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Please join us for Digital Collections Office Hours, <b>Thursday, September 11, 2025</b> from 10:30-11:30 am. </div>
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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 <a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://cms.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/digitization/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA3d12a2a7-17f9-9067-fee8-1cb3cd1528b7" target="_blank" href="https://cms.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/digitization/">
Library of Michigan</a>, <a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://michmemories.org/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA7609030b-7700-f4ac-d4ff-6306257753b8" target="_blank" href="https://michmemories.org/">
DPLA Michigan Service Hub</a>, and the <a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://mipres.org/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA501f8c79-8fde-7247-ebbf-3c0c80bfb594" target="_blank" href="http://mipres.org/">
Michigan Digital Preservation Network</a> for free advice during new monthly open office hours! Come with questions, like...</div>
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What file format should I be scanning to for long-term preservation?</li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
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How do I work with volunteers to create a scanning program?</li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
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Office Hours will be held virtually the <b>second 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
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Registration Link: <a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="3" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="Original URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lce-upj8oG9XI77qeMfLkRc_04ehDFpDf. Click or tap if you trust this link." class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA46c57105-f6ce-e069-db4d-ad94cb8d367f" target="_blank" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lce-upj8oG9XI77qeMfLkRc_04ehDFpDf">
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<b>Biz Gallo </b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator </span></p>
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<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>
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mi.gov/LMdigitization</a> | 517-335-1402</span></p>
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