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<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 10, October 2010</span><br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>STATE
LIBRARY BOARD MAKES SECOND ROUND OF BUDGET CUTS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At a special
phone meeting on September 13th, the State Library Board approved a plan for a
second round of cuts to the agency’s 2009-11 budget. A reduction of
$156,780 was made in June in response to an order from Governor Kulongoski for
across the board cuts in most agencies. A second round was ordered by the
Governor on August 26th. The reductions are a response to continued forecasts
of declining state General Fund revenue. The State Library’s reduction
target for this new round of reductions was $102,204. The Board approved
$20,800 in reductions in Talking Book and Braille Services (TBABS). The
remaining $81,404 in reductions was made to the Ready to Read Grant program.
This reduction will bring the FY11 grants down to a total of $529,972, a 26%
reduction to the grants made in FY10. The plan that the Board approved was
submitted to the Department of Administrative Services on September 14th and
was approved by the Governor on September 27th. The next state revenue forecast
will be released by the State Economist on November 19, 2010.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BOARD
TO DELIBERATE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULE CHANGES IN OCTOBER</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At their meeting on October
15, 2010, in Salem, the State Library Board will hold a public hearing and
deliberate on changes to the Library’s Administrative Rules. The <a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/adminrules.shtml">proposed changes</a> would
reduce the number of state document depository libraries by one and make other
minor changes to the administrative rules concerning the state document
depository program. Another proposed change would modify the way that libraries
might be assessed to partially support the L-net virtual reference program in
the future. A public hearing on the changes will be held at 11:00 a.m. Written
testimony may be sent to <a href="mailto:jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us">Jim
Scheppke</a> by email prior to the public hearing.<br>
<br>
In addition to the public hearing and deliberations on rule changes, the Board
will hear recommendations from the LSTA Advisory Council about competitive
grant awards in 2011 and other elements of the LSTA program. The Board will
also conduct the annual evaluation of the State Librarian and conduct the
annual post-transaction review of agency head financial transactions. An open
forum will be held at 1:00 p.m. Anyone may address the Board in the open forum on
any topic. The meeting will be held in Room 102 at the State Library, beginning
at 9:30 a.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>STATE
LIBRARY MAKES ONLINE VOTERS PAMPHLETS AVAILABLE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Government Research Services team is pleased to announce the completion of
phase one of the <a
href="http://library.state.or.us/databases/subjects/Voters_Pamphlet.php">Online
Voters Pamphlet Project</a>. Over the past year, staff have scanned all general
and special election pamphlets for Marion County. This treasure trove of
historical information includes most statewide races and voter initiatives
since the pamphlets began in 1904. The original pamphlets are newsprint and can
be quite fragile. Finding specific content can also be difficult unless you
know the exact election that contains the information you need. The online site
resolves these challenges. Each pamphlet is scanned as a PDF document. All the
content is searchable using a Google custom search engine installed on the
pamphlet site. Since the availability of the pamphlets was announced earlier
this month, many researchers and librarians have responded enthusiastically.
One journalist wrote, "I just can't help myself from reading through more
back issues of the Oregon Voters Pamphlet." Phase two of the project will
be digitizing and indexing the Marion county primaries. This project should
begin in early 2011. For more information, contact <a
href="mailto:dave.b.hegeman@state.or.us">Dave Hegeman</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS TITLES IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS ARE AT THE STATE LIBRARY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Talking Book
and Braille Services has more than 80% of the books for 2010-2011's Battle of
the Books on digital audio cartridge and downloadable audio (BARD). Some titles
are even available in Braille format. We have copies on hand and ready to loan
to registered patrons so call to reserve your student's books today. You can
reach us Monday through Friday at 800-452-0292. A friendly Reader's Advisor is
on hand now waiting to take your book order. If your student isn't registered
yet for Talking Books, download an application at <a href="http://www.tbabs.org">http://www.tbabs.org</a>
and mail in the original. We'll process the application and get materials in
your student's hands within a few days. If you have any questions call
800-452-0292.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
SEND YOUR STUDENT’S READING LISTS TO TBABS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teachers, Librarians,
Teacher-Librarians—lend us your ears. The school year has just gotten
underway and many of you are looking at, working with, and trying to fill
school reading lists for your visually and physically impaired students.
