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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Letter To Libraries Online</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Electronic Newsletter from the
Oregon State Library.......Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2010</span><br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GOVERNOR
ORDERS GENERAL FUND REDUCTION </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
On June 22nd Governor Kulongoski ordered the implementation of the General Fund
reduction plans that were submitted to him earlier in the month. He only made
one exception to the plans that were submitted, and that was for the Department
of Corrections. The State Library’s plan was approved by the State
Library Board on June 11th at their meeting at the Seaside Public Library. The
plan cuts $156,780 from the State Library budget for 2009-11. The Governor
requested plans from all agencies that have General Funds in response to the
latest state revenue forecast that shows a $577 million hole in the current
two-year budget. About 26% of the cut would come from the Library’s
operations budget. No programs and services would be impacted and no staff
would be affected. The savings would come from projected ending balances,
mostly for personnel costs. The remaining 74% (115,987) would come from the
Ready to Read Grant program. Grants to public libraries in the second year of
the biennium would be reduced by 15% from the amount awarded last December in
the first year of the biennium, except for small libraries that are guaranteed
a $1,000 minimum grant. Larger libraries would see reductions of 17% under the
plan that the Board adopted. If the reductions were to take place, Ready to
Read Grants in 2010-11 would be reduced from 94 cents per child to 79 cents per
child.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BOARD
WILL REQUEST A FLAT BUDGET FOR 2011-13</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Faced with the prospect of a $2.7 billion state revenue shortfall in the next
biennium, the Board decided at its June 11th meeting to request only a 2.2%
increase in the State Library’s budget for 2011-13. The Board decided not
to request additional funds for the Ready to Read Grant Program, but to try to
preserve funding at 94 cents per child per year. The Library will not ask to
restore a staff position that was lost in Talking Book and Braille Services in
2009, even though use of the program is growing with the advent of digital
talking books. The only addition that will be requested will be a two-year
project to restore rare and fragile documents in the Library special
collections that a consultant has indicated are at risk. The project would be
funded with the assessment that the Library charges state agencies for service,
not from the General Fund.<br>
<br>
In other Board action, the Board approved inviting 17 libraries and other
organizations to submit full applications for LSTA Grants in 2011, as
recommended by the LSTA Advisory Council. The projects proposed earlier in the
year total nearly $663,000. They also accepted the Council’s
recommendation to provide ongoing funding of $10,000 per year, using LSTA
funds, to support the Oregon Battle of the Books, sponsored by the Oregon
Association of School Libraries. The Board also approved the annual plan to use
donation funds to enhance Talking Book and Braille Services, approved a
procedure for the evaluation of the State Librarian, and approved the biennial
evaluation of tax expenditures under ORS 307.160.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DOUG
HENRICHS COMPLETES TWO TERMS ON THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The State Library Board
celebrated Doug Henrichs’ seven years of service to the State Library at
a luncheon on June 11th. State Librarian Jim Scheppke thanked Henrichs of
Milton-Freewater for his many contributions to the work of the Library. Henrichs
was appointed to the Board by Governor Kulongoski in 2003 to complete an
unexpired term of three years. The Governor then reappointed Henrichs to the
Board in 2006. He served as Chair of the Board in 2006-07 and 2007-08. Henrichs
represented the interests of libraries in Eastern Oregon and was instrumental
in the Library’s support of the Sage Library System’s efforts to
transition to an open source integrated library system, a transition that is
now underway with support from LSTA funds. He attended many meetings of the
Eastern Oregon Library Association to learn about the needs of libraries in his
part of the state, in addition to his long commutes to attend State Library
Board meetings. Henrichs is pastor of the First Community Church in
