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<p class="MsoNormal">A nice library article in today’s EdSurge newsletter that seems to align well with our upcoming AiA event in Dumas Bay.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Colleges are crunching the numbers and finding that students who visit the campus library or use online library resources are more likely to stay in school and
eventually graduate. So more colleges are encouraging library use as part of their strategy for student success.
<a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-11-17-libraries-look-to-big-data-to-measure-their-worth-and-better-help-students?utm_source=EdSurgeLive&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11-22-17&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpobU1qRmhNelJsT0RnNCIsInQiOiJyRTd6YkdBUEdiMzlvdkgybVNLUlgxc2lvNTJUNExOU2tDdjdNdHc1Z1FSeEZKNDI4TDB4M1FpdlA5OEplNXFEbVhpM1FmZFh4SHppNEY3eUc0N2drU256YmRMbFZ0bGMzNWVuV3ljXC9xd3dWeFY0VVlEOHc0MWNIWXArYm9HbkoifQ%3D%3D">
<span style="color:windowtext">Full Article</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Howard Fuller</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Library Director</span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Whatcom Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">237 West Kellogg Road
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bellingham, WA 98226</span>
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360-383-3295 (library 3300, college 3000)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:hfuller@whatcom.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">hfuller@whatcom.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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