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<p class="MsoPlainText">Libraries Read: 1 Book discussion event – South Lyon, MI<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Last chance to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7kohUzQvf7Llms2u2nVQGS22DK6mnrDOBLnxydIyDXGiPJA/viewform">
register</a> and add your voice to the discussion!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">"Is Google making us stupid?" Nicholas Carr asked, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story. Carr delves further into the question in his book The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, the selected title for "Libraries
Read: 1 Book." MCLS invited library staff across Indiana and Michigan to place votes on one of four titles to select one book that we will all read and discuss together for professional development. Nicholas Carr's book captured the most votes. In The Shallows,
he explores the net's intellectual and cultural consequences. MCLS encourages library staff to read the book throughout the summer, then join us in a Twitter chat and regional discussions about the book.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">According to Randy Dykhuis, MCLS Executive Director, "During 2014, MCLS conducted a series of community conversations with librarians throughout Indiana and Michigan, utilizing the tools from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation.
The desire to have discussions in many formats, and to communicate with one another outside of our silos was a recurring theme. By reading one book together, we aim to create deeper connections among libraries that span geographic and other boundaries."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><u>Michigan Book Discussions:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> * <b>August 3, 11 am to 1 pm Eastern. Salem-South Lyon District Library, South Lyon, MI.</b>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> * August 5, 11 am to 1 pm Eastern. MCLS, Lansing, MI.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7kohUzQvf7Llms2u2nVQGS22DK6mnrDOBLnxydIyDXGiPJA/viewform">Register for an in-person discussion>></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">For more information about "Libraries Read: 1 Book", contact David Votta at
<a href="mailto:vottad@mcls.org">vottad@mcls.org</a>, visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mcls.org">
Facebook page</a>, or read our <a href="http://mcls.org/news/2016/06/27/libraries-read-1-book-the-shallows-events-announced/">
blog</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Jan Davidson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Administrative Assistant, Member Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Midwest Collaborative for Library Services<br>
1407 Rensen St., Suite 1, Lansing, MI 48910-3657<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Phone: 517-492-3811 ext. 111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Fax: 517-492-3812<br>
<a href="mailto:davidsonj@mcls.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">davidsonj@mcls.org</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.mcls.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.mcls.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Check out the MCLS Training Calendar at:
</span><a href="https://www.mcls.org/training-events"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.mcls.org/training-events</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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