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<div><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Apologies for cross-posting, and please feel free to forward this information to others who may be interested in attending.<span style="margin:0px"> <span style="margin:0px"> </span></span>This
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Title -<b><span> </span>“How Inclusive and Diverse is your Local History Collection?”</b> </span></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Date and Time – Wednesday, April 28, 2021 – 2:00 pm Eastern</span></li><li class="x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Location and Cost – Free Virtual discussion group on Zoom<br>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Description – Please join the<span> </span><b>RUSA History Section, Local History Committee</b><span> </span>for the kick-off event to our quarterly series on how to find the diverse and inclusive items already in your
collections and to promote their availability and use, and how to focus on the addition of more diverse items to your local history collections through outreach to your larger local community.</span></li><li class="x_xmsolistparagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">Facilitator - Mary K. Mannix, Maryland Room Manager, C. Burr<span> </span><span class="x_SpellE" style="margin:0px">Artz</span><span> </span>Public Library, Frederick County Public Libraries will be leading our discussion
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt">For security purposes, pre-registration will be required.<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>Please click the following link.<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>After registering, you will receive
a confirmation email containing the information on how to join the meeting.<span style="margin:0px"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic", sans-serif"><a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdO2tqTovG9C_e6YkwhjFeAOHK8FBJYfg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px">https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdO2tqTovG9C_e6YkwhjFeAOHK8FBJYfg<br>
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