[Libs-Or] State Library Newsletter: Letter to Libraries Online February 2018

Thu Feb 1 08:55:20 PST 2018

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Library Board News

State Library Board Meetings

The State Library Board met January 19, 2018 at the State Library in Salem, Oregon. During the meeting they voted to accept the slate of candidates submitted by staff for the LSTA Advisory Council and the Talking Book and Braille Library Advisory Council.

The Board agreed to award the LSTA Project of the Year award to the Oregon Historical Society and Oregon State University for their project "Reuniting Finley and Bohlman: the Collaborative Digitization of William L. Finley, Herman Bohlman, and Irene Finley." The State Librarian and Chair of the State Library Board will present the award at the Oregon Historical Society on February 22, 2018.

The next Board meeting will be held at the Oregon Library Association (OLA) convention venue on April 18, 2018.

The June Board meeting has been rescheduled for June 20, 2018 at the Baker County Library in Baker City, Oregon.

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State Library News

If It's February in an Even Numbered Year, It's Short Session

Oregon's legislative short session convenes on Monday, February 5, 2018. Given the mandated 35 day schedule for the session, there's not much time to stay on top of legislative activities. The Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) resource can be a huge help in monitoring bills of particular interest. OLIS is available via the Oregon State Legislature's website<https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz>.

The progress of bills and the work of committees can be "tracked" via the e-Subscribe service or RSS via OLIS. The resource is near real-time which means meeting schedules, bill votes, and newly introduced legislation is available within a short amount of time. Live video feeds and audio archives are also available. Particularly useful is easy access to testimony presented by interested parties in support of or in opposition to a bill as well as session publications. Formerly elusive committee votes are also available.

One last tip: Use The Oregonian's Your Government<http://gov.oregonlive.com/> resource to obtain access, in blocks of 20, to the legislator's votes on the floor of their respective chamber.

2018 LSTA Grant Application Window is Open

The 2018 LSTA grant application and instructions are now available on the State Library of Oregon's website<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/grants/apply/index.aspx>. Applicants who would like to receive feedback from the State Library's Library Support and Development Division staff and the LSTA Advisory Council may submit a draft application by 1:00 p.m. on February 15, 2018. Final applications are due on April 4, 2018 by 1:00 p.m. Projects will be approved by the State Library Board on June 20, 2018. If you have any questions about the grant process, please contact Ross Fuqua<mailto:ross.fuqua at state.or.us> (503-378-5027).

Call for Proposals

The 1st annual Oregon Reference Summit<https://answerland.org/news-events/summit/> will be held Friday, June 1, 2018 at the LaSells Stewart Center at Oregon State University.

The planning committee invites you to submit proposals for programs and Lightning Talks relating to reference service.

Possible topics might include:

*       The value of reference in the digital era
*       Marketing reference services
*       Fostering a sense of community through reference interactions
*       Answering difficult/unusual reference questions
*       Providing reference remotely
*       Unique and/or useful reference resources
*       Best practices in customer service

Programs should be designed to run for a total of 60 minutes including Q&A; longer programs/workshops will be considered on a case-by-case basis (if a longer program/workshop is desired, please include that in the Comments field).

Lightning Talks should be designed to last no more than 5 minutes.

The submission form is here: https://goo.gl/forms/rDZGoNWEibgpC7Xb2.
Proposals will be accepted until February 9, 2018.

Questions? Contact Tamara Ottum<mailto:tamara.ottum at state.or.us>, chair of the planning committee.

LearningExpress Library's New Look

LearningExpress Library is launching a new user interface on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. New features include:

*       A more prominent search box that allows you to search on the type of resources you want: practice tests, tutorials, eBooks
*       Guidance pages are now more fully integrated within each topic
*       Each resource page will have active filters for practice tests, tutorials, eBooks, articles and more.

No action needs to be taken to implement the new features, they will automatically appear when you link to the resource on February 14. If you would like to learn more details about the new design, sign up for one of the short online demonstrations<https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/cate.php?CATID=114ca84081d3cc4ffda025d89c8e13e7> offered between now and February 7. Questions? Contact Arlene Weible<mailto:arlene.weible at state.or.us>, 503-378-5020

State Library Welcomes Greta Bergquist

The State Library is pleased to introduce Greta Bergquist as the new Youth Services Consultant in Library Support and Development Services. Greta's focus will be on Summer Reading, the Ready to Read grants program, Intellectual Freedom, and YALSA's new Teen Service Competencies for Library Staff. Greta comes to us with an MLIS from the University of Washington and her most recent position was at the Kitsap Regional Library as the Youth Services Librarian in Silverdale, WA. Please join us in welcoming Greta<mailto:greta.bergquist at state.or.us> to the State Library and the Oregon library community.

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Other Library News

Welcome New LSTA Advisory Council Members

On Friday, January 19, 2018, the State Library Board approved four new members for the State Library of Oregon's Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/council.aspx>! They are:

*       Ashley Folgate, Salem Public Library - Represents Underserved/Underrepresented Persons
*       John Brockman, Baker County Library District - Represents Public Libraries
*       Robert Kohl, Oregon City Public Library - Represents Library Users
*       Susan Stone, Portland Public Schools, District Library - Represents School Libraries

The LSTA Advisory Council advises and makes recommendations to the State Library Board concerning Oregon's LSTA program<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/index.aspx>, including the LSTA Five-Year Plan<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/plan.aspx>, statewide projects<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/grants/statewide.aspx>, and annual competitive grants<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/LSTA/grants/index.aspx>. These new members' terms start effective immediately and will run through December 31, 2020. For more information about the LSTA Advisory Council or LSTA program, please contact Ross Fuqua<mailto:ross.fuqua at state.or.us> (503-378-5027).

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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>, Greta Bergquist<mailto:greta.bergquist 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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