From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 1 23:50:44 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:26 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fundamentals Of Book Repair Workshop From SOLINET (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Riley, Alicia" Subject: Fundamentals Of Book Repair Workshop From SOLINET Spaces are available for the following SOLINET workshop (Please excuse cross-posting): ***********Fundamentals of Book Repair******************* Tuesday-Wednesday, July 27-28, 2004 at University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL from 8:30 am - 5 pm. This two-day workshop is designed for staff members who perform book repair in libraries and those who supervise repair units. The workshop teaches simple, economical, and preservation quality repairs for materials in general, circulating and reference collections. The procedures covered are tightening hinges, endsheet replacement, spine replacement, paper mending, tip-ins and hinge-ins. The workshop will NOT cover techniques for the repair of materials that are special, rare, or archival. Instructors are Tina Mason, SOLINET Preservation Education Officer and Elizabeth Ferguson, SOLINET Preservation Field Services Officer. Cost is $175 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($165 early bird, $195 late registration); $215 Non-SOLINET members, ($205 early bird, $235 late registration). Any institution within Florida qualifies for the member rate. For more information or to register, contact Vanessa Richardson at 800-999-8558, vanessa_richardson@solinet.net or visit our website at www.solinet.net for full descriptions and online registration. These workshops are funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 1 23:51:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:26 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: display table/brochure rack policies (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Hensley Roberts" Subject: Re: display table/brochure rack policies The following are our policies for our community events binder: This binder will only include handouts or brochures that: 1. Advertise a program or service that is free to the public and sponsored by a non-profit or government institution (the library and all schools are included in "government institution") 2. Advertise a program or service that has a charge associated with it BUT IS SPONSORED BY A GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION 3. Advertise a variety of organizations or community commercial enterprises without endorsing a particular one (we can include "things to do" or "weekender" sections of the newspaper this way) This binder will NOT include handouts or brochures which: 1. Advertise a program or service that has a charge associated with it AND is sponsored by a non-government organization, INCLUDING FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 2. Advertises a program or service that is free to the public and is sponsored by a for-profit organization. Hensley Roberts, MA - L.I.S. Librarian, Reference Collier County Public Library, Headquarters 2385 Orange Blossom Dr. Naples, FL 34101 PH: 239-593-0177, Ext. 17 FX: 239-591-3784 ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.collier-lib.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 1 23:51:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:26 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Employment opportunity (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Bill McRee" Subject: Employment opportunity =20 Job Opportunity: =20 Librarian II Technical Services, Florence County Library, Florence, SC =20 Under limited supervision, supervises service technical service = functions for the county library system. Manages library acquisitions, = cataloging, materials processing, government documents processing and = local history files maintenance. Supervises technical services staff; = reviews work of subordinates for completeness and accuracy. Maintains = accurate and up-to-date records and files pertaining to technical = services. Attends professional meetings and conferences as deemed = necessary. Receives, reviews, prepares and submits various reports and = documents, including building invoices, checks, job applications, = performance appraisals, requisitions, purchase orders, studies, budget = documents, financial reports, book reviews, catalogs, statistical = reports, activity reports, departmental reports, memos, correspondence, = etc. selects along with others book acquisition requests. =20 Reports to Library Director. =20 Some nights and weekends required. May be asked to perform other duties = as necessary. =20 Must supply driving history record back 8 to 10 years.=20 =20 Minimum training and experience =20 Masters degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited school = supplemented by three to five years of library technical service = experience, some of which has been in a managerial capacity, or any = equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the = required knowledge, skills and abilities. Most possess or be eligible = for a Professional Librarian Certificate from the South Carolina State = Library. =20 Please contact Mr. George Hobeika, Florence County Library Director at = (843) 662-8424 or hobe630@yahoo.com if interested. =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 1 23:52:03 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:26 2005 Subject: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Jim Casey (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 16:34:01 -0500 From: James B. Casey To: PUBLIB Subject: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Jim Casey AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE – Orlando – June 24-30, 2004. Notes by James B. Casey This Annual Conference was held in a culturally barren “theme park” area of suburban Orlando during a time when afternoon temperatures sometimes soared to over 100 degrees. Hotels were far apart, mass transit was limited to several overcrowded “trolley busses” and the attendance seemed to be somewhat lagging. As of Wednesday, June 30, 2004, the attendance stood at 19,731. Atlanta in 2002 was at 21,130 and San Francisco in 2001 was (according to the person who was ALA President at the time) about 26,000. (Toronto attendance, which had been ravaged by the SARS scare was at 17,482.) Orlando reminded some regular ALA Conference goers of the unfortunate Miami ALA Annual of 1994. I heard no favorable comments about the Orlando site for Annual (Summer), but many who regretted the apparent elimination of San Francisco from the list of regular sites. Midwinter sites from 2005 to 2010 are Boston, San Antonio, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver and Boston. Annual sites from 2005 to 2010 are Chicago, New Orleans, Washington, Anaheim, Chicago and Orlando. Aside from these difficulties involved with the site, Oak Lawn Public Library Trustees Shirley Barrett, Marian Sullivan and Suzanne Marzano enjoyed productive sessions involving Association for Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA) committees, my wife Diane Dates Casey continued her important role as Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS) Liaison to Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Planning Committee and I completed my second term (and seventh year) as a Member of ALA Council. My year as Chair of the Resolutions Committee of Council (2004-05) began at the end of this Conference. RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE: On Friday, I served my shift at the Resolutions Table at the ALA Office with Councilor Thaddeus Bejnar. We were able to approve six Resolutions which had been transmitted via E-Mail and one Memorial Resolution for inclusion in the Council Agenda. ALA WASHINGTON OFFICE REPORTS: Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona, elected in 2002) spoke about the important legislative issues facing libraries from the congressional vantage point. His wife and daughter are librarians and therefore not surprising that he has been among the strongest advocates for LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) funding. Grijalva declared that Libraries represent a “great equalizer” empowering people with access to information. He criticized the waste of resources in the Iraq war as well as the huge deficits and pointed to the President’s “no child left behind” program as “no child left untested”. He also indicated that he will push for the earliest possible “sunset” for the Patriot Act. ---- Professor John Verteill (sp?) spoke about efforts underway to study the impact of the Patriot Act upon libraries across the country. He intends to conduct studies of public and academic libraries with an eye to discovering actual costs in terms of staff time and public service “fallout”. Funding for this ALA Washington Office (ALAWO) report will come from the Carnegie Foundation as well as via proceeds from the showing of Fahrenheit 911 at ALA Annual. LEGISLATION under discussion included the SAFE (Security and Freedom Ensured) Act (S 1709) amends section 215 of the Patriot Act to require that the FBI specify which records are sought and articulate specific facts to the Court why they have reason to believe that the person whose records are sought fall into the definition of “terrorist”. The sponsors are Senators Craig (R-Idaho) and Durbin (D-Illinois). We are asked to seek co-sponsors to support this SAFE Act and the House version (H.R. 3352) as well as the Freedom to Read Act (H.R. 1157 – Sponsor Rep. Bernie Sanders I-Vt. ----- On the negative side was the “Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003” (H.R. 3179) sponsored by Senators Sensenbrenner and Goss which would enable the FBI to demand compliance with administrative subpoenas as well as impose a 1 year prison term (which could not be appealed) for violations of the Patriot Act gag order. Bi-partisan opposition to this bill is being mounted. OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS breakout session was conducted by ALAWO Lynne Bradley. A Bush appointee, Beth Fitzsimmons, gave a brief discussion of the Administration’s effort to develop a “Report Card on American Libraries” and pointed to the fact that the Bush Administration has been among the strongest in terms of pushing for LSTA funding. When asked about the Patriot Act, Beth cited that the rules weren’t directed in a negative way against libraries and indicated that Michelle Ridge (the wife of Tom Ridge) was once a Librarian. Joshua Farrelman, the newest employee of the ALAWO and former congressional aide, reported on the appropriations process and indicated that news about funding levels should come out soon since Congresspersons are anxious to leave Washington to campaign in the upcoming election. COPYRIGHT legislation and issues were discussed by Miriam Nisbet. She indicate that the DMCRA (Digital Consumer Media Rights Act, H.R. 107 – sponsored by Reps. Boucher D-VA and Doolittle R-CA) seeks to reaffirm fair use in the digital environment and currently has 14 co-sponsors. It seeks to make key changes to the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) of 1998 and is opposed very strongly by interests from the entertainment industry. “H.R. 107 would make it possible to break a technological lock that controls access to and use of a copyrighted work if doing so does not result in any infringement of the work…..”. Miriam indicates that H.R. 107 needs additional co-sponsors and support. ---- A newly proposed Database Protection Law (H.R. 3261) and an alternate, more narrowly focused alternate (H.R. 3872) are also dangerous. Pressed forward by publisher Elsevier, this bill would give “property like” protection to facts. It threatens to change current law that holds factual information belongs in the public domain and is not entitled to copyright protection. “While libraries are not opposed to the effort to deal with legitimate concerns about copyright infringement, they do not favor the current trend toward further criminalizing copyright law. Libraries support enforcing existing laws that have clear standards for infringement and oppose adding broad criminal provisions with vaguely defined standards.” One brand new bill introduced by Senator Orin Hatch in June 2004 is called the Induce Act. It seeks to amend copyright law to lay criminal charges even on those who can be proven to have “induced” someone to infringe copyright law. This was not yet on the ALAWO site, but it is probable that ALA elect to oppose this legislation. ---- Another bill introduced early in 2004 called the “Who Is” bill (H.R. 3754) seeks to add penalties to persons who provide misinformation in order to obtain a domain name. WALKING THE HIGHWIRE: EXPLORING THE TENSION BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, PRIVACY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. This program featured a panel of experts to discuss the tensions between restrictions on speech and the importance of sharing ideas. One spokesperson for a publisher cited instances of media consolidation and threats to intellectual freedom posed by corporate giants seeking mainstream profit while ignoring or stifling alternative viewpoints. Nancy Kranich (former ALA President) indicated that copyright issues were among the most heavily discussed at this Annual. MEMBERSHIP I - June 26. There were some 150 persons present and not enough to establish a quorum (282). The topic of discussion was “ALA and Social Activism: Where do we Draw the Line?” John Berry of LJ spoke in favor of broader social involvement and ALA Executive Board Member Jim Rettig presented the case for focusing on Library and Library related issues. Two dozen speakers came forward on the floor of Council Hall to share their views. COUNCIL I: The first Council Session was largely informational and did not delve into controversial resolutions. However, there were several interesting reports indicating that both the ALA and APA are running into difficulty balancing their respective budgets. In a report of the Budget Analysis and Review Committee (BARC) it was admitted that: “We have depleted virtually all of our net asset balance, which we had systematically and carefully built to $1.7 million a few years ago.” BARC has recommended increasing the annual conference registration charge beginning with the conference in Chicago in 2005 and an increase in membership dues. Membership Committee is being asked to develop a proposal for such an increase. At this point in the Conference, specific figures had not yet been presented relative to the increase amounts. ---- Gordon Conable gave an excellent report on efforts of the Freedom to Read Foundation to challenge Patriot Act and other infringements of intellectual freedom and privacy rights via court action. STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT FOR LIBRARIES. Carol Brey-Casiano will become ALA President on June 30, 2004. She led an “Open Working Session” for those persons wishing to give input on various objectives for her one year term as President. Among the discussion areas were Advocacy, Literacy/Equity of Access, Salaries and Recruitment, Diversity, International Relations and Intellectual Freedom/Building Community. Carol had been director of Oak Park Public Library from 1991 to 1995 and since then has been director at Los Cruces, New Mexico and (currently) El Paso, Texas. Carol is an energetic, articulate person who is also fluent in Spanish. Her term should be exciting. Michael Gorman becomes President-Elect on June 30, 2004 and will serve his term as President during 2005-06. EQUITY: ARE WE THERE YET? President Carla Hayden’s President’s Program was a panel discussion recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision of 1954. That landmark decision overturned the Plessy versus Ferguson decision of 1896 that “separate, but equal” was satisfactory under the law. Integration and the Civil Rights Movement began with that decision. Panel participants included Pulitzer Prize winning author Taylor Branch, Cheryl Brown Henderson, one of three daughters of Rev. Oliver Brown, Dr. E. J. Josey, eminent ALA Member and Past President of ALA, and Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for the PBS Lehrer News Hour. Branch highlighted how effective and far reaching the Civil Rights movement was and that much of the actual progress occurred via momentum long after the assassination of Dr. King in April 1968. He made the interesting point that “non violence is frequently under estimated and violence is over estimated in its ability to win freedom” and that we are “ignoring history” in relying on military action to deliver freedom. (An obvious reference to the “liberation” of Iraq.) Henderson, Josey and Suarez also spoke well, but the program was ended suddenly by a fire alarm which forced the evacuation of the auditorium. FAHRENHEIT 911: ALA Council Members Mitch Freedman and Anne Sparanese joined forces to obtain a copy of Fahrenheit 911 to show at the Conference. Tickets were sold at $10 each with proceeds going to the legal and legislative challenges ALA is putting forward against the Patriot Act. A large number of Conference attendees stood in line to buy the tickets and attended the late night showing (10 PM to Midnight on Sunday) of that controversial film by Michael Moore. Anne Sparanese was instrumental in rousing Librarians to Michael Moore’s defense when his book Stupid White Men was in danger of being withdrawn by the publisher due to unkind statements made about President Bush following 911. The Librarian uproar forced the publisher to release the book. --- The actual showing of Fahrenheit 911 at ALA Annual occurred after 10 PM on the evening of Sunday, June 27. Despite the late hour, lines at the auditorium were very long and the capacity of 2,300 was nearly exhausted. The film itself consumed the rapt attention of the entire audience for two hours. An unabashedly anti-war, anti-Bush documentary, it was also conjured up emotions ranging from laughter to tears to bitter anger. Rarely have I seen a movie (especially a documentary) which exceeded the massive hype as this one has done. FROM MANY VOICES TO FEW: MEDIA CONSOLIDATION AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM. This session included presentations by Lucy Dalglish, J.D., and Dr. Mark Cooper concerning the growing trend towards consolidation of large numbers of independent media outlets (particularly print, radio and tv) under giant corporations. Dalglish indicates that the real danger is where news divisions refuse to challenge authority in pursuit of corporation objectives and the overall limitation in the diversity of programming. She maintains that the media itself has been less of a problem than government since 9/11. The withholding of government information has become widespread. Dr. Mark Cooper described the failed (so far) efforts of FCC Chair Powell to allow corporations to limit themselves when it comes to creation of monopolistic control over media. The Courts have frustrated his efforts to allow for greater media consolidation. Dr. Cooper indicated that media was very “pro war” in the period leading up to the invasion of Iraq and that media attempted to “manufacture consent and quiet dissent”. OCLC PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON: This superb luncheon feature discussion of OCLC’s progress during the past year and President Jay Jordan presented very impressive figures relative to the acceptance of WORLDCAT by the marketplace. EXHIBITS: Diane and I toured the exhibits briefly and examined RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) products. Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems presented a comprehensive Bibliochip RFID Library System involving self checkout and return. Many persons in ALA have felt that the RFID system which copies the patron’s name and titles checked out onto tiny microchips could give government officials greater ability to monitor the reading habits of citizens. RFID has been used to improve the efficiency of circulation and has become accepted as “cutting edge” technology which probably won’t “go away”. http://www.bibliotheca-rfid.com COUNCIL FORUM I (Monday evening, 8-9:30 PM): About 50 Councilors met to discuss several of the resolutions expected to come before Council II and III. Resolutions which drew the most heated discussion included: “Resolution Against the Use of Torture as a Violation of Our Basic Values as Librarians” and “Resolution on the Occupation of Iraq”. More generally accepted and supported were: “Resolution on Health Care” (to have ALA join with dozens of other organizations pushing for the passage of House Concurrent Resolution 99 [H. Con. Res. 99] and Senate Concurrent Resolution 41 [S. Con. Res. 41] directing Congress to enact legislation by October 2005 that provides access to comprehensive health care for all Americans.), “Resolution on Privacy and Library Use” and “Resolution on Accessible Voting and other Information Technology”. COUNCIL II: The longest and most involved discussions during this session involved the acceptance of the work of a “Core Values II Task Force” and “Task Force on Library School Closings”. The terse list of terms and pre-digested definitions provided by the Core Values II Task Force was finally accepted and the Task Force was dismissed despite some misgivings several persons who may have been expecting a more involved set of statements and a battle similar to that which consumed the Annual in 2000. Michael Gorman, the brave soul who chaired the original Core Values effort in 2000 and incoming President-Elect of ALA, did not speak in opposition to this version. I doubt that we will hear much about Core Values again (famous last words). The Library School Closings discussion focused on the impending closure of the Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies. http://www.bcala.org/announcements/announce_archive.htm Clark was the premier Library Science program serving African Americans and faces closure on July 15 due to fiscal difficulties. Members of Council voted to push for studies on how to prevent future Library School closings. -- Also of interest in this session was the report on ALA’s budget by Treasurer Teri R. Switzer. While the financial picture is presented as sound, it was clear that a current deficit of $1.2 million may cause an increase to members of both dues and conference registration (starting with Chicago in 2005). Also subject of concern was a plan for purchase of a site near DuPont Circle for the ALA Washington Office. While owning a site would build equity for the Association, it was noted that the DuPont Circle site (costing $4 million) is much farther distant from Capital Hill than the present, rented location. Councilors were also upset that the ALA Handbook would no longer be provided free to Members. Executive Director Keith Fiels noted that printing the book annually cost some $50,000 and that the information was already available on the ALA website. Councilors complained that Member dues already cost several hundred dollars per year and should entitle one to receive the basic organization manual of the Association in printed form and able to be read without the aid of a laptop or PC. COUNCIL III: This final session of Council went on from 8 AM to 12:40 PM and, as usual, failed to complete the agenda. Only 3 of 9 resolutions which had been presented were actually voted upon and only 2 of the 3 passed. Resolutions on Torture and Accessible Voting passed while the Resolution on Occupation of Iraq (calling for a pull out) failed as an issue irrelevant to Library service despite the overwhelming opposition to the war by ALA Members present. Also unusual was the fact that my vote was on the prevailing side on these three resolutions. The Committee on Legislation had several excellent resolutions calling for a reduction in government secrecy and broader access to government information. There were numerous other reports --- Intellectual Freedom Committee, International Relations Committee, Committee on Organization --- but the longest discussions concerned Cuba (again) and the International Relations Committee (IRC) Chair was chided for sending a draft letter in response to a communication from Cuban Librarians to the Executive Board for review. Some members of Council felt that such a letter should have been cleared by the IRC or by Council as a whole before even being presented in draft form. Another relatively dull, time wasting discussion involved the lowering of the quorum for Membership Meetings to 75 Members. If a Membership gathering at the annual Membership Meeting has the 75 in attendance, it can pass and submit resolutions to Council. The quorum was lowered to 75 by a vote of 70 to 68. Although doubtful as to the wisdom of lowing the quorum from 282 down to 75, I was tempted to vote “yes” on this in order to give the experiment a chance. CONCLUSION: Whatever the deficiencies of Orlando as a site for a Summer Conference, the Council deliberations and work of various committees – particularly the Committee on Legislation – were extremely useful. It was regrettable to see the Council drift back into the mode of leaving much of the agenda undone on the conclusion of the conference. As Chair of the Resolutions Committee from now through the end of business at Chicago ALA in June 2005, I shall endeavor to make sure that resolutions are crafted and completed in terms of form and intent before we arrive at Mid Winter and Annual. The Council List and E-Mail are available to help councilors compare notes and test ideas. I hope that advance work and deliberation will help us to be more efficient in our use of time on the floor of Council. The financial difficulties faced by ALA and the seemingly impossible fiscal position of APA will probably be addressed in one form or other very soon. A dues increase and attendance registration cost increase may be imminent for ALA. Many of us believe that APA will not be fiscally sustainable past 2005. (I hope that I am wrong on both counts, but doubt it.) Given that much of ALA’s revenue is derived from Conference attendance, it puzzles some of us that the Executive Board and Staff persist in having Conferences in tropical theme parks like Orlando and Anaheim in the midst of Summer and in the potentially snowy sites like Boston and Philadelphia in the midst of Winter. San Francisco had been one of the best “draws” of any of the sites and was eliminated (according to one highly placed source) due to anger by ALA Executive Board and Staff at labor difficulties which emerged in the 2001 Annual Conference. New York City was also eliminated due to reported labor problems. San Diego is another pleasant site which has been eliminated from the list. I tend to think that the majority of ALA Members who might be inclined to attend an Annual Conference (those beyond puberty) would be more interested in the attractions of Fisherman’s Wharf or Times Square than Disney World or some other theme park. My sincerest thanks go to the Oak Lawn Public Library, the Board and Taxpayers for supporting my participation in ALA. James B. Casey, June 30, 2004. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 1 23:52:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:26 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Quoth the librarian . . . (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Subject: Quoth the librarian . . . >From time to time on Publib participants have posted amusing or outrageous statements made by those wild and crazy patrons of ours. However, I don’t recall ever seeing something similar for librarians – i.e., the amusing or outrageous stuff we’ve heard our COLLEAGUES say . . . I have a few favorites: "If we can just get rid of the students, we can finally get this library into shape." (Academic reference librarian, ca. 1990) "I say if by 9:00 pm all the patrons are still alive, we’ve done our job." (Public youth librarian, 1993) "We should be allowed to be on the same drugs as the patrons." (Public reference librarian, 1995) "It’s easy. All you have to remember is that old_doc.txt is actually newer than new_doc.txt." (Library technical support specialist, 1989) "For some strange reason, at least five teenage boys are required to operate one personal computer." (Public youth librarian, 1999) "If you’re pissing me off, you’re outta here." (Same public youth librarian, discussing the finer points of administering library behavior policy, 2000) "Full moon, schmull moon. They’re like this all the time." (Public reference librarian, 2004) No doubt many of you have your own favorites . . . Joe Schallan Not in Orlando From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:55:53 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Orlando: another view (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: Orlando: another view Please excuse cross posting... I had a ball despite having my back ache and my feet burn while perspiring profusely all over! This was my first ALA Conference. I was fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of the Orlando location by also going to Washington, D.C. and visiting family in Maryland. I had a hard time seeing all the Wash., D.C. sites because I'd already spent so much energy! I came home yesterday (Friday), went to bed and slept for 15 hours. The Conference, in my experience, was terrific. I attended many wonderful sessions, great meal functions, and enjoyed many of the speakers. It was my luck that I happen to adore Carl Hiaasen, love Mitch Albom's books, and got to meet a woman whose books I have enjoyed for many years and whose books my kids enjoy, Ursula LeGuin. I enjoyed the Coretta Scott King breakfast especially. I laughed and cried over Fahrenheit 9/11. I appreciated all the signings and the low price of books. I told myself to go lightly on the latter and naturally ended up mailing home a couple of boxes of same. Good thing I went lightly! I had three events to attend at any one time and had to make some hard choices. That was my work at the Conference--determining which events to attend! There was a great, if small (and short for me) PUBLIB party. Between the PUBLIB party and walking all over, I met many, many people I've only known online or haven't seen much of in a while. I owe my trip, in very large measure, to ALTA and the Gale Group (as well as to a fabulous county librarian). I am grateful. I also appreciate the tremendous amount of work which must go into something of this size and nature. Lastly, I also appreciate all the tips and assistance others gave me for how to maximize my fun and functionality. I had another first in my life. "Firsts" grow more precious every year. Best, Karen Dyer who wonders why in the world we can't have ALA Conferences in S.F. anymore--the home of bountiful hotels, good food, great weather, transportation options, in all cost brackets...? Of course, there is much I don't know about location issues. ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:56:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re "Quoth the librarian" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jim Rubis" Subject: Re "Quoth the librarian" Librarian to teenager who just completed a circuit of the (inside) of = the library: "You can't skate in the library". Skater: "There is no sign that says I can't skate!" Librarian: "Do you see a sign that says 'no pissing on the floor!' "? Skater left without further comment. Rubis, Fairfield, IA ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:56:07 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] July issue of CD HotList is now up and viewable (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Rick Anderson" Subject: July issue of CD HotList is now up and viewable The July issue of CD HotList is now up and viewable at the new URL, and in an improved format: http://cdhotlist.btol.com This month's recommended titles include a classic set of live performances by Edith Piaf, vintage Washington DC go-go, an imaginative reconstruction of Bix Beiderbecke's (nonexistent) performances of pieces by George Gerschwin, and lots of other classical, jazz, folk and pop recommendations for libraries. Enjoy! ---- Rick Anderson Dir. of Resource Acquisition University of Nevada, Reno Libraries (775) 784-6500 x273 rickand@unr.edu From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:56:18 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] A Few Resources re the 1964 Civil Rights Act. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Grace-Ellen McCrann Subject: A Few Resources re the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 2 July 2004 Dear Everybody, Forty years ago today President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and The City College of New York has put together a few online resources to mark the anniversary. These resources are a topic on our CCNY Government Documents Division homepage at: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/GOVPUBS.html Scroll down a smidge to the Table of Contents and click on "Civil Rights Act of 1964." There's some background material, a transcript of the actual Act (Public Law 88-352) and a lesson plan from the National Archives, as well as a photograph of President Johnson signing the Act (Martin Luther King Jr. is standing directly behind the President) and a transcript of President Johnson's broadcast remarks after the Act was signed. I hope you find these resources useful. Kind regards, Grace-Ellen Grace-Ellen McCrann Chief, Government Documents & Reference Divisions The City College of New York Cohen Library, 2nd Floor 138th Street & Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 (212) 650 5073 gemscot@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:57:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Librarian III, Los Angeles, California (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Martha Teran" Subject: Librarian III, Los Angeles, California This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_1435BD48.C2A3CBF7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Librarian III Salary: $3,760.82 - $4,667.64 Exam No.: Q8336G For more information, please visit the Public Library Website at: = http://www.colapublib.org Career Opportunities, Examination announcements. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: A Master of Library Science degree from an accredited= college or university - AND - One year's experience at the level of Los = Angeles County's class of Librarian II in charge of a small community = library or performing specialized professional library work - or - two = years' experience at the level of Los Angeles County's class of Librarian = I performing professional library work. =20 Bulletin No.: 461-255 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:57:08 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Announcement - Loudoun County, VA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gertrude Evans" Subject: Job Announcement - Loudoun County, VA This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_0A2BA29D.87E69BBD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Recruitment Number: 04-358; Full-time (37.5 hpw), Full benefits; Hiring = Range: $33,001 - $39,601 annually; Closing Date: 07/16/2004; Schedule: = Varies =20 LOCATION: Loudoun County, VA the fastest growing county in the United = States, with a population of 230,000, is located just 25 miles from = Washington, D.C. and is the home of Dulles International Airport. The = county has established a reputation as an international center for = technology, communications and transportation. Bordered by the Blue Ridge = Mountains and the Potomac River, Loudoun is widely known for its beautiful = scenery, rich history and strong sense of community. The county also = enjoys a reputation for high quality services, including first-rate = educational and library systems. The Loudoun County Public Library has = seven library branches and Outreach Services. For more information about = Loudoun County Public Library, visit www.lcpl.lib.va.us. JOB DESCRIPTION: Professional librarian position at the Lovettsville = Library, Lovettsville, VA will provide reference and readers' advisory = services; participate in planning and conducting family, adult, and = children's programs; train customers in the use of technology; perform = collection maintenance; perform other duties essential to the achievement = of efficient library operations. Ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic = and creative team player with excellent communication skills and dedication= to customer service. Schedule will vary, including weekends and evenings. = =20 =20 QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA = accredited institution and must obtain certification as a professional = librarian by the Commonwealth of Virginia within 6 months of hire. Prefer = library experience. =20 TO APPLY: To receive a required application, visit the Loudoun County = website at www.loudoun.gov or call The 24-Hour Jobline: (703) 777-0536 or = 703-777-0213. TDD USERS ONLY: 703-777-0107. EOE.=20 Gertrude Evans Administrative Manager Loudoun County Public Library 908-A Trailview Blvd., S.E. Leesburg, VA 20175 703.771.5237 Phone 703.771.5238 Fax gevans@loudoun.gov --=_0A2BA29D.87E69BBD Content-Type: text/plain; name="Gertrude Evans.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Gertrude Evans.