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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position:relative;z-index:251658240;left:-12px;top:0px;width:734px;height:86px'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/November/"><img border=0 width=734 height=86 src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCC649.0144CC60" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: TheNewsBanner" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"></a></span><![endif]><!--[if gte vml 1]></o:wrapblock><![endif]--><br style='mso-ignore:vglayout' clear=ALL><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The State Library of Ohio&#8217;s latest (and last) issue of The News, December 2011 &#8211; Year in Review is now available. <a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/">http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>December, 2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Year in Review <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>State Librarians Report</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#17375E'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>2011 has been an exciting year full of change for the State Library of Ohio. There have been staffing changes due to retirements, new hires and internal promotions, new initiatives such as the ILS Consortium Grants, the introduction of MANGO Languages and Ancestry to the Ohio Web Library, and of course a new Biennium Budget, which became effective on July 1, 2011.&nbsp;<br><i><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December">more&#8230;</a></i></span><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#17375E'>Featured Stories</span></u></strong><b><u><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#17375E'><br></span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Connecting to Collections</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>In 2006, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) launched a national program entitled Connecting to Collections. The initiative is:</span><b><u><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#17375E'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>multi-faceted, multi-year<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>both &#8220;inspirational and practical&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>intended to raise public awareness of the importance of collections care for now and for future generations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>focuses on both the IMLS communities of libraries and museums and builds partnerships and collaboration between these two entities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>builds on IMLS&#8217; strong history of grant-making in conservation, preservation and collection management.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/m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ans-serif";font-weight:normal'>SEO Horizon upgrading to SirsiDynix Symphony and <i><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/SEOinReview">more&#8230;</a></i></span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>State Library Staffing: Bookends &#8211; Comings and Goings in 2011 </span></b><strong><i><span style='font-weight:normal'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/StLibraryStaffing2011">more&#8230;</a></span></i></strong><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Talking Book Program</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>It is hard to believe that 2011 is coming to an end for the Ohio Talking Book Program.&nbsp; 2011 has been a year of changes and awards for the program and both are reasons to celebrate. &nbsp;<i><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/OhioTalkingBookProgram">more&#8230;</a></i></span><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#002E62'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Working Together to Support Ohio Libraries<br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>One of the unique aspects of working at the State Library of Ohio is that we serve all different types of communities: state government, Ohio&#8217;s libraries, and Ohio&#8217;s residents. Additionally, the State Library serves different types of libraries: academic, public, school, and special libraries. These library types differ in the communities they serve, the way they are governed, the way they are funded, and their professional associations. Yet State Librarian Beverly Cain found out when she called representatives of the academic, public, and school libraries together in September 2010 that these libraries have several problems in common: funding, staffing, branding, identity, space, increases in usage, and demands with decreases in hours, staff, space, and materials. These representatives agreed that they could work together to help address these common issues.&nbsp; <i><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/marketing/Newsletters/TheNews/2011/December/WorkingTogether">more&#8230;</a></i></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></i></b><em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Links &amp; Downloads</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Residents/RecentAdditionstoCollection/SLOBooks2011" target="_blank">Books added to the State Library Circulating Collection in 2011</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/ForeverFreeLincolnExhibit" target="_blank">Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation 2011 Exhibit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/sites/default/files/GovNewsV2I4-2011.pdf" target="_blank">Government Information You Can Use</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/sites/default/files/StateNews5.11.pdf" target="_blank">News You Can Use <em><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'>for State Employees</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'><img border=0 width=125 height=71 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCC63E.FED4C250" alt="Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CC60D3.E1B03810"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Marsha McDevitt-Stredney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Got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