OYAN Raffle

Get your tickets and spread the word! Raffle tickets are available for purchase from OYAN’s webpage: http://tinyurl.com/OLARaffleForOYAN
The Raffle form includes a list of all the FABULOUS prizes that were donated this year. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. A total of 500 tickets will be sold. Any remaining tickets will be available at the OLA Conference.

April 15, 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 8) – OLA News

OLA Conference
April 17th is the last day to register for the OLA annual conference online.  Onsite conference registration will be available April 25th, 7:30am-7:00pm; April 26th, 7:00am-7:00pm; and April 27th 7:00am-12:30pm at the conference registration table located in the Riverhouse Convention Center’s lobby.

A pdf version of the printed program is now available on the conference website.  Printed programs will be available when you pick up your conference badge at the registration table.

Thanks to Boopsie, OLA will be unveiling a conference app for the conference.  More information will be available before and at the conference.

12 Tips for a Rewarding Conference!

• Bring plenty of business cards to exchange and take advantage of networking opportunities with your library colleagues at the conference.
• Wear those comfortable shoes at the conference because you’ll be doing plenty of walking!
• Take the time to visit the exhibit hall and visit with the vendors.  Lots to see and explore at the exhibits!
• Don’t forget to bring a bag or backpack to store all those treasures you will be collecting at the conference.
• Snacks will be offered during the conference at the breaks.  But you may also want to pack your own water and snacks just in case you get a wee bit peckish.
• Dress in layers so you can adjust for temperature variations in the meeting rooms.  Remember you may be walking outside between buildings at the Riverhouse Convention Center so wear clothing and shoes appropriate for outdoor weather.
• Be sure to review the Riverhouse Convention Center and Hotel property map  for conference registration and hotel registration   http://www.riverhouse.com/web/images/Lodging/RH_PropertyMap.pdf  
• Please note that conference registration is located at the Convention Center and hotel registration is located at the Hotel Lobby.
• Don’t drive to Downtown Bend from the Riverhouse Convention Center for night out on the town-hop on board the Shuttle.  The shuttle will run Wednesday and Thursday nights of the conference from 5:00-10:00pm between the Riverhouse Convention Center and Downtown Bend.
• Let the Conference Planning Committee know what you thought of the 2012 Conference and complete the online evaluation after the conference at http://tinyurl.com/ola2012eval
• Volunteers will be on hand at the conference registration desk and throughout the Convention Center to help you locate a session or a good place to eat.
• Take advantage of visiting the sites in Central Oregon.  Check out Visit Bend for activities to pursue while you are here. Don’t forget to use your High Desert Museum voucher for being a conference attendee and receive a 20% discount on admission to the High Desert Museum April 25-28, 2012.  The Downtown Bend Association has coordinated a “flash your badge” program with participating downtown shops and restaurants.  Look for the blue signs at downtown businesses where you can flash your conference badge for a deal only available to conference participants.  For more information and a list of deals go to www.downtownbend.org
• Most of all enjoy the conference and your time in Bend!

OLA/OASL Proposed Merger – Fourth in a Series of Four Merger Benefits: Wider People Power Pool!
The election considering the merger of the Oregon Association of School Libraries into OLA as a division will be held at the business meeting (Thursday, April 26, 2012 lunch) at the OLA Annual Conference in Bend. The OASL membership has already approved merging at their October conference. April will be OLA’s chance to vote. The ballot resolution will be communicated in advance to OLA members. In the Hotlines preceding the OLA election merger benefits will be featured. The full proposal about the merger can be found on the OLA home page at www.olaweb.org. If you have questions contact OLA Board members or members of the OLA-OASL Joint Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation (contact information on the website.)

Multi-type library staff membership on committees like Oregon Authors, Intellectual Freedom, and Library Development and Legislation committees will expand the pool of knowledgeable staff planning these activities. Cross-library staff work on reading awards like the Oregon Readers Choice Award, the Beverly Cleary Readers Choice Award, and programs like the Oregon Battle of the Books and library summer reading programs (traditions already begun) will be invigorated. OLA will initiate presidential rotation opportunities seeking candidates from the school library arena as now done from public and academic/special library arenas. An OASL Division representative with Board voting privileges comes with the merger and OASL members will be recruited for other elected and appointed offices expanding leadership opportunities for individuals and for the organization.
Submitted by Mary Ginnane, Past-president, mjginnane@gmail.com, and the OLA-OASL Joint Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation

OYAN’s Astro Lounge Social
After conference sessions and the all-conference reception on Thursday, all are welcome to join members of OYAN from 7:30 to 9:30pm at the Astro Lounge in downtown Bend, 939 NW Bond St.  This very informal gathering will let you get to see some of Bend’s Downtown area, chat with your most-fun colleagues, and pay for your own drinks. Oh, and you can ride the free green bus shuttle to downtown from the conference center.

