<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)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@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;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
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";}
h1
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
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;}
h5
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:10.0pt;
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.Heading1Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 1 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 1";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
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.Heading5Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 5 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 5";
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050" />
</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">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="719" style="width:431.4pt">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:15.6pt">
<td style="padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt;height:15.6pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="Top"></a><span style="font-size:5.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Having trouble viewing this HTML e-mail?
<a href="http://oregon.gov/osl/LTLO/LTLOJun2012/Jun2012LTLO.html">Click here</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" width="797" style="width:477.9pt;border:outset #999999 1.5pt">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:142.2pt">
<td width="526" style="width:315.85pt;border:inset #999999 1.0pt;background:#6699CC;padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt;height:142.2pt">
<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><br>
</span><img border="0" width="378" height="106" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image008.jpg@01CD3FE7.E3276EE0" alt="OSL Building"><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Letter to Libraries Online</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">An Electronic Newsletter from the Oregon State Library</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Volume 22, Issue 6, June 2012</span></strong><br>
<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="264" style="width:158.45pt;border:inset #999999 1.0pt;background:#6699CC;padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt;height:142.2pt">
<h5 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Contents:</span><o:p></o:p></h5>
<h5 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><a href="#Board"><span style="color:white">Library Board News</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h5>
<h5 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><a href="#OSLNews"><span style="color:white">State Library News</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h5>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><a href="#OtherNews"><span style="color:white">Other Library News</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h5 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><a href="#Contacts"><span style="color:white">Contacts at the State Library</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></h5>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" width="790" style="width:474.0pt;border:outset #999999 1.5pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="786" style="width:6.55in;border:inset #999999 1.0pt;padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#CCCCCC">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#6699CC;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="Board" id="Board"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Library Board News
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Governor Appoints Ebonee Bell to State Library Board</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Governor Kitzhaber has appointed Ebonee Bell of Portland to the State Library Board of Trustees. She will replace Richard Turner of Portland who will retire from the Board in July after serving
two four-year terms. Ms. Bell currently works at the Multnomah County Library in their Books 2 U program. She has a BA degree from Smith College and a Masters in Education from Harvard University. “We are grateful that the Governor chose such a highly-qualified
Oregonian to serve on the State Library Board,” commented State Librarian MaryKay Dahlgreen. “Our Board will certainly benefit from her experience and commitment to children, libraries, and reading.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">State Library Board Meets in Troutdale</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The State Library Board will meet on June 15th at the Troutdale Library. The Board will hear recommendations from the Library Services and Technology Act Advisory Council on inviting libraries
to submit full competitive grant applications for projects in 2013. The Board will also hear a report from the Board Budget Committee on the Agency Request Budget process for the 2013-15 biennium. The Talking Book and Braille Services Advisory Council will
also be making recommendations, including a plan to expend donation funds for 2012-13. An “Open Forum” will be held at noon. Anyone may address the Board at the Open Forum on any topic.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="#Top"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Return to top of page</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#CCCCCC">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#6699CC;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="OSLNews" id="OSLNews"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">State Library News</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Explore the Oregon Book Awards Collection</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter" />
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" />
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" />
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" />
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" />
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" />
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" />
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" />
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" />
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1035" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="OBALogo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:117.75pt;height:47.25pt;z-index:5;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" o:title="OBALogo" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="157" height="63" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" align="left" hspace="6" alt="OBALogo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Since
1995, the Oregon Center for the Book at the Oregon State Library has worked with
<a href="http://www.literary-arts.org/">Literary Arts, Inc.</a> to promote the Oregon Book Awards in libraries. Publishers donate 25 copies of the finalists’ titles, which are distributed to libraries around the state. The Center for the Book also keeps a copy
of all donated titles. The copies housed at the State Library were recently made available as the
