[Libs-Or] Access to physical copies of Oregonian discontinued in certain areas?

[Sarah Rowland]

Over here at Eastern Oregon University we stopped receiving a physical copy
of the Oregonian in about 2018 or 19. If I remember correctly they were
mailing it to us at the time and even stopped providing that service for us.

Sarah

On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 1:23 PM Angela Arena via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Tillamook County received this letter today. It is dated 9/12/2023. This
> seems like better news. Four days is better than none. Hoping other rural
> systems have gotten the same letter. We’ve reached out to our local carrier
> for confirmation but have not heard back from them.
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> *Angela Arena*  |  Main Branch Manager
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> *TILLAMOOK COUNTY*  |  Library
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> Tillamook, OR 97141
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> *From:* Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Bryan
> Miyagishima via Libs-Or
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 26, 2023 2:30 PM
> *To:* Libs-Or at omls.oregon.gov
> *Subject:* EXTERNAL: [Libs-Or] Access to physical copies of Oregonian
> discontinued in certain areas?
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> I've just learned from one of the librarians that our office works with
> the fact that the Oregonian will be discontinuing physical access to the
> newspaper at least in South Lincoln County (see attached letter). Having
> searched the libs-or archives and not seeing any threads on this topic for
> the past couple of months, I wonder if this is not affecting most of you
> across the state (I certainly hope that's the case). I'd like to know,
> however, if librarians in other parts of rural Oregon have received a
> similar letter.
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> I'm feeling speechless about so many non-internet users who live in our
> area being denied access to the state's flagship newspaper. Any ideas about
> what can be done / who can put pressure on the publisher?
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> Bryan Miyagishima, Lincoln County Library District
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-- 
*Sarah L. Rowland*
Assistant Library Director
EOU Library | Eastern Oregon University
541-962-3546 | srowland at eou.edu
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