[Reforma_or] REFORMA Oregon Chapter

Tue Aug 1 14:14:52 PDT 2023

Hi Federico,

Thanks so much for reaching out to us—and a belated welcome to Oregon!

I'm serving as the current REFORMA Oregon secretary and I decided to answer your questions on the general listserv in case others may have similar questions. 🙂

Yes, our chapter is active. The listserv can get a little quiet over the summer as the majority of our members are public librarians and this is our busiest time of year.

We meet four times a year in a hybrid in-person & on Zoom format. You can find minutes from our May 2023 meeting here: https://reformaoregon.weebly.com/meeting-minutes.html. We will be having a meeting in the fall—our exact date and location are TBD.

Here's information about how to become a member with the Oregon Chapter: https://reformaoregon.weebly.com/membership.html

We don't have a REFORMA Oregon conference, but we do have a presence at the annual Oregon Library Association conference (in April each year). Most years, we also organize a one day workshop that is our Mock Pura Belpré<https://reformaoregon.weebly.com/mock-pura-belpreacute.html>. If you are interested in being a part of the planning committee for the Mock Pura Belpré, please email current chapter President Brandace Rojo at brojo at josephinelibrary.org<mailto:brojo at josephinelibrary.org>.

We are also in the process of collecting nominations for REFORMA Oregon Leadership Board members. We have positions open and if you have interest, again reach out to Brandace Rojo at brojo at josephinelibrary.org<mailto:brojo at josephinelibrary.org>. Terms of service run from September 1 through August 31. Open positions include:

Vice-President Elect: 2-year term (one as vice president followed by a year as president)
Secretary: 1-year term
Member at Large: 1-year term

Thank you for offering to talk with members about your work on the REFORMA National Research Committee—this sounds like a great addition to the agenda of our next meeting.

Did I forget anything? Do you have any other questions? Please let me know!

Best,
Kristen

Kristen Curé

REFORMA Oregon Secretary

Oregon Library Association Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Antiracism Committee Member

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Good day everyone,

My name is Federico Martínez-García Jr. I am the Head of Public Services at the University of Portland Clark Library. I just signed up to be part of the REFORMA Oregon Listserv. I have been working in this position since March 2022. I have some questions about this REFORMA Chapter. I have served in the Arizona and Colorado chapters in case you need help.

  *   Is the Chapter active? It looks like the last website update was from 2020.
  *   Is there an annual conference?
  *   Is there a fee to join the REFORMA Oregon Chapter?

I am currently a member of the REFORMA (National) Research Committee and I would like to talk to everyone about the work we have been doing and how we can help your library.

I am looking forward to connecting with everyone.

Cheers,

Federico Martínez-García Jr, MLIS, MPA

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Head of Public Services – Associate Librarian

Liaison to: International Languages & Culture, Political Science, and Math. And, Library Copyright Contact.

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