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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any staff member, board member, or volunteer form an Oregon library can attend the monthly Learning Live programs from United for Libraries courtesy of the State Library of Oregon. The next session is on
<b>Tuesday, December 14 from 11:00a – 12:00p. Register <a href="https://airtable.com/shr9ywbtfgntftKxK">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This upcoming session is extremely timely!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">According to a recent article in American Libraries (“<a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/11/01/library-trustees-conflict-of-values/" target="_blank" title="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/11/01/library-trustees-conflict-of-values/">A
Conflict of Values</a>,” Nov. 1), “Public libraries are facing a wave of trustee candidates whose goals challenge intellectual freedom, community service, and other core values of librarianship.”
<b><i>How can you protect your library and board from finding itself in a position where a board member’s ideologies oppose core library tenets?</i></b>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This session will focus on preparedness strategies, community building, and how to create strong policies that address programming, budgeting, and services.
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Speakers include Megan Cusick of ALA’s Public Policy & Advocacy Office, Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, Deborah Doyle of the Sonoma County Library Commission,
and Beth Nawalinski of United for Libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Additional information on the speakers can be found here:
<a href="https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/united-libraries-dec-14-learning-live-session-educate-building-strong-library">
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/united-libraries-dec-14-learning-live-session-educate-building-strong-library</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you cannot attend live, access will be available via on-demand for 30 days</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> shortly after the session via the
<a href="https://www.ala.org/united/trustee-training">United for Libraries website</a> by clicking on
<b>Register</b> (if you need an account) or <b>Login</b> under the Oregon heading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon <b>|</b> Library Support and Development Services
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">971-375-3491 <b>|</b> <a href="mailto:darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov">
<span style="color:#0563C1">darci.hanning@slo.oregon.gov</span></a> <b>|</b> <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a> <u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Continuing Education Resources: </b><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted">https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted</a><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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