From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Wed Jul  1 14:18:46 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:18:46 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] FW: Volunteerism Message from IMLS Director Radice
In-Reply-To: <851F91753A5EC743AAFD03210D21CD1255F5C0@IMLSMAIL.IMLS.GOV>
Message-ID: <C67120C6.2382A%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors: I thought some of you might be interested in this ...  -->
Jim

------ Forwarded Message
From: Jeannine Mjoseth <JMjoseth at IMLS.GOV>
Reply-To: IMLSInfo <IMLSInfo at IMLS.GOV>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:01:59 -0400
Conversation: Volunteerism Message from IMLS Director Radice
Subject: Volunteerism Message from IMLS Director Radice

June 23, 2009
 
Dear Colleague,
 
President Obama is calling on every American to volunteer this summer and
throughout their lives. The Administration just launched a summer service
initiative to showcase the importance of volunteer efforts throughout the
country. The initiative focuses on education, health care, energy and
environment, and community renewal.
 
People who volunteer in libraries and museums make a real difference.
Examples of library volunteer opportunities include reading to children,
helping people find information on the web, and organizing book drives.
Museum volunteers help provide customer service to visitors, support the
administration of the museum, raise funds and more.
 
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is working in
partnership with the Corporation for National & Community Service, to get
museums and libraries involved in this national volunteer initiative. I
encourage libraries and museums throughout the country to use this
initiative to engage new volunteers and to encourage new projects.
 
How can you get involved? Post your local volunteer opportunities online at
www.serve.gov, and encourage community members to visit the website to find
volunteer opportunities. Encourage your staff to volunteer and partner with
other organizations in your community to support volunteering. And plan with
others to make September 11, the last day of this summer initiative, a day
of service and remembrance.
 
To learn more about the initiative, please visit
http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/initiatives/
summer.asp. Thank you for all you do to ensure that your community has
access to great museum and library services and resources! We have a unique
opportunity to come together and solve our nation?s most vexing problems.
 
Sincerely,
 
Anne-Imelda Radice
Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services
 
 


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From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Thu Jul  2 15:47:17 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:17 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Broadband Stimulus Money
Message-ID: <C6728705.23902%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors:
I hope you saw the information that Diedre Conkling has posted to libs-or
from the ALA Washington Office about the broadband stimulus funds that were
just announced this week. ALA is working hard to help libraries compete for
this money. Today they hosted a phone conference for state librarians
featuring some of their high-powered consultants to give us their take on
what is going on. I wanted to share with you some key points I took away
from this meeting:

- Applications for broadband stimulus funds will be available next Tuesday,
July 7, and the deadline for the first of what is anticipated to be three
rounds of applications is August 14th at 5pm EDT.

- Awards in the first round of grants will be made in November.

- Grants can be made to public and private entities.

- ALA is disappointed that the grants seem mostly geared to build-out of
residential broadband service in unserved and underserved areas; they don't
seem to be very interested in getting applications from libraries to improve
their broadband connections.

- There is a category of funding for "expanding public computer center
capacity" but it is only $50 million in the first round and many kinds of
public entities are eligible besides libraries and community colleges
(mentioned in the original legislation), so this will be very competitive;
there is a 20% non-federal matching requirement.

- Governors in every state will be asked to indicate their priority for
funding of projects in their state and their advice will be weighed in the
final grant-making.

- There are several ways you can learn more about this opportunity: 1)
attend a free webinar that ALA is sponsoring on Wednesday, July 8th at 1 pm
PDT -- go to <http://www.ala.org/knowyourstimulus> to register; 2) go to the
same website for links and other pertinent information; 3) email questions
you have to the ALA Washington Office at a special mailbox
<librarystimulus at ala.org>.