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Evans, Gertrude TEL;WORK:703-771-5237 ORG:;C-Library Services TEL;PREF;FAX:703-771-5238 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:GEVANS@loudoun.gov N:Evans;Gertrude END:VCARD --=_0A2BA29D.87E69BBD-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:57:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Database Administrator position available at Genesee District Library in Flint, MI (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Ronnie Morgan" Subject: Database Administrator position available at Genesee District Library in Flint, MI Genesee District Library currently has a Database Administrator position open and is seeking a qualified IT professional to fill the position. For job description details, please go to the following link: http://www.thegdl.org/employmentopportunities/dba.htm To apply, contact Carolyn Nash at cnash@thegdl.org with your resume attached. Or, you may fax your resume to 810-732-1161. Ronnie Morgan IT Department Head Genesee District Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:58:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Phalbe Henriksen (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:06:50 -0400 From: Phalbe Henriksen To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Phalbe Henriksen James B. Casey said: >This Annual Conference was held in a culturally barren "theme park" area.... Actually, it was held at the brand-new Orange County Convention Center. And it depends on your definition of "culture," doesn't it? Are you saying that theme parks are contrary to American culture? I didn't see any unhappy people among the 900 who attended the SIRSI party at Epcot! Or is it possible that theme parks just aren't *your* kind of culture? >...of suburban Orlando during a time when afternoon temperatures sometimes >soared to over 100 degrees. Yup, that's Florida! Some of us weren't unhappy with it. How much of the afternoon were you outside? The Convention Center was very comfortable. >Hotels were far apart.... Let's see....the official hotel was across the street from the Convention Center, and there were two others, one at each end of the Convention Center. That makes three hotels within easy walking distance of the OCCC. And I saw another hotel just on the other side of one of those two. What's the problem? >...mass transit was limited to several overcrowded "trolley busses".... Did you miss the busses that one of our very supportive vendors paid for? > Orlando reminded some regular ALA Conference goers of the >unfortunate Miami ALA Annual of 1994. Reminded a lot of people of the Miami Annual. And the ones I heard talking about it were talking about how much better Orlando was than Miami! >I heard no favorable comments about the Orlando site for Annual (Summer).... Where were you? A lot of people were very happy with it. >Whatever the deficiencies of Orlando as a site for a Summer Conference As a new Floridian, I invite you to come in the Winter. >I tend to think that the majority of ALA Members who >might be inclined to attend an Annual Conference (those beyond puberty) >would be more interested in the attractions of Fisherman's Wharf or >Times Square than Disney World or some other theme park. As a person who has been a librarian for 24 years and attended the ALA annual conference for the first time only because it was within driving distance, I don't care whether you have it outside Florida. I can't attend anywhere else. And I'm well beyond puberty! Phalbe Henriksen ~ who doesn't care for Florida bashing Director Bradford County Public Library Starke, FL (2 hours from Orlando -- YES!) P.S. I heard several nasty cracks about the South at the conference. I guess the War still isn't over for the Yankees, either. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:58:08 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Chris Rippel Subject: Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? Who has the best Web page with links to online tools for answering ready reference questions? -- Thanks, Chris Rippel Central Kansas Library System 1409 Wiliams Great Bend, Kansas 67530 620-792-4865 (voice) 620-792-5495 (fax) crippel at ckls dot org From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:58:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Seeking Book with Blk/Wht Illustrations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "K. Van Flue" Subject: Seeking Book with Blk/Wht Illustrations Hi All, I need some help-- A patron is looking for books with primitive, e.g.wood-cut, black and white illustrations depicting African-American historical life, slavery, etc. If you have any suggestions or specific titles, I would appreciate it. I've been looking in books about slavery, folk-art, African-American history, poetry; I hope to avoid leafing through hundreds of books (as a last resort I'll search Google images, but she specifically wanted books). Because of the holiday weekend, I have until (including) next Tuesday, July 6 to pull some items. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help! Kathy Van Flue SCPL From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 3 12:58:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Opportunity in Jefferson County, Colorado (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jenny Worth Subject: Job Opportunity in Jefferson County, Colorado Please excuse cross posting. Thank you. POSITION: Children's Information Services Librarian #24-202, Part-time 20(hpw), Standley Lake Library APPLICATION DEADLINE: 7/29/04 QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Master's degree in Library Science. Must be flexible to work evenings, weekends, and minor holidays. The successful candidate would have lots of energy and be willing to share that energy as a leader in a dynamic children's unit at one of our busiest libraries. We are looking for someone who understands that the details and the big picture are both important. This person would be responsible for coordinating outreach activities and consulting at a high level on collection development. Artistic abilities are a plus. DUTIES: Position will provide reference assistance in the Children's Room to children, caregivers, and other individuals working with children. Additional responsibilities include providing reference assistance using community, manual, and electronic resources, including online searching; conducting tours and story times; creating displays and bulletin boards; developing special programs; assisting with the development and delivery of children's programs and patron education; reviewing, recommending materials, and collaborating on collection development; and establishing and managing relationships with outside agencies and organizations. Reports to the Head of Children's Information Services. SALARY: $19,100- $20,500 (20 hours per week) Depending on years of experience. BENEFITS: * Excellent benefits package including health, dental, and retirement. * Vacation, holiday, sick leave, and personal days. * Training opportunities. * Relocation allowance possible. APPLY: A current resume and complete Jefferson County application must be completed. Applications are available by fax (303) 271-8411 or online at http://jefferson.lib.co.us - click on "Join Our Team." Return to Jefferson County Human Resources Dept. 800 Jefferson Pkwy, Ste.140, Golden CO 80401; 303-271-8400. Jefferson County Public Library makes employment decisions without regard to an individual's race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin or disability. From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:37:39 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:143] Re: Orlando: another view (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Stephen Denney Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:143] Re: Orlando: another view So why is San Francisco not going to be hosting an ALA conference in the foreseeable future? I can't think of any reason. A friend of mine who attended the Orlando conference (as a publisher rep.) told me the weather was unbearable, and she grew up in the south. Here in the SF Bay Area we have temperate weather year round. And BART (our subway) now goes directly from the SF Airport into downtown San Francisco as well as Berkeley and Oakland. The BART stop in downtown Berkeley is only a few blocks from UC Berkeley with our great university library and only one block from the city library. - Steve Denney On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 KTDyer@aol.com wrote: > Please excuse cross posting... > > I had a ball despite having my back ache and my feet burn while perspiring > profusely all over! > > This was my first ALA Conference. I was fortunate enough to be able to take > advantage of the Orlando location by also going to Washington, D.C. and > visiting family in Maryland. I had a hard time seeing all the Wash., D.C. sites > because I'd already spent so much energy! I came home yesterday (Friday), went > to bed and slept for 15 hours. ... From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:37:44 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] International Online Book Discussion of the Da Vinci Code (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lori Bell Subject: International Online Book Discussion of the Da Vinci Code On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, Cleveland LBPH will be hosting a book discussion of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," using an online meeting room with chatting and voice-over IP that was designed by and for people who are blind or visually impaired, or employ adaptive technologies to use the Internet. This meeting room is made possible through a grant obtained by the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service. The online discussion will begin at 10 AM, Eastern time and a moderated discussion will last until 12 PM Eastern time. The meeting room will then remain open until 2 PM for those who wish to continue the discussion. For more information, please call LBPH at 216-623-2911 or 1-800-362-1262 or email Barbara Mates at barbara.mates@cpl.org or Will Reed at will.reed@cpl.org The software for the discussion is Talking Communities through OPAL - Online Programming for all Libraries. For information on other programming and software, please contact Tom Peters, OPAL Coordinator at tapinformation@yahoo.com or Lori Bell at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com Instructions for Logging In To the Discussion: Select and activate Enter the Da Vinci Code Online Book Discussion link: http://www.tcconference.com/lib/?auditorium&nopass_field=1 A small applet will download onto your PC allowing you to enter the room. Allow the applet to download. The applet allows your computer to participate in the discussion, and is a safe download. If you have problems downloading the applet please refer to the Talking Communities FAQ at http://talk3.talkingcommunities.com/index.php/245. A form field is on the Web page to type in your name. Type in your name and press Enter on your keyboard or select the ENTER button on the Web page. You should now be logged into the OPAL Auditorium Room. From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:37:53 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dianne Harmon" Subject: Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando I had a great time at conference in Orlando. I stayed in one of the hotels next to the conference center and didn't find it difficult to walk between buildings. Yes, it was hot and humid and it took me a couple of days to get used to the weather. I enjoyed the Sirsi reception at Epcot a great deal as well as the scholarship bash at Universal Studios -- the Return of the Mummy ride was my favorite!! I also attended some excellent programs and was also unhappy that the room was full at other programs. My committee meeting got quite a bit accomplished so I'm pleased with that effort. I could write just about the identical paragraph about every ALA annual conference. Once in awhile the weather is great but it can also be hot or cold. I have found something to enjoy at every single conference and have muttered about at least one program that didn't have enough seating. Yes, there can be something at every conference that draws complaints but I think it's hard enough to coordinate close to 20,000 much less try for perfection. I've never been on a national conference committee -- our state committee is enough for me. I'm just grateful that there are people out there willing to put in the effort to organize all of this and that I don't have to. Dianne Harmon Associate Director for Public Services Joliet Public Library Joliet, IL 815-740-2660 www.joliet.lib.il.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:38:10 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: [MEMBER-FORUM:144] Re: Orlando: another view (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "K.G. Schneider" Subject: RE: [MEMBER-FORUM:144] Re: Orlando: another view > So why is San Francisco not going to be hosting an ALA conference in the > foreseeable future? I can't think of any reason. A friend of mine who > attended the Orlando conference (as a publisher rep.) told me the weather > was unbearable, and she grew up in the south. Here in the SF Bay Area we > have temperate weather year round. And BART (our subway) now goes directly > from the SF Airport into downtown San Francisco as well as Berkeley and > Oakland. The BART stop in downtown Berkeley is only a few blocks from UC > Berkeley with our great university library and only one block from the > city library. > > - Steve Denney My guess is at some point SF got a bad rap for being expensive, the downtown having some issues, etc. SF ain't cheap, but once you pays your dues and airfare anywhere, the cost of the hotel et al is not that much more, and it's a wonderful playground. Downtown SF has greatly improved. Although SF can be rainy in January, it's still very easy to visit year-round. In terms of bang for your buck, unless you spend your entire conference at the convention center (and I've had those conferences), SF is a huge bargain. At one point I swear SF was on schedule for something like 2010. Now I don't see it on the list at all, through 2014. But hey, why go to SF when you can go to Chicago in January or New Orleans in June?! http://www.ala.org/ala/confservices/upcoming/upcomingconferences.htm Karen G. Schneider, speaking strictly on her own behalf and not on behalf of any unit, division, or denomination kgs@bluehighways.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:39:12 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:146] Re: Orlando: another view (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: fstoss@buffalo.edu Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:146] Re: Orlando: another view I was told that ALA cannot go to San Francisco because its infrastructure is too small and ALA has outgrown the city. Fred Quoting "K.G. Schneider" : > > So why is San Francisco not going to be hosting an ALA conference > in the From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:39:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Jim Casey (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido" Subject: Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Jim Casey (fwd) Jim, thank you for your thoughtful presentation. It may be only one man's voice, but it is good to hear it. By the way, the first Core Values Task Force was chaired by Don Sager, not by Michael Gorman, who was a member of that task force, as was I. GraceAnne The honorable PUBLIB inscribed the following on 1 Jul 2004 > COUNCIL II: The longest and most involved discussions during > this session involved the acceptance of the work of a “Core > Values II Task Force” and “Task Force on Library School > Closings”. The terse list of terms and pre-digested > definitions provided by the Core Values II Task Force was > finally accepted and the Task Force was dismissed despite > some misgivings several persons who may have been expecting > a more involved set of statements and a battle similar to > that which consumed the Annual in 2000. Michael Gorman, the > brave soul who chaired the original Core Values effort in > 2000 and incoming President-Elect of ALA, did not speak in > opposition to this version. I doubt that we will hear much > about Core Values again (famous last words). > > My sincerest thanks go to the Oak Lawn Public Library, the > Board and Taxpayers for supporting my participation in ALA. > > James B. Casey, June 30, 2004. > >GraceAnne A. DeCandido, MLS BlueRoses Consulting ~ Writing ~ Editorial ~ Web Content Part-time lecturer, children's literature, Rutgers SCILS New York City * ladyhawk AT well DOT com http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/gadhome.html What's LadyHawk reading? http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html The Goddess moves mountains -- bring a shovel. From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 5 11:40:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:27 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] FW: [LibraryLink] Library Link of the Day for 2004-07-04 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "K.G. Schneider" Subject: FW: [LibraryLink] Library Link of the Day for 2004-07-04 Hey, you folks, PUBLIB made Library Link of the Day! > From: "Library Link of the Day" > Date: July 4, 2004 10:15:40 PM PDT > To: Roy.Tennant@ucop.edu > Subject: [LibraryLink] Library Link of the Day for 2004-07-04 > Reply-To: "Library Link of the Day" > > > http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/PubLib/archive/0406/0036.html > Final list of things making libraries look stupid [PUBLIB] > > ................................................................ > Library Link of the Day > http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options) > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:18:54 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:148] Re: Orlando: another view (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:148] Re: Orlando: another view Stephen Denney wrote: > >> Marriott & Labor Issues > > > But Marriott is an international chain, wasn't this more the fault of > the ALA for choosing it as the headquarters hotel? There are other > hotels in the city. As I understood it, the visitors/convention organization thought the labor dispute would be settled by the time ALA met. I'm fairly certain that the union's drive was only at the Marriott in SF. I may be wrong, but hotel chains probably negotiate contracts at individual properties rather than chain-wide. (For example, there were no difficulties that I was aware of with the Marriott in Atlanta.) ALA plans its conferences something like ten years in advance. Meeting locations must, among other criteria, be able to accommodate the large number of individual meetings - business meetings for divisions and round tables, programs, and the myriad committees, subcommittees, task forces, and working groups that also meet at annual. While I have the floor the presence of baseball (Major League, Minor League, or Softball [Softball is played with ten on a side. By adopting the hated designated hitter rule, the American League has become softball.]) should also be a criterion. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:18:58 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Facility Manual (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "David Keeber" Subject: Facility Manual I am working on a Facility Manual for our library. Is there anyone who can pass along a copy of their manual. Specifically, I am seeking to find a way to outline the daily, weekly, monthly and annual cleaning and maintanence tasks to include when they are done and the steps needed to complete the tasks. Thank you. =20 David W. Keeber, MLS Library Director Sedona Public Library=20 3250 White Bear Road Sedona, AZ 86336 928.282.7714 dkeeber@sedonalibrary.org =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:19:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] 1st amendment issues (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "C. Hardesty" Subject: 1st amendment issues This is a July 4 article including a poll on 1,000 people's attitudes toward the curtailing of Americans' freedom of speech. I found it quite disturbing. As the article says, our freedom of speech "is a right that could be diminished by ever-so-thin slices." Here's an excerpt from the poll: "Twenty percent say negative reporting on the war should not be allowed. Twenty percent say critical editorials against a war should not be allowed. About the same number feel that the 1st Amendment itself goes too far. A little over 10 percent say the Patriot Act, which expanded government search and surveillance powers, didn't go far enough." The article can be accessed online at the link below. I believe you'll have to register, but it's free. