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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Dear Oregon library community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Measures that Matter (MtM) is an initiative launched in early 2017 through a cooperative agreement between the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Chief Officers of State
Library Agencies (COSLA) to address short- and long-term challenges to public library data collection and use. The State Library of Oregon is a member of COSLA and has been following the initiative, which continues to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders
from within the public library field and outside of it. Major points of discussion are the need for public library data collection tools to support library operations, programs, resources and services and the need for data to demonstrate the value of </span><span style="color:#333333">public
libraries in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Next week there is an opportunity for you to participate in the discussion. As follow up to work conducted in 2017, and to help propel the work forward, the Measures that Matter project team recently released
a draft Action Plan. The document is available at </span><a href="http://measuresthatmatter.net/draft-action-plan-for-public-comment/">http://measuresthatmatter.net/draft-action-plan-for-public-comment/</a><span style="color:#333333">. Two webinars are being
offered during which members of the MtM Working Group will present the Action Plan in brief and engage with webinar participants around their feedback on it.
<span style="background:white">Dates and times are: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 4:00 pm ET and Wednesday March 7, 2018 at 1:00 pm ET.
</span>The content of the two sessions will be the same. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">We invite you to join the webinars, learn about Measures that Matter, and contribute to the conversation.
<span style="background:white">Register at </span></span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MtMPublicComment"><span style="background:white">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MtMPublicComment</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Readers of the Action Plan draft also have the option of submitting comments through the online feedback form available at </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MtMAPJan18"><span style="background:white">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MtMAPJan18</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">For more information, visit
</span><a href="http://measuresthatmatter.net/"><span style="background:white">http://measuresthatmatter.net/</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white"> or contact
</span><a href="mailto:info@cosla.org"><span style="background:white">info@cosla.org</span></a><span style="color:#333333;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services RE-00-16-0181-16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">MaryKay</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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