well duh! This is what we have been asking for all along! this is great news!<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Katie Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;DIRECTION:ltr;FONT-SIZE:12pt">I am extremely pleased to announce that the State Librarian, MaryKay Dahlgreen, has been invited to serve on the Early Learning Council's Community-Based Coordinator of Early Learning Services Characteristics Workgroup. This is <a href="http://cms.oregon.gov/gov/docs/OEIB/HUBcharge.pdf" target="_blank">the group working to identify and recommend </a>what "the functions and administration of community-based coordinators of early learning services (i.e. hubs); this includes contracting criteria and process for implementing the community-based coordination structure in a manner that reduces administrative costs and improves services delivery and alignment toward child-centered outcomes." <br>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;DIRECTION:ltr;FONT-SIZE:12pt"><br>To learn more, please read MaryKay's blog posting: <a href="http://snippetsfromthestatelibrarian.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://snippetsfromthestatelibrarian.wordpress.com/</a>. <br>
<br>Thanks to all of you who have been working to get libraries represented on a working committee for the Early Learning Council!<br><br>Katie<br><br>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
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