<div><div dir="auto">I thought the attached letter might be of interest.</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Dallas,Sara</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:sdallas@sals.edu">sdallas@sals.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:02 PM<br>Subject: [alacoun] Closure of National Archives Seattle - ALA response<br>To: <a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a> <<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_-405673841967249637Default">I wanted to share the letter sent <span style="font-size:11.5pt">
on behalf of the American Library Association, regarding the announced closure of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Federal Archives and Records Center in Seattle, Washington, as proposed by the Public Buildings Reform Board on December 27,
2019,</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">and announced by the National Archives on January 27, 2020.<u></u><u></u></span></p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Whitney+Place+%0D%0A+Saratoga+Springs,+NY+12866?entry=gmail&source=g">
</a><p class="m_-405673841967249637Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_-405673841967249637Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Thank you to Gavin R. Baker Deputy Director, Public Policy and Government Relations for your work.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sara Dallas<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Southern Adirondack Library System<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Whitney+Place+%0D%0A+Saratoga+Springs,+NY+12866?entry=gmail&source=g">22 Whitney Place</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/22+Whitney+Place+%0D%0A+Saratoga+Springs,+NY+12866?entry=gmail&source=g">Saratoga Springs, NY 12866</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.sals.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.sals.edu</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">518-584-7300 ext 205<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ALA Council at Large 2018-2021<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Freedom to Read Foundation-Trustee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Merritt Fund-Trustee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chair – ALA Intellectual Freedom Roundtable Program Subcommittee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ALA Committee on Legislation<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ALA Rural, Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ALA Special Task Force for Sustainability<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chair – NYLA Intellectual Freedom Committee<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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