<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Friends,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Just a gentle nudge
that <b>tomorrow (Friday, April 25, 2025, 11am Eastern) </b>is the free Strong
Connections, Strong Communities virtual conference presented by many of the
library directors involved in the Post-Pandemic Library cohort. They will be
sharing <b>short, high-energy presentations</b> <b>around <span style="color:black">how to better understand their communities’ wants and
needs, work more closely with community partner organizations and government
officials, and communicate library values effectively to others. </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">View the
conference agenda and sessions: </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://bit.ly/stronglibrariesonline2025" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:black">h</span></b><b>ttps://bit.ly/stronglibrariesonline2025</b></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Register here: <a href="https://forms.gle/datevJLJY89rGZnt5" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/datevJLJY89rGZnt5</a> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">If you can’t make it in
person, sessions will be archived, with recordings available on the conference
agenda page within 4 days of the conference. If you register, we’ll let you
know when the recordings are up!<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This project is made
possible in part by the University of Michigan School of Information, the
Library of Michigan, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hope to
see you there!</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Kristin Fontichiaro &
Georgina (Gigi) Broyles</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">University of Michigan
School of Information</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">























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