<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>You may have heard the recent news about Douglas County and the Vote
"Yes" on Measure 10-145 campaign that is trying to prevent the region's
11 libraries from permanent closure. DCLS Library Director Harold Hayes
has written an informative article that will clarify any remaining
questions. In his article, Douglas County’s ‘Long and Winding Road,'
Harold describes how their libraries have been kept open temporarily by
unprecedented grants from The Ford Family Foundation and <span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">the
Oregon Community Foundation totaling $500,000, and how their future
depends on success at the ballot box. For more information about the
campaign see: <a href="http://saveourlibraries.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://saveourlibraries.org/</a><br> Please click here to download and read Harold’s new article: <br> <a href="http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol22/iss2/7/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol22/iss2/7/</a><br> Please feel free to share this information widely. <br><br></span></div><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">Thank you,<br></span></div><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">Charles Wood<br></span></div><span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">OLA Communications Committee<br></span></div>