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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=caps><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Please excuse multiple postings…<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=caps><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=caps><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>CHICAGO</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>– As libraries gear up to celebrate the third National Bookmobile Day on April 11, they can now share what makes their <span style='color:#333333'>bookmobile special through the “Why We Love Our Bookmobile” YouTube video celebration. Through April 11, libraries across the country are invited to submit videos on the National Bookmobile Day YouTube channel that highlight the essential library services that bookmobiles and their dedicated staff provide every day, in communities large and small.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span class=dquo><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=dquo><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>“</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Why We Love Our Bookmobile” is open to libraries and library agencies who post videos that feature at least one of the following themes: patron support for the bookmobile; bookmobile services; or the library’s 2012 National Bookmobile Day celebrations. On National Bookmobile Day, three participating libraries will be selected at random to receive $50 gift certificates from<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ALA</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Graphics.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>For more information about “Why We Love Our Bookmobile,” including submission guidelines and instructions, please visit<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/bookmobiles"><span style='color:#8D3A3A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>www.ala.org/bookmobiles</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and click on “Why We Love Our Bookmobile.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Bookmobile Day celebrates America’s bookmobiles and the dedicated staff that provide vital library services in their communities. National Bookmobile Day is an opportunity for Americans to express their support for these important mobile institutions. For more than 100 years, bookmobiles have delivered information, technology and resources for life-long learning to Americans of all walks of life. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.9pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-image: initial;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;orphans: 2;text-align:-webkit-auto;widows: 2;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Bookmobile Day, begun in 2010, is celebrated in conjunction with National Library Week (April 8-14) and honors mobile delivery outreach as an integral and vital part of library service in the United States. National Bookmobile Day is sponsored by the American Library Association (<span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ALA</span></span>), the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (<span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ABOS</span></span>) and the Association for Rural <span class=amp><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>&</span></span> Small Libraries (<span class=caps><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>ARSL</span></span>).<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"'>To view the original news release on American Libraries, please visit: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><a href="http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/why-we-love-our-bookmobile-video-celebration-puts-spotlight-mobile-outreach">http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/why-we-love-our-bookmobile-video-celebration-puts-spotlight-mobile-outreach</a><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, please contact: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>John L. Amundsen | Communications Specialist | ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>50 East Huron Street | Chicago, IL 60611 | T 312.280.2140 | F 312.280.3256 | <a href="mailto:jamundsen@ala.org">jamundsen@ala.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'><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_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD0751.348B4420" 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> </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 Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Marketing & Communications Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Tel: 614-644-6875<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/">www.library.ohio.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/StateLibraryof-Ohio/100000063363765"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=88 height=27 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD0751.348B4420" alt="Description: Find us on Facebook"></span></a> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=88 height=20 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.gif@01CD0751.348B4420" alt="Description: cid:image003.gif@01CC60D3.E1B03810"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'>Share Your Story</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62'> at <b><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story"><span style='color:#002E62'>http://library.ohio.gov/state-librarian/share-your-story</span></a></b><br>Tell us how a State Library service or resource helped you or your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>