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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello REFORMISTAS -</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am to talk about Libros for Oregon (LfO) and it’s open application funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If granted, ten libraries will receive approximately $1,000, including shipping costs, in materials donations from the 2021 Feria Internacional de Libro (FIL). Focus will be on libraries with 15% or more
of their population identifying as Latinx/Hispanic - but all are welcome to apply!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Those who are interested, are welcome to apply via
</span><a href="https://www.librosfororegon.org/apply"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.librosfororegon.org/apply</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-OR -</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Feel free to share this link to our promotional flyer (</span><a href="http://bit.ly/apply-lfo"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/apply-lfo</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
and video (</span><a href="http://bit.ly/lfo-video"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/lfo-video</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">) with your colleagues! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For those who are hearing about Libros for Oregon (LfO) for the first time, LfO's purpose is to support Spanish-language collection development in Oregon libraries (particularly in small and rural libraries)
by:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1) Making the resources of the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL) more accessible through cooperative book-buying; and</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2) aiding participating libraries in the development and implementation of outreach plans for connecting with their Latinx and Spanish-speaking communities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are currently seeking new members to join our committee! We welcome library workers from all types of libraries.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions, feel free to contact Hannah Bostrom at hbostrom@cityofsalem.net</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Hannah Bostrom</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Outgoing Chair,
</span><a href="https://www.librosfororegon.org/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Libros for Oregon </span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Librarian
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">City of Salem | Salem Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">1400 Broadway St NE, Salem, OR 97301</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">hbostrom@cityofsalem.net | 503-588-6124</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Libros for Oregon (LfO) is a group that connects Oregon libraries and their communities with materials from the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL), the largest Spanish-language book fair in the world.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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