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/perspective/chi-0407030292jul04,1 ,304700.story?coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed If this link doesn't work try going to http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/perspective/ and follow the link labeled "Free speech: Do Americans really believe in it?" Linda ===== Linda D. Lundquist Assistant Supervisor, Youth Services Bartlett Public Library District 800 S. Bartlett Rd. Bartlett, IL 60103 http://www.bartlett.lib.il.us I just noticed that the online version does not include some of the stats that appear in the print version of the article. What made it into the online article are all those questions having to do with "shock jocks" whereas most of the political stuff (what I found really frightening) was cut. Note that nearly a quarter of those polled believe the 1st Amendment goes too far in guaranteeing our freedom of expression: Should there be restrictions on the extent of news coverage of the war in Iraq? 60% No 33% Yes Should there have been restrictions on the extent of news coverage of Iraqi prisoner abuse? 49% No 47% Yes Do you think the Patriot Act goes too far, not far enough, or is it about right? 41% Too far 38% About right 12% Not enough Should groups advocating overthrow of the government and how to do so be allowed to make their views known? 56% Yes 37% No Should the media be allowed to publish or broadcast news stories that suggest war is not going well? 75% Yes 20% No Should the media be allowed to publish or broadcast editorial opinions critical of how the war is being handled? 76% Yes 20% No Does the 1st Amendment go too far in guaranteeing rights to free expression or is it just about right? 64% About right 23% Too far ===== Linda D. Lundquist Assistant Supervisor, Youth Services Bartlett Public Library District 800 S. Bartlett Rd. Bartlett, IL 60103 http://www.bartlett.lib.il.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:19:28 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:22:00 -0500 From: James B. Casey To: PUBLIB Subject: "Florida Bashing"? I regret that my frank expression of opinion about the Orlando site offended Phalbe Henriksen. It wasn't intended to be a "bashing" of Florida any more than the late Marvin Scilken could have been chastised for "New Orleans bashing" when, in his very last session of Council, he scolded ALA for scheduling the Summer 1999 ALA Annual in hot/humid New Orleans and the City of New Orleans for paying the Director of its library an "insulting" $65,000 per year. He wanted what was best for ALA and for the Library profession. So do I. What is not disputable, and far more important than the opinion of Phalbe Henriksen or myself about the Orlando site, are the facts that ALA is facing a budgetary shortfall in excess of $1.2 million and that total attendance at the last three Annual Conferences (Atlanta, Toronto/SARS and Orlando) was AT LEAST 20% lower in each case than that for the last San Francisco Annual Conference in 2001. James B. Casey -- Councilor-at-Large Director Oak Lawn Public Library in south suburban Chicago --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 09:06:50 -0400 From: Phalbe Henriksen > To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: ALA Annual Conference 2004 Orlando -- Notes by Phalbe Henriksen James B. Casey said: >This Annual Conference was held in a culturally barren "theme park" area.... Actually, it was held at the brand-new Orange County Convention Center. And it depends on your definition of "culture," doesn't it? Are you saying that theme parks are contrary to American culture? I didn't see any unhappy people among the 900 who attended the SIRSI party at Epcot! Or is it possible that theme parks just aren't *your* kind of culture? >...of suburban Orlando during a time when afternoon temperatures sometimes >soared to over 100 degrees. Yup, that's Florida! Some of us weren't unhappy with it. How much of the afternoon were you outside? The Convention Center was very comfortable. >Hotels were far apart.... Let's see....the official hotel was across the street from the Convention Center, and there were two others, one at each end of the Convention Center. That makes three hotels within easy walking distance of the OCCC. And I saw another hotel just on the other side of one of those two. What's the problem? >...mass transit was limited to several overcrowded "trolley busses".... Did you miss the busses that one of our very supportive vendors paid for? > Orlando reminded some regular ALA Conference goers of the >unfortunate Miami ALA Annual of 1994. Reminded a lot of people of the Miami Annual. And the ones I heard talking about it were talking about how much better Orlando was than Miami! >I heard no favorable comments about the Orlando site for Annual (Summer).... Where were you? A lot of people were very happy with it. >Whatever the deficiencies of Orlando as a site for a Summer Conference As a new Floridian, I invite you to come in the Winter. >I tend to think that the majority of ALA Members who >might be inclined to attend an Annual Conference (those beyond puberty) >would be more interested in the attractions of Fisherman's Wharf or >Times Square than Disney World or some other theme park. As a person who has been a librarian for 24 years and attended the ALA annual conference for the first time only because it was within driving distance, I don't care whether you have it outside Florida. I can't attend anywhere else. And I'm well beyond puberty! Phalbe Henriksen ~ who doesn't care for Florida bashing Director Bradford County Public Library Starke, FL (2 hours from Orlando -- YES!) P.S. I heard several nasty cracks about the South at the conference. I guess the War still isn't over for the Yankees, either. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:19:34 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re:Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Susan McGowan" Subject: Re:Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? Chris-- Try ours at http://www.webrary.org/ref/weblinksmenu.html - I think it's great! --Susan ---------- >From: publib@webjunction.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB digest 2794 >Date: Sat, Jul 3, 2004, 4:01 PM > > Topic No. 9 > > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 09:58:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: Chris Rippel > To: publib > Subject: Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? > Message-ID: > > Who has the best Web page with links to online tools for answering > ready reference questions? > -- > Thanks, > > Chris Rippel > Central Kansas Library System > 1409 Wiliams > Great Bend, Kansas 67530 > 620-792-4865 (voice) > 620-792-5495 (fax) > crippel at ckls dot org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:19:43 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Breaking News, July 2 American Libraries Online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gordon Flagg" Subject: Breaking News, July 2 American Libraries Online Breaking News, July 2 American Libraries Online For full stories, visit > Supreme Court Blocks COPA, Sends Case Back to Lower Court > Patriot Act Provision Was Invoked, DOJ Memo Says > Libraries Choose to Filter or Not to Filter As CIPA Deadline Arrives > Groups Join Forces to Fight Copyright Law > Opposition to Iraq War Pervades ALA in Orlando > Vartan Gregorian One of 13 Medal of Freedom Recipients > $10 Million Restored to Queens Library Budget > Letters Protest Providence Public Library Layoffs > North Carolina Librarian Fired without Explanation > Dickson County Library Gets Brief Reprieve in Funding Dispute > Erie County Delays Three Branch Closings by One Month > Work Resumes on Delayed Indianapolis Library > Patron Files Federal Suit Fighting Ban from Ann Arbor Library > Eugene Book Thief Sentenced to Six Years > Wisconsin Twister Damages Roof of Madison Branch Library ALA members can search American Libraries back issues through 2003 using the ebrary platform, which transforms printed pages into a dynamic database. Link to it on the AL Online website by clicking on "archive" or the cover image at the top . American Libraries' website also features the latest "Crawford Files" columns by Walt Crawford; "Internet Librarian" by Joseph Janes; "Technically Speaking" by Andrew Pace; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. Do you have a comment to make about anything appearing in American Libraries? The editors encourage signed e-mail letters on recent content or matters of general interest to the library profession in the Reader Forum section. Send 250 words or less to americanlibraries@ala.org. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:19:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Best books, maybe (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "John" Subject: Best books, maybe It may not be one of The Best Books of All Time, but I have laughed my way through ON PARADISE DRIVE, by David Brooks. Now I may have to go back and read Brooks's BOBOS IN PARADISE. And I did that while taking an entire week off to be at home with my seven-year-old son, while his mother (and my wife) went off to the Piano Technicians Guild annual convention in Nashville. Put the kid to bed without supper at 4 p.m. and read and read and read and...oh, wait, no, that was just a fantasy. Ha! John Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 So. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607-1799 Ph: (309) 697-3822, x. 12 Fax: (309) 697-9681 E-mail: jrichmond@alphapark.org ____________________________________________ "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." -- Anon. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:20:07 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Best Reads of 2004 and 1/2 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David.Faulkner@ci.austin.tx.us Subject: Best Reads of 2004 and 1/2 You suggested and I compiled, so here it is, our picks for the best reads of the first half of 2004. I've also got this list saved as a Word file with each title linking to its page at Amazon. If you'd like the Word document let me know and I'll send it directly. David Faulkner Austin Public Library Daniel E. Ruiz Branch David.Faulkner@ci.austin.tx.us Best Reads of the First Half of 2004 as Suggested by Subscribers of PubLib Compiled by David Faulkner, Austin Public Library · An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain by Diane Ackerman · Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler · The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud · Blue Blood by Edward Conlon · Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella · Citizen Hobo: How a Century Of Homelessness Shaped America by Todd Depastino · The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan · Crackpots by Sara Pritchard · Death Match by Lincoln Child · Digital Fortress by Dan Brown · Dogs Don't Bite When a Growl Will Do: What Your Dog Can Teach You About Living a Happy Life by Matt Weinstein and Luke Barber · The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst · The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer · Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss · Eventide by Kent Haruf · The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith · A Hole in Texas by Herman Wouk · I Dream Of Microwaves by Imad Rahman · Ice Run by Steve Hamilton · Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi · Just One Look by Harlan Coben · The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini · Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey · Last Call by Laura Pedersen · Little, Big by John Crowley · Live Bait by P. J. Tracy · Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani · Lying Awake by Mark Salzman · Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides · Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy · Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen · Murder On the Leviathan by Boris Akunin · My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult · A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly · An Obsession With Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair With a Singular Insect by Sharman Apt Russell · One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark by Colin G. Calloway · The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb · The Preservationist by David Maine · The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by Gregg Easterbrook · The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory · A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin · Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff · The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon · The Soloist by Mark Salzman · Stitch 'n Bitch Handbook: The Knitters Handbook by Debbie Stoller · Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea by Diane Glancy · Sunshine by Robin McKinley · Swallows Of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra · Taking Care of Parents Who Didn't Take Care of You: Making Peace with Aging Parents by Eleanor Cade · Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich · This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey · The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger · The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters: A Novel by Elisabeth Robinson · True Notebooks by Mark Salzman · Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett. · Upright: The Evolutionary Key To Becoming Human by Craig Stanford · War Paint: Madame Helena Rubenstein and Elizabeth Arden, Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry by Lindy Woodhead · The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald · The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks · Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis A Few Audio Books were also suggested: · Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville read by Bruce Coville and a full cast (chapter book) · The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith, read by Lisette Lecat · The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust by Edith Hahn Beer, read by Barbara Rosenblat · Train They Call the City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman; read by Tom Chapin (picture book) From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:20:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: places to hold conferences (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "C. Hardesty" Subject: re: places to hold conferences Groups that hold large conferences (like an org I used to work for) are always running up against the fact that there are only a handful of cities (when I was involved in the org, there were 5 cities) that can host largeconferences. Chicago, LA, Orlando, NYC, ???. Constance Hardesty From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 6 19:20:27 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Another library still relevant article (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Bruce Brigell" Subject: Another library still relevant article The Chicago Tribune has a weekly column with references to some interesting articles from various magazines. In the June 28 2004 Trib. this column was entitled "DON'T CLOSE THE BOOK ON AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION" The article begins: Chicago Tribune (IL) June 28, 2004 Column: AT RANDOM: MAGAZINES. Don't close the book on an American institution Author: James Warren, Tribune staff writer. Section: Tempo In our internet culture, in which search engines seem to have higher value than fire engines, libraries should be goners. But as an in-flight magazine, of all places, suggests in an article titled, "sssssSSSSSHHHHHH," they are reinventing themselves and may prosper as they cross the digital divide. The June issue of Hemispheres, the monthly from embattled United Airlines, features a nice job by Charles Lockwood as he inspects a remarkably resilient American institution in the process of seemingly reinventing itself. Wherever you look, you may find once stodgy environs evolving into computer center wireless zones, holding literary and citizenship classes for immigrants, and even stealing ideas like coffee shops from book chains and gift shops from museums. ... I do not see the Hemispheres article online, but free reprints are available by calling the magazine [toll free] at: Write Hemispheres 1301 Carolina Street Greensboro, NC 27401 Reprints and back issues 1-336-383-5690 or 1-877-569-4946 (toll free) Bruce Brigell Coordinator of Information Services Skokie Public Library 5215 Oakton St. Skokie, IL 60077 847/324-3142 847/673-7797 [fax] bbrigell@skokielibrary.info From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:31:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: ALA mtg places Message-ID: Sender: fstoss@buffalo.edu Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:147] Re: Orlando: another view Quoting Stephen Denney : > Is that really true, that the SF infrastructure is too small for the > ALA, > and would it hold for the midwinter conference as well as the annual? > What kind of problems were there with the 2001 conference held in San > It would be ideal for midwinter. Marriott & Labor Issues Fred Stoss From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:37:26 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: ALA mtg place Message-ID: (Grouping these as they followed each other, hard on heels...over the week-end. Moderator Deux, Weissman.) Sender: Stephen Denney Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:147] Re: Orlando: another view > Marriott & Labor Issues But Marriott is an international chain, wasn't this more the fault of the ALA for choosing it as the headquarters hotel? There are other hotels in the city. - Steve Denney -------------------------- Sender: fstoss@buffalo.edu Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:153] Re: Orlando: another view I was under the impression that San Francisco did not have the adequate infrastructure to support the ALA Annual. However, with decreasing numbers over the past several years, no decrease in price to attend the Annual Meeting, and other factors, ALA might want to consider adding SF back to the list. Fred Stoss ------------------------ Sender: Stephen Denney Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:148] Re: Orlando: another view I don't know the specifics of the Marriot labor dispute in San Francisco in 2001, but even if it was confined to the city, it seems to me that that is something that can happen anywhere. I am still trying to understand what justification is there, particularly in terms of infrastructure problems that might have been encountered, to exclude San Francisco from cities considered for future ALA conferences. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:37:42 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Reinardy_GA" Subject: ------_=_NextPart_002_01C463B5.56B141D2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We are contemplating adding a charge for holds that are not picked up by customers. As of now, we don't charge for holds at all, and thought this might be a way to ease into it. We are a Dynix library, and it would be relatively simple to do this. I wonder if any libraries out there charge for holds, or for holds not picked up, and if you recommend that as a way to make some money, and discourage what I call "indiscriminate" holds. Thanks for your responses.=20 =20 Gina Reinardy Circulation Department Brown County Library 515 Pine St. Green Bay, WI 54301 920-448-4400 x377 =20 ------_=_NextPart_002_01C463B5.56B141D2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
