Summer Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Membership Meeting / OLA’s 2008 MLS Scholarship Award Recipients / MLS Fundraiser Success at OLA Conference

*** Summer Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN) Membership Meeting

Share Summer Reading success stories! Share ideas! Share good times!

You are cordially invited to attend the OYAN quarterly business meeting scheduled for July 25, 2008 from 11:00am – 3:00pm at the new main library of the Tillamook County Library located at 1716 3rd Street, Tillamook, OR 97141, 503-842-4792. www.tillamook.plinkit.org. Join us for a day at the beautiful new main library of the Tillamook County Library.

Lunch will be available from the Muddy Water’s Coffee & Tea Company – 503-842-4500 1904 Third Street, Tillamook, OR 97141 (really yummy food) or you may bring your own. Menus will be available and we will place orders before our meeting starts.

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*** OLA’s 2008 MLS Scholarship Award Recipients

In June, OLA made its second annual scholarship awards to six talented students enrolled in MLS programs at the University of Washington and Emporia State University’s SLIM program. Congratulations to those receiving scholarships!

These students each received scholarship awards ranging from $1300-$4400 to assist them during the 2008 - 2009 academic year:

• Michele DeSilva, Bend, UW
• Michael Braun-Hamilton, Portland, Emporia
• Scott Deskins, Portland, Emporia
• Annie Lewis, Oregon City, UW
• Cherie Rainwater, Lake Oswego, UW
• Justin Day, Keizer, UW

OLA’s scholarship program is made possible by an LSTA grant OLA received to assist Oregon MLS students working on master’s degrees in library and information science. OLA members also generously contributed to the scholarship initiative, at the conference scholarship fundraiser in April, and through the donor form at the OLA membership section of MemberClicks.

A big Thank You to the OLA Executive Board, OLA donors, and OLA’s MLS Scholarship Selection Committee members. The selection committee members did a great job of carefully reviewing all scholarship applications OLA received. The selection committee’s recommendations were approved by the OLA board. Committee members are: Gretchen Leslie (Forest Grove), Anne Carter (Eugene), Anne Pearson (Portland), Carol Hildebrand (Eugene), Terry Rohe (Portland), Carol Ruggeri (Newport), and Gary Sharp (North Bend).

The Scholarship Committee is about to launch publicity requesting applications for the 2009 - 2010 scholarship program. The application process through the Oregon Student Assistance Commission and deadlines will be included in an upcoming Hotline. This second round of scholarships is made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act grant to OLA, administered by the Oregon State Library.

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*** MLS Fundraiser Success at OLA Conference

The OLA Past President’s group raised $1,451 at the well-received Tattoo conference event for the association’s new MLS Scholarship Program! That amount was matched by a very generous donor from OLA Past Presidents’ group. Checks came in from people who purchased on ‘credit’ at OLA/WLA too, bringing the total raised at the conference to about $3000! What a fantastic amount of support for the scholarship program.

The Past Presidents have decided to stay with the tattoo theme for next year’s scholarship fundraiser. Mo Cole of Eugene Public Library notes that “This was a relatively easy way to raise money and one in which everyone can participate, unlike an evening event. We had a fun time too. We’re also looking at selling tattoos online and getting a tattoo booth at PLA

Thanks, everyone, who contributed to this fun fundraiser!! And a big Thank You to the Past Presidents of OLA who organized this very successful event. The past Presidents include: Mo Cole, Leah Griffith, Janet Webster, Sara Charlton, Faye Chadwell, Jim Scheppke, Aletha Bonebrake, Carol Hildebrand, Connie Bennett, Deb Carver, Deb Jacobs, Gary Jensen, Mary Devlin, Maureen Sloan, Michael Gaston, and Terry Ann Rohe.

Also, thank you to everyone who contributes to the scholarship fund when renewing your OLA membership. Your contributions to the MLS scholarship program can be made when you renewing via Memberclicks, with the Scholarship Donation form, or by mailing your tax-deductible contribution to:

Oregon Library Association
MLS Scholarship Program
P.O. Box 2042
Salem, OR 97308-2042

The OLA MLS Scholarship Committee is pleased to let members know that the scholarships issued last year are bearing fruit: a student who received a scholarship graduated, and another recipient is well on the way to graduating in December 2008.

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Portland Downtown Librarians Meeting / InfoCamp 2008 in Seattle / Natural Resources Information Council Meeting / OCLC Western Digital Forum

*** Portland Downtown Librarians Meeting

Jim Carmin, Special Collections Librarian at Multnomah County’s Central Library, will be hosting the Downtown Librarians meeting on Wednesday, July 16. We’ll meet from noon till one in the John Wilson Special Collections room on the second floor of Central Library, which is located at 801 S.W. 10th Avenue.

Jim will show us materials from the wonderful core collection as well as some interesting new items. Please note that this will not be a lunch meeting because food is not allowed in the rare books room. Some of us will walk to the Farmers Market afterwards for a quick bite. Please RSVP to Susan Mecklem (susanmecklem@dwt.com) if you plan to attend.

In August, Stuart Zimmerman and Susan Mecklem will host the brown bag lunch here at Davis Wright Tremaine. September’s meeting will be on Tuesday, September 17 at the library at Norse Hall. October’s meeting will be hosted by Pam Osborne at Mercy Corps.

The Portland Downtown Librarians meet for an informal brown bag lunch on the third Wednesday of most months. Everyone interested in librarianship is welcome to join us. If you would like to be added to the email notification list, please let me know.

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*** InfoCamp 2008 in Seattle

Are you a librarian into user experience design? Got a website, content delivery service, or really cool idea you want to try out on a diverse professional audience? Want to share ideas and enthusiasm with librarians, information architects, usability engineers, user experience designers, and other information professionals?

