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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#323E4F">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#323E4F">On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>This year’s summer reading is off to a great start and <a href="http://mel.org/index.php?P=Home">
MeL</a> databases and resources are ready and willing to help libraries and patrons find just the right titles.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Create reading lists, find read-alikes, read reviews, find new authors – for readers of all ages and interests.
<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=EBOOK">
<span class="GramE">eBook</span> Collection</a> contains over 20,000 titles. <a href="http://www.literature-map.com/">
Literature-Map, the Tourist Map of Literature</a> provides a visual literature recommendation system.
<a href="http://noflyingnotights.com/">No Flying No Tights</a> contains </span>Librarians' reviews of comics, graphic novels, Japanese manga, and anime. Find recommended reading lists, award winners, fiction and nonfiction in
<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=NOVEL">
NoveList K-8 Plus</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Read online or download for offline use, picture books, youth and teen titles, and titles in world languages in
<a href="http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-ebsco.php?database=EBK8">
eBook K-8 Collection</a>. And, don’t forget <a href="http://mel.org/melcat">MeLCat</a> to find books, audio, movies, and music.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Michigan residents or Michigan library access only.<span style="color:#323E4F"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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 contact<a href="mailto:contact@mel.org">@mel.org</a> or
visit <a href="http://mel.org/">mel.org</a>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#C00000;mso-no-proof:yes">Eunice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
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