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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hello Michigan Library Community! If you have not already responded, the survey will close for comment at
<b>Midnight, Feb 2nd. </b>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 until Midnight, February 2, 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. The Library of Michigan values your feedback!<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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