From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 07:14:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Validly public library archival records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Don Saklad Subject: Validly public library archival records 1. What kinds of urban public library departments' archival records of the municipal library institution itself; of our urban public libraries vital contributions, achievements and accomplishments over generations to the life of constituent communities are considered validly public? 2. How about current validly public institutional archival records such as municipal public library departments' long range planning reports and related information like open meetings of our municipal public library boards. 3. If librarianship involves removing obstacles to access information or finding alternative sources for information, how can resisting, delays and denials for validly public information be reconciled? 4. If librarianship involves some degree of being nonjudgemental or a degree of discretion, where is the threshold before refusing the best quality services to public library users/customers/consumers, novice library personnel or library union collective bargaining labor relations advocates? From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:44:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Privacy of patron records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen G. Schneider" Subject: Privacy of patron records There has been discussion on PubLib about patron confidentiality. A number of posters have commented that patron confidentiality is protected by many state statutes. Library students and others reading this list should also know that patron confidentiality is also a professional value. In addition to the values expressed in the Library Bill of Rights, patron confidentiality is also supported in several key ALA policies, including "Policy Concerning Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information About Library Users" and "Policy on Confidentiality of Patron Records." There is also a suggested procedure for dealing with requests for patron information. These resources are on the web at: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/policies.html And be sure to see the main IF page, at http://www.ala.org/oif.html . If you haven't seen the ALA intellectual-freedom archive lately, it clearly shows the hand of current president Ann Symons, who is a strong IF advocate. There are many new resources, including an archive of state IF statements, links to First Amendment resources, and more. The other day I was talking to a reporter at a local paper about intellectual freedom (he had given very good coverage to our Banned Books Week display and Read-Aloud) and he volunteered that he was familiar with the ALA IF resources on the web and found them useful as he prepared his BBW article. That may be the best compliment of all! _________________________________________________________ Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com http://www.bluehighways.com Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters, Neal Schuman, 1997 Director, Garfield Library of Brunswick, NY garfield@crisny.org Garfield on the Web: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/garfield Information is hard work ------------------------------------------------------------ From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:45:14 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: User studies: lack of awareness (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "GraceAnne A. DeCandido" Subject: Re: User studies: lack of awareness Dear Danielle- Last year I wrote, for the Association of Research Libraries, one in the Transforming Libraries series called "After the User Survey, What Then?" It was a followup to a number of user surveys done by universities, and although it concerns academic rather than public libraries, contains some very intriguing information. The single key comment is the following: "The eight libraries whose staff agreed to be interviewed at some length here revealed a uniformity of survey results that is striking and, in one key aspect, profoundly disturbing. First, always, and most crucially, there is a persistent and widespread lack of knowledge among faculty and students alike as to programs and services the libraries already offer." Further information can be found at http://www.arl.org/transform/us/ The document is in ARL's Transforming Libraries Series. SPEC Kit 226, September 1997, After the User Survey, What Then? Hope this helps. GraceAnne DeCandido (sig file way below) 0000,0000,FF00> > I am a Master's student at the University of Tennessee, and I am working > on my thesis, which has to do with the degree of awareness that the > community has of the information and services provided by public > libraries. I was wondering if anyone out there has addressed this issue > in their user or community surveys, or knows of published research on the > subject. If you can share your survey questionnaire or a summary of > your findings I would greatly appreciate it. Also, any similar material > aimed specifically at non-users would be helpful too. Thanks in advance > for your help. > > One last thing: Please publish! Your hard work should be recognized, and > others practicing in the library community will benefit from hearing about > it. I'll get off my soapbox now. > > Danielle Green > School of Information Sciences > University of Tennessee, Knoxville > dgreen2@utk.edu > > > GraceAnne A. DeCandido Blue Roses Editorial & Web Consulting, New York City ladyhawk@well.com http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/gadhome.html What's Ladyhawk reading now? http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html Wizards do not lie; words are their tool and currency, which they dare not devalue. Diane Duane from The Book of Night with Moon From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:45:51 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: EBSCO Gift Reading Service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andrea Johnson Subject: Re: EBSCO Gift Reading Service (fwd) We had a few problems with this service as well. We didn't really argue while we were getting the gift subscriptions, as we are a small library and this really helped us beef up our periodicals section. The labels on the folders were pretty obnoxious, but our patrons didn't seem to mind. What was a problem was renewal; this year our gift subscription came up for renewal and some of the magazines we had counted on having were no longer being carried by EBSCO's gift service. However, when we suggested swapping them for some other titles on the "gift list" to which we were already subscribing (in other words, paying for the ones that no longer were available, and receiving some titles as gifts for which we'd previously been paying), that wasn't possible either, as our renewal for our regular subscriptions, which came up at the same time, had already been processed. EBSCO justifies changes like this by saying that the gift subscriptions aren't really supposed to be part of our core collection, but a way to give a chance to titles we might not otherwise have chosen. All fine and good, but once we've started receiving a title that our patrons like, we'd really like to be able to continue providing it, and we can't really afford to just add it to our collection out of our own budget. The whole problem went away when our donor backed out; seems that he realized there was a library in his own town that he ought to be donating to instead. :) Anyway, my point is that we had problems as well. It was nice to have the subscriptions while we could, but it's not a flawless operation. Andrea At 06:38 PM 11/5/98 -0800, Laurel Toole MWL (978) 658-2967 wrote: >Nancy-- > >We are in the processing of getting rid of oour EBSCO gift >subscriptions. We have had nothing but trouble with them. We had two >local organizations giving us magazines through this service. EBSCO was >informed (at least our EBSCO gift rep) that we would not be using the >folders because they didn't fit on our periodical shelves. We had stamps >made up and we put stickers underneath the barcodes on the back covers. >Originally, the parties involved said that was okay. Then EBSCO came >back and tried to get tough with us and say we had to use the folders. >So we said, "Fine--take back the subscriptions." At that point, EBSCO >backed down and we continued to use the stickers. >Another problem was that EBSCO picked the subscriptions and then let us >know we were getting them. They never bothered to look at our main EBSCO >list to check for duplicates. Twice we had to tell them to choose >another title. >Also, claiming missing issues is almost impossible. >Our experience? Extremely negative. We have switched our periodical >contract to EVA, and are getting our gift subscriptions through EVA--the >local organizations give us the donation, then we order the titles. Much >more satisfying. They still get the sticker on the back notifying that >this is a gift subscription. This is working out well for us. > >Laurel Toole >Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington, MA > Andrea Johnson, Library Director andreaj@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us Forsyth Public Library P.O. Box 20 Forsyth, IL 62535 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:46:08 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re:OFF-SITE BOOK DROP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: fayfl@juno.com (ann l moore) Subject: Re:OFF-SITE BOOK DROP We have an off-site book drop - in the parking lot of the bank up the street. It is emptied every morning by our custodian. We purchased canvas bags in a color different from the bags that our system uses for intrasystem delivery so we can tell which returns are from the drop. Our custodian uses his own vehicle. I would suggest that, if the proposed drop is outside, that sorting the books there would be risky because of the chances of inclement weather. We have never had any problems. Don't make it any more complicated than is absolutely necessary. Ann L. Moore, Director Fayetteville Free Library Fayetteville, NY ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:46:22 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Laser People/Customer 'Counters' (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jonelle Prether Darr Subject: Laser People/Customer 'Counters' Can anyone recommend a laser people (or customer) counter that can be installed at doors to count the number of people entering a library building? -- Jonelle Prether Darr Cumberland County Library System 158 West High Street, Carlisle PA 17013 (717) 240-6175, phone, (717) 240-7770, fax Email: ccls @epix.net Remember: The 'E' in E-Mail doesn't mean Emergency! From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:46:39 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Electronic reference recommendations? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cameron Johnson Subject: Electronic reference recommendations? Our reference department is replacing IAC's Infotrac with a lower-cost alternative, freeing up a fairly large chunk of money. Some of the money we will use to buy more and better access to the products we have, but we would also like to add some up-to-date electronic products--either web-based or on cd-rom--that are broad-based and credible, well supported, and at a resonable price. Is anyone out there really enthusiastic about a product? We'd appreciate hearing from you. It could be legal, medical, business, literature--anything that would appeal to large segments of a diverse public-library audience. Thanks in advance for all suggestions. "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."-- Churchill to Roosevelt in a 1941 radio broadcast. Thanks. Cameron A. Johnson From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:47:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gordon Riley" Subject: Re: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records Dear Mr. Burt, Regarding your request, we here at (your library here) would be glad to help you with your request, if you are in fact willing to pay for the cost of gathering the information you desire. However, we feel we would be remiss if we only provided you with information about people who complained. We are certain that you would also require information about those who are happy with the service we provide and the way in which we provide the service. We estimate the cost of gathering and collating the complete information at X,000,000. Please send a certified check. Sincerely, ............. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:47:47 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Jenner & Block Memos to FTRF Regarding Internet and (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Jenner & Block Memos to FTRF Regarding Internet and At the 1998 Annual Conference, the FTRF Board discussed four memoranda prepared by Jenner & Block. Jenner & Block must caution that these memoranda are merely general discussions of these issues, and are not opinion letters. Because laws differ from state to state, these memoranda necessarily cannot serve as the bases for legal judgments for any library. Additionally, the law related to Internet use and filtering is changing rapidly as new legislation is adopted and new court challenges are filed. A library that offers Internet access should seek legal advice for an analysis of its own particular situation and the current laws of its own state and jurisdiction. These memoranda can be found from the Freedom to Read Foundation home page at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ftrf_home.html Application of "Community Standards" Component of Legal Obscenity Text to Librarians' Internet Communications http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/app_jb.html Civil and Criminal Liabilities For Libraries Related to Using or Failing to Use Internet Filtering Software or Other Content Screening Mechanisms http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/civil_jb.html Civil Liability for an alleged hostile work environment related to patron or employee Internet use http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/work_jb.html Minors' Right to Receive Information Under the First Amendment http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/minor_jb.html ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:47:58 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Friday humor -- Fwd: Microsoft press release (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Joe Schallan Subject: Friday humor -- Fwd: Microsoft press release Well, I guess this had to happen sooner or later . . . . J. ===========Begin forwarded message=========== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lucia Ashton, Public Information Officer, Microsoft, (206) 774-3766 REDMOND, Wash. (November 6, 1998) -- Microsoft Corporation today announced licensing and technology-sharing agreements with 23 biomedical research institutions and biotechnology companies participating in the Human Genome Project, the ongoing effort to entirely map the structure of the human genetic mechanism. In exchange for cash and stock totalling $24 billion, the 23 institutions and firms will grant Microsoft copyright and exclusive licensing rights to the human genome. According to Arthur Bucklaw, Microsoft's Corporate Counsel for Intellectual Property, Microsoft will begin to grant one-time licenses to all individuals engaging in a performance of the human genome -- i.e., "living" -- as soon as the US Registrar of Copyrights approves the copyright application. Microsoft will also seek to enforce its copyright of the human genome worldwide through cooperation with the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization, to which it will award a $6-billion grant-in-aid, according to Bucklaw. "We will aggressively enforce our intellectual property rights," Bucklaw stated, "and will protect our shareholders' interests by vigorously prosecuting individuals performing the human genome -- that is, "living" -- without having first obtained the necessary license from Microsoft. They will be asked to cease and desist until they pay the appropriate fee." Microsoft Vice-President for New Technology Edgar Ravenswood emphasized that Microsoft licensing fees will be quite reasonable. "We anticipate that we will be able to grant each individual a lifetime license to perform the genome for well under $300." He also noted that "the considerable revenue stream we expect to generate from these licenses will not only greatly increase the value of Microsoft shareholders' stake in the company, and thus benefit the US and world economies at large, but will enable the company to make intensive investments in genetic engineering." "We fully expect to be able to offer significant upgrades to the human genome to all its registered users," Ravenswood asserted. "We already have a product we will market as Microsoft Pulmonary System 1.0 in beta test," he noted. "Any registered user of the human genome who suffers from one or more of seven genetically transmitted disorders of the lung will be able to license this upgrade -- again at reasonable cost -- and have it installed via implantation of a harmless strain of E. coli genetically engineered to carry the upgraded human DNA." Both Bucklaw and Ravenswood emphasized that humans worldwide, simply by licensing the human genome from Microsoft at reasonable cost, will have ready and relatively inexpensive access to what will eventually be a large library of cures for genetic disorders. "Microsoft's aim has always been to be a company that improves the human situation as well as one that produces high return on investment," Ravenswood noted. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:48:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: David Burt and public records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Filtering Facts Subject: Re: David Burt and public records Susan Gegenhuber wrote: > Hi, >Why not just ignore him? He's looking for ways to support his own >argument, and let him go out and find them himself. If he hasn't brought >you to court and subpoenaed your records officially, then there is >absolutely no reason to respond. >IMHO - only. >Susan Gegenhuber >Principal Librarian, Community Services >Pasadena Public Library Based on my reading of Califorina law, I believe that you are both a "local agency" and that complaints are "public records", and I do not need a "subpoenae" to obtain your records, but we will see. So I'll add Pasadena PL to my list, and this will be a learning experience for both of us. ;-> http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=942709063+0+0+0&WAISact ion=retrieve CALIFORNIA CODES GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6250-6270 6250. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature, mindful of the right of individuals to privacy, finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state. 6251. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Public Records Act. (b) "Local agency" includes a county; city, whether general law or chartered; city and county; school district; municipal corporation; district; political subdivision; or any board, commission or agency thereof; other local public agency; or nonprofit organizations of local governmental agencies and officials which are supported solely by public funds. (d) "Public records" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. "Public records" in the custody of, or maintained by, the Governor's office means any writing prepared on or after January 6, 1975. *Under the exceptions are "(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." So redact the personal info, and send 'em to me. ***************************************************************************** David Burt President, Filtering Facts Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 6 19:54:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Services to the disadvantaged (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mary Torgeson Subject: Services to the disadvantaged Our library system is looking to providing services to the disadvantaged, which is being defined mainly as low income, as the big umbrella. We have done a search through standard professional journals, but that probably does not cover everything that is happening out there in public libraries. My question: what traditional services (or non-traditional outreach) is being done in or out of the library? While many of us have computer labs in our libraries, or provide access, are there libraries that are providing any special technology services, either alone or in partnership with other agencies? < From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 09:46:39 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Judy J. Atwood" Subject: Sick leave What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their sick leave? Judy J. Atwood Material Services Coordinator Athens-Clarke County Library 2025 Baxter St Athens, GA 30606 (706) 613-3650 atwoodj@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 09:46:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Public Libraries in the Year 2004 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Wolinsky Subject: Public Libraries in the Year 2004 Our library board is working on the library's five year plan. Each department head has been asked to come up with a description of how we envision our department in the year 2004. We were asked to be creative, but not detailed. We don't have to say how we'll achieve our vision. My view for the reference department includes things like routine Interent reference service, laptops for in-house use in library study carrels that are wired for the network (and Internet), e-books, and our reference staff routinely including web sites in their collection development areas of specialization. Doing this exercise made me wonder what you envision. Any thoughts? Judi ===================================================================== Judi Wolinsky Reference/Technology Director 17917 Dixie Highway Homewood Public Library District Homewood, IL 60430 wolinsky@interaccess.com v: 708-798-0121 x 230 http://homepage.interaccess.com/~homewood fax: 708-798-0662 From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 09:47:22 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] EBSCO gift magazine program (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MARLA@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org Subject: EBSCO gift magazine program My library tried this about 8 years ago and it was nothing but trouble. Even tho' the gift rep assured me that no duplicates would be chosen (I went through the list with him and picked alternate titles to the ones we already had), we got allthe duplicates anyway. Claiming was a joke; they ignored any correspondance. When the "regular" EBSCO reps. came through, I let them know how disappointed I was was with the program. I can remember one of the reps. saying that he has nothing to do with the gift program and he has passed on the complaints to the "powers that be" and they didn't seem to care either. So, I guess, it's buyer/donee beware. You might pick up something you didn't have before, but there are strings attached. (We still have the folders but have since razored the advertisement protion out so we can use them for other titles.) I would be VERY cautious before signing up for this program again. BYE! Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions 301 2nd Ave N Great Falls, MT 59401-2593 marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 09:48:10 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Elizabeth Urbanik Subject: Scents in the library Greetings, I have a problem I'd like your comments on. Two of our staff members are allergic to the entire planet, almost. About three years ago, the entire staff both here and at all branches, was told not to wear perfumes, scented soaps, or to use heavily scented shampoos, conditioners, hair sprays, deodorants, etc. Except for the usual instance of someone trying a new product and then being told it was too scented, we've done okay. The two members are, on occasion, reluctant to tell other staff that they are smelling something, because at one point it was beginning to get harrassing, to everyone. Well, it's started again, but this time just one staff member is being questioned -- me. One of these two women now works out of her home, but the other one, who is not as allergic to substances as the other, has been questioning me for a week on what I've been wearing. I narrowed it down to two possibilities -- a new blush and a new deodorant. It wasn't the blush, but the deo, which I no longer use at work. However, she still insists that I'm wearing something which is causing her reaction -- mostly an itchy face, but today a stuffy nose. My question is, how far can staff be asked to go in changing their lives to fit the problems of another? I would add that this woman's husband smokes heavily and she lives on a farm, so she is exposed to a lot of allergens both here and at home. We can't stop our patrons from coming in with perfumes, but we have said that staff cannot wear them, and we haven't. How have other libraries dealt with this? I'm at the point where my sympathy is beginning to plummet. Except for face makeup, I've been using the same products for months or years, with no complaint, and as for the face makeup, there is another staff member who wears the same stuff, and she's not been questioned, so I'm assuming it's not that. Thank you, Elizabeth Urbanik Pittsylvania County Library Chatham, VA -- From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:50:42 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Anyone using I-Gear filter software? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Peter Bromberg Subject: Anyone using I-Gear filter software? Hi, Anyone using I-Gear filtering software willing to share your experience with it? Many thanks, -pete -- Peter Bromberg, Head of Reference Camden County Library, Voorhees, NJ peter@camden.lib.nj.us http://www.camden.lib.nj.us "There has been an alarming increase lately in the number of things about which I know absolutely nothing" -Terence McKenna (paraphrasing Ashleigh Brilliant?) From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:50:54 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] scheduling software (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "McCabe, Deborah" Subject: scheduling software We're now in need of a software program for staff scheduling. I think I've seen a thread here on this subject, so if someone could tell me how to look at the archives, I'd appreciate it. Or, if you want to reply directly, that would be nice, too. Thanks, **************************************************************************** ****** Deborah M. McCabe, Public Services Librarian Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481 715-346-1296; fax 715-346-1239 **************************************************************************** ****** From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:51:21 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: Re: Sick leave > What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their sick leave? Well, if an employee claims sick leave, isn't sick, and gets caught then s/he may be fired. I haven't had to deal with that. Generally the libraries where I've worked have been so short staffed that the problem is making staff stay home when they're sick. Or, they're saving their sick leave for maternity leave (five babies were born to staff members in the four years I was at my previous library, and two of those staff are pregnant now). Nann **************************** Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois **************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:51:34 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Newspapers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ellen Bell Subject: Re: Newspapers We keep our newspapers lying flat on shelves. We have had to remove the help wanted sections from all the papers and keep them behind the reference desk. Otherwise, they walk off. -- O:-D Ellen Bell, Blue Ridge Regional Library P.O. Box 5264, Martinsville, VA 24115 Phone: 540/632-7125 x 224 FAX: 540/632-1660 From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:51:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Union Meetings (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Malverne Public Library Subject: Union Meetings Hi I would like to know if anyone has a procedure in place with regard to staff and union meetings held in the library. On staff time, or not on staff time. Pay for meetings on staff time/not on staff time. Youi can reply tO Malverne@lilrc.org Thank You J.Kelleher, Director From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:52:26 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DAVE EWICK Subject: Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses Dear Publibbers: Below is one example of several responses published on this listserve that just prove David Burt's premise that censorship is relative, and is practiced by those very librarians who believe that they are non-censors. His request for information is appropriate, legitimate, and very useful to the profession if we truly want to look at this issue rationally. Yes, his position is not liked by many, but isn't that the very thing we espouse, that it doesn't matter who wants something, and it doesn't matter why they want it, and we don't have to like them? Why would you rather provide pornography to a teen than this info to Mr. Burt? Snide comments and evasions belittle the profession and the writer. If you truly believe in the first amendment, and that it applies to libraries, then you must present the information requested without editorial comment. I believe that libraries are a privilege, not a right. The internet is a boon to libraries and a nuisance. We have NO desire in our library to provide everything the internet offers. We limit use by time, by age, and by content through WebSense. Part of the limits stem from wanting to serve as many people as possible with limited resources, and requiring parents to sanction what their children are doing on it. We ahve the ability to unblock any site we are asked about that a patron feels was inappropriately blocked. We have unblocked several sites, and have added a few blocks. This is not a solution I would force on any other library, but it works for us. I know most of you disagree. That is your right. Our community has set it's standard, and we have had no complaints about it other than young teenage boys disappointed that they are not allowed to look up naked women & some satanic sites online. As an aside, many areas of Indiana have NO LIBRARY SERVICE, at the desire of those living there to keep tax rates low. I think they're misguided at best, but we must abide by their wishes until & unless state law changes. Hey, if you want to be able to call libraries like ours censors, then make sure your own library isn't guilty of it first. Put your money where your mouth is & send David Burt the info he requests at a reasonable rate in a reasonable timeframe without editorial comments degrading him or his organization. Dave Ewick Original post: Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 16:47:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Gordon Riley" ; To: publib ; Subject: Re: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records Message-ID: ; Dear Mr. Burt, Regarding your request, we here at (your library here) would be glad to help you with your request, if you are in fact willing to pay for the cost of gathering the information you desire. However, we feel we would be remiss if we only provided you with information about people who complained. We are certain that you would also require information about those who are happy with the service we provide and the way in which we provide the service. We estimate the cost of gathering and collating the complete information at X,000,000. Please send a certified check. Sincerely, ............ Fulton County Public Library voice: 219-223-2713 320 West 7th Street fax: 219-223-5102 Rochester, IN 46975 http://fulco.lib.in.us mailto:dave.ewick@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:52:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Biek Subject: Re: Sick leave This could be a no-win situation if your library doesn't budget for payouts. If a person who conserved a lot of sick leave quits or retires, the cost of paying the cash value for the leave could prevent you from quickly refilling the position. David Biek Manager, Main Library Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Ave S Tacoma, WA 98467 253-565-5471 dbiek@tpl.lib.wa.us --- my opinions only --- On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Judy J. Atwood wrote: > What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their > sick leave? > Judy J. Atwood > Material Services Coordinator > Athens-Clarke County Library > 2025 Baxter St > Athens, GA 30606 > (706) 613-3650 > atwoodj@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:53:09 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Laser People/Customer 'Counters' (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bryan Davis Subject: Re: Laser People/Customer 'Counters' We have recently purchased a unit from: Autotron PO Box 420 Danville, IL 61834-0420 800-637-2648 FAX 217-446-9676 Model A878R We haven't had it very long, but it looks industrial strength. It was about $578 as I recall which is more that we have paid in the past. But the ones we have used before have all broken down. This company seems to make this kind of thing for factories, so the engineering seems good. The man I talked with on the phone said this model is very popular with libraries. =bd= At 4:56 PM -0800 11/6/98, Jonelle Prether Darr wrote: >Can anyone recommend a laser people (or customer) counter that can >be installed at doors to count the number of people entering a library >building? >-- >Jonelle Prether Darr > Cumberland County Library System > 158 West High Street, Carlisle PA 17013 > (717) 240-6175, phone, (717) 240-7770, fax > Email: ccls @epix.net >Remember: The 'E' in E-Mail doesn't mean Emergency! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bryan Davis,Assistant Director & Boss Geek Cedar Rapids Public Library davis@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us 500 First Street SE 319-398-5145 Ext. 223 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 USA Fax 319-398-0476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always move forward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:53:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: CARRICK Sandy M Subject: Job Posting Reference Librarian 1/11 (Part-time) Eugene Public Library $1,296-$1,793/mo The City of Eugene is seeking an energetic, motivated librarian to assist in providing reference services. Responsibilities include answering patron reference questions, providing bibliographic instruction,, collection development, and performing bibliographic searches using ULISYS, OCLC, DIALOG, and CD-ROM products. Requires a Master of Library Science from an ALA-accredited program, an Oregon driver's license, and some reference experience is desirable. CLOSING DATE: December 4, 1998. Obtain application packet from Human Resource and Risk Services, 777 Pearl Street, Room 101, Eugene, Oregon 97401. The City of Eugene values diversity in its work force and is committed to affirmative action. Out-of-area residents may request application packet by calling (541) 682-5061 or e-mailing at (application.requests@ci.eugene.or.us). From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:53:44 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: gwgov@juno.com Subject: Re: Scents in the library I'm amazed that it's gone this far! Why would fellow employees (and presumably volunteers) be told to change the products that they use on their bodies at home? It's certainly not the same as smoking or applying perfume in the staff room or another public area. This woman's sensitivities have followed each and every staffer home. She's essentially along on every visit to the department store and the drug store, guiding which personal hygiene products are purchased. Not only that, but somehow, someone has given her the right to quiz fellow workers on these personal issues as well. This policy is unfair to other employees, especially as, by all appearances, management has sanctioned harassment. I believe it's fair to ask employees to refrain from using perfume sprays in the presence of someone who's allergic, but when employees are asked to alter their normal behavior off-site (eg, limiting their choices as consumers), the scales have tipped too far in the wrong direction. As someone who has allergies, I would dearly love to live and work in a protected environment - but it's an imperfect world. My allergies, their manifestation and treatment, are my problem, not the staff's. Gloria Goverman, Director ~ gwgov@juno.com Town of Pelham Public Library, Pelham, NY 914 738-1234 ~ fax 914 738-0809 ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:54:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: RE: Sick leave We have been in the practice of begging and pleading, but I recently learned that sick leave is an employee right (I think in FLSA) and the employer has no business limiting when it can be taken. If sick people are keeping you from providing service, than you have an understaffing problem. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us > ---------- > From: Judy J. Atwood > Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 6:47 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick leave > > What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their > sick leave? > Judy J. Atwood > Material Services Coordinator > Athens-Clarke County Library > 2025 Baxter St > Athens, GA 30606 > (706) 613-3650 > atwoodj@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:54:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: scents in the library Hi, I wanted to respond, but accidentally deleted the original message. Here's an idea, I don't know if it will work. Consider her allergies as a disability. Have her doctor identify what they are, and request accomodation (via ADA) in the workplace. A long bout of expensive allergy testing may cure her. Or, have her file a Worker's Compensation claim, and let them find out just how much of her problem is work-related. - Susie G. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:54:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: David Burt and public records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: Re: David Burt and public records Our City Attorney has approved our policy about patron confidentiality. First, just why exactly do you want our records and to disturb our business? Ken LaCorte just lost the race for State Assembly, he had a "censorhip" issue with the library and absolutely nobody responded to his plea for help. Secondly, we handled the two or three complaints we had according to our policy, and I don't believe we kept records. Once a patron issue is resolved, we let it go. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us > ---------- > From: Filtering Facts > Sent: Friday, November 06, 1998 5:01 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: David Burt and public records > > Susan Gegenhuber wrote: > > Hi, > >Why not just ignore him? He's looking for ways to support his own > >argument, and let him go out and find them himself. If he hasn't brought > >you to court and subpoenaed your records officially, then there is > >absolutely no reason to respond. > > >IMHO - only. > >Susan Gegenhuber > >Principal Librarian, Community Services > >Pasadena Public Library > > Based on my reading of Califorina law, I believe that you are both a > "local > agency" and that complaints are "public records", and I do not need a > "subpoenae" to obtain your records, but we will see. So I'll add > Pasadena > PL to my list, and this will be a learning experience for both of us. ;-> > > http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=942709063+0+0+0&WAISa > ct > ion=retrieve > > CALIFORNIA CODES > GOVERNMENT CODE > SECTION 6250-6270 > > 6250. In enacting this chapter, the Legislature, mindful of the > right of individuals to privacy, finds and declares that access to > information concerning the conduct of the people's business is a > fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state. > > 6251. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the > California Public Records Act. > > (b) "Local agency" includes a county; city, whether general law or > chartered; city and county; school district; municipal corporation; > district; political subdivision; or any board, commission or agency > thereof; other local public agency; or nonprofit organizations of > local governmental agencies and officials which are supported solely > by public funds. > > (d) "Public records" includes any writing containing information > relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, > used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical > form or characteristics. "Public records" in the custody of, or > maintained by, the Governor's office means any writing prepared on or > after January 6, 1975. > > *Under the exceptions are "(c) Personnel, medical, or similar files, the > disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal > privacy." So redact the personal info, and send 'em to me. > > ************************************************************************** > *** > David Burt President, Filtering Facts > Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org > E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org > Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:55:11 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Laser People/Customer 'Counters' (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mark Rose Subject: Re: Laser People/Customer 'Counters' We have used Mark Walker people counters with good success. I have found the company to be responsive and helpful. Rather than sell me new equipment they have provided simple repair instructions. Many of the Library equipment catalog companies resell the Mark Walker product. While they do not have a WWW page, they can be reached at 765-644-2425. Mark A. Rose mrose@colosys.net Assistant Director 970-243-4783 Mesa County Public Library District FAX 243-4744 Grand Junction, Colorado From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:55:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] NHLA Resolution: http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/filters.htm (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: NHLA Resolution: http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/filters.htm The New Hampshire Library Association's resolution on filtering can be found at http://www.state.nh.us/nhla/filters.htm FYI ALA is in the process of converting its Web pages for a new look and more efficiency. Staff has been asked not to create or update pages for at least two weeks. ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:55:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Video boxes "squeeze" type (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Patricia Belcastro Subject: Video boxes "squeeze" type We recently switched to using "squeeze type" video cases (it is a clear plastic case; to release the video, you squeeze the bottom sides of the case and the video slides out). We like the case for its durability and attractiveness (patron can see the entire info on the video's cardboard case which slides into the clear video case). However, we are receiving complaints that the "squeezing motion" required to slide the video out is causing difficulty for people who are even slightly arthritic in the hands (comments are coming both from our Circ staff and older patrons). Has any other library using the squeeze type video case encountered similar comments? If yes, have you found a creative solution? Thanks in advance for your help. -- Patricia Belcastro Deputy Director, Rocky River Public Library 1600 Hampton Road Rocky River, OH 44116-2699 (440) 333-7610 voice ext. 216; 333-3219 tty; 333-4184 fax belcaspa@oplin.lib.oh.us http://www.rrpl.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:56:08 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Medical Information Provided by Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MelBuck@aol.com Subject: Medical Information Provided by Public Libraries I am interested in collection development issues regarding health/medical resources in public libraries(ie. what types of materials are best to have on hand & what type of staff training is done to answer patrons' questions regarding these materials). Melanie Buckingham, MLIS student at UNC- Greensboro. From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:56:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Terry Dawson Subject: Scents in the library Regardless of what ADA says about the technicality, the problem of hypersensitivity clearly seems to be a sort of disability issue, assuming it is backed by appropriate medical documentation. The doctrine of "reasonable accommodation" seems to come into play here. Is it reasonable to ask 100 people to change their clothes, makeup, lifestyle, detergent, etc? Most likely not. Is it reasonable to ask one or two? Perhaps, and a tough call for a supervisor, who should talk to the parties involved and find out what the options are. At our library, we were approached a couple of years ago by a parent who told me that their child could not come to the library as long as we had vinyl balloons present. Now, balloons are not an everyday thing, but people do get balloon bouquets and we occasionally decorate with balloons or give them as children's prizes. I was skeptical and felt the parent was likely overstating the case, but a bit of research demonstrated that such sensitivity is a serious and growing problem in society. We banned such balloons and have recently noticed that they are not allowed in local hospitals either. Mylar balloons are fine, though. Point being that things change, and things that may seem innocuous or taken for granted may be a bad idea. Heck, lots of us used to smoke in the office. Now *there* was a nasty fight ... smoking in the office was completely normal. And wrong. A lot of people suffered while we learned better. -- "Only |Terry Dawson, Director |tdawson@apl.org |"Information connect!" |Appleton Public Library|http://www.apl.org| WANTS to |225 North Oneida Street|920 832-6170 voice| be free." E.M.Forster|Appleton WI 54911 |920 832-6182 fax | S. Brand From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 9 23:57:44 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE conserving sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Elizabeth Urbanik Subject: RE conserving sick leave What timing :) Our Director is pretty lenient on sick leave, although I myself have gotten the occasional sour or disgusted look. Others have gotten the "mmmm" answer or a simple "okay." We do get some points on our annual evaluation for good attendance, but not enough to most of our thinking. Elizabeth Urbanik Pittsylvania County Library Chatham, VA -- From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 00:00:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Results of Scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Elizabeth Urbanik Subject: Results of Scents in the library Many thanks to those who have sent replies, both to me and to the lists. I knew I wasn't alone in this situation, but I didn't realize how pervasive a problem it is. By the way, I'm allergic to wheat products, m'self, but at least that's something I can handle on my own. Most of the replies showed that the staff here has gone way beyond what would normally have been expected. A couple were surprised to hear that such scent-free workplaces exist and wished they could work in one. I would say, make that attempt. The transition for us was painful because of the way it was done, which was basically by imperial edict, no discussion. The phrase "I personally don't need to wear perfume to feel feminine" was used. By the Director. Many of the replies also told me that I and the staff need to keep a high level of sympathy for these two women. I would like to think I do, except when I am badgered like I have been recently. In the past, whenever I have used something new, I've gone to the one who suffers the most (who now works at home) and asked her to tell me at any time if she smells anything from me or gets any kind of reaction. If she doesn't say anything, then I am free to assume that that product is okay. The ADA requirements are something I have no knowledge of and will check into. I don't know if the Director has any level of knowledge of them -- she may have investigated them three years ago when all of this first began. I've also been advised to go to a lawyer for a legal opinion, but one respondant has said the Director should be handling this situation, no me. If pushed, I will ask her what his opinion is, which might prompt her to ask him. I know I don't want to go over her head in this (or in anything else). A few have suggested that she get classified as disabled, and as a result either work at home, change jobs, or go on extended sick leave. For one thing, she's the circulation desk manager, so working out of her home isn't feasible. For the other woman it is, because she's the accountant and can take her stuff home. Whether or not she already is classed as disabled, I don't know. I don't know if she would want to be -- a pride issue. The accountant was at one point, so I assume she still is, but she has a host of other health problems, of which the allergic reactions are an offshoot. Changing jobs is something most of us at my library have contemplated often, but for most of the staff, it is not a great option. I myself am looking, but I am not going to up and quit (well, unless I win the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes). A few have said that the problem is not the staff's to handle, rather it is her health problem. One said she should get a doctor's statement of her problem and give definite actions which we should take to accomodate her. I know she could get the statement of her problem, but I don't know about the list of actions. Her family is pretty well known in the county -- it might be possible for them to come up with such a list. Whether the Director would actually implement the actions is another thing. Yes, the mediator sounds good -- any suggestions on who would be a likely candidate? Certainly not the director. Possibly the county attorney or a doctor or nurse? A couple of respondants told me about a staff member, newly hired, who did not disclose her sensitivity to chemicals and smells. This person then caused upheaval as people were told not to wear scented things and policies were created to deal with the situation. The staffer then left the library involved, leaving in place policies which did not need to be applied to anyone then working. In my job interviews, I have made it a point to ask if there is such a restriction in place or if there is anyone on staff who is allergic to perfumes -- I don't want to work in this atmosphere again! No pun... However, I don't know if such a restriction would be a deciding factor if I were offered a job where it was in place. We do have a Hepa air filter going, and we have had the county maintenance guys changing the filters in the ducts often (but not regularly). We cannot spray for insects, so we are invaded by crickets, spiders, centipedes, and some bizarre thing about three inches long with feathery jointed legs that looks like a cross between a down feather and a centipede. We actually shut down the library one day so exterminators could come in to handle the termites which were eating into the library. I do not take responsibility for cleaning the filter on the Hepa, so the last time that I *know* it was cleaned was in the first quarter of this year, before the accountant went in for surgery. I thought bringing in plants would help clear the air, but no, they were allergic to the mold in the dirt. I asked both these women what deodorants they wore, and am going to smell them and mine the next time I'm in the store. One I know is more expensive than what I use, the other is probably the same price or close. If I am not disgusted by the smell of it, I will change, but not until I need to buy a new thing of deo. In the meanwhile, I have an addition to my original question: what about those staff members at your libraries who smoke a lot? We had a high school aide whose parents (or so she said ;) smoked and she would reek of it. The only thing we could do was tell her to hang her coat in the foyer. One respondant said that everyone was entitled to a place to work where they wouldn't get ill. Aside from the normal germs everyone is going to catch, how can you predict what's going to make someone ill? You can't force someone to quit smoking, although I suppose you could make it really difficult to remain a smoker, but then you might get slapped with a harassment suit yourself. Thank you all again for the replies, they were very helpful and insightful. If you have any further replies or questions on the subject, I'd appreciate your sending them to me so we don't bog down the list with this thread. Elizabeth Urbanik, *Cataloger, Automation librarian, and all-around gopher* Pittsylvania County Library Chatham, VA -- From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 00:00:29 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:01:25 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: EBSCO gift reading service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Baltes Subject: re: EBSCO gift reading service When working in a high school library, I was approached by the local community college for this program. The community college purchased 10 subscriptions for the high school. The magazines had to be covered with the plastic covers you speak of, but since it was advertising for an educational institution, I didn't mind. I would have felt differently if the cover advertised for the local Ford dealership or some such. Jenny -- Jennifer M. Baltes Librarian Mohave County Library District e-mail:baltej@mohave.lib.az.us Charles C. Royall Memorial Library phone:(520)453-0718 1787 McCulloch Blvd. fax: (520)453-0720 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.--Edward Young From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:13:45 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] EBSCO Gift Reader Searvice (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: EBSCO Gift Reader Searvice Nancy Z. Young wrote: > We just signed up for the EBSCO Gift Reading Service, which was a gift > from a local lawyer. Has anyone else done this lately? Based on > conversations with other local librarians, it sounded like a win-win > situation. My understanding was that the sponsor provided 9 (or so) > magazine subscriptions for two years and there was a small notice on the > front of the magazine folder saying that it had been donated by the > sponsor. What showed up was very different - the covers have a laminated > sign about 6"x6" with a very blatant advertisement for the sponsor. Not > at all what patrons and board had in mind. In fact, I get the impression > that it is actually negative advertising for the sponsor, as several > patrons have said they found it very tacky. What have other libraries > found? My EBSCO rep did not sound very concerned about the esthetics of > the situation, and just reminded me that we had signed up for two years. > I am going to call the main office today to voice my concerns. Any > feedback, or ideas, would be greatly appreciated. > Grapevine Public Library subscribed to the service a year or so back. The donor was a local investment firm. The ads are larger than I would like to see. The only negative comment voiced to me about them is a qustion from a patron who works for another local investment form. He expressed concern about the competition, but was satisfied when I explained the program to him. Bruce L. Bumbalough Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, TX The views are my own -- not those of my employer. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:13:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Is There Anyone on Here from the Erie County New York PL? