[Libs-Or] The newly expanded Chinook Library Network is live this morning

[John Repplinger]

Yes, this is exciting news. Congratulations on this wonderful new library
network!

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM CURE Kristen via Libs-Or <
libs-or at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> This is fantastic! Congratulations!
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> Kristen Curé (she/ella)
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> Congratulations to the Chinook Library Network! What a tremendous
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> On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM Bryan Miyagishima via Libs-Or <
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> I'm happy to announce that the newly expanded Chinook Library Network
> consisting of the Lincoln County public libraries of Newport, Driftwood,
> Siletz, Toledo, and Waldport, the Tillamook County Library System, and
> Oregon Coast (Newport), Tillamook Bay, and Clatsop community colleges is
> live today on a shared Koha/Aspen system. We anticipate this project to
> better serve the residents of both counties with library services, provide
> cost savings to the new library members with the use of an open source ILS,
> and allow for greater shared expertise in the use of Koha/Aspen within the
> Chinook network as well as other Oregon Koha libraries.
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> Credit goes to the migration team consisting of Christopher Davis (Lincoln
> County Library District), Lillian Curanzy (Newport), Mark Irmscher
> (Driftwood), and Danielle Meininger (Tillamook County) for their work this
> past year in configuring the new system meeting both virtually and
> in-person with team members working up to 90 miles away from one another.
> Credit also goes to former LCLD director and Oregon State Librarian,
> MaryKay Dahlgreen, for initiating conversations with coast libraries about
> a shared system; Corvallis, Jackson County, and Curry  County libraries for
> sharing their knowledge and expertise; as well as former coast library and
> district directors for cultivating and maintaining a tradition of
> generously sharing resources - we are simply following in their footsteps!
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> This project was made possible with funding from a Library Services and
> Technology Act grant through the Oregon State Library.
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> Bryan Miyagishima, Director
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> Lincoln County Library District
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