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<p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt">*** cross-posted; please pardon the duplication***<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Libros for Oregon</b> <b>is now accepting applications</b> to participate in its 2018 cohort, which will purchase materials for member libraries at the Guadalajara Book Fair this November. Please note that if you are selected, turnaround
time this year to take the next steps (detailed in the attached timeline) is rather short, as we switch from a grant cycle to what will become OLA oversight.
<b>Submission deadline is June 13.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u>BACKGROUND<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Libros for Oregon (LfO) is an LSTA grant-incubated project whose purpose is to support Spanish-language collection development in Oregon public libraries by making the resources of the Guadalajara Book Fair more accessible through cooperative
book-buying. Each year LfO will send three representatives on behalf of eight libraries to the Fair. There they will purchase (using members’ own selection budgets, and taking into account their selection preferences) books for participants’ collections. We
work with a vendor who manages our shipping, handling and invoicing (participant libraries are invoiced directly).
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Participating libraries are required to plan, execute, and report on
<b>three outreach activities</b> designed to connect their communities with their enhanced Spanish-language collections. LfO provides supportive materials for this process.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Since our goal is to provide access to the Fair’s resources where it may be lacking,
<b>small and rural libraries</b> who serve Latinos and Spanish-speakers are especially encouraged to apply. However, any Oregon public library may apply and may be accepted. (We may be able to expand the parameters to include other types of libraries as the
project continues.) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u>RESOURCES<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The project maintains a <a href="Hi%20all,">website</a> that provides LfO-related explanatory and application materials, and also resources more generally related to the Guadalajara Book Fair and Spanish book selection.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">(Note: please pardon the occasional glitches or omissions, as we are still rolling out this project. This will be our first year going public. Please bring any oddities to my attention. Thanks!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Website</b>: <a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home">
https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Application information, instructions, and form:</b>
<a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home/apply">https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home/apply</a> (Please use the application dated 2018, attached here and soon to be updated on our website.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Participant timeline:</b> attached. (Soon it will be updated on the Apply page of the LfO website as well.)
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>FAQ: </b>Many of your questions may be answered in the project FAQ, which is attached and can also be found at this link:
<a href="https://bit.ly/2wnEyOO">https://bit.ly/2wnEyOO</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>OLA 2018 presentation on Libros for Oregon</b>: The slides from my recent OLA presentation, “The Guadalajara Book Fair and Your Library: the Launch of Libros for Oregon” are available at NW Central:
<a href="https://bit.ly/2HZWXXv">https://bit.ly/2HZWXXv</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Guadalajara Book Fair</b>’s own website:
<a href="https://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/i_info/i_info_fil.asp">https://www.fil.com.mx/ingles/i_info/i_info_fil.asp</a>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">After a year of project design, 2017-2018 has been our pilot year. Following are the contact people at the libraries who participated, and I’m sure they’ll be happy to answer any questions you have about what the experience was like
for them. Star Khan and Teena Nelson of Driftwood/Lincoln City accompanied me to the massive Fair itself to do the book-buying.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">(Note: because LINCC was the project’s fiscal agent, the grant specified that half the participants for the pilot year be LINCC libraries. Going forward our representation will be more geographically varied; our Advisory Council already
is.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Ledding Library of Milwaukie (Contact: Sarah Roller)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Estacada (Michele Kinnamon)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Oak Lodge (Mitzi Olson)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Wilsonville (Deborah Gitlitz)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Oregon City (Barratt Miller)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Driftwood) / Lincoln City (Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, Star Khan and Teena Nelson)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Newport Public Library (Ted Smith)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Oregon Trail Library District (Kathy Street)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Klamath (Charla Oppenlander)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">If you are interested in applying, please read through the explanatory materials, and if you still have questions, I’ll be happy to answer them.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">To submit: please <b>send your completed application as an attachment to me</b> (contact info below).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Again, the <b>deadline to submit applications is June 13, 2018</b>.
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Deborah<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#008996">Deborah Gitlitz</span></b><b><span style="color:#008996"><br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Outreach Librarian</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wilsonville Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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