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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#1F1F1F">Library 2.021 Mini-Conference: Libraries as Community Anchors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">Registration Free -
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2021-libraries-as-community-anchors-registration-165258497615">
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/library-2021-libraries-as-community-anchors-registration-165258497615</a>  See
</span><a href="https://www.library20.com/">https://www.library20.com/</a> for full details on recordings and sessions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt">The third Library 2.021 mini-conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday,
 October 21st, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt">Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion,
 as well as issues of security and privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt">For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer
 and internet access. In this way, libraries exist as important Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs), defined by the FCC “as schools, libraries, hospitals and other medical providers, public safety entities, institutions of higher education, and community support
 organizations that facilitate greater use of broadband by vulnerable populations, including low-income, the unemployed, and the aged” (FCC, 2011, p. 38).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt">In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms,
 hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important. Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects;
 in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:top;line-height:1.5rem"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;letter-spacing:.4pt">This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK,
 and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">Full Agenda below and online. Times listed are Pacific time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL (speakers listed below)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#505055"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Library+2.0+Mini+Conference&iso=20211021T13&p1=224&am=30" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">1:00
 PM (US-Pacific Time)</span></strong></a><br>
30-minute concurrent sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Disaster Strikes! Locating Government Resources During Crisis”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Jennifer Castle,
 Reference and Government Documents Librarian, Tennessee State University and Arkansas State University | Dominique Hallett <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/disaster-strikes-locating-government-resources-during-crisis" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Measuring the Digital Divide: Libraries Role in Digital Access”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Betsey Suchanic
 (Senior Program Manager) Urban Libraries Council | Lourdes Aceves (Director, Edge) <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/measuring-the-digital-divide-libraries-role-in-digital-access" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Use the Free Toward Gigabit Libraries Toolkit to Understand & Solve Your Library Tech and Broadband Challenges”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> -
 Stephanie Stenberg, Director, Internet2 Community Anchor Program, Internet2 | Carson Block, Library Technologist, Carson Block Consulting, Inc. <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/use-the-free-toward-gigabit-libraries-toolkit-to-understand-solve" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Using Outreach Vehicles to Provide Internet Access”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Mary Beth Adams, Outreach
 Coordinator | Library, School, or Organization Name: Alamance County Public Libraries <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/using-outreach-vehicles-to-provide-internet-access" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#505055"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Library+2.0+Mini+Conference&iso=20211021T1330&p1=224&am=30" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">1:30
 PM (US-Pacific Time)</span></strong></a><br>
30-minute concurrent sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line: inherit;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px" type="disc">
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“From Plan to Practice: Interorganizational Response Networks Based on Emergency Management Plans, Situational Reports, and Tweets About Four Major Hurricane
 Events”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Ly Dinh <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/from-plan-to-practice-interorganizational-response-networks-based" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Leveraging Library Services to Provide Access to Justice”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Laura Francabandera,
 Adult Services Supervisor, Maricopa County Library District | Kacie Nickel, Deputy Public Defender Specialty Group <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/leveraging-library-services-to-provide-access-to-justice" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Libraries as Community Anchors”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Mr. Hayford Siaw (Chief Executive Officer),
 Ghana Library Authority | Co-Presenter Name(s): Mr. Edward Addo-Yobo <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/libraries-as-community-anchors" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Senior Care Calls”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Brent Bloechle, Library Manager | Bethany Ross, Public Services
 Librarian, Sr. <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/proposal-senior-care-calls" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“The COVID-19 Learning Pack”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Yusuf Ganyana - THE COVID-19 LEARNING PACK, LAIBU
 MKONONI <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/the-covid-19-learning-pack" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat;color:#505055"><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Library+2.0+Mini+Conference&iso=20211021T14&p1=224&am=30" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">2:00
 PM (US-Pacific Time)</span></strong></a><br>
30-minute concurrent sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“Launching a Digital Navigators Program at the Library”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Audrey Barbakoff, Ed.D.,
 MLIS; Community Engagement & Economic Development Manager, King County Library System | Sabrina Roach, National Digital Inclusion Alliance <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/launching-a-digital-navigators-program-at-the-library" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“LEO: Low Earth Orbit (Satellite) Broadband for Libraries.”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Don Means, Director.
 Gigabit Libraries Network <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/leo-low-earth-orbit-satellite-broadband-for-libraries" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“On the potential for television whitespace (TVWS) wireless Internet in U.S. libraries to increase connectivity across America.”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> -
 Esther Showalter, PhD Candidate, Computer Science, UC Santa Barbara | Kristen Rebmann | Elizabeth Belding <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/on-the-potential-for-television-whitespace-tvws-wireless-internet" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
 description)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505055;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;text-decoration:inherit">
<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">“The First Statewide Library-Led Telehealth Initiative in the First State”</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"> - Nick
 Martin - Telehealth Coordinator, Delaware Libraries <a href="https://www.library20.com/community-anchors-proposals/the-first-statewide-library-led-telehealth-initiative-in-the-firs" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#0075DF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(full
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CLOSING KEYNOTE: </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat">Kristen Rebmann and Don Means on </span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">"Future
 Directions for Libraries as Community Anchors."</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Montserrat"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shannon White<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><br>
<a href="callto:whites29@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">Call me on Teams</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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