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Now that the 2025 Annual Meeting has concluded, the Collaborative Summer Library Program's Theme & Slogan Committee is happy to announce the winners of the election for
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Without further ado....the results:<br>
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2028 Slogan: <b>Libraries Are Legendary</b> (tentative Spanish translation: <i>Las bibliotecas son legendarias</i>)<br>
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2029 Theme: <b>Nature </b>(the slogan for this will be decided at the 2026 Annual Meeting, stay tuned for listening sessions/survey input)</div>
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Thank you,</div>
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<b>From:</b> Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) <LancasterC5@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 6, 2025 3:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MI Youth Services List <miyouth@mcls.org>; Michlib-L <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Sneak peek of Unearth A Story(tm) for 2026! </div>
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Here's a sneak peek of CSLP's <a data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0Ps81esXlCjMNGOfttsfypu7Kal4plj/view?usp=drive_link" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA7b402cf3-0c4e-ae7d-1ef3-40b11fc51040" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0Ps81esXlCjMNGOfttsfypu7Kal4plj/view?usp=drive_link">
Unearth A Story(tm) artwork</a> for 2026!</div>
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And now that I have your attention...</div>
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<b><i>Submit a Programming Idea</i></b></div>
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CSLP needs your 2027 program ideas and resource suggestions! <a data-auth="NotApplicable" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA0d1d3e5f-cc7b-36bd-1401-81d9443eb7d5" href="https://www.cslpreads.org/submit-a-programming-idea/">
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Thanks to our program submission contest winners for their brilliant ideas related to Unearth a Story: Stephanie Poletti of Omaha Public Library in Omaha, NE Deborah Fagnan of Sussex County Library System in Newton, NJ Joni Spalding of Boonslick Regional Library
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2027 Theme: Mystery, detective, suspense<br>
2027 Slogan: Mysteries Await at Your Library/Los Misterios te Esperan en tu Biblioteca</div>
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All submissions will be reviewed by the Manual Committees; however, due to limited space, we cannot print every idea submitted, and programs may be modified from their original submissions.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">NOTE:</span> If you submit original photos with your program idea, your idea will be prioritized for inclusion in the manual (with attribution to you and your library!).</div>
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<i>I'll have an update on 2028 Slogan/2029 Theme for you all tomorrow from the CSLP Annual Meeting.</i></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Library of Michigan<br>
702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915</span><br>
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