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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our letters today are W, O, S, and L. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ever wondered what <i>Sesame Street </i>has in common with the Oregon and Washington State Libraries? </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>I thought so! </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Find out when Bert (aka MaryKay Dahlgreen) and Bert (aka Rand Simmons) pool their knowledge to answer all of our questions about State Libraries, including a lesson on ‘One of these state libraries is not like the others, one of these state libraries just doesn’t belong.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>How are these state libraries alike and how are they different?</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>’ These and other mysteries will be revealed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Let’s hope there’s no surprise visit from Oscar the Grouch!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:black'>Title: </span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,BoldItalic";color:#365F92'>Unraveling the Mysteries of State Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri\,Bold";color:black'>Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>State Library: every state has one and almost no two are alike. What does a state library do and how do they do it? Where do they get their<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>funding and where does that money go? How do they work with their state association (or not) and what are some of the ways that library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>communities can provide input into the activities of their state library? This session will feature current State Librarians</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>from<span style='color:black'> the Pacific </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Northwest to help us shed light on these and other interesting questions.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>