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Dan Robinson drobinson@hwwilson.com On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:23, C. Hardesty wrote: > This is a July 4 article including a poll on 1,000 > people's attitudes toward the curtailing of Americans' > freedom of speech. I found it quite disturbing. As the > article says, our freedom of speech "is a right that > could be diminished by ever-so-thin slices." Here's an > excerpt from the poll: > > "Twenty percent say negative reporting on the war > should not be allowed. Twenty percent say critical > editorials against a war should not be allowed. About > the same number feel that the 1st Amendment itself > goes too far. A little over 10 percent say the Patriot > Act, which expanded government search and surveillance > powers, didn't go far enough." > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:38:34 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:14:05 -0400 From: Dan Robinson To: PUBLIB Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Jim, what about the figures for the last NYC conference? Even though it was held just after the 4th of July? Dan Robinson drobinson@hwwilson.com (yes, I have a personal interest in this) On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:24, PUBLIB wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:22:00 -0500 > From: James B. Casey > To: PUBLIB > Subject: "Florida Bashing"? > >> > What is not disputable, and far more important than > the opinion of Phalbe Henriksen or myself about the > Orlando site, are the facts that ALA is facing a > budgetary shortfall in excess of $1.2 million and > that total attendance at the last three Annual > Conferences (Atlanta, Toronto/SARS and Orlando) was > AT LEAST 20% lower in each case than that for the > last San Francisco Annual Conference in 2001. > > > James B. Casey -- Councilor-at-Large > Director > Oak Lawn Public Library > in south suburban Chicago > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:39:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:46:45 -0400 From: Phalbe Henriksen To: PUBLIB Subject: Re: "Florida Bashing"? > From: James B. Casey > Subject: "Florida Bashing"? > > I regret that my frank expression of opinion about the > Orlando site offended Phalbe Henriksen. It wasn't > intended to be a "bashing" of Florida.... > What is not disputable, and far more important than > the opinion of Phalbe Henriksen or myself about the > Orlando site, are the facts that ALA is facing a > budgetary shortfall in excess of $1.2 million and > that total attendance at the last three Annual > Conferences (Atlanta, Toronto/SARS and Orlando) was > AT LEAST 20% lower in each case than that for the > last San Francisco Annual Conference in 2001. Mr. James B. Casey -- Councilor-at-Large, Thank you for replying to the list. Actually, I was trying to make a point and you've helped me make it. If ALA lost money in Atlanta, Toronto and Orlando, and ALA's annual conference has the goal of making money, then, you're right, booth fees (@$5,000 now) and attendee's registration, not to mention hotel rates, will have to go up. The reason ALA meets in the summer in hot climates and in the winter in cold climates should be apparent to everyone -- cost. No doubt, Chicago and Boston are cheaper in the winter just as Atlanta, New Orleans and Orlando are in the summer. (Forget the Toronto conference and SARS -- that was an abberation. And, it is to be hoped, a rare one. [SARS, not Toronto.]) So add all that up. Do vendors want to pay more for booths? How much will the market bear? Do librarians and vendors want to pay more for hotel rooms? How much will the market bear? Where is the line to be drawn? Do we want 25 vendors and 1,000 librarians at choice spots at high season with hotel rooms considerably over $100/day? One hundred vendors and 3,000 librarians at "medium" season with hotel rooms @$100/day? Can "we" as a profession make the decision? It won't be easy. Just as the internet is considered anarchic, the number of funding bodies that pay for staff to attend annual conferences constitute an anarchy. How many libraries were represented at ALA-Orlando? Or at last year's conference? Or the year before? Or the year before that? Or the year before that? There are that many funding bodies, plus the plucky librarians that pay their own way. And they have their financial highs and lows, the libraries and the individual librarians, sometimes with the economy, sometimes contrary to it. And some directors believe in sending staff to conferences and some don't. And some boards, etc.... Perhaps it's time for ALA *and its members* to "sit down" and discuss this issue. Should ALA travel around the country so that every librarian can afford to attend an ALA annual conference, eventually, at some time during their career? Should ALA stick with money-making locations? Should ALA consider money-making/money-losing conferences to be determining factors for geographical choices at all? Should ALA cover the possible loss of money on conferences with annual dues? Could ALA conduct more business at mid-winter and use smaller facilities at the annual conference? Is it time for technology to take over ALA's meetings and make them "virtual" rather than waiting for twice-a-year meetings? Could ALA's "virtual" meetings produce policies and procedures for the membership to vote on "virtually"? That would remove the meetings from the annual conference as well as doing away with the need for "mid-winter." Could ALA depend on the integrity of every member to vote responsibly, even if he or she couldn't affort to attend a conference? OK, here we are. Atlanta, Toronto, Orlando. Where does ALA go? Phalbe Henriksen Director Bradford County Public Library Starke, FL P.S. Personally, I vote for Orlando, but that's a personal thingie. Our staff *loved* it! And the SIRSI party was great. And the OCLC luncheon was terrific. And meeting people in the flesh that I've only known virtually was wonderful. Hi, Carolyn! From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:40:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re:Who has the best Web page on links for ready refe (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: bkelly@apl.org Subject: Re:Who has the best Web page on links for ready refe Appleton (WI) Public Library's "QuickRef" pages are well used: http://www.apl.org/quick/ Barbara Kelly, Assistant Director, Appleton Public Library 225 N. Oneida St. Appleton, WI 54911 920-832-6168 Fax: 920-832-6182 mailto:bkelly@apl.org http://www.apl.org -----Original Message----- From: Susan McGowan [mailto:smcgowan@webrary.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Re:Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? Chris-- Try ours at http://www.webrary.org/ref/weblinksmenu.html - I think it's great! --Susan ---------- >From: publib@webjunction.org >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB digest 2794 >Date: Sat, Jul 3, 2004, 4:01 PM > > Topic No. 9 > > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 09:58:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: Chris Rippel > To: publib > Subject: Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? > Message-ID: > > > Who has the best Web page with links to online tools for answering > ready reference questions? > -- > Thanks, > > Chris Rippel > Central Kansas Library System > 1409 Wiliams > Great Bend, Kansas 67530 > 620-792-4865 (voice) > 620-792-5495 (fax) > crippel at ckls dot org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:40:31 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Follow your Bliss - Joseph Campbell (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Deborah D'Ambrosio" Subject: Follow your Bliss - Joseph Campbell Hi Tom, The Joseph Campbell Foundation site lists page numbers 120 and 149 in The Power of Myth but it may be what you referred to in your question. Our copy of the book is out at the moment so I can't check it. http://www.jcf.org/bliss.php Deborah D'Ambrosio Adult Services Librarian Nutley Free Public Library (973) 667-0405 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:40:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lisa Sheffield Subject: Books on tape/CD call numbers I need some advice on call numbers for A/V -- We currently have a holdings code and assign a number to A/V materials -- books on tape and books on CD. (This system was pre- any of us currently working at the library). We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. For non-fiction -- we would put the holdings code - BT or BCD, then the dewey. What do other folks do? And are there hidden problems that I am not forseeing? Any advice would be appreciated. Lisa Lisa Sheffield Adult Services Librarian Transylvania County Library 105 S. Broad St. Brevard, NC 28712 828-884-3151 Opinions expressed are my own. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:40:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jennifer Hendzlik" Subject: Who has the best Web page on links for ready reference? I wouldn't be so bold as to say ours is the best, but we have worked hard on our refence "Infolink" pages. http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/infolink/infolink.cfm ~Jennifer Jennifer Hendzlik, MLS Reference Department Manager Brentwood Branch Library Springfield, MO 65804 (417)874-8130 jenniferh@mail.sgcl.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:41:05 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:28 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: places to hold conferences (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Stephanie Stokes Subject: re: places to hold conferences At 08:56 AM 7/7/04, you wrote: >Subject: re: places to hold conferences > >Groups that hold large conferences ....are always running up >against the fact that there are only a handful of cities >........there were 5 cities) that can host largeconferences. >Chicago, LA, Orlando, NYC, ???. And Las Vegas! Stephanie Stokes www.casummerreading.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:41:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] The September Project (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: The September Project The September Project http://www.theseptemberproject.org/forlibraries.htm "On Saturday, September 11th, 2004, people across the nation will go to public spaces to participate collectively and think creatively about our country, our government, and our media. With public libraries as host, The September Project will help facilitate talks and roundtables, public forums, and performances in towns and cities across the US." From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:41:22 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] reminder: job ad, lib consultant, Eau Claire, WI (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sandra Robbers" Subject: reminder: job ad, lib consultant, Eau Claire, WI Reminder: Still accepting applications for this job. Application deadline: July 19 Accepting applications by e-mail or fax. Jo Ad: Library Development and Youth Services Coordinator Indianhead Federated Library System, Eau Claire, WI This full-time position is responsible for planning, implementing, evaluating, and budgeting system activities for youth (ages 0-18) and for people with special needs, providing general library consulting and writing or assisting other IFLS staff or member library staff to write grant applications. Traveling to member libraries is required which may include evening or weekend hours. The Indianhead Federated Library System is a state funded agency, which provides services to 53 independent public libraries in 10 west central Wisconsin counties. Services include interlibrary loan, support for shared automated systems, delivery service, tech support, web design, continuing education and consulting. For more information on IFLS, go to our website is at: http://www.ifls.lib.wi.us/ Eau Claire, a city of 60,000, is the largest in the system and is a regional medical, high-tech, and shopping center close to many, varied recreational sites. Eau Claire is home to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the Chippewa Valley Technical College, Immanuel Lutheran College, excellent schools, and many cultural and community activities. At the same time, Eau Claire offers the comforts and conveniences of small town life - affordable housing, low crime, friendly people, lower cost of living and active churches and community groups. Requirements: Master's degree (M.A.) in Library Science and minimum of three years experience in a public library position, which included youth services responsibilities. Application deadline: July 19, 2004, 5:00 pm. Salary: $40,000 to $45,000 To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references to: Sandy Robbers, Director, Indianhead Federated Library System, 1538 Truax Blvd, Eau Claire, WI 54703. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sandy Robbers, Director robbers@ifls.lib.wi.us Indianhead Federated Library System 1538 Truax Blvd. Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-5082 Extension 16 FAX: 715-839-5151 IFLS Web Page: www.ifls.lib.wi.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:43:29 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Conference locations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Matthew Simon-pre-DESIGN Planning Associates Subject: Re: Conference locations ALA's Coonference site selection process has been about as transparent as the election of the Pope for at least thirty years. About 10 years ago, while working in Las Vegas, I enlisted the President of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Mayor of Las Vegas, NLA, The State Librarian, and the Director's of the Washoe County Public Library, Clark County Public Library, and several academic library directors, and we put together a package touting Las Vegas for either a Midwinter Convention, figuring we could pool our resources to put together the local arrangements committee. Months passed. The first package was "lost." Eventually, after we resubmitted, I learned from a member of the Association's Executive Committee that Las Vegas was not a possibility. The Association puts these things where they can get the best deals for the Association. Librarians do not spend money the way that the hardware and software manufacturers do at COMDEX. They do not attract the deep- pocket drug and HMO reps that they attract at the ABA and AMA meetings. When challenged,ALA trots out the same stale rationale about ALA begin too big, or local boards not wishing to subsidize the travel of librarians and staff to a venue where bad behavior may actually take place. Fortunately for our profesisonal reputation, this has never occurred in San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Montreal or Philadelphia. The fact is, ALA has at least one dozen and probably more options available to it. Matthew Simon, President pre-DESIGN Planning Associates, Inc. Indianapolis IN From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:43:39 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB digest 2721 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Joanne Gilmore" Subject: Re: PUBLIB digest 2721 There's a new list for central selectors that started just last month. OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network) is hosting a list for central selectors. It's called SELECTOR-L and the way to get on the list is: go to http://mail.oplin.org/mailman and click on the SELECTOR-L link to sign up for the list. It's easy! It's fun! The list is intended for anyone doing central selection, not just Ohio people. We're hoping that those involved in public library central selection all over the country will participate and share their ideas and tips on this list. If you have any questions, you can contact: Karen E. Miller Adult Services Coordinator Greene County Public Library 76 E. Market St. Xenia, OH 45385 937 376 2996 x234 kmiller@gcpl.lib.oh.us I'm just helping Karen to get the word out to as many people as we can so we can get some discussion going. Joanne R. Gilmore Director, Technical Services Department Columbus Metropolitan Library Operations Center 101 S. Stygler Road. Gahanna, OH 43230 614-479-3052 (Voice) 614-479-4050(Fax) jgilmore@columbuslibrary.org We promote reading and guide learning in the pursuit of information, knowledge, and wisdom. