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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">If you have questions about the E-Books 101 webinar scheduled for April 17<sup>th</sup> at 11am Pacific, you can get more info from PLA or the webinar webpage.<br>
<a href="mailto:plawebinars@ala.org">plawebinars@ala.org</a><br>
800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA (5752)<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/onlinelearning/webinars/2012ebooks1">http://www.ala.org/pla/onlinelearning/webinars/2012ebooks1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Public Library Association [mailto:pla@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Get back to basics with PLA's e-book webinar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:white">"Public Libraries at Work" Webinar Series</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">E-Books 101:
</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">A Look at Devices, Platforms,
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">and Training Ideas</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#663399">Tuesday, April 17, 2012</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#663399"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">1:00 p.m. Central</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#663399">___________________________________________________</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Altogether, 43% of Americans age 16 and older have read long-form writing in digital format as of December 2011 -
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">"The Rise of E-Reading" Report, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, April 2012 </span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">There's no denying it; e-books and e-readers are growing in popularity every day, and they've gone from nice-to-haves to must-haves in library collections. If your library is just
getting started delivering these digital resources or you've hired new staff that needs to get up to speed, attend the informative one-hour PLA webinar,
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMjY1MzY1JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTEwMjE5NDY/index.html">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#663399">"E-Books 101: A Look at Devices, Platforms, and Training Ideas,"</span></strong></a> Tuesday, April 17 at 1:00 p.m. Central.</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">Instructor Lynnanne Pearson, manager of adult popular services, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library, will provide an overview of e-readers and lending platforms available to libraries.
She'll also provide some insights to get you started on training library staff and building an e-reader and e-book service at your library.
</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">"Public Librarian's Guide to E-Books: A PLA Webinar Series."
</span></u></strong><b><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">"E-Books 101: A Look at Devices, Platforms, and Training Ideas" is the first in the four-part, e-book webinar series,
<a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yMjY1MzY1JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjAwMTYxNDEmbGk9MTEwMjE5NDc/index.html">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#663399">"Public Librarian's Guide to E-Books: A PLA Webinar Series."
</span></strong></a>This series features something for libraries at every stage of e-book adoption. Save when you register for all four webinars!</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. Central</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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