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Join us for another fun OLA Legislative Day?
We will be gathering at the State Capital on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to meet with our Legislators. Early in the day we will have an orientation session. Books for Legislators to choose to have sent to one of their local libraries will be available at the State Library of Oregon in room 102. Legislators love to pick out books for their libraries so we need lots of them! If you would like to donate books for Legislative Day, you can send them to: State Library of Oregon Attn: Arlene Weible 250 Winter St. NE Salem, OR 97301 Now is the time to call your Senator and Representatives' offices and schedule an appointment for anytime on February 11. Appointments are usually in 10-15 minute slots. The OLA Library Development & Legislation Committee will provide you with issue briefs and talking points soon. You, a part of the professional library community, are the best people to talk with our state legislators and their staffers about library issues. After you've made your appointments, please use this spreadsheet to document the appointment time. There is one tab for Senate visits, and another for House visits: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14hXY68kF-MRwlE5uZ6pkt-6R0p6CqgLzlR4S6iYqzAY/edit?usp=sharing. The link to the spreadsheet is also available on the committee’s webpage: https://www.olaweb.org/ldlc If you are unable to attend in person we hope you will plan on contacting your Legislators through email or by phone and let us know this on the spreadsheet. Don't know who are your state legislators? Look it up with the Legislator Lookup tool: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=fd070b56c975456ea2a25f7e3f4289d1 You might want to coordinate your visits with others in your Legislative districts. It can be good to bring along Board Members or others in your community interested in these kinds of library issues. The Legislator’s offices easily accommodate 3 visitors, so keep this in mind. Thank you in advance for your efforts to reach all of our State Senators and Representatives to let them know what matters to libraries, librarians, and our communities! If you have any questions about OLA Legislative Day please contact: Kate Lasky ([email protected]) or Laura Kimberly ([email protected]) or Star Khan ([email protected]) or Jeremy Skinner ( [email protected]). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overdue: Weeding Out Oppression in Libraries
Podcast Series, Launched 3/31/22 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (EDIA) Committee Season 3, Episode 10: In this episode, the hosts welcome back Jamia Williams, co-creator and co-host of the podcast LibVoices, which amplifies the voices of Black, indigenous, and people of color who work in archives and libraries. This time around, Williams, a Consumer Health Program Specialist with the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Training Office, discusses health literacy, resources and advocacy. In addition, she touches upon the topic of barriers to recruitment, retention and advancement, better preparing library students, and A.I. Hosts: Bryan Miyagishima and Joan Vigil Bartley, Kelsa, Jahala Simuel, and Jamia Williams. “New to Health Sciences Williams, Jamia. “Upgrading AI Dialogue: Prioritizing Women of Color Researchers.” CHOICE (blog). Association of College and Research Libraries, October 22, 2024. Direct link to the episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948067/episodes/16429629
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Oregon Library Association Online Merchant Store
OLA has opened its OLA Merch Store and currently has available Conference Logo and a variety on a variety of items. Over the next few months it will be opened for OLA Units to make available their merchandise.
Take a look!
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EDI Antiracism Toolkit Available PLD Director's Training Session on the EDI Antiracism Toolkit OLA Mission StatementOLA provides advocacy, education, leadership and collaboration to continually strengthen Oregon's libraries and the communities we serve.
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