<div dir="ltr"><div><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:31px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;line-height:37px;text-align:center;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/141430969865/jane-patton" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;outline:0px none;font-size:31px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;text-transform:uppercase;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%">JANE PATTON</a></h2><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Jane VanDike Patton (1914-1980) was a visionary ahead of her time in understanding the impact that libraries can have on society at large. Receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Library Science from Florida State University in 1957 and 1967, respectively, she researched the library’s transformative power through collection development in her 1967 dissertation titled “Some Aspects of the Public Library’s Role as an Agent of Change.”  (More at <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/141430969865/jane-patton">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/post/141430969865/jane-patton</a>)<br><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:20px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline!important;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Submission information:  <a href="http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2016">http://womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com/submit2016</a><br clear="all"></span><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Work email</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></i><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Home email: </span></i></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></i></a></div>
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<span>“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”―Maya Angelou</span><span></span></h6><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"></span></div></div>
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