Milton-Freewater. His service to libraries also includes a term on the State
Advisory Council on Libraries (now the LSTA Advisory Council), two terms on the
City of Milton-Freewater Public Library Board, and serving as President of the
Library Foundation of Milton-Freewater. In the latter role he led efforts to
raise $2.6 million to build the Milton-Freewater Public Library building that
was completed in 2003. Scheppke thanked Henrichs for recruiting his
replacement, Aletha Bonebrake of Baker City. He noted that with Bonebrake, the
Library will continue to have very strong representation on the Board from
Eastern Oregon.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ROBERT
HULSHOF-SCHMIDT ELECTED OLA PRESIDENT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Oregon Library
Association just completed its election of officers for 2010 - 2011. Robert Hulshof-Schmidt,
Program Manager for Government Research Services at the State Library was
elected Vice-President/President-Elect; he will then serve as OLA President in
2011 - 2012. Robert manages 22 staff who provide library and information
services for state government agencies and employees, including research,
document delivery, training, and Oregon and Federal documents. Since his return
to Oregon in 2005, he has been active in OLA, working with the conference
committees in 2006, 2008, and 2009, coordinating the archives, and serving on
the ACRL-OR Board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
KATIE ANDERSON REPRESENTS THE LIBRARY ON THE EARLY LEARNING MATTERS COMMITTEE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In May Governor Ted
Kulongoski announced the Early Childhood Matters Advisory Council which will be
responsible for building a comprehensive, statewide early childhood system to
improve school readiness. Creating this Council makes Oregon eligible for up to
$1 million in federal funds for this work through the Improving Head Start for
School Readiness Act of 2007. The first charge of the Early Childhood Matters
Advisory Council is to write a grant to apply for this federal funding. There
are three committees under the Early Childhood Matters Advisory Council: Health
Matters, Family Matters, and Early Learning Matters. Each committee will
convene this summer to recommend activities to be included in the federal grant
application. On Wednesday, June 2nd the State Library's Youth Services
Consultant, Katie Anderson, participated in the first meeting of the Early
Learning Matters committee. Please watch for updates and information throughout
the summer. For more information, please read <a
href="http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/P2010/press_052710a.shtml">the
Governor’s press release</a> and section (b)(1)(A) on page 4 of the <a
href="http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hsd/SCO/Head_Start_Act_of_2007_State_Collaboration.pdf">Head
Start Act of 2007</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NINE OREGON LIBRARY STAFF
SELECTED FOR NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The State Library is pleased
to announce that nine applicants from Oregon public libraries have been
selected as Fellows in the Institute of Museum and Library Services Western
Regional Fellowship: Transforming Life After 50. <br>
<br>
The Fellows from Oregon will be:<br>
Corey Bard, Library Director, Curry Public Library District, Gold Beach <br>
Kenneth Hobson, Adult Services Coordinator, Driftwood Public Library, Lincoln
City <br>
Hanna Hofer, Library Assistant, Canby Public Library, Canby <br>
Sandy House, Library Assistant, Langlois Public Library, Langlois <br>
Christine Mackie, Adult Services Librarian, Woodburn Public Library, Woodburn <br>
Linda Malone, Senior Librarian for Adult Services, West Linn Public Library,
West Linn <br>
Colleen Shaw, Senior Library Assistant, Cottage Grove Public Library, Cottage
Grove <br>
Karen Travillion, Adult Outreach and Reference Librarian, Cedar Mill Community
Library, Portland <br>
Mary Wise, Senior Librarian, Beaverton City Library, Beaverton <br>
<br>
Led by a partnership between the California State Library, Idaho Commission for
Libraries, Oregon State Library, and Washington State Library, the Fellowship
will introduce 93 selected public library staff from eleven states to a new
framework for serving and engaging midlife adults, ages 50+. The Fellowship
will re-examine traditional views on aging and explore innovative ways in which
public libraries can become centers of productive aging, lifelong learning, and
civic engagement. The Fellowship will run from July 1, 2010 through June 30,
2011 and includes a three-day training institute that will take place in
Portland this fall. The year-long program is funded by a grant from the U.S.
