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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am very sad to share that Debbi Schaubman passed away on Saturday, January 21, following an illness. Debbi led MCLS’s Shared Library Systems team (including MeLCat, MeL eResources,
and RIDES support) from 2010 to 2022. There is an obituary for Debbi at <span class="ui-provider">
<a href="https://www.mitchellfuneral.com/obituaries/debbi-schaubman">https://www.mitchellfuneral.com/obituaries/debbi-schaubman</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="ui-provider"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please watch MCLS’s website for more about Debbi’s many contributions to the Michigan library community, and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Scott Garrison (he/him/his)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1407 Rensen St. Suite 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lansing, MI 48910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(517) 489-4071
<b><i>(new number)</i></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:scott@mcls.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">garrisons@mcls.org</span></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://calendly.com/garrisons/" title="https://calendly.com/garrisons/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Schedule a meeting
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