<div dir="ltr"><div>Roxanne, </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for being so articulate and leading us! I'll strongly third Max's second and will also reach out to SLO directly in support. </div><div><br></div><div>Very best, </div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Taylor Worley </span></b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">(she/her)<b></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Librarian, Eugene Public Library </span></b></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><a href="mailto:taylorlgkw@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-size:11pt">taylorlgkw@gmail.com</a><span style="font-size:11pt"> (personal) </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:tworley@eugene-or.gov" target="_blank">tworley@eugene-or.gov</a> (</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px">work)</span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">If I have not responded to your message in three days, please feel free to reach out again. | </span><span style="color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">If any part of my email is not accessible to you, I can provide the information in another way.</span></p></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM Max Macias via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</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 dir="ltr"><div>Thank you, Roxanne. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I will second that beautifully powerful statement and request.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to the SLO and staff--we love and support you!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Max Macias</div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM Roxanne2 via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</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">Hello. Please, bear with me as my purpose for reaching out in writing this evening is threefold… <br>
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First, I would like to express my support of State Library of Oregon staff during a period when libraries and library workers are under attack, and formerly reliable federal funding is uncertain at best. I believe library workers are the most important resource a library can provide for its patrons, and include the State Library of Oregon. Toward that end, I see the crucial and invaluable duties library support and development consultants perform: offering personalized support, sharing decades of professional expertise, training the trainers (us) on how to navigate information and resources, and advancing community engagement, to name just a of the few ways you all empower and uplift those of us who work in Oregon libraries…ensuring we are better prepared to serve our individual communities. Thank you. I am grateful for your service, and support your retention. <br>
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Second, as a patron of the State Library of Oregon I respectfully call upon State Librarian Wendy Cornelisen to a) share timely and transparent communications with members of the Oregon library community regarding the prioritization and retention of SLO staff, particularly library support and development consultants, and b) consider pivoting from historical precedent and instead explore alternative methods of funding impacted staff salaries given state libraries may not be able to reliably depend upon federal funding to cover the bulk (per usual) for the foreseeable future. <br>
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Third, in the words of poet Audre Lorde, “When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid, so it is better to speak.” Our collective tomorrow is not guaranteed, so we must engage in the “heretical act” of speaking up to see our dreams for a better future made manifest. I invite others to share their support and advocate for the prioritization and retention of SLO staff, including library support and development staff, whose salaries are funded by IMLS/LSTA. <br>
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Mahalo for your consideration,<br>
Roxanne M. Renteria</blockquote></div>
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