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<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">There's a piece in today's<I> Oregonian</I> about the impending sudden closure of the research library at the Oregon Historical Society. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">Anyone concerned about the future of this critically important library for the study and understanding of Oregon history should read this and actively voice your opinion as I have as a private citizen to legislators and to the OHS director and librarian. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">I think its closure will produce a hole in our understanding of what Oregon has been, what its problems were and how solutions were found to solve those problems. Without this research library, it will not be just students, scholars and citizens who visit the collections who will lose; the entire state will suffer from its closure as access to much of our heritage, our pitfalls and our triumphs will be curtailed. </FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">"Oregon Historical Society slashes staff" by D.K. Row</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">Online here:</FONT>
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<P><A HREF="http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/02/oregon_historical_society_slas.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Garamond">http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/02/oregon_historical_society_slas.html</FONT></U></A>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">More info at: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2009/02/oregon-historical-society-library.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Garamond">http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2009/02/oregon-historical-society-library.html</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Garamond"> </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Garamond">Jim Carmin </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">John Wilson Special Collections Librarian </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">Multnomah County Library </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">801 SW 10th Avenue </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">Portland, OR 97205 </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">jimc@multcolib.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">jhc4631@gmail.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Garamond">503-988-6287 </FONT>
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