From marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us Fri Jun 1 16:27:32 2012 From: marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 23:27:32 +0000 Subject: [AL-Directors] Oregon State Library update Message-ID: Hello all- I want to share couple of things that have occurred recently that I think will be of interest to you. In the 2012 Legislative Session held during Feburary 2012 the Legislature agreed upon a general plan for covering the $28 million budget shortfall in the 2011-2013 state budget. We were told that we would need to reduce our general fund expenditures by $19,886. In March and April the Legislative Fiscal Office (LFO), in cooperation with the Governor's Office and the Department of Administrative Services (DAS), began working on a specific reduction plan. We were instructed that the reduction should come from management service. The final outcome of the discussions was that the LFO recommended to the Emergency Board, which met on May 23rd and voted in agreement, that the State Library would eliminate our Library Development Program Manager position (currently vacant), eliminate our Human Resources Manager and contract with DAS for HR services, and move a librarian position from Government Research Services to Library Development. The impact of this decision is that our TBABS manager, Susan Westin, will become the manager of Library Development services as well. The librarian position that is being moved from GRS to LD will become the key contact on the Statewide Database Licensing Program and the Libraries of Oregon project, in addition to the inevitable "other duties as assigned" We will not be able to make this change until July but are working on a plan and process for that move. I will remain very involved with libraries and the development of libraries. I believe that one of my primary tasks is interacting with libraries, communities and policy makers and once the dust has settled (which I have complete confidence will happen...) I hope to visit your library. OSL has a great staff and a great Library Board, the Oregon library community is one of (or perhaps the) best library community in the country. Thanks for all your help and support; past, present and future. MaryKay MaryKay Dahlgreen State Librarian Oregon State Library marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us 503-378-4367 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jun 25 08:45:45 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:45:45 +0000 Subject: [AL-Directors] 2 week reminder: Challenge reports due 7/9/12 Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24314549BE@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> You have two weeks from today to submit report on challenges to materials in your library that took place between July 2011 and June 2012. Please read this email I sent to you several weeks ago for details: Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: al-directors-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:al-directors-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:49 PM To: (al-directors at listsmart.osl.state.or.us) Subject: [AL-Directors] Challenges to library material report reminder: due 7/9/12 to the State Library Dear Library Directors, Every year the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) publishes a report on challenges to all types of library materials in Oregon. This report provides a landscape of censorship activity in Oregon, and is submitted to ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom to be included in their report on censorship activity in the United States. The Annual Report is also used by librarians, professors, and teachers to help them develop activities for Banned Books Week. The Annual Report is based on challenge reports OIFC receives from all types of Oregon libraries (school, academic, and public). All libraries are encouraged to report challenges to materials on a voluntary basis. OIFC does not publish names of people, organizations, libraries, schools, colleges/universities, or towns identified in challenge reports. I will be compiling the 2012 OIFC Annual Report in August. Please submit all challenge reports by July 9, 2012. Submit a separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials that occurred at your library between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. This information is complied to assist Oregon libraries currently facing a challenge as well as providing information that will help you plan Banned Books Week activities. The Annual Report will tell you what books were challenged in Oregon libraries the previous year. The more libraries reporting challenges to OIFC the better OIFC can help you! Please take time to report challenges to OIFC. The accuracy of OIFC's Annual Report and Title Index to Challenges is directly related to the number of Oregon libraries reporting challenges. To report challenges to materials at your library: 1. Print the attached challenge report form or download and print the form at http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges_to_the_State_Library. 2. Fill out a challenge report form for each item that went through your library's formal process for dealing with challenges to library material. 3. Send your completed form(s) to Ferol Weyand by: * Mail: Oregon State Library c/o Ferol Weyand 250 Winter St. NE Salem, OR 97301 * Fax: 503-378-6439 * Email: ferol.weyand at state.or.us For more information about OIFC visit our website (http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml) or contact the coordinator of OIFC, Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528. Thank you, Katie Anderson Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: oifc.report.challenge.word.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 70647 bytes Desc: oifc.report.challenge.word.pdf URL: From marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us Thu Jun 28 10:04:28 2012 From: marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:04:28 +0000 Subject: [AL-Directors] Oregon's Kitchen Table Message-ID: http://oregonskitchentable.org/ A couple of weeks ago the website Oregon's Kitchen Table was brought to my attention. This is a project of Portland State University with a number of partners and the following outlines what they hope to accomplish: As Oregonians, we consistently say that we want to participate in decisions that affect us, but we often don't know where to turn to share our opinions and concerns. And we're not always sure we're being heard when we do. Oregon's Kitchen Table aims to better integrate citizen voices from across the state into the political decision-making process. At the same time, the project aims to increase the public's interest in participating in public issues at the local, regional, and statewide levels. In the FAQ there is a question about people without internet access and this is the response: Oregon's Kitchen Table is committed to trying to bring all Oregonians to the table. In our experiment phase, we are pursuing partnerships with libraries to increase access for folks without internet access. We're committed to identifying and addressing barriers to participation and hope you will offer any suggestions or solutions you have so we can make it easier for everyone to take part. I'm sharing this with you today because I am interested in knowing if any of your libraries have been approached to partner with this group and I also think this is an interesting experiment in civic engagement that you might want to highlight at your library. 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