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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All—many or most of you may already be aware of this, but just in case, <span class=usercontent>NPR is doing a special series on public libraries! Entitled, "Keys To The Whole World: American Public Libraries", you can listen to all the stories by clicking on the link below. Just today on Morning Edition, you can find out how libraries play an important role in disaster recovery. <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/209598179/public-libraries-in-america">http://www.npr.org/series/209598179/public-libraries-in-america</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=usercontent><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=usercontent>I’ve also posted this to the Library of Michigan’s Facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-of-Michigan/54064216770?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-of-Michigan/54064216770?ref=hl</a> which you are also welcome to “Like”!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=usercontent><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=usercontent>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=usercontent>Deb</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#7030A0'>Deb Biggs Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"'>Lansing, MI 48909<br>Phone: 517-373-4466<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#7030A0'>Visit MeL at: <a href="http://mel.org/"><span style='color:#7030A0'>http://mel.org</span></a> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>