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Purpose:
To stimulate public interest in books, reading and libraries.
Activities:
1. Letters About Literature
A national reading and writing contest for youth in grades 4 through 12.
2. National Book Festival The Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator and an Oregon author staff the Oregon table in The Pavilion of the States. Every state, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories are represented and share information about books, reading, and libraries in their states.
The 2008 National Book Festival was attended by more than 100,000 people. Sara Charlton, Co-Chair of the Oregon Reads 2009 Task Force and director of Tillamook County Library, was selected to participate. She displayed copies of Stubborn Twig: Three generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family by Lauren Kessler, Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson and distributed Oregon Reads 2009 bookmarks which were a hit with the crowd.
3. Oregon 150 Poetry Book List
Poetry Northwest, in partnership with the Oregon Center for the Book at the State Library, developed a list of 150 poetry books by Oregonians—1 book for each year of statehood. To create the list, nominations were solicited from Oregon authors and the general public. The nominations were reviewed, and titles were selected for the list by Poetry Northwest. This list promotes local poetry, and is a valuable resource for Oregonians interested in reading and writing poetry.
4. Oregon Authors Website
The Oregon Center for the Book at the State Library and OLA’s Oregon Authors Committee partnered to develop and maintain the Oregon Authors Website. In 2007, OLA received an LSTA grant to fund the development of the website. The Oregon Authors Committee is committed to developing and maintaining the content, and the Oregon Center for the Book is committed to hosting the server for the website. The Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator has become an ex officio member of the Oregon Authors Committee to ensure sustainability of this ongoing project.
5. Oregon Book Awards
Since 1995 the Oregon Center for the Book has worked with Literary Arts, Inc. to promote the Oregon Book Awards in libraries. During the month before the Awards are presented, public libraries distribute bookmarks and mount displays of the finalists and previous winners. Some publishers of nominated titles donate copies for library collections.
6. Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse
Provides resources on protecting and defending intellectual freedom. You will find forms to request information about challenged materials and forms to report challenges to materials at your library.
7. Oregon Poetry Collection
In 2007, the Oregon State Library and the Oregon State Poetry Association joined together to preserve, promote, and make accessible publications of Oregon poets. Publications in this special collection are written by Oregon poets, past and present, or deal substantially with Oregon subject matter. Please use this catalog to find out what is in our collection!
Any Oregonian, with a current photo ID, may check out circulating items from the Oregon Poetry Collection by coming to the State Library’s Reference Room or asking their local library to request the item through interlibrary loan. Non-circulating items may be used at the State Library, just ask the Reference Librarian at the desk to retrieve the item for you.
The Oregon Poetry Collection is dependent on donations. All gifts and donations become the property of the State Library, which is primarily responsible for monographs, or the Oregon State Poetry Association, which is responsible for ephemeral and archival items. Any items that are needed will be added to the collection. All other items will be distributed to other organizations or entities as deems appropriate. If you would like to donate poetry books written by Oregon poets please ship them to:
Katie Anderson
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
8. Oregon Reads 2009
The Oregon Library Association is planning the first statewide community reads. This event will coincide with Oregon’s sesquicentennial celebration in 2009. The Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator is on the Oregon Reads Task Force to assist with the planning efforts, and the Center will host the Oregon Reads website. Oregon Reads 2009 has been accepted as an official event of the Oregon 150 Sesquicentennial Project.
The Oregon Reads 2009 The Task Force has selected Stubborn Twig: Three generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family by Lauren Kessler for Oregon Reads 2009. In order to include all Oregonians, the event will also feature Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff for upper elementary school students and Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson for younger children.
Contact:
Katie Anderson, 503-378-2528 or katie.anderson@state.or.us.
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