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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Today we will discuss
<i>T</i></span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">he Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains,
</span></em>the selected title for our 2016 “Libraries Read: 1 Book.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is a preview of what we’ll be talking about.<br>
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaWJ72x1rI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKaWJ72x1rI</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“Is Google making us stupid?” Nicholas Carr asked, in a celebrated <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Atlantic Monthly</span></em> cover story. Carr delves further into the question in his book
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/training-eventseventslibrariesread1book/">Read more >></a><br>
<a href="https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/training-eventseventslibrariesread1book/">https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/training-eventseventslibrariesread1book/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Visit the MCLS web page for more information about participating in our Twitter chats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="https://portal.mcls.org/training-events/events/third-thursday-twitter-chats-2016/">https://portal.mcls.org/training-events/events/third-thursday-twitter-chats-2016/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Votta</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Community Engagement Librarian</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS)
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Lansing, MI & Indianapolis, IN <br>
Phone: (800) 530-9019 ext 122</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Phone: (517) 492-3822
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Fax: (517) 492-3886<br>
<a href="mailto:vottad@mcls.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">vottad@mcls.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>-Tom Peters<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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