<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please excuse multiple postings…</span></i></strong></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></strong></p><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="WordSection1"><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">In Just One Day…</font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">…you can create the story of your library, and how you impact your community.</font></font></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"><br></font></font></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">In Just One Day…</font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">…you can help build the case that will help lawmakers understand the importance of funding & support for Ohio Libraries.</font></font></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"><br></font></font></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">In Just One Day…</font></font></span></strong></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">…you CAN make a difference.</font></font></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"><br></font></font></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">We're taking a snapshot of a typical day in the life of Ohio’s libraries and we need your help</font></font></span><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">. </font></font><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">Please join all types of libraries across Ohio and pick a day between November 13 and 19, 2011, to collect photographs, stories, information, and comments to show what takes place in the library on a typical day.</font></font></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"><br></font></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">Libraries will upload photos and video to a </font></font><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohiolibssnapshotday/" target="_blank"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">Flickr</font></font></a><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"> group (</font></font><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1801137@N23/" target="_blank"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">Ohio Library Snapshot Day 2011)</font></font></a><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"> and fill out an online form through Survey Monkey. We will be sending you a link to the online form ahead of time so that you can see the kinds of data we will be collecting</font></font></span><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">.</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"><br></font></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">The results will provide valuable data to support what we already know -- libraries consistently provide invaluable services to their communities. </font></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">We are going to create statewide advocacy and promotional materials for each type of library and library organization to use in their communities and with lawmakers. Libraries can also use their specific library data for their own advocacy and promotion efforts. </font></font></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><font face="helvetica"><font size="3"> </font></font></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">Additional information and resources for Ohio Libraries Snapshot Day is available at: </font></font><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/snapshotday" target="_blank"><font face="helvetica"><font size="3">http://library.ohio.gov/snapshotday</font></font></a></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><p class="MsoPlainText" style="border:none;padding:0in"><span style="color:windowtext"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><br>--<br>Stephen Hedges, Director<br>Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>2323 W. Fifth Ave., Suite 130<br>Columbus, OH 43204<br>614-728-5250 :: AIM: hedgesst<br></span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>