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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Do you want to increase access to your collections but don't know where to begin? Join us for the first class in our Digitization Basics series and get ready to start
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<b>Introduction to Digitization</b></div>
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Digitization is a great way to increase access to your collections and help preserve them over time, but it can be overwhelming to know where to begin. Join Biz Gallo, Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator at the Library of Michigan, for the first
session in the Digitization Basics series. In this first session, Introduction to Digitization, you will learn what digitization is, the reasons for digitizing your collections, and basic terminology.<br>
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<b>Tuesday, January 25, 2022</b></div>
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<b>Cost</b>: Free</div>
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<div><b>Register</b>: <a href="https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=2174&" id="LPlnk219680">https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=2174&</a></div>
<div>Webinar link will be emailed to registrants the day before the webinar begins.<br>
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<div><i style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.</i><br>
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<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(23,78,134)"><b>Biz Gallo </b></span></a></p>
<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator </span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915</span><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
</span></span><span style=""></span><a href="mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">GalloB@michigan.gov</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">
|</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"> 517-335-1402</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Discover digital collections from cultural institutions throughout the state at </b></i></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b><a href="https://michmemories.org/" title="https://michmemories.org/"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Michigan
Memories</span></a></b></i></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>!</b></i></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><i><b>Find out more about preserving Michigan's digital cultural heritage through
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