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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0">Save the date for the 2012 Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:red">September 16-19, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At
<a href="http://menucha.org/">Menucha Retreat Center</a> in Corbett, OR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Check in 4:30-5:30pm on Sunday 9/16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Head home at 1pm on Wednesday 9/19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">$75 per person, meals and lodging included.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Session details will be available in June.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Registration will take place in July.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/focusinstitute.shtml">
Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute</a> seeks to provide a foundation of professional knowledge about youth services necessary for the operation of small public libraries. Participants will attend several training sessions over the course of three
and a half days. The sessions concentrate on the principles of public library services to children and teens, and how to put those principles into practice. Session topics may change from year to year based on research, library practices, and trends which
change and improve continually. Feedback from the previous Focus Institute participants is also considered when planning session topics. Training sessions are presented by highly skilled, experienced Youth Services Librarians in Oregon. Presenters are typically
active members of the Oregon Library Association's <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=61033">
Children's Services Division</a> (CSD) and <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=61034">
Oregon Young Adult Network</a> (OYAN).<br>
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The Focus Institute is held in September of even numbered years. Registration is limited to 24 participants. It is designed for library staff who serve children and teens, and have no graduate level education in librarianship. Staff from libraries that are
not yet offering youth services programs constitute the highest priority for the Institute, if attendance will result in the library implementing programs for youth. <br>
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The Focus Institute is able to keep costs low for participants because it is primarily supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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