<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">As a retired school librarian/ teacher librarian, I thank you for the
support. Voices from the community and from our fellow professionals in
academic and public libraries are essential.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="Helv" size="2"><font face="Helv" size="2">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Garnetta
Wilker</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
Co-chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Library Association<br>
K-12 Representative, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> Statewide Database Licensing
Advisory Committee</span></p>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Jane Corry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janec@multcolib.org" target="_blank">janec@multcolib.org</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"><div>Good reason to talk to your legislator on April 29. Right?<br><br></div>Jane<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Jennifer Maurer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us" target="_blank">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue">Please pardon the cross-postings.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The State Librarian has tracked the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) licensed school librarians employed in Oregon public schools since the 1980-81 school year. Recently we also started tracking
the number of FTE school library support staff. For figures and a chart related to the 33-year span, see the attached PDF. Here is brief snapshot:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">School Year <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">No. of Schools<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Library Support Staff (FTE)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Licensed Librarians (FTE)<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">No. of Students Per Licensed Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1980-81<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,284<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">n/a<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">818<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">547<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2011-12<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,253<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">697<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">203<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2,763<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2012-13<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,246<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">681<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">144<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">3,915<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2013-14<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">1,239<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">688<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<td style="width:119.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="160">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">129<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">4,396<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Percent Change from 1980 to 2013<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">- 84.23%<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#00b050">+703.66%<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The data comes from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE). As of the last few years, some of the figures were pulled from the
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821" target="_blank">Oregon Statewide Annual Report Card</a>. Note that the staffing chart on PDF page 8 of the
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/annreportcard/rptcard2014.pdf" target="_blank">2013-14 report card</a>, and for some previous years, combines figures for school library licensed and support staff. When we pointed out that this could be confusing since there is a separate
row for general support staff, ODE added a note to the bottom of the chart. ODE staff supplied me with the separate figures for licensed versus support staff.<br>
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This information could be helpful for anyone involved in school library advocacy efforts.<br>
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For a spot of good news, I’m hearing increased reports about school districts hiring library staff, including licensed librarians.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Questions? Please ask.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Oregon Statewide Annual Report Card:
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821" target="_blank">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1821</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">2013-14 Report Card:
<a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/annreportcard/rptcard2014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ode.state.or.us/data/annreportcard/rptcard2014.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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