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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060'>The
Oregon Historical Society Research Library closed to the public on February
27. As Jim noted below, this is a terrible loss not only to the library
community but the entire state. It’s my understanding that under
current plans it will reopen in the near future to offer extraordinarily
limited service supported by a skeleton staff, primarily providing access to
and marketing reproductions of its photo collections as part of an e-commerce
strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060'>The
Northwest History Network is organizing an effort to seek a sustainable
solution to the virtual closure of the Library. As part of their effort
they are circulating an online petition to demonstrate public support for the
Library. Below is a link to a resolution they drafted and the petition.
Please feel free to add your name and forward the link to colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'><a
href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Save-the-OHSRL-and-staff">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Save-the-OHSRL-and-staff</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>Susan
E. Hinken</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>Head,
Technical Services and Collection Development</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>University
of Portland, W. W. Clark Memorial Library</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'><a
href="mailto:hinken@up.edu">hinken@up.edu</a></span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:navy'>503-943-7419;
503-943-7491 (fax)</span><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>CARMIN
Jim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 27, 2009 10:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Oregon Historical Society Research Library closure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>There's a piece in today's<i>
Oregonian</i> about the impending sudden closure of the research library at the
Oregon Historical Society. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Anyone concerned about the
future of this critically important library for the study and understanding of
Oregon history should read this and actively voice your opinion as I have as a
private citizen to legislators and to the OHS director and librarian. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>I think its closure will
produce a hole in our understanding of what Oregon has been, what its problems
were and how solutions were found to solve those problems. Without this
research library, it will not be just students, scholars and citizens who visit
the collections who will lose; the entire state will suffer from its closure as
access to much of our heritage, our pitfalls and our triumphs will be curtailed.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>------------------------------------------------------------</span>
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<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>"Oregon Historical Society
slashes staff" by D.K. Row</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Online here:</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a
href="http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/02/oregon_historical_society_slas.html"><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/02/oregon_historical_society_slas.html</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>--------------------------------------------------------------</span>
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<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>More info at: </span><br>
<a
href="http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2009/02/oregon-historical-society-library.html"><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2009/02/oregon-historical-society-library.html</span></a><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Jim Carmin </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>John Wilson Special Collections
Librarian </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Multnomah County Library </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>801 SW 10th Avenue </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Portland, OR 97205 </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>jimc@multcolib.org</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>jhc4631@gmail.com</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>503-988-6287 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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