My big takeaway from this meeting was that the advice that I have offered to
you in the past about this might still be the best advice: your best shot
may be to be part of a local consortium of interests that is planning an
application. Maybe your library serves an "unserved or underserved" area for
broadband and there is a local private company planning to make an
application to build out their network to serve more residences. It sounds
like they could "sweeten" their application by providing free service to the
library as a place where more residents would learn about the benefits of
broadband and be more inclined to take advantage of the new service. Your
best course of action is to find out what is going on in your community and
try to get on board. One of the consultants at the meeting said that
applicants should welcome libraries as partners with open arms -- including
libraries can only improve their chances of getting a grant.

If your library becomes becomes involved with an application and you would
like me to urge the Governor to put the project on his priority list, I
would be happy to do that. Just let me know.

I hope some of you will be able to take advantage of this! --> Jim

Jim Scheppke, State Librarian
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4367
(fax) 503-585-8059
jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us

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From dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us  Tue Jul  7 15:43:22 2009
From: dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:43:22 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] FW: Please forward to
	or-pldirectors@listsmart.osl.or.us
Message-ID: <909FE2B9-D83A-42A5-972E-3299AE3A1BD4@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>


 
Dear Colleagues,
Only three months to go until we meet again, on Monday, October 5th!  This Public Library Director's meeting will again, thanks to the State Library's hospitality, be in Salem.  Before that date you should receive an agenda, times, directions, etc.  
However, at this time the agenda is pretty much a "tabla rasa".  Please help me!  Jim responded to my request for possible speakers or presenters with a good idea that I will follow up on.  However, we would like to hear from you all as well for more suggestions on programs. 
I am on a three week vacation starting 8/24.  If you could share some names and phone numbers before I leave then in September you could see a real agenda!
Thank you, see you in fall.
Andy Swanson
 
 
126 S. 3rd St
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
541-882-8896
aswanson at co.klamath.or.us
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From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Thu Jul  9 11:28:02 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:28:02 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] A Gentle Reminder
Message-ID: <C67B84C3.23C31%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors:
I would like to remind you that the State Library and the International
Relations Roundtable of OLA are still working to collect 1,000 boxes of
surplus library books to send to our sister province of Fujian, China, this
fall. To date we have collected fewer than 400 boxes.

If your library has already donated to this effort, I thank you. If you can
donate more, we would certainly appreciate it.

If your library has not donated yet, I would hope that you might work with
your staff to plan a donation in the next few months.

I have attached a copy of the original letter that I sent to you in February
about this. It has all the details.

I hope I can count on your help so we can reach our goal.

Sincerely,

Jim Scheppke, State Librarian
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4367
(fax) 503-585-8059
jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us

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From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Tue Jul 14 13:35:22 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:35:22 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Complimentary Copies of Wild Beauty
Message-ID: <C6823A1A.23D63%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors: Here is an announcement from John Laursen of the Northwest
Photography Archive about a free copy of his recent book Wild Beauty coming
your way, as well as an opportunity to have John present a program on the
book at your library. The State Library is assisting with the distribution.
Most of you that use the Orbis Cascade courier will be receiving your copy
on the courier. I hope you will be watching for it.  Here is John?s message
.... --> Jim


Dear Oregon Public Library Directors:

Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867?1957 was
published last fall by the Northwest Photography Archive and Oregon State
University Press. Co-authored by John Laursen and the late Terry
Toedtemeier, longtime curator of photography at the Portland Art Museum, the
book presents 134 beautifully reproduced photographs of the Gorge
accompanied by a lively and insightful text that places the pictures in
their cultural and historical context. Designed, printed, and bound in
Oregon (rather than being produced in Asia, as most large-format photography
books are), Wild Beauty led to a hugely successful exhibition at the
Portland Art Museum and an hour-long Oregon Experience documentary on Oregon
Public Broadcasting, The River They Saw. The book has been widely acclaimed,
including winning a Pacific Northwest Book Award from the Pacific Northwest
Booksellers Association. Jeff Baker, book critic at the Oregonian, named it
the best Northwest book of 2008.
 
The publishers, with a generous grant from the Collins Foundation and with
the assistance of the State Library, are donating a copy of this clothbound
book (retail $75.00) free of charge to every public library and branch in
Oregon. Your library should be receiving its complimentary copy(ies) in the
next couple of months.
 
