One last reminder... *Michigan Instruction Exchange, or MIX* <https://miala.org/mix_conference_2022.php>, is coming up on *Friday, July 29, 2022 at Western Michigan University.* This is a low-cost ($15 registration, which includes lunch, snack, and coffee/beverages!), informal conference for library instructors across Michigan, MIX is an opportunity for academic, public, special, and school librarians to gather and discuss instruction strategies, issues, and ideas. *Our theme/question for this year is how can we increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in library instruction? * *Registration <https://www.memberleap.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=MALA&evid=30621777> *is still open, and space is still available -- sign up today! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Dianna Sachs at dianna.sachs@wmich.edu. Hope you can make it! Amanda Nichols Hess, on behalf of the MIX committee *MIX 2022 Planning Committee:Dianna Sachs, Western Michigan UniversityKelly Frost, Kalamazoo CollegeAmy Fyn, Eastern Michigan UniversityAmanda Nichols Hess, Oakland University Kim Ranger, Grand Valley State UniversityAlexis Smith, Western Michigan University* -- Amanda Nichols Hess, Ph.D. she / her Coordinator of Instruction & Research Help Liaison Librarian for the School of Education & Human Services *My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to respond outside of your normal working hours.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oakland University Libraries 248 Kresge Library 100 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479 (248) 370.2487 | nichols@oakland.edu *Oakland University resides on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary **lands of the Anishinaabe, known as the Three Fires Confederacy, **comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi. The land was ceded in the **1807 Treaty of Detroit and makes up southeast Michigan.* *In recognizing the history and respecting the sovereignty of Michigan’s **Indian Nations, Oakland University honors the heritage of Indigenous **communities and their significant role in shaping the course of this region.*