featured speaker sessions - All meals provided, including dinner at awards Gala - Author Book Signings - Unveiling of the 2024 MISelf in Books List - Exhibits, Author Speed Dating, Round Tables, and More - Special additional Pre-Conference Sessions on October 23 featuring Collaborations, Artificial Intelligence, Grant Writing and Library Hot Topics - Get registered today, you won't want to miss this fantastic conference! Click Here <http://www.mimasl.org/masl-51-conference.html> for a link to the MASL 51 Conference page with the registration link! *Conference Sponsors:* - Library of Michigan - REMC Association of Michigan - Follett Content - Michigan Virtual - Wayne State University - Midwest Collaborative Library Services [image: Picture] Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA Adjunct Faculty, *Wayne State University, School of Information Science* Advocacy Co-Chair, Past-President 2014*, **Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL)* Past-President, 2022-2023*, **American Association of School Librarians (AASL)* Retired School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach*, **Plymouth-Canton Community Schools* *SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018* *SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century 2013-2022* *ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner* *2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year* *2012 **State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner* kathyL@mimasl.org twitter: @LibraryL <https://twitter.com/LibraryL> "Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian" --American Association of School Librarians <https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/aasl/content/advocacy/statements/docs/AASL_Position_Statement_Effective_SLP_2018.pdf> (AASL)