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:43:48 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] PubLib's Best Books now an Amazon List (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: David.Faulkner@ci.austin.tx.us Subject: PubLib's Best Books now an Amazon List In order to make the list of our favorite reads as widely available as possible I have created a list at Amazon.com. The list, due to its length, is in three parts and can be viewed by going here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-fil/-/A1U9H4JE188WUF/ref=cm_a ya_bb_lm/102-8534464-5482569 I hope this is of help. David From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:43:53 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA conference sites (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mimi Morris Subject: Re: ALA conference sites While not getting into the personalities of individual sites, I do think consideration is warranted for the comfort of attendees. I have always been told that we go to cities that seem counter-intuitive because it is cheaper for the organization. Doctors and lawyers probably wouldn't attend conferences in hot summer places or cold winter ones--but they can afford high season prices! If ALA is going to raise our dues and conference attendance fees anyway, maybe we can consider keeping New Orleans for Midwinter and Boston for summer? I agree wholeheartedly with the plea to bring back San Francisco as a conference site. It is usually pleasant weather in summer and I've found it remarkably easy to get around. The cold Northern cities at Midwinter also strike me as potential safety problems. If it is snowy or icy, those who are driving risk accidents. Those who are flying risk major weather delays. Perhaps our PUBLIB/Council colleagues could convey our suggestions to the powers-that-be? And hey--I was at Cafe Tu Tu at 6:00 on Friday and never found any of you, just a big party of community college librarians! Did the crowd coming from the convention center just get there late? (My hotel was across the street) I left about 6:15... Mimi...who is still digging out from being gone for a week Mimi Morris Assistant Director for Branch and Extension Services Dayton Metro Library Dayton, Ohio 45402 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:44:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Best books, maybe (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Andrea Johnson" Subject: RE: Best books, maybe A book that caused me to laugh my head off (and drive my husband nuts reading bits of it aloud to him): "Obliviously On He Sails: the Bush Administration in Rhyme," by Calvin Trillin. Andrea Johnson ajohnson@cooklib.org Cook Memorial Public Library Libertyville, IL From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:44:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Employment opportunity (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Bill McRee" Subject: Employment opportunity Employment Opportunity: =20 Librarian II, Senior Reference Librarian, Florence County Library, = Florence, SC =20 Under the supervision of the Director of Information and Research = Services, performs high-level professional duties including: providing = in-depth reference, research, and reader's advisory services to library = patrons and staff; assisting the Director of Information and Research = Services with a variety of other planning and managerial duties; acting = as a coach and mentor for less-experienced colleagues in the Reference = Department; and selecting reference and other materials for purchase. = Work is carried out with a high degree of independent judgement and = initiative. Reports to the Director of Information and Research = Services, a Librarian III. =20 Some nights and weekends required. May be asked to perform other duties = as necessary. =20 Must supply driving history record back 8 to 10 years.=20 =20 Minimum training and experience =20 Masters degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited school = supplemented by three to five years of relevant professional library = experience (experience after the MLS), preferabley in reference work-or = any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the = required knowledge, skills and abilities. Most possess or be eligible = for a Professional Librarian Certificate from the South Carolina State = Library. Must possess a valid drivers license. =20 Please contact Mr. George Hobeika, Florence County Library Director at = (843) 662-8424 or hobe630@yahoo.com if interested. =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:44:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Putting "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Phalbe Henriksen Subject: Putting "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up Folks, Are any of you putting "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up? If so, how are you coping with the issue of confidentiality? Do you bag them? Thanks. Phalbe **************************************************** Phalbe Henriksen Director Bradford County Public Library 105 E. Jackson St. Starke, FL 32091-3396 bradford@neflin.org / phenriksen@neflin.org v (904) 964-6400 fax (904) 964-9463 "Just who is Elsie, and why do we always do what she says, even though she never comes to any meetings?" From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:44:33 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Electronic Signature Usage in Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mariela Parra Subject: Electronic Signature Usage in Libraries Hi, In Sept. 2000 a Reference Librarian posted a message regarding to electronic filing of Library Card applications. I did not find any reply to this message and this person is on vacation. I would like to know if you have implemented in your libraries a similar solution to the one described below. Thanks, Mariela Parra Research Librarian, Planning & Research Dept. Calgary Public Library 616 Macleod Trail S.E. Calgary, AB T2G 2M2 Tel: (403) 260-2711 ============================================================================ = William Skelton (wskelton@westga.edu) Thu, 21 Sep 2000 18:55:51 -0700 (PDT) Hello fellow Publibbers: I am a reference librarian with the Newnan-Coweta Public Library ..... We are looking for ways to eliminate paper as much as possible. One of the troublesome things we still deal with is Library Card Application cards, which we need to keep for the signature. Is anyone aware of, or using already, an electronic signature devise whereby the patron reads a statement and then signs an electronic signature. This is then saved electronically in a database and can be deleted whenever the patron's card expires or is deleted... Respectfully, William E. (Bill) Skelton, Refrence Librarian, Newnan-Coweta Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:44:45 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Circulating CD-ROM based game and educational software (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Susan Stonesifer" Subject: Circulating CD-ROM based game and educational software I have looked through the Publib archive and didn't see anything relevant, so any information you can send me would be greatly appreciated! Our library system is considering circulating CD-ROM based game and educational software to our customers. We are interested in hearing from libraries that have experience with circulating this format. Are there any special issues or concerns we should be aware of before we begin this endeavor? TIA! Susan Susan L. Stonesifer Branch Manager, Glenwood Library Howard County (MD) Libraries 2350 Rt. 97, Cooksville, MD 21723 410/313-5580 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:45:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] New interesting review article on "Library World Records" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Godfrey Oswald" Subject: New interesting review article on "Library World Records" The latest review article on "Library World Records" is now available at Review and Comments section of the official website at: http://www.lwrw.com/review.htm The review article was eritten for well-known Thomson Corporation, a leading global provider of integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Librarians who work in patent or trademarks libraries will find the article very very interesting to read. Godfrey Oswald "Library World Records" London, U.K. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 7 21:45:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Organizing Magazines by Subject (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Davinna Artibey Subject: Organizing Magazines by Subject Hello. Our library is considering organizing our magazine collection by subject like bookstores do. Have any of you ever tried this? We think it would be a helpful service to browsing patrons but a shelving nightmare for pages. We would appreciate any insight you have. Thank you. Davinna Artibey Information Services Librarian - Belmar Jefferson County Public Library 555 S. Allison Pkwy. Lakewood, CO 80226 (720) 963-0900 Fax (720) 962-4961 dartibey@jefferson.lib.co.us Find us on the web: http://jefferson.lib.co.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:33:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: On hold books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dianne Harmon" Subject: Re: On hold books We put our "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up and have not had problems. We wrap a full sheet of paper around the spine (good use for scrap paper) and write the patron's last name on the spine as well as the date we told the patron that the item was available. As part of this move to patron self-service, we added self checkout units and our patrons have been extremely supportive of this move. Dianne Harmon Associate Director for Public Services Joliet Public Library Joliet, IL 815-740-2660 www.joliet.lib.il.us ----- Original Message ----- From: Phalbe Henriksen Sent: 7/7/2004 8:49:37 PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [PUBLIB] Putting "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up > Folks, > > Are any of you putting "on hold" books out for patrons to pick up? If so, > how are you coping with the issue of confidentiality? Do you bag them? > > Thanks. > > Phalbe > > **************************************************** > Phalbe Henriksen > Director > Bradford County Public Library > 105 E. Jackson St. > Starke, FL 32091-3396 > bradford@neflin.org / phenriksen@neflin.org > v (904) 964-6400 fax (904) 964-9463 > > "Just who is Elsie, and why do we always do what she says, even though she > never comes to any meetings?" > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:34:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Diedre Conkling Subject: Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Jim has probably already answered this but here I go any way. The ALA Annual Conference attendance since 1876 in Philadelphia is published in the ALA Handbook (which we will still be able to get in paper thanks to protests by ALA Council members last week). For most years there is also a number for ALA Membership for the year. It is actually kind of interesting information. In the 2003 handbook it is on page 158. 1996 New York Attendance 18,027. This is less than 1995 Chicago (19,146) and 1997 San Francisco (19,339). Chicago and San Francisco have probably been consistently the cities with some of the highest conference attendance. My rough guess is that New York is probably right in there at 3rd or 4th. New Orleans and Washington DC seem to rank right in there as well. This is a guess without comparing ALA Membership figures for those years nor the value of the dollar. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:14:05 -0400 From: Dan Robinson To: PUBLIB Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Jim, what about the figures for the last NYC conference? Even though it was held just after the 4th of July? Dan Robinson drobinson@hwwilson.com (yes, I have a personal interest in this) On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:24, PUBLIB wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:22:00 -0500 > From: James B. Casey > To: PUBLIB > Subject: "Florida Bashing"? Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 Work: diedre@mail.crsn.lib.or.us Home: diedrec@charter.net ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:34:33 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: ALA mtg place (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:59:52 -0700 From: Sue Kamm To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] re: ALA mtg place PUBLIB wrote: > (Grouping these as they followed each other, hard on heels...over the > week-end. Moderator Deux, Weissman.) > > Sender: Stephen Denney > Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:147] Re: Orlando: another view > > >>Marriott & Labor Issues > > > But Marriott is an international chain, wasn't this more the fault of the > ALA for choosing it as the headquarters hotel? There are other hotels in > the city. No, it's NOT ALA's fault for choosing the Marriott as its headuarters hotel. The hotel may be part of a chain, but negotiating labor contracts is a local issue. Both the convention authority and the hotel believed that the labor dispute would be settled before the ALA conference. I don't know what it would have cost to pull all the conference programs planned for the Marriott - not to mention the sleeping rooms that were sold. SRRT cancelled the Coretta Scott King awards breakfast, even though Conference Services tried to find another location. Once again, remember that an organization as large as ALA with as many meetings as we hold must book conference locations years in advance. There is no way to know whether there will be a labor dispute, construction projects completed, or a minor league baseball team moved as far ahead as we need to commit. No confernece site - even San Francisco - can be perfect. Remember what Lincoln said about pleasing all the people all of the time. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:34:38 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers My library also has collection codes - which show the location (main library or branches), level (adult or juvenile), and format (book, sound recording, video; subject [non-fiction] or fiction. We can also tweak the collection codes to limit the number of items with that code that a particular borrower may check out as well as the loan period and whether renwals are allowed. That being said, I - as the AV librarin - try to catalog and classify our media. When cataloging recorded literature, if the item is subject and in our catalog, I will give the media the same call number. The collection code tells borrowers where to find the material. It boils down to whether you consider your AV collection as browsing or not. If it's not, then treat it as you would a book. Lisa Sheffield wrote: > I need some advice on call numbers for A/V -- > > We currently have a holdings code and assign a number to A/V materials -- > books on tape and books on CD. (This system was pre- any of us currently > working at the library). > > We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy > for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- > the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. > > For non-fiction -- we would put the holdings code - BT or BCD, then the > dewey. > > What do other folks do? And are there hidden problems that I am not > forseeing? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Lisa > > Lisa Sheffield > Adult Services Librarian > Transylvania County Library > 105 S. Broad St. > Brevard, NC 28712 > 828-884-3151 > Opinions expressed are my own. > > > > -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:34:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Conference locations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Conference locations Matthew Simon-pre-DESIGN Planning Associates wrote: > ALA's Coonference site selection process has been about as > transparent as the election of the Pope for at least thirty years. > About 10 years ago, while working in Las Vegas, I enlisted the > President of the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Mayor of Las Vegas, > NLA, The State Librarian, and the Director's of the Washoe County > Public Library, Clark County Public Library, and several academic > library directors, and we put together a package touting Las Vegas > for either a Midwinter Convention, figuring we could pool our > resources to put together the local arrangements committee. > > Months passed. The first package was "lost." Eventually, after we > resubmitted, I learned from a member of the Association's Executive > Committee that Las Vegas was not a possibility. > > The Association puts these things where they can get the best deals > for the Association. Librarians do not spend money the way that the > hardware and software manufacturers do at COMDEX. They do not > attract the deep- pocket drug and HMO reps that they attract at the > ABA and AMA meetings. > > When challenged,ALA trots out the same stale rationale about ALA > begin too big, or local boards not wishing to subsidize the travel of > librarians and staff to a venue where bad behavior may actually take > place. Fortunately for our profesisonal reputation, this has never > occurred in San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Montreal > or Philadelphia. The fact is, ALA has at least one dozen and > probably more options available to it. I attended the last conference ALA held in Las Vegas. I also recall a letter to the editor in the predecessor journal to AMERICAN LIBRARIES which claimed the writer's library would not subsidize a trip to "Sin City." Now, I admit that I haven't been to Vegas since Rover was a pup, but I don't think the distance between hotels is walkable, especially in the desert temperatures the city enjoys in the summer. We are scheduled to meet there sometime in the next decade. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fewer Noses Stuck in Books in America, Survey Finds (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Chris Rippel Subject: Fewer Noses Stuck in Books in America, Survey Finds FEWER NOSES STUCK IN BOOKS IN AMERICA, SURVEY FINDS The National Endowment for the Arts will release 2002 Census Bureau data today which describes a precipitous downward trend in book consumption by Americans. The survey, called "Reading at Risk," finds that fewer than half of Americans over 18 now read novels, short stories, plays or poetry; that the consumer pool for books of all kinds has diminished; and that the pace at which the nation is losing readers, especially young readers, is quickening. In addition it finds that the downward trend holds in virtually all demographic areas. The study, with its stark depiction of how Americans now entertain, inform and educate themselves, does seem likely to fuel debate over issues like the teaching and encouragement of reading in schools, the financing of literacy programs and the prevalence in American life of television and the other electronic media that have been increasingly stealing time from readers for a couple of generations at least. It also raises questions about the role of literature in the contemporary world. [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Bruce Weber] http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/books/08READ.html (requires registration) -- Thanks, Chris Rippel Central Kansas Library System 1409 Wiliams Great Bend, Kansas 67530 620-792-4865 (voice) 620-792-5495 (fax) crippel at ckls dot org From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:04 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Rachel Davis" Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers Our call numbers for audiobooks are structured as follows (using Grisham as an example): AUDIO FIC GRI CASS AUDIO FIC GRI CD This allows us to shelve the cassette and CD versions together. For nonfiction, we use the Dewey number instead of the fiction call number. We do the same thing for videos and DVDs (VIDEO FIC HAR DVD, or VIDEO FIC HAR VHS). We use colored spine label covers to help distinguish the CD and DVD versions from the cassette and VHS versions of things. In the children's and young adult sections, we use the same call number system, but precede the call number with either a j or a YA. Rachel Rachel Q. Davis Children's Librarian Thomas Memorial Library Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 207-799-1720 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Nann Blaine Hilyard" Subject: RE: Books on tape/CD call numbers We've done that for years (I speak for several libraries where I've worked). We also use genre labels to designate mysteries, scifi; and Dewey numbers for the nonfiction. However, bear in mind that "Books on Tape" is a company's name (registered trademark, I think is the legal term). The generic term is "audiobook." So, ABT and ABCD (which has a nice ring!) for your labels. Nann @the library in Zion, Illinois -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org [mailto:publib@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Sheffield Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Books on tape/CD call numbers I need some advice on call numbers for A/V -- We currently have a holdings code and assign a number to A/V materials -- books on tape and books on CD. (This system was pre- any of us currently working at the library). We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. For non-fiction -- we would put the holdings code - BT or BCD, then the dewey. What do other folks do? And are there hidden problems that I am not forseeing? Any advice would be appreciated. Lisa Lisa Sheffield Adult Services Librarian Transylvania County Library 105 S. Broad St. Brevard, NC 28712 828-884-3151 Opinions expressed are my own. