<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Dear Libby,</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">On behalf of the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) I’m writing to request that the South Carolina Library Association webpage include one of the following announcements for our 54<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference on your “Upcoming Conferences/Calendar” page. If you have a listserv that you would be able to send this announcement to, that would be appreciated as well.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Basic Version – June 7-10, 2009; Association of Christian Librarians Conference, Northwestern College; St. Paul, MN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm"><font size="3">http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm</font></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Short Version -- June 7-10, 2009; Association of Christian Librarians 54<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference, Northwestern College; St. Paul, MN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our theme is “True North: Illumination, Inspiration, Information.” Contact April VanPutten, </font><a href="mailto:conference@acl.org"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">conference@acl.org</font></a><font size="3">, or 937-766-2255;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font><a href="http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm"><font size="3">http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm</font></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Longer Version--June 7-10, 2009; Association of Christian Librarians 54<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference, Northwestern College; St. Paul, MN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Our theme is “True North: Illumination, Inspiration, Information” with keynote speaker Erin Walsh, National Institute on Media and the Family, presenting “Understanding students who are growing up in a media saturated culture.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>ACL is an association of librarians who embrace the Christian faith and has over 500 members! Contact April VanPutten, </font><a href="mailto:conference@acl.org"><font color="#0000ff" size="3">conference@acl.org</font></a><font size="3">, or 937-766-2255; </font><a href="http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm"><font size="3">http://www.acl.org/conference.cfm</font></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Since the ACL conference takes place in June 2010, we would like it publicized at your earliest convenience as well as all the way through June. This is a conference of interest to all librarians who believe in Jesus Christ, but in particular to the Christian academic librarians. ACL has over 500 individual and 150 institutional members and last year approximately 200 people attended our annual conference in Missouri.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Thank you for your help in getting the word out about our conference. Let me know if you have any suggestions, questions, or need me to reformat the information.</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Sincerely,</font></span></p>
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<div></div><br>-- <br><br>Racha Gruet<br>Association of Christian Librarians<br>Office Manager<br>PO Box 4<br>Cedarville, OH 45314<br>937.766.2255<br><a href="mailto:rachag@acl.org">rachag@acl.org</a><br>