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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We lucked out this week! The legendary
<b>R. David Lankes, Director School of Information Science at U. SC</b>, Scholar | Speaker | Writer | Teacher | Advocate. David argues<i>"that to thrive communities need libraries that go beyond bricks and mortar and beyond books and literature.”</i> Indeed!
What does that mean in a pandemic?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p18-libraries-in-response-reset-fundamentals-tickets-115900468421">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p18-libraries-in-response-reset-fundamentals-tickets-115900468421</a>
for this webinar on Friday, August 7 at 11:00 am Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Find earlier recordings of this series here:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><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">This Friday he’ll join to help us revisit the basics of: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“What is a Library if the Building is Closed?”</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">internet access</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">digital services</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">physical materials</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">social infrastructure</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We’ll also hear from <b>Lex Dennis</b> and
<b>Jennifer Henecke</b> of the <b>Drucker Institute</b> on their breakthrough project: <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.drucker.institute%2Fprograms%2Fbendable%2F&data=02%7C01%7CWhiteS29%40michigan.gov%7C978ba3bc61264e43196408d838adc662%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637321666298062524&sdata=9DDXSmPgfRGRClvLm4JoUS5q5IOzhALquyNV2Q0pINg%3D&reserved=0"><b>Bendable</b></a>,
a new lifelong learning system that "<i>allows people of all ages and backgrounds to easily acquire new knowledge and skills through online courses as well as in-person learning opportunities.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"For too many people learning ends when they finish their formal schooling. Increasingly however economic opportunity—as well as dignity—hinges upon lifelong learning.”</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b>How much more so now with tens of millions newly unemployed?!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Register here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p18sponse-reset-fundamentals-tickets-115900468421">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/p18sponse-reset-fundamentals-tickets-115900468421</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Visit the Gigabit Libraries site for additional information here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339">http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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