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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SAVE THE DATE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">OASL/OLA Legislative Day 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Advocate for Libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday, February 12 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Oregon State Capitol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Salem, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">7:30am to 3:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">During OASL/OLA Legislative Day, librarians and volunteers meet with their legislators to advocate for libraries. The OLA Library Development and Legislative Committee will schedule trainings, sign-ups, and
more in January. For now, SAVE THE DATE. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">AND DONATE! We need new children’s books for the Legislative Day book giveaway.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">During OLA Legislative Day, your legislators will choose books from your donations to give to their local libraries – it’s a great way to encourage engagement and share the value for libraries.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please select books that highlight <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="https://www.olaweb.org/orca" target="_blank">ORCA</a></span> or <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/bccca-past-winners" target="_blank">Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award</a></span> (or your personal favorite).
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Picture books are the most popular for folks who want to select something not on either of these lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The State Library will be storing our donated books until Legislative Day. If you are traveling to Salem and can drop them off at the State Library (first floor, room 119, ring the doorbell), be sure to label
the box “Legislative Day – books for giveaway.” If you are unable to drop off your donations, you can mail them to
<b>ATTN: Ferol Wayland at the State Library of Oregon, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301-3950</b> or contact Legislative Day Coordinator Kate Lasky at
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:klasky@josephinelibrary.org">klasky@josephinelibrary.org</a></span> for a list of regional drop-off spots.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Together, we can build value for Oregon libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">Kate Lasky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">Josephine Community Library District<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">200 NW C Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">Grants Pass, Oregon 97526<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:klasky@josephinelibrary.org" title="mailto:klasky@josephinelibrary.org"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">klasky@josephinelibrary.org</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">office: 541-476-0571</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">fax: 541-479-0685<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:navy">"What is more important in a library than anything else—than everything else—is the fact that it exists." Archibald MacLeish</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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