<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Erica Findley" <<a href="mailto:erica.findley@gmail.com">erica.findley@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Sep 28, 2016 8:51 PM<br>Subject: Douglas County Libraries need our help right now<br>To: <<a href="mailto:libs-or-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><div dir="ltr"><div>All,</div><br>Recently the commissioners in Douglas County removed non-partisan and factual information about upcoming ballot measure 10-145, which would create a library district from the Library's website and social media page. Voters have the right to be informed about elections and libraries in the public trust need to be able to fill this role. <div><br></div><div>OLA has written a <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/ola---executive-board-communications-douglas-cty-ltr" target="_blank">letter to the commissioners</a> and EveryLibrary has <a href="http://action.everylibrary.org/douglascounty" target="_blank">started a petition</a>. The story was even picked up by <a href="http://boingboing.net/2016/09/28/douglas-county-or-using-dirty.html" target="_blank">Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>What the commissioners did was wrong and sets a dangerous precedent. Please sign <a href="http://action.everylibrary.org/douglascounty" target="_blank">the petition</a> and let your friends and neighbors know that Douglas County Libraries need our help. The more signatures we get, the louder our voice will be.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Erica</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Erica Findley, MLS<br><a href="http://www.ericafindley.com" target="_blank">www.ericafindley.com</a> </div>
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