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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Join our Virtual Reference Services, Reference Round-Up!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Interested in chatting with others focused on virtual reference services? Join our Reference Round-Up discussion, available to all (ALA and non-ALA members) via Zoom! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Our informal discussion is meant as a safe space for virtual reference providers to compare notes, make connections, and chat about hot topics in virtual reference, including cooperative
virtual reference services, racial and social justice issues, and much more! Our participants drive our conversations, so if you have a virtual reference topic or just want to learn more about virtual reference, please join us at our next online discussion! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Topics:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Merged Service Desks, LibAnswers management,
Virtual Reference Roles and Challenges, Academic Libraries - Student activities in the library
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> January 17, 2024, at 03:00 PM Eastern
Time (US and Canada)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Register in advance for this meeting:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Unable to join us? You can also post your thoughts on our openly-accessible eForum here:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Joining is easy! If you are an ALA Member, it is easy to join! Log into</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://connect.ala.org/__;!!PhOWcWs!yLeRrvHjEbrUgCFWC9LaTdyaLHqnv6PsG4W4eTG1bLMwL9GRorUeWeCKPco-S7KWahIY56DnWcYovxaAb2ZV$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">
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Virtual Reference & Emerging Technology eForum</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">. Click the "Join Community" button. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Not an ALA member? No problem! Go to</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://connect.ala.org/__;!!PhOWcWs!yLeRrvHjEbrUgCFWC9LaTdyaLHqnv6PsG4W4eTG1bLMwL9GRorUeWeCKPco-S7KWahIY56DnWcYovxaAb2ZV$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> ALA Connect</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">,
and create a free account. Then, search for the</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://connect.ala.org/rusa/communities/community-home?communitykey=a798567e-ec74-4298-a353-327b0a23ab08__;!!PhOWcWs!yLeRrvHjEbrUgCFWC9LaTdyaLHqnv6PsG4W4eTG1bLMwL9GRorUeWeCKPco-S7KWahIY56DnWcYov8dRU4gU$"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> Virtual
Reference & Emerging Technology eForum</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">. Click the "Join Community" button.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Suzanne Odom</b>|User Experience Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida Tech|Evans Library<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Library Liaison for the College of Aeronautics <o:p></o:p></p>
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