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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt"><a href="https://okacrl.wufoo.com/forms/m7548ew1uqjwi4/">Register now for OKACRL 2023</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Registration is open</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> for the OKACRL 2023 Annual Conference on Friday, November 10 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. Register by October 31 to receive
a <b>free parking pass</b> and to be entered into a drawing to <b>win a copy of our keynote speaker’s book</b>,
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.fulcrumbooks.com/product-page/on-censorship-a-public-librarian-examines-cancel-culture-in-theus">On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US</a></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You don’t want to miss this year’s conference</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">, with presentations on topics ranging from what librarians need to know about AI tools, teaching information literacy
across generations, teaching mindmapping & pathfinding techniques, marketing makerspaces, understanding challenges makerspaces faced during the pandemic, analyzing parents’ perspectives on children’s digital media use, promoting community and trust in media
literacy instruction, teaching privacy literacy to undergraduates, understanding inclusive metadata, sharing perspectives on parallels and divergences between data librarians and researchers they serve, recruiting non-MLS librarians, partnering with institutional
research offices, exploring and assessing the ACRL Framework, and much more! The full program will be released next week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The in-person conference will feature a
<b>keynote from James LaRue </b>on <b>Defending the Freedom to Read</b>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Author of
<i>On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US </i>(Fulcrum, 2023), LaRue has dealt with over 1,200 challenges in his career as a public library director and former Executive Director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. This talk
will focus on the four reasons library resources are challenged, what <i>tactics</i> are used to impose censorship today, and why public engagement is essential to challenge resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Don’t miss out on our <b>free virtual preconference sessions</b> during the week of the conference: an
<b>Academic Librarian Careers Panel</b> on Monday, November 6 will include eight academic librarians from across the state engaging in a conversation about career pathways, specializations, challenges, advice, mentorship, and more; and on Wednesday, November
8 there will be a <b>Virtual Lightning Talks</b> session. <a href="https://okacrl.wufoo.com/forms/m7548ew1uqjwi4/">
Register for these talks using the same form </a>linked above.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">See you in November!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Clarke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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