{"id":18241,"date":"2025-11-07T15:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18241"},"modified":"2025-11-07T15:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:24:46","slug":"call-for-proposals-2026-reaching-forward-south-conference-fri-april-10-in-ofallon-deadline-tues-nov-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/call-for-proposals-2026-reaching-forward-south-conference-fri-april-10-in-ofallon-deadline-tues-nov-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: 2026 Reaching Forward South Conference (Fri., April 10, in O&#8217;Fallon)&#8211;Deadline Tues., Nov. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILA Reaching Forward South Committee is accepting program proposals for the 2026 Reaching Forward South Conference on <strong>Friday, April 10<\/strong>, at the Regency Conference Center <strong>in O&#8217;Fallon, Illinois<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Conference theme is \u201cRevolutionary Service: Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future\u201d. From making materials and resources widely accessible to providing a welcoming place for everyone, libraries have always played a revolutionary role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is your chance to submit your revolutionary idea, program, or service that has made an impact on your community and patrons!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The submission deadline is <strong>Tuesday, November 11, at 11:59 PM CDT<\/strong>. For more information about the Conference, including the program tracks, financial assistance, and guidance on submitting a proposal, please go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/events\/reaching-forward-south-conference\/reaching-forward-south-call-for-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Gwen Gregory, Northern Illinois University) The ILA Reaching Forward South Committee is accepting program proposals for the 2026 Reaching Forward South Conference on Friday, April 10, at the Regency Conference Center in O&#8217;Fallon, Illinois. The Conference theme is \u201cRevolutionary Service: Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future\u201d. From making materials and resources widely accessible to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,60,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-illinois-library-association","category-library-associations-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18242,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18241\/revisions\/18242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}