In conjunction with this effort and again with financial help from the
Collins Foundation, the Northwest Photography Archive and Wild Beauty
co-author John Laursen are offering to give a slide presentation on the book
and the photographs at half a dozen or so libraries in communities large and
small around the state. These presentations, lasting around an hour and with
ample time for audience questions, have been well received at venues
including Powell?s Books, the Pendleton Center for the Arts, and Columbia
Center for the Arts in Hood River.
 
There is no charge to participating libraries for this opportunity, although
the Archive would welcome contributions toward travel expenses. Host
libraries will be expected to publicize the presentations in their
communities well in advance. A poster in PDF format will be made available,
which can be printed, emailed, and/or posted on the web. If you are
interested in hosting a presentation, please email
info at northwestphotography.org <mailto:john at northwestphotography.org>  or
call 503-231-6360.

Best regards,

John Laursen
Northwest Photography Archive

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From dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us  Tue Jul 14 17:08:52 2009
From: dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:08:52 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Reminder: Early Bird Registration for the Tribal
 Archives, Libraries and Museums Conference ends soon!
Message-ID: <DE79D784-AE16-4396-8CA4-907C211B5A38@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Directors:

To receive the early bird discount visit http://www.tribalconference.org and register by July 31st. 
The Oregon State Library and Tamastslikt Cultural Institute at the Conferederated Tribes of the Umatilla are co-hosting the 2009 National Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums Conference from October 19 - 22, 2009 at the Red Lion on the River in Portland. The Western Council of State Libraries is sponsoring the conference with major funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The 2009 National Conference will continue to build upon the foundation from several earlier conferences to create a network of support for tribal cultural institutions and programs, articulate contemporary issues related to the development of tribal libraries, archives and museums, and encourage collaboration among tribal and non-tribal institutions. For more information visit http://www.tribalconference.org 

MaryKay Dahlgreen
Library Development Program Manager
Oregon State Library
503-378-5012
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
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From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Thu Jul 16 11:50:11 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:50:11 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] New Law Regulating "Swiping" of Drivers Licenses
Message-ID: <C684C475.23ECC%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors:
I wanted you to be informed about HB 2371 which passed in the Legislature
and has been signed by the Governor. This new law, which takes effect on
January 1, 2010, regulates how public and private entities may use
information obtained by "swiping" drivers licenses, permits and
identification cards. For public entities (i.e., most libraries) the law
requires that an individual knowingly make their card available for swiping.

A copy of the bill is attached. See section (7) for the part of the bill
that pertains to public entities.

Though it is uncommon, we have heard of libraries that have on occasion made
a practice of swiping drivers licenses. I'm sure in these cases the card was
willingly provided to library staff for swiping, so it is hard to imagine
how a library might violate this law.  Nonetheless, I thought it would be
good for you to be aware of it.

Let me know if you have any questions about HB 2371. --> Jim





Jim Scheppke, State Librarian
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4367
(fax) 503-585-8059
jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us

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From reed_ann at oslmac.osl.state.or.us  Mon Jul 20 13:02:43 2009
From: reed_ann at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Ann Reed)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:02:43 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Its PL stats time again! Call 503-378-5027 early and
 often for help!
Message-ID: <CBA326F1-15F3-4F3E-8E51-3980014D98AB@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>

Greetings all!
 
In accordance with ORS 357.520, the State Library is once again requesting your cooperation in reporting library statistics for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Oregon law requires that every public library report annually to the State Library.  The Statistical Report is due October 1, 2009.   
 
We will be using Bibliostat Collect again for the Oregon Public Library Statistical Report.  Bibliostat Collect has a new, easier interface, with a new URL: http://collect.btol.com.  The new interface will work with Firefox, as well as Microsoft Internet Explorer, and on Macs as well as PCs.  A mailing went out July 17 with your login name and password.  Unless your library requested a change, they will be the same as last year.
 
