From darci.hanning at state.or.us Wed Jul 8 14:19:27 2015 From: darci.hanning at state.or.us (Darci Hanning) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 21:19:27 +0000 Subject: [PL-Directors] PLA's Project Outcome / No-Cost Webinar Message-ID: Greetings! If you haven't read about or heard much about Project Outcome, check out PLA's webpage here: http://www.ala.org/pla/performancemeasurement or see our brief announcement at the end of the July issue of the State Library's Letters to Libraries Online. PLA is offering a webinar to libraries that are interested in participating. The webinar is free but registration in advance is required. Learn how to participate in Project Outcome, PLA's latest field driven initiative, designed to help libraries measure outcomes using patron-facing surveys. Attend this webinar to learn what tools and resources are available to libraries interested in participating in Project Outcome. See web demos and sample worksheets that will help you test, measure and understand the true impact you have on your communities. At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will: * Understand what an outcome is and isn't; * Know the steps their library needs to take before scheduling patron surveys; * Be acquainted with the primary Project Outcome online tools; and * Be able to take action based on the results of their findings. Who Should Attend: Library directors and administrators; programmers and/or service librarians. How to Register You can register for this webinar until it begins, or until space is no longer available, whichever comes first. Please do not register unless you are sincere about attending the live webinar. Space is limited, and signing up and not attending may deprive someone else of the opportunity. Thank you for your cooperation. REGISTER NOW! On the next screen you'll click "Register" to continue the online registration process. If you have a physical or communication need that may affect your participation in this webinar, please contact us at plawebinars at ala.org or 800-545-2433 ext. 5PLA (5752) at least two weeks prior to the registration deadline above. Without prior notification of need, we cannot attempt to provide appropriate accommodations. Please visit: http://www.ala.org/pla/onlinelearning/webinars/howtoprojectoutcome for additional information. Cheers! Darci [edge.png] Ask me about the Edge Initiative! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Darci Hanning * Technology Development Consultant Library Support and Development Services * Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 503-378-2527 darci.hanning at state.or.us FOLLOW US: [facebookSmall.png] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There were several pieces of legislation that affected the Oregon State Library and I wanted to update you on the final outcome of the Session for the State Library and libraries in Oregon. I am very pleased to announce that we are fully funded for the 2015-2017 biennium. As some of you may remember, we were only given one year of funding by the 2013 Legislature and given our second year in July of 2014. While we have a mostly flat budget we are very pleased that beginning in July of 2016 a position in Talking Book and Braille Library that has been funding on donation funds for a number of years will be shifted to general fund. We also received approval to add a librarian position, using federal LSTA funds, for the Answerland move to the State Library. HB 2479 which made changes to the Ready to Read Grant program and provided an increase in funding to accommodate the additional 15-17 years olds did not make it past the Committee phase and so will not be implemented. The Task Force that Katie Anderson convened last year did a great job of aligning the program with current education initiatives and I believe that the changes proposed were good ones. I will be working with the State Library Board and the public library community to determine our next steps. The one change that was not contingent upon passage of the bill was the move to outcome based evaluation and we will be moving forward with that requirement for Ready to Read grant reporting. The grant applications will go out early next week. Thank you for your patience while we waited for final word. HB 3523, which was introduced in April by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means and which outlines changes in State Library organization as well as approaches for reducing duplication, was passed and signed by the Governor. The bill makes changes to the make-up of the State Library Board, makes the State Librarian a gubernatorial appointment, and directs the State Library to review and approve state agency electronic and print subscriptions as well as certifying other state agency libraries. This bill becomes effective on January 1, 2016 which provides us with some time to propose administrative rules to the State Library Board in December. We will be working with other state agency staff to draft the rules and there will be public hearings and opportunities for public comment on the rules before adoption by January 1, 2016. The 2013-2015 biennium was very interesting for the State Library and I believe that 2015-2017 will also be interesting, just in a different way. Thanks to all of you for your support as well as your suggestions and ideas. It is a pleasure to have such a strong relationship between the State Library and the Oregon library community. Thanks also to the staff of the State Library who have worked through very uncertain and difficult times and are stronger than ever. The State Library Board, under the leadership of Aletha Bonebrake, has created an excellent strategic plan that will help us continue to improve and build over the next two years. I have attached a recap I compiled of the 2013-2015 biennium, it was good for me to review what happened this biennium as we move forward into the next one. Thanks, MaryKay MaryKay Dahlgreen Oregon State Librarian 503-378-4367 marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us http://oregon.gov/osl [Slogan Text] Summer Reading 2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3265 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Dear Public, Academic, and Tribal Library Directors, Did anyone ask to remove an item from your library?s collection last year (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015)? If