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</span></font><b><font face="Arial Black"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">State Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Palatino"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Palatino">Salem, OR 97301-3950<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="7" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:36.0pt">News Release
</span></font><font face="Arial Black"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">For Immediate Release
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">December 9, 2011</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Contact: Diane Ballard, Human Resources Manager, (503) 378-3635<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.6pt;font-weight:bold">Leadership Changes at the Oregon State Library</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Salem — The State Library Board of Trustees voted today to appoint MaryKay Dahlgreen as Interim State Librarian at the Oregon State Library, beginning
on January 1<sup>st</sup>.</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dahlgreen will replace Jim Scheppke who will retire after 20 years as the Oregon State Librarian at the end of December. The Board also voted to immediately
reopen the search process for the next Oregon State Librarian.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">MaryKay Dahlgreen has been the Program Manager for Library Development Services at the State Library since 2005 and she has worked at the State Library
since 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also at the Board meeting on December 9<sup>th</sup>, Jim Scheppke announced his appointment of Arlene Weible to be Acting Program Manager for Government
Research Services, the post previously held by Hulshof-Schmidt. Weible is the Government Documents and Technical Services Librarian at the State Library, where she has worked since 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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