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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Below you can find a RIPL update. I know some Michigan library staff have attended the RIPL conferences in the past. If you are interested in attending one of their new opportunities take a look at their website
to find out more. Also, don’t forget you can take advantage of the Library of Michigan Continuing Education Stipends to help fund your attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We’re excited to share what’s next for the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL).
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks to the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), we will be taking RIPL on the road! Our IMLS grant is funding a series of state/regional events around
the United States in 2017 and 2018 – the RIPL Regionals. These are scaled-down versions of the national data boot camp, and feature two days of intensive training for 50 participants in the state/surrounding region.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Interested in attending the larger, national event? The next one will occur in summer 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can find out more information on the RIPL website:
</span><a href="https://ripl.lrs.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://ripl.lrs.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. Thank you for your interest in RIPL!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The RIPL Leadership Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Shannon White<br>
Director of Statewide Library Services<br>
Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Email cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete,
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