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<p class="MsoNormal">Does your community plant a lot of flowers or trees? Drink (or make) a lot of beer or wine? Attend a lot of sporting events? Gather numbers for how many and compare them to library data such as door counts or program attendance or circulation
that show your library is engaged with your community. Need numbers? Try State of Michigan websites, your local chamber of commerce, local research agencies such as colleges or universities. Get creative! “Library Snapshot”
<span style="color:black">is a national ALA initiative of library advocacy based on data, and we encourage you to take library numbers and compare them to figures of other activities in your community.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>#MiLibSNAP will begin on Monday June</b> <b>14th</b> and will run all week,
<u>Monday June 14th to June 19th.</u> We hope that you will join us and promoting the awesome things you do! Please participate using whatever social media platforms you are comfortable with. Feel free to post multiple times over the week and make this your
own social media campaign to promote your library. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Use action verbs in your posts such as: Serve, Answer, Engage, Link, Entertain, Teach, and Create. As you ready your comparisons, think about the distinct value that you provide better than anyone else in your community.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Consider how your library is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">An excellent return on investment<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Supports strong economic development and impact<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Provides great employment support<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Delivers provable early literacy development<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Serves your community with ongoing lifelong support for formal education and homework help<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Provides affordable access to community resources<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Serves the whole community equitably<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Supports cultural vitality<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Is a recognized and valued leisure activities for a majority of Michiganders<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Adapted and served during the past year!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When you Post, Tweet, Snapchat or Instagram use the hashtag <b>
#MiLibSNAP </b>so everyone can easily find (and possibly retweet or share) the great things that you are doing in your library and community.<br>
You can also see some examples of what Michigan libraries did last year by going to Facebook and Twitter, search #MiLibSNAP
<br>
This campaign does lend itself to posts about library data but that needn’t be the only thing posted. If you have a great picture of your library, or staff share it. A program or event you are proud of, share it. Creativity is welcome and appreciated.<br>
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As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Joe Hamlin at HamlinJ2@Michigan.gov.<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
Joseph Hamlin<br>
Library Data Coordinator<br>
Library of Michigan<br>
702 West Kalamazoo St.<br>
P.O. Box 30007<br>
Lansing, MI 48909-7507<br>
Ph: 517-335-1501<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov">hamlinj2@michigan.gov</a><br>
URL: <a href="https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan">https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</a><br>
Visit the Michigan eLibrary at <a href="http://mel.org">http://mel.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="323" height="256" style="width:3.3645in;height:2.6666in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7593E.E08B9F10" alt="#MiLibSnap 2017
In Ingham County last year, enough people attended
library programs to more than fill the 75K seat
Spartan Stadium. "><o:p></o:p></p>
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