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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hello Michigan Library Community! If you have not already responded, to the survey, please take some time to do so. Our current contract for "core" MeL resources is in its 4th (extension) year which will end on September 30, 2015. We
welcome your input to help us craft a Statement of Work that will be part of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a new set of subscription content, beginning October 1, 2015 for the Michigan eLibrary.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Please respond to a short survey which you can find at: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015melrfp">
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015melrfp</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>The survey will be available through February 1, 2015.</b> Please share widely with your staff, colleagues and/or members!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information on the 2015 MeL Databases Selection Process, please go to:
<a href="http://michigan.gov/2015melrfp">http://michigan.gov/2015melrfp</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thank you very much for your feedback and please let me know if you have any questions, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Deb<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#7030A0">Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS<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>
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<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:
<a href="http://facebook.com/mel.org"><span style="color:blue">http://facebook.com/mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";background:white">The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan
libraries in a new light, v</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">isit
<a href="http://brightside.cedam.info/"><span style="color:blue">http://brightside.cedam.info/</span></a> and watch the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Libraries episode.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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