Institute for Museum and Library Services, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian
Program. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MORE
PATRONS THAN EVER ARE DOWNLOADING BOOKS FROM TBABS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>These days, Talking Book and
Braille Services patrons are getting their books faster than ever - by direct
on-demand download. That’s right, the new digital collection of audio
books from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped (NLS) is also available online for download. BARD – the
Braille and Audio Reading Download – is provided by the NLS for patrons
who are eligible for service. Right now, TBABS and the NLS have provided 23,441
downloaded titles to nearly 500 print-disabled Oregonians. To view the BARD
interface and read about how TBABS patrons can register, visit the TBABS <a
href="http://nlsbard.loc.gov/OR1A">website</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2010 READY TO READ GRANT
APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ready to Read Grant
application packets were mailed the last week of June. Library Directors and
Children’s Librarians should now have the packets which contain the
application, list of proposed grants, and answers to frequently asked questions
about the Ready to Read Grant program. The application is also available on the
<a href="http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/aboutready.shtml">State Library
website</a> to download, complete, and mail. Applications must be postmarked
August 31, 2010 to qualify for the grant. For more information contact <a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">Katie Anderson</a> (503)378-2528.<br>
<br>
In May of this year, Governor Kulongoski ordered agencies to plan for across
the board cuts of their General Fund budgets. On June 11th the State Library
Board approved our plan which includes reductions to the Ready to Read Grant
Program of 15% from the amount granted to qualifying public libraries in the
first year of the 2009-11 biennium. Because smaller libraries are guaranteed a
$1,000 minimum grant, most larger libraries will see a 17% reduction in
2010-2011 under this plan. The overall grant budget is $611,352, a reduction
from 94¢ per child to 79¢ per child.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>STORYCORPS
TO VISIT MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Each year, select museums and
libraries with outstanding records of community service receive the Institute
of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) <a
href="http://www.imls.gov/news/2009/100609.shtm">National Medal for Museum and
Library Service</a>, the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries.
Multnomah County Library won this prestigious award in 2009. This year, for the
first time, personal stories demonstrating the ongoing impact of these
award-winning institutions will be documented through a cooperative agreement
between IMLS and <a href="http://storycorps.org/">StoryCorps</a>, a national
nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the
stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs.<br>
<br>
On August 12-14 facilitators with StoryCorps' Door-to-Door Program will help
pairs of participants record a conversation about the Multnomah County Library.
Interviewees will include staff, patrons, community members, and others who
have first-hand knowledge of the Library. During each three-day visit,
facilitators will record as many as 18 interviews, each of which lasts 40
minutes. At the end of each interview, StoryCorps will give a CD copy of the
interview to participants and to the Library. One interview from each recording
event will be edited into a StoryCorps-style segment provided to the host
institution and posted on the IMLS Web site. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ATTEND
A PRESERVATION FOCUS GROUP IN EUGENE OR PORTLAND, JULY 15 AND JULY 16</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oregon library staff is
invited to attend one of two free meetings being held in Eugene and Portland on
July 15th and July 16th, respectively. Your input is needed to make a
successful plan. The dates of additional fall season meetings in Pendleton,
Medford, and Bend will be announced as they are finalized. By attending one of
these meetings you can help the heritage community, archives, libraries, and
museums plan a better future for Oregon's heritage collections. A grant from
the federal Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS) to the Oregon
Museum Association on behalf of archive, library, and museum partners
throughout Oregon is making it possible for us to take stock of our
preservation, training, and disaster preparedness needs. From this a statewide
preservation plan to address those needs will be developed. The plan is a
necessary first step to secure funding for implementation. Refreshments will be
provided. Please RSVP by emailing <a href="mailto:ruthmetz@spiretech.com">Ruth
Metz</a>. You may also email your questions to Ruth Metz. <br>
<br>
Meeting Details:<br>
EUGENE<br>
Thursday, July 15, 2010, 1:30-3:30, Eugene Public Library, 2nd floor, Singer
Room <br>
100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401 <br>
<a
href="http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=492&PageID=885&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2">Directions
and Parking</a><br>
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PORTLAND<br>
Friday, July 16th, 1:30-3:30 p.m., The Oregon Historical Society, the Madison
Room, 1200 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR <br>
<a href="http://ohs.org/visit-ohs/locations-directions-parking.cfm">Directions
and Parking</a>. Public transit is recommended; street parking may be limited.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OSU
PRESS BOOKS RECOGNIZED AS OUTSTANDING</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Three recent books from
Oregon State University Press received ratings of Outstanding in the <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2010 University Press Books Selected
for Public and Secondary School Libraries </span></em>bibliography. The
bibliography defines outstanding titles “as having exceptional editorial
content and subject matter. They are essential editions to most library
collections." <br>
<br>
The three titles are:<br>
-<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pedaling Revolution: How
Cyclists are Changing American Cities</span></em> by Jeff Mapes of Portland,
Oregon;<br>
-<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Living with Bugs:
Least-Toxic Solutions to Everyday Bug Problems</span></em> by Jack DeAngelis of
Corvallis, Oregon; <br>
-<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Way of the Woods:
Journeys Through American Forests</span></em> by Linda Underhill of Wellsville,
New York.<br>
<br>
The bibliography is an annual collection development tool published by two
divisions of the American Library Association (ALA): the American Association
of School Librarians and the Public Library Association. It was released at the
2010 ALA Conference in Washington, DC.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On June 5th the Oregon
Library Association presented its Legislator of the Year award to State
Representative Peter Buckley of Ashland for his work on behalf of libraries in
the 2009 Legislature. Representative Buckley, as co-chair of the Ways and Means
Committee, not only helped prevent serious budget cuts to programs like the
Ready to Read Grant program, he sponsored what we hope will turn out to be
landmark legislation to bring back school libraries in our state.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measures/hb2500.dir/hb2586.en.html">HB
2586</a> was a brilliant piece of legislation that was conceived and developed
by Representative Buckley in response to an email from a constituent. The
constituent was Anne Billeter, a retired librarian and former OLA President.