For those libraries not able to use the online form, please consult with us about alternatives.
 
Links to the Frequently Asked Questions site, a sample survey template, and instructions are available through the "Reporting Public Library Statistics" page via:  http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/statsmain.shtml. If you would like a telephone walk-though, have questions about survey items, or are interested in a workshop or individual training session, please call or email Ann Reed at (503) 378-5027 or ann.reed at state.or.us.  If there are problems with the functioning of the software, call Bibliostat directly at 1-866-785-9935. 
 
If your library is unable to meet the October 1 deadline, a deadline extension must be requested from Library Development Services. The extension request should be signed by the library director, and submitted to Library Development on or before September 25, 2009. If the extension is granted, this will be communicated in writing, and we will stipulate a new deadline to complete the statistical report. The extension request may be submitted to Library Development Services via mail or fax to Mary Mayberry (mary.l.mayberry at state.or.us). The fax number is 503-378-6439.
 
Please - Call for help early and often!  503-378-5027
 
Yours,
 
Ann Reed
 
 
Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator
Library Development Services
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St.
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 378-5027
fax (503) 378-6439
ann.reed at state.or.us
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/
 
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From anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us  Mon Jul 20 13:01:17 2009
From: anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Katie Anderson)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:01:17 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Ready to Read Grant applications mailed
Message-ID: <20090720200117.9e0d25a3@OSLMAC.OSL.STATE.OR.US>

Dear Library Directors,

The 2009-2010 Ready to Read Grant applications were mailed over the past two week.  All are finally in the mail to you, and to your children's librarian (if you have one).  If you do not receive your application by Friday, please contact me so I can send another copy.

The Ready to Read mailing includes:
-Ready to Read Grant Application
-List of proposed grants
-Ready to Read answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ)
-And, if you don't have a children's librarian, posters and bookmarks on the 5 Steps to Finding Quality Child Care

The Grant application and FAQ are available online at: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutready.shtml 

As always, applications are due August 31.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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
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From katie.anderson at state.or.us  Thu Jul 23 16:19:51 2009
From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:19:51 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse: Challenge
	Reports due
Message-ID: <E707A433-81A8-461D-8DC4-96F0658081DC@state.or.us>

Dear Public and Academic 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 2009 OIFC Annual Report in August.   Please submit all challenge reports by August 1, 2009.   Submit a separate challenge report for each formal challenge to library materials that occurred at your library between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
 
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:
Print the attached challenge report form or download and print the form at http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml#Report_Challenges. 
Fill out a challenge report form for each item that went through your library's formal process for dealing with challenges to library material. 
Mail your completed form(s) to: 
Oregon State Library
c/o Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
 
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
 
 
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From jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us  Tue Jul 28 14:02:40 2009
From: jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us (Jim Scheppke)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:02:40 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] FW: NEWS RELEASE: Governor Announces State Summit on
 Influenza Preparedness
In-Reply-To: <5B12013EED2A534ABD6DCE413D60B984028B73F7@exchnode02.ad.state.or.us>
Message-ID: <C694B580.2441F%jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us>

Dear Directors: I thought I would pass along this press release from the
Governor. I?d suggest that your library be represented at this in some way.
Those of you in city and county libraries may want to make sure someone is
going from your city or county. Those of you in district libraries may want
to attend yourselves. It seems like there are important and potentially
difficult issues with H1N1 influenza that public library directors will need
to plan for. There is a link to the registration form below. I?m sure this
will fill up fast. --> Jim

Jim Scheppke, State Librarian
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
503-378-4367
(fax) 503-585-8059
jim.b.scheppke at state.or.us



------ Forwarded Message

 
      Theodore R. Kulongoski           Governor
 
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 28, 2009
 
Contacts: 
Anna Richter Taylor, 503-378-6169
Jillian Schoene, 503-378-5040
Rem Nivens, 503-378-6496
 
Governor Announces State Summit on Influenza Preparedness
Summit will help to prepare our schools, communities for a possible H1N1
outbreak
 
(Salem) ? Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced that the state will lead a
summit on how to prepare for a possible widespread outbreak of novel
influenza A (H1N1) later this year.
 
