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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><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/initiatives/google"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white">Libraries Lead with Digital Skills</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> program,
ALA has partnered with the </span><a href="https://grow.google/partners/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white">Grow with Google</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white">
</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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
</span><a href="https://grow.google/partners/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white">Grow with Google Partner Program</span></a><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.
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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><a href="http://g.co/Grow/Oregon"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4;background:white">Digital Skills for Everyday Tasks</span></b></a><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. Social media images
and messaging suggestions are in the files attached to this message. </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">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>
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<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 at
this session. The grant is part of the </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/initiatives/google"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Libraries Lead with Digital Skills</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
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><a href="http://g.co/Grow/Oregon"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">http://g.co/Grow/Oregon</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">Additional questions? Contact Liisa Sjoblom,
</span><a href="mailto:liisas@deschuteslibrary.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">liisas@deschuteslibrary.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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