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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> HUMMEL Penny <BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, April 20, 2009 1:00 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Vailey Oehlke selected as next
Multnomah County Library Director<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><st1:date
Year="2009" Day="20" Month="4"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">April
20, 2009</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Contact:<SPAN
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</SPAN>Jana McLellan, Multnomah County Chair’s Office,
503-988-3308<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Penny Hummel,
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Multnomah</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> Library,
503-988-5498<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vailey Oehlke selected as new
</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Multnomah</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> library
director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Multnomah County
Chair</SPAN></st1:PersonName><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> Ted
Wheeler announced today that Vailey Oehlke, currently deputy director of
Multnomah County Library, has been selected as the agency’s next director of
libraries.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>“Vailey emerged from our
national search as the clear choice for this critical leadership position,” said
Wheeler.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Adds Merris Sumrall, CEO
of The Library Foundation, “This is wonderful news. Vailey’s energy and
vision will set a strong direction for the library at a time when the economy,
the changing role of technology and our children’s education make the library
more important than ever.” <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Oehlke succeeds retiring
director Molly Raphael and will begin her new position May 1.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“I’m very excited to have the
opportunity to lead Multnomah County Library into the future,” said Oehlke.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“I look forward to working with the
county’s leadership, library staff, library supporters and community leaders to
ensure that our library system remains a dynamic and vital resource for people
of all ages.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>A longtime library
professional, Oehlke began her career at Multnomah County Library in 1997 as a
youth librarian in the School Corps program, working with educators and students
in the schools.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She then joined the
staff of the downtown Central Library, first as a section administrator and then
as its director.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Appointed the
library system’s deputy director in 2008, Oehlke currently oversees all the
library’s direct services, including Central Library, the 16 branch libraries,
various outreach programs, and planning for the two new libraries in Troutdale
and Kenton.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Her background also includes experience as a
librarian with the Beaverton City Library, the </SPAN><st1:stockticker><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">ITT</SPAN></st1:stockticker><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> Technical Institute and the Oregon City
Public Library.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She received her
bachelor’s degree from </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Northern</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Illinois</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> in 1988 and her master’s degree in library
science from the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Illinois</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Urbana</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> in 1992.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A longtime resident of
</SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Northeast
Portland</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">, Oehlke is
an active member of the American Library Association and the Oregon Library
Association.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#000000>Oehlke’s appointment as
Director of Libraries is subject to the approval of the Multnomah County Board
of Commissioners on April 30.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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