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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,79)">Karen Clay has been the Library Director at Eastern Oregon
University since July 2006. Please download and read her introduction to her “Connecting to Community Through Collections” issue of the OLA Quarterly, here: <a href="http://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol26_iss1_2" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol26_iss1_2</a><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><span style="color:rgb(77,77,79)"><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Karen
grew up in Canada, where she obtained a Masters degree in Engineering, followed
immediately by an MLIS. Her first positions as a Librarian were at the International
Institute for Sustainable Development and at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. The
EOU Library was extensively renovated in 2012, and ever since Karen has been
hoping for an opportunity to organize and showcase the Library’s special
collections. Learning about the breadth of special collections covered in this
issue has given Karen the inspiration to apply for grant funding to work with
EOU’s special collections and uncover whatever gems are hidden there.</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Thank you,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">Charles Wood</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="2">OLA Communications</font></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(77,77,79)"><span></span></span></span></p>





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