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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-size: 11pt;">As you know, in 2020, IMLS funded a second phase of It Takes a Village work - ITAV in Practice - to create and pilot an adaptable set of tools for practical
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">We recently completed the first round of beta testing and revisions for the It Takes a Village in Practice <b>Technology Toolkit</b>, and
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<a href="https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/ITAV/ITAViP+Toolkit%3A+Technology" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/ITAV/ITAViP+Toolkit%3A+Technology</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please take a look, try some activities, and let us know how they worked for you!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<span class="x_marktqtyok112" style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Laurie</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Arp
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