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Twenty-three scholarly papers and twelve abstracts comprise the content of the eleventh annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2011 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Redefining Relevancy in the Electronic Age: The Library as a Real Place (Alberta Davis Comer); (2) E-science and Libraries (for Non Science Librarians) (Eric Snajdr); (3) The Ins and Outs of a Multicultural Library Orientation Session (Tony Garrett); (4) Student Assistants 2.0: Utilizing Your Student Assistant's Capabilities (Carla M. Gruen and Anne M. Wooden); (5) Bridging the Gaps: Teaching Transliteracy (Lane Wilkinson); (6) Proactive Approach to Embedded Services (Charissa Loftis and Valerie Knight); (7) Weed the Stack, Feed the Collection and Harvest the Space (Deborah Provenzano); (8) Making an Impact: The Who, What, Where, Why, and How of Creating a Genre Based Popular Collection in an Academic Library (Kathy Hart, Sara Duff, Lisa Jennings, and Neil Robinson); (9) Info on the Go: Using QR Codes to Enhance the Research Experience (Melissa Mallon); (10) Tweet-a-Librarian: How to Use Twitter for Free Text Messaging Reference (Sonnet Ireland and Faith Simmons); (11) Use It or Lose It: Are One-Time Purchases of Electronic Resources an Effective Use of Limited Funds? (Lea Currie and Kathy Graves); (12) "Full Exposure" of Hidden Collections: Drake University First-Year Students Create a Living Archive (Claudia Thornton Frazer and Susan Breakenridge Fink); (13) From Static HTML to Interactive Drupal: Redesigning a Library Intranet that Enables Collaboration and Social Interaction (Elaine Chen); (14) Demographic Trends of College Students Today and Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library? (Marie Bloechle and Sian Brannon); (15) A Winning Strategy: University Library and Athletic Department Partnership (Rosalind Alexander); (16) Multilingual Zotero: Its Promises and Limits (Fu Zhuo); (17) A Fine Balance: Tangible or Electronic? (Gretchen Gould); (18) The Advantages of Importing Usage Statistics to Millennium ERM with SUSHI (Li Ma); (19) A Look from Both Sides Now (Melissa Muth); (20) Campus Copyright Support from a University Library (Chris LeBeau and Cindy Thompson); (21) Jack be Nimble...Quick', and Communicative: Flexible Staffing Positions for Changing Technical Services Workflows (Angela Rathmel); (22) Putting the Customer First: Developing and Implementing a Customer Service Plan (Kathy Howell and Lori Mardis); (23) Catch the "Campus Express!" (Brad Reel); (24) Wiki-fy Your Student Worker Program (David Kupas); (25) Smartphone Trends on the UCM Campus: Is it just the Net Generation? (Alice Ruleman); (26) Social Media Wrangling: A Comparison of Feed Tools (Kristen Mastel); (27) Putting QR Codes to the Test (Jason Coleman and Leo Lo); (28) Speaking to the Masses: The Evolution of Library Instruction for SPCM 101, Fundamentals of Speech (Elizabeth Fox and Nancy Marshall); (29) Don't Panic!: Revising Your Collection Development Policy and Putting it into Action (Abbey Rimel, and Andy Small; (30) 2 for the Price of 1: Combining Access Services and Reference Desks (Diane Hunter and Mary E. Anderson); (31) Do I Have the Best Library Website on the Planet or What? (Rene Erlandson and Rachel Erb); (32) Implementing LibAnswers at Multiple Service Points (Elizabeth A. Stephan, Gabe Gossett, and Rebecca Marrall); (33) College Readiness Dialogs: Librarian Collaborations from High School to College (Laurie Hathman, Ken Stewart, Jill Becker, and Danielle Theiss); (34) Fu Can Cook: Using Chinese Cooking Techniques to Teach Library Instruction (Fu Zhuo); and (35) Is There Really an App for That? (Robert Hallis). (Individual papers contain references.) [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. For the 2010 proceedings, see ED513812.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Thinking Skills; Academic Libraries; Information Literacy; Management Systems; Organizational Change; Adult Students; Instructional Design; Video Technology; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Critical Thinking; Diaries; Shared Resources and Services; Library Services; Marketing; Social Networks; Library Materials; Electronic Libraries; College Libraries; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Search Strategies; Orientation; Library Instruction; College Students; Nontraditional Education; Reference Materials; Energy Conservation; Teacher Education; Librarian Teacher Cooperation; Online Searching

