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<p class="MsoNormal">Link doesn’t show up below correctly. Please use this link if you want to register for this webinar tomorrow. These are also recorded and available on the page listed at the bottom of this message.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> White, Shannon (MDE) <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'michlib-l@mcls.org' <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Libraries in Response - July 10 at 11 am Eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join us as we explore: internet access, digital services, physical materials & social infrastructure
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday's Topic:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What role can libraries play in support of students and families caught in a terrible bind between not working and not being at a school building?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">... noting that educational institutions are approaching a crisis point in trying to open for the fall... as the pandemic numbers increase
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Speakers:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eddy Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
<b><span style="color:#9933FF">Texas 2020 Librarian of the Year</span></b>, and <u>
Abilene Library Consortia Director</u>. Eddy is a state leader on broadband as part of the state broadband commission. Libraries at the table. Imagine!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dianne Connery,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> of the
<u>Pottsboro Library</u> has a compelling plan to partner with a local wireless provider to use EBS to reach students at home who otherwise lack access.
<b><span style="color:blue">Pottsboro just scored #1 in state CARES grant money </span>
</b>out of 116 applicants! How'd they do that?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do they do that?! What’s their secret for success?
<b><i>Collaborations!</i></b> Easy to say. Hard to do! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC0000">Registration Link:
</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-part-15-two-tales-from-texas-and-ebs-too-tickets-112550218734">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-part-15-two-tales-from-texas-and-ebs-too-tickets-112550218734</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Here is the link to the Pottsboro proposal "Connect with Educational Broadband Service Spectrum" file in google drive.
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmNfOErhRu5vxVfQSJsr-6WwXWvUYdkk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information visit Gigabit Libraries Network Pandemic Response page
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Shannon White<br>
Library Development Manager<br>
Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909<br>
<a href="mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Whites29@michigan.gov</span></a> 517-335-1507 |
<a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a>
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