<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap">A few MLS students and library professionals</span><font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> are proposing a new round table to OLA and need emails of support from 25 (or more!)  librarians, grad students, or other LIS professionals. </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Georgia" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We are looking for people to get involved and who are willing to meet up in the Portland, OR area or virtually.  </span></font><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Our objective</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent"> is to help those who have been association members for fewer than ten years become actively involved and integrated within the Oregon Library Association in particular, and to advance the overall professional development of 21st century librarians,<i> library staff, and other information professionals. </i></span><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><br></i></span></font><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Our <i>specific aims</i> are as follows:</span></div><span class="im"><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (1) to structure opportunities for involvement and/or training for professional association committee experiences; </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(2) to provide programs to assist and encourage those new to the association and<i>/or </i>the profession; </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(3) to offer a variety of leadership opportunities, and; </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(4) to develop and implement ongoing programs for library school students which <i>and emerging librarians e</i>ncourage professional involvement and networking.</span><br></div></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We would love to hear from you! Please email <a href="mailto:nmrt.ola@gmail.com">nmrt.ola@gmail.com</a> with your message of support or interest. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Thank you!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Stephanie Miller</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Jane Corry</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Jenkins Lumpkin</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Nicole Langley Peralta</span></div></span></div>