You can do just that at InfoCamp Seattle 2008, an unconference for the user-centered information industry! It’ll be in beautiful Seattle, in a renovated historic schoolhouse now called the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. Save the date now: September 27-28, 2008.

We hope you’ll consider participating in InfoCamp this September 27-28! Learn more at http://www.infocamp.info or contact us at infocampseattle@gmail.com.

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*** Natural Resources Information Council Meeting

Registration for the Natural Resources Information Council (NRIC) meeting in Eugene, Oregon from August 9th-12th is under way. The conference will be held on the University of Oregon campus.

The NRIC facilitates the exchange of information among natural resource managers, information specialists, and librarians specializing in natural resources. Members come from both public (government, academic) and private (NGO, consulting) organizations. More information about the organization and conference can be found at http://www.nric.info/. The registration form and a complete list of presentations is online (exact schedule TBD). It’s quite a bargain at $35!

Here are just a few of the presentation topics currently scheduled:

• Evaluating and accessing ecological databases
• Serving GIS data
• Managing biodiversity data in Oregon
• H2.0 Water meets the web
• Online tools to facilitate the analysis of the taking of animal species
• The archives of Gerald Williams, historian for the U.S. Forest Service
• The irradiation of earth: Data on the energy coming to earth from the sun

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*** OCLC Western Digital Forum

OCLC, Orbis Cascade Alliance and OCLC Digital Collection Services are proud co-sponsors of the fourth annual OCLC Western Digital Forum, which is being presented on August 14-15, 2008 in Tacoma, Washington at the Hotel Murano. This year’s forum will focus on Making Digitization Count: Assessment and Evaluation Practices.

The forum will feature national experts from the archival, museum and library communities who will discuss current projects to create and automate evaluation and assessment tasks for digital collections. Three of these distinguished presenters include:

• • Kate Haley Goldman (Keynote speaker), Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation, Annapolis MD
  • Elizabeth Yakel, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Information
  • Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The program will also explore how evaluation and assessment methods inform decision making for digital collections. Presentations will highlight national projects of significance relating to evaluation and assessment of digital collection users, 21st Century learners and model practices for digital program assessment.

The forum is designed to offer a smaller and more intimate meeting setting where participants can share knowledge and create networks with other organizations that are working to develop assessment and evaluation practices. It is an ideal educational opportunity for librarians, archivists and museum staff who are charged with creating digital access to collections.

So please make your plans now to join your colleagues at this prestigious national event. For more information about the 2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum and to register, please visit our Web page. We are looking forward to your active participation in this dynamic event.

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OLA Committee Nominations / ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication / Support Staff Division Conference Breakout Session Preview

 STEP RIGHT UP!

I am filling committee chair positions and committee member positions for the OLA year that begins 9-1-08. The following committees have identified needs for people (like you!)

Library Development and Legislation - 3 members

Membership - Chairperson and 4 members

Oregon Authors - 3 members (seeking a youth services representative for one position

Nominations - 2 members

Intellectual Freedom - 2 members (public and school librarians need more representation on the committee)

Resource Sharing - Chairperson and 8 members

Publications - 2 members

OLA/OASL Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation - 2 members

Communications - Chairperson and 5 members

There are some special committees and task forces that will need help, too. The Conference Committee is seeking a Treasurer, Communications Coordinator, Graphics Coordinator, Webmaster, Exhibits Vice-Chair, and Preconference Coordinator. The Archives Committee needs at least two new members and a Chairperson.

 You can find out more about the work of these committees on the OLA website at http://www.olaweb.org/. Feel free to ask me questions or contact me to express interest. The work accomplished by this organization (like the website redesign and Oregon Reads) is amazing and it is the staff of Oregon libraries that make it happen. Thank you…

— Mary Ginnane, OLA Vice President/President Elect, mary.j.ginnane@ci.eugene.or.us

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*** ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication

ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication

December 1 - 3, 2008

Portland, Oregon

Applications now available: http://orbiscascade.org/index/isc

The Orbis Cascade Alliance, Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) are pleased to announce a regional Institute for Scholarly Communication in Portland, Oregon.

 The Institute is an immersive learning experience to prepare participants as local experts within their libraries and equip them with tools for developing campus outreach strategies. As a participant in this 2.5 day immersion program, you will become fluent with scholarly communication issues and trends so that you are positioned to educate others on your library staff, engage in campus communications programs and other advocacy efforts, and work collaboratively with other participants to begin developing an outreach plan for your campus.

 Participants will work with experts in the field to understand how to better engage faculty at their institution around the crisis in the systems of scholarly communication. You will also learn about the emergence of new models for scholarly communication as well as strategies for creating systemic change.

These will include:

     * Faculty activism (e.g. editorial board control, author rights, copyright management, and self-archiving)

     * New publishing models

     * Digital repositories

     * Legislative and policy advocacy

The goal is to help participants prepare a program plan that is customized for their institution. To achieve this goal you will prepare an environmental scan before the institute, engage in a series of active learning experiences during the event, and write an outreach program plan for implementation at your home institution.

 Applications for this program are available at: http://orbiscascade.org/index/isc

 For any other questions, please feel free to contact Elizabeth Duell.

— Elizabeth Duell, Orbis Cascade Alliance
eduell@uoregon.edu, (541) 346-1883

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*** Support Staff Division Conference Breakout Session Preview

R E J U V E N A T E

 Newport, Oregon awaits you at the 2008 OLA Support Staff Division Conference! Here’s a sneak peek at one of the featured breakout sessions available to conference attendees:

 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LIBRARY ASSISTANT

Have you ever wondered what other support staff throughout Oregon do all day at work? How are their libraries different from yours? What do other support staff do to keep motivated and inspired in their jobs? Well, here’s your chance to find out. Join us for a panel discussion by selected support staff from libraries across Oregon as they talk about their different jobs.

