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<span class="contentblock"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">New library directors don’t forget that the fall workshops are on the schedule. Registration for these will open this summer. Below you can find information
for each workshop. For more information visit our website, <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryce">
www.michigan.gov/libraryce</a>. These are both one-day events to be held in Lansing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="contentblock"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_63014-230400--,00.html" title="This is an annual one day event that provides a wide range of information for the new and experienced director. Attendance at these workshops is necessary for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for state aid to public libraries. "><span style="color:#006699">New
Director Workshop - September 17, 2015</span></a><br>
</span></span><span class="shortdesc"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is an annual one day event that provides a wide range of information for the new and experienced director. Attendance at these workshops is necessary
for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for state aid to public libraries.</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br style="box-shadow: none;border-radius: 0px">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="contentblock"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-18668_63014-253288--,00.html" title="This is a one-day event that will provide in-depth information on specific topics for new and experienced directors. Attendance at the workshops is necessary for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for state aid to public librarie"><span style="color:#006699">Advanced
Director Workshop - September 18, 2015</span></a><br>
</span></span><span class="shortdesc"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is a one-day event that will provide in-depth information on specific topics for new and experienced directors. Attendance at the workshops is
necessary for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for state aid to public libraries. Current standards for state aid for public libraries require Classes 4 - 6 directors to complete the Advanced Directors Workshop within 2 years of
initial appointment.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br style="box-shadow: none;border-radius: 0px">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Shannon D. White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Toll free: 877-479-0021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">whites29@michigan.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Consider being a sponsor or site for the Summer Food Service Program and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up – and Read Up!</span></i><i><span style="color:red">
</span></i><i><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.michigan.gov/sfsp</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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