<div dir="ltr"><br>Hello Oregon Library Advocates!<div>Please consider taking the ALA action suggested below.</div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div>Stephanie Lind<div>OLA Library Development & Legislative Committee Chair</div><div><a href="mailto:olaldlc@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olaldlc@olaweb.org</a> </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_8493932780280191924WordSection1"><div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 10, 2018 10:24 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Advocacy Alert: Stephanie, contact your Senator NOW about the Copyright Office<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Advocacy Alert:
</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Take action today to oppose a transfer of authority from the Librarian of Congress to the President</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">Dear Stephanie:</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">With fewer than two weeks left in this congressional session, we face serious threats on the U.S. Copyright Office and Library of Congress.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">On Wednesday, December 12, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (<a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxIz0puwWAFK30WnOAglfJT_8WVIMZqqHrAdgpeOmiUFWqkKm48yoOPp-BZXpSFDdYB5XWbdeP65tk8pOKt9fB9LA4ZxrKYMYo1lbv1a1XEuFPgi2mEjT9Vy7Ue0ClZ3S0RT7W-bXWN2GU4YP7YzeR6iEzYpzO1Rh9aBnbUhhta9o&lp=0" target="_blank">S.
 1010</a>), a Senate companion to the already-passed House bill (<a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxnp1h_borxwYvAG1ouCBleZJSM436DZdcJdyp02GmC4rl5k9VgUHOBYjNXNft4TWWRLbjYZKM7Tjz3rAF0fPW-2gALE2crH8VLIoQdKTDEPPUYslfF3BQhcH4GhmdGcxzEuJyzvrhH0j60TFupAlFVtjEmASUU_484YEpgKqmfbo&lp=0" target="_blank">H.R.
 1695</a>) will be voted on by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, in spite of strong opposition by ALA and others in the library community. There is intense industry pressure to pass this legislation in the lame duck session, even though this would
 take authority away Dr. Hayden and give it to the President.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ALA strongly opposes this <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAx3xsfQGr0Li4guLYVPK_4YpWpb-LtZu-OydizZq_1bdhWkKVrPShfHP468_BYRLqRhwBWAd3wa0vadRBb5kpT0QTZpiPMB3DetzplJWeBZtmg6VYtKXeDdmefxhNcR7J62fdnUXRhl4q928RpofxRAPBAsOggU3CrrTWEoNhPckLPQtqdTXzgYYUxb5MJf3zX75LopKu1gST4ORp0puHdHXP_oC13XGCqTMKBOuSeHeY&lp=0" target="_blank">
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We must keep Congress from undermining Dr. Hayden and her leadership. Make your voice heard for the Library of Congress and libraries everywhere--for Dr. Hayden, a past-president of ALA.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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