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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does your library provide outreach services to patrons?</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> The <a href="https://abos-outreach.com/" title="https://abos-outreach.com/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Association
of Bookmobile and Outreach Services</span></a> (ABOS) is seeking your input! ABOS, in partnership with PLA and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), is conducting a survey focused on library and outreach services, homebound
services, outreach by mail, early literacy outreach, and other community services. <br>
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ABOS is collecting information about each of these topics to augment the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Survey (PLS). The data they collect will be shared in PLA
<a href="https://librarybenchmark.org/" title="https://librarybenchmark.org/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Benchmark</span></a> and through an
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252313-ols-22" title="https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252313-ols-22">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IMLS-funded study</span></a> at ICPSR.<br>
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Please consider contributing a response for your public library (administrative entity). The person who responds from your library should be: 1) your designated point-of-contact for annual data collection, or 2) a library administrator positioned to answer
questions about bookmobile and outreach services. The survey has a maximum of 44 questions, but not all may apply to your library. Before starting the survey, you can
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1vFchriKOeNMezF9ZfNMXFmbpVHP2x/view?usp=share_link" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1vFchriKOeNMezF9ZfNMXFmbpVHP2x/view?usp=share_link">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">review a PDF</span></a> with the questions.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Visit <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023" title="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023</span></a> to participate!</span></strong><br>
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<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Cathy Zimmerman, ABOS Executive Director, at
<a href="mailto:ExecDir@abos-outreach.com"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ExecDir@abos-outreach.com</span></a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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