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State Library<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino">Salem, OR 97301-3950<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:36.0pt">News Release </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release
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<p class="MsoNormal">December 9, 2011<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: Diane Ballard, Human Resources Manager, (503) 378-3635<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.6pt">Leadership Changes at the Oregon State Library</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt">Salem — The State Library Board of Trustees voted today to appoint MaryKay Dahlgreen as Interim State Librarian at the Oregon State Library, beginning on January 1<sup>st</sup>.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt">Dahlgreen will replace Jim Scheppke who will retire after 20 years as the Oregon State Librarian at the end of December. The Board also voted to immediately reopen the search process for the next Oregon State
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt">MaryKay Dahlgreen has been the Program Manager for Library Development Services at the State Library since 2005 and she has worked at the State Library since 1996.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt">Also at the Board meeting on December 9<sup>th</sup>, Jim Scheppke announced his appointment of Arlene Weible to be Acting Program Manager for Government Research Services, the post previously held by Hulshof-Schmidt.
Weible is the Government Documents and Technical Services Librarian at the State Library, where she has worked since 2006.<o:p></o:p></p>
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