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<h2 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:21.0pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1C3F93">Become a Data-Informed Library with Benchmark</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3094AC"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:14.7pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">November 19, 2024, 1:00–2:00 p.m. Central</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Library Metrics and Trends</span></span></a> features interactive data visualizations that allow libraries to easily compare themselves to peers in areas such as library programs, services, and operations. In
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">this free webinar</span></span></a>, you will learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision-making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to subscribers. More information about Benchmark is available on the <a href="https://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTc0OTMzNiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3NDc1NjEyJmxpPTExMjI1Nzg0MA/index.html" target="_blank">
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