<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Ours is small yet, due to space constraints-- but our STEM kits and ukuleles have been popular.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 1:25 PM Chantell J Graves via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8994221905931250665">




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Hello, Library Land!</div>
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Alma College is considering adding a "Library of Things" to our collection, and we're looking for some input from other small academic libraries. </div>
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<b>What items/objects have been of use to your students, faculty, or staff?</b></div>
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Any other input is appreciated as well, such as budgeting, staffing, workflow, organization/shelving, etc...</div>
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For those of you wondering what the heck I'm talking about... a library of things is a collection of items that typically fit into categories like hobbies, technology, outdoor activities, games, teaching materials, STEM kits, and much more!</div>
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Thanks for all you do,</div>
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Chantell Graves, B.S. Ed.  </strong></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">(she/her)</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">Library Services Coordinator  |  Alma College Library</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">Alma College,</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal"> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">614
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">P: (989)463-7229  | </span><a href="http://www.alma.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px;font-weight:600;color:rgb(130,0,47)" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">alma.edu</span></a></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Jean Fellows</div><div dir="ltr">(she/hers)<br><div>Programming Coordinator</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson St.,</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div>517-627-7014<br></div><div><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(71,71,71);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw.</i><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>