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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#17365D">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#17365D">Can you believe it’s been 10 years since the exciting resource-sharing tool
<a href="http://mel.org/melcat">MeLCat</a> became operational? To celebrate, staff from the
<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan">Library of Michigan</a> and <a href="http://mcls.org/">
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services</a> are hosting an online party and you’re invited! Plan to join in on January 9, between 10:00am and Noon as we reminisce, share stories, learn some facts about MeLCat, and have fun. There is no registration required
to attend, just visit <a href="http://libraryofmichigan.adobeconnect.com/mel">http://libraryofmichigan.adobeconnect.com/mel</a> to join in.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">We would like to thank all of the Michigan MeLCat libraries and their awesome staff members on making it possible to fill more than
7 million requests for Michigan residents since 2005. Read more about MeLCat's history on the
<a href="http://mcls.org/news/2014/12/23/happy-birthday-melcat/"><span style="color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MCLS News Blog</span></a>.
<a href="https://twitter.com/meldotorg"><span style="color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Tweet</span></a> about MeLCat!
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeLCat10?src=hash"><span style="color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#0000BF;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">#MeLCat10</span></a>. Follow us on
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#17375E;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Happy New Year and Happy Birthday MeLCat!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D">Eunice C. Borrelli,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif";color:#17365D">Phone: 517.241.4996 Toll Free: 877.479.0021 Fax: 517.373.5700<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228;background:white">The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries & how they are making a difference in their communities. To
experience Michigan libraries in a new light, v</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228">isit
</span></i><a href="http://brightside.cedam.info/"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228">http://brightside.cedam.info/</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F6228"> & watch the
21<sup>st</sup> Century Libraries episode.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#31849B">Invest in a child’s future today. Support the MDE Culture of Reading.</span></i><span style="color:#17365D">
</span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue">www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading</span></a><span style="color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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