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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=302 height=184 src="cid:image006.jpg@01CCED7A.CA6E48C0" align=right hspace=12 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The State Library of Ohio is pleased to <a href="http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Exhibits/KeepingAmericaInformed"><span style='color:windowtext'>announce a new exhibit currently on display</span></a> through April 13, 2012. The exhibit is based on the U.S. Government Printing Office publication <em><u><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Keeping America Informed: 150 Years of Service to the Nation</span></u></em> and features a small sample of the many federal publications in the State Library of Ohio’s depository collections. The <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/libraries/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>Federal Depository Library Program</span></a> was established by Congress to ensure that the American pub
lic has access to its Government’s information. The State Library of Ohio is the only full regional federal depository in Ohio and is also a depository for state information. The Government Information section of the State Library contains over 1 million publications, dating from the 1700′s to the present.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>In 2011 the <a href="http://gpo.gov/about/gpohistory" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) celebrated its 150<sup>th </sup>anniversary</span></a>. The year-long celebration included an exhibit and book entitled <em><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Keeping America Informed: 150 Years of Service to the Nation</span></em> (<a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED/pdf/GPO-KEEPINGAMERICAINFORMED.pdf"><span style='color:windowtext'>download large PDF of book</span></a>). The e
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hibit featured publications, artifacts, and photographs highlighting the documents GPO produces, who the people of GPO are, and the technology and craftsmanship that combine to get the job done.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Special Presentation:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> George Barnum, Agency Historian, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) will present at the State Library the afternoon of <strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>April 2, 2012 at 1:00 – 2:00</span></strong>. He coordinated the GPO’s 150th anniversary observances in 2011 including the publication of a new official history Keeping America Informed: The U.S. Government Printing Office 1861-2011: 150 Years of Service to the Nation and curated of the special exhibit of the same title. He will present information and images
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rom the history of the GPO. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is appreciated but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>From Ohio, Barnum was Government Documents Librarian at Case Western Reserve University and taught in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. He has been at the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program since 1997 and became Historian in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>For more information about the exhibit and to register for the George Barnum presentation visit the State Library of Ohio website at: <a href="http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Exhibits/KeepingAmericaInformed"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Exhibits/KeepingAmericaInformed</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-fam
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ly:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>The exhibit is free and open to the public. The library is <strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>open to the public</span></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday – Friday </span></strong>and closed weekends and all state holidays.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>For more information contact Marsha McDevitt-Stredney at 614-644-6875 or <a href="mailto:marshams@library.ohio.gov"><span style='color:windowtext'>marshams@library.ohio.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </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
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