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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">My manager wrote this attachment up for a conversation he is having with NASA at your library.  I highlighted in yellow the portion I thought would be of interest to this
 group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Washington State has never had a courier system for libraries so our innovation was figuring out a way for us to keep the kits moving from library to library without charging
 the hosting library for shipping costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Our administrative assistants are able to email the shipping label to the library which has the kit and this covers the shipping costs from one library location to the
 next library location.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">The biggest problem: watch the DIMENSIONS of the shipping boxes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">The Mindstorms kit has proven to be a problem.  When we bought the cases, they were not considered “oversize”.  Occasionally someone at Fed Ex does a “spot check”.  The
 shipping costs then skyrockets from $15 to $90.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#45556C">CAROLYN PETERSEN,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#B68451">Assistant Program Manager, Library Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#45556C">Washington State Library | Office of the Secretary of State<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#45556C">6880 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater, Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#B68451">w:</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#45556C"> 360-570-5560 |
</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#B68451">f:</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#45556C"> 360-586-7575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#45556C"><a href="mailto:carolyn.petersen@sos.wa.gov"><span style="color:blue">carolyn.petersen@sos.wa.gov</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D">~connecting Washington through the power of libraries~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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