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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The next Long Island Library Conference will be held on
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thursday, May 14, 2026</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">, at the Melville Marriott. The 2026 theme
is “<b><i>Empower, Engage and Evolve</i></b>”. Program proposals should seek to relate to this year's theme, but we will take into consideration other program ideas. Please see this link for the Program Proposal Guidelines:
<a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="11" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1awkUHh1WbXc9pZF2nG0VEdVA_L9Antb4/view?usp=sharing" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA35f45ec0-3cfd-997d-6c4f-ce234cabc43e" target="_blank" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1awkUHh1WbXc9pZF2nG0VEdVA_L9Antb4/view?usp=sharing">
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1awkUHh1WbXc9pZF2nG0VEdVA_L9Antb4/view?usp=sharing</a> The Program Proposal Guidelines are also attached to this email. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">At this time, we are asking the Library Associations and Divisions to submit their proposed program offerings. I have attached the guidelines to assist in your
planning, please note that the tentative schedule for the day is as follows:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">8:00am - 8:30am Registration</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">8:00am - 9:00am Exhibits</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">9:00am - 10:00am Program Session I</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">10:00am - 10:30am Exhibits</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">10:30am - 11:30am Program Session II</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">11:30am - 12:15pm Exhibits</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">12:15pm - 2:15pm Buffet Lunch & Keynote</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">2:15pm - 2:45 pm Exhibits</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">2:45pm - 3:45 pm Program Session III</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">To submit programs we will be using google forms to make the submission process easier. The form can be found at the following link:
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><a style="color: blue; margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="12" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://forms.gle/Xzs1m32EP5BGfGSB8" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA7eec3242-c0a0-f649-e616-50c8c69e02fd" target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/Xzs1m32EP5BGfGSB8">https://forms.gle/Xzs1m32EP5BGfGSB8</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> and
also on the Programs website at </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="13" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://libconference.org/programs/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA66b0f058-e81e-5217-a2f4-88d5d39fbd35" target="_blank" href="https://libconference.org/programs/">https://libconference.org/programs/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Please note that
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>EVERY</b> program proposal
<b>MUST</b> include sponsor information and will not be considered without it. If you do not have a sponsor, please contact
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="14" title="mailto:LILCPrograms@gmail.com" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA0f1fb788-a602-a448-fcee-8a9064d5b86f" href="mailto:LILCPrograms@gmail.com">LILCPrograms@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> or
a list of possible divisions and committees that can act as sponsors can be found on the NCLA (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="15" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://ncla.info/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAf5d967cb-9041-e316-be82-905975051fe7" target="_blank" href="https://ncla.info/">https://ncla.info/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)
and SCLA (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="16" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://scla.net/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA24da5df5-3a40-7fb2-d25b-1714de5c6951" target="_blank" href="http://scla.net/">http://scla.net/</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)
websites. We can also assist if you need program ideas.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All program submission information will be available on the conference website soon as well. Please see the attached Program Proposals Guidelines for further information. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The submission form must be completed by
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: red;"><b>December 12, 2025.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The schedule of programs will be finalized by the conference committee at our meeting in January and notifications will follow shortly thereafter. Please be advised
that we can only reserve space for programs with defined content. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to working with you to present a great conference experience for all. Please let me know if you have any questions. </span></p>
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Thank You,</div>
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Jeffrey Baker, Danielle Minard</div>
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