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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #1b378b;"><strong><b>LYRASIS Announces Candidates for Open Board of Trustee Positions</b></strong></span></div>
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<p style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span>2 Academic and/or Research Library Representatives:</span></p>
<ul><li style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ivan Gaetz, Colorado College</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span>David Lewis, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span>Joe Lucia, Temple University (PA)</span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span>Kathy Ray, University of Nevada, Reno</span></li></ul>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif">1 Public Library Representative:</span></div>
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<ul><li><span>Gina Millsap, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (KS)</span></li></ul>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">1 State Library Representative or Group Member Representative:</span></div>
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<ul><li style="color: #000000;"><span>Jo Budler, State Library of Kansas</span></li><li style="color: #000000;"><span>Kathleen Peiffer, New Jersey State Library</span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The LYRASIS Board of Trustees is the governing body for LYRASIS. The Board of Trustees ensures that the organization provides the services, leadership and insight required to support information professionals and the organizations they serve.</span></p>
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