CSD Mock Caldecott Committee – Volunteers Wanted
CSD is happy to announce the Mock Caldecott Committee, a new volunteer opportunity for able-bodied CSD members!!

The Mock Caldecott Committee will consist in approximately 3-5 members. The primary duties will include:
Selecting 10 outstanding children’s picture books that meet the Caldecott Criteria for inclusion on the 2013 Mock Caldecott discussion list.
Working with the CSD Executive Board to identify and confirm 1-2 presenters for the 2013 Mock Caldecott Workshop.

The date and location for the 2013 Mock Caldecott Workshop has been scheduled: January 5th from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at the Tigard Public Library.

If you are an active CSD member and would like to volunteer to be on the Mock Caldecott Committee, simply send an email to Rick Samuelson (ricks@wccls.org) with the following details:
Describe your past experience in selecting and evaluating picture books
Describe your past experience in art education, art history or art criticism

All committee work will be done electronically.

If you love evaluating the art in children’s picture books, this is the committee for you!

Thank you!!!  Rick Samuelson, Youth Services Librarian, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, 503-648-9785 x5#.

April 15, 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 8) – Happenings

Research Interest Group Plans Online Meeting
Always wanted to check out the Research Interest Group but didn’t have to time to attend its meetings in person? We are glad to announce that the Research Interest Group (RIG) will hold its next meeting online using the GoTo Meeting software (thanks OLA for providing this support!)
AGENDA

• Project updates
• ACRL webinars on writing and publishing
• Other available research resources
• Would the group be interested in writing a scholarly article on the Alliance E-book project (question from John Helmer, Executive Director of the Orbis Cascade Alliance)?
• Future Research Workshops
• Other ideas & comments time

DATE: Friday, May 4, 2012
TIME: 10 a.m.-12 noon
WHERE: Online! Instructions on how to participate will be sent out a week before the meeting.
QUESTIONS? Please contact Laura Zeigen (zeigenl@ohsu.edu) or Robin Paynter (paynter@ohsu.edu)

Oregon Virtual Reference Summit
Registered for this year’s Oregon Virtual Reference Summit yet? Join us before the conference for a fun social meet up!

We all know L-netters are fun and smart so why not get together and prove it? You are invited to join us for merriment and trivia the evening before the Oregon Virtual Reference Summit on Thursday, May 24 at the Salishan Resort’s Attic Lounge.

We’ll start mixing at 7:00 p.m. and begin the trivia challenge at 8:00 p.m. All guests 21 and over are welcome and the lounge offers a Happy Hour for food and drink from 4:00- 8:00. Have fun, mix with your fellow library lovers and test your trivial knowledge!

Check out the delicious details and menu for the Attic Lounge here:
http://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/atticlounge.html
http://www.salishan.com/pdf/attic_lounge_menu.pdf

April 1, 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 6) – OLA News

OLA Annual Conference Nears
If you haven’t been to the Riverhouse Convention Center before, you are in for a treat.  The Riverhouse Convention Center is located on the beautiful Deschutes River-a lovely site for this year’s conference.

Need some ideas for what to do, where to eat, or where to shop while you are in Bend for the 2012 OLA Conference? Discover Bend Oregon by checking out the Visit Bend website.

And don’t forget online registration for the conference ends on April 17th!

Volunteers Still Needed for OLA Conference

Planning to attend the 2012 OLA Conference? Have some down time? Please consider volunteering. We are looking for people to direct traffic, count attendees at programs, assist at the registration table and any other “duties as assigned” that may come up. Contact: Cathy Zgraggen/Deschutes Public Library –Supervisor, La Pine Public Library at cathyz@deschuteslibrary.org or 541.312.1094

Proposed Bylaws Revisions
At the general business meeting at the OLA conference, the Executive Board is proposing several revisions to the OLA Bylaws (Chapter 2 of the Procedure Manual). These changes include the following:

• Administrative changes to make Round Table bylaws simpler.
• Allowing more methods for calling membership and Executive Board meetings.
• Cleanup that will be necessary if the OASL/OLA merger is approved.
• Moving specific committee information into other areas of the Procedure Manual
• Enabling electronic meeting participation and voting for all OLA boards, committees, divisions, and round tables.
• A few other minor wording changes for consistency.

