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Please excuse duplication.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3ccBphT1bLWKjp7JAuj4Zp3L-nt0ikx4pkRmcoCFyuB8yTQ/viewform"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">Registration is open!</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Take 5: “REVO” - the Re-evolution of Teen Services</span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Friday, May 8, 2026, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, doors 9:00 am</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Main Library, Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 S. High St.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Registration $30</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">What does it look like to be a teen librarian in 2026? Readers’ Advisory is not the top thing on our mind. Join us in Akron to explore the evolving role of libraries
and how teens are using libraries as a third space to meet and socialize, access technology, and receive support and information for their journeys to employment, college, career, and a promising future. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Take 5 attendees will learn about Mentor Mindset, consider timely intellectual freedom strategies, hear from teens about their perspectives on AI, and use the Power
of Play to foster joy in young people. Where better than Akron, the home of seminal new wave band DEVO, to celebrate REVO - the Re-evolution of teen services!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">All this and more for only $30*!
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3ccBphT1bLWKjp7JAuj4Zp3L-nt0ikx4pkRmcoCFyuB8yTQ/viewform"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Register today</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black">.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lunch and morning refreshments are included.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Please note you will not receive an automated registration receipt. You will receive a confirmation email with additional event details within
a week of registering.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">A special rate of $139/night is available at
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://app.marriott.com/reslink?id=1771431148517&key=GRP&app=resvlink"><span style="color:#1155CC">BLU-tique Hotel</span></a><span style="color:black"> around the corner from the
library. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Take 5 is a day of dialogue and discovery for public library teen and youth services specialists, school librarians, and other youth advocates. Take 5 is a peer-to-peer
event, planned and produced by collaborating librarians with support from host libraries. Take 5 is also supported by the State Library of Ohio with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The 2026 event is hosted and cosponsored by
Akron-Summit County Public Library. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Learn more about Take 5:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/libraries/training-and-development/take-five"><span style="color:#1155CC">library.ohio.gov/take5</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The Take 5 planning team</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Sarah Amazing, Warren-Trumbull County Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Carolyn Bagley, Akron-Summit County Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Amy Burkard, Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Brie Haag, Loudonville Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kelsey Holmes, Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Janet Ingraham Dwyer, State Library of Ohio</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emmalee Koontz, Akron-Summit County Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Abigail Krukemeyer, Akron-Summit County Public Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Valerie Laukhuf, Putnam County District Library</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Penelope Shumaker, State Library of Ohio</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lauren Turner, MidPointe Library System</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">*Parking for ASCPL Main Library is in an adjacent fee-based garage and will cost $7/vehicle for the day, not included in the cost of registration.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Janet Ingraham Dwyer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Youth Services Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Library Programs & Development</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">614.644.6910<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jdwyer@library.ohio.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">jdwyer@library.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">library.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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