From Greta.BERGQUIST at slo.oregon.gov Fri Nov 1 16:48:26 2024 From: Greta.BERGQUIST at slo.oregon.gov (BERGQUIST Greta * SLO) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 23:48:26 +0000 Subject: [Or-srp] Friday, November 1st Shoutout Message-ID: Hello everyone, Happy Friday, everyone. It's been a big week! I wasn't able to shoutout last week so am sending a lot today - You all have a great sense of fun, as seen in library staff Halloween costumes, including these from Baker City and Silver Falls. Yoncalla hosted a Haunted Library, and Gilliam County had fun decorations. Western Oregon took the opportunity to highlight creepy archive material. (I'm really a wimp when it comes to creepy/scary/horror - my least favorite Halloween visitor last night had a mask that fake bled and the whole time they were selecting which candy to take from my porch I had to look at something else.) We also know there are a LOT of Dia de los Muertos celebrations happening this weekend, I'm sure we'll have more to share next week. But wait, there's more! Several libraries are working on renovations, including North Bend, which packed up 70,000 items. We know the disruptions will be worth it but can be challenging - nice work to everyone using patience and fortitude while doing renovations this fall! While Halloween and Dia de los Muertos celebrations are happening, I wanted to also shoutout someone singing the praises of rural libraries - Stephanie Chase from Libraries of Eastern Oregon was recently interviewed on the Roundhouse Foundation's podcast and focused on sharing how critical libraries are, especially in rural spaces - something many of you know firsthand! Thanks to Stephanie for sharing loudly about this! Hope you all have a good weekend and have enough Halloween candy at your house to last a couple weeks. Best, Greta Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers) Youth Services Consultant State Library of Oregon greta.bergquist at slo.oregon.gov | 971-375-3549 www.oregon.gov/library [Title: State Library of Oregon] [https://res.cdn.office.net/assets/bookwithme/misc/CalendarPerson20px.png] Book time to meet with me -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 15918 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: