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<p class="MsoNormal">ABOS (Association of Bookmobiles and Outreach Services) is conducting a survey about public library outreach efforts that will augment what we already collect about bookmobiles for the national Public Library Survey.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This survey is inclusive of many different outreach categories, including books-by-mail, homebound services, etc. – not just bookmobile service – so please consider responding if you have time and interest. Details and survey link below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Ross Fuqua, MA, MLIS (he/him)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Public Library Association <pla@ala.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 16, 2023 9:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FUQUA Ross * SLO <ross.fuqua@slo.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Does Your Library Provide Outreach Services?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Does your library provide outreach services to patrons? The
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services</span></span></a> (ABOS) needs your input! In collaboration with the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Inter-university Consortium
for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), ABOS is conducting a survey focused on library and outreach services, homebound services, outreach by mail, early literacy outreach, and other community services.
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ABOS is collecting information about each of these topics to augment the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Survey
(PLS). The data they collect will be shared in <a href="http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3Mw/index.html" target="_blank">
<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">PLA Benchmark</span></span></a> and through an
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">IMLS-funded study at ICPSR</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider contributing a response for your public library (administrative entity). The person who responds from your library should be:
1) your designated point-of-contact for annual data collection, or 2) a library administrator positioned to answer questions about bookmobile and outreach services. The survey has a maximum of 44 questions, but not all may apply to your library. Before starting
the survey, you can <a href="http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3NQ/index.html" target="_blank">
<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">review a PDF with the questions</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Visit
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<span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023</span></span></a> to participate.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:13.65pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Cathy Zimmerman, ABOS Executive Director, at
<a href="mailto:ExecDir@abos-outreach.com" target="_blank"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#663399">ExecDir@abos-outreach.com</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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