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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This weekly Friday webinar is open to all.
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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><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwhats-a-library-tickets-111346034988&data=02%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7C7deb6e4c5f00476a3a0f08d8242a64da%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637299111847465509&sdata=Fxlg3n%2FqAdnev2lyfMX%2FRwInO2w45TgemZqoD4aSDaA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-tickets-111346034988</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC0000"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F738305239&data=02%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7C7deb6e4c5f00476a3a0f08d8242a64da%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637299111847465509&sdata=e%2BSM7LeCcGzSIlY2TVLuY4GHfvG0bYnoI%2BPFyqGeD10%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/738305239</a></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#CC0000">
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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
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339">http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339</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">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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