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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">As part of its
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white"><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/initiatives/google"><span style="color:#4472C4">Libraries Lead with Digital Skills</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
program, ALA has partnered with the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white"><a href="https://grow.google/partners/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Grow with Google</span></a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">program to offer opportunities for public libraries to receive ongoing access to free tools and resources to help everyone across America grow their skills, careers, and businesses.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white"><a href="https://grow.google/partners/"><span style="color:#4472C4">Grow with Google Partner Program</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
allows libraries to access the training and curriculum used to teach the digital skills for career and business opportunities and receive support for programming in your local community.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">As an introduction to Grow with Google, the
<b>Deschutes Public Library</b> is hosting a free virtual workshop </span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white"><a href="http://g.co/Grow/Oregon"><span style="color:#4472C4">Digital Skills for Everyday Tasks</span></a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
on <b>November 17th from 9:00-10:00 a.m.</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This session, led by a Grow with Google trainer, will focus on showing participants how to manage work and life tasks using common tools
like Google Docs and Sheets. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The State Library would like to encourage Oregon public libraries to promote this upcoming workshop in your own community.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Since it will also be a great opportunity to see a live demonstration of Google’s digital skills curriculum, we encourage library staff,
especially those involved in virtual programming, to attend. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A grant opportunity for Oregon public libraries to help promote this type of programming to your local community will also be announced soon
as part of the <b>Libraries Lead with Digital Skills</b> program. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529">To register for the workshop, go to
<span style="background:white"><a href="http://g.co/Grow/Oregon">http://g.co/Grow/Oregon</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">Additional questions? Contact Liisa Sjoblom,
<a href="mailto:liisas@deschuteslibrary.org">liisas@deschuteslibrary.org</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529"><br>
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