<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hello, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large">Just a quick reminder that the deadline for the first round of CSD scholarships to the OLA conference is <b>this Thursday, Feb. 29</b>. If we don't award all the scholarships in the first round, we'll open the application again, </span><font size="4">but <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/csd-2024-ola-conference-scholarship-app" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">apply now</span></a></font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"> for the best chance of getting a scholarship. </font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4">Jackie</font></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><font size="2"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jackie Partch</font><br></font></b><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="2">Youth & Family Services Librarian</font></b><br></font><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Multnomah County Library</font></span><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">971.500.1733</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><i style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px">she/her/hers</i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Work schedule: Monday-Friday</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> 8:30-5</span></div><div dir="ltr"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/" style="color:rgb(42,93,176)" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></font></u></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><br></u></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM Jacqueline Partch <<a href="mailto:jacquelp@multcolib.org">jacquelp@multcolib.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div><span id="m_5881019774928102315gmail-docs-internal-guid-37c005b3-7fff-ce9a-295c-7e938b75ffe2"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:177pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 11pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(74,74,74);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Children's Services Division (CSD) of the Oregon Library Association (OLA) is offering scholarships of up to $1,000 for members of CSD to attend the 2024 OLA Conference in Salem, OR. Funds are intended to cover the cost of registration, hotel lodging for Tuesday night (if attending a pre-conference) and Wednesday and Thursday night for regular conference attendance, travel, and meals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,s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serif">Monica Hoffman, CSD Chair - </span><a href="mailto:csd@olaweb.org" style="color:rgb(62,118,39);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Roboto,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px">csd@olaweb.org</span></a><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><font size="2"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jackie Partch</font><br></font></b><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="2">Youth & Family Services Librarian</font></b><br></font><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Multnomah County Library</font></span><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">971.500.1733</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><i style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px">she/her/hers</i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Work schedule: Monday-Friday</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> 8:30-5</span></div><div dir="ltr"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/" style="color:rgb(42,93,176)" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></font></u></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><br></u></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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