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mike Charton, Parsippany Public Lib" Subject: Is There Anyone on Here from the Erie County New York PL? Is there anyone on the list from the Erie County (NY) Public Library? I may need to make a trip up to Buffalo for a research project I am on. Thanks. Mike Mike Charton Parsippany Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:14:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Biek Subject: Re: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records I think some responses to David Burt's notice to the list that he is requesting certain records have been more emotional than thoughtful. His follow-up post, citing California public records law, should show that this is not a matter to be waved off. Washington, for example, has provisions in state law that provide for public access to government records. Were a request, such as the one he faxed to a number of libraries to be received at the Tacoma Public Library, we would investigate to determine whether the records he sought existed, whether they met the legal definition of disclosable public records, and the extent of the records. If the request were unclear, we would write back to ask for clarification of the request. Once the scope of the request was known, we would reply with the cost of duplicating the requested records (we are allowed by law to recover actual costs of such duplication but not costs for the labor involved). The material would be produced once payment was in hand. Counsel would advise us whether names or other personal information in the records could be redacted. I don't believe that these complaints would be considered confidential patron records. In any case, a subpoena is not required to make a public records request in Washington. I may not think that David's reply to Pasadena PL was well-considered, but I do know that public records requests are something that public libraries have to take seriously. David Biek Manager, Main Library Tacoma Public Library dbiek@tpl.lib.wa.us *** new home page *** - my opinions only - On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Filtering Facts wrote: > Today I sent the following fax to 25 large library systems: > > This is a formal request for the release of library records. I am > interested in obtaining copies of any patron and staff complaints about > patrons accessing inappropriate material on public Internet terminals. I am > willing to pay any reasonable costs associated with obtaining the records. > Faxed copies are fine. > I know that my organization is a controversial one within the library > profession, so this is an excellent opportunity for your library to > demonstrate its commitment to the practices as well as the principles of > intellectual freedom. > > If you decide not to release the records, please send me a response letter > explaining your reasons why. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Sincerely, > > David Burt, President > Filtering Facts > > The libraries I sent it to are: > Albuquerque Public Library, NM, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library, GA, > Brooklyn Public Library, NY, Chicago Public Library, IL, Cleveland Public > Library, OH, Denver Public Library, CO, Detroit Public Library, MI, Enoch > Pratt Library of Baltimore, MD, Free Public Library of Philadelphia, PA, > Kansas City Public Library, MO, King County Public Library, WA, Las > Vegas-Clark County Public Library, NV, Los Angeles Public Library, CA, > Milwaukee Public Library, WI > Minneapolis Public Library, MN, New York Public Library, NY, Oklahoma City > Public Library, OK, Phoenix Public Library, AZ, Queens Public Library, NY > St. Louis Public Library, MO, San Antonio, TX, San Diego Public Library, CA > San Jose Public Library, CA, San Francisco Public Library, CA, and Seattle > Public Library, WA > > > It will be interesting to see how much these libraries "practice what they > preach" regarding free access to information. I'll keep you guys posted! > > ***************************************************************************** > David Burt President, Filtering Facts > Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org > E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org > Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:14:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Pasadena Public Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Filtering Facts Subject: Pasadena Public Library Several people asked me off list if I was serious about asking Pasadena Public Library for their records. I wasn't, it was meant as joke. I don't have any reason to believe that PPL has a large number of complaints on file about internet access, so I don't see any reason to waste my time filing a request with them. ***************************************************************************** David Burt President, Filtering Facts Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:14:42 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 670 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laura McCaffery" Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 670 > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 15:08:10 -0800 (PST) > Reply-to: publib@webjunction.org > From: publib@webjunction.org > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB digest 670 > by PUBLIB > We , at one time, had this service. We dropped it. the advertising was really obtrusive and was more hassle than it was worth. Our rep was not responsive and did not follow up well on our preferred subscriptions out of the less than wanted titles that were available on the the list. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Laura Hibbets McCaffery Readers Services Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana "All opinions are mine alone. Others are free to agree..or disagree." "...all things are to to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought." Edith Hamilton, THE GREEK WAY. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 10:14:56 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] IFAN: What Is It? How Do You Join? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: IFAN: What Is It? How Do You Join? The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has developed the Intellectual Freedom Action Network (IFAN). Those who join--and joining is free!--are asked to act as "eyes" and "ears" for intellectual freedom. IFAN members are expected to do one or more of the following: Read the newspaper and watch your local TV programs for incidents of censorship, and report them to OIF. (You can report to OIF by e-mail, fax, phone, or U.S. mail.) Send us any information you come across. Monitor lists and computer bulletin boards looking for incidents of censorship and information on pressure groups that are forming in your area. Report this information to OIF. Attend library board, school board, and local government meetings. On average, more than two-thirds of the materials challenged were in school libraries or school curricula. Don't wait for a controversy to erupt; make your views known before this happens. Be willing to lend your support to someone who is facing a challenge and to respond to requests for support from OIF on controversies in your area. Tell others about the Intellectual Freedom Action Network. If you would like to join the Intellectual Freedom Action Network, send your Name, Address, City/State/Zip, Phone, Fax, and Email to: Intellectual Freedom Action Network American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 IFAN members receive the Intellectual Freedom Action News free. (Issues of this publication are available online at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifan_pub.html.) IFAN members also are subscribed to the IFACTION list and receive up-to-the-minute news, action alerts, and other information from OIF. ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 8 19:25:09 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] weeding CD's (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Waring Subject: weeding CD's Is anyone aware of any formal criteria/standards for weeding compact discs from a circulating collection? I'm particularly interested in number of circs as one possible index of "weedability". Our Library relies on our patrons to inform us of discs that skip or won't play at all, but I'm a little leery of such a passive approach; especially as our collection ages. If you send any responses directly to me, I'll be glad to summarize for the List. Thanks in advance. ***************************************************** David Waring E-mail: dwaring@ct1.nai.net 201 Valley Rd. Home Phone (203) 869-5581 Cos Cob, CT 06807 Work Phone (203) 622-7917 ***************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:35:06 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: EBSCO thread (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Elsa Pendleton Subject: Re: EBSCO thread At the risk of veering off-topic, I'd like to publicly compliment our subscription agency, Faxon. Our Faxon rep has been extremely helpful, courteous and patient while dealing with all of the bureaucratic nuisances produced by the Federal government. It's possible that y ou'll find, as we did, that Faxon and Ebsco can submit bids which are competitive enough for interested libraries to sample a non-Ebsco service. (we're a small library whose periodicals are quite mainstream, which makes it easier for others, like Faxon, to compete). Elsa Pendleton, China Lake, California From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:35:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Electronic Subscriptions (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Lind Hage" Subject: Electronic Subscriptions Several states, including Michigan, have started offering libraries free access to full text electronic databases like IAC, FirstSearch, etc. I believe this is a great use of public money. Many small libraries just can't afford the site license fees for the major electronic resources. Many libraries don't have the technical staff to wade through the stuff you need to do to make the resources available to the public. There are benefits for larger libraries as well. We were able to free up about $20,000 because we no longer have to individually subscribe to Search Bank. What did we do with that money? We bought other IAC products that are great, but which we couldn't afford before. I encourage all of you to talk to your state library about a statewide contract to some of the big electronic resources. The per capita cost is very low on a statewide basis and it really goes a long way toward equal access to information for all residents of our country! Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:36:15 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick Leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Lind Hage" Subject: Sick Leave Our full time employees get 12 sick days a year. Part timers who work three days a week or more get pro-rated sick time. We allow people to bank up to 30 days of sick time and then once a year we give them half pay for any unused sick time over the 30-day bank. This check comes at the end of November and is just in time for holiday shopping. Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:36:26 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mimi Hershenson Subject: Re: Sick leave Here at the Broward County Library, our county has a bonus day incentive for conserving use of sick leave. If no sick time has been used during any 6 month period, the employee earns one bonus day which is added to their annual leave bank. Mimi Hershenson Regional Branch Supervisor Broward County Library 100 South Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 954-357-7335 954-357-7399 (fax) z600390a@bc.seflin.org On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Judy J. Atwood wrote: > What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their > sick leave? > Judy J. Atwood > Material Services Coordinator > Athens-Clarke County Library > 2025 Baxter St > Athens, GA 30606 > (706) 613-3650 > atwoodj@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:36:39 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Video boxes "squeeze" type (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: Video boxes "squeeze" type We have used the squeeze cases for years and have no or few complaints. As you say they are attractive because they are clear and really easy to use. I am not sure that if the right pressure or squeeze is applied, this movement is so different from many others that arthritic people use in the course of the day. It doesn't have to be a hard grip . Our poplulation is quite elderly and we don't have those problems. On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Patricia Belcastro wrote: > We recently switched to using "squeeze type" video cases (it is a clear > plastic case; to release the video, you squeeze the bottom sides of the > case and the video slides out). We like the case for its durability and > attractiveness (patron can see the entire info on the video's cardboard > case which slides into the clear video case). > > However, we are receiving complaints that the "squeezing motion" > required to slide the video out is causing difficulty for people who are > even slightly arthritic in the hands (comments are coming both from our > Circ staff and older patrons). > > Has any other library using the squeeze type video case encountered > similar comments? > If yes, have you found a creative solution? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > -- > Patricia Belcastro > Deputy Director, Rocky River Public Library > 1600 Hampton Road > Rocky River, OH 44116-2699 > > (440) 333-7610 voice ext. 216; 333-3219 tty; 333-4184 fax > > belcaspa@oplin.lib.oh.us http://www.rrpl.org > > > ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:36:47 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Posting - Branch Manager (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jerry Buck Subject: Job Posting - Branch Manager BRANCH MANAGER. The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library seeks a librarian with supervisory experience to manage a busy branch (annual circulation - 400,000+). Responsible for supervision of 35 full and part-time employees, collection maintenance and development and programming for a growing suburban community with many young, professional residents. The branch was expanded and remodeled in the last year. Ohio's public libraries are among the best funded in the country, and the Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library system enjoys strong local support. Qualifications: ALA accredited MLS, supervisory experience in public libraries. Starting salary $42,544 with excellent fringe benefits including a choice of health insurance plans, 22 days vacation, 15 days sick leave, and 12 paid holidays annually. Send letter of application and resume with references to Jeremy R. Buck, Deputy Director, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, 215 E. 3rd St., Dayton, OH 45402 by November 27, 1998. AA/EOE/ADA Employer. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:37:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Results of Scents in the library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: Re: Results of Scents in the library This thread would be a good topic--yea, even a scentsible one!--for A. J. Anderson's "How Do You Manage?" column in LJ. (John Berry, are you listening this morning?) [Yes, I know A. J. is retiring, but the latest LJ said that a staffer will continue the feature.] Nann ************************** Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois ************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 09:37:13 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Union Meetings (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Union Meetings I think there's a difference between staff meetings, normally held to discuss various library-related issues, and union meetings. Staff meetings should be on library time. Union meetings should not be. The organizations concerned with collective bargaining on wages, hours, and working condtions with which I am familiar meet at lunchtime (small units) or at night or on weekends. HTH! Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor, Sue Kamm email: suekamm@class.org "There were flags all over the place. Wait and see what happens; we don't know who won the game. There are flags on the field. We have to see whether or not the flags are against Stanford or Cal. The Bears may have made some illegal laterals. It could be that it won't count. The Bears, believe it or not, took it all the way into the end zone. If the penalty is against Stanford, California would win the game. If it is not, the game is over and Stanford has won. We've heard no decision yet. Everybody is milling around on the FIELD!!! AND THE BEARS!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! THE BEARS HAVE WON!!! Oh my God, the most amazing, sensational, traumatic heart-rending...exciting, thrilling finish in the history of college football! California has won...the Big Game...over Stanford. Oh, excuse me for my voice I have never, never seen anything like it in the history of... I have ever seen a game in my life! The Bears have won it! There will be no extra point!" --Joe Starkey's call of the 1982 Big Game. (The Cal Bears returned the ball 57 yards, thanks to six laterals and the Stanford band. The image of Kevin Moen crashing into a Stanford band member in the end zone is a justly famous capper to this incredibel game. Final score: Cal 25, Stanford 20.) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Tue Nov 10 10:33:00 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Paperback circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Manitowoc Public Library Subject: Paperback circulation I need some ideas to help increase our circulation in our paperback section. We currently have the following paperback sections: 2 spinners for romance, one spinner for western, one general spinner, and two "Favorites" spinners. Favorites are our most popular authors (Crichton, Andrews, etc). Each author in Favorites is given their own row with their name on it. We used to have a sci fi spinner but circ was so low we integrated them into the general spinner. We don't put any genre stickers on the general paperbacks but we do on the romance and western. I do buy new pbks each month from Hot Picks, etc. Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone found something useful in the past? Our circ is getting so low that I need to do something ... Thanks! Connie Jenkin Manitowoc Public Library Manitowoc, WI From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Tue Nov 10 10:33:09 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Favorite vendor stories (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen G. Schneider" Subject: Favorite vendor stories Comments about magazine vendors brought to mind what is so far my all-time favorite vendor story... long before I got there, our library board made the library name an action item on the library's strategic plan. So several months after my arrival I innocently raised it again. After all, I have to buy library cards and more barcodes (we're in the process of automating) and didn't want to plunk down all that money if we were going to change the name. Cards are much cheaper if you buy them in bulk, etc. etc. etc. Little did I know this would be spark a series of board meetings where our 12 trustees would twist in agony over this decision... should they or should they not change the name from the Garfield Library of Brunswick to something, well, easier to find in the phone book and less confusing? (There are good reasons why the name was an issue to begin with; the connection to Garfield is tenuous at best, the name is confusing to newcomers, and the library is only ten years old, but there is the sentimental factor that the name was picked by the now-dead founder.) Oh the stress! Oh the angst! The deadlock began to affect our automation plans... no name decision meant no new cards meant no new patron registration for the online system. Plus with the name-change absorbing light and heat, other minor topics (such policies and fundraising) began to slide off the agenda entirely. I cursed the day I raised this issue! Meanwhile, every month Bruce from Wingfoot (a company that makes library cards, recommended by other libraries in our area) would call to ask me "how's it going with that library name change." I would share the grim news. Finally, Bruce offered to make several mock-ups of cards with the proposed name changes on them. He faxed me this sheet, I copied it and mailed it out with my report prior to the meeting, and the next meeting they picked a new name (which I will share with you after the state Regents vote on it). If there's a vendor of the year award, I nominate Bruce. As for business with our library--you betcha! _________________________________________________________ Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com http://www.bluehighways.com Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters, Neal Schuman, 1997 Director, Garfield Library of Brunswick, NY garfield@crisny.org Garfield on the Web: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/garfield Information is hard work ------------------------------------------------------------ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 13:36:11 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] 100 year celebration ideas needed (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MARIEN@ALCON.ALC.ORG Subject: 100 year celebration ideas needed We are fast approaching the centennial of library services in our city and would like to make it a memorable event. Any ideas for events or programs will be welcomed. (At this point, the sky's the limit. We are in the brainstorming phase.) Please answer directly. Thanks! ========================================================================== Marie Noe (915) 676-6067 Librarian II Abilene Public Library Abilene, TX marie.noe@alcon.alc.org ========================================================================== From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 13:37:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Anyone using I-Gear censorware? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Michael Sims" Subject: Re: Anyone using I-Gear censorware? Peter Bromberg wrote: > Anyone using I-Gear filtering software willing to share your > experience with it? See http://peacefire.org/censorware/I-Gear/ for some good information about the product. AIDS resources, gay rights, CDA materials, Jane Eyre, all banned by I-Gear. Do you normally prohibit patrons from reading about AIDS? -- Michael Sims The Censorware Project http://censorware.org Fabriacate diem. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 13:40:36 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Michael Sims" Subject: Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses Dave Ewick wrote: > Dear Publibbers: > > Below is one example of several responses published on this > listserve that just prove David Burt's premise that censorship is > relative, and is practiced by those very librarians who believe that > they are non-censors. David Burt had a good defense on another list. He wrote: "Librarians are supposed to provide information if they are asked for it, regardless of whether they approve of the viewpoint of the information seeker, and what the seeker might potentially use the information for." when defending this request on another list. I was amazed - David Burt demanding that librarians provide information without restrictions? I thought he'd had a stroke or something. Although I pointed out the apparent contradictions, he never replied to my point. I eventually decided that it was a "flag of convenience" -- that he (and you, Mr. Ewick) would fly under the flag of "free access to information" when it was convenient for you, and when it became inconvenient, you'd dump it like a hot potato. So I think you'd be the one who needs to avoid phrases "if you truly believe in the first amendment", because A) providing information to citizens about their government has nothing to do with the First Amendment and B) it makes you sound like the ultimate in hypocrites to stand on a moral soap box without practicing what you preach. Public libraries *should* provide information about the complaints they've received, rendered in such a fashion as to preserve patron privacy. They should also provide information about the praise they've received, and the level of patron satisfaction in their library. Why? Because the citizenry has a right to be informed of what their government is doing, not because a censor preaches about the First Amendment (apparently without having read it). -- Michael Sims The Censorware Project http://censorware.org And when I reached my sixteenth year, I signed my life away... From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 13:41:21 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Sick Leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ellen Bell Subject: Re: Sick Leave About 15 years ago, at another library, we decided to offer sick leave in 1/4 hour increments, instead of the 1/2 day increments in place at the time. The result was that people used a great deal less sick time because when a doctor's appointment was over, for example, they returned to work rather than lose any of the time they had in the sick leave "bank." I don't think that library paid anything for unused sick leave, either. The change was so successful that I got it implemented here, too. At this library, retirees get paid for a portion of their sick leave, so there is sometimes a cost for the library. But they only get paid for something like 1/4 of the unused time -- and more employees leave for other reasons than for retirement. So we haven't had to spend nearly as much as we would have had to spend if we'd had to hire more staff. -- O:-D Ellen Bell, Blue Ridge Regional Library P.O. Box 5264, Martinsville, VA 24115 Phone: 540/632-7125 x 224 FAX: 540/632-1660 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 14:57:15 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: IFAN: What Is It? How Do You Join? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kirsten Edwards Subject: Re: IFAN: What Is It? How Do You Join? On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Don Wood wrote: > IFAN members are expected to do one or more of the following: > > Read the newspaper and watch your local TV programs for incidents of > censorship, and report them to OIF. (You can report to OIF by e-mail, > fax, phone, or U.S. mail.) Send us any information you come across. > Watch my local TV programs? Isn't that rather above and beyond the call of duty? :-) Kirsten Edwards kirstedw@kcls.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 14:58:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Hamilton, Peggie" Subject: In defense of David Burt, one subscriber wrote: "Snide comments and evasions belittle the profession and the writer. If you truly believe in the first amendment, and that it applies to libraries, then you must present the information requested without editorial comment." Perhaps then Mr. Burt could refrain from making snide comments as well, such as "I'll add you to my list". In this constant bickering between Burt and various other readers, it has been the other readers who have advocated tolerance, patient encouragement, and when all else fails, polite ignoring of posts that we find offensive. Mr. Burt has not been so kind or encouraging. It's not even Mr. Burt's position that I dislike. I agree with him in principle. I dislike his belligerent and condescending writing style. I might agree with him more if he stopped saying things that sound like he's the only advocate of First Amendment rights simply because of his stand on filtering software in libraries. No one is blameless, but some people are less blameless than others. Peggie Hamilton Roseville Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 21:38:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] UNION MEETINGS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Peg Bredeson Subject: UNION MEETINGS Our AFSCME contract has two sentences that cause some fuzziness. One speaks to the right of an employee to have the steward present at time of discipline, discharge or investigation. If one of your employees also happens to be a steward, he/she could be called out at any time to witness such a meeting. Secondly, it refers to union members being able to conduct business with a rep of the Union for a "reasonable time" during the working day. Yikes! Fortunately, I have not seen abuses in either case here - yet. -- Peg Bredeson Beloit Public Library 409 Pleasant Street Beloit, WI 53511 (608)364-2917 bredeson@als.lib.wi.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 21:38:42 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Laser/People counters (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Nancy Hunt" Subject: Laser/People counters We purchased 2 People Counters several years ago to circulate among our 54 public library members. (They need gate counts to estimate the number of walk-ins for the state-required annual report.) We have been very happy with them. We bought them from Laser Electronics in Blytheville Arkansas (800/441-BOOK). A/C powered models are priced at $249.00; battery powered at $349.00. (We bought the battery powered because of the variety of locations in which they'd be used.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Hunt, New Technologies Coordinator Indianhead Federated Library System 1538 Truax Boulevard, Eau Claire, WI 54703-1569 voice: 715/839-5082 fax: 715/839-5151 e-mail: hunt@ifls.lib.wi.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 21:38:51 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: Sick Leave Incentives (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: SUSAN WOLF NEILSON Subject: re: Sick Leave Incentives At a library I previously worked at we had what I thought was a great system: For every 90 day period you don't use sick leave you get a bonus day. So you could conceivibly get an additional 4 days of paid leave each year. This gave incentives for staff to stay well. Your bonus days were not part of vacation leave and were subject to different time limits for use (I can't quite remember off hand). When you were out sick, your 90 days started all over again when you returned to work. This incentive program was very popular by the staff. It sent a positive note, I believe, to staff, letting them know that the administration appreciated their good health. And most people took pains to attain those extra days. Susan Neilson Business Reference Librarian Charleston County Public Library Charleston, South Carolina 29401 neilsons@ccpl.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 21:38:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Position Announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Donna Gaab Subject: Position Announcement The City of Douglas, Arizona announces an opening for City Librarian, to plan and administer all library services at the Douglas Public Library. Salary Range: $38,774 - $48,695. Minimum qualifications: Master of Library and Information Science degree. Open until filled (first review date: 11/17/98). For job description and application form, call Ana Urquijo, City of Douglas Personnel Director, 520-364-7501, ext. 485. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 10 21:40:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Filtering facts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Terry Dawson Subject: Filtering facts On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, DAVE EWICK wrote: >...David Burt's premise that censorship is relative, and is practiced >by those very librarians who believe that they are non-censors. This is debatable and might depend on whose ox is being gored... >His request >for information is appropriate, legitimate, and very useful to the profession >if we truly want to look at this issue rationally. Once again, a debatable contention. >Yes, his position is not liked by many, but isn't that the very thing we >espouse, that it doesn't matter who wants something, and it doesn't matter why >they want it, and we don't have to like them? Yes, for sure, but this is not the question. It does matter *what* they want. Or are you arguing that anyone should be able to look at anything they wish? Anyone who argues for filters seems to believe that certain types of material should not be shared. >Why would you rather provide >pornography to a teen than this info to Mr. Burt? This seems snide, and I have also heard it from Mr. Burt. Just because a library does not filter does not mean it provides porn, and to presuppose that such libraries would RATHER provide porn is a very negative judgement with no evidence. You have no basis to judge other people's motivation. In fact, I believe that our library provides less porn than many libraries who use filters. I would rather we provide none, but there's no foolproof system yet devised. Our staff can be gotten around and so can filtering software. Its much preferable to err on the side of free access. I trust our staff better than any filter manufacturers to make the calls if our patrons need reminding of our policies. >Snide comments and evasions >belittle the profession and the writer. No argument. We would all do well to try to keep the discussion elevated. But let's not try to bait or trap one another, as in the specious "Hustler" magazine offer made by Mr. Burt. This leads to snide comments, of which there have probably been enough on all sides. But it can be hard to draw the line between sarcasm and good humor. Sometimes you gotta laugh at it -- hopefully we can laugh at ourselves. >If you truly believe in the first >amendment, and that it applies to libraries, then you must present the >information requested without editorial comment. Sorry, this just doesn't logically follow. I don't mind summarizing complaints we've received or discussing any specific concerns or issues. But copies of patron records or personnel records are not necessarily a first amendment issue. Copies of Library Board minutes, policies, etc., are of course public. But some information is not for everyone in every context, like porn distributed in libraries or confidential info distributed to Filtering Facts. -- "Only |Terry Dawson, Director |tdawson@apl.org |"Information connect!" |Appleton Public Library|http://www.apl.org| WANTS to |225 North Oneida Street|920 832-6170 voice| be free." E.M.Forster|Appleton WI 54911 |920 832-6182 fax | S. Brand From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Tue Nov 10 22:54:07 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: Sick leave Judy J. Atwood asked "What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their sick leave?" Ther City of Grapevine, Texas, offers a sick-leave buy-back plan in which full time employees working the complete year and having 160 or more hours of sick leave are able to sell back 40 hours of sick leave at the beginning of December each year. The year runs from November 1 to October 31. It is good in that it makes for a nice Christmas bonus and encourages people to be stringent on the use of sick time. Because a full-time employee earns more than the 40 hours sold, the net result is a gain in the accumulated sick hours. For example, I earned 120 hours last year, used 28, sold 40 and still was able to add 52 hours to my total. Hope this helps. Bruce Bumbalough Reference Librarian Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, Texas The views are my own -- not those of the City of Grapevine. From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Tue Nov 10 23:00:55 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:11:35 2005 Subject: Net as ref tool Message-ID: Colleague Lynne Olver just finished analysis of Oct ref questions... databases used: CD-ROMs, online subscriptions, online catalog, 52% of questions Dialog 2.5% OCLC 4% Internet 45% (but!) Internet provided answer, 17% ------------- Sara Weissman Morris County Library http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/MCL.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 1 13:02:41 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:45 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Page Performance Evaluation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ruthann Swanson Subject: Page Performance Evaluation This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B46F0F7C762427EE246A5ED7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm searching for a performance evaluation form that's good for library pages. Any suggestions? Ruthann Swanson Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library 11960 S. Pulaski Rd. Alsip, IL 60803 Fax: 708-371-5672 --------------B46F0F7C762427EE246A5ED7 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Ruthann Swanson Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Ruthann Swanson n: Swanson;Ruthann org: Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District adr: 11960 S. Pulaski Road;;;Alsip;Illinois;60803-1197; email;internet: rswanson@sslic.net title: Adult Services Director tel;work: (708) 371-5666 tel;fax: (708) 371-5672 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE end: vcard --------------B46F0F7C762427EE246A5ED7-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 1 13:03:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:45 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library cards w/out ID (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ash966 Subject: Library cards w/out ID At Saint Paul Public Library, if a child comes in without a parent or guardian, they can fill out a postcard with their name & address. We mail it to them, then they bring it back to us postmarked. This proves that the address is correct & lets the parents know the child is getting a card. A patron who resides in a shelter or some form of transitional housing can bring in a statement of residence, on paper with the letterhead of the institution & signed by a staff member. ******************************************************************************** Andrea Herman email: ash966@bitstream.net ******************************************************************************* "Oh don't the days seem lank and long When all goes right and nothing goes wrong And isn't your life extremely flat When you've nothing whatever to grumble at?" --W.S. Gilbert From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 1 13:03:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:45 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: Proctoring Dan Hubbs asked about library procedures for proctoring exams. Grapevine Public Library charges each patron $5 for proctoring an exam. We have a small but steady demand from patrons. We do not plan to limit the activity to local card holders at this time. Bruce Bumbalough Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, TX If you have ever flown into Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, you have been to Grapevine. We are sorry we missed seeing you. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 1 13:04:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:45 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Miriam Bobkoff Subject: Re: Proctoring A number of us proctor exams. It's an arrangement made directly between the proctor and the proctoree, and everyone knows who to refer the enquiries to. Whichever of us is in sight or in the building, for starters. We don't have a closed room outside whose door we sit, just park the person in our quietest place and check on them visually from time to time (no, they haven't pulled a crib sheet out of their sleeve, no, a consortium of helpers has not gathered around them.) If this were not formal enough for a given school, the student would have to make arrangements elsewhere. But I don't think that's ever happened (once the letter that came with the exam was very fierce about what controlled conditions I had to attest to; I called the school, and they ok-ed it.) I myself finished my bachelor's degree by correspondence, and since the Public Library was also my workplace, I couldn't use us for proctors at exam time. It was hard finding an alternative, sometimes. At the end I was being proctored at the community college but only by special arrangement --my boss talking to their boss--because the CC had stopped offering the service to non-students. So I always say yes when asked. Miriam Bobkoff personal: mbobkoff@rt66.com Santa Fe Public Library work: mbobkoff@ci.santa-fe.nm.us Santa Fe Poetry Broadside http://www.rt66.com/~sfpoetry/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 1 13:04:48 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:45 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] YA job announcement MCLS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: richard scott Subject: YA job announcement MCLS Dear Libbers, This is a repost of our job opening for a YA librarian. We are looking forward to hearing from librarians who love teens and want to live and work in our warm and wonderful oceanside community. > Job Posting... > > Deadline: Open until filled > > Position Title: Librarian I, Young Adult > > Position Description: > Seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Young Adult Librarian for > a forward-thinking and expanding public library system in > SE Florida. The professional selected will work with library > patrons of all ages, especially teenagers, and cooperate with > youth agencies in the county to create programs for teens. > > The YA librarian is part of the reference department team and > time is flexibly divided among teen activities, homework > assistance, and reference desk assignments. YA is headquartered > at the new multi-million dollar central library in Stuart, opening > in January 1999. The YA librarian will also travel to four > branches and work with staff to increase YA use of library resources. > Evening and weekend work is expected. YA librarian will be respons- > ible for selection of YA materials, which requires knowledge of > YA literature, teen psychology, and middle/high school curriculum. > Job requires cooperation with other youth service staff. > > Education and Experience Required: > MLS from an ALA approved graduate library program. Experience using > computers for internet access, library databases, and > applications such as word processing. Demonstrate ability to teach > classes on library and computer resources with individuals and > groups, as well as successful programming with teenagers. Recent > experience working with teens required. > > Professional selected must work comfortably in a team environment > and have the ability to accomplish long and short range planning > both alone and with others. > > Salary Range: > $25,796 - $37,572 annually. Benefits include 2 week vacation > health insurance, pension plan. > > Send apps/resumes to: > Martin County BOCC Job Center > 2401 SE Monterey Rd. > Stuart, FL 34996 > > Fax: (561) 223-4812 > Jobline: (561) 288-5437 > Web: www.martin.fl.us/GOVT > > EOE/DFWP/Vet's Pref. > > ------------------------------ > > End of PUBLIB Digest 631 > ************************ > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:07:29 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] YA author visit help thank you (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "karin boughey" Subject: YA author visit help thank you Thank you to all publibbers, michlibbers and yaackers out there who answered by questions about YA author visits. What a wonderful profession this is where you can throw out a question blind and get warm, supportive responses. I feel much more prepared for this task! Will put out a message of most common responses soon to all the lists. Thanks again! Karin Boughey West Bloomfield Township Public Library West Bloomfield, MI ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:07:44 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: GED, ASVAB, etc. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: Re: GED, ASVAB, etc. There is a delightful book called _Anathema!: Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses_ by Marc Drogin (Allanheld & Schram, 1983). Some excerpts: Should anyone by craft or any device whatever abstract this book from this place may his soul suffer, in retri- bution for what he has done, and may his name be erased from the book of the living and not be recorded among the blessed. (Jumieges, France, 16th c.) This book is one And God's curse is another; They that take the one God give them the other. (15th c) wrote procure joys life supernal May he who this book the of steals endure pangs deal infernal. ...May grace be to the reader, indulgence to the benefactor, and a curse upon its thief. (825) Nann ******************************* Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois ******************************* > We started using a special label on the front cover of the "high risk" > books this year. (witchcraft, astrology, voodoo, GED, etc.) The label > has a black candle and the words "Promptly return book or be cursed." > The labels are intended as a humorous way to remind people to return the > books, From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:07:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Children's Rooms (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen L. Byrne" Subject: Children's Rooms This question is posted on behalf of our Director, Nancy Hammeke. Please post replies to her as well as to the list if you wish: Nhammeke@mclinc.org We are working on remodeling our Children's room. Could we get response from librarians out there on the following questions: What is your favorite thing about your new chlldren's area? What is the worst thing about your existing children's area? What would you do over if you could? Thanks for your thoughts Karen Byrne From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:08:09 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] The Gimmick - Dael Orlandersmith (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Marjorie Freilich-Den Subject: The Gimmick - Dael Orlandersmith I was privileged to see "The Gimmick" by Dael Orlandersmith last night at Stage 2 at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven. This powerful one woman show features a librarian who makes a difference in the main character's life. I urge all librarians to see this and feel renewed in their choice of careers. It was superb theater. Marjorie Freilich-Den Westport Public Library Westport, CT - > >***************** > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:08:43 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Don't forget to VOTE! (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen G. Schneider" Subject: Don't forget to VOTE! Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day. PLEASE get to the polls and VOTE! Remember that political support of public libraries is essential, necessary, vital for our existence! There are always a few folks who will be thinking as they read this that their vote doesn't count, or that the candidates aren't good enough, or that they're too busy, or "the system" is corrupt. Or maybe they avoided registering because they didn't want to get called for jury duty (as if that was all it took). I just finished a wonderful (but daunting) book, From Selma to Sorrow : The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo. Viola, a housewife from Michigan, was murdered by extremists (possibly Klansmen) after participating in a march on Selma in support of voting rights. Viola obviously disagreed with those folks who can't be bothered to vote, as did all the other Americans who gave up their lives so we could all share civil rights. If you think voting is an inconvenience, think of how your life would be inconvenienced if you didn't even have that choice. Voting is not only a right and a responsibility--it is a joy. When you vote, Viola and all the other martyrs of the right to vote stand with you, all patron saints of freedom. Get in there and pull those levers. See you at the polls! _________________________________________________________ Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com http://www.bluehighways.com Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters, Neal Schuman, 1997 Director, Garfield Library of Brunswick, NY garfield@crisny.org Garfield on the Web: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/garfield Information is hard work ------------------------------------------------------------ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:10:13 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Troubling Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mimi Morris Subject: Re: Troubling Teens All right, I admit this is a personal hot button for me. But...please don't equate kids with stay at home moms to angels. There are kids with guns in their baggies whose mothers are home making cookies, or more likely, having lunch with friends and volunteering for "good causes" while their kids cry for attention. As the mother of teens who took no more than minimum maternity leave in both cases, I'll attest to the fact that my kids are not gun toting criminals. (Though they certainly may drive ME crazy!). As long as we're talking about not stereotyping teenagers, let's talk about not categorizing families by race, income, marriage status or parental employment either. All of our patrons deserve our respect. Mimi Morris Assistant Director for Branch and Extension Services Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library All opinions are my own... From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:10:36 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Melora Ranney Subject: Teens I'd add to the list of patron "needs" that teens need unfiltered computers where they can explore the Internet, space where they can gather together and talk and giggle without disturbing or offending others, and caring, nonjudgemental adults with whom they can discuss their problems or concerns. I would love to establish a whole separate "teen center" within a community center/library that acknowledged the special needs of this group. Mostly, though, I think we struggle to control them--and lose them. James Casey wrote: >Pre-schoolers need to have special programs and storytimes >since they are unable to read (most often) and every step >of the program requires very careful preparation. >Senior citizens often require elevators, large print books, >quiet areas and more help with computers. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Melora Ranney, director Charles M. Bailey Public Library Bowdoin Street Winthrop, Maine 04364 (207) 377-8673/74 fax:(207) 377-4406 email: macbeth@saturn.caps.maine.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:10:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Internet Searcher's Handbook 2nd Edition (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "GraceAnne A. DeCandido" Subject: Internet Searcher's Handbook 2nd Edition Dear net-buddies and colleagues, I am preparing (rather intensely, this month) the second edition of The Internet Searcher's Handbook: Locating Information, People, and Software from Neal Schuman. Some of the good folk who wrote sections for the first edition are revising their contributions; most are not, although everyone has been cooperating nicely. Besides updating, I need to add a bit about SGML and the Dublin Core, and probably a few other things I haven't resolved yet. This handbook is aimed at people who are just starting on the journey to net-comfort. I would be grateful if you have a) specific suggestions as to what you might want to find in a new edition b) pet ways of finding things on the net you want to share c) simple and obvious searching tricks that are only simple and obvious if you know them. I will acknowledge and credit anything I use, to the best of my ability. best, GraceAnne GraceAnne A. DeCandido Blue Roses Editorial and Web Consulting 350 E. 236th St. Bronx, NY 10470-2104 voice: 718/994-7794 * fax: 718/994-9851 E-mail ladyhawk@well.com http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/gadhome.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:11:27 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andy Barnett Subject: Proctoring Proctoring is much worse than tax forms. We can hand out forms, find rare ones and even refer people with tax questions to appropriate tools, but no library has the staff to actaully proctor exams. You might still be capable of surprise at the number of people who will cheat on a test if they think they can get away with it. Taking an exam at a public library is an invitation to cheat. Librarians are distracted, will seat test takers in an out of the way area and know that this is not really part of the job. When we proctored, we caught several people cheating, even though we didn't try very hard. We pointed this out to the university that made the most use of us and they were very much unconcerned and wondered why we bothered. We now send them to a local tech school. They run an evening exam sesion once a week for their students and accomodated the distance students. They get actual proctoring there, with someone paid to watch them. Around here, most students are near either a tech school or a two year college, so there is no hardship involved. In short, this is something that is hard to do well at a public library, that is open to abuse and can usually be handled better elsewhere. Andrew Barnett, Assistant Director McMillan Memorial Library (715) 423-1040; Fax: (715) 423-2665 490 East Grand Avenue e-mail: abarnett@scls.lib.wi.us Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Library website: www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm Prospero: Me, poor man, my library was dukedom large enough. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:11:46 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] public library websites (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andy Barnett Subject: public library websites Acessibility is not only important for those whose computers require the use of a text browser like Lynx, it also matters for the visually handicapped, many of whom are active computer users. They rely on their computers being able to read the screen to them, so having maps and java is not just inconvenient, it blocks access completely. Making your site more attractive is laudable, but not if it cuts some users out. I use and recommend Bobby http://www.cast.org/bobby/ which checks your site and makes accesibility suggestions. Andrew Barnett, Assistant Director McMillan Memorial Library (715) 423-1040; Fax: (715) 423-2665 490 East Grand Avenue e-mail: abarnett@scls.lib.wi.us Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Library website: www.scls.lib.wi.us/mcm Prospero: Me, poor man, my library was dukedom large enough. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:11:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Position Announcement: PCL Executive Director, CT (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Amy Terlaga" Subject: Position Announcement: PCL Executive Director, CT Position Announcement Partnership of Connecticut Libraries EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Position Summary: Under the general direction of the PCL President and the Executive Committee of the PCL Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for the planning, organization, operation and administration of the PCL within the guidelines and policies established by the Board of Directors, including planning, implementation, and monitoring the development and growth of PCL services. The Executive Director works with PCL members, PCL Board of Directors, PCL Committees and PCL staff to define goals, objectives and priorities. Manages projects, personnel, budget and long-range planning. Provides leadership and motivates staff. Monitors progress, evaluates needs, recommends changes. Complete job description is available on the PCL website. http://www.biblio.org/partner.htm This is a temporary one year position, with a mutually agreed upon option to extend. Anticipated starting date: January 4, 1999 Salary: $70,000.00, plus benefits Review of applications will begin on November 15, 1998 and continue until position is filled. Please send resume and names of three references to: Chairperson PCL Personnel Committee Partnership of Connecticut Libraries 123 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457 PCL is an AA, EEO employer =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Amy Terlaga BIBLIOMATION 555 Lordship Blvd. Stratford, CT 06615 www.biblio.