<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you need a pick me up after a long work week, I highly
recommend listening to <a href="https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2021-10-27/thu-8-am-how-myrtle-points-tiny-library-stepped-up-during-the-pandemic" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Jefferson
Public Radio’s recent interview with Shanna Allen</a>, the director of the <a href="https://www.ci.myrtlepoint.or.us/general/page/flora-m-laird-memorial-library" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Flora M. Laird Memorial Library</a> in Myrtle Point (Coos
County). </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Shanna talks about all the great services she and the small
staff at the library have been able to provide to members of the Myrtle Point
community through the pandemic.  Shanna
speaks with a great deal of positivity and passion about the role of libraries
and their power to build community. </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is one of many examples of library workers demonstrating their resilience and commitment to providing library services through the difficult times we have been experiencing over the last two years. It is wonderful that Jefferson Public Radio has chosen to highlight some of this work!</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Link to full interview: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2021-10-27/thu-8-am-how-myrtle-points-tiny-library-stepped-up-during-the-pandemic" style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.ijpr.org/show/the-jefferson-exchange/2021-10-27/thu-8-am-how-myrtle-points-tiny-library-stepped-up-during-the-pandemic</a><span style="font-size:11pt">
(Interview is about 16 mins.)</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Congratulations to Shanna and the staff at the Laird Library!<span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Arlene Weible</div><div>Oregon Library Association President, 2021-2022<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="mailto:olapresident@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olapresident@olaweb.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>