<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi everyone! Still looking for a mentor for this early career librarian. If you are an adult services librarian in Portland, we'd love to have you as a mentor!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Meredith</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 1:28 PM, 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"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px">The <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">OLA</span> <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">Mentoring</span> <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">program</span> curr<wbr>ently has a mentee applicant who is new to Oregon and is looking for an experienced public librarian <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-il">mentor</span> working in adult services who is pretty plugged into the Portland library scene. W<span style="font-size:12.6667px">e currently don't have any available </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">mentors</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> in our pool who are a fit, so I'm putting out the call.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Recently, the <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">OLA</span> Board voted to change the requirements for <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">mentors</span> so that <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">mentors</span> no longer need to be <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">OLA</span> members (though it's preferred). You can see a description of the <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">program</span> and the full list of requirements for <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">mentors</span> and mentees here: <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/mentor-program" target="_blank">http://www.olaweb.org/<span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">me<wbr>ntor</span>-<span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il">program</span></a>.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">If you're interested and are a first-time </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-m_-5829024344551132906gmail-m_688865871621614084m_-4180346833712228829gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">mentor</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> with the <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il"><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-il">OLA</span></span> </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">Mentoring</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">Program</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px">, please </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-_9Y8mdtUR0WUDz7dM4sfoaYPo1Ba0pV_p-jOFikCmI/viewform?usp=send_form" style="font-size:12.6667px" target="_blank">fill out the <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-m_-5829024344551132906gmail-m_688865871621614084m_-4180346833712228829gmail-il"><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-il"><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-il"><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-il">mentor</span></span></span></span> application</a><span style="font-size:12.6667px">. If you're a former </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-m_-5829024344551132906gmail-m_688865871621614084m_-4180346833712228829gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">mentor</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> in the </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">program</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> (and your basic contact and job info hasn't changed), you can just email me. </span><span style="font-size:12.6667px">If you know someone who is not on </span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-m_-5829024344551132906gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">LIBS</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px">-</span><span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail-m_-8298504407509328419gmail-m_-5829024344551132906gmail-il" style="font-size:12.6667px">OR</span><span style="font-size:12.6667px"> who might be interested, please feel free to share my email.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.6667px"></span>Thanks for considering! And please note that I'll be away on vacation starting Thursday evening, so you may not hear from me until around 6/26.</div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Meredith Farkas</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">For the <span class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-il">OLA</span> Membership Committee</div><br clear="all" style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div class="m_3144962032814947994gmail-m_-2743676355823618698gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Meredith Farkas, Faculty Librarian</span><br></div><div dir="ltr">Portland Community College Library, Sylvania Campus<br><a href="tel:(971)%20722-4966" 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></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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