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Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the twelfth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2012 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Brave New World (Laura Heinz and Carrye Syma); (2) Using Blogs to Develop Critical Thinking Skills (Ericka Arvidson Raber); (3) From Overloaded to Opportunity: The Search for a Low-Cost Interlibrary Loan Management System (Ellie Kohler and Danielle Theiss); (4) Thriving in the E-Resource Amusement Park: Using the ADDIE Instructional Design Model as a Management Framework (Galadriel Chilton and Chenwei Zhao); (5) Exposure = Impact: Library Marketing, Promotion and Branding (Rene Erlandson and Teonne Wright); (6) Using Gimlet to Improve Service at the Library (Jessica Tipton, Barry Bailey, and Mark Swails); (7) Tweet Tweet: Using Twitter for Library Marketing and Outreach (Jaleh Fazelian); (8) Library (R)Evolution: Organizational Change and Library Effectiveness (Colleen S. Harris); (9) Caught in the Act (Anne Deutsch and Brooks Doherty); (10) Giving the Users What They Want: Is Patron-Driven Acquisitions the Answer? (Buddy Pennington and Steve Alleman); (11) Streaming Video Acquisitions: Vendors, Models and Workflows (Stephanie Viola); (12) Rediscovering Relevance for the Science & Engineering Library (Patrick "Tod" Colegrove); (13) A Tale of Two Libraries: How Two Universities Prepared for the Future with Ex Libris Alma (John Ross, Heath Bogart, Rebecca Fernandez, and Daniel Winslow); (14) Information in a Dash: Painless & Penniless Statistical Reports (Joyce Neujahr and Emily Kesten); (15) 10 Ways to Google-It BETTER (Kristy Steigerwalt); (16) You've got a Friend: Attracting, Welcoming and Supporting the Adult Learner through Tailored Orientations (MaryAlice Wade and Maggie Denning); (17) Library Outreach through One Book One Community (Melissa Dennis); (18) The Zombie's Guide to Information Literacy: Reaching College Students in Non-traditional Ways (Cynthia Dudenhoffer); (19) A Reference Services Voyage: How a Small Academic Library Doubled its Reference Statistics in One Year (Danielle Theiss); (20) E-book Metadata in ILS and Discovery Tools (Lixia Zhao, Linda Wen, Donna K. Rose, and Maureen James); (21) Streamlined Workflow + McNaughton = Success! (Cheryl L. Blevens); (22) Chasing Green: An Academic Library's In-House Solution to Save Resources and Change Policy about Energy Conservation (Jeff Simpson); (23) Supporting Mobiles: It's More Than a Link and a Click (Robert Hallis); (24) User Side Open Access: The High Stakes of Open Access at Teaching Colleges (Mark Swails); (25) Auto-Populating an ILL form using OpenURL and JavaScript (Sarah G. Park); (26) Librarian-Faculty Collaboration for Student Learning (Carolyn Johnson); (27) Comparative Preferences for eBooks and Paper/Printed Books (Leila June Rod-Welch, Barbara E. Weeg, Jerry V. Caswell, and Thomas L. Kessler); (28) Managing Information: Lessons for the 21st Century (Robert Hallis); (29) Making Your Library (Pin)teresting! Using the Online Pinboard to Promote Library Resources (Marty Miller); (30) Give Them the Gift That Keeps On Giving--Providing Meaningful Tools for Student Employee Success (Joyce Meldrem); (31) We Built It, Why Didn't They Come? (Joelle Pitts, Laura Bonella, and Jason Coleman); (32) Give your Instruction a Boost of Creativity! (Benjamin Oberdick); (33) Size Doesn't Matter: Use Responsive Design to Fit On Any Screen (Roy Degler); (34) If You Build It, They Will Come: A First-Year Assessment of a Newly-Built Academic Library (Megan Donald and Stewart Brower), and (35) Copyright and Intellectual Property: Teaching Creatively (Mason Yang and Gail Flatness). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references). [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines. For the 2011 proceedings, see ED526899.] Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Photography; Student Participation; Cooperative Learning; Educational Technology; Instructional Design; Internet; Computer Science Education; Computer Software; Computer Assisted Instruction; Statistical Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; College Students; Handheld Devices; Computer Simulation; Geographic Information Systems; Multimedia Materials; Client Server Architecture; Computer Software Evaluation; Synchronous Communication; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires

