[Libs-Or] Letters to Libraries Online November 2017

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Letter to Libraries Online

A monthly newsletter from the State Library of Oregon
Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2017

Library Board News

State Library Board Will Meet in Salem in January 2018

The State Library Board met on October 20, 2017 at the Mount Angel Abbey Library in Saint Benedict, Oregon. The Board was given a tour of the beautiful library on their campus. A highlight was a chance to view their special collections. The Board responded to an appeal to consider a Ready To Read grant application. They also discussed Board best practices. The next Board meeting is scheduled for January 2018.

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State Library News

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Oregon Documents

Thanksgiving is coming up, and our thoughts are turning to menus, cooking, and recipes. The Oregon Government Publications digital Collection<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl:docs> provides new and not-so-new information about holiday traditions and foods.

Governors' Thanksgiving proclamations<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A62628> reflected reasons for Oregonians to be thankful, even during World War II.  During the Oregon statehood centennial in 1959, the Oregon State College News Bureau published a series of features stories<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A23504> for Oregon media outlets to use.  Check page 11 for praise for Oregon-grown turkeys, and page 43 for an unusual Thanksgiving dish - carp.

Wild turkeys have been in the news lately, both in Oregon and nationally.  The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes ideas for living with wild turkeys<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A19124>, or hunting them<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A18108> for Thanksgiving dinner.

If your holiday plans include imbibing, check out the Temperance Harvest<https://digital.osl.state.or.us/islandora/object/osl%3A78265> recipe, and other holiday cocktail recipes, from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Request for Input on Answerland

The Answerland Advisory Committee is evaluating the Answerland service. We have already gathered feedback from those involved in Answerland, and are now seeking your input.

Please complete our survey!  Answerland Assessment Part 2 : Input from the Oregon Library Community - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PTY2GFF

The survey will be open from Monday, October 23 through Friday, November 17.

Thank you!
-Answerland Advisory Committee

All Library Staff in Oregon have access to Free Learning through our
Subscription to Skillsoft

There are over 500 online courses, 30,000 short instructional videos (2 - 8 minutes) and job aids on a wide range of technology and business topics. Library staff can pick up great tips and techniques from the business world through this free resource. Here are just a few of the courses that you have access to:

*       Pursuing Successful Lifelong Learning
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*       Google Analytics Fundamentals and Data Collection
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*       Using your Desktop Computer and Mobile Devices Safely
*       Windows 10 End User (six courses available)

Skillsoft is all self-paced, online learning so you can take a course when it fits your schedule. Visit our website<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/resources/skillsoft.aspx> to get started today! Questions? Please contact Darci Hanning<mailto:darci.hanning at state.or.us> (503-378-2527).

Talking Books wraps up 2017 Summer Reading Program

The Talking Books & Braille Library<http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/TalkingBooks/pages/index.aspx> at the State Library of Oregon recently wrapped up their 3rd annual Summer Reading Program<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/TalkingBooks/Pages/Students.aspx>. 47 student patrons of Talking Books registered to take part in the program and were challenged to read 10 hours over the course of the summer. By reading 10 hours the students would be entered in a drawing for a prize.

Twenty students read at least 10 hours over the summer and were entered in the drawing. Altogether 2,383 hours and 11 minutes were read over the summer. That total was over 750 hours more than the previous year. The amount of participants, those who completed the reading goal and the amount of hours read were all records for the Summer Reading Program.

The program is designed to help foster good reading habits in our students and help them combat the "summer slide", which may affect those students who do not read over the summer. Also it is designed specifically with the blind and visually impaired in mind. We wanted to provide our students with a fun, incentive-filled program that would help them start the next school year off right.

New Electronic Resources Librarian

The State Library is pleased to introduce Amy Coughenour as the new Electronic Resources Librarian in the Government Information and Library Services Division. She will focus on managing, evaluating, and assessing electronic resources provided by the library to state agencies, along with providing reference and outreach services. Prior to this position, she was a Distance Education & Reference Librarian at Concordia University - Portland.

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Other Library News

2017 Oregon Summer Reading Brief now available!

Oregon public libraries are critical community partners in addressing the summer learning slide where underserved youth lose reading skills while school is out for the summer. As many as 64,545 children and teens read enough during the summer to finish their local public library's summer reading program. Public libraries also made extra efforts to get underserved youth to participate in summer reading by translating materials into Spanish, presenting activities in Spanish, taking summer reading to free summer lunch sites, and reaching out to schools, daycares, and afterschool programs. Children and teens who participate in public library summer reading programs are more likely to maintain or improve their reading skills during summer vacation. Read the 2017 Oregon Summer Reading Brief<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/srp.certificates/2017SummerReadingBrief.pdf> to learn more.

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Contacts

Library Support and Development Services: Ferol Weyand<mailto:FerolWeyand at oslmail.osl.state.or.us>, Darci Hanning<mailto:darci.hanning at state.or.us>, Jennifer Maurer<mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>, Ross Fuqua<mailto:ross.fuqua at state.or.us>, Tamara Ottum<mailto:tamara.ottum at state.or.us>, Arlene Weible<mailto:arlene.weible at state.or.us>, Susan Westin<mailto:susan.b.westin at state.or.us>

Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library Manager: Susan Westin<mailto:susan.b.westin at state.or.us>, 503-378-5435

Government Information and Library Services Manager: Caren Agata<mailto:caren.agata at state.or.us>, 503-378-5030

State Librarian: MaryKay Dahlgreen<mailto:marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us>, 503-378-4367

Letter to Libraries Online Editor: Robin Speer<mailto:robin.speer at state.or.us>, 503-378-5015

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