<a href="http://catalog.osl.state.or.us/search~S2/d?SEARCH=oregon+book+awards+collection">
Oregon Book Awards Collection</a>. There are 268 titles, which can be checked out by interlibrary loan or by coming to the State Library in person. Libraries are also welcome to download promotional bookmark templates at the
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/aboutcenter.aspx">Oregon Center for the Book website</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Elke Bruton Joins Battle of the Books</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1034" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="OBOBLogo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:75pt;height:54.75pt;z-index:4;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" o:title="OBOBLogo" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="100" height="73" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" align="left" hspace="6" alt="OBOBLogo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Elke
Bruton, Public Services Librarian for Talking Book and Braille Services, has joined Battle of the Books in the position of Co-Chair 1. Elke will be working with the OBOB committee members to facilitate and organize behind the scenes aspects that bring together
the Oregon Battle of the Books. While she is really nervous about filling the shoes of Debbie Alvarez, she is excited to be a part of OBOB’s organizational restructuring moving forward into the 2012-2013 season. Way to go, Elke!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Trio of Gale Webinars & Bookmarking Documents Now Available Online</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1033" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="GALELogo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:102pt;height:57.75pt;z-index:3;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="cid:image005.png@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" o:title="GALELogo" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="136" height="77" src="cid:image005.png@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" align="left" hspace="6" alt="GALELogo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This
spring, Julie Pepera, a Gale trainer, offered three webinars specifically for Oregon library staff: What is a Library Database?, Finding eResources to Support Library Programming, and Marketing Your Gale Databases. These webinars were archived and are now
available via the Training Opportunities link on the Gale support sites for Oregon
<a href="http://galesupport.com/oregon/">public</a> and <a href="http://galesupport.com/oregonacad/">
academic</a> libraries. The trainings could be useful for new library staff, volunteers, or possibly board members; for discovering ways to increase database usage; for learning new ways to get database content into the hands of patrons; and more. Also posted
on the Training Opportunities pages are two documents that explain how to create and use Gale bookmarks, or permanent links to Gale content – one each for the two most common database interfaces. Questions? Call (503.378.5011) or
<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">email</a> Jennifer Maurer in Library Development.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Oregonian Receives 2012 Letters About Literature National Award</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="LALLogo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:209.25pt;height:19.5pt;z-index:2;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:4.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="cid:image006.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" o:title="LALLogo" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="279" height="26" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" align="left" hspace="6" alt="LALLogo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lucia
Hadella from Phoenix High School (near Talent, OR) was selected as one of the 12 national 2012 Letters About Literature national honor award winners. Lucia received a $100 Target gift card and her high school library received a $1,000 grant in her name. Oregon’s
Letters About Literature Awards Celebration on May 11th at the State Library was a great success. The students read aloud personal letters they had written to authors about changes in themselves or the way they view the world to an audience of over 50 people.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Level I (4<sup>th</sup> – 6<sup>th</sup> Grade)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Honorable Mentions:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Juliet Raedeke</span></strong>, Ashland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairy Land</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Catherynne Valente</span>;
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anonymous</span></strong> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bud Not Buddy</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Christopher Paul Curtis</span>;
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anonymous</span></strong> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wings</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Aprilynne Pike</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Runner-up:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sasha Bartoo-Smith</span></strong>, Portland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">So B. It</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Sarah Weeks</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">First Place:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sinead Pyle</span></strong>, Ashland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stargirl</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Lisa Graff</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Level II (7<sup>th</sup> & 8<sup>th</sup> Grade)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Honorable Mentions:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Felicity Rizzo</span></strong>, Portland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Love Drugged</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, James Klise</span>;
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dora Totoian</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Roseburg</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Betty Smith</span>;
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Taylor Ishida</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Portland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, J.K. Rowling</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Runner-up:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anonymous</span></strong></span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Rudyard Kipling</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">First Place:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ella Beaver</span></strong>, Portland</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The House at Pooh Corner</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, A.A. Milne.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Level III (9<sup>th</sup> – 12<sup>th</sup> Grade)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Honorable Mentions:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anonymous</span></strong></span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Malcolm Gladwell</span>;
