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<p class="MsoPlainText">Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">As we begin 2016, LYRASIS is offering many online classes including "<b>Picture this: Introduction to Digital Imaging</b>," "<b>Disaster Preparedness</b>," and more. To register and see the full class schedule visit
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Online classes in January and early February:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Introduction to Linked Data for Libraries - 1/19/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=1A9856C6-BB9D-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=1A9856C6-BB9D-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Picture this: Introduction to Digital Imaging - 1/19/16 and 1/20/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=DCC6CB11-5082-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=DCC6CB11-5082-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Archives Preservation - 1/19/16, 1/26/16, 2/2/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=7CED1641-237F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=7CED1641-237F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Newspaper Collections: How to Manage, Preserve, and Digitize - 1/20/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=F0237F15-247F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=F0237F15-247F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Disaster Preparedness - 1/25/16 and 1/27/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=F8443D21-E07F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=F8443D21-E07F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Fragile Imaging: Lantern Slides, Glass Plate Negatives, and Daguerreotypes - 2/3/16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=8964DDB6-247F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=8964DDB6-247F-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Metadata for Digitization and Preservation - 2/3/16 and 2/4/16
<a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=6C057D11-BC9D-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817">
https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=6C057D11-BC9D-E511-AFEB-00155D0A8817</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Laurie Gemmill Arp<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director, Collections Services & Community Supported Software<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:laurie.arp@lyrasis.org"><span style="color:windowtext">laurie.arp@lyrasis.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">800.999.8558 x 2908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fax: 404.592.4804
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">laurie.gemmill1 Skype<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Check </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.lyrasisnow.org/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">lyrasisnow.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for
up-to-date news and feature articles.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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