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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m (mostly) back from me reassignment to COVID work and am jumping right in to our 5-year planning. I’m hoping some of you are willing to share the work you’re doing and your situations in your states on a couple issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have 5-year plan language (current or new) around equity? We have an equity goal now but are looking to revamp it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do any of your states support statewide ILL services with LSTA funds? If you do, would you be willing to share the dollar amount and/or percentage of your LSTA budget you dedicate to that. We support it with about 40% of out LSTA budget
and it really hampers our ability to do a lot of other things. On the other hand, we have a staff of 5 and no capacity to provide those types of services which are very much valued by our state library community. If you have a statewide program funded by other
sources, what are they?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leah<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#003865">Leah Larson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">LSTA Grant Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">651-582-0000 | </span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:leah.larson@state.mn.us">leah.larson@state.mn.us</a></span></u><span style="color:#003865"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#003865">Minnesota Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865">400 NE Stinson Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55413<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#003865"><a href="https://education.mn.gov/"><span style="color:blue">education.mn.gov</span></a>
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