<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Idaho, Oregon, and Washington colleagues,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Some of you may recall that the Orbis Cascade Alliance has been engaged in a discussion with EBSCO and Ex Libris in which we have emphasized the importance of</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"> making all EBSCO content seamlessly and fully available via Ex Libris discovery services. </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"> The Alliance Board recently discussed the fact that the September deadline we set has passed without meaningful action and decided it was time to communicate again. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The latest letter, along with the entire history of our communication on this topic can be found at </span><a href="https://www.orbiscascade.org/ebsco-ex-libris/" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank">https://www.orbiscascade.org/ebsco-ex-libris/</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px">Best wishes.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">-- </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">_________________________________</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">John F. Helmer</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Executive Director</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Orbis Cascade Alliance</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jhelmer@orbiscascade.org" target="_blank">jhelmer@orbiscascade.org</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="tel:541.246.2470%20ext%20205" value="+15412462470" target="_blank">541.246.2470 ext 205</a></font></div></div></font></span></font></span></div>
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