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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings! As you may recall, MCLS is a founding member of the Partnership and has provided financial as well as in-kind support. The attached announcement shares about a video recently developed by the Partnership, in conjunction with
Rosemont Shared Print Alliance, highlighting the value of shared print, especially now as libraries deal with the challenges of COVID. It is short and sweet. Enjoy!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Susan Stearns <</span><a href="mailto:sstearns@blc.org">sstearns@blc.org</a><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marna Hostetler - Academic Libraries of Indiana <</span><a href="mailto:marna.hostetler@usi.edu">marna.hostetler@usi.edu</a><span style="color:black">>; Kirsten Leonard - PALNI <</span><a href="mailto:kleonard@palni.edu">kleonard@palni.edu</a><span style="color:black">>;
Jacobs, Mark <</span><a href="mailto:jacobs@wrlc.org">jacobs@wrlc.org</a><span style="color:black">>; Rick Burke <</span><a href="mailto:rburke@scelc.org">rburke@scelc.org</a><span style="color:black">>; Scott Garrison <</span><a href="mailto:garrisons@mcls.org">garrisons@mcls.org</a><span style="color:black">>;
Pamela Jones - ConnectNY <</span><a href="mailto:pjones@connectny.org">pjones@connectny.org</a><span style="color:black">>; Ian Bogus <</span><a href="mailto:ibogus@princeton.edu">ibogus@princeton.edu</a><span style="color:black">>; George Machovec - Colorado
Alliance of Research Libraries <</span><a href="mailto:george@coalliance.org">george@coalliance.org</a><span style="color:black">>; Matthew Revitt <</span><a href="mailto:matthew.revitt@maine.edu">matthew.revitt@maine.edu</a><span style="color:black">>; Caitlin
Tillman <</span><a href="mailto:caitlin.tillman@utoronto.ca">caitlin.tillman@utoronto.ca</a><span style="color:black">>; Ivy Anderson <</span><a href="mailto:Ivy.Anderson@ucop.edu">Ivy.Anderson@ucop.edu</a><span style="color:black">>; Katy Gabrio <</span><a href="mailto:gabrio@macalester.edu">gabrio@macalester.edu</a><span style="color:black">>;
Michael Furlough <</span><a href="mailto:Furlough@hathitrust.org">Furlough@hathitrust.org</a><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jeff Kosokoff <</span><a href="mailto:jeff.kosokoff@duke.edu">jeff.kosokoff@duke.edu</a><span style="color:black">>; Christina Baich - Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis <</span><a href="mailto:cbaich@iupui.edu">cbaich@iupui.edu</a><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Partnership for Shared Book Collections and Rosemont Alliance Release Video on Value of Shared Print</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">The </span><a href="https://www.rosemontsharedprintalliance.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Rosemont Shared Print Alliance</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394"> and
the </span><a href="https://sharedprint.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Partnership for Shared Book Collections</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394"> have just released a new, two-minute
video highlighting the importance of shared print collections in libraries, particularly in today's pandemic environment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Please see the attached press release for full details. You can view the video here: </span><a href="https://youtu.be/Ie8qm_idkDU"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">https://youtu.be/Ie8qm_idkDU</span></a><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394"> We encourage you to share this with your member libraries.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Susan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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