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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span>Jane Corry was the President of OLA in
2015–2016, and served as chair of the LIOLA 2018 Planning Committee. Elaine
Hirsch is the Vice President/<span>President Elect</span>
of OLA and serves on OLA’s Leadership Committee with Jane.<span>  </span>Please download and read their latest
article, “LIOLA: The Long and Winding Road” here: <span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><a href="https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1939" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span>https://doi.org/10.7710/1093-7374.1939</span></a><span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2">

</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Their article is in the form of a
conversation between Jane and Elaine about how the first Leadership Institute
of the Oregon Library Association (LIOLA) came to be.<span>  </span>They describe the history of the multiyear
effort of many Oregon librarians to create LIOLA and what took place last May
in Pendleton.<span>  </span>This is essential reading
for those who are thinking of applying for LIOLA 2019, and for those looking to
hire the next generation of Oregon’s library leaders. For more information,
see: </span><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/liola-2019" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span>https://www.olaweb.org/liola-2019</span></a><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Thank you,</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Charles Wood</font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">OLA Communications</font></font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span></span></span></p>





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