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:12:17 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] AD **History book entitled "Strength Through Struggle" ** AD (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mspencer@co.new-hanover.nc.us Subject: AD **History book entitled "Strength Through Struggle" ** AD Dear Listserv Moderators: My director requested that I ask to post the following, if you feel it meets PUBLIB guidelines. TIA! Marie Spencer mspencer@co.new-hanover.nc.us AV/Reference Librarian New Hanover County Public Library 201 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401 Phone: 910-341-4390 x225 Fax: 910-341-4357 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The New Hanover County Public Library announces the publication of ? Strength Through Struggle?: The Chronological and Historical Record of the African-American Community in Wilmington, North Carolina, 1865-1950, written by Bill Reaves and edited by local history librarian Beverly Tetterton. Mr. Reaves spent thirty years compiling information on the history of Wilmington?s black community, drawing primarily from local newspapers, before donating his research to the library. The book is over 600 pages long, and is illustrated with 264 images. It includes chapters on social life, schools, churches, community affairs, military affairs, political affairs, business affairs (business, labor and agriculture), and 100 pages of biographical sketches. The book was funded by grants and donations from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the New Hanover Friends of the Public Library, and Tabitha Hutaff McEachern. Copies of ?Strength Through Struggle? will be donated to local schools, and to the churches and civic organizations represented in the book. The book may also be ordered by mail from the New Hanover Friends of the Public Library, Inc. Information on ordering the book is on the next page. Order Form Payment must accompany order. Please make checks payable to: New Hanover Friends of the Public Library, Inc. QTY. DESCRIPTION UNIT TOTAL PRICE ____ Strength through Struggle 30.00 _____ Shipping Address: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Unit price includes all taxes and handling / shipping charges THANK YOU FOR YOUR ORDER Please mail order form and payment to: North Carolina Room New Hanover County Public Library 201 Chestnut Street Wilmington, NC 28401-3942 Any questions should be directed to Beverly Tetterton btetterton@co.new-hanover.nc.us Phone: 910) 341-4394 Fax: (910) 341-4357 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:13:02 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re:troubling teenagers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Baltes Subject: re:troubling teenagers Responding to Mary K.'s comment: I am an assistant branch manager who handles the day-to-day happenings at our branch library (I also happen to be the young adult librarian who works with our teen board). Most of the behavior-related complaints are about adults who are talking too loud or adults who are abdicating their responsibility for their raucus children while in the library. Our teens are, for the most part, well-mannered and focused on leisure reading or school projects. I handle many more complaints about adult behavior (and book damage!) than I do for teen behavior. I get irritated by the sweeping generalizations about teens as troublemakers. When talking with a group of teens about their ideas for the design of our new library, we were surprised and impressed by their request for a space away from the adults "so they don't get mad at us when we open our velcro binders and unzip our backpacks." They were concerned about irritating our older customers who "give us dirty looks and are rude to us." They don't want to be a bother to anyone; they just want to be able to come into the library and read or study without getting flack. Does that sound like troublemakers to you?? Jenny -- Jennifer M. Baltes Librarian Mohave County Library District e-mail:baltej@mohave.lib.az.us Charles C. Royall Memorial Library phone:(520)453-0718 1787 McCulloch Blvd. fax: (520)453-0720 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.--Edward Young From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 00:13:32 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Toole MWL (978) 658-2967" Subject: Re: Proctoring I have had requests in the past six or eight months from three people asking me to proctor their tests. One of the three offered money to me (which I declined, though I suggested he give a donation to the Friends gropu, which he did), the other two never made the offer so I didn't ask for a donation to the Friends. It has not become a problem at this time because we are a small town library, but I could see it becoming a real problem for large city libraries. Perhaps the institutions need to be notified that our time is not "free", and that the local taxpayers pay us to provide library service, not proctor service. But then again, the people who need the proctoring are taxpayers, too, and library services are being re-invented almost as often as Microsoft Windows!! I don't mind providing the service, it hasn't interfered too much with my workload, but that could change. This is definitely something we need to be watching. Laurel Toole, Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington, Massachusetts (toole@mvlc.lib.ma.us) On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 SAR_HUBBS@sals.edu wrote: > I am interested in finding out how other public libraries > are handling the growing demand for proctoring tests from > institutions that offer distance learning programs. Has anyone > considered charging the institutions, or limiting the service > to local residents? > It is great that these universities "rely on professionals such > as yourself" (University of Phoenix instructions for proctors) to > make these programs work, but the result is less time spent providing > traditional services. I keep thinking of taxforms . . . > > Dan Hubbs > Head of Adult Services > Saratoga Springs Public Library > Saratoga Springs, N.Y. > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 12:58:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Filtering Facts Subject: Filtering Facts Seeks Library Records Today I sent the following fax to 25 large library systems: This is a formal request for the release of library records. I am interested in obtaining copies of any patron and staff complaints about patrons accessing inappropriate material on public Internet terminals. I am willing to pay any reasonable costs associated with obtaining the records. Faxed copies are fine. I know that my organization is a controversial one within the library profession, so this is an excellent opportunity for your library to demonstrate its commitment to the practices as well as the principles of intellectual freedom. If you decide not to release the records, please send me a response letter explaining your reasons why. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, David Burt, President Filtering Facts The libraries I sent it to are: Albuquerque Public Library, NM, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library, GA, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, Chicago Public Library, IL, Cleveland Public Library, OH, Denver Public Library, CO, Detroit Public Library, MI, Enoch Pratt Library of Baltimore, MD, Free Public Library of Philadelphia, PA, Kansas City Public Library, MO, King County Public Library, WA, Las Vegas-Clark County Public Library, NV, Los Angeles Public Library, CA, Milwaukee Public Library, WI Minneapolis Public Library, MN, New York Public Library, NY, Oklahoma City Public Library, OK, Phoenix Public Library, AZ, Queens Public Library, NY St. Louis Public Library, MO, San Antonio, TX, San Diego Public Library, CA San Jose Public Library, CA, San Francisco Public Library, CA, and Seattle Public Library, WA It will be interesting to see how much these libraries "practice what they preach" regarding free access to information. I'll keep you guys posted! ***************************************************************************** David Burt President, Filtering Facts Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:02:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Newspaper current issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bsdavidson@aol.com Subject: Newspaper current issues This is a post at the request of my library director. We are a small/medium public library and are interested to know how others in our situation handle their current issues of newspapers. Below are our two basic concerns. We welcome learning how you address similar situations/problems and any experience-based advise that may be offered. 1. We just recently went from having the current issue on a "stick" that was kept on a newspaper rack to having the current issue folded and placed in a plexiglass slot in a wall unit. The problem is that the loose papers quickly become a problem--sections of same paper become separated and intermixed with previous issues or other titles. While the idea behind the switch from sticks to wall units was to save staff time (no more putting each section of each paper on a rod, no more taping in the loose single pages), labor time each morning is now spent on putting the papers back together in the right way after the previous day's use. What solutions have you come up with for the display and handling of current newspaper issues that save staff time yet provide good service to patrons? 2. We presently keep 2 months plus the current month of newspapers. Because of space and dollar constraints we do not keep any newspapers on microfilm. Space constraints now are pressing us to keep the print version for an even shorter time. How long do you keep current issues? What constraints or opportunities have allowed you to adopt your practice? Brenda Davidson bsdavidson@aol.com (in case you prefer not to respond to the list) Many thanks!! From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:02:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:46 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Meeting room policies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bsdavidson@aol.com Subject: Meeting room policies This is being post at the request of our library director. The director and board of our small/medium public library is revisiting the policy for use of our meeting room and would welcome knowing the policies of other libraries. We would greatly appreciate receiving copies of others' policies by fax at 517-351-9536. Two particular areas of concern that we would also appreciate comment/information upon are: 1. Do you restrict use of the meeting room to non-profit-making groups or do you allow profit-making groups/individuals to use it? What reasoning lies behind your decision? 2. Do you charge for use of your meeting room? How much? And for what periods of time (i.e., by the hour? whole days? half days? --and how do you define "day" and "half day")? Many thanks in advance for all responses. Brenda Davidson bsdavidson@aol.com (in case you would prefer to respond off-list) From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:03:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Local High School Yrbook Ad (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: wheeler library Subject: Local High School Yrbook Ad Has anyone a pithy saying I can use in the ad this public lib is placing in the local high school yrbook? Some clever quote that will get their attention? Thanks for any help. Amy Kennedy, Wheeler Library, North Stonington, Connecticut From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:03:27 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: GODSBRAIN@aol.com Subject: Proctoring For humanity to achieve a good return on its investment in distance education, distance learning, it may well behoove us to consider the importance and close possible association with the needs for distance accreditation, distance certification. I don't think it absolutely necessary for the library to perform this function, but who ? And the library, "information center" in its new incarnation, should take an active part in seeing that the community is provided with the necessary services. Far Out Ville ! How about getting a member of the police department with identification technology and ingress/egress security capability, and integrity? Only one idea to help foster a discussion. G.O.D.S.B.R.A.I.N. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:03:38 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Strategic Planning (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pettit, Beth" Subject: Strategic Planning Hello, My city is preparing to devise a strategic plan to take us forward into the 21st century. I have been asked to determine what services may be required of the library in the future. I am particularly interested in determining if we will be in need of a branch or a book mobile service. I am looking for cities which are similar to mine to see if you have determined these steps to be necessary. Greenville, TX has a population of 25,000 and a wonderful two-year old library with great room for collection growth. The library is located geographically in the middle of town. I would say that the farthest distance a resident would have to travel to reach the library is ten miles. The old library was in an economically disadvantaged area and there is concern that the needs of these citizens is no longer being met, as ten miles may be prohibitive to citizens without transportation. Any insight you could provide would be helpful. Please let me know if you need more specific information. Thank you, Beth A. Pettit, Director W. Walworth Harrison Public Library Greenville, TX bpettit@ci.greenville.tx.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:03:57 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Free Videoconference - Texas only (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Polanka Subject: Free Videoconference - Texas only Texas librarians are welcome to attend the following College of DuPage videoconference sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 7 Texas locations are available. Please register online or via fax using the information provided below. College of DuPage Videoconference Soaring to Excellence Techno-Lust, Techno-Stress, and Techno-Babble November 20, 1998 11-1:00 pm CST A teleconference designed especially for training library assistants, balanced between technical issues and workplace issues. Debra Wilcox Johnson presents a lively program that examines the stress caused by technology and all its forms. Participants learn how to cope with the technological changes that affect the library, the library worker, and the customers! Topics * Living and working in the electronic environment * Defining techno-stress and its symptoms * Strategies for coping with techno-stress * The future view of libraries in an electronic environment Registration Information Pre-registration is preferred, as each location will have limited seating. Registration will be taken on a first come, first served basis. Register online or by e-mail: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/LD/workshops.htm mae.murray@tsl.state.tx.us Confirmation letters will not be sent; please go directly to the workshop site listed here. Credit Hours To receive two (2) hours of continuing education credit from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, participants must complete and turn in a certificate request at the workshop. For more information, contact: Mae Murray * Workshop Coordinator 512-463-5448 * Fax 512-463-8800 mae.murray@tsl.state.tx.us Locations Austin * Austin Community College Highland Business Center (HBC) Board Room, 201.1 - 201.2, Sections B & C 7748 Highway 290 West Rosemary Burks, 512-223-3085 Cotulla * Alexander Memorial Public Library 201 S. Center Martha Knott, 210-207-2609 Edinburg * UT Pan American 120 W. University Dr.- Media Center Bonnie McNeely, 945-381-2758 Richmond * Fort Bend County Library 1001 Golfview-Lecture Hall Linda Lupro, 281-341-2640 Fort Worth * Education Service Center, Region XI 3001 North Freeway-Lecture Hall Cherry Fuller, 817-740-3617 Irving * Irving Public Library 801 W. Irving Blvd.-Auditorium Sue Gage, 972-721-2639 Kenedy * Karnes County Library System 303 W. Main St. Martha Knott, 210-207-2609 If you have special equipment, space, or language needs to participate in this workshop, please contact Sue Polanka at 512-463-6623. Look for future information on the two other Soaring to Excellence videoconferences: January 8, 1999-Tools of Our Trade III: Books, the Internet and Beyond March 12, 1999-Disaster Planning Sue Polanka Continuing Education Consultant Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512-463-6623 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:04:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: internet / computer / LOL networks in Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library Subject: Re: internet / computer / LOL networks in Public Libraries >Has anyone assessed usage of networked computers in their libraries >(public libraries specifically)? Yes. We have a computer sign-up sheet which we ASK (not require) people to use before using the computers. The sheet includes columns for date, name (used to return forgotten disks), time in, computer used, and an age check-off column (1-12, 13-17, 18+). There is also a column which has a "check off" section of four choices: 1) internet, 2) typing, 3) research (using in house databases), 4) other. > >Specifically what are people doing-- >word processing, >internet access generally, >searching resources to which the library subscribes >(such as periodical databases)......? Results? They do ALL of the above. Different days/times of day show specific patterns of use. We have found that adults tend to do more word processing, teenagers tend to do more internet and research, and younger children tend to do more "Other". We have some educational games which they are allowed to play so long as no one is waintong for the computers. >If so, are people using this information to plan-- >services, Yes. We are expanding both the number of internet terminals, and the number of computers which do word processing to include the entire network. The results also directly impacted the choice of a high speed color laser printer for network pringing in that most of the people who print want a good, high quality printout. We currently charge $0.10 per page for ink-jet printouts. We will do the same for the laser printer. >websites/website design, Not yet. >budgets, Yes. We are planning our budget so that we have additional money to spend to maintain our network. >technology/computers, Neew equipment should start being installed within the quarter. >policy? We are reviewing our computer use policies to determine what changes need to be made. We are going from 2 internets stations, to having it available at every computer (12). >Can we do that assessment--can we ask those questions? We are making it a voluntary thing to fill out the sheet. When they ask, we tell patrons why we are collecting the information. No one has complained, and they do not have to fill out the sign-in sheet to use the computers. If you would like a copy of the sheet we use, email me with either a Fax number or a snail mail address, and i will send a copy. Sharon Custer Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library 231 N. Main St. Rimersburg, PA 16248 ecclesh@alpha.clarion-net.com http://www.csonline.net/ecclesh From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:04:34 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Gail Hardenbergh Subject: Proctoring I have proctored exams on several occasions when at the Ferndale Public Library. I was never asked at any of the other three libraries I have worked at. I didn't find any problems in proctoring. The student was placed at a table within full view of the reference desk. Instructions were given beforehand as to time limits, breaks, etc. I kept any non-essential materials with me while they were taking the tests. O On one or two occasions a check was received from the educational institution made out to me. I used it to purchase reference materials. We never asked for payment. This was volunteered. Gail == Gail Hardenbergh, Library Director Milan Public Library 151 Wabash St. Milan, MI 48160 (734) 439-1244 phone (745) 439-5625 fax _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 3 13:05:25 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] FL-Madeira Beach-Library Director (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jimbo Schnur, Gulf Beaches" Subject: FL-Madeira Beach-Library Director The GULF BEACHES PUBLIC LIBRARY, a member of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative and Tampa Bay Library Consortium, is searching for a LIBRARY DIRECTOR. This professional position requires an ALA-accredited MLS and five years of professional library experience. Preferred qualifications include administrative and budgeting experience, as well as a thorough understanding of computers and networks and an ablity to work with municipal authorities in the five communities that have historically supported the library. Located in a 10,000 square foot facility two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico, the library has 8.5 FTE staff (3 librarians) and contains 65,000 books, 3,500 videos, and nearly 2,000 audios. Salary range: $34,000 - $42,000 Send resume and copy of MLS to: Search Committee Gulf Beaches Public Library 200 Municipal Drive Madeira Beach, FL 33708-1994 Application deadline: November 13, 1998 ____________________________________________________________________________ JIM SCHNUR Voice phone: 727.391.2828 Reference Librarian FAX phone: 727.399.2840 Head of Adult Services Gulf Beaches Public Library e-mail: schnurja@acasun.eckerd.edu 200 Municipal Drive e-mail: schnurj@snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us Madeira Beach, FL 33708 e-mail: schnurja@splib.lib.fl.us Web: From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:03:05 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Millicent Price Subject: Re: Proctoring The San Bernardino Public Library charges to proctor an exam. The charge is $10 for city of San Bernardino residents and $20 for nonresidents. Occasionally, an institution will pay the fee for the student. Millicent Price, Supervising Librarian San Bernardino Public Library 555 W. 6th St. San Bernardino, CA 92410 909/381-8226 909/888-3171 fax From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:03:27 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Local High School Yrbook Ad (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: Re: Local High School Yrbook Ad Amy, How about one of the ALA NLW camera-ready public service announcements? A couple of years ago the theme was "Ask a professional. Ask a librarian." Among the camera-readies were a maze (don't get caught in the maze of information" and "The Ans...." (don't settle for half an answer. ask your librarian.) Two phrases I've used from time to time are "The more you need to know the more you need the library," and "Libraries: The Know-place for Know-bodies." HTH, Nann ************************************** Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois ************************************** wheeler library wrote: > > Has anyone a pithy saying I can use in the ad this public lib is placing in the > local high school yrbook? Some clever quote that will get their attention? Thanks > for any help. > Amy Kennedy, Wheeler Library, North Stonington, Connecticut From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:05:06 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: Local High School Yrbook Ad Message-ID: When you've got a good book...you've got a good friend. --------------- Sara Weissman Morris County Library http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/MCL.html From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:05:52 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Youth Friends Groups (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mignon Morse Subject: Youth Friends Groups Do any of you have libraries with Youth/Teenager Friends groups? IF so, could you give me some ideas on the types of activities that interest them? Thank you, -- ************************** Mignon Morse Library Director Smith Public Library 800 Thomas Street Wylie, TX 75098 972-442-7566 972-442-4075 (fax) http://www.wylie.tx.us/library/ From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:06:03 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Children's room (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: bob.smith@medina.lib.oh.us (Bob Smith) Subject: Children's room I am a firm believer that a children's room should be child oriented (not librarian) I highly recommend the use of mobile carts for picture books. These are the bins that are on wheels and where the books can be placed face out. The kids can see the covers. Then if you need to have a program in the children;s room, you can move these aside and have lots of room for a program. They also give you the opportunity to move them in different configurations. I would try for diosplay typ shelving for as many of the books and videos that you can fit into the space. Have a section that is for a parents collection, small is OK. Also have loets of toys or other kinds of things around for the kids to come in contact with. Have fun designing. Bob -- ************************************************************************* Bob Smith Robert Smith & Associates Library Management Consultants Phone:(330)-723-6544 140 W. Lafayette #10 bob.smith@medina.lib.oh.us Medina, OH 44256 Gale Research and Library Journal's Library of the Year 1998 Medina County District Library ************************************************************************* From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:06:16 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] When the Alarm Goes Off (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: When the Alarm Goes Off We're going to turn on the 3M theft detection system next week. Could PubLibbers share with us your policy/procedure for what you do when a patron sets off the alarm (intended or unintended)? Please send responses to Thanks! Nann **************************** Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois **************************** From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:07:03 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] MASTER PLANS FOR BRANCH LIBRARIES (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Library46@aol.com Subject: MASTER PLANS FOR BRANCH LIBRARIES We are looking for recent master plans for public library systems with 8 or more branch libraries. If your system has such a document that you can share, please contact me directly at nmessine@lbpl.org. Thank you. Nancy Messineo Manager, Branch Library Services Long Beach Public Library and Information Center (562) 570-6540 FAX (562) 570-7408 From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 4 08:07:24 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:47 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 667 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "jmcman" Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 667 To all, Regarding Brenda davidson's posting on newspapers- we too are a small to medium size library. Our newspapers are displayed folded and flat on a shelf by a window. Have been for years, but rarely out of order and they are read often. Depending on the paper- obviously, the Boston Globe and NY Times can't be kept as far back as the local papers- but we tend on the average to keep them for six months. The last director didn't have the local paper microfilmed as was customary which has made it a budgetary constraint to do the now-almost 4 years worth since the last microfilming. And we are somewhat tight on space, but weed the storage area on a "as needed" basis. That helps. John From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:49:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Second Call for papers: Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Peter Linde Subject: Second Call for papers: Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing (This message is cross-posted to several lists - Apologies for possible duplicate postings!) Call for papers The Third Conference on Electronic Publishing (http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf) will be held in Ronneby, Sweden and presents a great opportunity to present achievements in this area to an international audience. On behalf of the Organizing committee of Electronic Publishing ´99, I, therefore would like to encourage you to submit an abstract or to pre-register. Peter Linde, chairman of the Programme Committee. The Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing, will take place on 10-12 May 1999 at Ronneby, Sweden. The theme is Redefining the Information Chain - New Ways and Voices. As at the first and second ICCC/IFIP Electronic Publishing conference held in Canterbury, England, in 1997 and Budapest 1998 (http://www.ukc.ac.uk/library/ICCC98/) papers on technical, human and economic aspects of electronic publishing will be welcomed Submit a paper The conference will be concerned with electronic publishing both for specialist audiences and for the general public. Submit your paper at: http://www5.hk-r.se/abstract.nsf/input Deadline for abstract submission is 7th of December 1998. There will be two tracks. The first track will concentrate on technical issues, such as file formats, protocols, networking, retrieval techniques etc. The second track will include case studies, presentations of projects and presentations of implemented electronic publishing in public and scholarly libraries, art galleries, museums. It will also include electronic provision of local community or tourist information, government information, and the like. Neither of these lists is meant to be exhaustive and submissions on any topic within the Conference's overall theme will be considered. The Program Committee now calls for papers for presentation at the conference. These should report real experiences, research or development projects, or intellectual contributions on the theme of the conference. Papers reporting experience of real-life activities on a significant scale and presenting new, inventive ways of communicating and publishing electronically are especially sought. Keynote speaker The keynote speaker will be David Seaman , Founding Director of the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia, USA (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/). Panel Debate Two Panel debates are planed. The themes are: Electronic Publishing in the service of democracy Electronic Publishing year 2001 - a global perspective: What have happened and what will happen!? We invite three persons for each debate and three papers on each theme will be accepted. Suggested topics: Electronic Serials Case Studies and History Distribution Library Issues Research Retrieval Issues Storage and Preservation New Publishing Models What can XML do for EP? Intelligent Agents in EP in Government information in Tourist information in Multimedia Local Information The Digital Library Cataloging and Classification Metadata Economic Issues Information Conversion Integrity and Preservation Retrieval Issues Change Management Storage and Preservation Electronic Commerce Print on Demand Security Delivery Models Payment Techniques Intellectual Property Rights License Agreements Paper submission must include: Title of paper; Abstract in English of no more than 500 words; Author(s); Affiliation(s Address; Phone; Fax; E-mail. Panel debate submission must include: Title of Debate; Abstract in English of no more than 500 words; Title of paper; Author(s); Affiliation(s); Address; Phone; Fax; E-mail. Abstracts in English of no more than 500 words should be sent by e-mail to: mailto:abstract@notes.hk-r.se or submitted by webform to: http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf The Programme Committee: Anders Ardö, Head of development, Technical Knowledge Center & Library of Denmark Prof. Dipak Khakhar, University of Lund. Sweden Peter Linde, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden Gunilla Jonsson, Deputy Director, Royal Library, Stockholm, Sweden John McKendree, Manager ICCC Press, USA Prof. Jack Meadows, Loughborough University, UK John W.T. Smith, The Templeman Library, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK Dr. Volker Tschammer, ECCO - Competence Center for Electronic Commerce, Berlin, Germany Senior Consultant, Rickard Ådahl, Swedish State Railways, Information Systems Preregister: Preregister for the Conference by filling out our web-form available at http://www5.hk-r.se/ElPub99.nsf/ and we will later send you registration Paper/Panel debate submission: All submissions will be refereed by members of the Programme Committee. The working languages of the conference will be English. Submission of abstracts should be in English. The Proceedings will be published in time for the Conference and a copy will be given to delegates at registration. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by the beginning of January 1999. Conference program will be distributed in February 1999. Submitted papers from Eastern European countries will be particularly welcome. Speakers whose papers are accepted will be charged one third of the conference fee, but will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. The same fees applies to authors who's panel debate papers has been accepted. Abstracts in English of no more than 500 words should be sent by e-mail to: mailto:abstract@notes.hk-r.se or submitted by webform to: http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf Contact person is: Peter Linde University of Karlskrona/Ronneby S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden Fax: +46 455 78137 Telephone: +46 455 78139 mailto:Elpub99@hk-r.se Deadline for abstract submission is 7th of December 1998. Buy Proceedings: We sell the proceedings from the Electronic Publishing Conferences of 1997 and 1998 at a special price. Only 15USD each, postage included. Please send an e-mail or a letter with your name and address and which of the titles you want to buy (ICCC/IFIP Conference Proceeding Electronic Publishing ´97 - "New Models and opportunities or ICCC/IFIP Conference Proceeding Electronic Publishing ´98 - "Towards the Information-Rich Society") to: Dipak Khakhar Department of Informatics S-223 63 Lund, Sweden mailto:dipak.khakhar@ics.lu.se Conference Website: http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf The Conference is Co-sponsored by University of Karlskrona/Ronneby http://www.hk-r.se The Baltic Institute http://www.balticinstitute.se http://www.ballad.org Soft Center http://www.softcenter.com -- / Peter Linde Librarian University of Karlskrona/Ronneby S-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden + 46 (0)455 78139, fax + 46 (0)455 78137 mail elpub99@hk-r.se http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:50:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Troubling Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Penny Jeffrey Subject: Re: Troubling Teens Thank you Mimi for standing up for moms who work outside the home (like this one) and all out other customers. @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Penny Jeffrey Maple Heights Regional Library Cuyahoga County Public Library 5225 Library Lane Maple Heights OH 44137-1291 pjeffrey@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us Voice: 216-475-5000 FAX: 216-587-7281 @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:50:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Penny Jeffrey Subject: Re: Teens James, you are certainly right when you say we should provide the space and caring staff to work w/YAs, not try to "contain" them. @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Penny Jeffrey Maple Heights Regional Library Cuyahoga County Public Library 5225 Library Lane Maple Heights OH 44137-1291 pjeffrey@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us Voice: 216-475-5000 FAX: 216-587-7281 @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:50:46 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Proctoring (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Chilcoat Subject: Re: Proctoring For those of you who charge to proctor an exam, may I assume that you charge the proctoree up front, since charging at the time of the exam wouldn't prevent folks from just not showing up? I've just been stood up again, and I'm feeling a little jaded. Do you have a good procedure in place? JC ************ "Reality is the leading cause of stress." Jane Wagner Jennifer E. Chilcoat (chilcoat@cals.lib.ar.us) Assistant Director for Support Services phone: 501/918-3031 Central Arkansas Library System On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Millicent Price wrote: > The San Bernardino Public Library charges to proctor an exam. The charge is $10 > for city of San Bernardino residents and $20 for nonresidents. Occasionally, an > institution will pay the fee for the student. > Millicent Price, Supervising Librarian > San Bernardino Public Library > 555 W. 6th St. > San Bernardino, CA 92410 > 909/381-8226 > 909/888-3171 fax > > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:51:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Meeting Room Policy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ellen Bell Subject: Re: Meeting Room Policy "Meeting rooms in the Blue Ridge Regional Library system may be used by individuals and non-partisan eductional, civic, cultural, and governmental organizations which are based in Martinsville, Henry County, or Patrick Count. The meeting rooms may be used for political, partisan or religious purposes but may not be used for social or commercial purposes. Library programs will receive first consideration. Fees may be charged for materials only; no fee may be charged for admission. "Meeting rooms may be booked up to 60 days in advance on a first come, first served basis but may not be booked for regular, frequent use. Any group or individual who may, in the judgment of the branch librarian or library director, cause disorder or endanger facilities, library personnel, or the public will not be eligible for use. "Meeting rooms may be used during library hours. In facilities which have locks that activate without a key, meetings may extend after hours. Otherwise, meetings may extend after hours providing that a staff member is willing to remain after hours and that the group pays the staff member his or her regulat per-hour wage. "The library assumes no responsibility for loss, damage, or liability that may arise through use of the facility. The facility must be left in a clean and orderly condition, as it was found. Light refreshments may be served, but the user assumes responsibility for any damage to the room or its contents. If the group includes anyone under 18, adult supervision is required at all times and a permission slip from the juvenile's parent or guardian will be required. "No alcohol, drugs, or smoking will be permitted. Equipment requiring voltage of more than 110 volts will not be permitted. Maximum permitted occupancy will not be exceeded. "Violation of the regulations will result in denial of permission to use the facility in the future. The branch librarian or library director may use discretion in permitting or denying the use of the room. The individual requesting use of the room must sign a statement indemnifying and saving the Blue Ridge Regioanl Library harmless from and against any and all claims, loss, damage, injury, and liability resulting from, arising out or or in any way connected with the use of library premises." Sorry for any typos. They're mine. -- O:-D Ellen Bell, Blue Ridge Regional Library P.O. Box 5264, Martinsville, VA 24115 Phone: 540/632-7125 x 224 FAX: 540/632-1660 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:54:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] teens and elections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Carolyn Caywood Subject: teens and elections Since I mentioned it previously, some of you may be wondering how our election turned out. Both the school and the library referendums were defeated. The voter turnout was high for a ballot where the only person, our House rep, was running unopposed. There were a lot of convoluted political issues involved, and many of the "no" voters stated they simply wanted the improvements to be funded differently. The weather was unusually miserable for this area in the first week of November, but since school was out for parent-teacher conferences, a good number of students were at the polls urging voters to support our referendum. The Kids Vote project let them cast ballots as well, and on those, the referendums were passed. While I'm naturally disappointed in the real election results, I cannot tell you how proud I am of the teens who stood in the wind and rain to tell voters that they needed new libraries. They gracefully endured some harsh comments from some voters, and stuck to their posts through the nasty weather. I urge any librarian who finds teens troubling to offer them opportunities to become library supporters instead. Not only will you be touched by their enthusiasm, but you may find, as I have, that your incidence of "troubling" activity drops as teen feelings of ownership of the library strenghten. Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/ FAX:757-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 757-460-7519 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:55:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Newspaper storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jill Patterson Subject: Re: Newspaper storage We also went from rods to folding the newspaper. We staple the sections together, which still allows people to photocopy articles. As for storage, we keep local papers until we receive the microfilm. For one newspaper, that means storing hardcopy for about 2 months. For our weekly and monthly newspapers, it is one year. Other newspapers we keep from 1 month to 2 years (Wall Street Journal), depending on use. Our storage area doubles as one of our staff offices. Jill Patterson jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us Glendora Public Library 140 S. Glendora Ave. Glendora, CA 91741 Tel: 626/852-4896 FAX: 626/852-4899 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:55:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: indexing newspapers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Gail Conrath Subject: Re: indexing newspapers Thanks to all who responded to my questions about indexing the local newspaper. Here is a summary of the replies I received. Two libraries use InMagic; two libraries use Dynix; one library uses askSam. One library had been indexing the paper on index cards, and then microfilming the index. Recently the newspaper itself has been doing the indexing themselves and it is available online. While all of the libraries indexed the obituaries, two didn't index every obituary that appeared in the paper; they indexed only well-known people. Two of the libraries indexed births and one indexed marriages. All indexed local news. No library indexed county news unless it pertained to their city. No library indexed all local sporting events, just the playoffs and big events. No library indexed lists of names (graduations, confirmations, etc.) Two of the libraries have a paid indexer; one library had a librarian doing the indexing (two daily papers!). I think every person answering this inquiry cautioned against having too many people working on the project because of problems of consistency in the indexing. One librarian suggested keeping a notebook with dates and reasons for any decisions which changed the indexing. A couple of librarians cautioned to keep an eye on the subject heading list. Once again I appreciate all of the responses I have received. Gail Conrath gconrath@dupagels.lib.il.us Geneva Public Library District Geneva IL From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:56:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] "Literacy" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: "Literacy" Hi, Publibbers, I have a question. For many years our library and many others have had literacy programs for adults who want to learn to read or improve their skills for some reason or another. For the last two years "literacy" has taken on a whole new meaning in this community at least, and it means teaching children to read. I always considered this "education" and a natural part of going to school. But it seems that because the word "literacy" is involved, the library is expected to do much more in terms of teaching or helping kids to learn to read. Our policy on school support is to "supplement" not "replace" school learning, yet we seem to be under pressure from the community to do just that. I have just read a proposal from the City's Human Services dept about "Basketball and Literacy." There are plenty of activities involving reading for kids but none of them I would define as "literacy." Examples are "Read a book about ethics in sports and share your opinion with the group." "Read the classifieds to find out the cost of ...." Are other libraries observing this broadening of the term, or feeling any pressure (beyond the normal) to expand children's "literacy" programs? Is any program where children read now a literacy program. Or is this just a popular political idea that has borrowed the jargon? I'd love to hear other librarians experiences with this sort of thing, and if anyone knows of a publication (i.e. the changing face of literacy) I would like to know about that too. Thanks to all. - Susie G. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:57:29 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re:Filtering Facts Seek Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: adelaide rowe Subject: re:Filtering Facts Seek Library Records I think we should send all of our library critical incidents and complaints to Mr. Burt. Inundate him with them, and let him sort them out. Bathroom deeds alone might be very interesting. I view inappropriate internet usage like any other inappropriate behavior in a library. In our youth services department, we have the parents sign a permission slip, then the child (under 17) receives a hot pink NET sticker which is attached to his card. I was against this, but it has worked out far better than I anticipated. No complaints at all thus far. It is a slight compromise, but one that we can live with. Our schools require the same type of permission. Anyway, we have two types of computers in our computer room - stand alone macs, and pcs which are connected to the internet. The only inappropriate things which have been done in our computer room, have been done on macs, (gross sayings on the icons). Things like this happen and they always will. Passages are found in books that we didn't know about. Big Deal! A few years ago,one self-righteous board member in the Chicago area pointed out to all her citizens a naughty limerick in a book. And now thanks to Mr. Starr, most 8 year olds have heard of oral sex. Serves him right! If the object is to protect our children from this behavior - he did a bang-up job! It is ridiculous to nitpick and enumerate all inappropriate internet usage and who the heck decides what is inappropriate anyway? There is a very well-done atheism web page - I know some might think that inappropriate too! I rambled, sorry, I often do. Who on earth would want all of their complaints aired for all to see? Any truly egregious event would certainly be in the press anyway, and with Mr. Burt's help, all inappropriate internet behavior would be treated in such a manner. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:57:38 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Newspaper current issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rebecca Yates Subject: Re: Newspaper current issues I also would be very interested in how other libraries handle their current newspapers. We keep our daily papers in a plexiglass type stand. Every day we take the previous day's newspaper to a wall of shelves where 6 months of papers are kept. After 6 months most of the papers can be found on cd-rom or microfilm. We recycle the old papers after 6 months. Perhaps, my biggest pet peeve at the library is not rude patrons or understaffing, but the mistreatment of newspapers by patrons (with a touch of sarcasm.) I like my newspaper in order, neat and tidy. (My husbandf makes fun of me for system of organizing the Sunday paper with all its extras.) Sections get separated, pages mangled and wrinkled. Don't even get me started on the inserts. We tried stapling the sections together (this worked at a previous library where I worked), but the patrons ripped them apart. I know I may sound a bit anal, but at times it can really be a problem for patrons looking for sections of a newspaper only to find it missing. Any clues to a solution? *********************************************************** Rebecca Yates, Reference Librarian/Internet Trainer yatesr@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us Athens-Clarke County Library 2025 Baxter Street Athens, GA 30606 *********************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 07:57:47 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] David Burt and Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Tom Budlong Subject: David Burt and Library Records Is David Burt aware that library user records are CONFIDENTIAL BY LAW in over 40 states including Georgia where he's contacted my Library? Tom Tom Budlong Buckhead Branch Manager Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System tbudlong@af.public.lib.ga.us or TomBudlong@aol.com Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent those of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. "...Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error." --Thomas Jefferson (Notes on the State of Virginia, vol. 8, p. 400) From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 08:00:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 667 / Filtering (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Terry Dawson Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 667 / Filtering David Burt, President, Filtering Facts wrote: >Today I sent the following fax to 25 large library systems: > >This is a formal request for the release of library records. I am >interested in obtaining copies of any patron and staff complaints about >patrons accessing inappropriate material on public Internet terminals. You seem to be looking for either patron records or personnel records, either of which I would treat as confidential. If a patron wants to make their concerns about specific library materials or services public, that is surely their right. I would not do so without consent. Likewise staff complaints about management policy or working conditions. >If you decide not to release the records, please send me a response letter >explaining your reasons why. As if they owe you anything, though I'll bet you get some interesting responses. >It will be interesting to see how much these libraries "practice what they >preach" regarding free access to information. I'll keep you guys posted! You're really stretching here, Mr. Burt. Your posting history indicates that you feel any library which does not filter is wrong and asking for trouble. I'm afraid you may be trying to dig up dirt to use against others who might have a different point of view from you. You seem ready to label anyone unwilling to help you do this ethically dubious task as a hypocrite. Just because someone does not fall in with you does not mean they don't "practice what they preach." In addition, such complaints are not necessarily meaningful out of the context of the particular situation. How many Internet workstations? how configured & situated? what rules? what software? what policies? etc. Do staff complaints come from people who are otherwise team players or from those with an axe to grind? The context and situation are essential to an understanding. For what it's worth, I will tell you that in over three years of providing public access Internet, we have had, to the best of my knowledge, three public complaints and no staff complaints. We have nine public access Internet workstations, all of which are readily visible to staff seated at service desks. Before we made all workstations readily visible, we had recurring problems with equipment sabotage and hacking, but those problems have greatly diminished. We do not filter, but use a "tap on the shoulder" policy for "text or graphics which may reasonably be construed by Library staff as offensive to the public." Two of the complaints were in regard to explicit sexual material and one in regard to drug related material. All were resolved in conversation with the complainant. Our school district filters very heavy-handedly, so students cannot visit, for example, the website of Project VoteSmart, anything mentioning Alcoholics Anonymous, or even using the letters "AA". We had a negatively slanted story on our policy by a local TV station, but I only received questions and messages of support subsequently, but no complaints. Some staff, Board and community members see our policy as too restrictive, some as insufficiently restrictive. By and large, it seems to work well for our library. -- "Only |Terry Dawson, Director |tdawson@apl.org |"Information connect!" |Appleton Public Library|http://www.apl.org| WANTS to |225 North Oneida Street|920 832-6170 voice| be free." E.M.Forster|Appleton WI 54911 |920 832-6182 fax | S. Brand From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 08:03:47 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Internet Use by Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bob Watson Subject: Internet Use by Libraries Hi Folks, This is a somewhat reworked "white paper" that I recently wrote to my library's Board. I'm posting it for reaction. ;-) * * * This report is in regards to where I see "Internet related" library services headed (here and elsewhere). The conclusions are mostly related to the ever-increasing size of the 'net and the existing (and near-term forecastable) inability of the software community to develop the tools needed to make information more easily accessible. Item one: LOCAL PORTALS. A portal is an Internet site which allows one easy access to other sites. The big Internet service providers have portals, as do the minor ones and all of the big search engines, directories and services. They provide a useful shortcut and, frequently, seem to be all that a casual Internet user may need. A person can easily change the "default portal" which comes up when a browser program is selected on a home computer, though the anecdotal evidence I've heard indicates this is seldom done. The reason, I think, is twofold - one, commonly acknowledged, is that the user may not have the skills needed to do so (or even realize that such is possible). The other is simply that the portals are all very much alike in terms of their access to various services. Unfortunately, you won't find local information (or links to same) at your portal - even if you've changed it to something like "Yahoo! Chicago" or "LocalEyes Chicago." These regions are still too big - you'd have to "drill down" to find the local paper, or the local governments, or other such local information. This takes time and, sometimes, considerable familiarity with browsers and search strategies. The situation is similar to how one can find guides to New York or Chicago in any general bookstore in any American town, but seldom a guide to the town that contains the bookstore. The library will, in the near future, have a web site - a destination on the Internet. This site will, also in the near term, give local residents access to various subscription databases, plus links to other sites. It occurs to me that the public might well be best served by calling this the "library portal," for this is what it would be - especially if we linked to a couple of the general web engines and directories. I don't propose doing this in the next year or so since our design has us operating off of our consortium's NT server - but Tom, on the Board, mentioned the possible advisability of our getting our own server and the above flows rather logically from that proposition. One issue here would be whether or not we can piggy-back this on our consortium's telecommunications. Perhaps, probably, so but not something that has to be addressed anytime soon - especially as it would have to take a consensus within the consortium and this would take considerable time (some folks are just now getting used to the idea of using the OPAC catalog to link to selected web sites). Item two: local Internet directories One of the problems of the 'net involves searching for reliable information. This has two sides: the 'net continues to grow at a tremendous rate (making it hard, physically, to sort through all the "hits" one gets from a query) and, also, one has no way of knowing the authority behind the data one finds. It is hard enough to search for a needle in a haystack, much less when other folks keep piling on the hay. The consortium libraries will soon be entering URLs which can be accessed via DRA Web2. These will be "vetted" sites, selected along the traditional library values of authority, timeliness, and completeness. They will not be "meta-sites" at first, sites which are meant to be extensively searched, simply because of a lack of sit-down workstations - but these will no doubt come. It occurs to me that the sites we enter into our catalog can be considered an "authoritative subset" of the 'net and thus a preferred destination for folks who want subject access to sites but don't want to have to dig through all of the hay for that one precious needle. The thing is, the commercial databases and directories make their money on the "click-through advertising." It is thus not to their advantage to creating a "quick and dirty" site which will get most people to their information most of the time and out of the site before they've seen many ads. This is another area in which libraries have considerable experience and, more importantly, comfort - we're used to "helping the reader find his information." This type of thing will take years to develop and we'll no doubt be purchasing parts of it from companies which will aggregate URLs for the library market. This will, I think, be very useful to the casual 'net user and dovetail nicely with the "portal" thought explained above. It will truly give the taxpayer something "value-added" that they can appreciate in the "Information Age." Bob Watson Executive Director Franklin Park Public Library District 10311 Grand Avenue Franklin Park, IL 60131 bwatson@linc.lib.il.