<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dontee L. Wrenn</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Don Olson <dolson@loc.gov><br><b>Date:</b> October 7, 2025 at 10:01:56\u202fAM CDT<br><b>To:</b> NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@listserv.loc.gov<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>NLS BARD Office Hours</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NLS Patron Announce <NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@listserv.loc.gov><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<span>Dear NLS readers,</span><br><span></span><br><span>The federal government Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations ended after September 30 2025. Since funding for Fiscal Year 2026 has not yet been approved, the federal government is currently shut down. As a result, the BARD Office Hours scheduled for 8:00 P.M. Eastern on October 7 2025 is canceled. When the federal government reopens, BARD Office Hours will resume.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank you,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Your Patron Announce Team</span><br><span></span><br><span>########################################################################</span><br><span></span><br><span>To unsubscribe from the NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE list, click the following link:</span><br><span>http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?TICKET=NzM5NTYxIGRvbnRlZS53bDhAR01BSUwuQ09NIE5MUy1QQVRST05BTk5PVU5DRdxhT2sIJys7&c=SIGNOFF</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>