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style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/c75f374fc7/f95f1ebfd3/503073053f"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=579 height=130 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/8/4/b/84b038d08e/c75f374fc7/00ff4b5fd2/library/CL_news.jpg" alt="Collections Link newsletter header" name=header></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><p style='margin-left:30.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#052D4D'><a href="#stoppress">Participatory Museum Article Sparks Massive Interest</a><br><br><a href="#story_1">Vacancy: Partnerships Manager, Collections Trust</a><br><br><a href="#story_2">Paralympics Legacy for Museums?</a><br><br><a href="#story_3">OpenCulture 2012 an Outstanding Success</a><br><br><a href="#story_4">Great New CL Resources from Networks</a><br><br><a href="#story_5">London Museums Group Blog</a><br><br><a href="#events">Upcoming Training and Events</a></span><span style='color:#052D4D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border-top:none;border-left:solid white 6.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:lightgrey;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=1 height=14 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/email_layout/3221/spacer.gif" alt=spacer.gif><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td width=150 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:112.5pt;padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center 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You can have your say on the issues raised by <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/c75f374fc7/f95f1ebfd3/242384329e">reading the article</a> on Collections Link.<br><br><a href="#header"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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