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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>At the time of this writing, Nancy Hoover was the Acting
Dean of Libraries at Concordia University in NE Portland.  Please
download and read her latest article, “</span><span>Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia
University - Portland," here:<br>
<a href="http://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol26_iss1_3" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://journals3.library.oregonstate.edu/olaq/article/view/vol26_iss1_3</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><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span></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>Unfortunately, Concordia University Portland permanently
closed at the end of spring term 2020.  Nancy is grateful they were able
to transfer the valuable CVGS collection to the Family History Library so it
can continue to benefit Volga German research the world over. Previously
she was the University Librarian at Marylhurst University from 2003 to 2018.
Nancy has a BA from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH and an MLS from the
School of information at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Nancy has taught library
science courses for Emporia University cohorts around the west including Portland
and for the Portland State University School of Education, Library Media Specialization.
Outside of Concordia, Nancy volunteers as a street librarian for Street Books,
a bicycle powered mobile library serving people who live outside, plays and watches
competitive tennis, and is actively engaged in national politics.</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"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Charles Wood</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">OLA Quarterly Coordinator</span></font><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></span></span></p>





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