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<b>ALA Midwinter Conference</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 10:30am-11:30am</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<b>Room Location TBA</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Where is the common ground between our roles in organizations like ACRL and our day-to-day work as academic librarians? How can we translate our professional service into practical skills during the 9 to 5? </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ACRL’s New Members Discussion Group is seeking panelists for our upcoming moderated conversation at ALA Midwinter 2013, which will discuss the relationship between our professional careers and our day jobs. </div>
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Topics may include leveraging organizational experience at work (or vice versa), balancing one's job and one's professional involvement, getting involved on a small budget, publishing or presenting about the workplace at conferences, maintaining a professional network to improve one's work performance, and more. Be creative! The dynamics of the discussion will be driven by the unique experiences of the panelists.</div>
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If you are interested in speaking on this panel, please complete the submission form available at:</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpFajdVSmVwZ3NiVEhlMzIzUmNrb1E6MQ" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpFajdVSmVwZ3NiVEhlMzIzUmNrb1E6MQ</a></div>
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<b>Submissions will be accepted until November 2, 2012 and all candidates will be notified whether they were selected by November 9, 2012.</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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---Tyler Dzuba, University of Rochester</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">---John M. Jackson, University of Southern California</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
---Elizabeth Psyck, Grand Valley State University</div>