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Over a few weeks in February, our Adult Services Department wrapped books in brown wrapping paper and provided a brief description from the book on an attached tag so they were checking out a book knowing very little about it (no title or author) </div>
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We did a similar thing during our 25<span><sup>th</sup> anniversary at Civic Center Library. Those books were from donations so the patron got to keep the book they selected.</span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 22, 2023 2:18 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] National Library Week Ideas</font>
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Hello everyone,</div>
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My library is planning for NLW and we are struggling to come up with creative ideas that our patrons would love. </div>
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Does anyone have awesome ideas for this year's theme (There's More to the Story), or did you have awesome ideas you would love to share from prior years? </div>
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<div><font color="#674ea7" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Lorry Traver</b></font></div>
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