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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have some sad news to share:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">• Remembering Fran Pletz<br>
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Frances H. Pletz (Fran) was born in 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. She just recently passed away at the age of 93. Fran was truly the first lady of libraries and librarianship in the state of Michigan. Among her many other accomplishments, she served as the executive
director of the Michigan Library Association from 1969 to 1982 and she served on the Library of Michigan Board of Trustees from the 1992 through 2005. She also served on the Library of Michigan Foundation Board of Trustees as well.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><img width="200" height="150" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEF1BC.F0378880" alt="Fran Pletz seated with State Librarian Nancy Robertson"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Fran visited the Library of Michigan Board of Trustees meeting on September 12, 2012, with her son Jim who is the director of The Library Network in Novi. She was a wonderful person professionally and personally, and she will be missed but always treasured.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Nancy R. Robertson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">State Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ph: 517-373-9464<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Email: </span>
<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:robertsonn@michigan.gov">robertsonn@michigan.gov</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">URL: <a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan">
http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Visit the Michigan eLibrary at
<a href="http://mel.org/">http://mel.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";background:white">The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience
Michigan libraries in a new light, v</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">isit
<a href="http://brightside.cedam.info/">http://brightside.cedam.info/</a> and watch the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Libraries episode.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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