<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt">I would like to invite you to an upcoming career workshop on<span> </span><span class="m_8315651119926117635gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_8315651119926117635gmail-aQJ">March 3 from 9:00 – noon</span></span>.  The workshop is being held at the beautiful Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, giving you a chance to tour this award winning library as well as benefit from the workshop and networking. Author and LIS career specialist <a href="http://www.dorityassociates.com/about-me/" target="_blank">Kim Dority</a>, author of<span> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:13pt">Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (2^nd<span> </span>edition)</span></i></b><span style="font-size:13pt">, will present “Rock Your LIS Career – Strategies and Tips for Taking Charge.” The workshop is sponsored by the Dominican SOIS Alumni Council, many of whom will be in attendance to guide our discussions and to network with you.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13pt"><i>How do you establish and build an LIS career that enables you to do your best work, have an impact with your information skills, and articulate to current or future employers just what makes you so valuable?  Join LIS career specialist Kim Dority and your fellow SOIS students for this virtual/real-life, interactive, and highly engaging career workshop as we explore and then practice the strategies that will enable you to create your “best-fit” LIS career. You’ll learn how to start building your professional equity and master ways to continue to grow your value over the course of a rewarding career, and have an opportunity to practice telling others what’s so amazing about what you can do in a fun and friendly environment of fellow students and alumni.</i></span></b><b style="font-style:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:13pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt">Five lucky attendees will receive a copy of Kim’s book<span> </span><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Information-Work-Librarians-Professionals/dp/1610699599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519587149&sr=8-1&keywords=Rethinking+Information+Work" target="_blank">Rethinking Information Work</a></i>!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-se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