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<p class="MsoNormal">From my colleague, Will Stuivenga:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">This message is intended for all Washington libraries participating in the Washington State Library’s Statewide Database Licensing subscription package from Gale Cengage. This week we officially
 launched the renewal for the upcoming July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 subscription period.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">For academic, public, and special libraries, renewal is automatic. Which means that unless a library submits a
<a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/library/libraries/projects/sdl/Cancellation_Form.pdf">
cancellation form</a> by Friday, April 15, 2022, that library’s subscription will automatically be renewed. For more details, and for information on renewal pricing, please visit our
<a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/sdl/contract.aspx">project web site</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">New subscribers are also welcome at any time! If your library didn’t opt in the first year, you are more than welcome to join now, or at any time in the future. The web site also has the
<a href="https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/library/libraries/projects/sdl/Gale_Intent_to_Participate_Form.PDF">
Intent to Participate form</a> available. Contact SDL Project Manager, <a href="mailto:will.stuivenga@sos.wa.gov">
Will Stuivenga</a>, for pricing information. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#29606B">Will Stuivenga</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(<i>he, him, his</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cooperative Projects Manager, Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/"><span style="color:blue">Washington State Library</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
 | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.sos.wa.gov/"><span style="color:blue">Office of the Secretary of State</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">6880 Capitol Blvd SE, Tumwater, WA 98501<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:will.stuivenga@sos.wa.gov"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Will.Stuivenga@sos.wa.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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