Talking Book and Braille Services has access to many titles commonly found on
student reading lists. Share those lists with TBABS and we’ll review our
collection and make sure to have those books on hand to loan to Oregon
students. We have many titles in many formats such as, digital cartridge,
downloadable audio (BARD), audio cassette, Braille, and web-Braille. Send your
reading lists to <a href="mailto:elke.bruton@state.or.us">Elke Bruton</a> or to
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St NE, Salem, OR 97301.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FIVE
LIBRARY ELECTIONS WILL BE DECIDED IN NOVEMBER</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Operating
funds and a bond measure for Oregon public libraries will be at issue on the
November 2nd general election ballot. Perhaps the most important election will
take place in Hood River County, where library supporters are trying to bounce
back from an election defeat in May and reopen the Hood River County Library,
closed since July 1st. Voters in the county will decide on creating a new
special library district with a permanent tax rate of 39 cents per $1,000
assessed valuation. This rate is much lower than the 70 cents per $1,000 rate
that was voted down in May. The new financial plan for the Library was
developed by Hood River Mayor Arthur Babitz and other library supporters. The
rate is expected to raise about $643,500 annually, which is less than the
average county support the library has received in recent years. Babitz told
the County Commissioners that the library will need to make up for having less
tax revenue by making greater use of volunteers and fund-raising.<br>
<br>
Also on the November ballot is a renewal of the 17 cent per $1,000 local option
levy for the Washington County Cooperative Library Services. The levy provides
operating funds and cooperative services to all of the public libraries in
Washington County. In Multnomah County voters will be asked to amend the county
charter to enable the commissioners to put a library district measure on the
ballot at some future date. The Multnomah County Library currently gets its
operating funds from a five year local option levy and from the county General
Fund. In Damascus voters will get a chance to annex to the Library Service
District of Clackamas County that was formed two years ago. At that time the
City of Damascus opted out of the district and city residents lost their public
library service. In Lake County, voters will be asked to approve a bond measure
that would provide the last of the funding needed to complete a new library in
Lakeview in addition to a new branch in Christmas Valley.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONNECTING
TO COLLECTIONS (C2C) PROJECT CONTINUES THIS FALL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In 2006, the Heritage Health
Index identified millions of items in the nation's cultural institutions that
were in danger due to poor conditions, lack of training, and other causes. As a
result of the study, the Institute for Museum & Library Services made funds
available to states for planning purposes. With a grant from the IMLS, Oregon
museums, libraries and other cultural institutions are planning together for
Oregon’s preservation training needs. The C2C grant project’s
Steering Committee and project coordinator, Ruth Metz, have held five regional
meetings to gather information about the training needs of those who work with
Oregon’s heritage collections. These regional meetings will help the
Steering Committee structure a statewide survey to verify and quantify preservation
training needs across museums, libraries, and archives. Look for the survey in
October and the survey report in December. What then? The survey report will be
the launching pad for an Oregon heritage leadership summit in January 2011. The
summit will result in an action plan for improving heritage collections through
training. For more information contact Ruth Metz, the Project Coordinator
(503-422-8024), or go to the <a href="http://orc2c.blogspot.com">C2C project
blog</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
HILLSBORO AND LAKE OSWEGO LIBRARIES WILL PILOT EBOOK PROMOTION</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Hillsboro Public Library
and the Lake Oswego Public Library have been chosen to be among the first 30
public libraries in the U.S. to partner with Sony on a project to make library
users more aware of the advantages of e-books. The Sony Reader Library Program
was announced this year at the American Library Association Conference. The
State Library worked with the Oregon Digital Library Consortium to select the
libraries to be among a handful of libraries in the U.S. to pilot test the
program. The libraries will each receive four Sony Readers to demonstrate to
staff and to library users. Two of the devices will be tethered to a
free-standing floor display. The libraries will also receive staff training
from Sony and other materials to promote e-books. Once Sony completes the pilot
test at the initial libraries and gets feedback, they plan to offer the program
nationwide to as many as 30 libraries a month. “This validates the State
Library Board’s investments this year to jumpstart the availability of
e-books on Library2Go,” said State Librarian Jim Scheppke. “I think
Oregon is now seen as a leader in lending e-books from our public
libraries.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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ADULTS AND CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER READING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
This year eleven of the fifteen Washington County Cooperative Library Services
(WCCLS) member libraries offered an adult summer reading program to local
residents. For many parents this provided an excellent opportunity to model for
their children the value of reading not only for its educational value, but for
enjoyment. Just over 2,000 adults participated in the 2010 program. All fifteen
WCCLS member libraries continued to provide youth and teen summer reading
programs – reaching 25,784 participants. Each year the youth and teens
are given the opportunity of setting their own reading goals for the summer
– with several incentives provided to encourage them to achieve these
goals. Incentives include such things as free tickets to a Portland Trail Blazers
game or discounted admission to Oaks Amusement Park. This year fifty-two
percent of all participants reached their reading goals (13,471 kids). By
contrast, just over 17,000 kids participated in the reading program during the
summer of 2005 with 9,013 meeting their reading goals. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
FEDERAL COURT RULES OREGON HARMFUL TO MINORS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
In September, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Oregon laws designed
to prevent sexually explicit literature from being provided to minors was
unconstitutional, overturning a lower court decision. Powells Books, the ACLU
and other organizations have been seeking to overturn the law, adopted in 2007.