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Mobile devices are changing the way people work and communicate. Most of the innovative devices offer the opportunity to integrate augmented reality in mobile applications, permitting the combination of the real world with virtual information. This feature can be particularly useful to enhance informal and formal didactic actions based on student collaboration. This paper describes a "collaborative campus," originated in the physical architectural space, but exposing learning contents and social information structured as augmented virtual areas. ACCampus, a mobile augmented reality system, supporting the sharing of contextualized information is proposed. This system combines the world perceived by the phone camera with information concerning student location and community, enabling users to share multimedia information in location-based content areas. User localization is initially detected through QR codes. The successive positions of the user are determined using the mobile device sensors. Each augmented area is univocally spatially associated to a representative real wall area. Selective content sharing and collaboration are supported, enabling a user to distribute his/her augmented contents to specific users or groups. An evaluation of the proposed environment is also conducted, which considers that learning in collaborative environments is related to perceived member contribution, enjoinment, motivation, and student participation. (Contains 6 figures and 4 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Academic Libraries; Stakeholders; Library Services; Semi Structured Interviews; Librarians; Books; Electronic Publishing; Higher Education; Universities; Case Studies; Vendors; Library Facilities; Library Materials; Space Utilization; Library Personnel; College Libraries; Electronic Libraries; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education

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This article reports research into the perceptions and predictions of academic librarians regarding the future role and development of e-books, and e-book collections and services. A number of recent studies reported in the literature review indicate increasing interest in e-books. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 32 academic librarians, in seven case study libraries. Most interviewees anticipated a significant growth in the size and role of e-book collections in academic libraries over the next five years. The actions and policies of each of the key stakeholder groups, e-book vendors (publishers and aggregators), academic libraries and users are viewed as pivotal to the future use of e-books in universities. The growing importance of e-books will have a number of consequences for academic libraries, in terms of the technologies that they make available to users, the use of library space, user education and staff workload. (Contains 2 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Interaction; Educational Resources; Internet; Cooperative Learning; Instructional Design; Web Based Instruction; Web 2.0 Technologies; Multimedia Materials; Computer Software; Use Studies; Computer Software Evaluation; Computer System Design; College Instruction; College Students; Instructional Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Synchronous Communication; Distance Education; Computer Simulation; Simulated Environment; Usability

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Today, the Internet plays a major role in distributing learning material within third level education. Multiple online facilities provide access to educational resources. While early systems relied on webpages, which acted as repositories for learning material, nowadays sophisticated online applications manage and deliver learning resources. Courses that use solely traditional e-learning methods have high attrition rates, which are often attributed to boredom and lack of interaction with others. Indeed static text-based interfaces, where communication with others is often asynchronous, fail to stimulate students. In this article, we present a system which uses stimulating three-dimensional environments to present learning material to students, combined with multi-user and real-time technologies to permit interaction and collaboration between them. The article focuses on presenting results from a user study which indicate that these technologies can be used effectively to resolve several of the issues with existing e-learning systems. The results show that students enjoy interacting in the environment and appreciate the benefits the paradigm brings to e-learning. (Contains 3 figures and 6 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Library Administration; Time Management; Guides; Personnel Management; Poverty; Library Services; Emergency Programs; Accountability; Academic Libraries; Public Libraries; Library Materials; Mentors; Leadership; School Libraries; Librarians; Grants; Program Administration; Volunteers; Information Technology; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Reference Services; Computer Software; Generational Differences; Graduate Students; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Public Relations; Governing Boards; Institutional Cooperation; Local History; Photography; Visual Aids; Access to Information; Privacy; Staff Orientation

