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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Oregon Library Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing on behalf of the Oregon Reads 2014 Committee to provide you with more information about the program. Attached (and copied below) is an invitation letter that was mailed to all public and academic library directors in November.
The letter contains information about planning for Oregon Reads 2014 and a form for libraries thinking about participating
<span style="color:red">to complete and submit by January 15,<b> <u>2013</u></b></span>. A firm commitment is not required, the Committee just wants to get an idea how many libraries are interested and thinking about participating for our planning purposes.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If your director hasn’t already talked with staff at your library about Oregon Reads 2014, please start the conversation.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Reads 2014 Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jim Scheppke, State Librarian Emeritus (<a href="mailto:jscheppke@comcast.net">jscheppke@comcast.net</a>)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">June Knudson, Retired Director, Hood River County Library (<a href="mailto:junek@gorge.net">junek@gorge.net</a>)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sara Charlton, Tillamook County Library (<a href="mailto:charlton@co.tillamook.or.us">charlton@co.tillamook.or.us</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Judith Norton, Oregon Health and Sciences University Library (<a href="mailto:norton@ohsu.edu">norton@ohsu.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Baars, Lake Oswego Public Library (<a href="mailto:bbaars@ci.oswego.or.us">bbaars@ci.oswego.or.us</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Katie Anderson, Oregon State Library (<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lee Catalano, Multnomah County Library (<a href="mailto:leec@multcolib.org">leec@multcolib.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chantal Strobel, Deschutes Public Library (<a href="mailto:chantals@dpls.lib.or.us">chantals@dpls.lib.or.us</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">November 12, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Dear Oregon Librarian,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">In 2009, the Oregon Library Association sponsored Oregon Reads to celebrate the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of Oregon statehood. The program was a phenomenal success, with 80,000 Oregonians participating
in community reading programs throughout the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">In 2014, OLA is going to do it again. This time we are going to celebrate the centennial of Oregon’s most celebrated poet, William Stafford. OLA will be joining with many other organizations throughout
the state in this centennial celebration. Our goal is to once again involve 80,000 Oregonians in
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i>, in communities and on campuses throughout the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This letter is your invitation to have your library take part in
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Who Was William Stafford?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">William Stafford was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1914, and died at his home in Lake Oswego, in 1993, at the age of 79. Between 1960 and 1993, William Stafford wrote more than 60 published collections
of poetry and prose, including 12 full-length books of poems. Stafford’s first book of poetry,
<i>West of Your City</i>, was published in 1960 when he was 46 years old. His second,
<i>Traveling Through the Dark</i>, won the National Book Award in 1963. All but one of his books was written in Oregon. When William Stafford died in 1993, the poet Robert Bly predicted that, "Bill's poetry will be more widely read in the next century than
in this one."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">William Stafford was also an influential and beloved teacher of writing. He served as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress (the post now known as United States Poet Laureate) during 1970-71
and as Poet Laureate of Oregon from 1975 through 1989.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Stafford grew up during the Great Depression in central and southwest Kansas, with an appreciation for nature, the Great Plains, and books. As a pacifist and conscientious objector during World
War II, Stafford did alternative service in civilian work camps in Arkansas, California and Illinois. After the war, Stafford worked for the Church World Service relief organization, taught high school and finished his master's degree in English at the University
of Kansas. His master’s thesis, a memoir of his wartime experience in the civilian work camps, was published as
<i>Down in My Heart</i> in 1947 and is still in print from Oregon State University Press. In 1948, Stafford joined the faculty of Lewis & Clark College, where he taught until his retirement in 1980.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Stafford's poems tend to be short and deceptively simple. His plain-spoken style invites readers into the poems, which often take unexpected turns toward discovery. His poems are at once quiet
and tough-minded, clear and mysterious, open-hearted and sly, serious and funny, witty and down-to-earth. While grounded in day-to-day life and local experience, they also touch on universal concerns, from war and peace to the tension between individual freedom
and social responsibility. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">About Oregon Reads 2014<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Oregon Reads 2014</span></i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> will be modeled closely on our successful Oregon Reads 2009. Oregon libraries will select one or more Stafford-related
books and ask everyone in their community to read them and to attend library programs that celebrate them. An important difference between Oregon Reads 2009 and
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i> is that OLA will not be selecting one book for everyone to read. For
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i> we will give every library the autonomy to select your own books. We do suggest that libraries select one or more of the following in-print and forthcoming books to use for your community reading program:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">by Kim Stafford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Graywolf Press, $16 paperback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">"As a book written by a son warily loving an enigmatic, elusive father, this is a masterpiece."