 Presenters:

Joel Henderson, Oregon State Library

Steven Williams, Klamath County Library

Hesther O’Neil, Multnomah County Library

 Visit http://www.olaweb.org and click on the EVENTS tab to register. Registration closes July 7. See you at the beach!

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Sign up now for the Connecting Communities Conference / WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics – Online Workshop / International Federation of Library Associations Satellite Meeting / ACRL offers E-Learning Courses / Call for proposals: Online Northwest Conference / Announcing New Dean of Southern Oregon University Library / Save the date: Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute / How is your library celebrating Oregon’s 150th birthday in 2009? / “The Hollywood Librarian” Comes to the Portland Area

***Sign up now for the Connecting Communities Conference

Connecting Communities Conference: Reaching out to Latino youth and families
October 2-3, 2008
The Connecting Communities Conference is filling fast!  People from a wide variety of community-based organizations and agencies have registered.  This is a reminder to register soon if you intend to participate. The early bird registration fee is just $50, and we hope it will encourage several people from an organization or a specific locale to participate together so that they may support one another in their future work. The web site now has the list of sessions and presenters available.  Go to http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/connectingcommunities2008 and click on the Speakers button to preview.

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*** WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics – Online Workshop

PLEASE NOTE: Correct Time is 2 pm–4 pm (not 1pm-3pm) Mountain Time!
WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics - Online

This three-day online workshop is designed for users who borrow or lend through the OCLC Interlibrary Loan service.http://www.bcr.org/training/schedule/programdetail.php?programid=242

Day 1: Borrowing
Learn to create borrowing requests for returnable items such as books and DVDs and for non-returnable items (i.e. copies). This part of the session will demonstrate the use of custom holdings and local data records to create efficiencies in the interlibrary loan workflow. We will also complete all actions required to bring a request through the entire interlibrary loan cycle.

Day 2: WorldCat Resource Sharing Lending
Manage incoming requests and gain familiarity with the Request Manager categories. In this half of the workshop, you will learn to use batch processing in order to update and print requests in your lending cycle and administer your work more effectively.

Day 3: WorldCat Resource Sharing Administrative Functions
Access the FirstSearch administrative module to create data records that eliminate repetitive data entry. Participants will devise constant data and saved notes, review the use and implementation of IFM (ILL Fee Management) as well as create custom holdings groups, custom holdings paths and direct request profile to improve service in all aspects of resource sharing. Time will also be spent updating and maintaining records in the ILL Policies Directory.

Who Should Attend?
Library staff who want to acquire the basic skills needed to do OCLC ILL using WorldCat Resource Sharing.

Sites & Dates:
Online -    WebLive     Heather Clark    
7/8/2008    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
7/9/2008    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
7/10/2008  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
All times listed are in Mountain Time.

Fees:
BCR members — $135.00
Nonmembers — $185.00
1 BCR training voucher accepted as payment.
Register for all BCR workshops at: http://www.bcr.org/training/workshops/register.html

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*** International Federation of Library Associations Satellite Meeting

Rethinking Access:  Evolving Perspectives on Information Content & Delivery IFLA Satellite Meeting
Come listen to innovative ideas from around the globe on resource sharing, document delivery, open access to collections and reference services. Speakers for the event include Lorcan Dempsey and Steven Abrams.
August 5-7, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Online registration at:  http://www.bcr.org/rethinkingaccess

Book your hotel by July 14 for special conference rate at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

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*** ACRL Offers E-Learning Courses

ACRL-Oregon members can apply for an E-Learning scholarship (http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=66873) to cover the cost of one of these (or many other) courses!

Registration is now open for the following e-Learning courses.  Reserve your seat today for these exciting new seminars!

Copyright and the Library Part 1: The Basics Including Fair Use
July 14 – August 1, 2008
Register Online

Course Description:
In this course, students will learn to think in terms of U.S. copyright law. Students will focus on building understanding of current copyright law, creating a “copyright palette” for their libraries, and assessing a library’s legal risk with regard to current U.S. copyright law. Additionally, students will build an understanding of the Fair Use clause, as well as how to legally apply fair use in the library, classroom, and broader campus environments.

Leading Change
Live Webcast: July 15, 2008
11 a.m. Pacific | 12:00 p.m. Mountain | 1:00 p.m. Central | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Register Online

How can we better understand the effects of change on our organizations and on the people in them? During this webcast, Kathryn Deiss will provide several models which can serve as lenses through which to view change. Tools such as the models and techniques for helping people through change will be provided.

Creating A Comprehensive Plan for Information Literacy
July 7 – 28, 2008
Register Online

Course Description:
This course will provide you with the information you need to create a comprehensive plan for information literacy for your institution. The course will cover: planning, setting goals and objectives, how to organize and prioritize ideas, the writing process, and the creation of a draft plan. You will be guided through the process of developing a comprehensive plan using worksheets developed by the presenter, participating in weekly on-line chats, and comparing examples of completed plans from a variety of institutions. Participants will learn how to establish and convene working groups, consider various means for collecting information and getting “buy-in” across campus, create a strategy for writing the plan, identify and select essential and optional components of a model plan, and put a draft of the plan on paper.

Designing Websites for the Academic Library
July 14 – August 8, 2008
Register online
Course Description:
This course focuses on the basics of Web site planning and design and content development with a concentration on academic libraries. The course will also examine Web standards, usability, and accessibility. XHTML and CSS (external) will be introduced. Students will be expected to be able to create a basic HTML Web page before beginning the course. However XHTML/HTML basics tutorials will be provided for those who need more practice. Students will plan and design a representative site during the course.