The email contained a column I had written in this space about the sorry state
of school libraries and what the Oregon Association of School Libraries was
trying to do about it. As a former chair of the House Education Committee,
Buckley was no doubt familiar with the fact that every school district, by law,
was required to develop a continuous improvement plan that had to be approved
by the Oregon Department of Education. Why not require every school district to
plan for “a strong school library program”? That was the key idea
that now is part of state law thanks to HB 2586.<br>
<br>
But it takes more than a good idea to pass a bill in the Oregon Legislature. It
takes highly skilled lobbyists like Nan Heim and her associate Amy Goodman who
began, at the beginning of the session, to gather co-sponsors for the bill.
Within a few weeks they had 28 co-sponsors, about a third of the entire body!
There were Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate who signed on.
Nan says she could have gotten many more, but for the fact that the bill needed
to be filed so it could get a bill number. Constituents were calling their
members about it and it was causing confusion.<br>
<br>
HB 2586 passed in 2009 without a single ‘no’ vote in either the
House or Senate. Today it is the policy of the State of Oregon that every
school district must plan for “a strong school library program.”<br>
<br>
What explains the immediate appeal of this concept to Legislators? I think
it’s that most people get it that strong libraries must be part of the
answer to having more of our children become proficient readers. As in most
states, reading skills in Oregon are not what they should be. According to the
latest National Assessment of Education Progress (a respected national reading
test), only one out of three eight graders in Oregon is a proficient reader,
and for low income children, it’s only one out of five. And what’s
worse is the fact that the NAEP reading scores have not shown any improvement
in Oregon since 1998.<br>
<br>
Strong school libraries, working closely with public libraries, can turn these
number around. Beginning at birth and continuing through school, libraries are
the key to having more of Oregon’s children become proficient readers.
The members of the Oregon Legislature seem to get that. Now let’s hope
that school administrators and local school boards get it too. – Jim
Scheppke</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Library Development: 503-378-2525, <a
href="mailto:marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us">MaryKay Dahlgreen</a>, <a
href="mailto:mary.l.mayberry@state.or.us">Mary Mayberry</a>, <a
href="mailto:darci.hanning@state.or.us">Darci Hanning</a>, <a
href="mailto:ann.reed@state.or.us">Ann Reed</a>, <a
href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">Jennifer Maurer</a>, <a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">Katie Anderson</a>.<br>
<br>
Talking Book and Braille Services: 503-378-5389, <a
href="mailto:susan.b.westin@state.or.us">Susan Westin</a>.<br>
<br>
Government Research Services: 503-378-5030, <a
href="mailto:robert.hulshof-schmidt@state.or.us">Robert Hulshof-Schmidt</a>.<br>
<br>
State Librarian: 503-378-4367, <a href="mailto:jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us">Jim
Scheppke</a>.<br>
<br>
LTLO Editor: 503-378-2464, <a href="mailto:april.m.baker@state.or.us">April
Baker</a>.<i> Letter to Libraries Online</i> is published monthly by the Oregon
State Library. Editorial office: LTLO, Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE,
Salem, Oregon 97301-3950, 503-378-2464, editor: <a
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