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 08:06:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Newspaper current issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "McCabe, Deborah" Subject: RE: Newspaper current issues We now staple each section of our 5 most heavily used newspapers together. Yes, it takes a little time to do this, but it saves reassembling the entire newspaper many times. We keep our local paper at the reference desk because it was being stolen. We keep newspaper for 2 weeks only, except the local paper, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, which we keep for 3 months. The local paper is the only one we get on microfilm. **************************************************************************** ****** Deborah M. McCabe, Public Services Librarian Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481 715-346-1296; fax 715-346-1239 **************************************************************************** ****** From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 08:06:56 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Serials management query (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Melora Ranney Subject: Serials management query Am cross-posting--please forgive any duplication. I would appreciate suggestions from people who are automated and who are circulating periodicals. For instance, does anyone know of a service that generates brief records and smart bar codes for periodicals? Our subscription service doesn't. This is the last thing we have to get into Athena. (Well, ALMOST the last thing.) Thanks! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Melora Ranney, director Charles M. Bailey Public Library Bowdoin Street Winthrop, Maine 04364 (207) 377-8673/74 fax:(207) 377-4406 email: macbeth@saturn.caps.maine.edu ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 08:07:07 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Librarian Quits Position Over Filtering in Her Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Librarian Quits Position Over Filtering in Her Library According to the Washington Times, Jane Rustin, director of Allegany County Public Libraries, has quit her position because she opposes her library board's decision to install filtering software on some Internet stations. The filters amounts to censorship, she said. "When you can't support a library policy, I feel you have no other choice but to leave," she said. ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:32:37 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Children's Book Shelving (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Alison Hendon" Subject: Children's Book Shelving Bob Smith wrote: > > I am a firm believer that a children's room should be child oriented > (not librarian) I highly recommend the use of mobile carts for picture > books. These are the bins that are on wheels and where the books can be > placed face out. The kids can see the covers. Then if you need to have a > program in the children;s room, you can move these aside and have lots of > room for a program. > > They also give you the opportunity to move them in different > configurations. I would try for diosplay typ shelving for as many of the > books and videos that you can fit into the space. This sounds great for kids but doesn't take into account their parents, education students, and others who also use the picture book collection. I don't see how you could find any particular book this way, and I frequently get requests for individual authors. Children also ask me "where are the Arthur books", for instance, and I would have no idea in a display arrangement. Just another thought. Alison Hendon Brooklyn Public Library speaking only for myself Alison Hendon ahendon@amanda.dorsai.org "Though my soul may set in darkness, It will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly To be fearful of the night...." - Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil" From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:33:21 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Newspaper current issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nann Blaine Hilyard Subject: Re: Newspaper current issues What about the patrons who tear coupons out of that day's paper or who do the crossword puzzle? I've come upon them doing just that; no embarrassment or attempt to hide their activity. Nann ...who remembers a round of magazine stealing: each month "Gourmet" and "Good Housekeeping" would be removed the day they were put up. Why those? We never knew. (For some time those were among the magazines kept behind the reference desk. A year later we put them out in the periodicals room again, and had no problem.) *********************************** Nann Blaine Hilyard Lake Villa District Library Lake Villa, Illinois *********************************** > > Perhaps, my biggest pet peeve at the library is not rude patrons or > understaffing, but the mistreatment of newspapers by patrons (with a touch > of sarcasm.) I like my newspaper in order, neat and tidy. (My husbandf > makes fun of me for system of organizing the Sunday paper with all its > extras.) Sections get separated, pages mangled and wrinkled. Don't even get > me started on the inserts. We tried stapling the sections together (this > worked at a previous library where I worked), but the patrons ripped them > apart. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:34:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: EBSCO Gift Reading Service (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 09:52:00 -0500 From: Director To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: EBSCO Gift Reading Service We just signed up for the EBSCO Gift Reading Service, which was a gift from a local lawyer. Has anyone else done this lately? Based on conversations with other local librarians, it sounded like a win-win situation. My understanding was that the sponsor provided 9 (or so) magazine subscriptions for two years and there was a small notice on the front of the magazine folder saying that it had been donated by the sponsor. What showed up was very different - the covers have a laminated sign about 6"x6" with a very blatant advertisement for the sponsor. Not at all what patrons and board had in mind. In fact, I get the impression that it is actually negative advertising for the sponsor, as several patrons have said they found it very tacky. What have other libraries found? My EBSCO rep did not sound very concerned about the esthetics of the situation, and just reminded me that we had signed up for two years. I am going to call the main office today to voice my concerns. Any feedback, or ideas, would be greatly appreciated. Nancy Z. Young Stonington Free Library Stonington, CT stonington.free.lib@snet.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:36:11 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: teens and elections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: teens and elections Because we get so many hundreds of kids who want to participate in our summer reading program we have been using student volunteers for the past few years. We get maybe thirty teens every summer who work on a schedule. They sign up young children, distribute reading lists, hand out stickers and do other specific library jobs, especially using computer programs like making labels, etc. They are wonderful, delightful and loyal workers. The little kids love them and so do we. We get wonderful YA collection input from them and try to be responsive to them. This year our Friends bought special Tshirts for them so that they could be even more outstanding. And at the end of every summer we give them a party to express our thanks. On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Carolyn Caywood wrote: > Since I mentioned it previously, some of you may be wondering how our > election turned out. Both the school and the library referendums were > defeated. The voter turnout was high for a ballot where the only > person, our House rep, was running unopposed. There were a lot of > convoluted political issues involved, and many of the "no" voters > stated they simply wanted the improvements to be funded differently. > The weather was unusually miserable for this area in the first week of > November, but since school was out for parent-teacher conferences, a > good number of students were at the polls urging voters to support our > referendum. The Kids Vote project let them cast ballots as well, and > on those, the referendums were passed. > While I'm naturally disappointed in the real election results, I cannot > tell you how proud I am of the teens who stood in the wind and rain to > tell voters that they needed new libraries. They gracefully endured > some harsh comments from some voters, and stuck to their posts through > the nasty weather. > I urge any librarian who finds teens troubling to offer them > opportunities to become library supporters instead. Not only will you > be touched by their enthusiasm, but you may find, as I have, that your > incidence of "troubling" activity drops as teen feelings of ownership > of the library strenghten. > Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % > carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % > http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/ FAX:757-464-6741 > 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 757-460-7519 > > > ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:36:29 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MaryHelen Schnetker Subject: Re: Teens James, you are certainly right when you say we should provide the space and caring staff to work w/YAs, not try to "contain" them. @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ Penny Jeffrey Maple Heights Regional Library Cuyahoga County Public Library 5225 Library Lane Maple Heights OH 44137-1291 pjeffrey@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us Voice: 216-475-5000 FAX: 216-587-7281 @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:36:45 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Position Announcement - Information Technology Manager (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cynthia Berner Subject: Position Announcement - Information Technology Manager INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTION MANAGER (ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT) ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIVISION The Wichita Public Library has an upcoming opening for a service-minded individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills to oversee planning, development, installation and maintenance of the Library's technological infrastructure. Responsibilities include: management and support of the Library's frame relay network, Dynix library automation system and Central Library telephone system; oversight of information technology equipment and products, including troubleshooting of personal computer hardware and software; development of information technology use to make library service more efficient and effective; and assistance with customer service and staff training for technology issues. Participation in system projects and teams is expected. Some evening and weekend hours are required. This position reports to the Coordinator of Administrative Services. Requires graduation from a four-year college plus two years of administrative experience or any equivalent combination of experience and training. Experience with an integrated library system, computer networks, peripherals, telecommunications and the Internet are preferred. Experience with UNIX or DEC Ultrix operating systems and Microsoft desktop applications is highly desirable. City residency and the ability to acquire and maintain a valid Kansas driver's license will be required of the successful applicant. Salary range: $28,786 - $40,302. Offers of employment may be made contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening and will be made contingent upon satisfactory evaluation of a police records check. Send resume and letter of application to: Cynthia Berner, Coordinator of Administrative Services, Wichita Public Library, 223 South Main St., Wichita, KS 67202. Application deadline is November 27, 1998. The Wichita Public Library is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that actively seeks and encourages applications from minority candidates. ******************************************************************************* Cynthia Berner cberner@wichita.lib.ks.us Coordinator of Administrative Services 316-262-0611 (voice) Wichita (KS) Public Library 316-262-4540 (fax) http://www.wichita.lib.ks.us ******************************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:37:02 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Joint facilities: PLs and HSs (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whittier Public Library Subject: Joint facilities: PLs and HSs This message has been cross-posted to CALIX and PUBLIB. We would like to hear from public libraries who have built a joint use facility with a public high school. We are especially interested in large regional facilities (or main branches), not small branches. Please respond directly to me with your e-mail, phone, etc.; I'll forward your information to our library director who will contact you for further discussion. I have searched the PUBLIB archives and found two or three messages pertaining to this subject, but they tended toward the theoretical. So, I'm hoping for responses with a more practical gist. Dean C. Rowan Whittier Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:37:11 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Paying for Work-Related Classes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Virginia Allain Subject: Paying for Work-Related Classes The Edinburg Public Library would like samples of library (or city) policies relating to reimbursing library staff for work related classes such as library school or computer classes. Please email your input to Noemi Garza at noemi@edinburg.lib.tx.us I told her that PUBLIB would probably come through with some quick examples for her. Thanks, Virginia Allain, Weslaco Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:38:27 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Troubling Teens (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: Re: Troubling Teens Please, there was no intent in my message to denigrate working moms, and there is no need to stand up for them. This is not about mothers. The post I made was about teenagers and how socio-economics do affect their behavior in many cases. Socio-economics affect how teenagers can cope with different problems. Generalizations always have exceptions. Rich kids can be asked to step out for ten minutes if their behavior is inappropriate, and their lawyer fathers or mothers have (and will again) threaten to sue the library. Poor kids are often harassed by other kids (and police, if they are black) and often get lost forever in the legal system. In our town, families with money ($42,000 per capita) send their kids to private school where they get lots of attention and usually turn out polite and ready for college. In our neighborhood where the per capita income is $7,000, teenagers who come into the library are often barely literate, often abused, often drug users, and often gang members. They are very needy, but when the gang jump-ins turn our library bathrooms into bloody messes, we have to deal with it. All teenagers need the library, whether for advanced engineering information to write a paper for a Cal Poly class, or for a safe haven where they can meet friends,have a friendly volunteer help with a homework question, or get away from a violent family situation. We have to provide different kinds of services when the client needs are different. I was responding to a post where someone said that we needed to get away from classifying kids by color, language, geography, income, etc. etc. My point is that we need to provide services based on what they need, which is very likely to differ due to those factors, color, language, geography, income, etc. etc. - Susie G. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us > ---------- > From: Penny Jeffrey > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 4:52 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Troubling Teens > >Thank you Mimi for standing up for moms who work outside the home (like >this one) and all out other customers. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:38:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: David Burt and Library Records (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: RE: David Burt and Library Records Hi, Why not just ignore him? He's looking for ways to support his own argument, and let him go out and find them himself. If he hasn't brought you to court and subpoenaed your records officially, then there is absolutely no reason to respond. IMHO - only. Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:39:26 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Newspaper current issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Helen W. Dewey" Subject: Re: Newspaper current issues My branch uses a loop of yarn to keep together the sections of the newspaper. A normal 1-hole punch is used to make the hole in the upper left corner of the paper. The yarn is not pulled tight. That way, the paper can still be folded for photocopying. When the papers are received, the date is written (large) with magic marker on the front section That makes shelving by date (and retrieval) much easier. Current issues are displayed behind plastic uprights. The papers often bend forward over the uprights and are thus hard to identify. It isn't the best system! Back issue of newspapers are held in hanging folders on shelving with special racks to hold the folders. The folders wear out, and the hooks sometimes get knocked off the racks. However, I can still find a newspaper that is almost a year old. We ask patrons to return the newspapers to a large rectangular "milk crate" on the floor. We prefer to have the staff do the reshelving. The longest we keep "hardcopy" newspapers is one running year. Some papers are held for 3 months (e.g. business journal) and some for only one issue (e.g. donated Chinese language newspaper). My library isn't small/medium, but we share some of the same problems! Helen -- Helen W. Dewey hdewey@erols.com (Opinions expressed are my own.) Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County Public Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road Phone (703) 644-7333 Burke, VA 22015 FAX (703) 644-4035 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 17:40:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Libraries with art galleries or exhibit halls (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Barb Hauer Subject: Libraries with art galleries or exhibit halls Our new library has approx. 9800 square feet in the basement for construction of an art gallery or exhibit hall. At present, the current staff is not large enough to manage additional functions. We have questions relating to charging for rental space, volunteer staff, administration etc. Any advice on how libraries operate such space would be useful. Barb Hauer, Library Director River Falls Public Library River Falls, Wisconsin bhauer@pressenter.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 21:35:14 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Management of Core Collections for Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Randy Mueller" Subject: Management of Core Collections for Public Libraries My library system (a main library and four branches) is in the process of trying to streamline our collection development process ¯ all the way from collection evaluation to acquisitions and receiving ¯ to make it more efficient and less time consuming for staff. Currently we have selection committees for different collection areas that make decisions about retrospective and current acquisitions based on annual collection evaluations submitted for each library location. One idea we are considering trying is to break our collection development down into two areas ¯ *core collections* and everything else. The core collection would be those retrospective and current ongoing titles that need to be regularly maintained for the library to fulfill its mission. Acquisitions in this area would be made more automated by a combination of using our automation systems and some databases that we would establish. Collection evaluation would involve going down a checklist for each subject for author/title area and indicating gaps that needed filling. This information would automatically feed into a list of system wide gaps that orders could be generated from. By automating and reducing staff time on *core collections* more time would be freed up for staff to enhance the collection by providing it with more depth and greater variety. Right now, current and standard retrospective work seems to consume all our time and money. Sorry for the long lead in. Anyway, has anyone tried something similar to what I outlined above? I would appreciate some constructive criticism and/or suggestions. By the way ¯ we have made use of Baker and Taylor and BWI¢s collection development resources to help with retrospective development, but that has only taken us so far. I would appreciate any feedback, examples of specific public library collection development processes, and guidance to appropriate resources. Randy Mueller Weber County Library Ogden Utah 84401 801-399-8466 e-mail: rmueller@weberpl.lib.ut.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 21:36:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: EBSCO Gift Reading Service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Toole MWL (978) 658-2967" Subject: Re: EBSCO Gift Reading Service (fwd) Nancy-- We are in the processing of getting rid of oour EBSCO gift subscriptions. We have had nothing but trouble with them. We had two local organizations giving us magazines through this service. EBSCO was informed (at least our EBSCO gift rep) that we would not be using the folders because they didn't fit on our periodical shelves. We had stamps made up and we put stickers underneath the barcodes on the back covers. Originally, the parties involved said that was okay. Then EBSCO came back and tried to get tough with us and say we had to use the folders. So we said, "Fine--take back the subscriptions." At that point, EBSCO backed down and we continued to use the stickers. Another problem was that EBSCO picked the subscriptions and then let us know we were getting them. They never bothered to look at our main EBSCO list to check for duplicates. Twice we had to tell them to choose another title. Also, claiming missing issues is almost impossible. Our experience? Extremely negative. We have switched our periodical contract to EVA, and are getting our gift subscriptions through EVA--the local organizations give us the donation, then we order the titles. Much more satisfying. They still get the sticker on the back notifying that this is a gift subscription. This is working out well for us. Laurel Toole Wilmington Memorial Library, Wilmington, MA On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, PUBLIB wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 09:52:00 -0500 > From: Director > To: plib2@webjunction.org > Subject: EBSCO Gift Reading Service > > We just signed up for the EBSCO Gift Reading Service, which was a gift > from a local lawyer. Has anyone else done this lately? Based on > conversations with other local librarians, it sounded like a win-win > situation. My understanding was that the sponsor provided 9 (or so) > magazine subscriptions for two years and there was a small notice on the > front of the magazine folder saying that it had been donated by the > sponsor. What showed up was very different - the covers have a laminated > sign about 6"x6" with a very blatant advertisement for the sponsor. Not > at all what patrons and board had in mind. In fact, I get the impression > that it is actually negative advertising for the sponsor, as several > patrons have said they found it very tacky. What have other libraries > found? My EBSCO rep did not sound very concerned about the esthetics of > the situation, and just reminded me that we had signed up for two years. > I am going to call the main office today to voice my concerns. Any > feedback, or ideas, would be greatly appreciated. > > Nancy Z. Young > Stonington Free Library > Stonington, CT > stonington.free.lib@snet.net > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 21:36:25 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: magazine theft (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Baltes Subject: re: magazine theft Nan, Referring to your comment about Gourmet magazine disappearing... Years ago I was a high school librarian. The biggest problem with the magazines was the TEACHERS taking them as soon as I put them out, and not bringing them back. I started writing "Stolen From the Media Center" across the covers in BIG black marker. It helped a little. Many's the time I sent a student in search of Popular Mechanics or Sports Illustrated to the teacher in possession of the magazine. This would have violated borrower confidentiality, except the mags were never "borrowed"!! The more things change, .... Jenny -- Jennifer M. Baltes Librarian Mohave County Library District e-mail:baltej@mohave.lib.az.us Charles C. Royall Memorial Library phone:(520)453-0718 1787 McCulloch Blvd. fax: (520)453-0720 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.--Edward Young From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 5 21:36:45 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:21:48 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] User studies: lack of awareness (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Danielle M Green Subject: User studies: lack of awareness I am a Master's student at the University of Tennessee, and I am working on my thesis, which has to do with the degree of awareness that the community has of the information and services provided by public libraries. I was wondering if anyone out there has addressed this issue in their user or community surveys, or knows of published research on the subject. If you can share your survey questionnaire or a summary of your findings I would greatly appreciate it. Also, any similar material aimed specifically at non-users would be helpful too. Thanks in advance for your help. One last thing: Please publish! Your hard work should be recognized, and others practicing in the library community will benefit from hearing about it. I'll get off my soapbox now. Danielle Green School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee, Knoxville dgreen2@utk.edu From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:13:45 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Electronic Subscriptions (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Fred G Hill Subject: Re: Electronic Subscriptions On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Christine Lind Hage wrote: >Several states, including Michigan, have started offering >libraries free access to full text electronic databases like IAC, >FirstSearch, etc.... The Department of Libraries here in little Vermont has just given us FirstSearch; it's a great idea! ...Fred Fred G Hill, Interlibrary Loan hill@lemming.uvm.edu Fletcher Free Library 802 863-3403 vox 235 College St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA 802 865-7227 fax Search Vermont catalogs on VALS: telnet dol.state.vt.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:14:14 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Paperbacks (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Judi Crowley Subject: Re: Paperbacks Manitowoc Public Library wrote: > I need some ideas to help increase our circulation in our paperback > section. > > We currently have the following paperback sections: 2 spinners for > romance, one spinner for western, one general spinner, and two > "Favorites" spinners. Favorites are our most popular authors (Crichton, > Andrews, etc). Each author in Favorites is given their own row with > their name on it. We used to have a sci fi spinner but circ was so low > we integrated them into the general spinner. We don't put any genre > stickers on the general paperbacks but we do on the romance and > western. I do buy new pbks each month from Hot Picks, etc. > > Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone found something useful in the > past? Our circ is getting so low that I need to do something ... > Thanks! > Connie Jenkin > Manitowoc Public Library > Manitowoc, WI Connie, I suggest integrating paperbacks with hardcovers, if you have the room on the shelves. That is what we did when we moved into a new building, and the percentage of paperback circulation really increased. Our patrons are more interested in all the titles from one author than they are in reading paperbacks only, and if paperbacks are what they want, they can easily scan the shelf for them. Of course, it depends on how much room you have, and how it is configured. Judi Crowley Hampstead Public Library Hampstead, NH 08341 (603) 329-6411 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:15:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Net as ref tool (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:13:49 -0500 From: Patricia Belcastro To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] Net as ref tool Sara: Would you be willing to share how your librarians track the percentage of questions answered through the Internet? Do you track manually? For the other percentages, are you tracking usages (combination of staff and the public on all computers)? Or staff/public interactions only? Thanks for sharing such information and how you compiled it. Patricia -- Patricia Belcastro Deputy Director, Rocky River Public Library 1600 Hampton Road Rocky River, OH 44116-2699 (440) 333-7610 voice ext. 216; 333-3219 tty; 333-4184 fax belcaspa@oplin.lib.oh.us http://www.rrpl.org PUBLIB wrote: > Colleague Lynne Olver just finished analysis of Oct ref questions... > databases used: > CD-ROMs, online subscriptions, online catalog, 52% of questions > Dialog 2.5% > OCLC 4% > Internet 45% > (but!) Internet provided answer, 17% > ------------- > Sara Weissman > Morris County Library > http://www.gti.net/mocolib1/MCL.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:15:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] position available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Paula Gray-Overtoom Subject: position available Please excuse any cross postings. *********************************************************************** This position is available at Monroe County Public Library 303 E. Kirkwood Bloomington, IN 47408 MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Position available when filled Applications accepted November 3- December 10, 1998 JOB DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS JOB TITLE: Automation Section Manager TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Regular, full-time (this position is FLSA exempt) DEPARTMENT: Automation SALARY: range-- $26,105 to $40,725/annual JOB CLASSIFICATION: Section Manager RESPONSIBLE TO: Associate Director, Public Services HOURS PER WEEK: 37.5 SCHEDULE: to be arranged; will include some evenings and weekends; person will need to be available "on call" via pager for emergencies. OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION: Directs and supervises all computer hardware and applications within the library, and all electronic connections between the library and other organizations in order to fulfill the library's mission for the best possible library service. WORK PERFORMED: 1. Personnel. Participates in hiring and supervises personnel (2) assigned to computer applications. 2. Administrative. Communicates with administration about functional needs; plans and evaluates services, and participates in budget decision. Works with other department managers on policies affecting electronic services. 3. Automation. Supervises, coordinates, and works directly with library local area network, including CD-ROM applications. Supervises, coordinates, and works directly with library's automation system (Innovative Interfaces) Supervises, coordinates, and works directly with the library's Electronic Branch Supervises, coordinates, and works directly with technology training and trouble-shooting for staff. Coordinates the library's participation in electronic networks (e.g. HoosierNet, Access Indiana). Organizes and distributes software and supporting documents for library staff use and network uses. Helps staff the Public Computing Center. 4. Professional Activities and Development. Pursues continuing education opportunities; participates in professional organizations; stays informed on professional issues and guidelines; maintains in-depth specialized knowledges about computer hardware and software for library services. QUALIFICATIONS: Education and experience: MLS or MIS from an ALA-accredited program and/or a Masters in CS with a commitment to libraries/public service; formal training and experience in computer systems, especially as related to library; three or more years of successful professional library work, including supervisory experience. Equipment used in this position: telephone, personal computers (PC;s), CD-ROM towers and drives, mini-mainframe computers, modems printers, other peripherals. Skills and personal characteristics: Need outstanding communication skills (verbal and written); supervisory ability; attention to detail; planning ability; public service orientation. Need advanced skills with computers-both hardware and software; knowledge of MS-DOS, MacOS, UNIX, Windows, LANS, WANs, CD-ROMs, programming skills; database management skills, library automation systems. PLEASE SUBMIT RESUME, COMPLETED APPLICATION FORM, and a STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY by December 10, 1998. ********************************************************************* Paula Gray-Overtoom Automation Librarian Monroe County Public Library pgrayove@monroe.lib.in.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:15:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fwd: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he likes it) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Fwd: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he likes it) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_910797574_boundary Content-ID: <0_910797574@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am taking the liberty of forwarding this to Publibbers because we have been discussing David Burt re his request for info along with other thoughts about him. --Karen Dyer --part0_910797574_boundary Content-ID: <0_910797574@inet_out.mail.well.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (rly-zb03.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.3]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:14:19 -0500 Received: from vorlon.mit.edu (VORLON.MIT.EDU [18.177.1.220]) by rly-zb03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id AAA22166; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:14:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (bin@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id AAA03894; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:12:52 -0500 Received: by vorlon.mit.edu (bulk_mailer v1.5); Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:41 -0500 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA03178 ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:21 -0500 Received: (from declan@localhost) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA03165 ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:12 -0500 Received: from smtp.well.com (smtp.well.com [206.80.6.147]) by vorlon.mit.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA03117 ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:59:48 -0500 Received: from alaptop.hotwired.com (dialin-193-174.hotwired.com [206.221.193.174] (may be forged)) by smtp.well.com (8.8.6/8.8.4) with SMTP id VAA17533 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:00:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811110500.VAA17533@smtp.well.com> X-Sender: declan@mail.well.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:03:33 -0500 To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh Subject: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he likes it) Sender: owner-politech@vorlon.mit.edu Reply-To: declan@well.com X-Loop: politech@vorlon.mit.edu X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit === Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:37:28 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Filtering Facts Subject: My testimony from this morning is on-line X-UIDL: d08722ed8bfdfa29432ecb4f20981402 Testimony before the National Commission on Library and Information Science, November 10. 1998 http://www.filteringfacts.org/nclis.htm Thank you very much for inviting me and being willing to allow me to testify via speakerphone. My name is David Burt and I am a practicing librarian. I am currently employed as the Information Technology Librarian at the Lake Oswego, (Oregon) Public Library. I have been an active American Library Association member since 1991. In August, 1997, I started Filtering Facts, an organization dedicated to protecting children in libraries, because I was deeply disturbed by the positions taken by my librarian colleagues at the American Library Association regarding filtering the Internet access of children. I'm sure we're going to hear many times today that filters simply don't work. I do not believe the evidence supports this view. Unfortunately, there are no good, scientific, studies to tell us how well the filters in public libraries work, so we have to rely on anecdotal evidence. There are plenty of colorful, often humorous anecdotes about the websites that filters have blocked unintentionally. But there is no evidence to suggest that the filters in use today by public libraries block more than a few dozen, or perhaps a few hundred sites by mistake. The "exposes" of filters by the anti-filtering activists themselves actually support this claim. In December 1997, a group called "The Censorware Project" examined the filter CyberPatrol's list of blocked sites, and found about 60 sites that were clearly blocked inappropriately. In the Loudoun County case, the plaintiffs claim about 100 sites were inappropriately blocked by the filter XStop. The defense claims the number is far less. Let's get some perspective here: the precise number of individual websites is not known, but it is widely believed to be in the millions. Fifty or one hundred sites out of millions are a tiny fraction of one percent of the entire Internet. It would follow then that public libraries would report few complaints from patrons about incorrectly blocked sites. Indeed, a survey I conducted last year of 24 public libraries that filter showed an average of 1.6 complaints per month. If a child using a filtered terminal encounters an incorrectly blocked site, most libraries have a policy of overriding the filter upon request. This helps to frame the choice libraries make by filtering or not filtering for children: a library can either require children to ask permission to see a tiny fraction of 1% of the entire Internet, or they can expose children to 70,000 pornography sites. Because of this lack of reliable data, I'd like to suggest that this commission take the lead in producing better data. I think that conducting a study that could tell us what we need to know would be pretty straightforward. Such a study would involve writing a special computer program that would run on Internet workstations in several public libraries that either filter for all patrons, or just for all minor patrons. First, the program would record the address of every website that every patron visited. Second, the program would record the address of every website someone tried to access, but was blocked by the filter. Third, the program would record if the filter were overridden in any of the cases where a patron encountered an inappropriate block. With this method we could actually get a reasonable idea of: 1) What exactly are patrons being prevented from viewing in libraries that filters, 2) How often are patrons prevented from viewing websites they want to access, and 3) When a patron encounters an inappropriately blocked website, how likely are they to ask to see it. I'd also like to make a second suggestion to this commission. That suggestion is that this commission embrace a compromise solution to the problem of the availability of hard-core pornography in libraries. The compromise would be that all minors be required to use filtered Internet access, with the parent having the option to grant their own children unfiltered access. This solution first appeared in the Boston, Mass. Public Library, after a much-publicized controversy when the Mayor of Boston ordered filtering on all Internet terminals. In Boston, the compromise has proved to be both successful and popular. In Boston, the librarians keep a list of which children have obtained their parents permission to access the unfiltered Internet. Some libraries have even automated this policy. The Dayton-Montgomery Public Library in Ohio has worked with the company N2H2 to produce a customized filter that interfaces with the library's database of patron records. All of the terminals are filtered, and when an adult wants to have an unfiltered Internet session, the patron simply enters their library card number, and the system determines if the patron is an adult or a child. A patron may have their own child's card authorized for unfiltered access. Let me say at this point that this isn't my ideal solution. I believe that all minors' access should be filtered, and that it shouldn't be the library's function to provide children with pornography under any circumstances. But I'm willing to compromise. This isn't a solution that will satisfy everyone, but I believe it will satisfy most people. So I'd like to ask this commission to endorse this type of compromise, and to ask the American Library Association to promote this solution as well. I believe that if this compromise solution were promoted by ALA and widely implemented by public libraries, there would be no need for future legislation. Thank you. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISIONERS: Question 1: What is your position on mandating federal funding to filtering for minors as opposed to mandating that each library only submit a written policy? BURT: Yes, I can address that. I supported that legislation. I don't think that federal funding should be used to provide pornography to children against the wishes of their parents. I am in favor of tying funding to filtering and I think the problem with the local control option is that according to the American Library Association, 85% of public libraries already have policies and that includes libraries like the Los Angeles Public Library and the New York Public Library that have reported extensive problems with children accessing pornography. So, this would simply ratify the existing situation and not really do anything to address the problem. Question 2: Mr. Burt, I read with interest your comments in the New York Times when you evaluated 5 different filtering products, including CyberPatrol. Everybody I've ever talked to and some of our witnesses this morning have said any kid knows how to get around all of the filtering systems. What is your comment on that? BURT: Well, it depends on the type of filtering. If it's being done at the server level, not at the local workstation PC but at the server level, it's much more difficult for the kid to break into it. If the filter is actually running on the PC that the kid is using, a smart kid, that has some information about how to disable the filter, and is determined to do so, yes will probably be able to disable most filters. I don't know that we see a lot of evidence of kids disabling the filters in libraries. I have not read a lot of reports of that, and I think that's because the use of these terminals is typically monitored. A librarian would observe a child disabling the filter and they would be disciplined for doing that. I think this also points out that filtering is only a tool. It's only part of the solution and it has to be done in conjunction with a policy, with monitoring children's behavior. You don't just simply put up a filter and then just ignore the child. As a computer professional, that's not how I treat my workstations, because I like to keep an eye on them and see what people are doing, and make sure that people aren't abusing them. Question 3: So that at our library, if I assured the board of trustees that the filter was placed at the server level that, we could feel more secure that it would be more difficult to get around? BURT: Yes. Question 4 Why is it that everybody pooh-poohs filters, if they are as effective as you say they are when placed on the server level? BURT: Well, I think it has to do with two things. First off, the first filters that came out 3 or 4 years ago relied on word blocking technology, and people, rightly so, made a lot of fun of them. They blocked out things like breast cancer and Fred Couples and that sort of thing. The second thing is that people tend to ridicule filters for ideological reasons. When you ask the people who are so against filters, "Well, what would a perfect filters look like? What would an acceptable filters look like to you?" they typically answer that there is no such thing, that no filter would be acceptable to them. So I think their reasons for opposing filters are more ideological than technological. Question 5: At our library, which is a large urban public library, if we place a filter on a server, which one would you recommend? BURT: There are several good ones: CyberPatrol, WebSense, Bess. There are a number of pretty good filters out there for that purpose. Question 6: Reading your comments in the New York Times, you say "CyberPatrol: probably the best overall home filter." That leads me to believe it's more appropriate for a home PC filter rather than a server. Is that inaccurate for me to read it that way? BURT: In general, that's a true statement that these products are intended more for home use, although this is changing: WebSense is more aimed at business, Bess is more aimed at schools. The thing with CyberPatrol is that it has about a dozen categories that you can select. I think "sex acts" is the one that most libraries select, and of course they would not select the "hate groups" category or the kind of thing that is political speech that you would not want to block, and I would not support blocking even from children in a public library. Question 7: Can these filters be set to block chat room access? BURT: Yes they can. Question 8: But I'm told that there's all different kinds of chat rooms, for instance the chat rooms you get to off of a webpage? BURT: That's correct. There is a separate think called "Internet Relay Chat" that chat rooms traditionally ran on. But you're correct, as of late there is such a thing as web-based chat, as well as web-based e-mail and Usenet and other Internet services are offered over the web. So then the challenge becomes, rather than just simply blocking out all of chat, for the filtering company to hunt and find web-based chat sites and block them as web-based resources. That's a little more difficult than just simply blocking chat. Question 9: Would we be able to block chat on specific webpages? BURT: Yes. Question 10: To what extent to any of the witness feel that domain restrictions, such as the ".XXX" proposal would apply to webpages? BURT: I think that's an outstanding idea. I think that would go a long way toward solving the problem. As I remember, and I'm not a lawyer, that Justice O'Conner suggested the potential for zoning of the Internet, and I think that's really the long-term solution is through zoning, so I think the .XXX domain is an excellent idea. ***************************************************************************** David Burt President, Filtering Facts Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo@vorlon.mit.edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --part0_910797574_boundary-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:16:22 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal More than 50 ideas for commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can be found at http://www.unhchr.ch/html/50th/ideas.htm#ga ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:17:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Suggested resources for Friends group web sites (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Phil Shapiro Subject: Suggested resources for Friends group web sites Hi folks - If your local Friends group is thinking of setting up a web site but doesn't want to spend a bunch of money, there are some real dandy free web site building resources out there. My two favorites are Tripod and SceneMaker. http://www.tripod.com http://www.scenemaker.com SceneMaker, in particular, seems like it would lend itself well for a Friends group web site. I recently created a pro bono SceneMaker web site for DC LEARNs, the coalition of literacy organizations in the Washington DC metro area. To see the kind of web site you can create with SceneMaker point your browser at: http://www.scenemaker.com:80/anon/1249/cover.dhtml I especially like the feature where you can group together text files, and SceneMaker takes care of making a nice menu for your group of text files. It's so important for Friends groups to establish a presence for themselves on the web. Wonderful things can happen after a web presence has been established, but someone does need to take that first step. Hope this helps, - Phil Shapiro Phil Shapiro, Washington DC Regional Coordinator Community Technology Centers' Network 5201 Chevy Chase Pkwy., NW, Washington DC 20015-1747. http://www.his.com/pshapiro/ (personal) http://members.tripod.com/~pshapiro99 (personal, with QuickTime movies) http://www.ctcnet.org/ (work) http://www.owmc.org (Webweaver, One World Media Center) "Creative thinking inspires ideas... Ideas inspire change... Change transforms the future..." From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 12:18:36 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Filtering Facts Subject: Re: Filtering Facts seeks library records responses Michael Sims wrote: > I was amazed - David >Burt demanding that librarians provide information without >restrictions? I thought he'd had a stroke or something. Although I >pointed out the apparent contradictions, he never replied to my >point. This is untrue. Sims never raised any such point to me, on this list, or any other. My response to that is to draw a distinction between providing information the library already owns, such as public records, and aquiring information it does not own, such as www.xxx.com. > >Public libraries *should* provide information about the complaints >they've received, rendered in such a fashion as to preserve patron >privacy. Gee, that's funny. Last week Sims said librarians *SHOULD NOT* provide the information: Michael Sims wrote: > >I don't think libraries have any particular obligation to participate >in a partisan study designed to mislead the public about internet >access in public libraries. Sims must have finally realized the huge contradiction betwen this position and his own request for library records, such as from the state of Utah. Yet another example of "I'm all for free speech, as long as it supports what I believe", which defines Sims thoughts and actions. ***************************************************************************** David Burt President, Filtering Facts Website: http://www.filteringfacts.org E-Mail: David_Burt@filteringfacts.org Phone/Fax: 503 635-7048 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:53:34 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Humidity Levels in Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jhartmann Subject: Humidity Levels in Libraries The person in charge of our HVAC asked me if there are any recommended standards for humidity levels in public libraries. Anyone know of such a standard, or where I might find one? He said we are currently at about 34%, and that houses are usually at about 40 - 45 %. Thanks in advance for any info. -- Jill Hartmann, Head Adult/Extension Services Racine Public Library 75 7th Street Racine, WI 53403 (voice) 414-636-9247 jhartman@wi.net FAX 414-636-9260 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:54:10 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Wilma Lepore Subject: RE: Sick leave I believe the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require an employer to provide vacation, holiday, severance, or sick pay; meal or rest periods; holidays off or vacations; premium pay for weekend or holiday work; pay raises or fringe benefits; etc. The _Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act_ says: "These and similar matters are for agreement between the employer and the employees or their authorized representatives." (The Fair Labor Standards Act _does_ set the minimum wage and overtime pay standards, and regulates the employment of minors.) However, I agree that offering any benefit that gives employees time off always impacts staffing which should be calculated into the equation of what the benefit actually costs the library. I also believe that a sick leave policy should clearly define the circumstances when sick leave can be used so it is easy to implement fairly. You could include a statement that allows the administration to ask for proof if repeated abuse is suspected. However, I prefer to foster an attitude of trust (unless service is being hindered) and also prefer to have "sick" employees stay home than to come to work and "contaminate" everyone else which also applies to situations when the person isn't actually "ill" but just needs a day of "R&R" or attitude adjustment (a "mental health" day, if you will) when s/he just need to get away from the "job." I have done this, and I know that other members of my staff (especially supervisors) have, too, but this has been done so others and service to the public aren't inconvenienced. We currently offer a buy-back of unused sick leave when an employee resigns (25%), retires (50%), or dies (100%), and would like to know more about how others do something like this annually. I think I would rather use the money to pay employees for not using their sick leave than to pay for substitutes when they are absent. Wilma .......................... Wilma J. Lepore, Director Newark Public Library 88 West Church Street Newark, Ohio 43055 v: 740-345-8972 f: 740-345-8147 e: wlepore@newark.lib.oh.us ..........