For more information about these and other upcoming learning opportunities, please visit the ACRL eLearning page. Questions?  Contact Jon Stahler via e-mail at jstahler@ala.org or via phone at (312) 280-2511.

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*** Call for Proposals: Online Northwest Conference
Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture.  The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.The 2009 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 13, 2009.  Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, September 29th, 2008.

 The coordinating committee seeks presentations that discuss how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services. We strongly encourage academic, public, school, and special librarians to submit proposals. All topics relating to technology and libraries are welcome, including:

• Tagging used in libraries (OPAC, library thing, flickr, etc.)
• Change/innovation & organizational culture (as it relates to technology)
• User interface design and evaluation
• Implementation of Web 2.0 technologies in libraries
• Resource sharing (e.g. ILL, document delivery) 
• Information literacy and instruction  (distance ed. and technology use)
• Management of electronic resources, digital repositories, or digital archives
• Programming and development of computer applications to support delivery of library services
• Using social features in library technology

Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome.
Submit proposals: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=xr85d9JF_2f0Bxrv5IvZGdlA_3d_3d
For examples of past presentations or more information, see: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/
Check out updates on our blog and subscribe to our twitter:
Blog link: http://onlinenw.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/onlinenw

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*** Announcing New Dean of Southern Oregon University Library
Southern Oregon University Lenn & Dixie Hannon Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul T. Adalian as the new Dean of University Library beginning Aug. 1, 2008.  Adalian comes to Hannon Library from California State University at Channel Islands where he served for seven years as Dean of the University Library.  He has a B.S. from Stanislaus State, California, a M.A. in History from Loyola University, Los Angeles and a M.L.S. from Syracuse.  Previously, Adalian has served as Asst. Dean, Information & Instructional Services, and Head of the Reference Department at California Polytechnic State University, and also Head of Reference at San Francisco State University.  Paul Adalian replaces Teresa Montgomery who served as Interim Dean during the last three years.  Teresa will be resuming duties as Visual and Performing Arts Librarian and taking on new responsibilities for Collection Development of Electronic Resources.

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*** Save the Date: Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute

The biennial Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute will take place September 14-17, 2008, at the Menucha Retreat Center, applications will be available in August.  The Focus Institute is an opportunity for library staff that do not have a Masters in Library and Information Science to obtain professional development in library youth services.  Training topics that will be covered at the 2008 Focus Institute include:  brain development, programming, reference, readers’ advisory, and booktalks.  Rosalie Karalekas will be our special guest presenter this year (some of you may remember her from the CSD meeting this Spring).  Rosalie will present a three hour session on the integral connection between music and early literacy, and provide some wonderful ideas on integrating music into storytimes.

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*** How is your library celebrating Oregon’s 150th birthday in 2009?

Oregon 150 (www.oregon150.org) is Governor Kulongoski’s planning group for the state’s sesquicentennial in 2009. Through one of the Oregon 150 projects, Oregon Stories, we’re seeking to gather informative, personal, and exciting stories-from Oregonians, to Oregonians-about what it means to be a citizen of this state. Through this process, the project will educate Oregonians about their shared past, current lives, and hopes for the future. Stories will come from every culture and corner of Oregon-from homegrown celebrities to the “just-folks” that collectively make Oregon such a special place. These Oregon stories can be read and shared on Oregon 150’s website, <http://www.oregon150.org/oregon-stories/>. In anticipation of Oregon’s bicentennial in 2059, all stories will be archived as education source materials for future generations.

 The sesquicentennial will afford Oregon, and its libraries, the chance to reacquaint and engage their communities in an informative, fun, and meaningful way. Here are some ideas for the Oregon Stories project that have come up in a brainstorming session at Multnomah County Library:

 All libraries are encouraged to undertake similar activities, or to plan their sesquicentennial activities. And let’s share the wealth!  Have you had a great way of celebrating Oregon history at your library or do you have an idea for a great program that other libraries might want to host?  Send your ideas to Steph Miller at stephaniem@multcolib.org by September 1st and she will post these on libs-or and in the OLA Hotline.

 Another opportunity for libraries is to become an Oregon 150 partner (http://www.oregon150.org/projects/become-a-partner/). As a partner, your events celebrating the sesquicentennial will receive additional marketing support.  Help us celebrate the past, present and future of Oregon in 2009!  For more information, please contact Aili Schreiner at Oregon 150, 503.445.7120 or aschreiner@oregon150.org

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*** “The Hollywood Librarian” Comes to the Portland Area

This is the first full-length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians. Using the entertaining and appealing context of American movies, the film will hold some surprises for people who may think they know what librarians do. American films contain hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen — some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong.  We will have 5 showings during July and August in the Multnomah County Library system - visit http://www.multcolib.org/events/hollywoodlibrarian.html for more information - hope to see you there!

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New OLA Officers Elected / New OLA Round Table / Advanced Reading Copies of Stubborn Twig / Support Staff Division Conference: Breakout Preview / ACRL Election Results / Support Staff Division Seeks Candidates

***New OLA Officers for 2008-2009
The OLA Election is over. Congratulations to our new Officers for 2008-2009!

-Vice-President, President-Elect Connie Anderson-Cohoon from Southern Oregon University
- Secretary Bill Baars, from Lake Oswego Public Library
- PNLA Representative Dana Campbell, from Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

We had a great slate of candidates. We should feel very proud that such qualified members of the Oregon Library community stepped forward to offer their names for leadership. On behalf of OLA, I personally want to thank each candidate for his and her willingness to serve. It is people like you who make possible the success of our organization.

And thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for our association’s leadership positions for this year. I would also encourage anyone who is interested in expanding his or her participation in our dynamic organization to get in touch with our incoming President, Mary Ginnane at Eugene Public Library. OLA has many Committees, Task Forces, Divisions, and Round Tables, where your talents would benefit our community.

— Aletha Bonebrake, Past-President, Nominating Chair 2007-2008
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***OLA has a New Round Table
OLA has a new Round Table! It is for retired library staff and library supporters who are still members of OLA but don’t really have a spiritual home in the panoply of Divisions, Task Forces and Committees or other Round Tables. Of course many of us retirees still serve on committees, show up for legislative day and help at conference when we can, but a group at OLA Convention this year, in a moment of inspiration, thought that there was a need for a camaraderie in the strange state of being retired as well as a clearinghouse for expertise that can be offered as mentor or friend to other members, and, as interest dictates, as supporters of OLA political advocacy activity.

Therefore, this inspired group of creative leaders, hanging around between sessions and dinner at (you guessed it!) a bar, wrote a petition for the establishment of W.A.R.R.T. as OLA’s newest round table. The petition named Aletha Bonebrake, the only retired librarian present at the time, as the first chair. The hope is to develop communication among retirees by e-mail, keeping up on needs of the Association for mentoring of members and for helping out whenever possible by involving ourselves in supporting the political action that OLA deems important. There may well be other interests and challenges that will become part of our goals, but they must evolve.

Now that you know the purpose, I can reveal the name behind the acronym. We are the Wise and Retired Round Table – W.A.R.R.T.. The bylaws were approved by the OLA Executive Board at their June 6 meeting and it is now open for business. If you would like to participate (for free!) please e-mail me, alethaboneb@msn.com and we can begin a conversation.
— Aletha Bonebrake, Chair of W.A.R.R.T.
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*** Advanced Reading Copies of Stubborn Twig
Oregon will be reading Lauren Kessler’s “Stubborn Twig: Three Generations of a Japanese-American Family,” starting January 15, 2009 as part of the State’s sesquicentennial celebration.

Mark your calendars for the kick-off event at Portland State University, the evening of January 15, Ballroom, Smith Union Center.

If you are interested in reading Kessler’s “Stubborn Twig” this summer to start planning your community program, you can buy the Oregon Historical Society’s trade edition from OLA for $12.00. Checks can be made out to OLA or you can purchase copies with a credit card at the OLA website:

https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=43160

Please note that this is not the order form for the OSUPress special edition of “Stubborn Twig” that will be reprinted in September 2008. This special purchase is an OLA fundraiser that supports the Oregon Reads 2009 program: http://oregonreads2009.org/

— Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, Chair of Oregon Authors Committee

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*** Support Staff Division Conference: Breakout Session Preview

R E J U V E N A T E

Newport, Oregon is awaiting you at the 2008 OLA Support Staff Division Conference! Here’s a sneak peek at one of the featured breakout sessions available to conference attendees:

OFFICE SAFETY AND ERGONOMICS AWARENESS
Join us for an informative and interactive presentation designed to help you help yourself in the office work environment. While this quick course in General Office Safety and Ergonomics will not prepare you to complete assessments for others, it will help you in your daily work routine.

Mike Wolff, Senior Safety Management Consultant from the SAIF Corporations State Agency Customer Service Team enjoys a good interactive discussion and will allow time to address specific questions from participants.

Topics will include:
Common hazards around the office
What you can do to keep yourself and others safe
A discussion about basic workstation ergonomics

Visit www.olaweb.org and click on the EVENTS tab to register. See you at the beach!
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*** ACRL-Oregon Election Results
ACRL-Oregon Election results are in.  Congratulations to the incoming members of our board:

Our new VP/President Elect is:  Rachel Bridgewater, Reed College

Members-at-Large:
Camila Gabaldon, Western Oregon University
Laura Zeigen, OHSU

Thank you also to the outgoing members of the ACRL-Oregon Board:

Past President, Janeanne Rockwell-Kincanon, Western Oregon University
Members-at-Large:
Eliz Breakstone, University of Oregon
Dan Kelley, Lewis & Clark College

Community Colleges Representative:
Theresa Yancey, Chemeketa Community College

Thank you for your willingness to serve!

— Stephanie Michel, ACRL-Oregon President
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*** OLA Support Staff Division Seeking Nominations!
The Oregon Library Association Support Staff Division (SSD) is seeking nominees for the following positions on the SSD Executive Committee.  These are all great positions and a wonderful way to get involved with SSD and the Oregon Library Association.  If you would like to run for office or would like to suggest someone as a potential candidate, please email Suzanne Sager at sagers@pdx.edu by May 31, 2008.  If you are nominating another person, please include contact information.
 
Chair Elect (3 year commitment)-Serves as Chair-Elect in the first year, SSD Chair in the second year and Past-Chair in the third year.  The duties of the Chair-Elect include assisting the Chair; becoming familiar with the by-law and procedures of the Association and Division; Chairing the SSD meetings in the Chairs absence; and serving as the Chair of the SSD Conference Committee.  The duties of the Chair include assuming responsibility for the general direction and program planning of SSD; attending the OLA Executive Board meetings as a voting member and reporting on the activities of SSD.  The duties of the Past Chair include serving as the Chair of the Nominating Committee; securing a location for the following year’s conference and attending OLA Executive Board meetings in the Chair’s absence.
 
Treasurer (2 year commitment)-duties include maintaining records of all expenditures and profits for the division.  The Treasurer has approval authority for all expenditures below $250 and obtains the signature of the SSD Chair for all expenditures above this amount.
 