not, please delete this email. No action necessary. If so, but staff addressed the person?s concerns and resolved the issue verbally so it never went through your library?s reconsideration process? please delete this email. No action necessary. If so, and the request went through your library?s reconsideration process and an official decision to retain, relocate, reclassify, restrict, or remove the item was made? please fill out the attached form and submit it to the State Library by July 20, 2015. Please fill out a separate form for each challenged item. Questions? Contact me at katie.anderson at state.or.us or 503-378-2528 Reports may be submitted to Ferol Weyand via: ? Email at ferol.weyand at state.or.us ? Fax at 503-378-6439 ? Regular mail at Oregon State Library, Attn: OIFC, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 Why does the State Library need information about challenges at libraries? ? To compile the Annual Report on Challenges to Library Material in Oregon, which presents a landscape of censorship in our state. ? To update the Title Index of Challenges in Oregon which teachers, librarians, and booksellers in Oregon use for Banned Books Week displays, activities, discussions, and events. ? To connect librarians currently dealing with a challenge with a librarian who has actually dealt with a similar challenging to provide support and advice?only with permission from both librarians. ? To aid State Library staff in providing consulting services related to challenges to library material. Will my name, library name, or city name be published? ? No identifying information will be published. The State Library stopped publishing identifying information in the Annual Report and Title Index of Challenges in 2010. We already submit this information to ALA?s Office of Intellectual Freedom. Do we have to fill out another form? ? No! The State Library uses the exact same form as ALA so just fill it out once and send a copy to ALA and another copy to the State Library. ? The State Library submits the Annual Report on Challenges to Library Material in Oregon every year so ALA gets the information that way too. For more information about the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse visit our website (http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/intellectual.shtml) or contact me. Thank you, Katie Anderson PS: This email will also be sent on the libs-or listserv, but it will ask staff to work with their library director to fill out and submit the form. [Slogan Text][Cooper_laughing] Summer Reading 2015 at Oregon libraries! Find a summer food site. 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Thank you! 1) Click on 'edit': [cid:image008.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80][cid:image010.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80] 2) Click directly on the text you want to edit: [cid:image011.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80][cid:image012.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80] 3) A yellow box will appear like this: [cid:image013.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80] 4) Type the new information in the box and click on 'save': [cid:image014.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80][cid:image015.png at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80] 5) When you click on 'save', you will see this message in red at the top of the page: [cid:image016.jpg at 01D0C86B.0AE54D80] 6) You will see your change on the editing page, but you will not see the change on the actual page until Library Development staff verify and approve the change. [Slogan Text][Cooper_laughing] Summer Reading 2015 at Oregon libraries! Find a summer food site. 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Since 2009, USDA investments have delivered broadband service to 1.5 million households, businesses, schools, libraries and community facilities. But our work is not done. With program improvements and available funding made possible by the Farm Bill, we can continue our work to make broadband more accessible to those who live and work in rural areas." In a rule published on page 45397 of the July 30 Federal Register, USDA is establishing two funding cycles to review and prioritize applications for the Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee program. USDA also is setting a minimum level of acceptable broadband service at 4 megabits downstream and 1 megabit upstream. USDA urges applicants to design systems that allow for 25 megabits downstream and 3 megabits upstream to meet future needs. USDA is accepting comments on these changes through September 28. To be eligible for funding, an applicant must serve an area where at least 15 percent of the households are unserved. Applications with the most unserved households will be processed first. The maximum loan amount under today's announcement is $20 million. Applications will be accepted through September 30, 2015. For more information, see page 45504 of the July 30 Federal Register. The 2014 Farm Bill builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the previous five years while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening risk management tools; expanding access to rural credit; funding critical research; establishing innovative public-private conservation partnerships; developing new markets for rural-made products; and investing in infrastructure, housing and community facilities to help improve the quality of life in rural areas. The Federal Register announcement may be found at the following URL: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-30/pdf/2015-18623.pdf The link to the RUS webpage that contains information about the program and application forms is at the following URL: http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/farm-bill-broadband-loans-loan-guarantees Cheers, Darci [edge.png] Ask me about the Edge Initiative! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Darci Hanning * Technology Development Consultant Library Support and Development Services * Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 503-378-2527 darci.hanning at state.or.us FOLLOW US: [facebookSmall.png] [http://www.thewwwblog.com/images/blogger-logo.jpg] [Picture] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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