<div dir="ltr">Hi wonderful library people of Oregon,<div><br></div><div>We still don't have a mentor who has experience in digital application development. If you do, are an OLA member, and want to support an early-career library staffperson who is very interested in digital application development, please <span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">consider filling out the </span><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_140898" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">application to become a <span class="">mentor</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">Meredith Farkas</span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">For the OLA Membership Committee</span></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Meredith Farkas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meredith.farkas@pcc.edu" target="_blank">meredith.farkas@pcc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:13px">Hello Oregon Academic Library Community!</span><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">The OLA <span>Mentoring</span> program currently has an applicant who is looking for a <span>mentor working in an academic library who can advise her </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap">in developing her technical skills to be able to work as a librarian building digital applications</span><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">. We don't have anyone in our current pool of available <span>mentors</span> who fits the bill.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">If that's sounds like you and you are an OLA Member with at least five years of experience in libraries or related orgs, please consider filling out the <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_140898" target="_blank">application to become a <span>mentor</span></a>. Please note: you do not need to have an MLS or be in a professional position (the program requirements have recently changed and will soon be updated on the website -- larger announcement about this coming soon).</span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Past <span>mentors</span> in the program have found the experience very rewarding.</span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for considering and please let me know if you have any questions. There's lots of info about the OLA <span>Mentoring</span> Program at </span></font><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mentor-program" target="_blank">http://www.olaweb.org/<span>mentor</span>-program</a> (though, as I mentioned, the requirements are currently being updated).</div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes,</span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Meredith Farkas</span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:13px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">For the OLA Membership Committee</span></font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Meredith Farkas, Reference Librarian<div>Portland Community College Library, Sylvania Campus<br><a href="tel:971-722-4966" value="+19717224966" target="_blank">971-722-4966</a><div><a href="mailto:meredith.farkas@pcc.edu" target="_blank">meredith.farkas@pcc.edu</a> <br><a href="http://www.pcc.edu/library" target="_blank">www.pcc.edu/library</a><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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