The full text of the revisions can be found here.

Please feel free to contact OLA Parliamentarian Buzzy Nielsen if you have questions, buzzy@hoodriverlibrary.org or 541-387-7062.

Options for Statewide Collaborative Borrowing
The OLA Resource Sharing Committee is hosting a conference session Friday, April 27th from 8:30am to 10am to discuss recommendations for a voluntary, patron-initiated borrowing program between libraries.  The goal of the program is to create a process through which Oregon libraries can establish reciprocal agreements with other libraries to allow free, direct borrowing by their patrons.  In 2011, the OLA Board charged the Resource Sharing Committee to investigate options for establishing collaborative borrowing between libraries.

A draft proposal will be presented at the conference session and OLA members are encouraged to attend in order to help the Resource Sharing Committee shape the program so that it works for the majority of libraries and their patrons.  While Oregon may not have a statewide library card, how close can we come to achieving statewide access?  The Resource Sharing Committee will propose a program to the OLA Board for implementation in 2013.

If you have questions you may contact the Resource Sharing Committee members:

Eva Calcagno, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Calcagno@wccls.org
Ed Gallagher, Albany Public Library, ed.gallagher@cityofalbany.net
John Hunter, Woodburn Public Library, john.hunter@ci.woodburn.or.us
Buzzy Nielsen, Hood River County Library District, buzzy@hoodriverlibrary.org
Robin Shapiro, Portland Community College, robin.shapiro@pcc.edu
Stephen Skidmore, Siuslaw Public Library, skidmore@siuslaw.lib.or.us
Steven Sowell, Oregon State University, steven.sowell@oregonstate.edu
Jane Tucker, Astoria Public Library, jtucker@astoria.or.us
Dan White, Scappoose Public Library, dwhite@scappooselibrary.org

Update from Washington, DC
ALA’s Legislative Scorecards are out for 2011.   These show how our Congressional delegation responded to library issues. Here’s the bottom line:

Blumenauer, Wyden and Merkley signed the support letters for LSTA.
Walden co-sponsored legislation requiring the GPO to make information available on the web.
If you get a chance, thank those who support our interests.

ALA’s Legislative Day is coming up – April 24th.  We have a good delegation going to DC.  April 23rd will be the briefing day – our chance to hear what issues are hot and which are not.  On Tuesday, we have office visits scheduled with our representatives and senators.  Contact me if you want more information about the issues or if you would like to support our efforts through messages to your congresspeople.  -Janet Webster, OLA Legislative Committee,  janet.webster@oregonstate.edu .

ACRL Oregon Seeks Leaders
Looking for an opportunity to get more involved with an active professional organization and to work with a great group of people?  Look no farther! Run for a position in ACRL-OR’s upcoming spring election.

The open positions are:
Vice-President/President Elect (3 year term)
2 Members-at-Large (2 year term, position description)
To nominate yourself, send an email with the following information to Jim Holmes jholmes@reed.edu or Judith Norton norton@ohsu.edu. To nominate someone else, email that person’s name and email address to Jim or Judith.

Please provide a biography that includes the following information (as applicable):
Your name
Your education–list in chronological order institutions attended, degrees conferred, and dates awarded.
Your present position–list your title, the name of the library and college or university and the dates of employment.
Previous positions, if desired–list no more than two, the most recent first.
Professional activities, such as memberships and positions held in national, state and/or regional library organizations (indicate name of organization, offices held and dates of service).
Honors, special projects, publications, and/or presentations–list no more than two recent examples of each of these.

Candidates for Vice President/President Elect also need to include a Candidates’ Statement explaining why you would like to be elected, which should be no more than 200 words.

Eligibility:
Vice-President/President Elect candidates must be members of OLA and ACRL-Oregon and national ACRL.
Member-at-Large candidates must be members of OLA and ACRL-Oregon.

Elections will be May 1 – May 20. Let us know if you’d like to run by April 16, 2012!

Candidates for CSD Board Sought
Hey Oregon Youth Services staff…We need YOU!