The court ruled that “speech that is neither obscene as to youths nor
subject to some other legitimate proscription cannot be suppressed solely to
protect the young from ideas or images that a legislative body thinks
unsuitable for them.” The ruling does not affect libraries because the
Oregon Library Association worked hard to exempt libraries from the legislation.
OLA Lobbyist Nan Heim and OLA member Candace Morgan served on a work group that
drafted the bill, at the request of the bill's sponsor. Nan Heim recalls that,
“When Governor Kulongoski signed the bill, he held a news conference in
the children’s room of the downtown Central Library,” in Portland.
At press time the Oregon Department of Justice had not decided whether to
appeal the Federal court ruling to a higher court.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We get a newspaper clipping
service at the State Library, and I can always tell when the statewide Summer
Reading Program is winding down by the size of the packet of clippings I get
every week or so. In the summer the packet is fat. Local newspapers love to
cover summer reading. It makes for such good photo opportunities. Who
doesn’t love a picture of kids getting turned on to books?<br>
<br>
By now our clippings packets have returned to normal. But all indications are
that Oregon public libraries served many thousands of Oregon children with
activities and incentives to promote their engagement with books over the
summer. We won’t have the numbers for a few months yet, but last year we
know over 177,000 Oregon children participated in our statewide Summer Reading
Program. I expect that this year the number will be higher. <br>
<br>
While 177,000 sounds like a lot of kids, we could be serving a lot more.
According to the latest estimates from the Population Research Center at
Portland State University there are about 496,000 children ages 5 to 14 in
Oregon, the prime demographic for summer reading.<br>
<br>
There is more and more education research that shows that summer reading is key
to having a child become a proficient reader. A recent book, <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Summer Reading: Program and Evidence</span></em>,
by Fay Shin and Stephen Krashen (Pearson, 2008), summarizes the research and
makes a startling claim that summer reading may explain most of the so-called
“achievement gap” in reading performance between minority and
low-income children and other children:<br>
<br>
“Studies show that children of the poor and children of higher-income
families show similar growth over the school year; children from higher-income
families, however, make much more progress over the summer. Over time, the
contribution of summer reading growth appears to be enough to account for the
difference in performance on reading tests between these two groups of children
(p. 19).” <br>
<br>
And why do higher-income children read more? It’s simple, according to
the research. They have more access to books. There is a myth out there that
some children are “reluctant readers.” The reality is that they
just need a good librarian to engage them with books that fit their interests
and reading level.<br>
<br>
In Oregon, as in most states, the reading achievement gap is large. For
example, in the 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress 8th grade
reading test, Latino students in Oregon scored 22 points below white students,
and students qualifying for free and reduced-price lunches also had an average
score 22 points below students who did not qualify.<br>
<br>
Beginning with this year’s class of high school juniors, passing the
state reading test will be a graduation requirement for all Oregon students.
Shouldn’t that fact alone, coupled with the research on the importance of
summer reading, motivate us to reach out and try to have every Oregon child
participate in the Oregon Summer Reading Program? – Jim Scheppke</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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:Ferol.Weyand@state.or.us">Ferol
Weyand </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
href="mailto:Ferol.Weyand@state.or.us">Ferol Weyand</a> .<i> Letter to
Libraries Online</i> is available free of charge and is available only in
electronic form on the publications page at the Oregon State Library's
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