=^.^=........... ..........><('>........... On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us wrote: > We have been in the practice of begging and pleading, but I recently learned > that sick leave is an employee right (I think in FLSA) and the employer has > no business limiting when it can be taken. If sick people are keeping you > from providing service, than you have an understaffing problem. > Susan Gegenhuber > Principal Librarian, Community Services > Pasadena Public Library > 285 E. Walnut St. > Pasadena, CA 91101 > 626-744-4069 > sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us > > > ---------- > > From: Judy J. Atwood > > Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 6:47 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick leave > > > > What incentives does your library use to encourage staff to conserve their > > sick leave? > > Judy J. Atwood > > Material Services Coordinator > > Athens-Clarke County Library > > 2025 Baxter St > > Athens, GA 30606 > > (706) 613-3650 > > atwoodj@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:54:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick Leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: jhartmann Subject: Sick Leave The City of Racine, including the library, reward people who conserve their sick leave by giving them a casual day after they accumulated 320 hours (40 dyas) of unused sick leave, a second casual day after 480 hours (60 days) of unused sick leave, and a third casual day after 640 hours (80 days) of used sick leave. We accrue sick leave at the rate of 8 hours (1 day) per month. When an employee leaves or retires, they may be padi for up to 150 days of unused sick leave. -- Jill Hartmann, Head Adult/Extension Services Racine Public Library 75 7th Street Racine, WI 53403 (voice) 414-636-9247 jhartman@wi.net FAX 414-636-9260 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:54:51 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] SICK LEAVE (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Irving Zangwill Subject: SICK LEAVE Regarding sick leave. Rewarding people who don't use sickdays is absurd. People who are fortunate enough not to need to use their sick days are already being rewarded with good health. Those that are using sick days are already being penalized with poor health. People who are coming to work sick because of some reward they might receive are a menace to the rest of us. People who are abusing sick days might some day wish they hadn't. No rewards for the healthy!!!! Irving H. Zangwill, Chairman Board of Trustees Fall River Public Library Fall River, Massachusetts From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:55:08 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Bug Report - A Library Program With Legs - Free Poster & (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Stephanie Stokes Subject: Bug Report - A Library Program With Legs - Free Poster & Bug Report - A Library Program With Legs Usually, the last thing you want in your library is a bunch of bugs. But with a couple of insect-themed, family-oriented movies in theaters the multi-legged little critters are likely to be increasingly popular with your patrons and you will be fielding reference questions of the entomological kind. Why not capitalize on the swarm of PR, as "A Bug's Life" and "Antz" duke it out for a spot on top of the (ant)hill by going buggy for the theme and making your library "Insect Central." Fly away with a movie poster or two from your local theater operator - "please," "thank you," and "your library" in the same sentence make it hard for local businesses to say "no". Then combine that with some of the FREE graphics (below) to make a display reminding your patrons that the library is the place to go after they have seen the films. The folks at Disney/Pixar (A Bug's Life) have set up a page of goodies featuring insect characters from "A Bug's Life" - some animated - all cute - all FREE - which are available for your use. Go to Disney/Pixar pages http://www.disney.com/DisneyPictures/bugslife/mainframe.html and follow the link to "Fun Stuff." Grab some Web graphics, icons and the screen saver. The screen saver, by the way, is very cute and not commercial - "Library Media & PR" gives it a "two-antennae-up" for use on your public Internet terminals. Here are some interesting insect-related links to pollinate your website: Ladybug Lane's Favorite Links on bugs and insects for everything from science to craft ideas. http://www.ladybuglane.com/links.html "I Know My Backyard" Coloring Book for pictures to print out. http://www.ames.com/kids/coloringbook/index.html Insects As Food: Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes: As featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno! http://www.ent.iastate.edu/misc/insectsasfood.html Where The Bugs Are: Find local Creepy Crawly Museums http://family.disney.com/Features/family_1996_12/famf/ famf199612_ffwherebugsR/famf199612_ffwherebugsR.html And some event ideas ideas (from the Bemis Public Library in Littleton, Colorado). Exotic Bugs - A Master Horticulturalist brings unusual insects for the audience to see and feel. Crazy Balloon Entertainment - Balloon creations of bugs, snakes and other creatures. Patrons can take home a balloon. The "Stuff About Bugs At The Library" graphic is FREE for your use in two versions compliments of LM&PR. Buzz over to bugstuff.html to chew on it. http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/content/bugstuff.html The other graphics are from the Disney/Pixar pages and are also FREE for your use on your Website compliments of Disney and Pixar. (NOTE: Our favorite screensaver is on the FUN STUFF page hidden under HOPPER's toes in very small type. The webmaster has not set up a link futher down in the "Hopper screensaver comming soon".) Stephanie Stokes http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr # # # ******************************************** * I called the agency handling the movie posters * here in San Francisco about PUB-LIB Folks getting * FREE BUG LIFE POSTERS. They have a limited quantity * set aside for you. Send an e-mail request to * Sasha Lord at slord@evansgroup.com * cc: to stephanie@ssdesign.com * Include all your snail mail address info. * One poster per library, ****USA ONLY**** * Movie starts November 25th, 1998 ******************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:55:17 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] shelving for children's picture/easy books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Wicky Sleight Subject: shelving for children's picture/easy books We are moving our 4000 easy picture books to make room for a new electronic learning center. Bins are appealing for face-out browsing but are they practical for 4000 in a limited space? We also want to keep them in some sort of order--for finding favorite authors or characters like "Arthur" and for checking before sending overdue notices. Any suggestions (including product and vendor names) which work in your library would be appreciated. Thanks. Wicky Sleight Director, Kirkwood Public Library 140 E. Jefferson St. Louis, MO 63122 (314) 821-3849 jtz000@mail.connect.more.net FAX (314) 822-3755 http://www.kpl.lib.mo.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:55:54 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bryan Davis Subject: Re: Sick leave This isn't a direct answer to the question, but some may find it interesting. We are trying to get out of the sick leave business by going to what we call flex leave. The major advantages of this system are that employees have much more say about how they take their paid time off, while the administration doesn't have to worry about things like whether people are really sick when they call in. Our library was one of the first city departments to adopt the flex leave system for its non-bargaining staff, but now all city non-bargaining staff and a few of the bargaining units have gone with it also. Unfortunately, our bargaining unit is still not on it, but we hope the advantages will eventually win them over. The essential feature is that all paid leave - sick, vacation, personal days, etc. - is put into one category. There are some exclusions like compensatory time, pay for work performed on holidays, worker's comp, jury duty, and military leave. Employees accrue time in their flex leave account just as they did with the old categories. The difference is that they can take any amount of this leave for any purpose they wish, within guidelines for adequate staffing of departments. An important distinction in this system is between scheduled and unscheduled time off. Unscheduled time off usually is when a person calls in the morning and says they aren't coming in for whatever reason (illness, emergency, mental health day, etc.). That day will be paid out of their flex leave account, but they can call in unscheduled only 6 times a year. If they need more time off after the initial call, the remaining days would be considered scheduled (and not counted toward their 6 unscheduled days) since we know about it. If they use up their 6 unscheduled days, they can still call in sick, but it won't be paid time until the next day when scheduled time kicks in. Also if a person gets sick after they arrive at work and need to go home, that is counted as scheduled time. The same would apply for any other sudden need to leave work so long as staffing levels at that time allow it. The 6 day limit is there obviously to prevent promiscuous use of unscheduled time which would be problematic. Without going into all the details here, there is also a long term injury and illness account in which time accrues until it reaches a minimum of 520 hours. It kicks in after 40 consecutive hours of illness have been used out of the flex leave account. This is backed up by long term disability insurance arranged and paid by the city. So if a person is sick, they can call in an unscheduled day off for the first day and be on scheduled time off until they are better. If a person wants a mental health day, they can call in an unscheduled day off and take it without pretending to be sick. If a person isn't sick very much, they have more time for vacation. At the end of the year if they have time left over, you have the choice of adding hours to your long term illness and injury account, carrying time over into the next year (up to one year's time can be carried over), getting paid for up to 48 hours of the time left over, or a combination of the above. Of course there are a lot of provisions that are too detailed to go into here so if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll fax the full policy. Anyway, we think this is the cat's pajamas. We no longer have to worry about enforcing arbitrary rules or even care if a person is really sick if they are on flex leave. The employee has more freedom to use their time as they want and are rewarded for having time left over. As an incentive to use paid time responsibly, I don't think this can be beat. =bd= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bryan Davis,Assistant Director & Boss Geek Cedar Rapids Public Library davis@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us 500 First Street SE 319-398-5145 Ext. 223 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 USA Fax 319-398-0476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always move forward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 11 22:56:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Drive up library service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mary Linse" Subject: Drive up library service We are planning a branch library in a community with more than one car per family. The location is near schools and between shopping centers. We already have remote book drops and are planning a drive up drop at the new branch. We are considering other drive up services. We welcome advice from anyone who has been there done that, or even has decided not to go there. This is posted for our new branch manager. Reply to oleary@jcl.lib.ks.us Kathleen O'Leary, Indian Creek Branch Manager Olathe Public Library 201 E Park Olathe, KS 66061 919.393-6884 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 17 17:57:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Question about hiring professional fundraisers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Beverly Devlin Subject: Question about hiring professional fundraisers One of the libraries in our system is exploring the possibility of hiring a professional fundraiser to assist with raising money for a building project. The library is in a small rural village which is also home to a small yet prestigious private university. We would appreciate any input regarding the pros and cons of hiring such a person, qualities to look for if a decision is made to hire, expected range of fees, and any other pertinent information or experiences you may wish to share. Thanks, Beverly Choltco-Devlin Mid-York Library System 1600 Lincoln Ave. Utica, NY 13502 315-735-8328 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 17 18:06:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Rewards for the healthy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: Rewards for the healthy (fwd) I think what you say has a lot of validity. I have learned one thing at my present library. I used to routinely go to work with a cold, like Carolyn, not staying home unless at death's door. My current staff has educated me and all of us. Please stay home with your cold until all signs of contagion are gone! We spread colds like mad among this staff. I keep reminding people to become extreme hand washers every winter. We have one staff member who disinfects the phones all the time. The truth is we do spread germs around and staying home with a cold is a good idea. As I have learned! On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Carolyn Caywood wrote: > I have to say this is not my experience. I find that staying home for > illness is something people learn as children and is almost impossible > to change. That is, if an employee was raised (as I was) that you'd > better be at death's door before you stay home, that pattern is > life-long. Conversely, those who were allowed to stay home from > school with a headache will continue that pattern as employees and as > parents. Each will very sincerely believe that she is doing "what's > right" and will evaluate her condition to work as her parents did. It > may be that a big enough reward might change that -- I've never been > in a position to experiment. But, what I see is that people have > "core values" about their own health that are very resistant to > change. > Carolyn Caywood > > Forwarded message: > > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:48:50 -0800 (PST) > > Message-Id: > > From: Bruce Bumbalough > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [PUBLIB] Rewards for the healthy > > > > In a perfect world, good health would be its own reward. However, in > > today's society people see unused sick leave as a benefit they didn't > > get. If there is no reward for conserving sick time, people will abuse > > it. They will take sick days when they don't need them just to get the > > benefit. > > > > Rewarding employees for conserving sick time helps the library by > > increasing morale, being more equitable, and encouraging wellness > > practices. It also allows the library to pay benefits at a time the > > library selects. "Paying" benefits by allowing employees to abuse sick > > time creates reduced efficiency and lowers morale. > > > > Bruce Bumbalough > > Reference Librarian > > Grapevine Public Library > > Grapevine, TX > > > > The views are my own -- not those of my employer. > > > > ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 17 18:08:38 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Position available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sarah Caltvedt Subject: Position available The following position is available immediately: HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES/COMPUTER SERVICES LIBRARIAN. Glen Ellyn (IL) Public Library. Join the management team of a suburban Chicago library and help create the future. You will be responsible for directing a technical services staff of 5 (3.25 FTE) and managing the library's computer operations, including an NT LAN. The library is part of the 8-member LINC automation consortium (DRA/OCLC) as well as DuWestNet, a web-based community information network. Position requires hands-on hardware and software maintenance as well as ability to plan for future automation needs. We are looking for a team player who understands how technical services fit into the library's service goals. ALA accredited MLS with 3 years' relevant experience, including some supervisory responsibilities, required. Working knowledge of OCLC, MARC, LCSH and integrated library automation systems required. Must also have working knowledge of Internet and HTML coding. Experience with DRA and NT networks preferred. Salary negotiable from $33,000, depending on qualifications. Benefits include 4 weeks paid vacation and low cost health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription). Send letter of application, resume, and references to Sarah Caltvedt, Director, Glen Ellyn Public Library, 400 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137; 630-469-0879; scaltvedt@linc.lib.il.us. Visit our web site at www.gepl.org. Sarah Caltvedt Director Glen Ellyn Public Library 400 Duane Street Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-469-0879 scaltvedt@linc.lib.il.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 17 18:10:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Grant for Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mary Wallace" Subject: Grant for Public Libraries Demco Creative Merchandising Grant The Demco Creative Merchandising Grant provides cash and supplies to a public library proposing a project for the creative display and merchandising of materials either in the library or in the community. The grant consists of $1,000 cash and $2,000 worth of display furniture or supplies ordered through Demco, Inc. in conjunction with the grant project. The public library grant recipient will be honored at the 1999 ALA Annual conference in New Orleans. This award was established in 1996 and is sponsored by Demco, Inc. The criteria upon which the entrants will be judged are as follows: creative display merchandising compatibility with mission of library timeline for accomplishment The DEADLINE for applications for the Demco Creative Merchandising Grant is Tuesday, December 1, 1998. Applications are available from the Public Library Association (PLA) Office, 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Tue Nov 17 21:25:48 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] phone system (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Rosemary Townshend Subject: phone system I would like to hear from any libraries who have some tracking features on their reference lines. We are looking at enhancements for our phones that are available from our phone company. These features would allow us to have a monitor set up that would let staff know the number of calls that are waiting in queue (we have a uniform call distribution -UCD). It would also allow us to print out a daily report, listing calls by hour, the total number of calls per day, the number of hang-ups, etc. If any of you have had experiences with these features I would appreciate any information that you could pass on. Thanks, Rosemary Townshend, Telefact Dept. London Public Library London, Ontario Canada email: rosemary.townshend@treasure.lpl.london.on.ca From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 18:25:54 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Humidity Levels in Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: megv@bville.lib.ny.us (Meg Van Patten) Subject: Re: Humidity Levels in Libraries >The person in charge of our HVAC asked me if there are any recommended >standards for humidity levels in public libraries. Anyone know of such a >standard, or where I might find one? He said we are currently at about >34%, and that houses are usually at about 40 - 45 %. Thanks in advance >for any info. I don't know about general standards for libraries, however we did have a survey by a professional paper conservationist who made recommendations for our local history collection. In terms of climate control her report stated that the ideal is 68 degrees and a relative humidity of 50%. Meg ******************************************************************* Meg Van Patten, Head BALDWINSVILLE Reference and Adult Services PUBLIC LIBRARY Baldwinsville Public Library 1948 - 1998 33 East Genesee Street PRESERVING THE PAST Baldwinsville, New York 13027 & PRESENTING THE FUTURE (315) 635-5631 ext. 206 [voice] (315) 635-6760 [fax] megv@bville.lib.ny.us [e-mail] http://www.bville.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:41:07 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] use of volunteers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jimbobsky@aol.com Subject: use of volunteers Hello all! I am writing a paper for my Public Libraries course at URI and would like some feedback from libraries that use volunteers. I am interested in hearing what the pros and cons are. Do you use them because of staff vacancies? budget problems? to increase community involvement? How do you address training? Do they do the work of professional librarians? Do they replace paraprofessional staff? Are they an adjunct to regular staff? Why might you choose not to use them? Thank you all for your insights. It will be nice to hear from people on the front lines after reading about this issue in the literature. Jim Skypeck jimbobsky@aol.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:41:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] leasing computers for public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Beth Carpenter Subject: leasing computers for public libraries I am sending this question on behalf of a librarian in my library system. Please send all responses directly to her at eberkhol@owls.lib.wi.us. Elizabeth is wondering if any public libraries have decided to begin leasing computers rather than purchasing them. If so, what are the pros and cons? What company have you found reliable/unreliable? Who has the best pricing and/or technical support? Please share any suggestions or information you may be able to offer. Thanks very much for your time! :) Beth A. Carpenter Electronic Resources Librarian Outagamie Waupaca Library System 920.832.6368 225 North Oneida Street 920.832.6422 FAX Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 bcarpent@owls.lib.wi.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:41:32 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 676 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laura McCaffery" Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 676 > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:17:05 -0800 (PST) > Reply-to: publib@webjunction.org > From: publib@webjunction.org > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB digest 676 > 2) Re: Paperbacks > At the Allen County Public Main Library we have set up our large and comprehensive paperback area in the Readers Services Department in a bookstore arrangement. We use spinners for some of the specific type or genre...horror, adventure/suspense, media tie-in, western, fiction, mystery, classic, self help and inspiration, life sciences and oversized and trade. We use wire racking for the romance, science fiction, general nonfiction and series. We also have a separate spinner for new romance. We use dumps for hot titles, special subjects and seasonal promotions. We use slatwalled towers for new book promotions and have display fixtures for text booklets. We have this near the circulating magazine collection, the new hardback areas and showcased nonmusic CD's. Spinners are done titles by title in alphabetization by author. Racks same way except the romance is first done by category or series and the general nonfiction is in general Dewey order first. Series are in sequence by series. It has been a very popular area for over 15 years because it continues to evolve.. Neatness and attractiveness are a necessity. No shabby books. No overcrowded fixtures. Quick turnaround and quantity purchases keep it looking like a bookstore. We have been please with it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Laura Hibbets McCaffery Readers Services Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana "All opinions are mine alone. Others are free to agree..or disagree." "...all things are to to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought." Edith Hamilton, THE GREEK WAY. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:41:44 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] paperback circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Teresa Pennington Subject: paperback circulation In reply to Connie Jenkin at Manitowoc Public Library (Manitowoc, WI) I would first make sure that your spinners are in a prominent area if that is possible. I would also suggest that you try a mystery spinner. We find that it is one of our most popular areas. I'm surprised that the SF didn't circulate. Do you have someone collecting it that is interested in the topic and up-to-date? That can be important with SF/Fantasy readers who are always looking for new things. In the San Antonio Central Library Fiction Dept. we have a small to medium sized paperback collection and find that patrons love it. Sometimes the hardback collection is so big as to be overwhelming and so this can be an easy place to start. I think we would definitely circulate more paperbacks if we had more spinners to hold them. Another idea is to display your new paperbacks out front where new hardbacks & bestsellers often are. This would highlight them and make patrons aware of your fabulous paperback collection. I need some ideas to help increase our circulation in our paperback > section. > > We currently have the following paperback sections: 2 spinners for > romance, one spinner for western, one general spinner, and two > "Favorites" spinners. Favorites are our most popular authors (Crichton, > Andrews, etc). Each author in Favorites is given their own row with > their name on it. We used to have a sci fi spinner but circ was so low > we integrated them into the general spinner. We don't put any genre > stickers on the general paperbacks but we do on the romance and > western. I do buy new pbks each month from Hot Picks, etc. > > Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone found something useful in the > past? Our circ is getting so low that I need to do something ... > Thanks! > > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:41:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Filtering Facts reply response (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: DAVE EWICK Subject: Filtering Facts reply response This post is to reply to a couple of points folks took from my post about the Filtering Facts info request. Michael Sims The Censorware Project wrote: "...I eventually decided that it was a "flag of convenience" -- that he (and you, Mr. Ewick) would fly under the flag of "free access to information" when it was convenient for you, and when it became inconvenient, you'd dump it like a hot potato." Mr. Sims, the point is/was that the "No Filter" folks say that we should provide access to all information (especially on the 'net), not Mr. Burt or myself. We believe that reasonable limits can & should be set and can be met MOST of the time. "Public libraries *should* provide information about the complaints they've received, rendered in such a fashion as to preserve patron privacy. They should also provide information about the praise they've received, and the level of patron satisfaction in their library. Why? Because the citizenry has a right to be informed of what their government is doing, not because a censor preaches about the First Amendment (apparently without having read it)." I only pointed to the First Amendment because that's what always seems to come up when filters are mentioned. Nowhere does anything state (to my knowledge) that my library (or any library) MUST or even SHOULD provide all the information we can get. Even with filters, my library has increased what we can provide people by a thousandfold. Also, there was a reply from Terry Dawson who wrote: "...Or are you arguing that anyone should be able to look at anything they wish? Anyone who argues for filters seems to believe that certain types of material should not be shared." I do say that some types of information should not be shared. Content of complaints received by a governmental agency are not one of them. Those should, and I thought are, public records. I said >Why would you rather provide pornography to a teen than this info to Mr. Burt? "...This seems snide, and I have also heard it from Mr. Burt. Just because a library does not filter does not mean it provides porn, and to presuppose that such libraries would RATHER provide porn is a very negative judgement with no evidence. You have no basis to judge other people's motivation." I didn't mean to sound snide. I was just asking a question. How does one NOT provide porn without a filter? By a "tap on the shoulder" policy? My staff finds that very distasteful and doesn't want to confront such people. They would deem the working environment hostile to them if such a policy were in place. Then we get into sexual harrassment territory, which I'd rather avoid. Not to mention, once the picture is up, the damage is done. It's been seen. (Also, is that really 'information'?) We have had to unblock 2 sites in 18 months, and have added a few blocks of our own. WebSense has helped our Systems Admin. be able to do things other than babysit our 6 terminals. I just don't know how we could offer the internet without such a tool in place, just as we use Fortres to block access to the hard drive, server, etc. They protect the library. Not wanting to sound snide, I apologize to any who thought my original post was such. I really do feel that the "No Filtering" folks are not suing reason in their thinking, but relying too heavily on the ALA Bill of Rights. But let's not get into that, it's only my own opinion. Thank you for reading this post. Dave Ewick Fulton County Public Library voice: 219-223-2713 320 West 7th Street fax: 219-223-5102 Rochester, IN 46975 http://fulco.lib.in.us mailto:dave.ewick@usa.net ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:42:12 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Paperbacks (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andrea Johnson Subject: Re: Paperbacks My personal experience is that I hate paperback spinners. They tend to be really disorganized (since many libraries only group by the first letter of the author's last name, rather than complete alphabetical order) and it's often difficult to find what you want. Therefore, as a user, if I have a choice, I'll take the hardcover over the paperback because it will probably be easier to find. At 09:16 AM 11/11/98 -0800, Judi Crowley wrote: >Manitowoc Public Library wrote: > >> I need some ideas to help increase our circulation in our paperback >> section. >> >> We currently have the following paperback sections: 2 spinners for >> romance, one spinner for western, one general spinner, and two >> "Favorites" spinners. Favorites are our most popular authors (Crichton, >> Andrews, etc). Each author in Favorites is given their own row with >> their name on it. We used to have a sci fi spinner but circ was so low >> we integrated them into the general spinner. We don't put any genre >> stickers on the general paperbacks but we do on the romance and >> western. I do buy new pbks each month from Hot Picks, etc. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas or has anyone found something useful in the >> past? Our circ is getting so low that I need to do something ... >> Thanks! >> Connie Jenkin >> Manitowoc Public Library >> Manitowoc, WI > >Connie, > >I suggest integrating paperbacks with hardcovers, if you have the room on >the shelves. That is what we did when we moved into a new building, and the >percentage of paperback circulation really increased. Our patrons are more >interested in all the titles from one author than they are in reading >paperbacks only, and if paperbacks are what they want, they can easily scan >the shelf for them. Of course, it depends on how much room you have, and >how it is configured. > >Judi Crowley >Hampstead Public Library >Hampstead, NH 08341 >(603) 329-6411 > > > Andrea Johnson, Library Director andreaj@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us Forsyth Public Library P.O. Box 20 Forsyth, IL 62535 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:42:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick Leave Donation Program (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Debi Westwood Subject: Sick Leave Donation Program To add yet another dimension to the discussion of sick leave... At Seattle Public Library, we have a sick leave donation program. If an employee is faced with a serious injury or chronic illness and that person has exhausted his sick leave, other staff can donate sick leave to the co-worker. The program is strictly voluntary and there are controls in place to prevent abuse.... ex: the illness has to be of a prolonged nature. The choice of whether or not to donate sick leave is entirely up to the employee. Also, donors cannot donate more than X percent of their accrued leave or drop their own total below a certain number of hours. Donations are made on a case by case basis. EX: Jane Smith is injured in a car accident and will be out of work 5-6 weeks. She uses up her sick leave after the first week. One of her co-workers makes it known that Jane needs hours. I have the option to donate hours or not. If I choose to donate hours, they are set aside for Jane Smith. Any unused hours are credited back to my account. As someone who accrues lots more sick leave than I use, I appreciate being able to offer support a co-worker in this way and I like working for an institution that supports my compassion. Debra Westwood Seattle Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:43:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Web-based chat rooms (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jill Patterson Subject: Web-based chat rooms Our Internet AUP currently prohibits the use of chat rooms. However, now that there are web-based chatroom, we have not found a way of blocking access to chat using software. We are thinking of changing our AUP and I have 2 questions: 1. Other than Yahooligans chat, which is monitored, what chat rooms do you know of that deal with a specific subject, e.g. investments, sports, etc. that are web-based and unmonitored? These can be for kids or adults, we just want examples to look at. 2. Is there a way to block access to web-based chat using software? We currently use CyberPatrol to block access to IRC. You may respond directly to me, and I will summarize after I return from CLA. Thanks so much! Jill Patterson jpatterson@ci.glendora.ca.us Glendora Public Library 140 S. Glendora Ave. Glendora, CA 91741 Tel: 626/852-4896 FAX: 626/852-4899 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:43:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Rewards for the healthy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: Rewards for the healthy Irving H. Zangwill wrote: > absurd. People who are fortunate enough not to need to use their sick > days are already being rewarded with good health. Those that are using > sick days are already being penalized with poor health. People who are > coming to work sick because of some reward they might receive are a > menace to the rest of us. People who are abusing sick days might some > day wish they hadn't. No rewards for the healthy!!!! > In a perfect world, good health would be its own reward. However, in today's society people see unused sick leave as a benefit they didn't get. If there is no reward for conserving sick time, people will abuse it. They will take sick days when they don't need them just to get the benefit. Rewarding employees for conserving sick time helps the library by increasing morale, being more equitable, and encouraging wellness practices. It also allows the library to pay benefits at a time the library selects. "Paying" benefits by allowing employees to abuse sick time creates reduced efficiency and lowers morale. Bruce Bumbalough Reference Librarian Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, TX The views are my own -- not those of my employer. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:44:08 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Humidity Levels in Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Barbara Buehler Subject: Humidity Levels in Libraries The book, Administrator's Guide to Library Building Maintenance by Dianne Lueder and Sally Webb, features a chart titled Temperature, Humidity, and Ventilation Standards which are from ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. There are different levels recommended for different types of materials, such as paper, microfilm, and combined paper-microfilm storage. They recommend 45-55% for paper, 30-40% for microfilm, and 40% for combined.Hope this helps. Barbara Buehler Allen Public Library Allen TX bbuehler@unicomp.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 12 21:44:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Posting - Warminister, PA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "REFWAR" Subject: Job Posting - Warminister, PA This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BE0E66.61664D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Position & Class Children's Librarian; Senior Librarian II Date Available November 21, 1998 Closing Date Until qualified candidate is found Major Tasks Preparing children's programs, selection of materials, and assist public at Main Reference desk. Assist in public relations; visit schools and organizations. Library supervision in the Library Director's absence. Perform other duties as assigned. Minimum Master's Degree in Library Sciences or a student in a ALA-accredited program. Qualifications Familiarity with Windows 95, Microsoft Word 7 and the Internet strongly desired. Hours 37 1/2 hours per week. Evenings and Weekends (one night a week & every third Saturday) Compensation $27,417 annually plus benefits: includes health insurance and pension plan. Send cover letter and resume to : Caroline C. Gallis Library Director Warminister Township Free Library 1076 Emma Lane Warminister, PA 18974 ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BE0E66.61664D20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BE0E66.61664D20-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:29:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Fred G Hill Subject: Re: Cash registers at Circulation On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Jim Peters wrote: >Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the >circulation desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or >other payments? What is your success & how do they work? ... A question that hits a tender nerve! We always kept accounts at Circ by means of ledger and cash box, and tried to reconcile them each morning. Never *could* quite do it; always had to fudge a bit. Then we got a cash register, and figuring out all the little category marks on the tape was even harder. Not to mention that we couldn't get in the habit of replacing the tape when it ran out, anyway. So, we still use it, without tape, and I guess it *is* a little little handier than a cash box, although larger and louder. One thing: we always have a "surplus" relative to the ledger now, where the cash box often gave us a "deficit." ...Fred Fred G Hill, Interlibrary Loan hill@lemming.uvm.edu Fletcher Free Library 802 863-3403 vox 235 College St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA 802 865-7227 fax From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:30:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Professional Fundraisers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Joyce White Subject: Professional Fundraisers Our library, in a small and mostly rural community, hired a professional fundraiser about 15 years ago to do a "planning study" for our fundraising prospects for a building project. It cost a lot of money for what we got: a large portion of the work was left up to the Board (and library staff) and the bottom line of their advice seemed to be that the key to a successful campaign is the right leadership (we already knew that). Of course they also recommended that their firm be retained to tell us how to go about organizing our campaign. The Library Board passed on hiring a professional for the actual fundraising. It should also be noted that the results of the "planning study" prepared by the fundraising firm were that we could expect to raise around $100,000 from the private sector. A few years later a local volunteer fundraising chairman ran a very successful campaign and raised over $500,000 from the private sector. Obviously we found the "right leadership". If we had it to do over again, our money could be better used for the building campaign itself--not the professional fundraiser. -- Joyce H. White, Library Director Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library Elizabethton, TN 37643 Fax:(423)542-1510 Ph:(423)547-6360 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:30:38 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Future space (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "cisler" Subject: Future space Hi, I've been off of publib for years, it seems, but I'm so interested in the future of this institution, that I had to join again. I used to work at Apple Computer and before that for Contra Costa County Library in California. I have been working on various public access projects in U.S. cities, other countries (some in libraries), and last night I took part in one of the San Jose (CA) Public Library public meetings to discuss the future of branches in our system. It was conducted by Group4, a firm of architects who have also subcontracted with Kathy Page, ex-SFPL veteran and now a consultant. I had heard about it in the Spanish language edition of the local newspaper. However, it was for an English speaking audience, comprised of some San Jose staff, the public, and the architects who explained the planning process, the demographics of the city, the branch situation from their viewpoints, and then engaged us in a discussion and visioning process: what would we like a branch in 2020 to be? We thought it was a nice balance of traditional features and valued services, plus integrated technology (though few could envision much more than extensions of what they already knew: "more terminals" "better online catalogs" "plug in anywhere for connectivity"), and the desire for the place to differentiate itself through the provision of experiences and services not found in the mall, Kinkos, B&N, or with home screen technology. Most of the people speaking were middle-class white folks, but everyone recognized how diverse our city is: in language, ethnicity, and other ways that people ID themselves. We wanted the design to represent all this diversity, but that is going to be tough and probably limited to materials and events in the library. We wanted different age groups to feel comfortable, and this led to a brief discussion of the planned joint San Jose State/San Jose city central library. My feeling was that these meetings were costly but very useful. I can imagine smaller libraries with more modest budgets are unable to encourage this much user participation in the design process. The planners wished that the group had been larger, and they asked us to try and recruit more people to take part in January 99. Elsewhere on the Internet I'm taking part in a dicussion ofhow local issues are being discussed online using community networks. This planning process is mainly offline, though it could be taken online and reach some citizens who could not or would not attend a meeting after dinner on a work night. That, however, would be more expensive if many documents had to be prepared for the web. Steve Cisler 4415 Tilbury Drive, San Jose, CA 95130 cisler@pobox.com http://home.inreach.com/cisler (408) 379 9076 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:30:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Peg Bredeson Subject: Re: Cash registers at Circulation Jim, We've used a cash register for quite awhile now and it is very important to our auditors that we have the paper trail it creates. It is essential in reconciling our cash each day and is safer than the old gray box in the drawer method. We have a fairly simple model and the staff has no trouble adapting to it. It's a good idea, IMHO. Jim Peters wrote: > > Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the circulation > desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or other payments? What > is your success & how do they work? Please respond... > > ****************************** > Jim Peters > Parmly Billings Library > 510 N Broadway > Billings, Montana 59101-1196 > jpeters@billings.lib.mt.us > (406)-657-8251 (voice) (406)657-8254 (fax) > ***************************************** -- Peg Bredeson Beloit Public Library 409 Pleasant Street Beloit, WI 53511 (608)364-2917 bredeson@als.lib.wi.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:31:07 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Pleasantville and libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Roger Carswell Subject: Pleasantville and libraries I saw the new movie Pleasantville last weekend, and was happy to find that it has a wonderful sequence about the public library, books, and reading in it. In brief, the two kids from the 90's who get sucked into a 1950's sitcom bring change to the never-before-changing, conformist, black-and-white Pleasantville world. One of the ways change and color come to Pleasantville are through books. When the two kids first arrive, all the books are blank. The change begins with Huckleberry Finn, as the two 90's kids explain the plot of the book to the Pleasantville kids. The Pleasantville kids are fascinated by the idea of a book having a message, and the text suddently appears in the book. They eagerly begin grabbing other books and asking about them, and as they are explained, the text appears in them, also. Soon the Pleasantville kids are flocking to the public library, standing in a long line to get in, checking out armloads of books. Lover's Lane is filled with kids who are spending their time not only having sex (another innovation the 90's kids bring to Pleasantville), but also with pairs of lovers reading to one another. Go see the movie! Roger Carswell Southeast Kansas Library System/Iola Public Library 218 E. Madison Iola, KS 66749 (316) 365-5136 rogerc@midusa.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:31:40 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Pat Evans - Victor Free Subject: Re: Cash registers at Circulation We have had a cash register at the circ desk for over almost 10 years and couldn't function efficiently without it. We are still using the original cash register, so I'm sure there have been improvements and the newer machines are probably capable of much more detail than we currently get. Our machine has ten categories so we can track different fees. We have a very basic model so the receipts don't indicate to the public what the amount they paid was for, but I'm sure newer machines can do this. As a point of reference we serve 15,000 people, have a circulation of 150,000+ and last year took in $16,000 in fines. I think the convenience of not having ten different envelopes and the constant need to make change from one to the other, as well as the ability to have an automatic accounting of each days receipts, makes a cash register a necessity. Pat Evans Victor Free Library Victor, NY 14564 716-924-2637 On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Jim Peters wrote: > Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the circulation > desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or other payments? What > is your success & how do they work? Please respond... > > ****************************** > Jim Peters > Parmly Billings Library > 510 N Broadway > Billings, Montana 59101-1196 > jpeters@billings.lib.mt.us > (406)-657-8251 (voice) (406)657-8254 (fax) > ***************************************** > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:31:51 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Anyone interested in e-books? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Chris Rippel Subject: Anyone interested in e-books? Dear Colleague, Is any librarian out there interested in electronic books? Four companies are coming out with electronic book hardware now or soon. At least, one companies will distribute electronic books (software) through BarnesandNoble.com. For more information about electronic books, go to http://www.ebooknet.com/ It seems to me that librarians are ignoring these developments. It seems to me that electronic book producers are ignoring libraries. I want to change this situation because I think electronic books could provide better library service and, contrary to popular misunderstandings, better reading experience. If you are interested in changing this situation, please contact me to exchange ideas and strategies for changing this. Thanks, Chris Rippel Central Kansas Library System 1409 Wiliams Great Bend, Kansas 67530 316-792-4865 crippel@ckls.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:32:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] a good laugh (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Richland Subject: a good laugh We received a *Certificate of Appreciation* today. "In recognition of the outstanding public service performed for the community, the Internal Revenue Service thanks your staff for voluntarily participating in the IRS Library Program" Our tax dollars at work. And that's MY opinion. Lisa Richland Floyd Memorial Library (the last library before Portugal) Greenport, New York From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:32:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Friends store (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Wicky Sleight Subject: Friends store Check out the neat on-line catalog which our Friends have designed for their library store, Greentree Shop. http://kpl.lib.mo.us/kwd/shop.htm Adding new items daily, but already they have puppets, author pins, read pins, and reading glasses. The order form must be printed but they have plans to produce a "shopping cart." Wicky Sleight Director, Kirkwood Public Library 140 E. Jefferson St. Louis, MO 63122 (314) 821-3849 jtz000@mail.connect.more.net FAX (314) 822-3755 http://www.kpl.lib.mo.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:32:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Speakers on library maintenance and security (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sarah Caltvedt Subject: Speakers on library maintenance and security Can anyone recommend good speakers on the subjects of library building maintenance and security issues? The audience would be directors of small, mostly rural libraries. Speakers located in the Midwest would be preferable, but some travel money is available. If you are the director of a small library, what information would you like to get on those topics? Thanks in advance for any ideas you can give me. Sarah Caltvedt Director Glen Ellyn Public Library 400 Duane Street Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 630-469-0879 scaltvedt@linc.lib.il.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:32:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Internet instruction for patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: john hauf Subject: Internet instruction for patrons This message is being cross-posted to InFoPeople's ipadmin list, please forgive the repetition. Some of us here at the Mill Valley (Calif.) Public Library are looking for fresh ideas for instructing patrons on use of the Internet. Other than point of contact, one to one instruction, we have been offering a demo-lecture (not hands-on) class on the basics of Netscape once a week. Because of limitations of space and monitor size we have to limit the number of participants to five. Demand is beginning to outstrip "supply", and while we could perhaps in the future increase the number of classes, we are wondering what other public libraries have done to meet this burgeoning need. Therefore I would very much like to hear from members of this list regarding the following questions: Do you offer formal public Internet instruction at specific times for groups? Or is instruction offered only on an ad hoc, one to one basis? Do you have a space dedicated wholly or in part to instruction? Do you use any special equipment such as an overhead projector? How long are the classes? Are they hands-on? What topics are offered? Are the classes taught by volunteers or by staff? How do patrons hear about the classes, i.e. do you advertise them in any way? Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. John Hauf jhauf@dnai.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:33:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] tolerance/diversity projects (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Carolyn Caywood Subject: tolerance/diversity projects I'm on a newly formed group to implement recomendations of our local Human Rights Commission, specifically to develop (for all ages) training/events/activities/whatever that will encourage the growth of tolerance, the celebration of diversity, and discourage acts of bigotry. This is city-wide, but I hope to make the public library an essential partner in it. I am doing a literature search, but not everything gets written up, so, Have any of you been involved in anything similar? Do you know of any such projects that have involved libraries? Do you know of any particularly effective plans/activities/training packages (even if libraries are not involved) that we could examine? If there is interest, I'll summarize for the list, but please reply directly to me. Thanks for any help you can give! Carolyn Caywood % Save the time of the Reader % carolyn@infi.net % --Ranganathan's 4th Law % http://www6.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/ FAX:757-464-6741 936 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23455 757-460-7519 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:33:37 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] safety listserv (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "MPerelman" Subject: safety listserv In response to Joanne Doyle's question of a safety listserv: (safety listserv by JOANNE DOYLE ) I am a security consultant with a specialty in library workplace violence and security issues. If security related questions of a general nature are directed to me, I will be glad to respond on this listserv for the benefit of all. If there are any questions that would more reasonably be asked in a non-public forum, I can be reached most easily at secure80@compuserve.com . Michael Perelman, CPP Perelman Security Group York, PA From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:34:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Respones to CD weeding query (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Waring Subject: Respones to CD weeding query About ten days back, I posted a question to PubLib concerning criteria for weeding CD's from a circulating collection. The results: 3 requests that I share the feedback I received. 