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<div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;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"><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The newly formed OLA Staff Training Roundtable is ready for you!</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">We will have our very first meeting on Tuesday 10/30 from 3pm to 4:30pm in the Portland metro area location to be determined. Participation by distance will be available using online meeting software.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">If you want to join our new RT, please fill out a short survey so we can get a better idea of how many people will be participating and where in the state everyone is from. We would like to hold future meetings around the state based on where our members are located.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;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;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Survey Link:</font></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/pEOo0JNl8Yw2yHXk1" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://goo.gl/forms/pEOo0JNl8Yw2yHXk1</a></font></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div><div><div><span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div><div><div><span><span class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Current OLA members can join the RT on this page:</font></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div><div><div><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><a href="http://olaweb.org/ola-membership-affiliation---publication-addition" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">http://olaweb.org/ola-membership-affiliation---publication-addition</font></a></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;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"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;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;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The cost to join our RT is $0.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;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"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-2209728029090024623gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">What is the Staff Training RT? From the statement of purpose approved by OLA:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">The Staff Training Round Table will be a resource for any library staff member who is involved with staff training at their library. Membership in this group will allow libraries across the state to discuss current training issues and best practices, share resources, and collaborate on building future training to meet the needs of an ever-evolving profession. <br></span></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></i></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">What will we actually do? That's what you are going to help us figure out by joining and coming to our first meeting. See you there!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Blake Kincaid & Laural Winter (co-chairs)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">We have an official mailing list, so you can send us a message:</p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:OLA_Staff_Training_RT@ola.memberclicks.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">OLA_Staff_Training_RT@ola.memberclicks.net</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span></p></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>

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