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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>News from the American Library Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'>Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'>Deputy Director</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'>Akron-Summit County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC"'><ns0:Street><ns0:address><span style='color:blue'>60 S. High Street</span></ns0:address></ns0:Street><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC"'><ns0:place><ns0:City><span style='color:blue'>Akron</span></ns0:City><span style='color:blue'>, </span><ns0:State><span style='color:blue'>OH</span></ns0:State><span style='color:blue'> </span><ns0:PostalCode><span style='color:blue'>44326</span></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><ns0:place><ns0:PostalCode></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'>Phone 330.643.9102 Fax 330.643.9160</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:blue'><a href="mailto:phs@akronlibrary.org" title="mailto:mderr@akronlibrary.org">phs@akronlibrary.org</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#FF6600'><a href="http://www.akronlibrary.org" title="http://www.akronlibrary.org/"><span style='color:#FF6600'>www.akronlibrary.org</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E4CC1A'><a href="http://www.akronlibrary.org/5star.html"><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0A10F4'>Recognized, again, as one of America's Best Libraries</span><span style='color:#E4CC1A;text-decoration:none'> </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#D6C128;text-decoration:none'>«««««</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#FF6600'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Sylfaen","serif";color:blue'>The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community life.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jenni Terry [mailto:jterry@alawash.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 15, 2011 10:41 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela<br><b>Subject:</b> [District Dispatch] Call your senators now! Markup of bill appropriating Government Printing Office funds set for today<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>[District Dispatch] Call your senators now! Markup of bill appropriating Government Printing Office funds set for today <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://images.capwiz.com/ala/images/template_for_capwiz.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><div id=bodyContent><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Senate Committee on Appropriations will hold a markup of the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill that includes the funding for the Government Printing Office at 2 p.m. today. As we have discussed in previous <a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/LIRCQNSKMD/EGVOQNSKWA/7334402676" target="_blank">blog posts</a>, it is important that in this difficult financial time people make their wishes known on how the government should allocate the spending tax dollars. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Government Printing Office (GPO) is an invaluable resource in ensuring that the public has access to government information. Appropriations for the GPO fund the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), and it is important that we ask for an additional $7 million to be specified for further development of the Federal Digital System (FDsys). FDsys is the gateway to greater access and preservation for government documents, allowing the public to locate documents from any computer with an Internet connection. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please take a moment today to contact your senators and express the importance of continued and expanded funding for the Government Printing Office. 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