Recorder (1 year commitment)-duties include recording minutes of the SSD Executive Committee meetings and providing copies of the minutes to the members of the committee before the next meeting.
 
Archivist (1 year commitment)-duties include maintaining all historical data, scrapbook and photo album of SSD Conference and other events; and keeping copies of the conference program and accompanying material.

Thank you,
— Suzanne L. Sager, Library East, Cataloging’ Portland State University
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Oral History at ALA Annual/ PNLA Registration / Willamette ESD offers E-Rate filing service

Attending ALA Annual in Anaheim? Add Your Story to an Oral History!
Capturing Our Stories: a National Oral History Program of Retiring/Retired Librarians is coming to the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. We would like to invite librarians approaching the end of their professional careers to share their stories and be included in this oral history of librarianship.

Please visit the Stories website at http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~stories/ to view the complete program description and learn how to become involved. You may volunteer to be a part of the project at http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~stories/help/index.html .

There will be a workshop to learn more about oral history at the Annual Conference on Friday, June 27th. Lunch will be provided for participants who RSVP prior to June 10th. RSVP by emailing Stories@ischool.utexas.edu.

This is a wonderful opportunity to preserve our collective library wisdom.

Thank you,
— Loriene Roy, 2007-2008 President, American Library Association
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PNLA Conference 2008 - Libraries Go Wild! Early Bird Registration Ends June 27th
The call of the wild (librarians)!
Come and share your adventurous spirit as we sharpen our sticks, send our smoke signals, climb mountains, blaze trails, and yes—even sample bear stew!
You won’t want to miss Libraries Go Wild! Beyond the Expected! What’s more for those of you who take advantage of the early bird discount, you will be entered into a drawing for an Apple iPod nano - flash 4 GB - video playback! Get your registration in or postmarked by June 27.
Libraries Go Wild! (August 6-9). Online registration forms, Conference hotel information, and program schedules are now all available on the Conference Website at http://www.pnla.org/events/conference08/index.htm.
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Willamette ESD Offers E-Rate Filing Service to Libraries
The Willamette ESD is now offering e-Rate application services to Oregon libraries on a contract basis. 
My name is Sabrina Ganoe and I am the e-Rate Coordinator for Willamette Education Service District in Salem. My duties include processing the e-Rate application for our consortium as well as full service e-Rate application support to many school districts in Oregon. Willamette ESD provides these services on a contract basis to any eligible entity that needs help utilizing the program. We are now expanding our services to include Oregon libraries, and wanted to make you all aware of what we have to offer.
For those of you who may not know, e-Rate is a federal program that started in 1998 and is funded by the Universal Service charge that is assessed on telephone and Internet bills each month. The program is administrated by the Universal Services Administrative Company (USAC), and provides discounts to schools and libraries for their telecom and Internet services. There is a complex set of rules that govern the eligibility of each entity as well as the discount rate provided to them. The discount level ranges from 20% to 90%, and is determined by the percentage of students that qualify for the Free and Reduced Lunch program in your local school district. Here are some statistics:
There are 127 libraries in Oregon that may be eligible for e-Rate discounts. In 2007, only 36 of those requested a total of $328,712.41 from the program. In 2008, only 32 of those requested a total of $318,853.79 from the program. That means less than 1/3 of Oregon’s libraries are benefiting from this program.

The application process is tedious and in some cases it is perceived to be more work that it’s worth. That’s where we can help. Willamette ESD will handle all aspects of the application process, and can help you plan your purchasing activities in order to take full advantage of the program, and stay compliant with its rules. I work closely with your technology, procurement and finance departments to gather the necessary information to maximize the discounts you receive. In most cases, information can be gathered via email, fax, and phone; making it easy for your library to participate.

I really look forward to speaking with any of you who may be interested in obtaining our services. I can answer questions about the program, eligibility, and more. Check out the attached flyer for more information, and please feel free to contact me any time.

Sabrina Ganoe
e-Rate and Training Customer Service Rep
Willamette Education Service District
2611 Pringle Rd SE
Salem, OR 97302
P: 503.540.4495
F: 503.540.2962
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OLA Officer Election / Legislative Day Report / Oregon Authors Bibliography / 2009 Mock Caldecott / SSD Conference

Election of OLA Officers - May 27-June 10 – Be Sure to Vote!

As an organization that is operated by elected and appointed officers, it is time for OLA to elect our leadership for 2008-09. Six members of OLA have agreed to place their names in nomination to you, the membership. They are all qualified and dedicated to library service. The balloting opened on May 27th and will close at the end of the day on June 10th. All members should have received an e-mail ballot with instructions on May 27th.

The election will take place via OLA’s MemberClicks site. Results will be announced in the June 15 Hotline.

Listed below is the slate of candidates. Full biographies are found on the ballot.

President Elect:

Connie J. Anderson-Cohoon, Southern Oregon University and

Jan Marie Fortier, Mt. Hood Community College.

Secretary:

Bill Baars, Lake Oswego Public Library

David Patterson, Crook County Public Library.

PNLA Representative:

Dana Campbell, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

Dave Pauli, Hillsboro Public Library

We appreciate these individuals putting themselves up for election and OLA will be well served with whichever candidate receives the most votes. Questions can be directed to the OLA Nominating Committee Chair, Aletha Bonebrake (alethaboneb@msn.com)

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National Library Legislative Day Report

A contingent of 8 Oregon library association, library board and Friends members attended the American Library Association’s National Library Legislative Day on May 14, 2008 in Washington D.C. This is one day every year where librarians from all over the country climb Capitol Hill and advocate for libraries with our Senators and Representatives.

