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Beaver Island District Library adds an answering machine and Internet center in its 1996 fall newsletter

Also 1996 Beaver Island District Library fall newsletter

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TypeEvent
Date1996-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1996-11
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Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island District Library’s fall 1996 newsletter announced an answering machine for closed hours, a Northland Library Cooperative Internet Center website and email address, weekly preschool story time, school and fire station field trips, and a Library of Michigan-supported storytelling project.

Evidence limits

This is a newsletter report and does not establish how long the listed website, email address, or programs remained active.

Sources

  1. Reports a telephone answering machine, a Northland Library Cooperative Internet Center website and email address, preschool story time, school and fire-station field trips, and a Library of Michigan-supported storytelling project. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the library newsletter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library adds an answering machine and Internet center in its 1996 fall newsletter”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-district-library-fall-newsletter-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “Beaver Island District Library: Fall Newsletter.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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