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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">By Monica McCord, Communications Analyst, Operations </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">By Tamara Ottum, LSTA and Grants Coordinator, Library Support and Development </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/lstagrants/competitive"><span style="color:black">competitive grants program</span></a>. Projects include makerspaces, large library software migrations, digital heritage projects, academic tutoring for underserved
communities, and more. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">19 libraries are hiring
<a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/lstagrants/teeninterns"><span style="color:black">teen interns,</span></a> who will develop and lead a
<a href="https://clalliance.org/about-connected-learning/"><span style="color:black">connected learning project </span></a> that matches their interests and abilities. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">9 libraries will enhance connectivity and implement digital inclusion programs and services in their community. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">6 statewide programs continue to have LSTA support:
<a href="https://www.librosfororegon.org/"><span style="color:black">Libros for Oregon</span></a>,
<a href="https://www.oregonbattleofthebooks.org/"><span style="color:black">Oregon Battle of the Books</span></a> (OBOB),
<a href="https://library2go.overdrive.com/"><span style="color:black">Oregon Digital Library Consortium</span></a> (ODLC),
<a href="https://oslis.org/"><span style="color:black">Oregon School Library Information System</span></a>(OSLIS),
<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067"><span style="color:black">Overdue: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries</span></a> podcast, and the
<a href="https://sagelib.org/"><span style="color:black">Sage Library System</span></a> courier. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/lstagrants/awards"><span style="color:black">Grant Awards</span></a> page. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">New to the Catalog:
<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County, Oregon </span></em></span></b><em><b><span style="font-size:23.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> </span></b></em><b><span style="font-size:23.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">By Max H. Robinson, Administrative Specialist and Recording Studio Coordinator, Oregon
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">The Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library’s recording studio is back at it with another edition of “New to the Catalog.” This time, we are excited
to share our newly narrated edition of Cheese War: Conflict and Courage in Tillamook County, Oregon, written by Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk and printed by Oregon State University Press in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">If you’ve ever pondered the bucolic beginnings that would eventually lead Tillamook to national success for having some of the best cheese and
dairy in the country, this exciting story gives the inside scoop on a favorite local dairy, Tillamook Creamery! <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Written and extensively researched by two daughters of the Cheese War, this book details the little-known Oregon history and fascinating story
of the tense local conflict and fraught, years-long legal battle between the head of the Tillamook County Creamery Association, Beale Dixon, and the sisters’ own father, George Milne, a well-respected farmer and board president of the Tillamook Cheese Association
cooperative. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">The Talking Books audio book of Cheese War is narrated by studio volunteer Jennifer M. Imai, and the final run time is just under seven hours.
The book is currently available to qualified users of the Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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shrimp from Uncle Lee, and juicy, fragrant lychees that make their days together so sweet. As the seasons change, Laolao feels more and more tired, too tired to make dumplings. But can Millie make them without Laolao? And will her dumplings come out delicious,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Communicating in the stacks seems to have been an issue since the State Library Building opened in 1939. Taped to the wall on Tier 1 are “Instructions
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item's call number or other information. Trying to reach someone working in the stacks via phone presented its own problems. Occasionally, staff would call one of the stacks phones to get in touch with someone they thought was working on a specific tier. But,
with only one phone per tier, the chances of a staff member in the stacks both hearing the phone ring and being able to get to it in time were slim. Then there were the wrong numbers. Arlene Weible (Library Consultant and Federal Regional Depository Coordinator)
has spent a good deal of time in the stacks working with federal documents. “I remember one project where I kept getting interrupted by the phone ringing,” she says. “As I recall, it was someone I had trouble convincing they had the wrong number!” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Communication can be difficult even when two people are on the same tier. Joel Henderson (Donor Relations and Volunteer Coordinator) began his
State Library career as a student worker. He listened to music while shelving. “I would always crank the volume so high I couldn’t hear anything else. Other people could echo-locate me because I often sang along when I thought I was alone, but I couldn’t hear
them coming,” he said. “I’d get pretty startled whenever someone all of a sudden appeared right next to me, which was especially perilous if I happened to be up on one of the shelving ladders in the basement.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Not knowing someone else is in the stacks with you creates its own problems. Currently, the stacks have motion-detector lights, but for years
the lights were controlled by manual on-off switches. It’s rarely obvious that there is someone else in the stacks (unless, like Joel, they are singing). Staff conscientiously turned off the lights when they left the stacks to save electricity but didn’t always
remember to see if there was anyone else on the tier first. Shouting “Lights out!” or “Is there anyone on this tier?” helped, but it was still possible to surprise a fellow staff member by suddenly plunging them into darkness. Again, that was particularly
problematic for anyone on a ladder on Tier 1. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">The difficulty in communication makes the stacks appealing at times. As Arlene Weible commented, the stacks can be “… a place to get away from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">So while we have updated and added technology over the years for safety and to better communicate with each other, we also recognize the beauty
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">By Wren Kominos, Web Services Librarian, Government Information and Library Services </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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with a wealth of in-agency experience, having previously served as the Program Manager of the Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library. Before taking on management of the Talking Books, Elke served as that division's Public Services Librarian. Moving into her
next chapter in Government Services, Elke shares that she is “fascinated by the important resources this team provides for the people who serve the people of Oregon,” and “looks forward to working with such a great group of people.” <br>
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Outside of work, having recently retired from singing lead in a funk band, Elke now spends most of her free time relaxing, reading, chasing her two Scottish Terriers, and trying not to think about work. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Elke’s reputation for supporting her team and leading by example precedes her, and we are excited to have her leading our team into its next phase.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">On March 8th, coinciding with International Women's Day, I had the privilege as the liaison librarian for the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office of
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This year's awards went to <a href="https://honors.uoregon.edu/news/2023/02/Sarah-Koski"><span style="color:black">Sarah Koski</span></a>, <a href="https://www.uws.edu/profiles/solome-mekbib/"><span style="color:black">Solome Mekbib</span></a>, and <a href="https://www.millernash.com/professionals/liani-j-reeves"><span style="color:black">Liani
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The honor, created by the <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oac/ocfw/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:black">Oregon Commission for Women</span></a>, began in 1985 when the award was given to Vera Katz. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon
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Other past recipients include Ursula K. Le Guin, Barbara Roberts, Reverend Mary Overstreet, Cheryl Strayed, and many more groundbreaking Oregon women. Current and past recipients are an inspiration to all Oregonians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Talking Book & Braille Library Manager</span></strong><br>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:elke.bruton@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:black">Elke Bruton</span></a>, 971-375-3509<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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