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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This Rolling Stone article on the sophistication of professional online disinformation experts, for me adds urgency to libraries’ roles in helping people become ever more discerning about “information”. Disinformation/manipulation is dynamic, evolving, and improving in its subtleties. This article (link below) helps illustrate the urgency of and shore up our rationale for caring about and advancing digital literacy/civility. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Yours truly, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Ruth Metz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/russia-troll-2020-election-interference-twitter-916482/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Ruth Metz Associates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Portland, OR 97231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>503-422-8024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.ruthmetzassociates.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>