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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We here at the Marion Public Library are working on increasing the number of authors we bring in each year for both free events and our Friends fundraising efforts, and we’ve been loving seeing other libraries in Ohio doing the same! Seeing
as Marion is within a one to two hour drive time from many other libraries, we have been taking a look at other libraries’ publicized visits for 2024 and trying to prevent our author visits from clashing or being too close to your library’s events. However,
finding out what library is attempting to bring in which author can be challenging. We are wondering: is there a method already established for libraries to communicate about the authors we are hoping to bring in and the date/time of the proposed event? Something
like a calendar just for libraries (not public) to post authors we have put out offers to, or maybe a separate email listserv to communicate and coordinate efforts?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ultimately, we want to be able to support your library’s author events as well as our own, and not detract from anyone’s potential audience.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:#323E4F">Susan Titkemeier<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323E4F">Marion Public Library | Information Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323E4F">445 E Church St, Marion, OH 43302<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323E4F">Ph 740.387.0992 | Direct 740.383.9734<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323E4F"><a href="mailto:stitkemeier@marionlibrary.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">stitkemeier@marionlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323E4F"><a href="https://marionlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#323E4F">MarionLibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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