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Literacy (GITWL)</SPAN><SPAN
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BIENNIAL CONFERENCE </SPAN><SPAN
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DUE </SPAN></B><st1:date Year="2009" Day="1" Month="2"><B><SPAN
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2009</SPAN></B></st1:date><B><SPAN
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Date - </SPAN></B><st1:date Year="2009" Day="12" Month="11"><B><SPAN
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<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do you have a proposal for the 2009
GITWL Conference?</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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<P class=NormalWeb1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are looking for workshops in several
categories that are research based, offer practical solutions, contain
interactive activities, and present usable information to help make conference
participants’ lives and jobs easier. Presentations are 60-90 minutes in length.
Participants should walk away with handouts, techniques, and methodologies.
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jana Hertz<BR>Library of Congress
Certified<BR>Braille Transcriber<BR>CTEVH Literary Specialist<BR>GITWL 2009
Publicity</SPAN><SPAN
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