<div dir="ltr">Speaking of the laptop loaning program, is anyone doing studies about whether those who check them out have better persistence or grades or other? thanks, Claire<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Claire Murata, MLIS</b><br>Associate Dean, Library and Learning Resources<br>20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood WA 98036 | <a href="http://edmonds.edu" target="_blank">edmonds.edu</a><br><a href="mailto:claire.murata@edmonds.edu" target="_blank">claire.murata@edmonds.edu</a> | (425) 640-1522</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><img src="https://employees.edmonds.edu/prtools/brand-guidelines/images/ec-college-logo.png" alt="college logo" width="155" height="37"></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 12:21 PM Elliott, Emily via LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu" target="_blank">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal">THANK YOU everyone who responded! I am leaning towards closed during breaks except for a few days for our laptop loaner program.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Margret Mills <<a href="mailto:Margret.Mills@skagit.edu" target="_blank">Margret.Mills@skagit.edu</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 2, 2022 11:50 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Elliott, Emily <<a href="mailto:eelliott@rtc.edu" target="_blank">eelliott@rtc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: How does your library handle breaks?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Hello everyone-<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>During your break periods, do you keep your library open, open with shorter hours, or close?<u></u><u></u></p>
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