1 statement that CDs are weeded if they haven't circulated in 1 year Hmm. Perhaps this is a fertile topic for my doctoral dissertation when I return to the groves of academe {:) ***************************************************** David Waring E-mail: dwaring@ct1.nai.net 201 Valley Rd. Home Phone (203) 869-5581 Cos Cob, CT 06807 Work Phone (203) 622-7917 ***************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:34:12 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Preventative Healthcare: A Growth Industry (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: rbuddy7@anti-social.com Subject: Preventative Healthcare: A Growth Industry Preventative Healthcare: A Growth Industry My name is Wilburn Smith. For the past 20 years I have been a successful businessman. I am a strong believer in diversifying my business interests. I am currently working with a well known healthcare company which is publicly traded. The reason for this letter is that this company recently opened a new division, kind of an entrepreneurial arm, and together with some colleagues I am helping with the expansion of this division. This new business gives you the opportunity to create tremendous leverage and a large amount of residual income working in the growing field of preventative healthcare. I have put together a few details regarding this new business on a brief recorded message. It is short and to the point so as to not waste any of your time. You can learn more about this, and what we are looking to accomplish, with the recorded 2 minute message that you can access any time by calling me toll free at 1-800-489-8417. It's that simple. Sincerely yours, Wilburn Smith NOTE: For those on the internet who do not want to recieve exciting messages such as this.....to be removed from our mailing list and our affilate lists call us direct @ 1-800-404-1475 extension 2031 AD # W-1119for immediate removal. Impolite requests take a little longer....... *We strive to comply with all state and federal laws and to send ads only to interested parties. *This ad is not intended for nor do we knowingly send to Washington State residents. * Responding to the "return address" will NOT have your name removed. PRINT THIS AD FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION!! If this E-mail offends anyone, we apologize ......and feel free to use the "del" key. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:34:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] 3 Musketeers: Windows 2000, Office 2000, BackOffice 2000: some comments (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Stephen J. Gilheany" Subject: 3 Musketeers: Windows 2000, Office 2000, BackOffice 2000: some comments 3 Musketeers: Windows 2000, Office 2000, BackOffice 2000: some comments This is a about an article on the history of Microsoft and its products. The article is at http://www.ArchiveBuilders.com/aba001.html. It is written for Records Managers, Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Curators. Many software application packages, in areas such as records management, have recently made the transition from DOS to Windows. But not to Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 2000. The packages were converted to Windows 3.1. Windows 95 and Windows 98 are very different than Windows 3.1, from a programming perspective. Windows 2000 differs even more from Windows 3.1, and is also very different than Windows 95 and Windows 98. What are all these products? This article is about the relationship between DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and the other products in the Microsoft family. Microsoft's history closely parallels the history of IBM, with Bill Gates playing the role of Tom Watson Sr. The article sketches the history of computing from the 1890's until the 2030's on this basis, including Microsoft's latest Windows 2000, Office 2000, and BackOffice 2000 embellishments. Please take a look and let me know what you think. Thanks SteveGilheany@ArchiveBuilders.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:35:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: In-house Library Publications (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Michele Lauer-Bader Subject: Re: In-house Library Publications Linda Besbekos asked about "In-house Library Publications" She said "I am interested to know how other libraries submit requests for small informational publications which are distributed to the public, such as brochures, flyers, etc. More specifically, do you have a graphic artist on staff responsible for layout, graphic design, etc. or does your professional staff, who has done all the research, create camera-ready material? I would appreciate any information you might have relative to this subject. Thank you," At my library, we have a small staff in the Graphics Department, one full-time principal library clerk (self-taught, very creative who does all design, inputing, etc), one 17 hour clerk (she does the printing on a risograph machine, bulletin boards, etc.) and about 6 hours per week of page time for collating, stapling, etc. This group does design, layout and printing for all brochures, bibliographies, forms, pads, etc. About the only thing we do not do at this point is letterhead stationary, envelopes, labels (actually we do some) and the printing of our bi monthly newsletter. However, we do the design and layout of the newsletter and take it to a printer camera-ready. The reason we do not print it is the volume; 21,000 copies. We also have the printer fold and take to the post office (we only started having them do the folding and post office part within the last year or so. We decided it was more cost effective.) Any questions, email me. -- Michele (Shelley) Lauer-Bader, Assistant Director Patchogue-Medford Library 54-60 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772 516-654-4700/fax 516-654-8673 email - mlauerba@suffolk.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:35:25 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Michele Lauer-Bader Subject: RE: Cash registers at Circulation Jim Peters asked about - Cash registers at Circulation, "Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the circulation desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or other payments? What is your success & how do they work? Please respond..." We have had a cash register at circulation as long as I can remember. All money taken in at the desk (except for program registration fees) are entered in under the appropriate key. Fines, fees, lost and paid items, etc. We even collect money from the Friends book shelf which is then set aside for them. We must issue separate state receipts for any amounts over $5.00 and in addition we use these state receipts for lost and paid items (in addition to the cash register receipt). Most patrons do not take the cash register receipt. Other than that, I cannot think of any specific problems. The drawer is set up with a specific sum of money to start the day and an employee from the Business Office does the totals each morning from the day before. I do not think our auditor would be terribly happy with anything other than a cash register. There are issues of accountability and controls that he talks about regularly. Any specific questions, email me. -- Michele (Shelley) Lauer-Bader, Assistant Director Patchogue-Medford Library 54-60 East Main Street, Patchogue, NY 11772 516-654-4700/fax 516-654-8673 email - mlauerba@suffolk.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:35:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] CDA II Put on Hold, For Now (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: CDA II Put on Hold, For Now US District Judge Lowell A. Reed Jr. has blocked the Justice Department from enforcing CDA II (the Child Online Protection Act) until December 4, and may extend his order for another few weeks. For more information, see "An Easy Win for Free Speech," by Declan McCullagh at http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16387.html The temporary restraining order can be found at http://www.aclu.org/court/acluvrenoII_order.html ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 20 12:35:43 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ANSCR classification system (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Katie Enright Subject: ANSCR classification system Please respond directly to me, not to the list. The San Antonio Public Library is planning to convert its CD collection to the ANSCR classification system. If your library uses this system and you or one of your colleagues would be willing to answer a questionnaire about your experiences with ANSCR, please send me your name and mailing address. Any help or advice we can gather for this project will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Katie Enright Librarian I San Antonio Public Library 600 Soledad San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 207-2500 kenright@ci.sat.tx.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 22:59:28 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Gale research award nominations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Joanne Harrar Subject: Gale research award nominations As this message is being posted to several different listservs, please excuse any duplicate postings. The Reference and User Services Association's Gale Research Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services Committee invites nominations for the 1999 award. This award consists of a cash gift of $1000 and a citation donated by Gale Research Inc.; it will be presented at the ALA annual conference in New Orleans next June to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique library resource to meet patrons' needs. The resource may be a bibliography, a guide to the literature of a specific subject, a directory, a database, a website or any other project that has been shown to further reference, reader's advisory, or adult services. Nominations must be made in writing, stating in detail how the resource has made a contribution to any of the needs identified above. The following information should be included: ---description of the resource ---format of the resource (database, card file, etc.) ---target audience ---sources used to compile the resource ---criteria used in selecting material for inclusion ---breadth of coverage (time period and subject matter) ---characteristics that make the resource unique and imaginative A sample of the resource (pages, printout, etc.) must accompany the nomination. Nominations are to be sent to the committee chair by December 15, 1998. Please call or e-mail if you have questions. H. Joanne Harrar University of Maryland, College Park Library 5806 Chestnut Hill Road College Park, Maryland 20740 Tel: 301-405-9218 Fax: 301-314-7170 e-mail: hharrar@deans.umd.edu Thank you indeed for your assistance! ---------------------- Joanne Harrar hharrar@deans.umd.edu From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:00:09 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ?Gale Directoryof Publications (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: megv@bville.lib.ny.us (Meg Van Patten) Subject: ?Gale Directoryof Publications I just rcvd. notice from Baker and Taylor Continuation Service that the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media has had a HUGE price increase from $477 to $599. I am interested in knowing if anyone has a comparable publication which they could recommend. Thanks, Meg ******************************************************************* Meg Van Patten, Head BALDWINSVILLE Reference and Adult Services PUBLIC LIBRARY Baldwinsville Public Library 1948 - 1998 33 East Genesee Street PRESERVING THE PAST Baldwinsville, New York 13027 & PRESENTING THE FUTURE (315) 635-5631 ext. 206 [voice] (315) 635-6760 [fax] megv@bville.lib.ny.us [e-mail] http://www.bville.lib.ny.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:00:31 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: a good laugh (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jane E. Dillon" Subject: Re: a good laugh They must hope the certificate will get us enthused about the hassle that will be starting in January. ***************************************************************************** Jane Dillon jed@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us Adult Services Librarian Voice 972.466.3360 Carrollton Libraries (TX) VMM 972.466.3359 2001 E. Jackson Road Fax 972.466.3394 Carrollton, Texas 75006-1743 ***************************************************************************** (All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.) On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Richland wrote: > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:34:16 -0800 (PST) > From: Richland > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] a good laugh > > We received a *Certificate of Appreciation* today. "In recognition of the > outstanding public service performed for the community, the Internal > Revenue Service thanks your staff for voluntarily participating in the IRS > Library Program" Our tax dollars at work. > > > And that's MY opinion. > > > Lisa Richland > Floyd Memorial Library (the last library before Portugal) > Greenport, New York > > > ***************************************************************************** Jane Dillon jed@metro.lib.ci.carrollton.tx.us Adult Services Librarian Voice 972.466.3360 Carrollton Libraries (TX) VMM 972.466.3359 2001 E. Jackson Road Fax 972.466.3394 Carrollton, Texas 75006-1743 ***************************************************************************** (All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:00:59 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Trainers offer services to public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Esther Murphy" Subject: Trainers offer services to public libraries Young Adult Services Trainers Continue to Offer Their Services to Public Libraries. Are you looking for professional development or continuing education activities for your public library staff? Do you need presenters at your state conference? Are you planning a workshop? If the answer is yes to any or all of these questions, you may want to contact one of the YALSA members listed below who have been trained to help public library staff members provide quality service to young adults. YALSA has offered the services of this cadre of trainers since 1994. They were trained in two seminars offered by YALSA as a part of the Serving the Underserved: Customer Services for Young Adults Project and have come to be known as the SUS trainers. During this time, the trainers have made more than 170 presentations in a variety of settings, including public libraries, and state, regional and national conferences. The subjects they have covered include adolescent development, reading interests, behavioral problems, youth participation, facilities, and computer services for teens. The trainers have been trained to work with adult learners and are experts in the specialized field of young adult services. The trainers keep in touch on YA-Train, their own private electronic list, and meet for dinner at each of the ALA conferences. Just before the 1999 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, they will gather for a seminar to learn of new developments in young adult services. The names of the trainers presently active, their phone numbers and e-mail numbers, are listed below. If you are interested in a presentation, please contact the trainers directly. You can discuss your ideas for a presentation with as many of them as you like until you find the right fit. Each trainers handles his or her own arrangements for presentations. If you have questions about the YALSA training program, please contact the YALSA office at 1-800-545-2433 x 4390 or via e-mail at YALSA@ala.org -------------------------- YALSA Trainers by State California Lesley Farmer Redwood High School 395 Doherty Drive Larkspur CA 94939 lfarmer@marin.k12.ca.us Phone: 415/945-3663 Fax: 415/945-3675 Monique King Benicia Public Library 150 E. L Street Benicia CA 94510 moniquek@goplay.com Phone: 707/746-4354 Fax: 707/747-0961 Leslie Westbrook Springstowne Library 1003 Oakwood Avenue Vallejo CA 94591 lwestbro@snap.lib.ca.us Phone: 707/553-5323 Fax: 707/553-5656 Colorado Diana Herald 1420 Orchard Avenue Grand Junction CO 81501 dherald@wic.net Phone: 970/241-0931 Fax: 970/245-3016 Connecticut Barbara Blosveren Stratford Library Association 2203 Main Street Stratford CT 06497 bblosver@ct1.nai.net Phone: 203/385-4166 Fax: 203/381-2079 Florida Jana Fine Clearwater Public Library 100 N. Osceola Avenue Clearwater FL 33755 janafine01@sprynet.com Phone: 727/462-6800 x252 Fax: 727/298-0095 Carole Fiore State Library of Florida R. A. Gray Building Tallahassee FL 32399 cfiore@earthlink.net Phone: 850/487-2651 Fax: 850/488-2746 Ian Rosenior Miami Dade Public Library 101 W. Flagler Street Miami FL 33130 rianmi@aol.com Phone: 305/375-5577 Fax: 305/375-3048 Illinois Jane Byczek Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple Street Hinsdale IL 60521 byczekj@sls.lib.il.us Phone: 630/986-1976 Fax: 630/986-9720 Kansas Judy Druse Washburn University - Mabee Library 1700 SW College Avenue Topeka KS 66621 zzdrus@washburn.edu Phone: 785/231-1010 x1277 Fax: 785/357-1240 Louisiana Patsy Perritt Louisiana State University 187 Stanford Avenue Baton Rouge LA 70808 lsperr@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu Phone: 225/388-1460 Fax: 225/388-4581 Maine Linda W. Braun LEO: Librarians & Educators Online RR#1 Box 588 Stonington ME 04681 lbraun@leonline.com Phone: 207/367-6521 Fax: 207/367-0934 Maryland Cathi Dunn MacRae Voice of Youth Advocates 4720 Boston Way Lanham MD 20706 cmacrae@scarecrowpress.com Phone: 301/459-3366 x 570 Fax: 301/459-2118 Diane Monnier Bethesda Regional Library 7400 Arlington Road Bethesda MD 20814 dmonnier@capaccess.org Phone: 301/986-4302 Fax: 301/986-4309 Deborah Taylor Enoch Pratt Free Library 400 Cathedral Street Baltimore MD 21201 dtaylor@mail.pratt.lib.md.us Phone: 410/396-5356 Fax: 410/396-1095 Michigan Mary Hennessey East Lansing Public Library 950 Abbott Road East Lansing MI 48823 henlar@aol.com Phone: 517-351-2420 Fax: 517/351-9536 Minnesota Adela Peskorz Metropolitan State University 700 E. 7th Street, Room L105 St. Paul MN 55106 peskorza@hotmail.com Phone: 651/735-6314 Fax: 651//372-6623 Montana Bette Ammon Missoula Public Library 301 E. Main Missoula MT 59802 ammon@mcat.org Phone: 406/721-2005 Fax 406/728-5900 Renee Vaillancourt Missoula Public Library 301 E. Main Street Missoula MT 59802 rvail@missoula.lib.mt.us Phone: 406/523-2856 Fax: 406/728-5900 New Hampshire Elizabeth O'Donnell Manchester City Library 405 Pine Street Manchester NH 03104 eodonnel@manchester.lib.nh.us Phone: 603/624-6550 New York Susan Farber Ardsley Public Library 9 American Legion Drive Ardsley NY 10502 sfarber@wls.lib.ny.us Phone: 914/693-6636 Fax: 914/693-6837 Teri Germano Masters Moriches Shirley Library 425 William Floyd Parkway Shirley NY 11967 tgermano@suffolk.lib.ny.us Phone: 516/399-1511 x 254 Fax: 516/281-4442 Michel Hackwelder Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn NY 11201 bhs@panix.com Phone: 718/624-0890 Fax: 718/875-3869 Ellen LiBretto Random House Publishing 201 E. 50th St - Mail Drop 8-3 New York NY 10022 elibretto@randomhouse.com Phone: 212/572-2415 Fax: 212/572-6046 Bill Stack Queens Borough Public Library 89-11 Merrick Blvd. Jamaica NY 11432 fstack@queens.lib.ny.us Phone: 718/990-0825 Fax: 718/291-8936 Lisa Wemett Webster Public Library One Van Ingen Drive Webster NY 14580 lwemett@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us Phone: 716/872-7079 Fax: 716/872-7073 Ohio Mary Arnold Maple Heights Library 5225 Library Lane Maple Heights, OH 44317 mjarnold@hotmail.com Phone: 216/475-5000 x 35 Fax: 216/587-7281 Candace Bundy Cuyahoga County Public Library 4449 W. 213th Street Fairview Park OH 44126 cbundy@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us Phone: 440/333-4700 Fax: 440/333-0697 Elizabeth Fried Toledo Lucas County Public Library 501 River Road Maumee OH 43537 fried@tlc.library.oh.us Phone: 419/259-5315 Fax: 419/893-9509 C Allen Nichols Ella M Everhard Public Library 132 Broad Street Wadsworth OH 44281 c.allen.nichols@wadsworth.lib.oh.us Phone: 330/335-1299 Fax: 330/334-6605 Jo Phillips Akron - Summit County Public Library 55 S. Main Street Akron OH 44326 jphillip@ascpl.lib.oh.us Phone: 330/643-9186 Fax: 330/643-9094 Mitzi Segall Ohio Library Council 35 E. Gay Street Columbus OH 43215 OLCteacher@aol.com Phone: 614/221-9057 Fax: 614/221-6234 Oklahoma Rosemary Moran Tulsa City County Library 400 Civic Center Tulsa OK 74103 moran@tccl.lib.ok.us Phone: 918/596-7931 Fax: 918/596-7907 Oregon Ellen Fader Multnomah County Public Library 205 NE Russell Portland OR 97212 ellenf@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us Phone: 503/248-5408 Fax: 503/248-5441 Pennsylvania Margaret Butzler Bethel Park Public Library 5100 W. Library Avenue Bethel Park PA 15102 butzlerm@clpgh.org Phone: 412/835-2207 Fax: 412/835-9360 Mary Flournoy Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19103 flournoym@library.phila.gov Phone: 215/686-5372 Fax: 215/563-3628 Texas Jeri Baker Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street Dallas TX 75201 jbaker@lib.ci.dallas.tx.us Phone: 214/670-1760 Fax: 214/670-7839 Virginia Pat Muller Library of Virginia (after 12/7/98) Washington Caryn Sipos North Bend Library 115 E. Fourth North Bend WA 98045 carynsip@kcls.org Phone: 425/313-5792 From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:01:17 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Mothballing the Friends Group (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Doxtator, Jan" Subject: RE: Mothballing the Friends Group I too am interested to know if there is a sure-fire formula for keeping a Friends group going. We have gone inactive/active twice in the time I've worked at our library. When it worked best was when the library staff member did a large share of the planning, motivating, and executing of programs. The Friends group came to be one that expected to be entertained for a small membership fee, not one that wished to help library programs (not that they ill-wished the library either, but they were too busy to put in the time). When it worked worst was when the library staff member limited her role to pointing out programs that needed Friends support, both in time and money, and trying to motivate them to become involved. There simply weren't enough people willing to volunteer their time and/or felt they lacked the necessary talents. I don't think this problem is unique to libraries. I've experienced it in other volunteer pursuits. In conclusion, I decided that the time spent by the library staff in trying to get the Friends to do something was truly wasted and better spent at other tasks. I should point out also that we have a number of active volunteers for specific tasks in the library and that's worked beautifully for several years. Jan Jan Doxtator Assistant Director/Reference Librarian Portage County Public Library 1001 Main St. Stevens Point, WI 54481 715-345-5360 From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:01:30 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ALCTS TO SPONSOR INSTITUTE ON LIBRARY BINDING (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen Muller" Subject: ALCTS TO SPONSOR INSTITUTE ON LIBRARY BINDING The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section will sponsor a regional institute titled "New Directions in Library Binding" to be held in Los Angeles, March 11-12, 1999. The registration deadline is February 24, 1999. This institute is designed to train library staff in the administrative and operational functions of a library binding program. Supervisors of serials, technical services, binding, and preservation units will find the curriculum most useful. Increasing numbers of librarians are beginning to recognize that the careful, appropriate binding and rebinding of books and serials are key elements in preserving their collections. As the profession faces the accelerating deterioration of acidic paper, the damaging effects of photocopying, and the declining quality of many publishers' bindings, it becomes clear that library bindings must be not only strong, but also flexible. This institute will assess binding methods available under the Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding (8th ed.); provide information on the new draft ANSI/NISO/LBI Standard for Library Binding; offer hands-on instruction in choosing binding methods; outline criteria for establishing library specifications for particular binding tasks; describe simple repair techniques that can buttress your library binding program, and outline options for volumes that cannot or should not be bound; and offer recommendations for reorienting and enhancing your library binding program The institute includes eight plenary sessions, each with time for questions and discussion. Small group practica will train attendees to make binding decisions and manage quality control operations. The documentary film "Library Binding: A Shared Responsibility, A Collaborative Effort" will be shown. An optional tour of the Kater-Crafts Bookbinders in nearby Pico Rivera on Saturday, March 13, 1999 will allow participants to observe some of the methods and practices discussed in the institute and will help your staff evaluate the work of binders. The faculty includes: Sally Moyer (Library Binding Institute), Paul Parisi (Acme Bookbinding Company), Fritz James (Library Binding Service), Lynn Jones (University of California (Berkeley)), Wesley Boomgaarden (Ohio State University), Carol Eyler (South St. Paul (MN) Public Library), and Thomas Clareson (AMIGOS Bibliographic Council). Registration fees for the institute are $195 for ALCTS members, $245 for ALA members, and $280 for non-members. The fee for the optional bindery tour is $35, which must be paid at the time of registration. For registration information contact Yvonne McLean at 800/545-2433, ext. 5032 or e-mail ymclean@ala.org. An electronic brochure with registration form is also available on the ALCTS web site, http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/lbi.html. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. -- Karen Muller Executive Director, LAMA/ALCTS 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 USA 800-545-2433 x5031 312-280-5031 (direct line) fax: 312-280-5033 e-mail: kmuller@ala.org http://www.ala.org/alcts http://www.ala.org/lama -- Karen Muller Executive Director, LAMA/ALCTS 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 USA 800-545-2433 x5031 312-280-5031 (direct line) fax: 312-280-5033 e-mail: kmuller@ala.org http://www.ala.org/alcts http://www.ala.org/lama -- Karen Muller Executive Director, LAMA/ALCTS 50 E. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 USA 800-545-2433 x5031 312-280-5031 (direct line) fax: 312-280-5033 e-mail: kmuller@ala.org http://www.ala.org/alcts http://www.ala.org/lama From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:01:50 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Children's CD-ROM computers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: NCRML@NEOSOFT.COM Subject: Children's CD-ROM computers Our library was given a donation of a CD-ROM computer for children's educational games like Math Blaster and Millie's Math House. Are there any libraries out in PUBLIB land who have a CD-ROM computer in their children's section for children to play educational CD-ROMS? If so, what procedure do you follow in allowing access to this computer? Thank you in advance for any answers that you may have. George Dawson Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library 100 West Academy Brenham, Texas 77833 409-277-1271 409-277-1279 (fax) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Fri Nov 20 23:02:04 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] picture books and broadcast story times (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: syma zerkow Subject: picture books and broadcast story times Our community college wants to work with the Library to produce story times that would be broadcast on their cable channel. As I recall there are copyright problems with broadcasting illustrations, etc. from picture books. Has anyone done this? What is your procedure for getting copyright clearance? Or is there really no problem? TIA -------------------------------------------------------- Name: Syma Zerkow Coordinator of Materials Selection Houston Public Library Phone: 713-247-3541 Fax: 713-247-3531 E-mail: syma zerkow Date: 11/20/98 Time: 18:25:49 -------------------------------------------------------- From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:21:54 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Children's CD-ROM computers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Judi Crowley Subject: Re: Children's CD-ROM computers NCRML@NEOSOFT.COM wrote: > Our library was given a donation of a CD-ROM computer for children's > educational games like Math Blaster and Millie's Math House. > Are there any libraries out in PUBLIB land who have a CD-ROM > computer in their children's section for children to play educational > CD-ROMS? If so, what procedure do you follow in allowing access to this > computer? > Thank you in advance for any answers that you may have. > > George Dawson > > Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library > 100 West Academy > Brenham, Texas 77833 > 409-277-1271 > 409-277-1279 (fax) George, We have 2 children's CD-ROM computers donated by our local Mothers Club. They have educational games on them and are very popular. They provide entertainment and education for siblings during age specific programs, and many parents bring kids in to use them because they don't have computers at home and don't want their kids to be left behind in technology. We have a rather loose sign up procedure. Parents or kids sign up at the Circ Desk for a half hour period. If no one is standing in line at the end of their half hour, they can stay on. We usually don't have to enforce the half hour limit. The parents are aware of the rule and police it themselves. They seem to have adopted this rule as a way of teaching about sharing. In the meantime, we have a record (of sorts) of how much use the machines get. What is going to be really interesting is that we have just networked them with a third computer in the adult area, and will soon have them on the Internet. I'm preparing as best I can, but when that hook-up starts, all bets are off! Judi Crowley Hampstead Public Library Hampstead, NH 03841 (603) 329-6411 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:22:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Domestic Partnerships - Health Benefits (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Todd D. Conover" Subject: Domestic Partnerships - Health Benefits I am interested in finding out what libraries out there offer health coverage to employees and their domestic/same sex partners, and, those that do, how long has coverage been offered. Please, let's not make this a moral/religious issue....just the facts! Thanks, Gary Jones tdconove@mailbox.syr.edu From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:22:14 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Anyone interested in e-books? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dean C. Rowan" Subject: Re: Anyone interested in e-books? The next ALA mid-winter will feature a session--one of an annual ongoing series--sponsored by RMG Consultants and devoted to e-books. Dean C. Rowan Whittier Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:22:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Children's CD-ROM computers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: Children's CD-ROM computers We have two CD Rom workstations, one is loaded with programs for preschoolers and one with similar programs to yours for elementary school age children. They are =simply first come, first served. No sign ups, no waiting lists. If someone is waiting, they wait. We have no problems at all. We do not have a procedure for children to use when they browse our bookshelves. They don't have to show ID, etc. CD Rom is simply library material in another format. Works for us . On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 NCRML@NEOSOFT.COM wrote: > Our library was given a donation of a CD-ROM computer for children's > educational games like Math Blaster and Millie's Math House. > Are there any libraries out in PUBLIB land who have a CD-ROM > computer in their children's section for children to play educational > CD-ROMS? If so, what procedure do you follow in allowing access to this > computer? > Thank you in advance for any answers that you may have. > > George Dawson > > Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library > 100 West Academy > Brenham, Texas 77833 > 409-277-1271 > 409-277-1279 (fax) > > ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:22:40 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Video Fees (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Charlene Kennedy Subject: Video Fees The Carlsbad City Library has over 14,000 videos and rent them for $0.75. Our circulation of videos has been declining the past few years, and the Assistant Director wanted to aks the List to discuss the pros and cons of charging video fees. Thanks in advance for your input! Char Kennedy, Adult Services Coordinator Carlsbad City Library Carlsbad, CA ckennedy@owl From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 21 14:22:58 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Trainers offer services to public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Trainers offer services to public libraries I find it interesting that the trainers for California are all in the northern part of the state. While Southwest Airlines frequently offers inexpensive fares between Northern and Southern California, it seems to me that there should be some trained YA librarians in this end of the state. (Unless, of course, all the YA librairans in Southern California are *already* well-trained ) -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor, Sue Kamm Email: suekamm@class.org (The Cal Bears returned the ball 57 yards thanks to 6 laterals and the Stanford band. The image of Kevin Moen crashing into a Stanford band member in the end zone is a justly famous capper to this incredible game. Final score: Cal 25, Stanford 20.) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Sat Nov 21 17:40:26 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Video Fees (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: Re: Video Fees Grapevine Public Library does not charge any fees for the videos it loans to the borrowers. The overdue fees are the same as those of any other library materials. We do limit the check out period to one week because the collection is small (ca. 3000 videos). To me, all library materials should be available to any person with a valid library card. I have never been able to understand the practice of charging a patron (who has already paid for library services with either taxes or non-resident fees) additional fees for some types of materials. It is one thing to offer photocopiers as a mean of convenience (so the patron can copy and use the material at his/her own convenience) and another to charge for library materials because of the format of the materials. Bruce Bumbalough Reference Librarian Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, TX The views are mu own -- not those of the City of Grapevine. Charlene Kennedy wrote: > The Carlsbad City Library has over 14,000 videos and rent them > for $0.75. Our circulation of videos has been declining the past > few years, and the Assistant Director wanted to aks the List > to discuss the pros and cons of charging video fees. > Thanks in advance for your input! > > Char Kennedy, Adult Services Coordinator > Carlsbad City Library > Carlsbad, CA > ckennedy@owl From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 22 13:07:44 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:36 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Has anyone rec'd commitment letter? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Patricia Lawson" Subject: Has anyone rec'd commitment letter? According to the SLC's FAQ, my library should be among the the first wave(s), since we are applying only for POTS discounts and handled our Problem Fax quickly. A glance at my calendar tells me mid-November has come and gone. Have any of you received a Commitment Letter? Just between us, I felt it was Form 471 that should have been acronymed B.E.A.R. Pat --- Pat Lawson Wayne Public Library Wayne, New Jersey Be a friend! Join Friends of the Library Get free e-mail with a women.com membership at http://women.com! From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 22 13:08:13 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:36 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Domestic Partnerships - Health Benefits (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage Subject: Domestic Partnerships - Health Benefits We don't offer domestic partner coverage. Our board would be willing to do so, but none of the health care providers we've ever looked at permit that coverage. Do you have to negotiate harder with the providers? Is there trick language I should use? I'm anxious to hear what everyone's experience has been as I soon be putting together a benefits plan and would like to include this feature. Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plibnet2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:15:23 1998 From: plibnet2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (publib-net) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB-NET] RE: PUBLIB-NET digest 423 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: PETERSR@buffalolib.org Subject: RE: PUBLIB-NET digest 423 At the Amherst (NY) Main Library at Audubon, we allow children to use the educational CD's by giving us their card and asking for the proper CD that they want. They are allowed an hour and can stay on if no one else is waiting. The staff usually inserts the CD into the drive for them. From plibnet2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:15:35 1998 From: plibnet2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (publib-net) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB-NET] Children's CD-Rom Station (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Linda Zwick" Subject: Children's CD-Rom Station We at the Lawrenceburg Public Library do the following with our jCD-Rom station: We sign the patron in, or have a parent to, put the CD in the workstation, and bring up the program (if it isn't on one of our towers), and ask them or the parent to let us know when they've finished so that we can then sign them out, and remove the cd. It really doesn't take as much time as it sounds, and it gives us a bit more control; as well as monitoring what has taken place at the station, during which patron's use. LZwick, LPL Tech Support "Everyone believes in SOMETHING ... I believe Angels constantly watching over us!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:19:57 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Internet instruction (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Larry Gross Subject: Re: Internet instruction We have been offering formal Internet instruction at specific times for groups for several years now. We offer 4 eight week sessions some of which are geared toward beginners, while others the more advanced. Classes are posted only at the library, and there is a sign up sheet. The classes are well attended just by posting a sign in the library. We have a 30 inch television (purchased by the Friends) that is hooked to the computer for demonstration, so we can accommodate between 10-20 /class. We hire an instructor for the weekly classes paid for by the Friends. Classes are about an hour and a half, but the instructor stays an additional half hour for questions. After each class the participants are encouraged to either make an appointment to use the library internet computer, or use what they have learned at home. There is such a demand for knowledge and support for those wanting to use the Internet, that this service is really appreciated by those that participate. Marcia Gross Reference Librarian Williamstown Public Library From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:20:18 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Staffing levels in a public library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sandy Newell" Subject: Staffing levels in a public library I am looking for studies of public library staffing levels. The following gives some questions that will be used for a study being done at a library in Florida. What are some ways that libraries have effectively established staffing levels for a single county library system which has several branch libraries? I am collecting examples for those libraries who are providing a high level of service -- those that are considered excellent or award winning. How many professional and support staff do the libraries have and why? Is the number based on circulation, hours open, specific services, roles or service responses connected to the PLA planning process, statistics from comparable libraries,...???? What services are handle centrally and what is handled at the branch level, and how was this determined? What kind of knowledge, skills and training do the staff have or need? How was this built into the study. Thanks so much for any thoughts or recommendations on this... Sandra Newell State Library of Florida snewell@mail.dos.state.fl.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:20:41 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] CD-ROM games (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Newport Public Library Subject: CD-ROM games George, Our small rural library had, for a couple of years, a computer on which children played educational games (adults sometimes, too). As soon as we solve our equipment problems, we will again offer this. First, it provides a positive computer learning experience for kids and adults alike (especially mouse practice). Second, it gets a LOT of kids to spend a LOT of time in the library. The downsides? Our staff needed to spend a good bit of time enforcing the rules at the start. 10 minute limit if anyone is waiting, only 1 person per computer at a time.These rules evolved after the library turned into an after school "game arcade." The rest of the waiting kids-----read and studied, which they probably wouldn't have been doing if they hadn't been in the library. The noise level went up a bit, but so did circulation. The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, Writing Machine, Carmen SanDiego, Sim City (et al), and many others do a good job of stimulating young minds. Jeanne Heicher xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Newport Public Library Hours: 316 N. 4th St. Newport PA 17074 Mon.& Wed 1-8PM (717)567-6860 FAX(717)567-3373 Tues.& Thurs. 10AM-5PM http://www.pa.net/nppublib Fri. 1-5PM Sat. 10-noon Thank you for supporting your community library. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:21:07 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: e-books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Tim and Dianne Johnson Subject: Re: e-books Mr. Rippel was interested in exchanging ideas about how to promote e-books in libraries. While I'm not working in a library, I just wanted to say I agree with the idea of promoting them in libraries. I am a student working on my masters degree in library and information studies. E-books were mentioned in my collection management class, but that is it. I discovered more about them through the periodical, Biblio: Exploring the World of Books, November 1998, p. 28. The URL for the magazine is http://www.bibliomag.com. I wish Mr. Rippel and others luck, and I'll be intersted in your ideas as future reference. Sincerely, Dianne Johnson From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:21:24 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] web site announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Beth Carpenter Subject: web site announcement Hello: The Outagamie Waupaca Library System is pleased to present its new web site now available at http://www.owls.lib.wi.us! You will find information about OWLS, OWLSnet (our shared automation network), events, training opportunities, professional development tools, and links to online resources. Please take a look and let us know what you think! Beth A. Carpenter Electronic Resources Librarian Outagamie Waupaca Library System 920.832.6368 225 North Oneida Street 920.832.6422 FAX Appleton, Wisconsin 54911 bcarpent@owls.lib.wi.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:21:38 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Computer monitors under desk (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "jeff" Subject: Re: Computer monitors under desk Joanne, My reference desk is designed with the monitor underneath. I have been using it for over a year and I don't have any complaints. I have never experienced any kind of neck pain, nor has anyone else using my desk complained. One definite plus to this type of set up is that you have much more work space on top of the desk which comes in very handy. I also have one public access research computer with the same setup and I have not had any complaints from patrons who have used it. I think some people definetly prefer to have the monitor underneath for more privacy. Another public library that I work at part-time has 4 Internet terminals set up with the monitors underneath the desk. You literally have to stand behind the patron and look over their shoulder in order to see what is on the screen. This can be good or bad depending on the situation and the person using the computer. Some people feel that kind of privacy encourages people to access undesirable web sites, but thats another can of worms. Jeffrey M. Walden Reference Librarian Mattituck-Laurel Library jmwalden@suffolk.lib.ny.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:21:49 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Cash Registers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Joan L. Elmouchi" Subject: Cash Registers We couldn't live without our cash register at the circ. desk. We enter items under various keys (fines, videos, print-outs), and print out a tape each morning. Then we log the amounts and categories in a record book. The cash register also makes for less errors since it calculates the amount of change needed. We turn off the register tape function, however, since patrons rarely ask for it. Joan Elmouchi | elmouchi@tln.lib.mi.us Director Garden City Public Library | "Opinion is a species of property that Garden City, Michigan 48135 I am alway desirous of sharing with (734)525-8856 | my friends." - Charles Lamb fax: (734)421-6230 From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:21:59 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Program budgets (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: dlorenz@westhartford.lib.ct.us (Denis M. Lorenz) Subject: Program budgets I am looking for public libraries that use program budgets. My town is planning to move to a program budget and I am looking for examples of how to do it. In particular I am interested in the "cost centers" or "programs" that are used for the budget. My library, West Hartford Public, serves a community of 60,000. Any help would be greatly appreciated. From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:22:44 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Fwd: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he lik (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us Subject: RE: Fwd: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he lik Who else testified at this hearing? Susan Gegenhuber Principal Librarian, Community Services Pasadena Public Library 285 E. Walnut St. Pasadena, CA 91101 626-744-4069 sgegenhuber@ci.pasadena.ca.us > ---------- > From: KTDyer@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 9:20 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] Fwd: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he > likes it) > > > > I am taking the liberty of forwarding this to Publibbers because we have > been > discussing David Burt re his request for info along with other thoughts > about > him. --Karen Dyer > > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:03:33 -0500 > To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu > From: Declan McCullagh > Subject: FC: D.Burt on filtering sw in libraries (he likes it) > X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > > > From: Filtering Facts > Subject: My > testimony from this morning is on-line > X-UIDL: > d08722ed8bfdfa29432ecb4f20981402 > > > > Testimony before the National Commission on Library and Information > Science, > November 10. 1998 > http://www.filteringfacts.org/nclis.htm > > > From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:23:29 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Automation transition? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Stansifer Subject: Automation transition? Our small county library system is looking to automate (finally). I need some guidance as to order of steps: specifically, how did you handle the transition period when you'd sent your shelf list to be converted and when your system went online? There's got to be some time in there when no one has a clue as to what books they have and where they're located. Or so it seems to me. Also, was your shelflist/book inventory completely up to date and accurate before you converted it? I have some staff members who feel that we can't convert the collection unless the inventory has been completed (a delaying tactic? I'm not sure, but I need to know how important a "good" inventory is. Thanks for any information you can give me. If this has been discussed on-list *ad nauseam*, please reply to me personally. -- Glenna Stansifer, Library Director Inyo County Free Library Independence, CA, USA stansifer@qnet.com From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:23:49 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 681 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: AGDouglas@aol.com Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 681 Jim, Would it be possible to summarize your information on volunteers? We're in a tiny library with only one volunteer, and wonder if we should pound the pavement to find more. Just wondering Andrea Douglas, Dunbarton, NH (AGDouglas@aol.com) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:24:04 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Questions about how our Library Media Centers are changing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Alan Holtz Subject: Questions about how our Library Media Centers are changing The following questionnaire is for school librarians. Dear School Librarians: Thank you for your assistance by answering these questions for my term paper. This paper is for LIS 701 at Dominican University in River Forest, IL. The focus of the paper is dealing with changes in the school library media center. Thank you, Alan C. Holtz acholtz@yahoo.com 1. How has your role as a school librarian changed over the last 5 to 10 years? 2. What changes do you believe will occur in libraries over the next 5 to 10 years? 3. How has the Internet and On-line services changed your job? 4. How do you see the Internet, On-line services, and new technologies changing your job? 5. How do you think your school’s library’s collection may change over the next 10 years? 6. What has been the toughest change for you and your library? _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:24:28 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Employment Opportunities at the Ocean County Library (NJ) (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Ellen Parker Subject: Employment Opportunities at the Ocean County Library (NJ) Open house for full and part time public service Librarians on Monday, November 30, 1998 from 3-6pm. Tour our library, meet key staff, bring your resume. Ocean County Library System: A Great Place to Work! Please respond by November 24, 1998 to Al Pevey, Personnel Officer Ocean County Library 101 Washington St. Toms River, NJ 08753 732-349-6200 ext 812 732-349-473-1356 fax email: mbeach@oceancounty.lib.nj.us From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:24:45 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: internet instruction for patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Baltes Subject: re: internet instruction for patrons John Hauf asked about handling demand for internet instruction. We have purchased one video projection unit for each of our branch libraries (3) for such needs. It comes with all the necessary cables to plug either a VCR or a computer into it and projects the image onto a pull-down screen. Using the video projection unit, we can have ten people in a class and everyone can still see the screen. I would not recommend more than ten people or some participants may be less likely to share in the discussion. We went online last December and held a series of classes in January, days and evenings, until the sign-up sheet had no more names on it. We are starting up a new series this winter as our "snowbirds" return and want to know how to use the internet. We do use the video projection unit for other programs, such as staff training (Power point presentations), summer movie night (public performance rights, of course!), and other presentations. A worthwhile, if expensive, purchase. Jenny -- Jennifer M. Baltes Librarian Mohave County Library District e-mail:baltej@mohave.lib.az.us Charles C. Royall Memorial Library phone:(520)453-0718 1787 McCulloch Blvd. fax: (520)453-0720 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.--Edward Young From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Mon Nov 23 21:25:32 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Victory in Loudoun (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Michael Sims" Subject: Victory in Loudoun Victory in the Loudoun County censorware lawsuit -- "Although defendant is under no obligation to provide internet access to its patrons, it has chosen to do so and is therefore restricted by the First Amendment in the limitations it is allowed to place on patron access. Defendant has asserted a broad right to censor the expressive activity of the receipt and communication of information through the internet with a Policy that (1) is not necessary to further any compelling government interest; (2) is not narrowly tailored; (3) restricts the access of adult patrons to protected material just because the material is unfit for minors; (4) provides inadequate standards for restricting access; and (5) provides inadequate procedural safeguards to ensure prompt judicial review. Such a policy offends the guarantee of free speech in the First Amendment and is, therefore, unconstitutional." With those words at the end of a 46 page Opinion issued today, Judge Brinkema ruled that the use of X-Stop Librarian II to censor internet access in the Loudoun County Public Library is unconstitutional. For more information, a press release already is on the site of www.pfaw.org, and both a release and the opinion should be on www.aclu.org shortly. Not coincidentally timed, The Censorware Project has a new report, re-examining X-Stop Librarian II, exposing just how flawed the product still is, after our first piece on it a year ago and after a year's worth of litigation. This is the only software product that claims it can ban only obscenity - judge for yourself how close it comes to that claim. The report is available at http://censorware.org/reports/xstop/ . -- Michael Sims The Censorware Project http://censorware.org Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 00:12:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] "problem patrons" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David Jones Subject: "problem patrons" Hello, I am a library school student studying issues in the management of the public library. My focus for the rest of the semester will be on "problem patrons." Whether you call them patrons, clients, or customers, there are always users who cause problems or make someone feel uncomfortable. My question is this: Does your library have any policies on acceptable behaviors? How was this policy created (types of behavior considered, one episode that forced the issue, any legal aspects considered,etc.)