<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Here’s your chance to advocate for Oregon’s libraries without having to go to Washington DC for National Library Legislative Days May 2nd-3rd.</font><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class="">As part of National Library Legislative Day 2016 (NLLD), ALA is offering library advocates the chance to participate through Virtual Library Legislative Day (VLLD)! <o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><o:p class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class=""> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class="">This year, ALA is teaming up with the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA) to help expand efforts and take advantage of the momentum started by the nearly 400 library supporters who plan to attend NLLD. ALA and now, OLA, hope to get the library community to pledge their time to make calls, send emails, tweet, and otherwise raise awareness about library issues during the week of May 2nd. </font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><o:p class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class=""> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 15px;" class="">To join the effort, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rFgFBSNzL3l2vL40lq1UragqzUkxZN18G1MY0hDdt-4/viewform" style="color: purple;" class=""> register</a> for VLLD. ALA will follow up by sending you talking points and other handy resources you can use to advocate easily and effectively. They will include a link to a webstream of the National Library Legislative day program, live from Washington, on the morning of May 2<sup class="">nd</sup>. You will get to hear our keynote speaker, former Congressman Rush Holt, and listen in on this year’s issue briefing.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">There’s also </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzUCAywi1eQDSW9laWJkNUlSSDZaY3oxM013X3hSTjJMZlhj/view" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">a handy resource toolkit for librarians</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""> who may want to get younger advocates involved. Please feel free to use them as you like! You can also find out more by visiting the </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/united/advocacy/virtuallegday" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">United for Libraries</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""> and the </span><a href="http://www.thehpalliance.org/national_library_legislative_day" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">Harry Potter Alliance</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">webpages, or by subscribing to the </span><a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fcqrcengage.com%2Fala%2Fhome&t=NDMwOTFhZGJiZTVlMGVkYmM5ZDllMjYzZWZlZTg0YTYwN2NjOWU3OSxUN0x5QkxRaw%3D%3D" style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">Action Center</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">Join me and Abigail in speaking up for Oregon’s Libraries.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class="">Thanks!</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;"><font face="Calibri" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Janet Webster And Abigail Elder</div><div class="">OLA Library Development and Legislative Committee co-chairs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class=""></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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