<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div>I had curated lists of resources (eBooks, Storytime, Databases) for Michigan and organized whether they were free, needed registration, etc.</div><div>See below.</div><div><br></div><div>Please feel free to modify and use these lists for Illinois and your own district/school. </div><div>I, myself, used these lists and carefully selected the ones that I thought would be best for the learners at my school and I put my own library's eBooks at the top of the list. </div><div>{I have an Overdrive eBook/audiobook collection and students have already received training on how to access them & the resources there have been selected for them.}</div><div>{I did register for a few & then shared the links that were provided by the vendor in that specific list for my school's students.}</div><div><br></div><div>The Lists:</div><div><div>eBooks:</div><div><a href="https://bit.ly/MIeBooks" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/MIeBooks</a></div><div>Storytimes:</div><div><a href="https://bit.ly/MIstory" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/MIstory</a><br></div><div>Other Online Resources:</div><div><a href="https://bit.ly/MIdatabase" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/MIdatabase</a></div><div><br></div><div>--Kathy</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA<br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Region 3 Director</i></span></div><div>American Association of School Librarians (AASL)</div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach</i><br></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018</i></div><div dir="ltr"><i style="font-size:12.8px">SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century 2019-2022</i><i><br></i><div>East Middle School, Plymouth-Canton Schools</div><div><i>ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner</i></div><div><i>2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year</i></div><div><i style="font-size:12.8px">2012 </i><i style="font-size:12.8px">State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner</i><br></div><div><span> <a href="mailto:kathyL@mimame.org" target="_blank">kathyL@mimame.org</a></span></div><div>twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LibraryL" target="_blank">@LibraryL</a></div><div><span>810.333.5873</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 9:22 PM Kathleen DeRaedt via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</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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I was wondering if you would be willing to share the list of free electronic book resources that you have compiled.</div>
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<b>Cc:</b> Ballard, Kevin <<a href="mailto:kevin.ballard@d300.org" target="_blank">kevin.ballard@d300.org</a>><br>
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the extent possible, should be made available at food pickup sites, delivered by school bus, etc. " (15). </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:ArialMT">How is everyone addressing this part of the recommendations? I just want to be ready for questions on this. </span></div>
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