It’s that time of year, Spring is around the corner (um, I sure hope so anyway) and CSD needs to add to our great team. It’s time to nominate candidates for the CSD Board (Children’s Services Division of the Oregon Library Association).

The A – B – C’s of CSD:
A – Awesome opportunity to get involved and help shape the future of CSD and     children’s library services in Oregon (and beyond!)
B – Build your network of colleagues across the state [and across the nation!]
C – Connect – Collaborate – Celebrate!

Have you, even briefly, considered joining in the fun of being a part of the Children’s Services Division Board?  Have you ever thought, “Gee, I’d like to help out but…”:

• I’m just too busy
• My library is too small
• I’ll think about it…..for next year
• I don’t know what I can do to help out

Well…

• Everybody’s busy. You’re not alone. There are many great CSD Board alumni (and current Board members) to  connect with for support and guidance.
• We welcome people from all different sized libraries; there are different opportunities that might work for you (not all of them requiring election to an office), just ask!
• Guess what? It IS next year. Now’s the time to take that step and join in the fun!

We can help you figure out how you can help.

Candidates are needed for the following positions:

CSD Chair-Elect
Summer Reading Chair-Elect (travel to Atlanta, GA in April 2013 for CSLP Annual Meeting!)
Secretary (not an elected position, appointed by CSD Chair)

Nominations are being accepted NOW! Yes, you can nominate yourself. You must be a member of CSD.   Email CSD Chair Deeda Chamberlain with your interest ~ Deeda.Chamberlain@ci.woodburn.or.us

OLA/OASL Proposed Merger – Third in a Series of Four Merger Benefits: Serving Our Common Client/User/Patrons!
The election considering the merger of the Oregon Association of School Libraries into OLA as a division will be held at the business meeting (Thursday, April 26, 2012 lunch) at the OLA Annual Conference in Bend. The OASL membership has already approved merging at their October conference. April will be OLA’s chance to vote. The ballot resolution will be communicated in advance to OLA members. In the Hotlines preceding the OLA election merger benefits will be featured. The full proposal about the merger can be found on the OLA home page at www.olaweb.org. If you have questions contact OLA Board members or members of the OLA-OASL Joint Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation (contact information on the website.)

Promoting reading and providing information literacy instruction is not simply a K-12 pursuit. Early childhood literacy, public library student support, college and university instruction, and lifelong adult learning are integrally tied to K-12 education and school library services. The intersection of common clients and libraries points to the need for all library staff to work collaboratively in order to effectively serve the needs of all. Merging OASL as a division into an organization that already includes public and academic divisions refreshes the possibilities for cross-library input into service issues. One example: information literacy guidelines for students from pre-kindergarten through their college years and beyond (development efforts well underway) can be enhanced through collaborative skills development.
Submitted by Mary Ginnane, Past-president, mjginnane@gmail.com, and the OLA-OASL Joint Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation

April 1, 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 6) – Happenings

2012 Oregon Virtual Reference Summit Registration is OPEN!
Sign up now! Get registered NOW for this year’s fabulous Oregon Virtual Reference Summit at the beautiful Oregon Coast!  Meet with your peers, see a great keynote speaker, hear some great lightning talks and enjoy a resort lunch at the beach!

Register here: http://www.oregonlibraries.net/summit/2012/register

Limited scholarships are available.

Don’t forget to reserve your hotel room now at a discount rate too!  Call the Salishan Inn for details and mention that you’re with the conference to save!

April 1, 2012 (Vol. 18, No. 7) – People

Oregon Librarians Honored by Library Journal
Every spring Library Journal recognizes a group of librarians and library workers, nominated by their peers, who are “doing extraordinary work to serve their users and to move libraries of all types and library services forward”.  Oregon librarians Allie Flanary and Michele Burke were selected for this year’s group of LJ’s Movers & Shakers.

Allie Flanary, Faculty Librarian at Portland Community College, was honored for her  commitment to UX (user experience).  Flanary received kudos for her teaching ability,  her creative approach to providing meaningful learning experiences for PCC’s students, and her tech expertise.

Michele Burke, Reference Librarian at Chemeketa Community college, was recognized for her efforts to establish information literacy standards.  She received praise for her ability facilitate communication among a variety of professional groups in order to reach common goals.

Both Flanary and Burke are graduates of Emporia State University.   Read more about their accomplishments and the accomplishments of all of this year’s Movers & Shakers at http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/03/people/movers-shakers/movers-shakers-2012.