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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Earlier this month, during the <b><u>MCLS Friday Dialogue on Virtual Programming</u></b>, participants cited the things that make virtual programming exciting are: great
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">They even came up with the idea of working with other libraries to put on virtual programs together, since geography wasn't an issue!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"><br style="">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">To make virtual programming easier to implement, participants frequently mentioned that "someone" should start compiling a list of virtual programs in order to share resources
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Can you imagine the number of virtual programming ideas that would be generated if each one of you reading this email submits just one idea? </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; color:#323130"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Feel free to add programs you have done and ask others to share details about the virtual programs you have heard them do to the list. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; color:#323130"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">We envision this as a work in progress. As the needs of the participants change, the document will change accordingly. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"><br style="">
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">This type of collaboration only works if you are willing to be an active participant. Add your idea to the list today! </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#323130; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">No
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Based on what was said during our virtual programming dialogue, to start, the Google Sheets doc has been divided into the following categories:</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; color:#323130"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Each category has a color-coded tab at the bottom of the document and each individual category (sheet) has individual fields for you to describe your programs. </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; color:#323130"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We can't wait to see the list you create!</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"; color:#323130"></span></p>
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