State agencies, local government officials, emergency managers, private
businesses, health care systems and school administrators are encouraged to
attend. 
 
As novel H1N1 continues to be found in Oregon over the summer even as
seasonal flu declines, officials are preparing for the possibility of a
large outbreak in the fall. The flu summit will cover, among other things,
how schools, health care systems, employers, and state and local governments
can prepare for a large possible outbreak.
 
Federal health officials are advising that employers could be facing
absentee rates as high as 40% if there is a widespread outbreak in the
United States. 
 
?Preparing today for the possibility of a large novel H1N1 outbreak in the
fall will help us mitigate the impact if it does occur,? Governor Kulongoski
said. ?Schools, businesses and state and local governments should all be
making plans about what to do if they are affected.?
 
The summit will provide the most up-to-date information on H1N1 and best
predictions for the fall, including the latest update about a safe and
effective vaccine becoming available. The summit will also cover guidance on
school closures, business continuity planning and policies to reduce the
spread of the virus.
 
The summit will be held at the Salem Conference Center on August 21st.
Attendees should register at www.flu.oregon.gov <http://www.flu.oregon.gov/>
. This Web site will remain to be the best place for the public to get the
latest information on H1N1 and its effect in Oregon.
In the meantime, state officials continue to urge Oregonians to take common
sense precautions to protect themselves and others. Cover your nose and
mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands often with
soap and water or alcohol-based hand cleaners and stay home when ill.
 
-30-
 
 
 
 


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From dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us  Fri Jul 31 15:26:49 2009
From: dahlgreen_marykay at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (MaryKay Dahlgreen)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:26:49 -0700
Subject: [PL-Directors] Statewide Databases
Message-ID: <43CC1DC5-08CE-4639-953C-8DB670F03BDA@oslmac.osl.state.or.us>

Dear Academic and Public Library Directors: 
 
The State Library and Gale/Cengage Learning have signed a five-year agreement (two year contract with an option for three additional years) for a suite of 18 general periodicals and reference database products. The contract with EBSCO will expire on August 31, 2009, and all public, academic and school libraries will have access to the Gale databases before that date. 
 
This will be the first of many communications with you and the Oregon library community so I will provide some basic information in this e-mail that I hope will address your most pressing questions:
 
Gale has created a transition website that provides access to the databases, marketing and support materials, and the opportunity to sign up for webinars. The web address is: http://galesupport.com/oregon/  No username or password is required, just begin searching. This website will be updated with technical information on accessing the resources, URLs and authentication as the State Library staff works with Gale to implement the transition. Gale has also provided a chart (which I have attached to this message) that gives a side by side comparison of databases.
 
Because the annual cost of the Gale databases ($295,000) is considerably less than the amount of LSTA funds budgeted for databases in 2009-10 ($575,226), the State Library staff will be recommending to the LSTA Advisory Council and the State Library Board that the entire cost of the statewide contract be paid using LSTA funds, eliminating the need for library cost share payments.
 
State Library and Gale staff have begun transition planning and will be in contact with libraries about next steps. We will be moving as quickly as we can to transition all the libraries in August and to provide training over the next several months. 
 
We appreciate your patience with the general periodicals database procurement process. We understand that it has been frustrating to operate with limited information. We will be working very closely with Gale to make sure everyone has the information and support they need. 
 
I must close with a thank you to the Statewide Database Licensing Advisory Committee for their excellent work on this process. And a very special thank-you to Mary Finnegan, Adult Services Manager at the Corvallis-Benton County Library. She was the Chair of the SDLAC and acted with incredible grace under pressure!
 
 
If you have ANY questions or concerns, please contact me at 503-378-5012 or marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us I will do my best to respond.
MaryKay

MaryKay Dahlgreen
Library Development Program Manager
Oregon State Library
503-378-5012
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
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