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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The PLD Board has scheduled the next Oregon Public Library Directors’ Meeting for October 10, 2014 at the <a href="http://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/index.aspx?page=89"><span style='color:windowtext'>Hillsboro Public Library</span></a> at 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR 97124. The official meeting will be from 10-2; the unofficial pre-meeting schmoozing time will start at 9:30 a.m. Morning refreshments and drinks will be provided. Lunch will be BYO or available for a small fee – stay tuned for more on lunch options as we get closer to the date. When we send out the lunch info, we will also ask for RSVPs. Expect to see that about a month prior to the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>At present, our agenda includes 1) the Oregon Public Library Standards and other PLD projects (like creating a policy clearinghouse), 2) Oregon State Librarian Mary Kay Dahlgreen and Manager of Library Development Susan Westin, 3) Drug-free zones for libraries and 4) SWAT for Public Libraries (remember the keynote speakers at the conference?), and 5) last but not least, our OLA President, Candice Watkins will fill us in on OLA activities.<b> Plus, if you have topics of interest to the entire Oregon public library directors’ community, </b>we would like to add them to<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>the agenda. Please send these ideas as soon as you have them!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Next topic: the annual OLA conference! We have been notified that pre-conference and session proposals will be requested soon and will be due before the end of September. YIKES!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We’d really want to offer sessions that meet your training and information needs. Therefore, we need to hear from you. What are those topics which would benefit not just your stuff but other library staff from around the state? What is the topic which you recently said ‘if only they had a conference session on this!’ We need to hear about those. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:9.0pt;text-indent:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Here are the topics that have been on our minds. What about you?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-high conflict people<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> -the Edge initiative<span style='color:#1F497D'>:</span> what is it, how does it relate to Public Library Standards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:9.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> -Egov’t services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> -grants, foundations and fundraising<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> -social workers in libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>And, finally<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> speaking of the annual conference and public library directors, we talked at one time about getting the directors together more than once a year. Timing gets difficult. What would you think about a directors’ pre-conference if we got a really good speaker like <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.anythinklibraries.org/news-item/anythinks-pam-sandlian-smith-present-tedxmilehigh">Pam Sandlian Smith</a></span>? Again, another topic which needs to be decided before we get together October 10. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Looking forward to hearing from you and thank you for your help!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Pam North, outgoing chair, PLD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mo Cole, incoming chair, PLD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=350 style='width:262.5pt;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt'><tr><td width=106 valign=top style='width:79.5pt;border:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=107 height=108 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFB7CC.AA4677B0" alt="Library square logo SMALL"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Maureen Cole<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="mailto:mcole@orcity.org">mcole@orcity.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span 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