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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761">Please pardon this cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"> Hi, folks. I’m sharing
the latest <u><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/Pages/Updates.aspx">update</a></u> about the situation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and our allotment of 2025 Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, which is basically
for July 2025 through June 2026. See the email below from Wendy Cornelisen, State Librarian. – Best, Jen
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761">(Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0C3649"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0C3649">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0F4761"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> ola@memberclicks-mail.net <ola@memberclicks-mail.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wendy Cornelisen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 11, 2025 4:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MAURER Jennifer * SLO <jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] LSTA Award Letter has arrived<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As expected, the full LSTA 2025 award letter has arrived! Please see attached for confirmation of the FY26 amount:<b> $2,593,238.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In a <u><a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/2025-May/022892.html">previous message</a></u>, I shared our contingency plan if all we received was a half award of $1.3 million. Here’s the plan
now that we have the full LSTA 2025 award legally obligated: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The 12 State Library staff positions paid with LSTA funds will be funded through June 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Statewide services provided by the State Library will continue through June 2026: Answerland, Northwest Digital Heritage, Oregon Library Staff Academy
(Niche Academy), Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS), and statewide iREAD summer reading access.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The annual subscription to Gale databases will continue through June 2026. The academic library database subsidies will be distributed in late summer/early
fall 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will issue award letters to statewide LSTA grant projects, going through June 2026: the Sage Library System courier; Oregon Battle of the Books; Oregon
Digital Library Consortium; OLA Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Antiracism Committee (EDIAC) podcast; professional development scholarships from EDIAC; REFORMA Oregon projects; OSLIS special projects; Tribal newspaper and Chemawa document digitization by
the University of Oregon; and Northwest Archivists Native American Collections Roundtable conference scholarships.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regular continuing education subscriptions and programs such as PCI Webinars, Lyrasis,
<i>Tech-Talk</i>, and Infopeople will be funded.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We will have further funds set aside as contingency, which may be used for programs and grants depending on how the future LSTA funding picture develops.
<i>These funds may end up covering those 12 State Library staff positions from July 1, 2026-Sept 30, 2026</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Even with our full 2025 LSTA award, we will not issue competitive grant awards in the coming 2025-26 fiscal year. We want to reserve these funds due to funding concerns for FY2027 and beyond.<br>
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<i>These actions depend on our continuing ability to draw down funds from IMLS.</i> As I
<u><a href="https://omls.oregon.gov/pipermail/libs-or/2025-May/022905.html">mentioned on May 31</a></u>, we have already drawn down some LSTA 2025 funds, which is a good sign.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What about July 2026? <o:p>
</o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LSTA 2026 funding - the money we’d spend in FY27, from July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027- is still uncertain. The federal budget bill recently passed by the House does not include
<b><i>any funds</i></b> for LSTA, with only $6 million in “shutdown” money for IMLS. This fall, Congress will likely debate
<u><a href="https://t.congressweb.com/w/?CSOVTMEBCW">the federal Museum and Library Services Act reauthorization</a></u>, which created IMLS and the LSTA program. We’ll continue to work with our partners to highlight the ways that IMLS benefits Oregonians,
and the entire nation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your support and partnership in this important work as we continue to navigate these hard times.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Take care<span style="color:black">,
</span><span style="color:#0F4761"><br>
</span><span style="color:black">Wendy</span></span><span style="color:black"> </span>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Wendy Cornelisen (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Librarian<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Office: 503-378-4367| Mobile 971-375-3992<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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