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<p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">ACRL-Oregon is sponsoring <a href="https://orlib18.sched.com/sponsor/academic_divisionacrl_oregon_acrl_or.1xokcr02" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">two Preconferences</a><span> </span>at the<span> </span><a href="https://orlib18.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Oregon Library Association Conference</a><span> </span>that will be of interest to academic librarians across the state. Please consider signing up for one or both of them!</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://www.pcc.edu/library/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Portland Community College</a><span> </span>librarian Pam Kessinger will be leading a panel with faculty from<span> </span><a href="https://www.pcc.edu/prepare/developmental/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">PCC’s Developmental Education</a><span> </span>program to explore “<a href="https://orlib18.sched.com/event/DYfX/metacognition-and-reading-strategies-to-bridge-students-toward-inquiry" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Metacognition and Reading Strategies to Bridge Students Toward Inquiry.</a>” Librarians who teach will learn how the Reading Apprenticeship framework as well as our own<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">ACRL Framework for Information Literacy</a><span> </span>can be used to develop meaningful information literacy instruction. This session is co-sponsored with the<span> </span><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/lirt_home" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Library Instruction Round Table.</a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">In August 2017, ACRL-Oregon awarded <a href="https://acrloregon.org/2017/08/08/maureen-flanagan-battistella-awarded-acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Maureen Flanagan Battistella</a> a professional development award to attend the<span> </span><a href="http://about.aaslh.org/home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">American Association of State and Local History</a>conference. Maureen’s attendance there was part of an ongoing project in partnership with colleagues at<span> </span><a href="http://sou.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Southern Oregon University</a>,<span> </span><a href="http://hanlib.sou.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Hannon Library</a>,<span> </span><a href="http://jcls.org/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Jackson County Library</a>, and others to  create “unique digital collections that tell the stories of Southern Oregon.”</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Interested in learning more about Maureen’s research and how to engage your own community via an oral history project? Sign up to attend the pre-conference session she is leading, “<a href="https://orlib18.sched.com/event/DYfT/how-to-document-oregons-thousand-points-of-life-techniques-and-technologies-to-engage-your-community-using-an-oral-history-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">How to Document Oregon’s Thousand Points of Life: Techniques and Technologies to Engage Your Community Using an Oral History Project</a>” with a fantastic panel of university faculty and librarians.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Interested in having your own conference, workshop, or professional development project funded? <a href="https://acrloregon.org/2018/01/23/professional-development-scholarship-now-accepting-applications/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,92,182)">Apply for an ACRL-Oregon professional development award now!</a> Deadline for next consideration is <strong>February 28, 2018</strong>.</p>

<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Communications Coordinator, ACRL-Oregon<br>Email:  <a href="mailto:acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org" target="_blank">acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org</a><br>Website:  <a href="http://acrloregon.org/" target="_blank">http://acrloregon.org/</a><br></div></div>
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