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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) is happy to be
sponsoring 4 programs at the Oregon Library Association conference in Salem next
week. Please come and learn about government information in a variety of
contexts!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Documenting Direct Democracy: <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>'s Ballot Measure
Archive Project<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Dr. Joshua Binus Dept. of History, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Portland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Thu. April 2 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM in
Santiam 5<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Joshua Binus, historian from Portland State University and director of
the Ballot Measure Archive Project, will describe the ongoing effort to
document and preserve records from one of Oregon's most notable political
institutions, the initiative and referendum system. The project is collecting
and digitizing source material from statewide initiative campaigns in a central
archive that will be open to the public. Come and learn about the goals,
strategies, methods, challenges, and outcomes of this public history project.
Explore ways to link into the effort and/or engage your community in an effort
to document its own history of direct democracy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sponsored by DIGOR<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a name=40><strong><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Federal Economic Statistics
and Legislative Information: Makes Searching Easier</span></font></b></strong></a><br>
<em><b><i><font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>Andrea Sevetson Lexis Nexis</span></font></i></b></em><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><br>
</span></i><span class=regulartext>Thu. April 2 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM in Santiam 5</span><br>
</b><span class=regulartext>Andrea Sevetson, Information Professional
Consultant from Lexis Nexis, will highlight new developments and provide tips
and tricks for using Lexis-Nexis Congressional and Statistical products to find
current and historical business, economic and legislative data. Library staff
supporting business and public policy research in academic, public, and special
libraries will want to attend and learn how to improve their skills in
searching these rich resources.</span><br>
Sponsored by <span class=regulartext>DIGOR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a name=48><strong><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Open Government: Ensuring
Access to Federal and Government Information</span></font></b></strong></a><br>
<em><b><i><font face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>Roberta Richards Portland Community
College, moderator. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Patrice McDermott</st1:PersonName>
Open The Government, Judson Randall, President of Open Oregon and retired
senior editor at the Oregonian</span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<span class=regulartext>Thu. April 2 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM in Santiam 1</span></span></b><br>
<span class=regulartext>The public's right-to-know was eroded under the
previous administration. Dr. <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Patrice McDermott</st1:PersonName>,
author of Who Needs to Know? and director of OpenThe Government.org, will
report on the state of public access to government information. Dr. McDermott
will talk about what has been done to date by the Obama Administration and the
new Congress, what repairs to openness and accountability remains to be made,
and what members of the public can and should do to ensure a more transparent
government. On the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
level, Judson Randall, President of Open Oregon and retired senior editor at
the Oregonian, will discuss access to state and local government information. </span><br>
Sponsored by <span class=regulartext>Intellectual Freedom/PLD/DIGOR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><a name=71><strong><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>E-Government Services at the
Library: It's Here, What do we do now?</span></font></b></strong></a><br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><b><i><font face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold;font-style:normal'>Liz
Paulus</span></font></i></b></em></st1:PersonName><em><b><i><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal'> Cedar Mill Community Library, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Arlene
Weible</st1:PersonName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> Library, Carolyn Avery Corvallis <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Benton</st1:place></st1:City> Public Library</span></font></i></b></em><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<span class=regulartext>Fri. April 3 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in Santiam 1</span></span></b><br>
<span class=regulartext>As government agencies continue to move essential
services to the web, public libraries are at the center of providing public
access computing for citizens who need to use these services. How is your
library responding to your patrons' needs? A panel will offer some practical
advice and ideas for meeting this increasing need in our communities, and
briefly discuss some national efforts to gain more resources for libraries
providing E-government services. </span><br>
Sponsored by <span class=regulartext>DIGOR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><span class=regulartext><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Arlene Weible</span></font></span></st1:PersonName><span
class=regulartext><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>DIGOR Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span
class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Oregon</span></font></span></st1:PlaceName><span class=regulartext> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></span></st1:place><span class=regulartext>
Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Salem</span></font></span></st1:City><span class=regulartext>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OR</st1:State></span></st1:place><span class=regulartext><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:arlene.weible@state.or.us">arlene.weible@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=regulartext><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>503-378-5020</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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