<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
span.ulheader
{mso-style-name:ulheader;}
span.snippet
{mso-style-name:snippet;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:169294612;
mso-list-template-ids:1406960710;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=WordSection1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>If
you are able to tune in to OPB radio today at 9 a.m. the topic of conversation on
Think Out Loud will be local libraries! The Think Out Loud host typically
interviews one or two guests about a topic, and invites people to call in to ask
questions and join the conversation. You can also join the conversation
online by posting to the Think Out Loud blog: <a
href="http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/local-library/">http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/local-library/</a>.
There are already several comments about libraries that you may be interested
in reading and responding to. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>* Youth Services
Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Oregon State Library,
250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style='color:blue'>katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>,
503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>Local Library<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud">http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>AIR DATE: Tuesday, July 13th 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>POSTED BY: REBECCA ROBINSON<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'>Photo credit: <a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33377700@N00/443545349/">Ozyman/Creative
Commons</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">Creative
Commons</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>After 35 years as a librarian in Hood River, June Knudson is out of a job.
On July 1, all branches of the Hood River County public library system <a
href="http://news.opb.org/article/7752-libraries-hood-river-county-close/"
target="_blank">shut their doors</a> after voters defeated a funding measure. A
lifetime book lover who as a child found libraries "a wonderful way to
enlarge my world," Knudson says that <a
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hood-River-OR/Hood-River-County-Library/167307002799"
target="_blank">the library's role</a> in her community went well beyond books.
>From storytime for toddlers to ESL classes for adults (as well as free Internet
and community meeting spaces), the county's public libraries provided a host of
resources not easily accessible elsewhere. With the building's closure,
families, job seekers, and library patrons of all stripes are acutely feeling
the loss of a community institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The scene in Troutdale, by contrast, is celebratory. On Monday, the city's
new library <a
href="http://www.theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=127846305478486700"
target="_blank">opened</a> to much fanfare, and residents flocked to the
converted shopping center space to check out its well-stocked shelves and
state-of-the-art technology. The head librarian, Bryan Fearn, hopes that in
short order the library will become a bustling community center.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a
href="http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/07/05/daily27.html"
target="_blank">Multnomah County Commissioners</a> are considering a ballot
measure to create a special library tax district that would provide a more
steady source of funding for libraries and enable more success stories like
Troutdale.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What's the role of the public library in your community? How do you use your
local library? Have you seen services or programs be cut?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>