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<div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Book your spot now!  You don't want to miss this excellent day-long workshop!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The Michigan Collaborating Partners - Michigan Cooperative Directors Association, Library of Michigan, Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, Michigan Library Association, and Michigan Academic Libraries Association - invite you to attend:  </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><span class="gmail-il">Removing</span><span> </span><span class="gmail-m_6719295357632752864gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Barriers</span></span>: A Library Accessibility Workshop</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Equality in access for every member of your community is a core library value and it can be challenging to satisfy all of the needs of your patrons.  This workshop will cover important aspects of library accessibility and provide you with new tools to help serve all patrons equally. Topics include:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Designing New Buildings and Renovating Older Ones<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Overcoming<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_6719295357632752864gmail-il"><span class="gmail-il">Barriers</span></span><span> </span>to Access in Collections & Programming<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Advocating for Disabled Patrons<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Providing access to websites and online materials<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Complying with ADA Legal Requirements<br></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Friday, November 9, 2018 from 9:30am to 3:30 p.m.</b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Registration is open:  <a href="http://mmlc.info/events/removing-barriers-a-library-accessibility-workshop/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://mmlc.info/<wbr>events/<span class="gmail-il">removing</span>-<span class="gmail-il">barriers</span>-a-<wbr>library-accessibility-<wbr>workshop/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The agenda:  <a href="http://mmlc.info/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Removing-Barriers-Agenda.pdf">http://mmlc.info/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Removing-Barriers-Agenda.pdf</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Event flyer: <a href="http://mmlc.info/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Removing-Barriers-WS-11.2018-2.pdf">http://mmlc.info/site/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Removing-Barriers-WS-11.2018-2.pdf</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Questions? Call MMLC (810) 232-7119<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Conference Location:</b> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Grand Valley State University</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">L.V. Eberhard Center</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Grand Rapids, MI 49504</div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*There will be not be an option for streaming or remote attendance. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This project is supported by the Michigan Collaborating Partners and by the Library of Michigan with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</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<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kate Pohjola Andrade, Director<br>Wo<span style="font-size:12.8px">odlands Library Cooperative</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span><span><span>517-629-9469</span></span></span></span></span> </div><div dir="ltr"><span><span><span><span>586-801-0725</span></span></span></span> - cell/text<div><a href="http://woodlands.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">http://woodlands.lib.mi.us</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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