? Does your policy have provisions for the homeless, mentally ill, violent personality, or other persistent problems? Any incidents you would like to share? Please email me at dcjones@students.wisc.edu. TIA, David C. Jones From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 00:12:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mainstream Loudoun victory (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen G. Schneider" Subject: Mainstream Loudoun victory Have you hugged your Bill of Rights today? .. >From the press: Library's Internet Block Shot Down By DALE HOPPER Associated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Virginia county's effort to block Internet pornography from computers in its public libraries is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said Loudoun County libraries are not required to offer Internet service but they must not violate the right to free expression if they offer access. ... (This is from the AP piece; in the interests of fair use, only the beginning is quoted. See more in your newspaper or favorite website!) .. Two small tidbits from the decision: p. 45 "Although defendant is under no obligation to provide Internet access to its patrons, it has chosen to do so and is therefore restricted by the First Amendment in the limitations is is allowed to place on patron access. Defendant has asserted a broad right to censor the expressive activity of the receipt and communication of information through the Internet with a Policy that (1) is not necessary to further any compelling government interest; (2) is not narrowly tailored; (3) restricts the access of adult patrons to protected material just because the material is unfit for minors; (4) provides inadequate standards for restricting access; and (5) provides inadequate procedural safeguards to ensure prompt judicial review. Such a policy offends the guarantee of free speech in the First Amendment and is, therefore, constitutional." p. 33 "Defendant alleges that the Policy is constitutional because it is the least restrictive means available to achieve its interests. The only alternative to filtering, defendant contends, is to have librarians directly monitor what patrons view. Defendant asserts this system would be far more intrusive than using filtering software. Plaintiffs and intervenors respond that there are many less restrictive means available, including designing an acceptable use policy, using privacy screens, using filters that can be turned off for adult use, changing the location of Internet terminals, educating patrons on Internet use, placing time limits on use, and enforcing criminal laws when violations occur." Oprah Winfrey was right... the First Amendment rocks! _________________________________________________________ Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com http://www.bluehighways.com Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters, Neal Schuman, 1997 Director, Garfield Library of Brunswick, NY garfield@crisny.org Garfield on the Web: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/garfield Information is hard work ------------------------------------------------------------ From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:32:29 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library Link Discussion (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Chris Keenan" Subject: Library Link Discussion Library Link - http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink Apologies for cross-posting Dear List Member, I would like to draw your attention to the Library Link discussion forum. Current discussions have been prompted by the MCB / Library Link workshop at IFLA '98 entitled 'Electronic Publishing: Librarian and Publisher Challenges, Now and Beyond 21st Century'. Since then the forum has received numerous posting from all over the world, debating a number of topics, such as: - The value added role for future librarians and information professionals - Networking issues - Librarianship and the virtual library - Electronic licensing - The Internet and the developing world Selected quotes from the postings include: "The virtual library is a myth." "...there will be fundamental changes in the distribution of research results in the future." "A widespread cannibalism is taking place..." "...librarians should know exactly how the Internet behaves." "Part of the librarians tasks could be performed as distance work or tele-work." If you have a issue that you thinks needs debating or a question that needs answering then the Library Link discussion forum will give you access to the views of hundreds of like-minded individuals. To join the discussion go to the Library Link homepage (http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink) and follow the link that reads "discussion". To receive postings from the discussion via e-mail, type your e-mail address in the box provided and click on the "subscribe" button. Library Link is a free online discussion and information forum for Librarians and Information professional world wide. If you wish to join Library Link then go to the homepage, follow the link that reads "join" and fill in your details. Yours, Chris Keenan Executive - Library Link From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:32:39 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Bookmobile for Sale (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Morrison Subject: Bookmobile for Sale If interested in our bookmobile, please respond to the adress below, not to the list. BOOKMOBILE FOR SALE The Palm Beach County Library System has a used bookmobile for sale at auction tentatively scheduled for December 12, 1998. Specifications and additional information are available to interested libraries by contacting PBCLS at: e-mail address phillipsg@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us fax (561) 233-2644, ATTN: Finance phone (561) 233-2600, Grace Phillips From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:33:32 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Loudoun lawsuit (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:13:04 -0800 (PST) From: Douglas Henderson To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: [PUBLIB] Loudoun lawsuit We are elated that court came down on the side of the first amendment. Here is what is happening. The decision required immediate action. The Chair of the Board, who is also delighted by the decision, decided we do not have a policy and shut the Internet down until the Board can meet on Tuesday night. We expect it to be a very long meeting with a lot of public comment. Staff has been on virtually every news show and has talked to all the major wire services. We are hoping that the Board will change the policy Tuesday night. There seems to be movement to develop a policy using the guidelines outlined in the decision. We are very grateful that the judge gave a lengthy opinion that offered direction. The Board's attorney asked the court to grant a 15 day stay so that we could offer Internet service while the Board had an opportunity to study the decision and meet but the judge refused the motion. I would personally like to thank Mainstream Loudoun for being tenacious. We are very fortunate to have a citizens group that is willing to take a stand. I would also like to thank Karen Schneider for her support during the entire process. It has taken us over a year to get to this point and even though we have a court decision that supports open access we still have a ways to go. From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:34:17 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Mission Statements And Collection Development Policy (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 06:40:30 -0800 (PST) From: Leila Shapiro To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Mission Statements And Collection Development Policy Our Mission Statement: The public library offers free and equal access to services and resources to help the people of Montgomery County find the ideas and information they need to sustain and enrich their lives. ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:34:58 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Automation transition? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: mgolrick@sclc.org (Michael A. Golrick) Subject: Re: Automation transition? Glenna Stansifer from the Inyo County Free Library asked: > >Our small county library system is looking to automate >(finally). I need some guidance as to order of steps: >specifically, how did you handle the transition period when you'd >sent your shelf list to be converted and when your system went >online? There's got to be some time in there when no one has a >clue as to what books they have and where they're located. Or so >it seems to me. > >Also, was your shelflist/book inventory completely up to date and >accurate before you converted it? I have some staff members who >feel that we can't convert the collection unless the inventory >has been completed (a delaying tactic? I'm not sure, but I need >to know how important a "good" inventory is. > >Thanks for any information you can give me. If this has been >discussed on-list *ad nauseam*, please reply to me personally. Actually, I don't recall seeing anything here in the last few years. I have been at 3 different libraries when they went "live." The one I remember least was a large system where new branches opened live, and exisiting branches were converted -- from the shelf, not the list -- until about 50% was reached and the rest were done "on the fly" as they were checked out and returned. The second library was doing a major retrocon project adding records to OCLC & the circ system simultaneously. Again when a predertmined mark was hit, the live date was scheduled. The last library (I was director there) relied heavily on volunteers to convert.....FROM THE SHELF. After we went live, there were stragglers....for years! The common theme.....do it from the actual items and not the shelf list. Then you are doing two things at once. You have an inventory & have it electronically. Why do the work twice? At the last library, until we got rid of the card catalog, we used to say, "Well, if you found it in the catalog and we can't find it in the computer, then we haven't seen it in X years." Good luck! Michael A. Golrick mgolrick@sclc.org Southern Connecticut Library Council 2911 Dixwell Ave, Suite 201 Hamden CT 06518-3130 voice: 203-288-5757 fax: 203-287-0757 Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side and a dark side and holds the universe together (Unknown) From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:35:57 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] wild-eyed patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Karen G. Schneider" Subject: wild-eyed patrons We often get thanked for our work, which definitely feels good, but this week a patron came in wild-eyed, saw me and practically shouted, "I"M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!" I even looked behind, in case she meant someone else... She then rattled off about this WONDERFUL book I had shown her that she ABSOLUTELY HAD to buy as a holiday present. She remembered the cover; it was a picture book based on a Bible verse; I showed it to her in October...I quickly dredged up the title. Again, many fulsome thanks, salaams of gratitude, etc. Shucks! What a nice warm fuzzy! I wish it were always that easy! (If you're curious, it was For Everything There Is A Season, pub 1998, Blue Sky Press, isbn 0590478877.) Anyway, that reminded me... as yet another "PUBLIB patron," I'm grateful for this community! So often we just "ask on PUBLIB" and so many people come through, so quickly! The camaraderie is a big lifeline for those of us in Petticoat Junctions around the country and the world. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! (And if you live in another country--happy Thanksgiving whenever it happens where you live!) "I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE!" _________________________________________________________________ Karen G. Schneider | kgs@bluehighways.com http://www.bluehighways.com Author: A Practical Guide to Internet Filters, Neal Schuman, 1997 Director, Garfield Library of Brunswick, NY... Soon: Brunswick Community Library! Garfield on the Web: http://www.crisny.org/not-for-profit/garfield/ From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Wed Nov 25 12:36:16 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: ALA/share room? Message-ID: Sender: Mar Jennings Subject: (no subject) Is there anyone interested in sharing a room or has a room to share at ALA Midwinter? Please contact me directly: Maureen Kilmurray Outreach Coordinator Wilruss Children's Trust (925) 646-6141 mkilmurr@mail.contra-costa.lib.ca.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:14:38 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Used Bookmobile for sale... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Chuck Huey Subject: Used Bookmobile for sale... Used Bookmobile for sale: Give your patrons a Xmas/New Year's gift! Certain to delight thousands; many happy returns. Clean, one owner, 51,000 miles. Two side doors, 31-foot 1988-model Bluebird Bus. Price $25,000 (negotiable). Please call 303/ 430-2400 ext. 2309 for more information & specs. --------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Huey Library Supervisor Westminster Public Library 3031 W. 76th Ave. Westminster, CO 80030 303 / 430-2400 x2309 chuey@libris.ci.westminster.co.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:14:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: wild-eyed patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Susan Taylor" Subject: Re: wild-eyed patrons I get that type of reaction on occasion also. It makes me feel almost embarrassed since all I'm doing is my job and the patron acts as if I have done them the most wonderful favor in the world. It's nice to be appreciated. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:15:02 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Vacancy - TN (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Cowan-Henderson Subject: Job Vacancy - TN LIBRARY DIRECTOR - Obion Co. Public Library - Union City, TN Position available 04/01/99 for Director of the Obion County Public Library, Union City, Tn., a library serving pop. of 32,000 in rural N/W, Tn. Requires ALA accredited MLS degree. Applicants should have public library experience. Responsibilities include staff supervision, planning, budgeting, collection development and public relations. Knowledge of library automation required. Salary 32,000-33,880 plus benefits. Applications accepted until position filled. Submit letter of application with resume and three references to Chairman, Obion County Public Library, 710 S. First St., Union City, Tn. 38261. EOE From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:16:55 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Privacy screens for public internet workstations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cindy Timmerman Subject: Privacy screens for public internet workstations This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D19F2FE18A0638A96BAFC564 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------C5CA93F019522F5CC1F8C599" --------------C5CA93F019522F5CC1F8C599 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all: Greetings from Loudoun County Public Library, where we have discontinued offering Internet access to the public after our Internet policy was ruled unconstitutional on Monday. Anticipating a Board of Trustees request for installing privacy screens on our Internet workstations, I am asking for information from any of you who use them: Make and model? Cost? Vendor? Any other comments about how they work..... Thanks very much! The Board is meeting on Dec. 1 to formulate the new policy, so your prompt replies would be appreciated. -- Thanks in advance! Cindy Timmerman tel;fax:703-771-5238 tel;work:703-771-5253 url:http://lcpl.lib.va.us org:Loudoun County Public Library email;internet:cindyt@lcpl.lib.va.us title:Assistant Director From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:25:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: internal paging/beeper system (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bob Harris Subject: Re: internal paging/beeper system We bought the JTech system for a large, two story concrete building. The page carries a receiver. It tells the receiver where the signal came from by virtue of either one, two, or three vibrations. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I don't recommend it. Contact me for more information. At 06:28 PM 11/24/98 -0800, you wrote: > My branch library needs a new system for alerting pages >that their assistance is needed at one of several locations >in the building. We have been using a Radio Shack paging >system (about $100), but it always breaks just after the >warranty period expires. > We need 2 home stations (one at the Info Desk, one at >the Circ Desk) from which to contact the library page who is >carrying the 1 "beeper." We need to be able to signal the >library page with a code or voice so that he does not need >to try to locate the signalling staff member to ask where >the problem is located. Currently (when the system works), >we transmit "001" if the problem is at the copiers, "002" is >the problem is at the reader/printers, etc. > Does anyone have a (not too expensive) system which >works reliably? We would appreciate hearing your >suggestions. > Helen > >-- >Helen W. Dewey hdewey@erols.com (Opinions expressed are >my own.) > Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County Public Library > 6450 Sydenstricker Road Phone (703) 644-7333 > Burke, VA 22015 FAX (703) 644-4035 > > > > > Bob Harris, Director Helen M. Plum Memorial Library (Lombard Public Library) 110 West Maple Lombard, IL 60148 voice (630) 627-0316 Fax (630) 627-0336 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:26:12 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Internet Instruction (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: megv@bville.lib.ny.us (Meg Van Patten) Subject: Re: Internet Instruction A couple of years ago when we moved in to our new building and expanded our professional staff we borrowed on the Buffalo and Erie County Library System. They have sessions they call "Technology Tuesday" and we named our sessions are called "Wired Wednesday". We offer a different topic each month covering basic internet searching, "Training your mouse" which is a basic introduction to Windows and various databases [Value Line, Info Trac, First Search, Moody's Company Data, Grolier Online, etc]. The same topic is repeated each Wednesday in the given month. The basic windows and basic internet sessions are offered more often than the other sessions. It is offered at different times of day to make it available to more people. The 1st Wed of the month is at 8am, the 2nd Wed at 10am, the 3rd Wed at 3pm and the 4th Wed a 6pm. We allow two hours for each session, however some sessions do not last that long it depends on the topic and the level of the participants. In the beginning it was generally a demonstration in the community room using an LCD panel. Now that we have more equipment in the computer lab we provide hands on sessions with a limit of six people per session. The programming librarian sets up the sessions and does the publicity but all of the librarians and the librarian assistant participate in teaching the sesssions. People are now used to the fact that we offer something every Wednesday and they ask or check the program flyers to find out the current offering. We also offer one-on-one appointments. A patron may make a one hour appointment with the librarian assistant who will work the person on whatever they need assistance with, which can range from the basics of how to use a computer to how to use a particular program or troubleshoot a specific problem. We also offer demonstration sessions 3 or 4 times every quarter on how to use the electronic catalog. Meg ******************************************************************* Meg Van Patten, Head BALDWINSVILLE Reference and Adult Services PUBLIC LIBRARY Baldwinsville Public Library 1948 - 1998 33 East Genesee Street PRESERVING THE PAST Baldwinsville, New York 13027 & PRESENTING THE FUTURE (315) 635-5631 ext. 206 [voice] (315) 635-6760 [fax] megv@bville.lib.ny.us [e-mail] http://www.bville.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 25 20:26:36 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Drive up library service (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Louise Stephens Subject: Re: Drive up library service Does anyone know of a library west of the Mississippi that has a drive up window for service. I have contacted several libraries in the midwest (Ohio) and on the east coast but am looking for western US windows. TIA -- Louise Stephens lstephe@glenpub.lib.az.us Glendale Public Library 5959 W Brown St Glendale AZ 85302 602-930-3567 Fax 602-842-4209 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 26 08:26:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Mission Statement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: Mission Statement Alameda County Library: The Mission: The Alameda County Library system provides and protects access to books, information and services that promote learning and enjoyment for everyone. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 26 11:58:22 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: mission statement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Helen W. Dewey" Subject: re: mission statement >From our homepage: The Fairfax County Public Library Mission Statement To provide and to encourage the use of library resources and services where the Fairfax County Public Library can best meet the evolving educational, recreational, and informational needs of all the residents of Fairfax County and Fairfax City, thus enhancing individual and community life. -- Helen W. Dewey hdewey@erols.com (Opinions expressed are my own.) Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County Public Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road Phone (703) 644-7333 Burke, VA 22015 FAX (703) 644-4035 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 26 11:58:54 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Cash Registers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mary Linse" Subject: Re: Cash Registers We had been pretty informal with our cash. We wrote down the amount collected and figured we were fine as long as the amount was consistent and was more over time. Our auditor suggested tightening up our money handling procedures. We hit resistance when we first got cash registers. "We've always done fine this way." "Why would you question my honesty?" It was a little rocky at first, but now its just a way of life and its been more than five years or more since anyone noticed the 'noise' it makes. I can't imagine doing business without it even though we now also use the receipt the DRA system prints out. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Nov 26 11:59:29 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fw: Privacy screens for public internet workstations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mary Linse" Subject: Fw: Privacy screens for public internet workstations We have been watching Loudoun County Public Library. Here we offer access to young children with parental permission. Parents must read and sign our policy that says parents decide what their children see and access. No privacy screen, monitored from the childrens reference. We have a YA station that sits beside the other two stations. The YA is without a privacy screen. The screens we use lift off in case all internet users happen to be teens. Make and model? 3M PF400L and 3M PF400S Cost? $115.59 Vendor? Global Computer, but we also bought two more that were on special from our local office supply store > >Thanks very much! The Board is meeting on Dec. 1 >to formulate the new policy, so your prompt >replies would be appreciated. -- Thanks in >advance! > >Cindy Timmerman > >tel;fax:703-771-5238 >tel;work:703-771-5253 >url:http://lcpl.lib.va.us Mary Linse, Supervisor of Support Services Olathe Public Library 201 E Park Olathe, KS 66061 919.393-6863 Opinions are my own. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 28 09:21:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Loudoun lawsuit (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Leila Shapiro Subject: Re: Loudoun lawsuit (fwd) I congratualte you and the citizens of Loudoun C ounty. In the end you will be able to provide the kind of library service you have wanted to provide and the people who use your libraries will be well served. I am glad you have a new chair who is on the side of the information seekers. Well done. > From: Douglas Henderson > To: plib2@webjunction.org > Subject: [PUBLIB] Loudoun lawsuit > > We are elated that court came down on the side of the first amendment. > Here is what is happening. The decision required immediate action. The > Chair of the Board, who is also delighted by the decision, decided we do > not have a policy and shut the Internet down until the Board can meet on > Tuesday night. We expect it to be a very long meeting with a lot of > public comment. Staff has been on virtually every news show and has > talked to all the major wire services. We are hoping that the Board will > change the policy Tuesday night. There seems to be movement to develop a > policy using the guidelines outlined in the decision. We are very > grateful that the judge gave a lengthy opinion that offered direction. > The Board's attorney asked the court to grant a 15 day stay so that we > could offer Internet service while the Board had an opportunity to study > the decision and meet but the judge refused the motion. > I would personally like to thank Mainstream Loudoun for being tenacious. > We are very fortunate to have a citizens group that is willing to take a > stand. I would also like to thank Karen Schneider for her support during > the entire process. It has taken us over a year to get to this point and > even though we have a court decision that supports open access we still > have a ways to go. > ///\\\ Leila Shapiro ///\\\ Bethesda Regional Library lshapiro@capaccess.org //\\ standard disclaimer //\\ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 28 09:21:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Louise Sevold/Technical Services Director Subject: JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Job title: Regional Subject Reference Specialist Legal Branch: Maple Heights Regional Hours: 40 hours/week Starting pay rate: $18.26/hour Pay level: U 14 Benefits: CCPL offers hospitalization, life insurance, state retirement plan, vacation/sick/holiday time and optional benefits Provides comprehensive library service locally and systemwide to customers and staff in subject specialty, legal resources. Responsibilities include: collection development, staff training, programming and outreach, and general reference duties, including the use of online, CD ROM and internet resources. Plans, organizes and participates in workshops and in service training at local, regional, and systemwide levels. May be designated as person in charge of the regional facility in the absence of a manager. Excellent customer service is our highest priority. QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from an ALA accredited library school and undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience in related subject specialty. Applicant should have at least three years of progressively more responsible library experience. Must have a thorough knowledge of legal specialty resources including Westlaw online and CD ROM, and internet legal resources, as well as basic general reference sources, and be familiar with library operations and organization. Must possess strong organizational and interpersonal skills, a high level of analytical and problem solving ability, and be skilled in directing customers to legal resources. The position requires a proven ability to work with a diverse public which has high expectations for library service, be public service oriented, and flexible enough to work a schedule which includes some Saturday, Sunday and evening hours. Proof of education will be required. Successful candidate must be able to spend as many as 48 hours in orientation/training at the Administration Building. Attracting patrons from a wide geographic area, as well as serving a diverse community of 27,089, Maple Heights Regional Library has a skilled staff, supported by the latest technology, excellent materials, and an active Friends group. With specialties in business, education, law, sociology, philosophy and religion, the collection includes 217,504 volumes, over 900 magazines, journals and newspapers, and 68,000 audiovisual and other materials. The 1997 circulation was 521,812. APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 11, 1998 Applications may be obtained by calling the Human Resources Division, Cuyahoga County Public Library (216)749 9464, 1(800)749 5560, (TDD# (216)749 9478) or by picking one up from any of the 28 local branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Please note: Completed applications can only be returned at the Administration Building, 2111 Snow Road, Parma, OH 44134, by 5 PM on or before December 11, 1998. Applications must be complete, accurate and current. Applications can be returned in person, by mail or FAX at (216)749 9479. Applicants using FAX should confirm receipt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Louise Sevoldlsevold@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | Technical Services Division Director | | Cuyahoga County Public Library | | 2111 Snow Road phone (216) 749 9383 | | Parma, Ohio 44134 fax (216) 749 9445 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 28 09:21:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Louise Sevold/Technical Services Director Subject: JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Job title: Public Services Librarian I, Adult Branch: Olmsted Falls Branch Hours: 40 hours/week Starting pay rate: $13.72/hour Pay level: U 11 Benefits: CCPL offers hospitalization, life insurance, state retirement plan, vacation/sick/holiday time and optional benefits Under general supervision, provides professional library services such as reference and reader guidance; participates in collection development. This entry level training position offers the new MLS graduate an excellent opportunity to develop professional skills. Applicants with experience working with a culturally diverse population will be preferred. Excellent customer service is our highest priority. QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from an ALA accredited library school, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills. Applicants must be flexible enough to work a schedule which will include evening, Saturday, and Sunday hours. Proof of education required. Successful candidate must be able to spend as many as 48 hours in orientation/training at the Administration Building. Serving the growing communities of Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township (pop. 15,121), the Olmsted Falls Library prides itself on providing personalized service from the historic Loomis home overlooking the picturesque falls of Plum Creek. Housing an integrated collection of 34,017 volumes and 5,547 audiovisual materials, the branch circulation has increased by 52% in the last 3 years. The 1997 circulation was 231,255. APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: DECEMBER 8, 1998 Applications may be obtained by calling the Human Resources Division, Cuyahoga County Public Library (216)749 9464, 1(800)749 5560, (TDD# (216)749 9478) or by picking one up from any of the 28 local branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Please note: Completed applications can only be returned at the Administration Building, 2111 Snow Road, Parma, OH 44134, by 5 PM on or before December 8, 1998. Applications must be complete, accurate and current. Applications can be returned in person, by mail or FAX at (216)749 9479. Applicants using FAX should confirm receipt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Louise Sevold lsevold@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technical Services Division Director Cuyahoga County Public Library 2111 Snow Road phone (216) 749 9383 Parma, Ohio 44134 fax (216) 749 9445 |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Nov 28 14:49:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: wild-eyed patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Bruce Bumbalough Subject: Re: wild-eyed patrons Getting appreciation from the patron (who is the person we are ultimately working for) is much more meaningful to me than anything else. I think those who get wild-eyed are the ones who are most insecure about their research and library skills. They really appreciate somebody helping them through the maze that almost any library seems to be. Bruce Bumbalough Reference Librarian Grapevine Public Library Grapevine, Texas Susan Taylor wrote: > I get that type of reaction on occasion also. It makes me feel almost > embarrassed since all I'm doing is my job and the patron acts as if I have > done them the most wonderful favor in the world. It's nice to be > appreciated. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 29 16:09:59 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Wide-Eyed Patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Christine Hage Subject: Wide-Eyed Patrons One of the things I missed most when I left the reference desk for the director's desk was the thanks I got from patrons. Thank yous for work done by a library director are few and far between. Sure they are there after the new building is opened or a tough press interview is handled well, but some projects take so long to complete or are so subtle they are not readily evident to someone other than the director. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of rewards for being a director, but the little thank yous and public smiles are something I miss. Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Nov 29 16:10:13 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Technical services inquiry (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Allison Rea" Subject: Technical services inquiry We are two graduate students in library studies at McGill University who are interested in finding information about technical services in a small public library. We were interested in locating a diagram outlining the technical services of public libraries. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time. Allison and Jennifer From plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU Sun Nov 29 21:43:26 1998 From: plib2 at sunsite.Berkeley.EDU (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Wild-eyed patrons (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: Wild-eyed patrons Bruce Bumbalough said: Getting appreciation from the patron (who is the person we are ultimately working for) is much more meaningful to me than anything else. I think those who get wild-eyed are the ones who are most insecure about their research and library skills. They really appreciate somebody helping them through the maze that almost any library seems to be. Honest, I know my way around a library. I also know the value of a reference librarian. I happen to know, very well, the reference librarians in my library and they are so fabulous and save me so much time. I rave about them. Even though I grew up in libraries, am a Friend of our library, a county library commissioner and a member of the board of our state's library trustee organization, I probably use reference's help more than most people. I get tickled pink and more than a little thrilled every time I get my quick answers! -- Karen Dyer From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:41:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: leasing computers for public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: stever@derry.lib.nh.us Subject: Re: leasing computers for public libraries The librray I worked at last year checked on leasing computers. We had had great success with leasing photocopiers (instead of purchasing them), and the same factors seem to apply - obsolensence after just a few years, expensive service calls, etc. We found it much less expensive to purchase than to lease. At my present library, we went out to bid on the purchase or lease of 15 computers - for an up to date Pentium 200MMX with color monitor, CD-Rom drive, extensive memory, etc. we were quoted prices as low as $ 1,075 per unit. Leasing would have been as high as $ 700 more per unit for a 3-year lease. We sent out bid specs. to national companies like Dell and Compuserve as well as local companies. The locals gave us much better pricing. We went ahead and purchased the machines. I understand that set-ups like we have have gone down by as much as $ 200 since we bought. If you go ahead and lease, make sure the lease quote includes all charges, including financing, insurance on the equipment, maintenance, shipping (to you and your shipping back to the company at the end of the lease period), processing fees, etc., and that the supplier states that you will be guaranteed the price indicated even if the lease is taken over by another company. Hope this helps! Steve Russo Derry NH Public Library phone: 603-537-9201 fax: 603-432-6128 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:42:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] PLA Committee Opportunities (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Lind Hage" Subject: PLA Committee Opportunities > We're still looking for ALA/PLA members who want to serve on committees. > We > currently have openings on Adult Life Long Services, Basic Education and > Literacy Services, Job and Career Information Services; and Multicultural > Services. > > If you are a member of ALA and PLA and are interested in working with > others > who are interested in the above services please contact Cynthia Issacs > (cisaacs@queens.lib.ny.us). She is looking for volunteers. Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:42:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Drive up windows (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ds752@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Terry L. Wirick) Subject: Drive up windows In reference to drive up service at libraries, there was something that I thought would be neat for the new Erie main library. The Blasco Library is located next to Presque Isle Bay in Erie PA. When the library was in the planning stages, I thought that it would be neat to have a float up window for the boaters. While the Blascco Library is close to the waterfront, it isn't close enough to have a float up window. Still, it could have been a fun feature of the library. Terry Erie County Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:42:25 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Training Strategies Trainer Position (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mary Stillwell Subject: Training Strategies Trainer Position Training Strategies Trainer The Gates Center for Technology Access (formerly TRI), a Seattle-based non-profit organization, is searching for highly motivated individuals to assist in the implementation of a nationwide grant program. The position of Training Strategies Trainer involves designing and delivering training in the GCTA Seattle offices for librarians from around the country. The Seattle-based training focuses on helping public and state library training personnel design and implement training programs in conjunction with their Gates Library Initiative grants. This position requires a Master of Library and Information Science degree or equivalent experience, familiarity with the Windows environment and PC hardware and troubleshooting, and at least one year teaching or training in a formal or informal environment. It is preferred that the trainer has public library experience. The ideal candidate must be flexible, able to adapt to dynamic situations and be willing to travel occasionally. Annual starting salary is $36,000. Send electronic resumes to: mary@techresource.org Or mail to: Gates Center for Technology Access Attn: Mary Stillwell 106 Lenora Street Seattle, WA 98121-2210 For a full description of this and other available positions, see our web site at: www.techresource.org/jobs.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:42:37 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Urban Library Journal (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Adams, Michael" Subject: Urban Library Journal Please excuse cross-postings. Urban Library Journal, a refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting. Urban Library Journal, formerly known as Urban Academic Librarian, also invites submissions in broader areas such as public higher education, urban studies, multiculturalism, library and educational services to immigrants, preservation of public higher education, and universal access to World Wide Web resources. Topics for columns and special issues will also be entertained. Urban Library Journal will publish two issues annually. Manuscripts, editorial correspondence, and comments should be addressed to Dr. Michael Adams, Mina Rees Library, CUNY Graduate Center, 33 W. 42nd St., New York, NY 10036-8003 or 212-642-2878 or madams@pobox.gsuc.cuny.edu. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:42:47 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Humidity Levels in Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Toole MWL (978) 658-2967" Subject: Re: Humidity Levels in Libraries The Northeast Document Conservation Center in Andover, Massachusetts puts out a Technical Leaflet entitled "The Environment". In it, they state that "A frequent recommendation is a stable temperature no higher than 70 F, and a stable relative humidity between a minimum of 30% and a maximum of 50%." You can contact them at 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494, tel 978-470-1010. Laurel Toole, Head of Tech Services Wilmington Memorial Library, 175 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington, MA 01887 toole@mvlc.lib.ma.us On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, jhartmann wrote: > The person in charge of our HVAC asked me if there are any recommended > standards for humidity levels in public libraries. Anyone know of such a > standard, or where I might find one? He said we are currently at about > 34%, and that houses are usually at about 40 - 45 %. Thanks in advance > for any info. > > -- > Jill Hartmann, Head Adult/Extension Services > Racine Public Library 75 7th Street Racine, WI 53403 > (voice) 414-636-9247 jhartman@wi.net FAX 414-636-9260 > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:43:03 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Collection Development Policies for AV Materials (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Keith Allen Subject: Collection Development Policies for AV Materials We are in the process of writing specific collection development /selection policies for realia and av formats (music, videos, & circulating cdroms). We have electronic access and Freedon to View statements. Any av/realia policies you could share would be appreciated. We plan to include all of our selection policies on our library's home page when completed. Thanks in advance. Keith Allen Collection Development Tampa-Hillsborough County Pulbic Library scfn@thpl.lib.fl.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:43:11 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "W. Cromwell-Kessler" Subject: PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING COLLECTION LEVEL CORE RECORD PROPOSAL: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS In 1994 a group of visual arts librarians (the RLG Art and Architecture "Inaccessible Domain" Materials (InDoMat) Working Group) began work on developing recommendations for a brief collection level record designed to help bring ephemeral materials under control in an efficient and economical manner. The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Collection Level Core Record proposal is an effort to build on the work already done by the InDoMat group and to generalize it for wider applicability. It is the hope of the Committee that the libraries will find in this proposal a useful addition to the options for bibliographic control that are offered by the PCC. The PCC Standards Committee wants to know whether or not you would find the element set described in the proposal useful within the scope that has been defined for it and, if not, how the proposed element set or the scope should be amended. The Committee is also interested in how such a collection level core might need to be expanded to accommodate additional types of special material or physical formats. The Core level proposal can be found on the PCC Web Page at http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc under "What's new with the program for cooperative Cataloging." Please review the proposal and send your comments BEFORE JAN. 15, 1999 to: Joan Schuitema, Chair PCC Standards Committee (JSCHUIT@WPO.IT.LUC.EDU), (submitted by Willy Cromwell-Kessler, RLG on behalf of the PCC Standards-Committee) From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Nov 13 20:43:20 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:27:58 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] young adult author programs answers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "karin boughey" Subject: young adult author programs answers Finally here is a summary of some of the responses I received for my query about planning YA author programs. Many of you suggested that I get in touch with Library and School media co-ordinators at publishers. It was also suggested that I could write to the authors directly, which I have done. Thank you to those who provided author addresses when asked. The Internet also proved to be a great source for author contact information. A special thanks to those of you who took the time to call or fax me information about planning the author visit. Sounds like God is really in the details here! Any information that people need, I'd be glad to call or email. Thanks a lot. Karin Boughey Adult Services Librarian West Bloomfield Township Public Library West Bloomfield, MI (248) 682-2120 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 09:29:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] building project & furniture bids/orders--help! (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Bone Subject: building project & furniture bids/orders--help! Help! Our library is in the midst of a building project. We're currently getting bid documents ready for the furnishings. Our question is this: How far ahead of our anticipated move back into the building should we request furnishings be delivered to the library? Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jennifer ******************************************************************** Jennifer Bone Phone: (603) 352-0157 Head of Technical Services Fax: (603) 352-1101 Keene Public Library 60 Winter Street Email: jbone@ci.keene.nh.us Keene, NH 03431 Home: jbone@top.monad.net ******************************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:09:13 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fw: Response to when the alarm goes off... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "MPerelman" Subject: Fw: Response to when the alarm goes off... -----Original Message----- From: MPerelman To: nhilyard@lvdl.org Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 5:57 PM Subject: Response to when the alarm goes off... >I am a security consultant specializing in workplace violence issues in the >non-profit sector and I consult with a number of libraries. I don't sell any >products, but I do provide advise. > >I suggest the following things for "when the alarm goes off..." > >1) Recognize that absolutely nothing in the libary collection is worth an >injury to a staff member or patron. > >2) Make your staff aware of state laws governing theft in your state. Some >states have laws that are specific to libraries and museums. Others use the >general theft / larceny statutes. Knowing and understanding the law >prevents law suits. > >3) Pre-plan how you will approach a subject. Optimally, two people should >make the approach. Only one person is the spokesman. > >4) Avoid approaching too closely a person you believe is attempting to >commit a theft. A cornered person is a dangerous person. Be aware of his >or her body languange: belligerent? submissive? confused? > >5) What phrasing will you use (ie. "Excuse me. We may have accidently >missed checking out one of your books...")? In fact, it is possible the >person or staff member DID accidently fail to properly check out an item. > >6) If it can be straightened out -- swell. If the person becomes >belligerent or runs, call the police. They get paid to wrestle criminals, >librarians don't. > >7) "A short pencil is better than a long memory." Make immediate notes >describing the person starting at his or her head (hat?) to his or her feet. >As soon as you can, update the information provided to the police -- they >may see the suspect on their way to your library. Keep the description for >a possible court date. > >8) Write an incident report so information of the incident can travel up >the chain of command. Perhaps something can be done in the library to >prevent a similar thing from happening. Provide the description and >information gleaned from the incident to all staff: "what we did right, >what we could improve upon." > >9) Provide the information to other libraries in the area who may be >victimized by the same person. > >If you have any more questions, I can be reached at secure80@compuserve.com. > >Mike Perelman, CPP > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:10:14 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: use of volunteers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Georgean C. Johnson-Coffey" Subject: Re: use of volunteers > From: Jimbobsky@aol.com > Subject: use of volunteers > I am writing a paper for my Public Libraries course at URI and would like > some feedback from libraries that use volunteers. I am interested in hearing > what the pros and cons are. In any organization, the work accomplished by volunteers - the outcomes - are only as good as the the volunteer services program. For best results the right person - the rightvolunteer - needs to be placed in the right job. The same principles need to be in play for volunteer staff and paid staff - same expectations, also. > Do you use them because of staff vacancies? > budget problems? No. >to increase community involvement? This is one positive aspect of volunteer involvement in libraries. > How do you address > training? Training of volunteers is done by the staff within each department/agency which supervise and utilize the skills of volunteers. > Do they do the work of professional librarians? It depends on what the task is. Some professional librarians in our system teach Internet classes to the public. We also have a qualified volunteer that does this. Some children's librarians cut out turkey name tags for upcoming Thanksgiving programs. We also have volunteers who do this. >Do they replace > paraprofessional staff? No. >Are they an adjunct to regular staff? Volunteers augment paid staff as both work together to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of patrons. >Why might you > choose not to use them? If you are asking about not placing an individual in a particular position it would be because they do not meet the qualifications that are spelled out in written position descriptions and at the time of the interview it becomes evident that a position in the library would not be an appropriate placement for him or her. The bottom line is meeting the needs of the patrons and carrying out the mission of the library. I work at the comfort level of department/agency managers. In our system, volunteers shelve some books in some agencies. IN other agencies within the system, managers would have heart attacks if volunteers accomplished this task. >Thank you all for your insights. It will be nice to hear from people on the front lines after reading about this issue in the literature. I hope you are reading literature on volunteer management outside the library world. Anything written by leaders in the volunteer management field such as Steve McCurley, Susan Ellis, Rick Lynch to name a few, need to be read. Although the tide is changing thanks to people like Bonnie McCune, Terry Nelson and Sally Gardner Reed, there still tends to be a less than positive view of volunteers in the library industry compared to other area of nonprofit and public service. (The Allen County Public Library, a system with a main add 13 branch libraries, 385 employees, and annual circ. of 4.2 million serves a population of over 300,000 and is proud to be able to utilize the skills and talents of 500 volunteers.) -Georgean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgean C. Johnson-Coffey Volunteer Services Manager "When faced with Allen County Public Library two alternatives, 900 Webster PO Box 2270 choose the third." Fort Wayne IN 46801-2270 -Madonna Kilbenschlag USA 219) 421-1233 FAX: 219) 422-9688 E-MAIL: gjohnsoncoffey@acpl.lib.in.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit My Department's Home Page: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/volunteer_services/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:10:25 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] safety listserv (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: JOANNE DOYLE Subject: safety listserv Does anyone know of a listserv that deals with safety issues in public libraries. Our assistant director thought there was one sponsored by ALA, but we couldn't find it. Joanne Doyle Wicomico County Free Library Salisbury, MD jd0014@mail.pratt.lib.md.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:10:48 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Computer workstations with resessed monitors (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: JOANNE DOYLE Subject: Computer workstations with resessed monitors (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:13:39 -0500 (EST) From: JOANNE DOYLE To: publib-net Subject: Computer workstations with resessed monitors Has anyone tried a type of computer workstation in which the monitor is housed below the surface of the table, giving the appearance of a flat desktop and thus providing privacy to the user as well "improving student/teacher interaction through enhanced eye contact." (Quote taken from the University Products catalog description of the Nova workstation.) Because the user is looking down at at 20-40 degree angle instead of up, this is supposed to alleviate neck pain. If any of you have tried this type of workstation, can you share the pros and cons? Joanne Doyle jd0014@mail.pratt.lib.md.us Wicomico County Library Salisbury Maryland From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:11:02 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Changing school library questionaire (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Alan Holtz Subject: Changing school library questionaire POST The following questionaire is for school librarians. Dear School Librarians: Thank you for your assistance by answering the following questions for my term paper. This paper is for LIS 701 at Dominican Universtity in River Forest, IL. The focus of the paper is dealing with changes in the school library media center. Thank you, Alan C. Holtz acholtz@yahoo.com 1. How has your role as a school librarian changed over the last 5 to 10 years? 2. What changes do you believe will occur in libraries over the next 5 to 10 years? 3. How has the Internet and On-line services changed your job? 4. How do you see the Internet, On-line services, and new technologies changing your job? 5. How do you think your school’s library’s collection may change over the next 10 years? 