[Libs-Or] Statewide Cooperative Reference Transition Team

[MaryKay Dahlgreen]

In the spring of 2013 I formed a task force to look at the future of the statewide collaborative reference services (Answerland) and make a recommendation to the LSTA Council and State Library Board on the best approach to those services. In August the Task Force delivered their recommendations http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/projects/RecommendationsByTaskForce.pdf
to the LSTA Council and in October the State Library Board approved the plan they submitted. The plan calls for a transition team to:

*         Create a communication plan to share information about Answerland's financial situation and to engage decision-makers in a conversation about how to create a sustainable financial model for this valuable service.

*         Create a new business plan based on feedback from the library community, and communicate the plan widely.

*         Recommend a budget and a model for governance of the new program.

I am pleased to announce that the following people have agreed to serve on the transition team:

Jenny Berg, McMinnville Public Library
Michele Burke, Chemeketa Community College
Darci Hanning, Oregon State Library
Erin Finot, Eugene Public Library
Emily Papagni, Answerland
Caleb Tucker-Raymond,Answerland

I want to thank the members of the original task force (see below) for their work and look forward to the results of the transition team's work.
Jenny Berg, Director, McMinnville Public Library (Task Force Chair)
Marie Baldo, Director, Hermiston Public Library
Bonnie Brzozowski, Reference Librarian, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Sue Burkholder, Trustee, Oregon State Library
Cathy Camper, Evolving Homework Grant Coordinator/School Corps Librarian, Multnomah County Library
Darci Hanning, Technology Development Consultant, Oregon State Library
Valery King, Social Sciences/Humanities and Government Information Librarian, Oregon State University Libraries and Press
Stuart Levy, Teacher-Librarian, Inza R. Wood Middle School, West Linn-Wilsonville School District
Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, Oregon State Library
Emily Miller-Francisco, e-Resource Systems & Web Coordinator, Southern Oregon University Hannon Library
Laura Orr, Law Librarian, Washington County Law Library
Pierina Parise, SLIM-Oregon Program Director, Emporia State University (Portland branch)
Donna Reed, Director, Portland Community College Library
MaryKay Dahlgreen, State Librarian, Oregon State Library
Mary Forst, Confluence Center, as facilitator
Caleb Tucker-Raymond, Answerland Coordinator, Multnomah County Library, as consultant




MaryKay Dahlgreen
State Librarian
Oregon State Library<http://oregon.gov/osl>
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
503-378-4367
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