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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The State Library of Ohio is announcing the following updates regarding public library statistics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">2012 Public Library Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The 2012 Public Library Statistics are available on the State Library of Ohio’s website:
</span><a href="http://www.library.ohio.gov/LPD/LibraryStats"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">http://www.library.ohio.gov/LPD/LibraryStats</span></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Reporting Webinars Available<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Lindsay Thompson from Counting Opinions is presenting one hour webinars on
<i>Creating and Using Reports</i> using Counting Opinions LibPAS software. There is no registration to attend these webinars.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">August 14th @ 10 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr2/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr2/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">August 22nd @ 1 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr3/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr3/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">August 30th @ 11 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr4/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr4/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">September 9th @ 3 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr5/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">http://meet10699631.adobeconnect.com/ohr5/</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">State Library Salary Survey Launched<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The new State Library Salary Survey has launched and public libraries can start entering data at
</span><a href="https://oh.countingopinions.com/"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">https://oh.countingopinions.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> . Enter using the same Counting Opinions username
and password used for the State Library Annual Report. On the Data Input screen next to “Collection”, please choose “State Library Salary Survey” from the drop down menu. Instructions are provided for your convenience. You will note the survey is brief
and the format very similar to what was previously used in Section 5 of the State Library Annual Report, except Position descriptions have been provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Please enter and lock/submit your salary data by September 10<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Questions on Public Library Statistics, webinars and the State Library Salary Survey should be addressed to Lisa Hickle,
<a href="mailto:lhickle@library.ohio.gov">lhickle@library.ohio.gov</a>. </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Missy Lodge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Associate State Librarian for Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Tel: 614-644-6914<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Fax: 614-466-3584<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue">library.ohio.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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