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The <a href="http://www.summerlearning.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">National Summer Learning Association</span></span></a> has developed nine
<a href="http://www.summerlearning.org/?page=quality_standards" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">quality standards for summer programs</span></span></a> for children of all ages. Libraries can use
these standards as a tool for identifying what they are doing well and what they need to improve on regarding planning, staffing, funding, and implementing their summer reading program.<br>
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To learn more about this relates to your summer reading program, visit the new Youth Services Best Practices for Oregon Libraries web site at:
<a href="http://orysbestpractices.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://orysbestpractices.wordpress.com/</a>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
<div align="center"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us" target="_blank">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</div>
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