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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please excuse duplicate emails…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Information sharing from the
<a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/advocacy-public-policy">Public Policy and Advocacy Office of the American Library Association</a> (ALA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Marsha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/voter-engagement">National Voter Registration Day</a>: September 28, 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
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<a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/voter-engagement">https://www.ala.org/advocacy/voter-engagement</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">There’s one day left for libraries to get involved with this nonpartisan national campaign for voter engagement. ALA is a premier partner of
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) and has also provided resources on our website for libraries to help #LibrariesEngageVoters. Libraries can sign up to partner with NVRD at bit.ly/ALANVRD.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLibraryAssociation/photos/a.10150156943434771/10159408648989771/">https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLibraryAssociation/photos/a.10150156943434771/10159408648989771/</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT8V0r2rX2i/">https://www.instagram.com/p/CT8V0r2rX2i/</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1427721449763180547">https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1427721449763180547</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1440708227268710408?s=20">https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1440708227268710408?s=20</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/ecf">Emergency Connectivity Fund</a> $$ (FCC): Applications accepted September 28-October 13</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">
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<a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/ecf">https://www.ala.org/advocacy/ecf</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">More than $2 billion remains of this $7 billion program to provide hotspots, chromebooks and connectivity for libraries and schools. We encourage
you to work directly with your state E-rate coordinator to promote this valuable opportunity to your libraries. Also, note that ALA is working with state E-rate coordinators to conduct a short survey of local libraries that applied for ECF funding
<i>or</i> considered applying but decided not to. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1430602630745804807">https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1430602630745804807</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLibraryAssociation/posts/10159366335934771">https://www.facebook.com/AmericanLibraryAssociation/posts/10159366335934771</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1440680872642969603?s=20">https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1440680872642969603?s=20</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/american-library-association_is-your-library-looking-for-ways-to-expand-activity-6825501475117043712-Gxk-">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/american-library-association_is-your-library-looking-for-ways-to-expand-activity-6825501475117043712-Gxk-</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">Public Information Officer<br>
Director, Marketing & Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#002E62">State Library of Ohio<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:#1F497D"><a href="http://library.ohio.gov/"><span style="color:blue">library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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