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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Cross-posted to Library Youth Services, Small Libraries, and OPLINlist. Please excuse duplication.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio’s Regional Library Systems have scheduled several SRP/SLP workshops in preparation for the 2017 summer program, which at many libraries will take the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s “Build a Better World” theme. The State Library
of Ohio is pleased to co-sponsor the workshops, which are supported in part by LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any Ohio public library worker is welcome to register for any SRP/SLP workshop statewide.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unless otherwise noted, these in-person workshops focus on planning and producing summer programs for children through age 12, and much of the content relates to the CSLP theme. Get ideas for games, school visit and decoration ideas, crafts,
and suggestions for preschool, toddler, and school-age programs. Enjoy networking and giveaways. Registration is open for the following workshops:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thursday, February 9 – State Library of Ohio, Columbus (SERLS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="http://serls.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=2203&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2017/02/01">serls.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=2203</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thursday, February 9 – Teen SRP Workshop – Hudson Library and Historical Society (NEO-RLS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="http://www.viethconsulting.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=41938">www.viethconsulting.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=41938</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Wednesday, February 22 – Holiday Inn, Twinsburg (NEO-RLS)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="http://www.viethconsulting.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=41939">www.viethconsulting.com/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=41939</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Thursday, March 2 – Wilmington Public Library (SWON Libraries)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://swonlibraries.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=903970">swonlibraries.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=903970</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Friday, March 3 – St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Bowling Green (NORWELD)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://norweld.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=844">norweld.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=844</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An additional workshop in Wellston (SERLS) will be scheduled in March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Browse and bookmark the Ohio Summer Library Program page on the State Library website for more summer resources and information, including a collection of research and best practices to help you make the case for the benefits of your SRP/SLP:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/library-programs-development/youth-services/ohio-summer-reading-program/">library.ohio.gov/ohio-summer-reading-program</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read about statewide results in summer 2016, including stories from many of your colleagues around Ohio, in “Across the Finish Line: the 2016 Ohio Summer Reading Program Report”, in the current issue of
<i>Ohio Libraries Quarterly</i>, pp. 12-15.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/quarterly/vol-5-issue-3-2016-special-libraries-library-programs/">library.ohio.gov/quarterly/vol-5-issue-3-2016-special-libraries-library-programs/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<br>
Janet<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Janet Ingraham Dwyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Tel: 614-644-6910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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