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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">Ploud (<b>P</b>ublic <b>L</b>ibraries in the Cl<b>oud</b>) is a website template and hosting solution. This fall the LM is hosting a series of day-long, hands-on workshops about the product. Are
you curious about this service? Take advantage of one of the workshop dates to learn more.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Cost is $20.00 per person and the locations are below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">MIDWEST COLLABORATIVE FOR LIBRARY SERVICES, LANSING<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Tuesday, Sept 5 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">BAYLISS PUBLIC LIBRARY, SAULT STE. MARIE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Tuesday, Sept 19 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">CADILLAC-WEXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, CADILLAC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Tuesday, Oct 3 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">WHITE LAKE COMMUNITY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Thursday, Oct 5 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">MARSHALL DISTRICT LIBRARY, MARSHALL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Tuesday, Oct 10 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">SUBURBAN LIBRARY CO-OP, STERLING HEIGHTS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Wednesday, October 25 - 10 am to 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">Ploud is designed for small and rural libraries, provided by vendor Enfold Systems and subsidized with Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) dollars through the LM. Over 100 Michigan libraries
utilize Ploud for their websites. Are you thinking about changing website services? Consider Ploud.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">Michigan Ploud libraries will pay $200 this year. For that low cost libraries are able to take advantage of one of four templates, each of which comes with between four and a dozen color schemes
that can be changed at any time; hosting; a vendor-provided help desk; and on-going development. A subdomain of “michlibrary.org” such as “MYLIBRARY.michlibrary.org” is available to new libraries or you are free to use your own domain name.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">And there’s no uploading HTML files with Ploud. In fact, you don’t need to know any HTML at all. You simply log onto your site and from there you can edit text, images and links from an easy-to-use
interface that requires no coding. Ploud is great for libraries without specialized technology staff.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">Ploud comes with carousels, or rotating images, which you can use on any page; optional drag and drop page layouts; a selection of MeL databases which can easily be extended for your patron base;
an intuitive calendar for library events; a News section; a Kids & Teens area; and a Contact Us form. From there you can develop any new content that you’d like. Your Ploud website can be as small or as large as you care to build it.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">To get an idea of what the product looks like and how Michigan libraries are using it check out these sites:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="http://www.cadillaclibrary.org/">Cadillac Wexford Public Library</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="http://www.carolibrary.org/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:white">Caro Area District Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="http://crookedtree.ploud.net/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:white">Crooked Tree District Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="http://www.leelanautownshiplibrary.org/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:white">Leelanau Township Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="https://pidl.ploud.net/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:white">Presque Isle District Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#015B64"><a href="http://walledlake.ploud.net/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;background:white">Walled Lake City Library</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#2A2D30;background:white">Questions? Contact Sonya Schryer Norris at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="mailto:norriss2@michigan.gov"><span style="background:white">norriss2@michigan.gov</span></a><span style="color:#2A2D30;background:white"> or
517-373-4457. You can also check out the </span><a href="http://michlibrary.org/"><span style="background:white">program website</span></a><span style="color:#2A2D30;background:white">. This summer is a perfect time to consider Ploud.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Sonya Schryer Norris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">PO Box 30009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">517-373-4457<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><a href="http://www.mel.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.mel.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up!</span><span style="color:red"> </span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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