Libraries Build Communities MLC Annual Meeting 2007

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Libraries Build CommunitiesMLC Annual Meeting
2007

• Grace A. Dow Memorial Library
• A Service of the City of Midland

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Everywhere I go, I see the library.Midland
Resident
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Community of Convenience

• Government Information Center
• Citizen Comment Line
• Government Information System (GIS) Access and
  Training (Spring 2008)
• Digitization of Midland Daily News

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Community of Growth

• 100 Best Communities for Young People
• Midland Public Spaces Committee
• Small Business Start-up Seminars
• Be a Tourist in Your Town
• Great Lakes Loons

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Community of Education

• Citizens Academy
• Dioxin Information Center
• Floodplain Management Resource Center
• Dow Blue Planet Run Sponsor
• Community Solar System

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Community of Neighbors

• Midland Public Schools Partnership
• Family and Childrens Services/National Family
  Week
• Center for the Arts/Educators Showcase

• MiTech/Career Showcase
• Northwood University Kick Off Event
• Mid-Michigan Health Center/Wellness Day
• Senior Services/Senior Expo

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Libraries and librarians are beginning to
understand the potential for the role that they
can play as community partners and community
leaders, which is a growing phenomenon. Judy
Groggin, Civic VenturesLong Overdue A Fresh
Look at Public and Leadership Attitudes About
Libraries in the 21st CenturyPrepared by Public
Agenda, 2006PUBLICAGENDA.ORG
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Libraries Build Communities for ALL!