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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:blue">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The State Librarian has tracked the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) licensed school librarians employed in Oregon public schools since the 1980-81 school year. Recently we also started tracking
the number of FTE school library support staff. For figures and a chart related to the 34-year span, see the attached PDF. Here is brief snapshot:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">School Year </span>
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Schools</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Library Support Staff (FTE)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Licensed Librarians (FTE)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Students Per Licensed Librarian</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> Licensed School Librarians<br>
per School (FTE)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1980-81</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,284</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">n/a</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">818</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">547</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="198" valign="top" style="width:148.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> 0.64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2011-12</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,253</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">697</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">203</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2,763</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="198" valign="top" style="width:148.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> 0.16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2012-13</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,246</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">681</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">144</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">3,915</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="198" valign="top" style="width:148.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> 0.12<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2013-14</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,239</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">688</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">129</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">4,396</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> 0.10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2014-15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,236<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">718<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">130<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">4,391<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> 0.11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Percent Change from 1980 to 2014</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">- 84.11%</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47">+702.74%</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">-82.81%</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Overall library staffing increased by 3.92% from 2013-14 to 2014-15, and as part of that, the number of licensed librarians increased by .78% while the number of library support staff increased
4.36%. From what I’ve seen and heard, the number of licensed librarians should increase a bit more substantially for next year’s report. All good news.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The data comes from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). Depending on the year, some of the figures are included in the Oregon Statewide Annual Report Card (<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821</a>)
or the last page of the Oregon School Directory (<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=227">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=227</a>). We ask staff at ODE to fill in any gaps.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Note that the staffing information on page 8 of the 2014-15 report card, and for many previous years, combines figures for school library licensed and support staff. When we pointed out that this
could be confusing since there is a separate row for general support staff, ODE added a note to the bottom of the chart.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
Questions? Please ask.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Thanks,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue">OSLIS ||
<a href="www.oslis.org">www.oslis.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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