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Current TALK libraries: Join us for TALK Marketing Office Hour (Zoom)</b></span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400">Join MCLS Marketing and Communication Coordinator Mary Ruthko to review and discuss the current TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten promotional
toolkit. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400">We will explore the available content and determine which are working well for your library, what you'd like to see added to the TALK toolkit, and any other
resources you may need before and after TALK transitions to an MCLS service.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400">To view the promotional toolkit, login to your TALK library account</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400"> </span><a href="https://talk.mcls.org/library_portal/login.php" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400">. </span></div>
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