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</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="OSLIS logo with the website's tagline: Learn to research. Research to learn.
Anniversary logo indicating this is the 25th anniversary of OSLIS (1999 to 2024)" style='position:absolute;margin-left:.3pt;margin-top:0;width:339.6pt;height:60pt;z-index:251658240;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>
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Anniversary logo indicating this is the 25th anniversary of OSLIS (1999 to 2024)" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><br>
Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">After a little digging, we realized that 2024 is the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of
<u><a href="https://oslis.org/"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">OSLIS</span></a></u>!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">There will be an anniversary campaign in the fall, but until then, you may find it
interesting to scroll through the hundreds of <u><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http:/oslis.org/"><span style="color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">OSLIS snapshots</span></a></u> captured
by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Much has changed since 1999, but the core of what OSLIS provides remains the same:
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">resources to guide students through the research process (<u><a href="https://elementary.oslis.org/learn-to-research"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">elementary</span></a></u>,
<u><a href="https://secondary.oslis.org/learn-to-research"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">secondary</span></a></u>);
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">centralized access to the statewide K-12 databases with articles, images,
and multimedia content from trusted sources for student use and classroom instruction (<u><a href="https://elementary.oslis.org/find-information"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">elem</span></a></u>,
<u><a href="https://secondary.oslis.org/find-information"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">sec</span></a></u>); and
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#0F4761;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:windowtext">Citation Maker, a tool that simplifies citing sources in APA or MLA format
(<u><a href="https://elementary.oslis.org/cite-sources"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">elem</span></a></u>,
<u><a href="https://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">sec</span></a></u>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Want a tip on where to start? The Learn to Research video tutorials (<u><a href="https://elementary.oslis.org/learn-to-research/external-resources/learn-to-research-videos-for-elementary"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">elem</span></a></u>,
<u><a href="https://secondary.oslis.org/learn-to-research/external-resources/learn-to-research-videos-for-secondary"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">sec</span></a></u>) are popular with
educators around the country! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Celebrate this anniversary milestone by utilizing and sharing about this free reliable
resource. To learn more, review the handouts about <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FVofZ4pcCeHTHL6qungehU7wcqjDxKfV/view?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">OSLIS</span></a></u>
and the <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12NF20go06b-UXGLUVbugSGQOo2JCBQ26/view?usp=sharing"><span style="color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#104862;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Gale databases</span></a></u>.
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Many thanks and much appreciation to everyone in the <u><a href="https://oslis.org/oslissupport/aboutoslis/oslis-contributors"><span style="color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">past</span></a></u> and
<u><a href="https://oslis.org/oslissupport/aboutoslis/osliscommittee"><span style="color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#355A64;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">currently</span></a></u> who helped shape OSLIS into what it is today.
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761">Cheers,<br>
Jen<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Jen Maurer, MLS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">(she/her)<br>
School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon<br>
</span><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | 971-375-3540 |
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