<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kelsi Gammon</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Tigard</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Help</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Kathryn Stockett</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Runner-up:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ben Jarrett</span></strong>, Beaverton</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tuesday’s With Morrie</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Mitch Albom</span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">First Place:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lucia Hadella</span></strong>, Talent</span> -
<em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Language Older Than Words</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Derrick Jensen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More information about this annual reading and writing contest is available on the
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutlit.aspx">Letters About Literature</a> web page.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="#Top"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Return to top of page</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#CCCCCC">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#6699CC;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="OtherNews" id="OtherNews"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Other Library News</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">School Library Staffing and Spending Trends For Last Five Years and Beyond</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Staff at the State Library is often asked about the change in Oregon school libraries over the last several years. Jennifer Maurer, OSL’s School Library Consultant, recently looked at data received
from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) for the <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/school/index.aspx#QEM_School_Library_Report">
QEM & School Libraries</a> annual report from a new angle. It seems school spending on library books and periodicals, both print and electronic, averaged $10.97 per Oregon public school student during the 2006-07 school year and $8.13 during 2010-11. That is
nearly a $3 per student decline in this library spending category in five years. (Note: The figures were pulled from data supplied by ODE. School library staff who reported corrections often indicate that their true budgets were less than what was reported
to ODE.) During the same time period, the national average price for a children’s & young adult hardcover book rose from
<a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6311760.html">$21.60</a> to
<a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/893523-312/fuel_for_your_fire_good.html.csp">
$23.85</a>. Also during that five-year span, the number of full time equivalent (FTE) licensed librarians serving public school students dropped from 389 to 308, and the number of students per librarian rose from 1,447 to 1,822. These figures have been tracked
since the 1980-81 school year, when there were 818 FTE licensed librarians which equaled about 547 students per librarian. If you include the
<a href="http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110424/NEWS/104240354/With-cuts-librarians-Salem-Keizer-schools-begin-difficult-chapter">
47 FTE licensed librarians cut from elementary and middle schools in Salem-Keizer School District for the 2011-12 school year</a>, that roughly puts the licensed staffing figure at about 261 for this year. Next school year the FTE total is expected to drop
by another 44 to about 217 when <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/beaverton/index.ssf/2012/05/beaverton_school_district_budg_5.html">
Beaverton School District cuts all licensed school librarian positions</a>. The estimates for this school year and next do not account for other cuts or the potential for some increases in other districts. While many libraries are being run or supported by
excellent library paraprofessionals, <a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslissues/positionstatements/roleslp">
the ideal</a> is to match licensed staff with paraprofessionals and reasonable budgets to create strong school library programs.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="#Top"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Return to top of page</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#CCCCCC">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#6699CC;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="Contacts" id="Contacts"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Contacts</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Oregon State Library</span></strong>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Library Development: 503-378-2525,
<a href="mailto:FerolWeyand@oslmail.osl.state.or.us">Ferol Weyand</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>
Acting Government Research Services Manager: 503-378-5030, <a href="mailto:arleneweible@state.or.us">
Arlene Weible</a>.<br>
</span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="OSL Logo" style='position:absolute;margin-left:25.3pt;margin-top:0;width:76.5pt;height:29.25pt;z-index:1;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-wrap-distance-left:37.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:37.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="cid:image007.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" o:title="OSL Logo" />
<w:wrap type="square" anchory="line"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width="102" height="39" src="cid:image007.jpg@01CD3FE6.FBBE8ED0" align="right" hspace="50" alt="OSL Logo" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6"><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
State Librarian: 503-378-4367, <a href="mailto:marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us">MaryKay Dahlgreen</a>.<br>
<br>
LTLO Editor: 503-378-2464, <a href="mailto:jessica.rondema@state.or.us">Jessica Rondema</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Letter to Libraries Online</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> is published monthly by the Oregon State Library. It is available free of charge and
is published only in electronic form on the publications page on the Oregon State Library's homepage:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL">http://www.oregon.gov/OSL</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To unsubscribe from libs-or, either send an 'unsubscribe' message to
<a href="mailto:libs-or-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or-request@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>, or visit the website:
<a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or/">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or/.</a> All materials may be reprinted or distributed freely.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="#Top"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Return to top of page</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>