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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello public library directors!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PLA will be hosting two virtual town hall-style meetings this month to gather feedback about PLA’s Public Library Data Service (PLDS). If you have thoughts to share, please consider registering one of these sessions.
I plan to attend the one on September 25. More info is below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Ross Fuqua<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#1F497D">Data & Federal Programs Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-378-5027 |
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries">oregon.gov/library/libraries</a></span><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> PLDS <<a href="mailto:plds@ala.org" target="_blank">plds@ala.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 4, 2019 12:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> PLDS <<a href="mailto:plds@ala.org" target="_blank">plds@ala.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Register for PLDS Virtual Town Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As you likely have heard, PLDS survey data collection will take a pause next year (in 2020) while PLA and the Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment Committee (MEAC) re-envision the survey and how it could better
serve the field. PLA will hold two virtual town halls to hear feedback from the public library field on how a new tool could better support your needs. The town halls will take place on
<b>Wednesday, September 11</b> and <b>Wednesday, September 25</b> from <b>1:00-2:00 pm CST</b>. You can register for either town hall
<a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/resources/publications/plds/" target="_blank">at the top of this page</a>. Your input will be used to develop a new online tool that will help libraries use data better as well as assist PLA in advocating for public libraries
nationally. We hope you can make it to one of the sessions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Nellie Barrett | </span></b><i><span style="color:black">She, her, hers</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Public Library Association, ALA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">(312) 280-5023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ec.ala.org/donate" target="_blank">Help PLA shape possibility for the next 75 years. Make a gift today!</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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