<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Sharing this summer opportunity.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carolyn Kinsella</div><div>AISLE Executive Secretary</div><div>P.O. Box 110</div><div>Seneca, IL  61360</div><div>PH: 815-357-6023</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=15a83ZNHmAdF7XsFleeaTWqPgJI5KRX77&revid=0B9ru44lEXuPSUlpUdUhvK09Nd0dTd091L2tiMktZaHRlajVVPQ" width="200" height="70"><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">REALISD Project</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:realisdproject@gmail.com">realisdproject@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 1:59 PM<br>Subject: REALISD Project Professional Development Opportunity<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:execsecretary@aisled.org">execsecretary@aisled.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="m_-8767535111489720884gmail-docs-internal-guid-6498cb57-7fff-3996-08dd-4f6e58fcb2b7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello Executive Secretary Kinsella,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">I am emailing you on behalf of Dr. Melissa Johnston, Associate Professor at the University of West Georgia and Dr. Dan Albertson, Professor and Chair of the Information Science Department at the University at Buffalo. We ask for your help in recruiting school librarians in Illinois for the REALISD Project, which will offer a fully-funded online professional development opportunity beginning this summer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would appreciate it if the below recruitment announcement were forwarded to school librarians who serve rural populations. We welcome any questions, and look forward to hearing from our applicants!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your consideration,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">–Caitlin W., REALISD Project GA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><hr><p></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rural Engagement to Advance Learning In STEM Digitally (REALISD) in School Libraries Program</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:cent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