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<p class="MsoNormal">The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce that MeL’s new Business Gateway,
<a href="http://mel.org/business">http://mel.org/business</a> has debuted today. The gateway has been totally redesigned to better assist librarians and business services consultants who work with business owners and entrepreneurs as well as those who want
to start a business and work with the resources on their own and on their own time. The new gateway incorporates a series of 4 videos in which librarians, business services consultants and actual entrepreneurs talk about how using MeL’s business eResources
helps them to <b>Start. Grow. Support. Succeed. </b>MeL’s subscription eResources—available at no cost to all Michigan residents—are showcased on the gateway homepage along with targeted websites, selected business support organizations, and a Twitter feed
from business support organizations. This makes for an excellent launch pad for contributing to economic development in your area.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our “on screen talent” who appeared in the videos—librarians, business services consultants and actual entrepreneurs—all who have used MeL resources either themselves or in assisting
entrepreneurs and business owners in their communities. In fact, Nicolette Sosulski, Business Librarian at Portage District Library will be sending out an email to Michlib-l which I will forward to the other Listservs with links to live and recorded webinars
and other supportive information for libraries. Permanent links to tutorials for some of MeL’s business eResources will also be in the
<b>How To</b> section under “Helpful Links” on the gateway homepage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please share widely and as always, we welcome your feedback.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deb<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#7030A0">Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Lansing, MI 48909<br>
Phone: 517-373-4466<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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:
<a href="http://facebook.com/mel.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://facebook.com/mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;background:white">Check out the curated content on the LM homepage including state and national CE offerings, LM events, stats reports, headlines from around the library world and
</span><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">intriguing snapshots of our varied collections<span style="background:white"> at
<a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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