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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You’re invited to OLA/OASL’s Legislative Day!</span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Who</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: Oregon’s Library Community<br>
<strong>What</strong>: Tell your state legislators what is important to you about libraries.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Particular issues are:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Issue briefs for all the issues will be available on the <a href="https://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199"><span style="color:blue">OLA Library Development and Legislative Committee website</span></a> no
later than January 30.</span></p>
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<strong>When</strong>: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019<br>
<strong>Where</strong>: State Capitol, Salem, Oregon and all over the state<br>
<strong>Why</strong>: Because libraries matter!<br>
<strong>How</strong>: You can participate in person, virtually, or mail a letter.</span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In person</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: Check the OLA/OASL Legislative Day section on the Legislative Committee's webpage and select "Make an appointment to see your legislator!" to see if anyone has
signed up with your representatives: <a href="https://bit.ly/2W17C7w"><span style="color:blue">https://bit.ly/2W17C7w</span></a> </span></p>
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For a direct link to the spreadsheet, click here: <a href="https://goo.gl/Nb2fj4"><span style="color:blue">https://goo.gl/Nb2fj4</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">If an appointment has already been set, see if you can join the meeting. If not, make your own appointment! Don’t know your legislators? Finding out is easy using the Legislator Lookup tool: <a href="https://bit.ly/1zqJ5pm"><span style="color:blue">https://bit.ly/1zqJ5pm</span></a></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Virtually</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">: Call or email your representative on Tuesday, February 12th to tell them what is important for libraries in your community.</span></p>
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<strong>Letter</strong>: OLA Library Development and Legislative Committee has a letter template for you to personalize, sign, and mail to your legislator. Email Kate Lasky at <a href="mailto:klasky@josephinelibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">klasky@josephinelibrary.org</span></a> for
more information.</span></p>
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<strong>But I don’t know how to do all this.</strong><br>
Don’t worry, read the following articles for some tips and remember your legislators love to hear from you!</span></p>
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"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">“Political Action” issue of <em>OLA Quarterly</em> edited
by Janet Webster <a href="http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol2/iss4/"><span style="color:blue">http://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol2/iss4/</span></a></span>
</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">“TAKE ACTION NOW! Becoming a Legislative
Advocate for Libraries” by Emily Ford <a href="http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2011/take-action-now/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2011/take-action-now/</span></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">For questions about OLA/OASL Legislative Day please contact: Kate Lasky (<a href="mailto:klasky@josephinelibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">klasky@josephinelibrary.org</span></a>) or Sara Charlton (<a href="mailto:charlton@co.tillamook.or.us"><span style="color:blue">charlton@co.tillamook.or.us</span></a>).</span></p>
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