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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please excuse any cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(via Hillary Pearson, American Library Association)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Association of Research Libraries recently put a call out for proposals for their Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility in Library Archives (IDEAL) Conference in July, 2024. The Inclusion, Diversity,
Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives (IDEAL) Conference raises awareness and appreciation of workplace diversity issues through the exploration of theory and practice in the libraries and archives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Save the date and plan to join us for the next IDEAL Conference, to be held
<b>July 15–17 (Monday-Wednesday), 2024</b>, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The theme for ARL IDEAL 2024 is “Sustainable Resistance and Restoration in Global Communities”. ARL IDEAL 2024 will be co-hosted by Carleton University, McMaster University, University
of Ottawa, Queen's University, University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Waterloo, Western University, and York University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The deadline to submit a proposal is
<b>Friday, September 15, 2023</b>. For more information on the Conference, including proposal-submission instructions, please go to
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arl.org/category/our-priorities/diversity-equity-inclusion/ideal-conference/__;!!DZ3fjg!_p5vZ9b9f68r1LnjorvNzbo9DmkU5ILAEIDRy0f5mAWppXP_WpJ42nDbRyX74OAjnxI8ofJWE98LdW4FXqfOYlYxWR8$">
https://www.arl.org/category/our-priorities/diversity-equity-inclusion/ideal-conference/</a>. Registration will open in early 2024. Please contact <a href="mailto:events@arl.org" title="mailto:events@arl.org">events@arl.org</a> with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:#9C884B;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-ligatures:none">Eric Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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