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From: "Jason Kucsma" <jkucsma@metro.org> Date: January 2, 2012 9:29:54 AM EST To: "METRO-L" <metro-l@list.metro.org> Subject: [metro-l] FW: [NYLINE] Regents Advisory Council on Libraries Issues Second Draft of 2020 Vision Plan; Invites Library Community to Solicit Public Comment Reply-To: "Jason Kucsma" <jkucsma@metro.org>

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December 23, 2011

REGENTS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON LIBRARIES ISSUES SECOND DRAFT OF 2020 VISION PLAN; INVITES LIBRARY COMMUNITY TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT

The New York State Regents Advisory Council for Libraries has released the second draft of Creating the Future, a 2020 Vision and Plan for Library Services in New York State: Preliminary Recommendations of the New York State Regents Advisory Council on Libraries to the New York State Board of Regents. The deadline for submitting written comments about the second draft is February 15, 2012. Comments will inform the development of the final plan which the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries will present to the New York State Board of Regents in April 2012.

Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian Jeffrey W. Cannell and Regents Advisory Council Chair Gerald Nichols encourage libraries and library systems to assist the Advisory Council in soliciting broad feedback from library users and the general public on this second draft of the 2020 Vision Plan by posting a downloadable widget to their websites. This widget will lead library users to the new draft document and provide them with an opportunity to submit comments and improvement suggestions by email. The widget is now available at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/2020v2/links.htm

Libraries are also encouraged to publicize the availability of the draft 2020 Vision Plan document to decision makers and to the general public in their local communities and actively encourage feedback and comment. To that end, a draft press release suitable for use by local libraries and library systems is now posted on the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries website at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/2020v2/links.htm

This second draft document reflects hundreds of comments submitted through November 2011. In addition to the very helpful input from statewide education and library groups, libraries, library systems and the general public, the second draft also includes suggestions made to Regent Roger Tilles and Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and Acting State Librarian Jeffrey W. Cannell during an open meeting held on November 4 in Saratoga Springs.

For more information about the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries, please visit the State Library's website at: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/index.html .

Any questions about the Regents Advisory Council on Libraries 2020 Vision Process and this call for input on the second draft may be sent to John Hammond, Chair, Regents Advisory Council 2020 Vision Planning Taskforce at john@nnyln.org or to Gerald Nichols, Chair, Regents Advisory Council on Libraries at Gerald.Nichols@liu.edu.

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