ALA offered a Briefing Day on Tuesday, May 13th providing training on the issues to focus on: federal funding for libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act, county payments that will help Oregon libraries like Jackson, Douglas, and Josephine Counties, funds for school libraries and requirements for school librarians (the SKILLS Act) to be included in the No Child Left Behind Act, telecommunications, “orphan works” (a copyright issue), National Security Letters and others.

On Wednesday, the 14th the Oregon contingent went to appointments with all Oregon’s Senators, Representatives, or their aides. The entire group met with the aide to Senator Smith. Then, grouped by congressional district visits were made with the Representatives. The day ended with the entire group meeting with the aides to Senator Wyden, who was able to stop by to say hi and talk informally about the status of county payments.

The timing of Legislative Day was interesting in this election year–everyone agreed that major library issues which are in bigger bills like the Labor-HHS-Education budget and the No Child Left Behind Act won’t be worked on until after the election. In that case a big reason for the visits ended up being relationship-building — letting the legislative aides know that when they hear from American Library Association lobbyists that librarians in Oregon trust ALA and believe in their perspective on the issues.

Representing Oregon were Janet Webster (OLA, OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center), Jim Scheppke (OLA, Oregon State Library), Mary Ginnane (OLA, Eugene Public Library), Merrie Olson (OASL, Thurston High School Library), Amy Blossom (OLA, Jackson County Library), Doug Henrichs (Board, State Library), Anne Pearson (Friend, Multnomah County Library), Janeanne Rockwell-Kincannon (ACRL, Western Oregon University). Library associations like OLA, ACRL, and OASL and individual libraries have stepped up in recent years to fund participation in Legislative Day—a benefit in the long run to association members and their libraries.

ALA has posted a short video about National Library Legislative Day at http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=501.

Mary Ginnane

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Oregon Authors Bibliography

Since the 1933/34 edition of the Oregon Book Blue was published with an article on “Oregon Writers of Today” compiled by the State Librarian, Oregon librarians have worked to recognize authors residing in our great state. This long standing tradition continues with the recent publication of the 2006-2007 Oregon Authors Bibliography, compiled by OLA’s Oregon Authors Committee.

Inside you will find entries, which include bibliographic information, ISBN, and price. There are special notations for Oregon subjects and children’s works.

An important collection development tool, the new double issue is available for $30 through the OLA web site:

https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=27383

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2009 Mock Caldecott

Please get out your 2009 calendar and save Saturday, January 10, 2009 for the annual OLA Children’s Services Division 2009 Mock Caldecott Workshop.

Nell Colburn, 2009 Caldecott Chair, and Steven Engelfried, former Caldecott committee member, will again lead the continuing education piece of this popular workshop, which will be held at the Salem Public Library from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The list of titles to be considered will be sent out statewide no later than December 2, 2008, giving participants nearly 6 weeks to find and read the chosen titles.

BJ Quinlan, bjquinlan@cityofsalem.net

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SSD Conference

Have you signed up yet for the 2008 SSD Conference in Newport, Oregon??

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the featured breakout sessions available to conference attendees:

Enjoy an Adventure with Multnomah County Library’s Zine Authors. Join Laural Winter, Reference Librarian and zine author, and Angela Wyrens, Operations Supervisor & zine author as they discuss how to bring zines into the library collection, services, outreach, and event programming. A “zine” is a small magazine produced by an individual or small group of people about a subject of personal interest.

Visit www.olaweb.org and click on the EVENTS tab to register. See you at the beach!

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PNLA Registration Open/ Northwest ILL Conference / 2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum

PNLA Registration Open

Register now for the 2008 PNLA Conference in Post Falls, Idaho:
Libraries Go Wild! (August 6-9). Online registration forms, Conference hotel information, and program schedules are now all available on the Conference Website at http://www.pnla.org/events/conference08/index.htm.
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Northwest ILL Conference
Register now for the Seventh Annual Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference, Alt.ILL : Alternative Models in Resource Sharing, September 18-19, 2008 at Portland Community College’s Sylvania Campus in Portland, Oregon!

The registration form is now available from the NWILL website: http://nwill.org/

Also check out the new Travel Information page with tips on getting to PCC “green” via public transportation, and an interactive Google map of hotels, restaurants and shopping centers that are a short drive or bus ride from the conference! http://nwill.org/other.htm

With a theme of Alt.ILL : Alternative Models in Resource Sharing, the NWILL conference brings the Rethinking Resource Sharing movement to the Pacific Northwest with a Keynote speech by Brenda Bailey-Hainer, the Chair of this groundbreaking initiative and President and CEO of BCR.

Our program will also include the following:

• Sharing More Than Books : Training Models for ILL
• Locating Obscure Documents
• ILL on the Cheap
• WorldCat Local
• Cool Tools (What the Big Guys Use)
• Innovations in the world of ILL: Worldcat Navigator
• Innovations in the world of ILL: Relais International
• Practical Sessions on a range of topics such as Custom Holdings, Wikis, and Copyright

Keep an eye on our website for program http://nwill.org/full.htm updates and the scholarship application, which will be online in mid-June.
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2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum
You are invited to attend the 2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum. OCLC Western is pleased to present the fourth annual OCLC Western Digital Forum http://www.oclc.org/western/digitalforum/default.htm on August 14-15, 2008, in Tacoma, Washington, at the Hotel Murano http://www.hotelmuranotacoma.com/. This year’s forum will focus on Making Digitization Count: Assessment and Evaluation Practices. The forum will feature national experts from the archival, museum and library communities who will discuss current projects to create and automate evaluation and assessment tasks for digital collections.
Three of these distinguished presenters include:

* Kate Haley Goldman (Keynote speaker), Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation, Annapolis MD
* Elizabeth Yakel, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Information
* Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The program will also explore how evaluation and assessment methods inform decision making for digital collections. Presentations will highlight national projects of significance relating to evaluation and assessment of digital collection users, 21st century learners and model practices for digital program assessment. The forum is designed to offer a smaller and more intimate meeting setting where participants can share knowledge and create networks with other organizations that are working to develop assessment and evaluation practices. It is an ideal educational opportunity for librarians, archivists and museum staff who are charged with creating digital access to collections. So please make your plans now to join your colleagues at this prestigious national event.

