<div dir="ltr"><div>We have had them available since January, but not many of our libraries are taking advantage of them. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We did a lot of internal testing before we rolled them out though, and I thought they were really useful. There's a slight learning curve, but it's not too bad. <br></div><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><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="94"><col width="530"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:123pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:75px;height:75px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/fJoF6o0xl9XByQZmykva1sv2n_cKGUXL_BH4crkpJgSqDu-yU7-5jIypuXBsEuoXCCBAAUQ2jUztJlZDNUVOlwl1bWZIL1W4wmFuEEzCLVMxUyhzdkV7jkcRcdZZni2z8OPz4xJA" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px" width="75" height="75"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager</span></p><hr><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Georgia Public Library Service | University System of Georgia</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 l Atlanta, GA 30341</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(404) 235-7138</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | <a href="mailto:tmccanna@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">tmccanna@georgialibraries.org</a> <br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://help.georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">http://help.georgialibraries.org</a> | <a href="mailto:help@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">help@georgialibraries.org</a><br></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:36px;height:36px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/77DYzuoZ-zqC0pyQuYNKCrWaPuOANHsYTJze0JxE_iK4yW2sCswywdPCC8hCHOIyhO7KKIO-L6dlN1wIqdHFcyJmTa1fuc5Ok34dR8FQTtZHawpgNmovGxjg9RS0-WI74dFDHw0_" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px" width="36" height="36"></span></span></a><a href="https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="b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