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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Please excuse cross-postings<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> Hello,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The Colorado State Library and Colorado Library Consortium are excited to announce that the next
<a href="https://ripl.lrs.org/">Research Institute for Public Libraries</a> (RIPL) will take place
<b>July 29-August 1, 2018</b> at the <a href="http://www.emoryconferencecenter.com/">
Emory Conference Center Hotel</a> in Atlanta, Georgia. Join 110 public library staff from the United States and beyond for an immersive, bootcamp-style event to learn practical methods for gathering, analyzing, and using data for planning, management, and communicating
 impact. The registration fee and other details will be announced in fall 2017, and
<b>registration will open January 15, 2018</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Don’t want to wait until summer 2018? We’re offering regional events in Maine (August 2017), Texas (October 2017), and New York (April 2018). Check out
<a href="https://ripl.lrs.org/">https://ripl.lrs.org/</a> for more information. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Linda Hofschire<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Linda<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"> Hofschire</span></strong></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Director, Library Research Service</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Colorado State Library</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">P 303.866.6827</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">201 East Colfax Avenue, Room 309, Denver, CO 80203</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F"><a href="mailto:Hofschire_L@cde.state.co.us">Hofschire_L@cde.state.co.us</a>  | 
<a href="http://www.cde.state.co.us">www.cde.state.co.us</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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