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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Join us as we continue the discussion with library leaders on the efforts and strategies around reopening libraries in the time of COVID-19. This free webinar ‘Responding when COVID
comes to your Library: Learning from Real Stories' will take place Monday, September 28<sup>th
</sup> at 12:00 PM CT <b>(please note the time for your time zone). </b>The full description of the webinar and registration information is below.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/3916001809164/WN_QSHXDoUARbi8gAUjpFs3iQ" target="_blank">https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/3916001809164/WN_QSHXDoUARbi8gAUjpFs3iQ</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Responding when COVID comes to your Library: Learning from Real Stories</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Despite best efforts and planning your library may be faced with the reality of a positive COVID exposure. Hear from three public libraries on how they responded when they were
confronted with a positive case situation. How had they pre-planned? How did they handle the challenge? How did the Director and Board work and communicate with staff, health department, government officials, and the public? What tips, lessons learned,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Presenters:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Alissa Williams, Library Director, Morton Public Library, Illinois<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="m_-317724297838944962__Hlk50975972"><span style="color:#232121;background:white">William Shorter, Jr, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Maryland</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Skip Auld, Chief Executive Officer, Anne Arundel County Public Library, Maryland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Amanda B. Jackson, Library Director, Chesapeake Public Library, Virginia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This webinar is presented by the Chapter Relations Office and United for Libraries
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Mariel Colbert, Program Officer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Chapter Relations Office │American Library Association<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">225 N Michigan Ave <br>
Suite 1300</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Chicago, IL 60601<br>
P: (312) 280 – 2429 │E: <a href="mailto:mcolbert@ala.org" target="_blank">mcolbert@ala.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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