<i>— Robert Bly</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ask Me:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">100 Selected Poems</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> by William Stafford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(forthcoming)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kim Stafford is currently editing a new selection of 100 best poems by his father that will be published in the fall of 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Graywolf Press, $16 paperback</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">by William Stafford, introduction by Kim Stafford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Oregon State University Press, $15.95 paperback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Down in My Heart</span></em> is not only Stafford’s first book, but in some ways it is his most important book because it lays
out the radical social and moral code by which he lived his life as a pacifist, a code that underlies every poem he ever wrote.” —<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Bloomsbury Review</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">by William Stafford, edited with an introduction by Kim Stafford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Milkweed Editions, $16 paperback<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">"Stafford offers a lifetime of lyrically posed observations postulated from the perspective of a peacemaker. He pricks the thoughtful and intellectual processes of adult and young
adult readers to consider alternate solutions in resolving conflicts.” <i>— Plainfield Sun</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">About these books, Kim Stafford has said, “These books touch on family, growing up, a sense of place, life-long learning, and the ethical foundations of citizenship, and this program will give
library patrons a wide range of interests to pursue. The goal of <i>Oregon Reads</i> is not to study poetry, but rather to use these books in seeking our deeper identity as Oregonians.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Oregon Library Association will support
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i> by providing a list of speakers who are willing and able to make library appearances in 2014, a website with information and graphics that can be used by participating libraries, and mini-grants to encourage participation by small and
rural Oregon public libraries. Mini-grants will range between $500 and $1,000 depending on the size of the library and can be used to support book purchases, speaker costs or promotion of
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">What Are We Asking You to Do?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please talk to your staff, and your support groups (Friends, Foundation, etc.) about participating in
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i>. We hope that libraries with their own community reading programs will replace their home-grown program with
<i>Oregon Reads</i> in 2014. There is no time designated for <i>Oregon Reads </i>
in 2014. You can plan your program for any time in the calendar year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Between now and January 15<sup>th</sup>, we hope you will decide to participate in
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i>. To participate, you will need to return the attached participation form to the
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i> Steering Committee. A tentative commitment will be fine, but we need to hear from libraries by January 15<sup>th</sup> in order to continue to make plans for the statewide reading program. If you are a director of a small, rural library,
please indicate if you would be interested in receiving a mini-grant to support your participation. Based on the need, we will be seeking support from Oregon charitable foundations to fund the mini-grants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">If you have questions for the
<i>Oregon Reads 2014</i> Steering Committee please feel free to email them to <b>
<a href="mailto:oregonreads2014@gmail.com">oregonreads2014@gmail.com</a></b> and we will answer them promptly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">On behalf of the Oregon Library Association, we want to thank you for considering this unique opportunity to engage readers in your community or campus with the life, legacy and works of Oregon’s
greatest poet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Oregon Reads 2014</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Jim Scheppke, State Librarian Emeritus<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">June Knudson, Retired Director, Hood River County Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Sara Charlton, Tillamook County Library
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Judith Norton, Oregon Health and Sciences University Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Bill Baars, Lake Oswego Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Katie Anderson, Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Lee Catalano, Multnomah County Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Chantal Strobel, Deschutes Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Oregon Reads 2014 Participation Form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Deadline: January 15, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:139.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Return to: Oregon Reads 2014 Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:139.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> c/o Tillamook County Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:139.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> 1716 3<sup>rd</sup> Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:139.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Tillamook, OR 97141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Library Name: __________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Contact Person: _________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Contact Person’s Email Address: ___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Contact Person’s Phone Number: ___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Check all that apply:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Webdings">c</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> This is a firm commitment to participate in Oregon Reads 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Webdings">c</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> This is a tentative commitment to participate in Oregon Reads 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Webdings">c</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Our small, rural public library is interested in receiving a mini-grant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Webdings">c</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> Our community reading program will take place in _________________.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> (month or time of year)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Webdings">c</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> We haven’t decided when our community reading program will take place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Certification of Oregon Reads 2014 Participation Form<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Library Director Signature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Date<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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