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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for this helpful info, Carleigh.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I remember the Wayfinder “group catalog” project, but I was not involved with it. It is interesting that although Wayfinder was discontinued in 2013, the original agreement, which
includes locked in rates for some OCLC products, has been extended a few times, including back in 2020 for five years.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I see that the contract specifically calls for participating libraries to purchase:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Unlimited Cataloging, <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Unlimited ILL, and a<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">FirstSearch WorldCat Subscription. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The renewal notice that I received lists:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cataloging & Metadata Subscription, <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">FirstSearch, and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">WorldShare ILL. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Now I’m wondering if FirstSearch
<i>is</i> Worldcat now. Has anyone cancelled FirstSearch? Have there been any notable consequences?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dawn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dawn Hawley</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Executive Director</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library, eLearning & Academic Support</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Bellingham Technical College</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> </span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library: </span><span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/library@btc.edu" title="library@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">library@btc.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">eLearning: </span><span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/eLearninghelp@btc.edu" title="eLearninghelp@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">eLearninghelp@btc.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Tutoring: </span><span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/tutoring@btc.edu" title="tutoring@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">tutoring@btc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/resources/"><span style="color:#0563C1">June is LGBTQ+ month</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Hill, Carleigh <CarleighH@bigbend.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 5, 2024 10:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas, Kirsti <Kirsti.Thomas@seattlecolleges.edu>; WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dawn Hawley <dhawley@btc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [LIBRARYDIR] [SPAM] RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: [EXTERNAL] [SPAM] Re: OCLC FirstSearch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here is the State Library page about the project if that helps:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www2.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/wayfindermoreaboutwho.aspx">https://www2.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/wayfindermoreaboutwho.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#333333">Carleigh E. Hill</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#333333"> </span></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#333333">(she/her)</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0C7587"><a href="http://www.wactclc.org"><span style="color:#0C7587">www.wactclc.org</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>>
on behalf of Dawn Hawley via LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 5, 2024 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas, Kirsti <<a href="mailto:Kirsti.Thomas@seattlecolleges.edu">Kirsti.Thomas@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>; WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dawn Hawley <<a href="mailto:dhawley@btc.edu">dhawley@btc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] [SPAM] RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: [EXTERNAL] [SPAM] Re: OCLC FirstSearch</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for that context. I would appreciate a look at Will’s email.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dawn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Dawn Hawley</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Library, eLearning & Academic Support</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Bellingham Technical College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Library:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/library@btc.edu" title="library@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">library@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">eLearning:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/eLearninghelp@btc.edu" title="eLearninghelp@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">eLearninghelp@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Tutoring:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/tutoring@btc.edu" title="tutoring@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">tutoring@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/resources/"><span style="color:#0563C1">June is LGBTQ+ month</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Thomas, Kirsti <<a href="mailto:Kirsti.Thomas@seattlecolleges.edu">Kirsti.Thomas@seattlecolleges.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 4, 2024 8:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dawn Hawley <<a href="mailto:dhawley@btc.edu">dhawley@btc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] RE: [LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] [SPAM] Re: OCLC FirstSearch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">One thing to be aware of—</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">Some OCLC products that libraries have are through a group contract that was brokered by the Washington State Library. That contract requires participants to maintain subscriptions to specific
services & products to get the contract pricing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">I had an email exchange with Will Stuivenga (now retired) from the State Library about this back in 2019. At the time, Will said that the contract required participants to carry subscriptions
for:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">I don’t think FirstSearch was part of that contract, but I wanted to mention this just in case you get any weird price increases to any other OCLC subscriptions after cancelling FirstSearch.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">I can share the full text of Will’s email for anyone who wants it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">It will be ok!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">Kirsti S. Thomas (<a href="http://namedrop.io/kirstithomas"><span style="color:#467886">Hear my first name</span></a>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">Library Technical Services Manager & Systems Librarian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible"">Seattle Colleges</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Atkinson Hyperlegible""><a href="mailto:kirsti.thomas@seattlecolleges.edu">kirsti.thomas@seattlecolleges.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dawn Hawley via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 4, 2024 13:59<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dawn Hawley <<a href="mailto:dhawley@btc.edu">dhawley@btc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] [SPAM] Re: OCLC FirstSearch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for the responses. It’s the priciest item on our renewal list, but a straw poll of local library staff indicates lack of use and lack of interest in use.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dawn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Dawn Hawley</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Library, eLearning & Academic Support</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Bellingham Technical College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Library:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/library@btc.edu" title="library@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">library@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">eLearning:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/eLearninghelp@btc.edu" title="eLearninghelp@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">eLearninghelp@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Tutoring:
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/tutoring@btc.edu" title="tutoring@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">tutoring@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/resources/"><span style="color:#0563C1">June is LGBTQ+ month</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jacquelyn Ray via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 4, 2024 11:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jacquelyn Ray <<a href="mailto:jacquelyn.ray@wwcc.edu">jacquelyn.ray@wwcc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [LIBRARYDIR] [SPAM] Re: OCLC FirstSearch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Hey Dawn~</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> I decided to cancel it this next year. It was used so infrequently, I think I assessed that it was costing us about $300 a usage. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Jacquelyn Ray, MLIS, MA | Director of Library Services & FYE |
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">Walla Walla Community College<br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#616074;background:white">Need help evenings or weekends? Try our
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"> Hope, as an ontological need, demands an anchoring in practice.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">We need critical hope the way a fish needs unpolluted water.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">(Paulo Freire,
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on behalf of Dawn Hawley via LIBRARYDIR <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 4, 2024 11:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dawn Hawley <<a href="mailto:dhawley@btc.edu">dhawley@btc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] OCLC FirstSearch</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">How is your library using OCLC FirstSearch these days?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">Dawn<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white">Dawn Hawley</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Library, eLearning & Academic Support</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Bellingham Technical College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Library:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/library@btc.edu" title="library@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">library@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">eLearning:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/eLearninghelp@btc.edu" title="eLearninghelp@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">eLearninghelp@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tutoring:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://outlook.office365.com/mail/options/mail/messageContent/tutoring@btc.edu" title="tutoring@btc.edu"><span style="color:#0070C0">tutoring@btc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/resources/"><span style="color:#0563C1">June is LGBTQ+ month</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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