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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Congratulations to Terry Reese, the Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services. Terry
</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">led a collaborative effort between OSU Libraries and the State Library to create and implement the Libraries of Oregon.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> The
ACRL-OR Board selected the Libraries of Oregon project to receive the 2012</span> ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence.</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">The ACRL-Oregon Award for Excellence recognizes "individuals or groups who achieve excellence in the field by significantly improving
Oregon academic libraries or librarianship." In his award letter, ACRL Oregon's Board said, "The Libraries of Oregon project embodies every aspect of this award, and we are very excited to recognize the project in this way."</span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">The Libraries of Oregon website (<a href="http://librariesoforegon.org">http://librariesoforegon.org</a>/) connects Oregon residents
to statewide library resources and local public libraries. These resources inlcude the statewide subscription databases from Gale that are paid for by f</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">ederal
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<p class="MsoNormal">MaryKay Dahlgreen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us<o:p></o:p></p>
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