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<div style="text-align: center; margin: 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font color="green" size="5"><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><b>2010 Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute</b></span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dates: Sept. 26<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font>—29<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font>, 2010</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fee: $90</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Location: Menucha Retreat and Conference Center in the Columbia River Gorge</span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Download the registration form online at:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/focusinstitute.shtml" target="_blank">
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/focusinstitute.shtml</a></span></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Registration Deadline:
<font color="red"><b>Monday, August 2</b></font><font color="red" size="-1"><b><sup>nd</sup></b></font>, 2010</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Special Guest: Author Christine Fletcher will present about
<i>Ten Cents a Dance</i>, her acclaimed historical novel for teens!</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Christine Fletcher is a young adult author from Portland, OR. Her book
<i>Ten Cents a Dance</i> is on YALSA’s 2009 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, received a Blue Ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, was a Jefferson Cup Honor Book of the Virginia Library Association, and was a finalist for the 2008
Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction. 2010 Focus Institute participants are encouraged to read
<i>Ten Cents a Dance</i> prior to Sept. 26<font size="-1"><sup>th</sup></font>.</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Focus on Children and Young Adults Institute seeks to provide a foundation of professional knowledge about youth services necessary for the operation
of small public libraries. Participants will attend several training sessions over the course of three and a half days. The sessions concentrate on the principles of public library services to children and teens, and how to put those principles into practice.
Session topics may change from year to year based research, library practices, and trends which change and improve continually. Feedback from the previous Focus Institute participants is also considered when planning session topics. Training sessions are
presented by highly skilled, experienced Youth Services Librarians in Oregon. Presenters are typically active members of the Oregon Library Association's
<a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=61033" target="_blank">Children's Services Division</a> (CSD) and
<a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=61034" target="_blank">Oregon Young Adult Network</a> (OYAN). To learn more about the 2010 Focus Institute sessions and presenters go to:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/focusinstitute.shtml#2010_Focus_Institute_Details" target="_blank">
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/focusinstitute.shtml#2010_Focus_Institute_Details</a>.
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<div style="text-align: center;" align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
<div style="text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</div>
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