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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003D50">Libraries Without Walls: Empowering Access, Inspiring Innovation<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/bureau-of-services-for-blind-persons/btbl/news-events">
in-person program</a> on Thursday May 9<sup>th</sup> will introduce you to various adaptive technologies and help you gain an understanding of the skills needed to successfully use them. Patrons, caregivers, students, and professionals alike will find the sessions
informative and useful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Keynote address will be given by Michael May, Executive Director of the Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind. <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Crashing through: a story
of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see</span></em> by Robert Kurson (DB 63747 / BR 17156) is a profile of Michael, who was blinded at age three and later became a champion skier, CIA analyst, and entrepreneur. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Attendees will then choose breakout sessions and visit vendor tables that meet their individual needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;text-size-adjust: 100%;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For a full list of sessions, descriptions, and times, view the <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/leo/-/media/Project/Websites/leo/Documents/BSBP-BTBL/LWW-2024-Program.docx?rev=d872fd5be6464cb6a37e2bc66b2797e7&hash=5D79D5E069DAED01C1E70AE5CA0849BB">program
schedule. </a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://bit.ly/4crBUHL"><span style="font-weight:normal">Registration</span></a> for this program closes this Thursday, April 25th.</span></strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This program is brought to you by the Bureau of Services for Blind Persons’ Braille and Talking Book Library and the Michigan Department of Education - Low Incidence Outreach. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MILEO/bulletins/39846c2">Registration Closing Soon! Libraries Without Walls Event (govdelivery.com)</a></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stephanie Wambaugh, Librarian 12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Team Lead and Outreach Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Bureau of Services for Blind Persons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 1-800-992-9012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Fax: 1-517-284-2885<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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