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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">The newest installment of the Michigan Public Libraries Data Digest is now available electronically at
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/librarystatistics"><span style="color:#0070C0">www.michigan.gov/librarystatistics</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">You can also order print copies of the digest by
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_69405_61707-294487--,00.html"><span style="color:#0070C0">clicking on the Order Data Digest 2014 link</span></a></span><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">
or copying and pasting </span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_69405_61707-294487--,00.html"><span style="color:#0070C0">http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_69405_61707-294487--,00.html</span></a>
</span><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">into your browser.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">This year we noticed an 8% increase in the number of Library Education and Enrichment opportunities offered for children, with an attendance
increase of 37.3%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Total Enrichment Event attendance increased in all categories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Electronic, Audio, and Video collections continue to increase while Print collections fell slightly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MeL usage continued to be strong with 7.8 million full text articles retrieved, 15.8 million sessions, and 28.8 million searches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MeLCat maintained a high request fill rate of approximately 90%, and public libraries loaned over 982,000 items during the 2013/2014
reporting year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"adobe caslon pro bold";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";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:
</span><a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">hamlinj2@michigan.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">URL:
</span><a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><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">
</span><a href="http://mel.org/"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#76923C">http://mel.org</span></i></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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