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There's no shortage of library management books out there--but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorize things that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? "Library Management Tips that Work" does exactly that, addressing dozens of such issues facing library managers, including: (1) How to create a job manual, and keep staff accountable; (2) Keeping your library board in the loop; (3) Using numbers to make your case; (4) Dealing with unreturned library materials; (5) Methods for managing multiple libraries with one FTE librarian; (6) Retaining services despite budget cuts and staff shortages; and (7) Public relations on a shoestring. This book is divided into five parts. Part I, The Manager Role, contains the following: (1) Beating the Clock: Adaptive Time Management in a Fluid Environment (Geoffrey P. Timms); (2) Creating Manuals for Job Duties (Holly Flynn); (3) How to Manage Serving Students of Generational Poverty (Kris Baughman and Rebecca Marcum Parker); (4) How to Protect Your Library from Employment Discrimination Claims (Michael A. Germano); (5) Managing Emergencies: What to Do When Basic or Big Disasters Strike (Sian Brannon and Kimberly Wells); (6) Creating a Staff Accountability System (Terry Ann Lawler); (7) Planning Ahead: Time Management in Defining Goals (Geoffrey P. Timms); (8) Transforming an Off-Campus Library from Empty Space to Award Winner in One Year (Seamus Scanlon); (9) When You're Not (Exactly) the Boss: How to Manage Effectively in a "Coordinator" Role (Kim Becnel); and (10) Communication and Staff Awareness in the Branch Library (Jason Kuhl). Part II, Running a Library, contains the following: (11) ASSURE-ing Your Collection (Roxanne Myers Spencer and Barbara Fiehn); (12) Billy Club: A Model for Dealing with Unreturned Library Materials (Suzann Holland); (13) Collaboration for Library Collection Acquisition (Lorette S. J. Weldon); (14) Community Partnerships: The Key to Providing Programs in a Recession (Ashanti White); (15) CVL Leads: Mentorship and Leadership (Robin Shader); (16) How to Manage a Student-Centric Library Service for Nontraditional Users (Seamus Scanlon); (17) Managing Overnight (Ken Johnson and Susan Jennings); (18) Managing More Than One School Library with One FTE Librarian (Kris Baughman and Rebecca Marcum Parker); (19) Management Tips for Merging Multiple Service Points (Colleen S. Harris); (20) SuperStarz: An Experience in Grant Project Management (Vera Gubnitskaia); (21) Utilizing Retired Individuals as Volunteers (Ashanti White); and (22) Weeding as Affective Response, or "I Just Can't Throw This Out!" (Barbara Fiehn and Roxanne Myers Spencer). Part III, Information Technology, contains the following: (23) Facebook for Student Assistants (Susan Jennings and Ken Johnson); (24) Improving Communication with Blogs (Alice B. Ruleman); (25) Improving Productivity with Google Apps (Suzann Holland); (26) Partnering with Information Technology at the Reference Desk: A Model for Success (Jeffrey A. Franks); (27) Putting Missing Pieces from the Collection Together with SharePoint (Lorette S. J. Weldon); (28) Real-Life Management Using Virtual Tools (Vera Gubnitskaia); (29) Session Control Software for Community Users in an Academic Library (Jeffrey A. Franks); (30) To Friend or Not to Friend: The Facebook Question (Kim Becnel); and (31) Why a Wiki? How Wikis Help Get Work Done (Alice B. Ruleman). Part IV, Staff, contains the following: (32) Millennials, Gen-X, Gen-Y, and Boomers, Oh My! Managing Multiple Generations in the Library (Colleen S. Harris); (33) Hiring and Training Graduate Assistants for the Academic Library (Erin O'Toole); (34) Managing for Emergencies: What to Do before, during, and after Disaster (Sian Brannon and Kimberly Wells); (35) Managing Librarians and Staff with Young Children (Holly Flynn); (36) Mentoring Graduate Assistants in the Academic Library (Erin O'Toole); (37) New Employee Orientation (Bradley Tolppanen and Janice Derr); (38) Discrimination in Employment: An Overview for Library Managers (Michael A. Germano); (39) Obtaining Compliance from Underperforming Employees: Talking It Through (Terry Ann Lawler); (40) Planning for Change: Ensuring Staff Commitment (Jason Kuhl); (41) Shadow and Learn: Knowing Your Staff (Robin Shader); and (42) Staff Shortages (Bradley Tolppanen and Janice Derr). Part V, Public Relations, contains the following: (43) No Surprises: Keeping Your Board in the Loop (Lynn Hawkins); (44) Board Meetings That Work (James B. Casey); (45) Library Partners: Cooperating with Other Nonprofits (John Helling); (46) Portraits in a Small Town: Balancing Access and Privacy with a Local History Photography Collection (John Helling); (47) Using Numbers to Make Your Case (James B. Casey); and (48) Staying in the Game: Public Relations on a Shoestring (Lynn Hawkins). An index is included. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Information Literacy; Library Instruction; Academic Libraries; Library Science; Librarians; Surveys; Information Retrieval; Information Utilization; Metadata; Databases; Intellectual Property; Plagiarism; Citations (References); Internet; Search Engines; Student Attitudes; College Students

