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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Please join us for our next Digital Collections Office Hours tomorrow,
<b>Thursday, April 4, 2024</b> from 10:30-11:30 am. </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14.67px; background-color: white;">Do you have questions about creating digital collections? Do you have material that you want to digitize and share with your community, but don't know where to start? Are you interested in preserving
your digital content and need tool recommendations? Join experts from the Library of Michigan, DPLA Michigan Service Hub, and the Michigan Digital Preservation Network for free advice during new monthly open</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: white;"> office hours!
Come with questions, like...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">What grants are available to support digitization of my collections? (<i>hint:</i> YES!)</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">What file format should I be scanning to for long-term preservation?</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">What platforms can I use to publish digital collections?</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">How do I work with volunteers to create a scanning program?</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">And much, much more! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Office Hours will be held virtually the
<b>first Thursday </b>of every month from <b>10:30-11:30 am</b> and are open to any staff or volunteers at libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, or other cultural memory organizations! Use the link below to register for office hours and receive
the Zoom link. Come for a question, stay to join the discussion! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Registration Link:
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915</span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov" id="OWAf3b78848-b371-a202-0d4b-c089d4209d59" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">GalloB@michigan.gov</a> |
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mi.gov/LMdigitization</a> | 517-335-1402</span></p>
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