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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Special Collections Update - December 21, 2023</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7">Holiday Hours, 2024 Michigan Notable Books, LM in the News, Michigan Author Award, 2024 Virtual Programs, & History Detectives Grand Rapids<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan will be
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">closed</span></strong> for the holidays from
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Friday, December 22 - Monday, December 25</span></strong>. It will reopen on Tuesday, December 26. The <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdi9saWJyYXJ5b2ZtaWNoaWdhbi9wdWJsaWMvbGF3IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTIyMS44NzQ5OTIzMSJ9.LYvir4vG9se-PnI3LtVWyrTubITZ7nSKeFbNNA14CtA/s/2161323186/br/233645035511-l"><span style="color:#006EB6">State
Law Library</span></a> will also be closed for in-person use on Tuesday, December 26, but will answer email inquiries. Reference emails submitted to
<a href="mailto:Librarian@Michigan.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006EB6">Librarian@Michigan.gov</span></a> during the holiday closure will be answered in the days when the Library of Michigan reopens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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selections. The official announcement will take place in mid-January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Notable Books Author Tour will go live on the Library of Michigan's website. Select authors from the 2024 MNB list will be available to visit libraries chosen from applying locations. The annual MNB author tour will take place between April - June 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 14, 2023 - MLive - <a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDUsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8veW91dHUuYmUvWWFrREpUaGpWX0k_c2k9cy1DbWthaExBMFJhRnZiViIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzEyMjEuODc0OTkyMzEifQ.xPXyiI5CBsAJGgobPjWeTyEaudnshLpAS20s7rtK3Q0/s/2161323186/br/233645035511-l" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006EB6">There's
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Special thanks to Jordyn Hermani of MLive as well as Kyle O'Connor and Jack Armstrong of The State News for their features on the Library
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Michigan Author Award Press Release</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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Michigan Author Award Winner Anne-Marie Oomen Booklist</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Author Award</span></a> and see a list of past recipients by visiting the Michigan Center for the Book page:
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan.gov/MCFB</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Library of Michigan is proud to partner with History Detectives Grand Rapids. This popular day-long local history programming event
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<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Legacy of Captain Charles E. Belknap: 100 Years after The Yesterdays of Grand Rapids</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Colleen Alles<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Return to Peppermint Street: The Life and Works of Grand Rapids Author Meindert DeJong</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by Adam Oster<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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