For more information about the 2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum and to register, please visit our Web page http://www.oclc.org/western/digitalforum/default.htm. We are looking forward to your active participation in this dynamic event. The OCLC Western Digital Forum is co-sponsored by the Orbis Cascade Alliance and OCLC Digital Collection Services.
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Mrs. Ida A. Kidder has been elected librarian of Oregon agricultural college at Corvallis, Ore.

Essae M. Culver, New York ‘08, has been appointed librarian of Public library, Salem Ore.

M. Hale Douglass, for many years librarian of Grinnell college, Iowa, has been elected librarian of the State university at Eugene, Ore.

Jeanette M. Drake, formerly librarian of Jacksonville, Ill., has gone to Oregon as librarian of the Oregon library commission.

(Public Libraries October 1908, p 334)

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In a recent article in the Providence Journal, W. E. Foster, librarian of Providence public library, calls attention to the fact that there are 31,825 persons of foreign birth in that city.
The library from the first has had collections of books in various languages on open shelves in different departments for their use. Last year, however, all the books in foreign languages were brought together on the second floor and placed in charge of a special attendant who charges the books for circulation. Tables and low lights have been placed where they will facilitate the convenient use of the books. The attendant is expected to give as thorough assistance as possible, not only in the suggestion of books, but in showing what steps are necessary in order to take a book. In the case of Russian and Yiddish books, blank forms which are placed inside the book contain directions about taking out books printed in these languages. At present the books in various languages number 8000. Copies of the lists were sent to the principals of all the evening adult schools with an invitation to come to the library and use the books.

(Public Libraries, Nov. 1908, p 363)

–
Tony Greiner/Mary Grant greints@spiritone.com

PLD Scholarship / SSD Conference Registration / OLA/WLA Presentations on Northwest Central / Lampman Award Winner

Reminder and deadline extension for PLD scholarship
The Public Library Division of OLA is offering up to $500 in scholarship money to one or more recipients to support attendance at the PNLA Leadership Institute in October 2008. For information about the Leadership Institute, visit the PNLA website at http://www.pnla.org/.

The full application form includes the specific requirements. Two of the most important are that the application is due June 1st, 2008 (deadline extension) and the applicant must be a member of the Public Library Division at the time of application.

If you have any questions please contact: Carol Uhte, PLD Chair carolu@multcolib.org

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Registration for the 2008 SSD Conference is Now Open

Visit http://www.olaweb.org then click on the Events tab and the SSD logo for the
latest information on conference details and scholarships.

You can look forward to being REJUVENATED through camaraderie with old and new friends, learning, discussing, listening, and brainstorming with your library support staff peers. An enthusiastic keynote address by local storyteller Anne-Louise Sterry will invigorate you for the
fantastic breakout sessions to follow:

- Zines, Culture, & the Library
- Office Safety and Ergonomics Awareness
- Oregon Reads
- Social Internet - BIT Mobile
- Communication as Leadership
- OCLC Applications of FRBR
- “A Day in the Life” of a Library Assistant

Conference to be held Friday, July 18 in beautiful Newport, Oregon at the Best Western Agate Beach Inn. The registration fee includes a full buffet breakfast AND lunch! You won’t want to miss out - REGISTER NOW!!
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OLA/WLA Presentations Posted to NWCentral

Congratulations to the Oregon and Washington Library Associations on a successful conference last month!

If you were not able to attend the conference, missed a session, or just want to review what was covered, you will find many of the presentations and handouts from the conference have been posted on NWCentral (http://nwcentral.org ). You can search for a particular presentation by name or title, or enter OLA/WLA 2008 in the search box to see everything that has been posted. You can also browse by topic.

**Attention Conference Presenters** - - if you attempted to post your materials earlier and were not successful, please try again! A glitch in the login system has been fixed.

NWCentral will be conducting usability testing and refining the site this summer. We need your suggestions! Please send your feedback about NWCentral’s interface, content, functionality or anything else to admin@nwcentral.org .

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Carmen Bernier-Grand Wins Oregon Library Association’s Lampman Award

Oregon author Carmen Bernier-Grand is the most recent recipient of the 2008 Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award given by the Children’s Services Division of the Oregon Library Association. The award was announced at the recent Oregon Library Association’s annual conference. The Lampman Award is Oregon’s most notable and prestigious award for library service to children.

Originally from Puerto Rico, Carmen Bernier-Grand has lived with her family in Portland Oregon for over twenty years.

Her works, written for children and young adults include: “In the Shade of the Nispero Tree”; “Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico”; and “Cesar, Si Se Puede!” a biography of Cesar Chavez.

Oregon is fortunate to be home for this nationally known author of fiction and non-fiction exploring and celebrating Latino culture

The Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award was established in 1982 to honor a living Oregon author, librarian, or educator who has made a significant contribution to Oregon in the fields of children’s literature and library services.

It is awarded annually by the Children’s Services Division of the Oregon Library Association. The award presentation was made at a special evening Evelyn Sibley Lampman reception during the recent Oregon Library Association Conference. The award is given in memory of Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907-1980), noted Oregon teacher, journalist, and author of children’s books.

Dan R. White, Chair, Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award Committee

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