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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Elsa Loftis is the current president
of the Oregon Library Association. She has written an in-depth article about
how the OLA leadership have been responding to calls for action from members,
who are concerned about how this past year's political events will impact
Oregon libraries and communities. From Elsa's article: "The people in
leadership positions in the association, such as the president, vice president,
and other executive board members are elected to serve you, the OLA members. We
all work hard to speak up and stand up for Oregon libraries. That’s definitely
a team effort. This work is ongoing, and we have guiding principles to direct
us when issues appear murky."</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>To learn more about Elsa's and the
OLA's efforts, please download and read, "Political Action and Your
Library Association." See:<br></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss1/4/"><span>http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss1/4/</span></a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">Thank you,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">Charles Wood</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2">OLA Communications Chair</font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p>

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