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<span style="color:black">The Public Library Association and its American Library Association partners are seeking a new round of feedback about the work of libraries as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis, releasing a survey and requesting
<b>feedback by 11:59 p.m. CDT, Monday, May 18, 2020</b>. Please complete the survey by clicking on the following link:
</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/libraries-respond-to-covid-19-may-2020"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/libraries-respond-to-covid-19-may-2020</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">PLA and its ALA partners know that libraries across the United States are taking unprecedented steps to answer the needs of their communities, and this survey will help build a better understanding of those efforts. The results will
be used to advocate on behalf of libraries at the national level, communicate aggregated results with the public and media, create content and professional development opportunities to address library staff needs, and share some raw, anonymized data elements
with state-level staff and library support organizations for their own advocacy needs. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">All library types are encouraged to respond.</span></b><span style="color:black"> We are surveying at the library organizational level and are not collecting outlet/branch data. Financial-related data will only be used in aggregate
and not shared in raw data format. Any raw data that is shared with states or other library support organizations outside of ALA will be anonymized. The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete, and all completed respondents will be automatically entered
to win one of ten $30 gift certificates to the ALA Store.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Special thanks to the Colorado State Library’s Library Research Service and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Library Data Alliance partners, Association of Research Libraries, and the ACRL Academic Library Trends
& Statistics Survey Editorial Board. Additional information about the survey can be found at:
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/issues/covid-19/surveyoverview">http://www.ala.org/pla/issues/covid-19/surveyoverview</a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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