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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I just received the following email from ALA’s Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC) about an opportunity to talk with your colleagues nationwide about how libraries are using apps. You do not have
to be an ALSC member to participate and participation is free via Twitter. Read the email below for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Questions? Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Dan Rude<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Membership/Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="mailto:drude@ala.org">drude@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">312.280.2164<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Dan Rude [mailto:drude@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> alsc-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] #alscchat Twitter Discussion: Kids and Apps<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you get questions from parents about what apps to download for their kids?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Join ALSC members and anyone interested in participating in a monthly Twitter chat. On
<b>Thursday, December 13, 2012 @ 9pm Eastern</b>, ALSC will be hosting a one-hour chat on the topic of apps for children. Learn more about how libraries are using apps to program and work with parents. You can follow the chat by using the hashtag
<b>#alscchat</b>. The event will be moderated by the ALSC Children & Technology Committee. This event is free and open to anyone including those without a Twitter account. You can follow along at:
<a href="http://tweetchat.com/room/alscchat">http://tweetchat.com/room/alscchat</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are you following ALSC on Twitter? You can find ALSC at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alscblog">
http://www.twitter.com/alscblog</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interested in learning more about #alscchat or want a transcript of a previous chat? Check out the Children & Technology Interest Group on ALA Connect:
<a href="http://connect.ala.org/node/86805">http://connect.ala.org/node/86805</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan Rude<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Membership/Marketing Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:drude@ala.org">drude@ala.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">312.280.2164<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail
in error, please notify me immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message; please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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