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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Have you seen the new look of the MeL database from Gale,
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<span style="color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Computer Database</span></a>? It was included in the roll-out on April 2 and sports their new color scheme, enhanced functionality, and responsive design
while still providing access to industry leading content on computers, telecommunications, and electronics. Give the Topic Finder a try. Search word and subject topics are displayed visually in either wheel or tile configuration with related content results
links displayed on the right. Up-to-date news, reviews, product introductions, industry trends, and more are included. The MeL database
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<span style="color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#044A91;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Computer Database</span></a> can make staying on the cutting edge a whole lot easier for libraries and their patrons.
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned
for next week’s MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at
<a href="mailto:contact@mel.org"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">contact@mel.org</span></a> or visit
<a href="http://mel.org/"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">mel.org</span></a>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:#1F497D">Eunice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">Eunice C. Borrelli,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#17365D">Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#17365D">Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">,
</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#17365D">702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#17365D">Phone: 517.241.4996 Toll Free: 877.479.0021 Fax: 517.373.5700<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D;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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1F497D">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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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#8064A2">Each April, Michigan celebrates the Month of the Young Child.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#8064A2">Go to
<a href="http://www.miaeyc.org"><span style="color:blue">www.miaeyc.org</span></a> to learn more.
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