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Librarians regularly encounter students who struggle to understand and apply information literacy concepts. A qualitative survey administered to information literacy practitioners asked about troublesome content and analyzed results using the threshold concepts pedagogical framework first described by Jan Meyer and Ray Land. A threshold concept transforms the learner's view of content and helps integrate previously learned material; threshold concepts are portals that, once traversed, bring insight into how to think and act like a practitioner within a discipline. This project uses the data collected to propose seven threshold concepts for information literacy. (Contains 3 figures and 25 notes.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Computer Science Education; Metadata; Internet; Artificial Intelligence; Synchronous Communication; Programming; Computer Software; Computer Software Evaluation; Computer System Design; Online Searching; Integrated Learning Systems; Use Studies; Educational Resources; Data; Information Retrieval; Access to Information; Validity; Automation; Standards; College Instruction; Federal Aid

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Learning objects (LOs) are digital or non-digital entities used for learning, education or training commonly stored in repositories searchable by their associated metadata. Unfortunately, based on the current standards, such metadata is often missing or incorrectly entered making search difficult or impossible. In this paper, we investigate automating metadata generation for SCORM-complaint LOs based on user interactions with the LO and static information about LOs and users. Our framework, called the Intelligent Learning Object Guide (iLOG), involves real-time tracking of each user sessions (an LO Wrapper), offline data mining to identify key attributes or patterns on how the LOs have been used as well as characteristics of the users (MetaGen), and the selection of these findings as metadata. Mechanisms used in the data mining include data imputation via clustering, association rule mining, and feature selection ensemble. This paper describes the methodology of automatic annotation, presents the results on the evaluation and validation of the algorithms, and discusses the resulting metadata. We have deployed our iLOG implementation for five LOs in introductory computer science topics and collected data for over 1400 sessions. We demonstrate that iLOG successfully tracks user interactions that can be used to automate the generation of meaningful empirical usage metadata for different stakeholder groups including learners and instructors, LO developers, and researchers. (Contains 2 figures and 5 tables.) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Educational Environment; Libraries; Teaching Methods; Library Services; Foreign Countries; Electronic Learning; Internet; Online Courses; Synchronous Communication; Information Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Web 2.0 Technologies; College Students; Distance Education; Web Sites; Computer Software; Computers; Delivery Systems; Social Networks

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ICT made real magic and drastic changes in all service sectors along with higher education and library practices and services. The academic environment is changing from formal education to distance and online learning mode because of ICT. Web technology and mobile technology has made great impact on education sector. The role of Open Access, institutional repositories, opens archives and e-publishing trends indicates the shift towards new way of communication on an increasing scale in the students and researchers. E-learning is more popular day by day. The students are more prone towards the use of technology. Users of Web 2.0 tools (Students 2.0) are self learner, self searcher, fast communicators, self publishers, self motivated. There is rapid growth of students using internet and web tools in India. Their expectations from the teachers, libraries, and administrative staff of academic institutes has changed and increased. In developed countries use of Web 2.0, cloud computing technology and its use in educational, library websites are normally used to provide best services with blogs, RSS, instant messaging, social networking services, wikis, and social tagging applications. Use of web technology in education sector has some advantages and disadvantages too. In short education and library services are now based on digital resources, customized, user based, and web based and internet based information services .The present paper highlights innovation in education sector and libraries and impact of web 2.0 on students, teaching learning process, educational policies. Future 3.0 generation will be discussed in detail. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Constructivism (Learning); Andragogy; Educational Theories; Academic Libraries; Librarians; Information Literacy; Library Instruction; Library Materials; Library Research; Library Services; Reference Services; Access to Information; Library Personnel; Library Development; Library Role; Communities of Practice; Database Management Systems; Online Systems

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This paper will look at the services presently offered to distance students by libraries within the categories of professional staff, access to resources, reference assistance, and library user instruction. It will then offer the argument that these services could be improved by developing embedded librarians within online academic courses as a part of an online community of learners. This assertion is backed by educational theories discussing social constructivism and andragogy. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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