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At 6,500 square feet, the new library will be five times the size of the city's current tiny library, which is three times too small for Monroe's 625 residents, according to Oregon Library Association guidelines.

Association-wide activities: N/A Other professional activities: Treasurer, Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin, 1989; member, AALL Online Bibliographic Systems Strategic Planning Committee, 2000-2001; Oregon Library Association Vision 2010 committee, 1999-2001; Oregon Committee, Library Services and Construction Act, 1995-1997 (became Library Services and Technology Act in 1997); Oregon Library Association Conference Planning Committee, 1995, ("Creating New Connections").

But she read only 28 books in 1992, when she was president of the Oregon Library Association and led the state's librarians' fight against a ballot measure to ban library books that "promote or endorse homosexuality.

Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard To celebrate Oregon's 150th anniversary of statehood on Valentine's Day, the Oregon Library Association wants everyone statewide to read the same book - "Stubborn Twig" - by author and University of Oregon journalism professor Lauren Kessler.

Jan Griffin, a senior administrative specialist with the Eugene Public Library, has received the annual Distinguished Service Award from the Oregon Library Association for her library service to the community.

That schedule falls well short of Oregon Library Association standards, and lags behind most similar-sized facilities in the state.

Open just 42 hours a week, the Springfield library's limited schedule falls well short of minimum Oregon Library Association standards for facilities serving populations of 25,000 or more.

Libraries across the state run similar programs, most of them under the auspices of the Oregon Library Association, which - as part of the national Collaborative Summer Library Program - set this year's theme: "Get a Clue @ Your Library.