6. What has been the toughest change for you and your library? _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:11:50 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Change (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Lind Hage" Subject: Job Change After much consideration, I have decided to leave my position at the Rochester Hills Public Library. On January 4th, I will be assuming the directorship of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library in Macomb County. Building on the wonderful experiences I have had building the RHPL, I am excited to have another opportunity to help an emerging library step forward to a new level of advancement in terms of writing policies and procedures, hiring staff, and building a new state-of-the-art library facility. My 18 years here at the Rochester Hills Public Library have been a wonderful experience. I've enjoyed the opportunity to serve the community I've lived in and will continue to live in. Working with the Board, the community and staff, we have built a nationally recognized library facility staffed with people and guided by a Board that all recognize and stand to meet the exciting challenges of the coming century. My sadness at leaving such an effective and dedicated team is tempered by the opportunity to grow professionally by guiding another library system to achieve excellence in serving the public. I've seen how important and appreciated a public library can be in a community by the reception I've received at here in Rochester. I hope to create the same kind of working relationship and library holdings and facility for the residents of Clinton and Macomb Township. The library won't be exactly the same, but I hope that it distinctively fits their community Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:12:27 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Rewards for the healthy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Carolyn Caywood Subject: Rewards for the healthy (fwd) I have to say this is not my experience. I find that staying home for illness is something people learn as children and is almost impossible to change. That is, if an employee was raised (as I was) that you'd better be at death's door before you stay home, that pattern is life-long. Conversely, those who were allowed to stay home from school with a headache will continue that pattern as employees and as parents. Each will very sincerely believe that she is doing "what's right" and will evaluate her condition to work as her parents did. It may be that a big enough reward might change that -- I've never been in a position to experiment. But, what I see is that people have "core values" about their own health that are very resistant to change. Carolyn Caywood Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 18:48:50 -0800 (PST) > Message-Id: > From: Bruce Bumbalough > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [PUBLIB] Rewards for the healthy > > In a perfect world, good health would be its own reward. However, in > today's society people see unused sick leave as a benefit they didn't > get. If there is no reward for conserving sick time, people will abuse > it. They will take sick days when they don't need them just to get the > benefit. > > Rewarding employees for conserving sick time helps the library by > increasing morale, being more equitable, and encouraging wellness > practices. It also allows the library to pay benefits at a time the > library selects. "Paying" benefits by allowing employees to abuse sick > time creates reduced efficiency and lowers morale. > > Bruce Bumbalough > Reference Librarian > Grapevine Public Library > Grapevine, TX > > The views are my own -- not those of my employer. > From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Nov 16 23:12:36 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:00 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RFP's for Building Counsultants (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: scompton@mckinneytexas.org (Sue Compton) Subject: RFP's for Building Counsultants I am looking for sample copies of RFP's for building consultants (for building a new facility). If you have one you will share please let me know. Thanks. Sue Sue Compton Like eating an elephant, one piece at a time! McKinney Memorial Public Library 220 N Kentucky St McKinney Texas 75069 972-562-0094 972-542-0868 Fax scompton@mckinneytexas.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:46:45 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] JOB POSTING/CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Louise Sevold/Technical Services Director Subject: JOB POSTING/CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY JOB POSTING CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Job Title: Branch Manager Branch: Middleburg Heights Branch Hours: 40 hours/week Pay Level: M 10 Starting Pay Rate: $22.50/hour ($46,814 annually) Benefits: CCPL offers hospitalization, life insurance, state retirement plan, vacation/sick/holiday time and optional benefits Under broad supervision, manages overall branch operation. Coordinates all branch services, including development of a popular collections. Selects, supervises and evaluates staff. Develops a budget, provides service to the public and provides coalition building between library and community. Administers collective bargaining agreement. Ability to assist in promoting the library's diversity initiative. Applicant must have strong, positive managerial, interpersonal and leadership skills. In addition, applicant must have a "vision" of library services and be prepared to take risks (i.e., service expansion, creativity, not afraid to try new ideas). Excellent customer service is our highest priority. QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from an ALA accredited library school, with 6 or more years of progressively more responsible experience as a public services librarian with a minimum of 2 years of substantial supervisory experience. Proof of education, resume and 3 written (letters) work references are required to apply. Successful candidate must be able to spend as many as 48 hours in orientation/training at the Administration Building. Middleburg Heights, a suburban community of 14,500+ is home to a growing service oriented business community, the growing Southwest General Health Center campus and a growing senior population. The library, located in the municipal complex at Big Creek Parkway and Bagley Road, houses an integrated collection of 77,000 books, periodicals and audio visual items. The 1997 circulation was approximately 326,000. The library facility has recently undergone an interior renovation. APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 1998 Applications may be obtained by calling the Human Resources Division, Cuyahoga County Public Library (216)749 9464, 1(800)749 5560, (TDD# (216)749 9478) or by picking one up from any of the 28 local branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Please note: Completed applications can only be returned at the Administration Building, 2111 Snow Road, Parma, OH 44134, by 5 PM on or before November 30, 1998. Applications must be complete, accurate and current. Applications can be returned in person, by mail or FAX at (216)749 9479. Applicants using FAX should confirm receipt by phone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Louise Sevold lsevold@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | Technical Services Division Director | | Cuyahoga County Public Library | | 2111 Snow Road phone (216) 749 9383 || Parma, Ohio 44134fax (216) 749 9445 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:47:01 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Sick leave (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue-Ellen Jones Subject: Sick leave To my colleagues, I have read the postings on this subject with great interest but I notice that many of us are concerned with how to minimize the use of sick leave. Certainly there should be an emphasis on wellness and people should not abuse their sick leave (in a perfect world). My concern is that far too many of us work when we really are sick and SHOULD be at home. We infect our colleagues and don't really perform at our best. I suppose that my point is this: certainly, we should encourage wellness programs and avoid policies that encourage sick leave abuse, but please, when you're sick, stay home! Just my quarter's worth, Sue-Ellen Jones Reference Librarian Fort Collins Public Library Fort Collins, CO jones@libsys.ci.fort-collins.co.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:47:12 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] thanks to all (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jimbobsky@aol.com Subject: thanks to all Hello everyone! I want to thank everyone who responded to my call for info on volunteers. I have been inundated with replies and believe I have a well-rounded picture of the pros and cons of volunteer usage. Since I am about to start writing in the next few days, I would ask that the group not send me any more messages on this topic as I will probably not be able to incorporate your responses into my paper. Thank you again to everyone. Jim From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:47:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Professional fundraisers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Lind Hage" Subject: Professional fundraisers Years ago we hired a professional fundraiser to see what our prospects were in the community. She said there was a lot of money, but not big money. We paid $14,000 for her services and I think we might have raised $20,000. We had a net gain and did get a report telling us what to do, but I think we're more successful just doing the work ourselves. I guess this is just another case of live and learn. Christine Lind Hage President, Public Library Association Director, Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Road Rochester, MI 48307-2043 Voice: 248/650-7122 Fax: 248/650-7121 Email: hagec@metronet.lib.mi.us http://metronet.lib.mi.us/ROCH/ch.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:51:10 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] School library media specialists (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Drhuminbrd@aol.com Subject: School library media specialists Hi! I am in the same class with Alan Holtz and we are working on similar papers for our finals except that I am particularly interested in primary school libraries. If you don't mind, I'd like to know some of the very same things that Alan has requested, especially the future changes you feel would be beneficial to school libraries as we move into the 21st century. Any insightful information about where school librarians have been and where they will need to be to keep up with the changes in technology and consumer library use, and the role of the school library media specialist in relationship with the teachers, the students and the administrators of the school. I would appreciate any input, and thanks ahead of time for your help. Please send to: Drhuminbrd@aol.com Sincerely, Sharon M. Carr From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 09:52:58 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Question about hiring professional fundraisers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Georgean C. Johnson-Coffey" Subject: RE: Question about hiring professional fundraisers The September, 1998 Nonrpofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, a publication of ARNOVA (Assoc. of Reasearch on Nonprofit Organizationa and Voluntary Action), has a good article, "The Impact of Professional Solicitors on Fund-Raising in Charitable Organizations", by Janet Greenlee and Teresa Gordon. It also has numerous references. -Georgean > One of the libraries in our system is exploring the possibility of hiring a > professional fundraiser to assist with raising money for a building project. > > The library is in a small rural village which is also home to a small yet > prestigious private university. We would appreciate any input regarding the > pros and cons of hiring such a person, qualities to look for if a decision > is made to > hire, expected range of fees, and any other pertinent information or > experiences you may wish to share. > > Thanks, > Beverly Choltco-Devlin > Mid-York Library System > 1600 Lincoln Ave. > Utica, NY 13502 > 315-735-8328 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgean C. Johnson-Coffey Volunteer Services Manager "Keep as Allen County Public Library sane as 900 Webster PO Box 2270 you can but Fort Wayne IN 46801-2270 don't over do it." USA -Ivan Scheier 219) 421-1233 FAX: 219) 422-9688 E-MAIL: gjohnsoncoffey@acpl.lib.in.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit My Department's Home Page: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/volunteer_services/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:30:17 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Strikes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Arnold, Darlene" Subject: Strikes I am trying to gather information from a library management perspective to help prepare for a potential strike in a public library. We've found one article in library literature from an academic library with checklists, etc. but are looking for any additional information, checklists, actual plans, etc. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank you. Darlene Arnold Senior Librarian Library Development and Services MN Dept. of Children, Families and Learning Darlene.Arnold@state.mn.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:30:27 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] In-house Library Publications (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Linda Loomis Subject: In-house Library Publications I am interested to know how other libraries submit requests for small informational publications which are distributed to the public, such as brochures, flyers, etc. More specifically, do you have a graphic artist on staff responsible for layout, graphic design, etc. or does your professional staff, who has done all the research, create camera-ready material? I would appreciate any information you might have relative to this subject. Thank you, Linda Besbekos Executive Assistant Oak Lawn Public Library 9427 S. Raymond Avenue Oak Lawn, IL 60453 linbes@lib.oak-lawn.il.us -- IMail Server for Windows NT. Evaluation version. Copyright (c) 1995-98 Ipswitch, Inc. http://www.ipswitch.com/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:30:52 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Bestseller Rental Collections (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Nancy Miller Subject: Bestseller Rental Collections I suspect this has been discussed before, but please bear with me and respond, if you can. In the wake of our library's recent referendum defeat, our City Council is looking for revenue sources. One idea that has re-surfaced here is a bestseller rental collection. I am interested in knowing, if others on the list have a bestseller rental collection. If so, would you kindly answer the following questions. If you reply to the list, please also copy me. Thanks. 1. How do you define a bestseller? 2. What is the circulation period for your rental collection? 3. Do you use a lease plan or do you own the books in your rental collection? 4. Do you allow holds/reserves? 5. Do you allow renewals? 6. How much do you charge for the rental collection? Nancy Miller Collection Development Librarian Virginia Beach Public Library nmiller@vsla.edu From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:34:19 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Desk Top Publishing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Linda Loomis Subject: Desk Top Publishing Our library has WordPerfect 6.1 installed on our LAN. Our graphic artist is using PageMaker 6.1 Desktop Publisher to create brochures and other handouts for the public. We have been running into problems transferring files into PageMaker which were created in WordPerfect with selected fonts. I would like to know what other graphic artists are using and if they have been running into any similar problems. Thank you, Linda Loomis-Besbekos Oak Lawn Public Library linbes@lib.oak-lawn.il.us -- IMail Server for Windows NT. Evaluation version. Copyright (c) 1995-98 Ipswitch, Inc. http://www.ipswitch.com/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:35:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Posting (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Julianne Lovelace" Subject: Job Posting Richardson Public Library in Richardson, Texas has upgraded the circulation supervisor position to a Librarian II. We are searching for a professional with some circulation know how. Salary Range $3,338-$$3,681 per month. If you are interested please contact: Human Resources City of Richardson 972/238-4150 Or: Julianne Lovelace Director of Library Services Richardson, TX 75080 972/238-4000 Richardson is a suburb of Dallas. ********************************************************************** ** JOB TITLE: Librarian II - Circulation APPROVED DEPARTMENT: Library CIVIL SERVICE BOARD CLASS CODE: EFFECTIVE:___________ CIVIL SERVICE X NON-CIVIL SERV. _____ COMPETITIVE _____ NON-COMPETITIVE X INITIALS EXEMPT X NON-EXEMPT ____ ____ ____ ___ FULL TIME X PART TIME ____ ____ ____ ********************************************************************** ** JOB SUMMARY: Under general direction, assumes primary responsibility for the functioning of the circulation division. Responsibilities include hiring, directing and supervising daily activities and staff, as well as providing services to patrons. Does related work as required. ================================================================ ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Supervises and evaluates subordinate staff of clerks and pages. Schedules personnel and assigns job duties to ensure efficient utilization of staff and sound time management. Hires, trains, monitors and evaluates subordinate personnel and volunteers, and assists in their professional growth. Provides work environment conducive to self-motivation, open communication and team approach to productivity. Confers with and advises Director and Assistant Director. Develops division budget and monitors division expenditures. Recommends, plans, develops and implements procedures and services in accordance with management principles and goals, reprioritizing as needed to meet deadlines. Provides community outreach programs, supervises Interlibrary Loan and the mail service, coordinates with City Secretary's office on records management issues, prepares reports on divisional activities and/or programs and acts as Assistant System Administrator. Assigns to staff sorting, checking in/out, registering patrons, dealing with lost and overdue items and other circulation tasks. Functions effectively as a team member, coordinating and communicating library policy and procedures to coworkers, subordinates and other employees. Develops subordinates' customer service interactive skills so effective team goals are achieved. Supports library policy to employees and public. Provides information to patrons about library circulation policies. Sits and stands for extended periods of time assisting patrons both at the circulation desk and while working in other areas of the library as needed. Operates telephone, calculator, facsimile machine, copier, personal computer and other office equipment. Communicates courteously and effectively with other employees and the public in person, by telephone and in writing. Some exposure to dust and mechanical and electrical hazards. Retrieves books and materials from shelves up to 8 ft. high with the aid of step stools. Lifts and carries materials up to 50 pounds. Night and weekend work required. ================================================================ OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS: May operate photocopier. ================================================================ REQUIRED EDUCATION, DEGREES, CERTIFICATES AND/OR LICENSE: Master's degree in library science from a college or university accredited by the American Library Association. Degree may be a Master of Library Science, Master of Library Service or a Master of Library and Information Science or a Master of Arts (or Science) in Library Science, usually designated as an MLS or an MA in LS. ================================================================ EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: Five years of progressively responsible experience in professional library work is required. Circulation/ supervisory experience preferred. Must be able to direct and organize. Strong initiative and leadership skills are essential. Must be able to communicate effectively with staff of varying ages, exercise discretion and independent judgment, prepare comprehensive reports and present ideas clearly and concisely in written and oral form. Must be able to work effectively with others to foster team efforts. Must demonstrate support of library policies, procedures and management. Must operate moderately complex computer automated system. Continued updating of education through attendance at workshops and courses will be required. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:35:18 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Post (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jennifer Morrison Subject: Post (fwd) If interested in our bookmobile, please respond to the adress below, not to the list. BOOKMOBILE FOR SALE The Palm Beach County Library System has a used bookmobile for sale at auction tentatively scheduled for December 12, 1998. Specifications and additional information are available to interested libraries by contacting PBCLS at: e-mail address phillipsg@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us fax (561) 233-2644, ATTN: Finance phone (561) 233-2600, Grace Phillips From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:35:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. Nominations are encouraged for the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. The award, $25,000 and a limited-edition artwork, is presented each spring to a U.S. resident who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word. Previous winners have included a journalist, playwright, bookstore owner and school teachers. For more information and an application, see http://www.pen.org/freedom/nomination.html ________________________ Don Wood American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: 312-280-4227 dwood@ala.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:37:04 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mothballing the Friends group? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Laurie hammel Subject: Mothballing the Friends group? Hi all- When I started my job here at the Ortonville (MN) Public Library a little more than a year ago, the old Carnegie building was just finishing a top-to-bottom remodel. Barb Hauer [now director of the River Falls (WI) PL], the Library Board, and the Friends group spent YEARS plotting and planning and raising many dollars. They all did a tremendous job and it turned out really really well - it's accessible, efficient, and gorgeous! Now, however, the Friends group has sort of lost their raison d'etre. Membership has dwindled to the point where virtually the only members are the officers. Ortonville is a small town (pop. 2000) in a sparsely-populated county out in the middle of nowhere. The population is skewed older, has limited incomes, and is declining steadily (we have the dubious distinction of being the top county in Minnesota for percentage decline in population - almost 10% since 1990). Folks are trying to keep the cultural and social services going, but it's all very uncoordinated and makes for keen competition for every one of those scarce donation dollars. It also means that everybody's on a board or two or three, so it's a challenge to find volunteers. On the plus side, it's quite handy to have their nonprofit bank account in which to deposit the fun money. Giving such funds to the city or to our library system takes quite a leap of faith, as it seems to disappear into a black hole. However, I don't want the group to just limp along for the sake of having it there, nor do I want to waste the time of the officers. I'd like it to go gangbusters and be active on a significant project (as opposed to fundraising for the heck of it and contributing to community compassion fatigue). I've also come to the conclusion that it's going to be my job to provide the project and round up the enthusiasm and guide them in any sort of direction, which makes me whiny. So, do we spend the remaining funds, retire the group, and recruit volunteers on an ad hoc basis? Or do I give myself a good kick and get them motivated? And if so, what will be the motivating theme? If you have suggestions, advice, anecdotes, inspiration, etc., please respond to the list or to me directly. I await your reply with great anticipation! Laurie Hammel Ortonville Public Library 412 NW Second Street Ortonville, MN 56278 tel: 320.839.2494 / fax: 320.839-3784 email: laurieh@ortonville.lib.mn.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:38:09 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] beepers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Terry Dick Subject: beepers My name is Terry Dick and I am the circulation supervisor for the Martin County Library System in Stuart Florida. I am looking for information on the use of beepers used in public libraries for safety reasons. Please respond to me off list at tdick@martin.fl.us. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:38:21 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Current Job Openings at Dallas Public Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Penny Hines Subject: Current Job Openings at Dallas Public Library November 16, 1998 MOBILE UNIT LIBRARIAN 53 (Job #06688) Hiring Range $28,044-$31,409 Minimum requirements: A Master's Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A. accredited university. Desired qualifications: Candidates with course work in children's literature and storytelling is preferred as well as training in presenting programs and performing reader's advisory service. Teaching experience may also be relevant. Experience in a large metropolitan library system serving a diverse population and the ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish are desired qualifications for applicants. CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN 53 Hiring Range $26,709-$29,914 Minimum requirements: This entry-level Librarian's position requires a Master's Degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited university or a Master's Degree in Education, with children's literature specialty. Candidates will have course work in children's literature and storytelling as well as training in presenting programs and performing reader's advisory service to children. Desired qualifications Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to exercise judgement and tact in carrying out the branch programs, and possess excellent public service and organizational skills are desired. Also the ability to communicate the Spanish language is preferred. LIBRARIAN 53 HUMANITIES DIVISION (Job #11401) Hiring Range $28,044--$31,409 Minimum requirements: A Master's Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A. accredited university, and knowledge of one or more of the major subjects -- literature, languages, religion, and philosophy. Desired qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills, and basic computer skills. Librarian 53 Collection Development Office (Adult) Hiring Range $28,044-$41,131 Annually A Master's Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A.-accredited college or university, with demonstrated computer skills in word processing and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel and Lotus required. Experience with selection of adult materials in a large urban public library preferred. . Specific responsibilities for this position include: * Developing and refining selection profiles in assigned areas in conjunction with public service staff * Selecting materials in assigned areas for each profile using reviews, publisher/vendor information and other information * Processing citizen requests and public service unit-initiated recommendations in assigned areas * Evaluating collection performance in assigned areas using turnover rate and circulation information, Interlibrary Loan requests and other indicators, and making recommendations for materials budget allocations and collection development goals * Assisting public service units in weeding collections * Developing guidelines, making recommendations, serving on committees and participating in divisional planning and budgeting Librarian 54 Collection Development Office (Children's) Hiring Range $31,504-$46,206 Annually A Master's Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A.-accredited college or university and a minimum of three years public service experience; and two years of experience in selecting children's materials in a public library, with demonstrated computer skills in word processing and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Excel and Lotus required. Experience with centralized selection processes, systemwide coordination of services and projects, participation in and facilitation of committee activities, and supervision of professional staff in a large urban public library preferred. Specific responsibilities for this position include: * Directing Collection Development staff (Librarian 53 and Clerk) * Monitoring vendor performance * Coordinating special selection lists * Monitoring spending allocations * Monitoring unit performance for effectiveness * Selecting material in assigned areas for each profile * Refining profiles in assigned area in association with public service units * Accumulating and disseminating selection information to ensure timely and efficient ordering * Processing citizen requests and public service unit-initiated recommendations in assigned areas * Evaluating collection performance in assigned areas using turnover rate and circulation information, Interlibrary Loan requests and other indicators, and making recommendations for materials budget allocations and collection development goals * Assisting public service units in weeding collections * Developing guidelines, making recommendations, serving on committees and participating in divisional planning and budgeting * Maintaining statistics and providing periodic status reports on collection development activities LIBRARIAN 54/ASSISTANT MANAGER (Children/Adult) Hiring Range $30,004-$33,605 Annually Minimum requirements: This professional position requires a Master's Degree in Library Science from an A.L.A.-accredited university and two (2) years of professional library experience. Must possess the ability to retrieve materials at public request, ability to read graphs or charts, dexterity to operate telephone and microcomputers. Position also requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds, reach up to 90 inches in height, bend, stoop, use step stool, push a loaded book truck, stand or sit for long periods. Desired qualifications: Candidate should have a general knowledge of subjects relevant to the division and have the ability to deal effectively and courteously with the public and some supervisory skills. Candidate should also possess excellent communication skills and computer skills. LIBRARIAN 56/MANAGER Hiring Range $40,957-$45,872 Annually Minimum requirements: This professional position requires a Master's Degree in Library Science from an accredited university and four years of progressive professional library experience and two (2) years of supervisory experience. Desired qualifications: Candidate possessing organizational skills, innovative approaches to public service, and assertive attitude in promoting library service in the community and a sensitivity to human management needs are sought. For more information please review our Web Site at: http://www.lib.ci.dallas.tx.us or e-mail humres@lib.ci.dallas.tx.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:38:30 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Software for LAN Use (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jim Peters Subject: Software for LAN Use Parmly Billings Library (MT) is looking for suggestions for software that will count the use of databases and other programs on a Local Area Network. We have a LAN with 5 different databases (both CD-ROM and through Netscape) and we are interested in software that can count the number of times that each database is used. We would also like this software to be able to count which word processing or spreadsheet programs are being used. ****************************** Jim Peters Parmly Billings Library 510 N Broadway Billings, Montana 59101-1196 jpeters@billings.lib.mt.us (406)-657-8251 (voice) (406)657-8254 (fax) ***************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:38:49 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jim Peters Subject: Cash registers at Circulation Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the circulation desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or other payments? What is your success & how do they work? Please respond... ****************************** Jim Peters Parmly Billings Library 510 N Broadway Billings, Montana 59101-1196 jpeters@billings.lib.mt.us (406)-657-8251 (voice) (406)657-8254 (fax) ***************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:39:06 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] job opportunity at the Oakland Public Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Daniel Hersh Subject: job opportunity at the Oakland Public Library (fwd) I am forwarding this message to the list for my colleague Sallie Pine. If you wish to reply to this message by E-mail, please use her address (below) rather than mine. Daniel Hersh Oakland (CA) Public Library ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sallie Pine Subject: job opportunity at the Oakland Public Library The Oakland Public Library is now seeking applicants for part-time reference librarians to work at our Main Library's subject speciality desk in Science, Social Science and Government Documents. This is a non-benefitted, on-call position for 4-18 hours per week. This position requires work availability on Mondays, Saturdays and may involve some work on Sundays. The work schedule is usually determined at least 4-6 weeks in advance. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * MLS/MLIS from an ALA-accredited program with course work in reference DESIRED QUALITIES * Knowledge of resources in the sciences, social sciences and government documents * Experience working with the public * Public service orientation SALARY * $18.23 per hour, plus .71 per hour for H.W.I. (health & welfare increment in lieu of benefits) TO APPLY Please send a resume and cover letter to MaryLou Mull, Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St, Oakland CA 94612, or fax them to (510) 238-6867, attention Sallie Pine. Your resume should be received by DECEMBER 1, 1998 if you wish to be considered for the current vacancy. Resumes received after that date will be held for consideration for possible future openings. For more information, call MaryLou Mull at 510-238-6611 or Sallie Pine at 510-238-3138. The city of Oakland is an equal opportunity employer. //--------------------------------------------------------------------// // Sallie Pine, Senior Librarian | "Someone should have // // Science, Social Sciences and Documents | labeled the future // // Oakland Public Library | 'Some assembly // // (510) 238-3138 | required'"-- // // pine#sl@oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us | Babylon 5 creator jms // //--------------------------------------------------------------------// From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Nov 18 22:39:22 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:01 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Public Library Association stand on fees (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Magholm@aol.com Subject: Public Library Association stand on fees Dear Publib'ers I ran across an editorial in Library Journal of April '96 that lambasted PLA for its stand on fees in public libraries. I can't find a copy of the report the editorial refers to. Does anyone have a copy of PLA's policy on fees? If so, could you either email it to me or mail it to me? Thanks, Maggie Holmes Weaver Library 41 Grove Ave East Providence, RI 02194 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:14:32 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Positions Available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: EDGERTONS@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us Subject: Positions Available Palm Beach County Library System is seeking customer-focused librarians. We are a busy, fully automated southeastern Florida library system serving a population of 640,000 with a main library, 13 branches, outreach services and 384 employees. Enjoy forty-five miles of beaches, the turqoise Atlantic and a sunny, tropical climate. LIBRARIAN IV, REGIONAL LIBRARY MANAGER: Plans, supervises 41 employees and coordinates the work of a regional library with 813,000 annual circulation. Oversees a materials budget of $450,000. Recommends and implements goals and objectives for the library. Oversees all services including programming, reference, youth services, collection development, readers' advisory and circulation services. Requires: ALA accredited MLS, four years of professional library experience including two years of public library supervisory or administrative experience. Preference given to applicants with more than 2 years of supervisory experience and/or experience training personnel, managing a branch library or a major department of a library, using an automated circulation system. Presentation/public speaking experience is also desirable. Salary Range: $37,972-$57,601 plus generous benefits. For more information call Jenny Morrison at 561-482-4554, e-mail: morrisonj@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us LIBRARIAN II, STAFF DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR: Develops and coordinates staff development and training activities. Supervises six employees responsible for personnel, payroll and reception functions. Manages job exchange program; provides new employee orientation; and, coordinates in-service training events. Assesses training and development needs; identifies training resources; and, conducts training sessions. Facilitates work improvement teams and provides participatory management support. Requires: ALA MLS plus two years professional public library work OR ALA MLS plus five years of experience in a library OR ALA MLS plus one year experience in a library and five years supervisory experience OR ALA MLS and bachelors degree in human resources management or related field. Preference given for: coursework, training or experience in human resource administration or staff development. Experience with: public speaking or training adults; coordinating events; developing training materials; writing reports; and, using word processing, spreadsheet and database management software. Salary Range: $31,807-$48,241 plus generous benefits. For more information contact Kathleen Perinoff at 561-233-2600 or e-mail at perinoff@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us LIBRARIAN I, YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARY (2 positions): Energetic and enthusiastic people to plan and coordinate children's services for neighborhood branch libraries. Duties include programming, storytelling, reference, collection development and readers' advisory for toddlers, school age children and young adults, parents and care givers. Demonstrated interest and knowledge of public library youth services including children's literature and Internet experience. Requires: ALA accredited MLS OR Masters Degree in Learning Resources Media or in Early Childhood Development or in another closely related field plus two years children's services experience in a public library. Preference for Masters Degree coursework in Library Science. Starting salary: $28,263 annually plus generous benefits. For more information call Andy White at 561-744-2301 or e-mail at jbmanager@mail.pbcl.lib.fl.us TO APPLY FOR THESE POSITIONS, SEND APPLICATION/RESUME TO PALM BEACH COUNTY PERSONNEL, 50 SOUTH MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 210, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33415. (PHONE 561-233-4601, FAX 561-233-4604) EO/AA EMPLOYER M/F/D/V. DFWP. Applications/resumes for these positions MUST be received by 5PM December 18, 1998. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:14:39 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Position Announcements (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mindi Simon Subject: Position Announcements ***************************************************************************** Librarian II, Youth Services Programming Specialist Minimum requirements: Any combination of training and experience equivalent to a master's degree in library science from any graduate library school program accredited by the American Library Association; two years of experience as a professional librarian involving the application of specialized library science techniques; possession of a valid Florida Driver's License; ability to lift 50 pounds. Prefer experience in presenting library programs for elementary age children and young adults, both in the library and in outreach situations, such as schools and summer child care facilities. Works as part of a team of youth services staff members for developing and implementing excellent services for children and young adults. Librarian II, Youth Services Programming Specialist salary range $28,210-$43,004. Placement within range is dependent upon qualifications. Send resumes with social security number and position reference number 991139 to: Lee County Human Resources, POB 398, Fort Myers, FL 33902-0398. EOE. et preference documentation required. Subject to close. ***************************************************************************** Librarian I, Bookmobile/Books-by-Mail Minimum requirements: Any combination of training and experience equivalent to a master's degree in library science from any graduate library school program accredited by the American Library Association; Prefer library experience with emphasis on bookmobile or outreach service; experience working with both children and older adults; strong interpersonal communication skills, and familiarity with computer operations. Must possess a valid Florida Driver's License. Directs a staff of three in providing Bookmobile and Books-by-Mail services in Lee County. Duties include shared driving of the Bookmobile, collection development, use of the library's automation system, staff supervision and training, work with community organizations and senior facilities, and program management. Librarian I salary range $24,674-$37,570. Placement within range is dependent upon qualifications. Send resumes with social security number and position reference number 991136 to: Lee County Human Resources, POB 398, Fort Myers, FL 33902-0398. EOE. Vet preference documentation required. Subject to close. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:15:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Internet Instruction (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Stephanie Kraus" Subject: Re: Internet Instruction This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01BE1790.D6E95D20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We have been doing Public Internet Instruction for 2 1/2 years now and the demand is still strong for more. I teach a class of up to 60 people by using a laptop and a projection panel that projects the computer screen onto the wall. I also provide A LOT of handouts for the patrons since the room is dark in order to show the screen, therefore making it difficult to take notes. I think the clear, detailed handouts are a big key to success. I often get requests for the handouts if a person could not make a class. Be warned that once you offer an "Intro" class you will create a demand for "Intermediate" and beyond classes. I currently teach 2 Intro to the Internet classes a month, 1 during the day and 1 in the evening; 1 Intermediate class about Search Engines; and then every month we have a topic oriented class ( travel, cooking, jobs, etc.) We fill nearly every class and people tend to start with the Intro class and continue coming to more classes, as well as use the Public Internet Stations. Stephanie Kraus Head of Outreach and Internet Services Wm. K. 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This award honors a librarian with an extraordinary range and depth of knowledge about books and library materials of all kinds, and an outstanding ability to share that knowledge through booktalks, presentations, and reviews. The award includes a $3,000 honorarium and recognition at the PLA President's Reception at the summer ALA conference. Send in your nomination today! The deadline has been extended to December 14, 1998. Nomination forms are available from the PLA office in Chicago or on the PLA web site at http://www.pla.org/awards/index.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:16:05 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Y2K (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: cris6@juno.com (Cristine M Adams) Subject: Y2K Greetings! What are some of you doing to prepare yourselves and your libraries for Y2K? Have your cities adequately considered the consequences if things go to you-know-where in a hand basket? Cris Adams Hobbs Public Library Hobbs, NM ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:16:21 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] 3M Model 611 Application System (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Marianne Weill" Subject: 3M Model 611 Application System The Greenwich Library plans to apply security strips to about 50,000 items this year. We applied them by hand in the past, which as you know consumes time and flesh. Do any of you have experience with the 3M Model 611? Pros and cons? Costs? How do staff who use the system feel about it? Are there other application systems out there which are better? Other security systems? Thanks! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Marianne C. Weill email mweill@greenwich.lib.ct.us Resources Management vmail (203)622-7933 Greenwich Library fax (203)622-7939 101 West Putnam Ave. Greenwich, Ct. 06830 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:16:33 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mission Statements And Collection Development Policy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jo-Anne Cooper Subject: Mission Statements And Collection Development Policy Hi, I am looking to revise both our current mission statement and our current collection development policy. Could you please e-mail me your mission statement? I am also interested in seeing a variety of collection development policies if you could please e-mail, snail mail or fax me a copy from your public library. Thank you for your assistance. -- Jo-Anne C. Cooper Manager of Library Services Wetaskiwin Public Library 5002 - 51 Avenue Wetaskiwin, Alberta. T9A 0V1 Phone 1-403-352-4055 FAX 1-403-352-3266 e-mail wpl1@ccinet.ab.ca From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:16:53 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] CALL FOR PAPERS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Monika Antonelli Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS *********************************************************************************** The Research and Statistics Committee of the Management and Operation of User Services Section of RUSA is sponsoring its Fifth Annual Reference Research Forum at the 1999 American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans. This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project covering the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness and organization structure and personnel. Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit a proposal. The Committee will utilize a "blind" review process to select a maximum of three (3) projects for 25-minute presentations, followed by open discussion. The selected researchers must present their papers in person at the forum. Criteria for selection are: * Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service * Quality and creativity of the methodology * Potential for the research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies * Previously published research or research accepted by December 1, 1998 for publication will not be acceptable. Please submit a one-page proposal by DECEMBER 1, 1998. Notification of acceptance will be made by March 15, 1999. Submissions must consist of no more than two pages. On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation, and address (including your mail address, fax number, and e-mail address). The second page should NOT show your name or any personal information. Instead it must include: * The title of your project * An explicit statement of the research problem * A description of the research methodology used * An explanation of the significance of the research to reference services Electronic submissions are acceptable and must also be delivered in two parts. Notification of acceptance will be made by March 15, 1999. Please send submissions to: Diana D. Shonrock, Chair RUSA MOUSS Research and Statistics Committee Iowa State University Library 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011-2140 (515) 294-7866 (work); (515) 294-5525 (fax) shonrock@gwgate.lib.iastate.edu From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:19:00 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Cash registers at Circulation (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andrea Johnson Subject: Re: Cash registers at Circulation We've talked about a cash register, because we also use a ledger and a cash drawer. We used to balance only monthly (we are a pretty small library), and always ended up over. We always assumed someone would take money for copies or fines and forget to record it on the ledger. We've debated getting a cash register to prevent this. However, for the time being, we've settled for scolding staff loudly and reminding them to make sure to record payments, on penalty of death (or something equally dire :) and switching to balancing weekly. This seems to have solved the problem for now. Andrea Johnson At 09:31 AM 11/20/98 -0800, Fred G Hill wrote: >On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Jim Peters wrote: >>Are there any public libraries that use cash registers at the >>circulation desk to issue receipts and keep account of fines or >>other payments? What is your success & how do they work? ... > > A question that hits a tender nerve! We always kept accounts >at Circ by means of ledger and cash box, and tried to reconcile them >each morning. Never *could* quite do it; always had to fudge a bit. >Then we got a cash register, and figuring out all the little category >marks on the tape was even harder. Not to mention that we couldn't >get in the habit of replacing the tape when it ran out, anyway. So, >we still use it, without tape, and I guess it *is* a little little >handier than a cash box, although larger and louder. > > One thing: we always have a "surplus" relative to the ledger >now, where the cash box often gave us a "deficit." > ...Fred > > Fred G Hill, Interlibrary Loan hill@lemming.uvm.edu > Fletcher Free Library 802 863-3403 vox > 235 College St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA 802 865-7227 fax > > > Andrea Johnson, Library Director andreaj@alpha1.rpls.lib.il.us Forsyth Public Library P.O. Box 20 Forsyth, IL 62535 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:19:23 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: Post jobs for GII (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:07:19 -0500 From: Sara Weissman/Morris Cty Library To: PLIB2@SUNSITE.BERKELEY.EDU Subject: Post jobs for GII From: SMTP%"staff@gii.com" 23-NOV-1998 12:43:13.67 To: WEISSMAN CC: Subj: job opps with AFI and Morino Institute From: GII Reply-To: staff@gii.com To: weissman@main.morris.org Subject: job opps with AFI and Morino Institute Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:39:18 -0800 Message-ID: <7718C63DF4E.AAA130D@www.gii.com> Sara, You might know someone who would be interested in these positions with the American Film Institute and the Morino Institute - two organizations that have long been part of the GII community. We know the executives and organizations quite well and are comf ortable presenting these as great opportunities for the right people. Please pass this message along to people you think might be a good fit. Thank you The GII Staff DIRECTOR ONLINE MEDIA - AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE (Los Angeles) Director of Online Media oversees all of AFI's online activities, responsible for the direction and financial viability of all the institute's web sites and online ventures. A complete job description is available at http://www.afionline.org/jobs/jobs.ho me.html. To apply please send resume to Neil Fink, F1RST Interactive Recruitment Specialists, 900 North Point Street, Suite 410, San Francisco, Ca 94109 or via email at njf@well.com DEVELOPMENT TEAM MANAGER MORINO INSTITUTE & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE (Virginia/DC) The Morino Institute, in partnership with four community-based organizations in the District of Columbia, has launched a Pilot program to create enriched and expanded learning environments for school age children (age 6-13) through the constructive applic ation of the Internet. This effort, the Youth Development Collaborative (YDC) Pilot, will establish Networked Learning Centers as a new model for community-based learning beyond the traditional K-12 system for children. It will advance an understanding of the benefits, challenges and costs of creating collaborative community-based learning programs. Three positions are available: 1. Development Team Manager (The Institute's top priority) 2. Director, Regional Awareness 3. Content Editor Please note: a complete description of the Youth Development Collaborative and the 3 job descriptions is available via email from Tracy Gray, Vice President Youth Service for the Morino Institute tgray@morino.org, (phone 703.620.8971, and fax 703.620.4102). Interested parties should email Tracy first. POSITION DESCRIPTION -- DEVELOPMENT TEAM MANAGER The Development Team Manager for the Morino Institute's Youth Development Collaborative (YDC) Pilot will lead the Institute's Development Team and facilitate the collaborative efforts of this team with the staff of Pilot's Core Partners (collectively call ed the YDC Development Team). The position reports to Vice President, Youth Services. The role requires an individual that is highly positive in approach, mature and rational in their dealings, intense in their work ethic, and highly productive. The position further requires thought-leadership, program management skills, and direct "hands on" participation and performance. Areas of responsibility: Direct and contribute to the definition, design, implementation and communication of the programmatic elements of Networked Learning Centers, encompassing physical learning center layout and design (facility and technology), learning program definition, i mplementation and Learning Center staff development programs. Direct, develop, implement and facilitate the collaborative processes and systems (the Learning Collaborative Network) used by the YDC Development Team. to support co-development, information exchange, team learning and communication and in so doing suppo rt Knowledge Base and Web-site development. Serve as coordinator to the staffs of the Core Partners in helping the Institute fulfill its mission with the YDC Pilot and support the Vice President's liaison/coordination role with the Lead Executives and overall relationship management with the Core P artners. Manage the activities of the Morino Institute Development Team members (Learning Program Specialists) as well as be responsible for their morale, performance and productivity. Provide across the board support, as necessary, to ensure that the YDC Pilot mo re than satisfies its goals and objectives, in a quality manner, and on a timely basis. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:19:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] internal paging/beeper system (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Helen W. Dewey" Subject: internal paging/beeper system My branch library needs a new system for alerting pages that their assistance is needed at one of several locations in the building. We have been using a Radio Shack paging system (about $100), but it always breaks just after the warranty period expires. We need 2 home stations (one at the Info Desk, one at the Circ Desk) from which to contact the library page who is carrying the 1 "beeper." We need to be able to signal the library page with a code or voice so that he does not need to try to locate the signalling staff member to ask where the problem is located. Currently (when the system works), we transmit "001" if the problem is at the copiers, "002" is the problem is at the reader/printers, etc. Does anyone have a (not too expensive) system which works reliably? We would appreciate hearing your suggestions. Helen -- Helen W. Dewey hdewey@erols.com (Opinions expressed are my own.) Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County Public Library 6450 Sydenstricker Road Phone (703) 644-7333 Burke, VA 22015 FAX (703) 644-4035 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Nov 24 21:21:31 1998 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:28:02 2005 Subject: apologies for spam! Message-ID: Hi, the other night I posted a piece of spam about "preventative health care." My apologies--we try to catch things like that