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</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Instagram share: Drawn to the Library, National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025. American Library Association, ALA Library Champions, Scholastic. Catroon illustration of two children reading together on the floor; child in wheelchair speaking with a librarian wearing a hijab; a young man using a sewing machine; a child drawing." style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:190.15pt;height:190.15pt;z-index:251658240;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:top;mso-position-vertical-relative:page;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="254" height="254" style="width:2.6458in;height:2.6458in" src="cid:image004.png@01DBA7D2.4E7542C0" align="right" hspace="12" alt="Instagram share: Drawn to the Library, National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025. American Library Association, ALA Library Champions, Scholastic. Catroon illustration of two children reading together on the floor; child in wheelchair speaking with a librarian wearing a hijab; a young man using a sewing machine; a child drawing." v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">National
Library Week is an opportunity to honor the valuable contributions of libraries and librarians in Ohio and across the nation, while also encouraging the use and support of these essential institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">State Librarian Mandy Knapp recorded a message for National Library Week 2025 and it is available to
<b>view on our <a href="https://library.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-news/2025-national-library-week">
website</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">In addition, the State Library board recently approved the following resolution proclaiming National Library Week 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">A RESOLUTION to proclaim National Library Week and National Library Workers Day<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, libraries have historically served as our nation’s great equalizers of knowledge by providing free access to all and libraries are part of the American dream, places
for education, opportunity and lifelong learning; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, Ohio libraries provide a forum for diverse ideas and points of view that help us better understand each other and ourselves; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, librarians are trained professionals, helping people of all ages and backgrounds find and interpret the information they need to live, learn and work in a challenging
economy; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, librarians design and offer programs to meet their community’s economic needs, providing residents with resume writing classes, interviewing workshops and job seeking
resources; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, librarians and library support staff bring Ohioans a world of knowledge in person and online, as well as personal service and expert assistance in finding what
is needed when it is needed; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, Ohio’s school, academic, public, and special libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Ohioans and provide excellent and invaluable service to library
users regardless of age, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, Ohioans and Ohio libraries benefit from the resources, services, and support provided by the State Library of Ohio and the library’s dedicated staff; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">WHEREAS, libraries, librarians, library workers and supporters across America are celebrating National Library Week and National Library Workers Day;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that on this day, March 20, 2025, the State Library Board proclaims National Library Week, April 6-13, 2025, and National Library Workers
Day, April 8, 2025, and encourages all Ohio residents to visit their libraries or library websites this week to take advantage of the variety of library resources available and thank their librarians and library workers for their exceptional contributions
to American life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">Janet Carleton, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">State Library Board <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">Mandy Knapp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3";color:#002060"><a href="http://www.ala.org/nlw"><b><span style="color:#002060">National Library Week</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans 3"">, is a national observance sponsored
by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E3F75">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">Director, Marketing & Communications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">274 E. 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">Columbus, OH 43201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5A5A5A">Tel: 614.644.6875<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:marshams@library.ohio.gov"><span style="color:#0070C0">marshams@library.ohio.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/"><span style="color:#0070C0">library.ohio.gov</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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