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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">[Sharing on behalf of Dr. Kate McDowell]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Library Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Data Storytelling Toolkit for Libraries (IMLS planning grant) invites you to participate in a focus group for librarians and library staff. These in-person and online focus groups will be about the design of
the toolkit, focusing on specific topics. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uiucdstl.wixsite.com/uiucdstl/focus-group__;!!DZ3fjg!8sE3jBeeyp5mcvXIsytzCT3Sd_gJcdIXt23obwa8nBd8X8wVD8J00JkGs7im_Pxs9pZBg2YwvtP8PfsAJu8dIi3UZboosdf_2KysNg$">
Register here</a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> In-person:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/LCUaUCNTQdsa4gQR8__;!!DZ3fjg!8sE3jBeeyp5mcvXIsytzCT3Sd_gJcdIXt23obwa8nBd8X8wVD8J00JkGs7im_Pxs9pZBg2YwvtP8PfsAJu8dIi3UZboosdf4eRVHzA$">Registration</a> (in-person is limited to the first 40 registrants) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday 9/21/2023 3-4:15pm Central,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#202124;background:white">Champaign Public
Library, Robeson C Room, 200 W. Green St., Champaign, IL 61820</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Online:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/s3Gc2PiCmUjVwrpp9__;!!DZ3fjg!8sE3jBeeyp5mcvXIsytzCT3Sd_gJcdIXt23obwa8nBd8X8wVD8J00JkGs7im_Pxs9pZBg2YwvtP8PfsAJu8dIi3UZboosdd5m4Ao5w$">Registration</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(select one or more of the below topics/groups)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Motivation and Argument, Wednesday, September 27, 12-1:30pm Central Time<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Narrative Structures, Thursday, September 28, 12-1:30pm Central Time<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Audience Attitudes, Friday, September 29, 12-1:30pm Central Time<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Concepts and Sequence for Toolkit Design, Wednesday, October 11, 12-1:30pm Central Time<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions about the project or the research process. There will be a series of virtual workshops in late September and early October; please
<a href="mailto:kmcdowel@illinois.edu%3e">contact me</a> if you would like the full calendar. Our goal is to create a toolkit that will support library data storytelling across the US. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Kate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4472C4">DR. KATE MCDOWELL</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">(she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">School of Information Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">501 E. Daniel St. Champaign IL 61820<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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