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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Have you ever considered how eBooks might help with your library’s collection development strategy? -- fill gaps in your collection,
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<span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">eBooks Collection</span></a> may be a resource you can point patrons and staff to in these very situations. Over 20,000 eBooks are available at all levels
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<span style="color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#333F50;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">eBooks Collection</span></a> a try, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
<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
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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#C00000;background:white">The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they
are making a difference in their communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#C00000;background:white">To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, v</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#C00000">isit
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