Please sign up before the end of the month for the focus groups if you would like to be on the list to participate. Thank you.

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The Library of Michigan's evaluation of its current Five-Year Plan for Michigan's Library Service & Technology Act (LSTA) funds is just beginning. It is being conducted by an independent evaluator and one of the methods for information gathering is a series of focus groups from Library Community representatives. The focus groups have three major purposes; to understand the impact of the programs funded, to assess the effectiveness of the programs' delivery process and to understand what the future holds for library needs that LSTA funded programs might address.

If you are near enough to one of the below locations, and available on the day indicated for that location, please follow the link below to submit your name for consideration. It will ask you for some very basic information (which location, your library, your position in the library and whether or not you have had contact with any LSTA funded programs).

Focus Group Sites:

· Henry Ford Centennial Library (Dearborn) - Wednesday, November 9th - 10 am to noon

· Chippewa River District Library (Mount Pleasant) - Thursday, November 10th - 10 am to noon

· Kent District Library, Kentwood Branch (Kentwood) - Friday, November 11th - 10 am to noon

· Peter White Public Library (Marquette) - Thursday, November 17th - 10 am to noon

Submit Your Name: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LSTAFocusGroups

There will be 8-12 participants in each group and as best as possible they will represent different libraries and different positions within libraries.

Thank you for sharing your experiences and your insights!

Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

517-241-0021

517-373-5700 f

reishk@michigan.gov

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