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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">FYI.
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If you can’t see the image below, try one of these URLs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Original ALA email:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Report:
<a href="http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/archives/issue/state-americas-libraries-2011">
http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/archives/issue/state-americas-libraries-2011</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Salem, OR 97301-3950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">503-378-5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> American Libraries Magazine [mailto:AL_Magazine@special.ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 11, 2011 3:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Maurer<br>
<b>Subject:</b> For National Library Week - 2011 State of America's Libraries Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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State of</span><span style="font-family:"Geneva","serif";color:#E78E18"><br>
<span class="style341">America's Libraries</span><br>
<span class="style341">Now Available!</span></span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="style35"><span class="style141">The Great Recession may have come to an end, but there's no end to libraries' key role in helping hard-pressed Americans find employment or launch a bootstraps venture. These and other key trends in the library community
are detailed in this report on the State of America's Libraries, 2011. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="style35">This report is provided free of charge from the American Library Association's Public Information Office in the easy-to-use Zmag web browser format or as a PDF for offline reading.
<a href="http://link.ixs1.net/s/lt?id=c10009231&si=e367614386&pc=i2002&ei=51465737&b=y">
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