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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Public Library Directors,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Institute of Museum and Library Services would like your help assessing library broadband speeds. Please visit
<span style="color:black"><a href="http://digitalinclusion.pnmi.com/speedtest/">http://digitalinclusion.pnmi.com/speedtest/</a> and run the speed test. The link will ask you to login using your id (FSCS#) if you are unsure of your id the login box has a lookup
feature.</span> Many of you participated in the 2013 Digital Inclusion survey which included a basic speed test tool, this is just a refined version of that tool. If you have participated in the past you will receive a postcard reminder to take the new speed
test early next week. If you have not participated before, the test is open to any interested public library. The FCC will use the results the test t<span style="color:black">o inform changes in the E-Rate program and better understand library and school
broadband needs. </span> <span style="color:black">Speed test data from your library(ies) will help determine upload/download speeds that users experience at different times during the day - providing a critical measure of service quality in public libraries
and helping to inform the FCC about library broadband needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">You can help by taking the speed test by <b>August 1, 2014</b>. To begin, go to <a href="http://digitalinclusion.pnmi.com/speedtest/">http://digitalinclusion.pnmi.com/speedtest/</a>.
Thank you! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The study is funded by the <a href="http://www.imls.gov/">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a> (IMLS), and conducted by the <a href="http://ala.org/">American
Library Association</a>(ALA) and the <a href="http://ipac.umd.edu/">Information Policy & Access Center</a> (iPAC) at the University of Maryland College Park. The project also is supported by the <a href="http://cosla.org/">Chief Officers of State Library Agencies</a> (COSLA),
the <a href="http://pla.org/">Public Library Association</a> (PLA), the <a href="http://www.urbanlibraries.org/">Urban Libraries Council</a> (ULC), and the <a href="http://arsl.info/">Association of Rural and Small Libraries</a> (ARSL).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Caslon Pro Bold","serif";color:#1F497D">Joseph Hamlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Caslon Pro Bold","serif";color:#1F497D">Library Data Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">702 West Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Ph: 517-373-3828<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Email:
<a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">hamlinj2@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">URL:
<a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#76923C">Visit the Michigan eLibrary at</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#76923C">
<i><a href="http://mel.org/"><span style="color:#76923C">http://mel.org</span></a></i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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