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:24 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Charging for Holds Not Picked up (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Susan Mathews Subject: Charging for Holds Not Picked up Hi... How interesting to see that our friends up the road in Green Bay are considering charging for holds not picked. So are we!!! In Wisconsin, we can't charge for holds placed as the State Attorney General has ruled that basic public library services must be free and holds have been identified as a basic library service. In May we had 480 holds not picked up. About 70% of them came from other libraries in our 2 county system., which means lots of staff worked to pull these materials, ship them to us via our system van service, process them for our borrower, unprocess them for our (apparently no longer interested) borrower, and ship them on to their next stop...all for nothing. Meanwhile, no other customer was able to use these materials for as much as 2 weeks and many of the items have a significant request list. And...not a few of the customers, repeat offenders all, were responsible for 10-20 holds not picked up during the month of May. Worst of all, the problem just keeps growing. Since our 15 system libraries instituted a shared catalog in May of 2001; there have been only a couple of months where the number of holds not picked up has been lower than the month before. We're reaching the breaking point on this problem (as is at least one other library in our system) and have considered charging for holds not picked up. If any one has successfully implemented this charge or any other technique to control this problem, please share with us. Has anyone tried limiting the number of holds a borrower is allowed to place? How has your technique worked with children who can be indiscriminate hold requesters? Thanks for your help. ************************************************************************************ Susan Mathews Coordinator of Circulation/Technical Services Mead Public Library 710 N. 8th Street Sheboygan, WI 53081 phone: 920-459-3400 ext 3403 fax: 920-4594336 email: mathews@esls.lib.wi.us *********************************************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 08:53:28 -0500 From: James B. Casey To: plib2@webjunction.org Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Dan: That would have been in July 1996. I don't have that information in my reports --- that was the Conference before I went on Council. My first ALA Mid Winter on Council was January 1997. As I recall, the Annual had been scheduled for Orlando in 1996, but the Miami Annual in June 1994 was such a disaster in terms of attendance and complaints that the Executive Board decided to move it to New York City for 1996. The only days available were around the 4th of July and there were labor issues involving "triple time" pay for various Conference Center workers. New York City had its share of problems as a site in 1996, but I was not on Council at the time and didn't hear as much of the budgetary fallout or member complaints that I am privy to now. "I see you are on Council. Let me complain to you about this _____". Jim Casey PUBLIB wrote: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:14:05 -0400 >From: Dan Robinson >To: PUBLIB >Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) > >Jim, what about the figures for the last NYC conference? Even though >it was held just after the 4th of July? > >Dan Robinson >drobinson@hwwilson.com >(yes, I have a personal interest in this) > >On 6 Jul 2004 at 16:24, PUBLIB wrote: > > > >> >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:22:00 -0500 >>From: James B. Casey >>To: PUBLIB >>Subject: "Florida Bashing"? >> >> >> >>What is not disputable, and far more important than >>the opinion of Phalbe Henriksen or myself about the >>Orlando site, are the facts that ALA is facing a >>budgetary shortfall in excess of $1.2 million and >>that total attendance at the last three Annual >>Conferences (Atlanta, Toronto/SARS and Orlando) was >>AT LEAST 20% lower in each case than that for the >>last San Francisco Annual Conference in 2001. >> >> >>James B. Casey -- Councilor-at-Large >>Director >>Oak Lawn Public Library >>in south suburban Chicago >> >> >> >> > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Diane Goodman" Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers Lisa Sheffield wrote: Diane L. Goodman Technical Services Manager Sarasota County Library System Sarasota, FL 34236 (941) 861-1138 dgoodman@scgov.net >>> I need some advice on call numbers for A/V ... We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. For non-fiction -- we would put the holdings code - BT or BCD, then the dewey. This is pretty much what we do. We haven't had any problems, and the library staff and patrons like it. ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:35:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Diane Goodman" Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers Lisa Sheffield wrote: >>> I need some advice on call numbers for A/V ... We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. For non-fiction -- we would put the holdings code - BT or BCD, then the dewey. This is pretty much what we do. We haven't had any problems, and the library staff and patrons like it. Diane L. Goodman Technical Services Manager Sarasota County Library System Sarasota, FL dgoodman@scgov.net ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:36:05 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Conference locations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "M Brooke Helman" Subject: Re: Conference locations Salvete! This is L-O-N-G. But, it just went out over the GOVDOCS listserv (which I don't think too many PUBLIBers are like to read), and I don't think that something as exhaustive has been posted here to clarify. Larry Romans was the original poster. Cheers, Brooke @ Hinsdale MA *************************************** These questions and answers are in response to complaints about Orlando and the choice of city for annual conference. I will send them in multiple messages. Larry >From Mary W. Ghikas, Senior Associate Executive Director, American Library Association ALA Conferences: Response to Post-Orlando Questions 7 July 2004 The following responses are based on (1) a Q&A distributed by the 2002-2003 ALA Conference Committee and (2) current data provided by ALA Conference Services staff. Q1 What factors are considered in selecting conference sites? For the ALA Annual Conference, the determining factor is the combination of 400,000 gross square feet of exhibit space, 8500 hotel rooms on "peak" nights (Friday through Sunday) and 350 concurrent meeting rooms - within a "workable" area. While the first two factors - exhibit space and hotel rooms - are within the "normal" range for a large conference, the requirement for 350 concurrent meeting rooms is significantly beyond the norm and reflects ALA's continuing commitment to a very high level of participation. In addition, ALA seeks to accommodate the conference site rotation of the "host" chapters. For instance, ALA conferences in Chicago or San Francisco must be scheduled in odd-numbered years, to fit the north-south rotation patterns of chapter conferences in those states. Site selection is approved by the ALA Executive Board, on recommendation of the ALA Conference Committee and ALA Management, in consultation with the Exhibits Round Table and the "host" chapter. Site selection decisions address the fundamental space/capacity requirements outlined above. In addition, in laying out site options, Conference Services will look at many factors, including: o accessibility by air and inter-city rail o local (non-conference) transportation o number of potential participants within a driving range o availability of hotel rooms in a variety of price ranges o availability of sufficient double/double rooms within area hotels (ALA uses more than many conferences) o overall meeting costs (which are impacted by local price factors) o technology within the convention center o conference center size and layout to accommodate not only exhibits but the Placement Center, Council, ALA Store, registration, etc. It is important to note that no site is all positive or all negative. ALA Annual Conferences are currently scheduled in Chicago (2005, 2009), New Orleans (2006, 2011), Washington DC (2007, 2013), Anaheim (2008, 2012), Orlando (2010), Las Vegas (2014), San Francisco (2015). New York City is expected to bid on a future conference. Local expansion (both hotel and convention center) may put both Boston and Philadelphia on future annual conference lists. Each site presents a unique set of challenges - related to price, transportation, weather, cultural attractions, etc. There is no "cookie cutter" approach. ALA Conference Services routinely tracks convention center and hotel construction, as well as other site selection factors, reevaluating both current and potential sites. A site that is not possible today may be possible several years from now, based on completion of convention center or hotel construction. A site that may not be welcoming today may be eager to host ALA in the future, as local economic conditions change or capacity expands. Other local changes may also affect the conference experience. For instance, since the 2000 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, the City of Chicago has installed a dedicated bus lane between McCormick Place and the hotel "campus." This will facilitate the movement of attendees between the convention center and hotels - and also avoid the "Taste of Chicago" traffic. Like most "city-wide" conferences, ALA needs to identify and hold sites 12-15 years in advance, in order to get the necessary combination of convention center availability and hotel space (including sleeping and meeting rooms) on ALA's preferred schedule (the last week in June, for Annual Conference). Some large conferences are already scheduled as far out as 2020. Q2 So, why isn't ALA returning to San Francisco until 2015? ALA Conference Services discussed both 2007 and 2011 with San Francisco. o In 2007, the available dates were over the July 4th weekend. This creates a significant burden for both ALA and its exhibitors because of higher labor costs. In addition, many members - as well as exhibitor personnel - prefer to be home with their families over the holiday. o In 2011, the convention center agreed to give ALA much-needed meeting room space in the new west building of the convention center, only for a significant fee and only if we would place some exhibit space in the west hall. The west hall does not connect with the existing north and south halls - a major problem for exhibit space. ALA declined those terms. o Negotiations for future dates were, however, reopened after September 11th. Post September 11th, the convention bureau agreed to provide meeting space in the west building - and exhibits will remain in the north-south halls, where they have been in the past. The San Francisco conference in 2015 was approved by the ALA Executive Board at their final meeting in Orlando. o Note that there will still be a "split" exhibit hall in San Francisco - as has been true in the past. While this is not normally something the exhibitors support, San Francisco is an exception, due to (a) the proximity of the two halls in the north-south buildings and (b) the popularity of San Francisco as a conference site. Conference Services staff are certainly aware of the popularity of the San Francisco site and will continue to look for other opportunities. Q3 Will the return visit to Orlando be reconsidered now? Yes. The ALA Executive Board, at its final meeting in Orlando, asked ALA Management to outline options for its consideration. Post-conference "assessment" talks with the Orlando Convention Bureau are just beginning. ALA does have an existing contract with the Orlando Convention Center. Over the next several weeks, ALA staff will be developing options for the ALA Executive Board to consider. Among the factors to be considered are: (1) the cost of possible contract cancellation ($172,515. - at this point), (2) availability of alternative sites meeting the criteria outlined in Q1, (3) changes to the Orlando site (e.g. additional hotel construction adjacent to the convention center) prior to 2010. Options will be developed and considered quickly, since options become more limited with each passing month. Q4 Is Anaheim the same kind of site as Orlando? No. While it is true that Anaheim, like much of Southern California, is oriented to drivers (and is home to Disneyland), it is otherwise quite different. The convention center and surrounding hotel "campus" is very compact, with many adjacent hotels, connected by sidewalks. Approximately 50% (over 4,000) of the hotel rooms needed on "peak nights" are within easy walking distance (no buses) of the convention center. The climate is also different. Note that Anaheim is served by the Pacific Surfliner, which runs between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The Pacific Surfliner currently makes 11 daily round-trips between San Diego and Los Angeles. The Anaheim stop is less than 2 miles from the convention center, on the same main street. Q5 Why do we go to different sites, instead of staying in one location? On average, 25% of paid attendance at the ALA Annual Conference is regional. The regional attendance is even higher when you add in exhibits-only attendees. Moving the ALA Annual Conference to different locations provides an opportunity for members in different regions to enjoy the ALA Annual Conference. ALA has members in all regions. Just as there are regional attendees, there are also regional exhibitors - often small and alternative publishers, specialty companies and professional services providers (e.g. architects), as well as new companies "testing" the conference for future participation. (Note that the ALA Midwinter Meeting also has a "regional" attendance, currently averaging about 18%.) Holding Midwinter Meetings in sites which would not (currently) accommodate an ALA Annual Conference provides access in additional regions. Currently, ALA Midwinter Meetings are scheduled in Boston (2005, 2010), San Antonio (2006, 2012), Seattle (2007, 2013), Philadelphia (2008, 2014), Denver (2009) and Chicago (2011, 2015). And yes, San Diego is being considered for a future ALA Midwinter Meeting. Q6 Would it be possible to schedule all meetings in the convention center? In general, the answer is no - and almost certainly not without both significant cost and significant change to the character of the conference. Convention centers typically link the number of no-cost meeting rooms they will commit to a particular conference to the amount of paid exhibit floor space for which the association contracts. In a large convention center - e.g. Chicago, Orlando, Atlanta, etc. - each hall has its own associated "pre-function" area and meeting rooms. So, when a group rents that hall for exhibits, they get the associated rooms at no charge. If additional rooms in the convention center are available over the dates of the conference, a convention center will consider renting them. These rooms are typically much more expensive than those in hotels - since the convention center would not incur labor costs (for setup and teardown) or costs of light, heat, air conditioning, etc. in those rooms if they were unused. "Extra" rooms are priced by size, typically running from $500 to $1500/day. Rooms like the Auditorium in Orlando can be $10,000 a day or more, depending on the setup and the amount of the convention center being rented. Historically, ALA has sought to avoid paying for meeting rooms - which has allowed it to both maintain comparatively low registration fees and contribute revenue to support other ALA programs and services (see Q 10). The number of total meeting rooms available - unpaid and paid - varies widely from convention center to convention center. ALA seeks to get as many meeting rooms as possible within the convention center. In Orlando, ALA did pay for a limited number of meeting rooms in addition to those covered by the exhibit floor rental. In 2000, ALA rented additional rooms in McCormick Place. Available rooms were in the East Center - while exhibits and other meetings were in the North-South Center. While renting additional rooms meant that more meetings could be held at the Convention Center, some attendees did not like having to walk from the South to the East Center. The cost to ALA was an additional $75,000 over the course of the conference. Due to the negative response in 2000, ALA is not currently planning to rent additional convention center space in 2005. In 2002, ALA requested additional meeting rooms at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. While the normal cost would have been approximately $40,000, the convention center provided the rooms at no cost, since ALA had accommodated New Orleans on dates (for the Super Bowl). Due to the size of the center, however, adding rooms in the Convention Center meant that the walk from one end of the ALA convention center space to the other end was approximately one-half mile. In balance, taking additional convention center space - vs. using hotel meeting rooms - did not seem to be a popular choice for most attendees. In many convention centers, additional meeting rooms are not available. If ALA is not renting the entire hall (2002 in Atlanta, for instance), the convention center may have sold available exhibit space to another group. In that case, the group renting the exhibit space will have access to the accompanying meeting space. In smaller convention centers - like the centers that ALA uses for Midwinter Meetings (Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle), ALA is already using all available exhibit space and meeting space. That is also true of the smaller convention centers used for Annual Conference - e.g. Washington DC, Anaheim, San Francisco. In these cases, ALA is receiving all available meeting space at no additional charge - but "all available meeting space" is 60-80 rooms, not the 300-350 needed to keep all meetings in the convention center. Q7 Where were meetings and programs scheduled in Orlando? On average, an ALA Annual Conference includes 2500 separately-scheduled events. That number will fluctuate up or down slightly, depending on the site, the economy and other factors. In Orlando, there were approximately 2298 sessions scheduled, after late cancellations were subtracted. Of these, 434 were held in the Orlando Convention Center, where ALA had 50 rooms committed. An additional 363 sessions were held in 42 rooms at the Rosen Centre, 357 in 43 rooms at the Peabody, and 265 in 24 rooms at the Rosen Plaza. So, a total of 1419 sessions were held in the 159 rooms ALA used at the OCC, Rosen Centre, Rosen Plaza and Peabody. Other major meeting room blocks included the following: 160 sessions in 20 rooms at the J.W. Marriott, 160 sessions in 29 rooms at the Renaissance Orlando, 71 sessions in 16 rooms at the Ritz Carlton, 300 sessions in 34 rooms at the Sheraton, and 59 sessions in 13 rooms at the Wyndam - accounting for another 750 sessions. The additional 129 sessions were in 37 additional meeting rooms in 11 hotels. ALA used 308 rooms on the official "campus" - well below our historic average. Some events were scheduled off-campus by the sponsoring groups. Q8 How many programs are scheduled at the ALA Annual Conference? Typically, ALA Annual Conference includes 250-300 "tracked" programs - a very reasonable program total for the number of attendees. In Orlando, there were 270 programs, plus presidents programs and other programs held outside the "track" schedule or locations (e.g. the "auditorium series"). In addition to programs, there were 181 identified "discussion group" sessions - which provide a valuable opportunity for members with interests in specific areas to exchange information. "Discussion groups" - under a variety of titles - are held by 10 of 11 divisions, 4 round tables and several other ALA groups. There were also 452 catered events at the Orlando conference, ranging from the Newbery-Caldecott Banquet and the Coretta Scott King Breakfast to award receptions to invitational events sponsored by exhibitors. Of the 452, 172 catered events -- including coffee and rolls at Council III - were sponsored by ALA groups. The remaining events were sponsored by ALA affiliates - e.g. the Association of Research Libraries, Friends of Libraries USA - and unaffiliated organizations - including many ALA exhibitors. The remaining 1395 "sessions" included ALA governance and committee meetings -- Council, Boards, committees, assemblies, task forces and other elected and appointed bodies of the Association. It is worth noting that the number of meeting rooms required to support meetings has declined slightly in recent years. At this point, 9 of 11 divisions and 5 of 17 round tables utilize "all committee" meetings, holding meetings of multiple committees simultaneously at separate tables in a large space. This has significantly helped with conference logistics. In considering the relationship between sessions (programs, meetings, other events) and rooms, it is important to keep in mind that these sessions are not distributed evenly over the conference period. In Orlando, for instance, there were 654 sessions on Saturday, 717 on Sunday, 437 on Monday and 90 on Tuesday. The remainder were scheduled on Thursday-Friday pre-conference days or on Wednesday. This pattern - with minor variations - holds from conference-to-conference. In Toronto - where there were many meeting cancellations - there were 300 sessions on Friday, 500 on Saturday, 685 on Sunday, 475 on Monday and 70 on Tuesday. Q9 How are meeting rooms assigned? As convention center and hotel contracts are negotiated, Conference Services builds an "inventory" of meeting rooms. For each room, Conference Services needs to know how many people it will hold in various "sets" - e.g. how many people can be seated "theatre" style (rows of chairs), how many in rounds of 10 (round tables, each seating 10), etc. They need to understand which rooms can be combined or subdivided, which cannot. Additionally, some rooms have specific features that would make them more or less appropriate for specific types of meetings. At the same time, through the meeting/program scheduling process, Conference Services is building an "inventory" of session (program, meeting, event, etc.) space requests. For each session, Conference Service is creating a record - how many people are expected (by the organizer) to attend, what room "set" the session planner prefers, av requirements, catering (if any), etc. Conference Services staff will also evaluate special "set up" time needs. For instance, set up for a large event such as the Newbery-Caldecott Banquet or Coretta Scott King Breakfast will take that space out of "inventory" not just for the event itself but for a significant period before and after the event. Any meal function, even a small one, will take a space out of "inventory" for some time in addition to the time required for the session itself. Space assignments are made by Conference Services based on these two inventories - 300-350+ spaces and 2000-2500+ sessions. In addition to trying to match requests with appropriate (right size, right "set") spaces, Conference Services has other considerations. In any given half-day period, for instance, Conference Services will seek to keep all programs within one program track/sub-track in the same location. Also, room "set" changes are a cost factor, so Conference Services will seek to avoid changing a room set during a single day. Thus, if a room is set in "rounds of 10" for an early-morning meeting, Conference Services will seek to place other meetings with the same set in the room throughout the day. Q10 How much revenue does the ALA Annual Conference contribute to support the other services and programs of the Association? The ALA Annual Conference is typically budgeted to contribute approximately $1,500,000 in net revenues (after all direct expenses and overhead - including Conference Services staff cost), to support Association programs and services, such as the ALA program offices. Conference Services also returns approximately $1,000,000 in general overhead (the cost of "background" services, such as human resources, accounting and management) to support Association operations. Overhead is assessed on gross (total - before expenses) revenues. The total contribution from ALA Annual Conference to the larger ALA budget is $2,500,000, including both overhead and net revenue. Exhibits account for the largest percentage (50%) of Annual Conference revenues, followed by registration (25%) and other revenues (25%). Other revenues include donations and sponsorships, meeting room rental (to non-ALA groups), advertising and commissions. The largest categories of direct conference expenses include facilities rental (typically $350,000); conference equipment, including audio-visual and computers (typically $250,000); convention center setup and drayage ($180,000); shuttle buses ($200,000-250,000); staff support, including hotel, travel, other expenses ($150,000); governance, including Board, Council, Inaugural Banquet ($110,000); and, registration ($100,000). Costs will vary from year to year, depending on location, program patterns, market conditions, etc. ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:36:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 09:29:29 -0500 From: James B. Casey To: plib2@webjunction.org Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) I couldn't agree more with Phalbe's suggestions regarding "virtual" meetings and broader, electronic participation in ALA governance. When I brought this up among some colleagues running for the Executive Board, those who eventually won were fairly adamant that elimination of the need for "face to face" meetings (and the very definition of a "meeting" as one requiring people in a room rather than teleconference or virtual settings) would cause ALA to suffer a dramatic downturn in revenues. I am more concerned about the overall budgetary impact upon Members and Member Libraries. However, the "status quo" has set the metabolism of the Association with its Mid Winter and Annual rotation with insiders and staff cutting deals which are presumably in the best interest of ALA, but which may cost the Membership (expecially those who feel compelled to come and participate) plenty out of pocket or out of the library budget. The expense to Members for attending ALA is very considerable and it is extremely unfortunate that membership on decision making Committees and on ALA Council requires REGULAR attendance at Conferences and Mid Winter Meetings. That is tantamount to saying that if you can't afford to attend -- and/or aren't in a position to pay out thousands of dollars every year to attend -- you will not have any substantive power in the Association. That is wrong --- and in the spirit of financial barriers on access to information and poll taxes. I will continue to strive for more opportunities for electronic participation --- even Councilors who can participate and vote without having to be in the Council Chambers --- so that more voices can be heard. James B. Casey -- Councilor-at-Large PUBLIB wrote (excerpt): >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 22:46:45 -0400 >From: Phalbe Henriksen >To: PUBLIB >Subject: Re: "Florida Bashing"? > > > >Could ALA conduct more business at mid-winter and use smaller facilities >at the annual conference? Is it time for technology to take over ALA's >meetings and make them "virtual" rather than waiting for twice-a-year >meetings? Could ALA's "virtual" meetings produce policies and procedures >for the membership to vote on "virtually"? That would remove the >meetings from the annual conference as well as doing away with the need >for "mid-winter." Could ALA depend on the integrity of every member to >vote responsibly, even if he or she couldn't affort to attend a >conference? > >OK, here we are. Atlanta, Toronto, Orlando. Where does ALA go? > >Phalbe Henriksen >Director >Bradford County Public Library >Starke, FL > > >P.S. Personally, I vote for Orlando, but that's a personal thingie. Our >staff *loved* it! And the SIRSI party was great. And the OCLC luncheon >was terrific. And meeting people in the flesh that I've only known >virtually was wonderful. Hi, Carolyn! > > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:36:28 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] OPENINGS: Librarians and Library Staff, Memphis, TN (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MaryAnneS@LSSI.com Subject: OPENINGS: Librarians and Library Staff, Memphis, TN Library Systems and Services, LLC (LSSI) seeks Librarians & other Library staff to join us at two Memphis area public libraries. 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Inventory, data entry and library experience a plus. Must be dependable & punctual. Resumes to positions@lssi.com or fax 301-540-5522. EOE Thank you! Mary Anne Stevanus Library Systems and Services, LLC email: maryannes@lssi.com Phone: (301) 540-5100 X247 or 800-638-8725 x247 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:36:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA conference sites (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Beth Nicholson" Subject: Re: ALA conference sites There were a few of us being buried by the community college people, even though we were in the bar first. The main contingent did arrive late from the convention center. Sorry we missed you. Beth Beth Nicholson, Director Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library 404 W. Pike Street Clarksburg, WV 26301 (304)627-2236 FAX (304)627-2239 nicholsb@clark.lib.wv.us ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mimi Morris" To: "Multiple recipients of list" Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:47 PM Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA conference sites > While not getting into the personalities of individual sites, I do think > consideration is warranted for the comfort of attendees. I have always been > told that we go to cities that seem counter-intuitive because it is cheaper > for the organization. Doctors and lawyers probably wouldn't attend > conferences in hot summer places or cold winter ones--but they can afford > high season prices! If ALA is going to raise our dues and conference > attendance fees anyway, maybe we can consider keeping New Orleans for > Midwinter and Boston for summer? I agree wholeheartedly with the plea to > bring back San Francisco as a conference site. It is usually pleasant > weather in summer and I've found it remarkably easy to get around. The cold > Northern cities at Midwinter also strike me as potential safety problems. > If it is snowy or icy, those who are driving risk accidents. Those who are > flying risk major weather delays. > > Perhaps our PUBLIB/Council colleagues could convey our suggestions to the > powers-that-be? > > And hey--I was at Cafe Tu Tu at 6:00 on Friday and never found any of you, > just a big party of community college librarians! Did the crowd coming from > the convention center just get there late? (My hotel was across the street) > I left about 6:15... > > Mimi...who is still digging out from being gone for a week > > Mimi Morris > Assistant Director for Branch and Extension Services > Dayton Metro Library > Dayton, Ohio 45402 > > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:36:53 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Conference locations (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Phalbe Henriksen Subject: Re: Conference locations That's odd. I just met a man who spoke at ALA in Las Vegas years ago. Phalbe Henriksen At 09:45 PM 7/7/2004, you wrote: >ALA's Coonference site selection process has been about as transparent as >the election of the Pope for at least thirty years. About 10 years ago, >while working in Las Vegas, I enlisted the President of the Las Vegas >Convention Center, the Mayor of Las Vegas, NLA, The State Librarian, and >the Director's of the Washoe County Public Library, Clark County Public >Library, and several academic library directors, and we put together a >package touting Las Vegas for either a Midwinter Convention, figuring we >could pool our resources to put together the local arrangements committee. > >Months passed. The first package was "lost." Eventually, after we >resubmitted, I learned from a member of the Association's Executive >Committee that Las Vegas was not a possibility. > >The Association puts these things where they can get the best deals for >the Association. Librarians do not spend money the way that the hardware >and software manufacturers do at COMDEX. They do not attract the deep- >pocket drug and HMO reps that they attract at the ABA and AMA meetings. > >When challenged,ALA trots out the same stale rationale about ALA begin >too big, or local boards not wishing to subsidize the travel of librarians >and staff to a venue where bad behavior may actually take >place. Fortunately for our profesisonal reputation, this has never >occurred in San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Montreal or >Philadelphia. The fact is, ALA has at least one dozen and probably more >options available to it. > >Matthew Simon, President >pre-DESIGN Planning Associates, Inc. >Indianapolis IN From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:37:04 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jane Dillon" Subject: We do not keep and file library card applications. Our library card has the following statement on the back "Present this card each time you borrow materials. You are responsible for fines incurred for replacement cost of lost or damaged materials checked out on this card. By your use of this card you agree to abide by library rules and regulations." There is a signature line below the text. Parents are supposed to sign the card for minors also since they are responsible for the debts of the minor. =20 Keeping paper copies of the applications would be redundant and lots of extra work in my opinion. State law may vary but I would advise that you check on this option. Even if you have to get new cards for existing patrons the long term cost would be cheaper than the cost of storing, filing and maintaining application files. Jane Jane Dillon Public Services Manager Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road Carrollton, TX 75006 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:37:08 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Stephanie Poole Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers Hi Lisa. Here we use the prefix AUDIO or CD AUDIO before our bot and cd audio call numbers. For fiction the call numbers follow this pattern AUDIO (or CD AUDIO, as appropriate) Fiction, then 7 letters of the author's name. For non-fiction, we use the AUDIO/CD AUDIO prefixes, then add the dewey and cutter numbers. We do something a little different for our childrens bot/cd. We add our level classification (YA or j) ahead of the AUDIO/CD AUDIO prefix, then the call numbers are constructed as above. However, our childrens librarian requested that we make separate classes for the Easy picture books, and readers. So, in those cases the call numbers look like: jAUDIO Reader Brown or jCD AUDIO E Steig As for anything to consider, check with your childrens librarians or a/v librarian to see about any classes that need to be created for any special needs materials. Hope this helps. Stephanie Stephanie Poole Cataloger Nashville Public Library __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:37:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] NEA Reading at Risk Report/PW Newsline for Wednesday, July 7, (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: NEA Reading at Risk Report/PW Newsline for Wednesday, July 7, Specific Item of Interest: NEA's Reading at Risk Report Confirms Same A survey conducted by the National Endowment for the Arts confirms a trend that won't surprise too many in the book industry: the percentage of Americans who read books has steadily declined over the last 20 years. Still, the results paint a detailed statistical picture of the grim state of books and literature. According to the report, titled Reading at Risk, 56.6% of adult Americans said they read at least one book, fiction or non-fiction, between August 2001 and August 2002 compared to 60.9% ten years prior. The number of adults engaged in reading literature--defined as novels, short stories, plays and poetry, and a focus of the study--was 46.7% in 2002, down from 54% in 1992 and 56.9% in 1982. NEA chairman Dana Gioia says the report "puts numbers to what we've known anecdotally" about the decline in reading, adding that "the bad news is worse than we guessed." Gioia will hold a press conference Thursday morning to discuss the results. The report says that since 1982 literary reading fell in virtually all groups and segments. By age, the rate of decline is steepest among young adults, with the percentage of 18 to 24 year olds that describe themselves as reading literature falling to 42.8% in 2002 from 59.8% in 1982. The percentage of 25 to 34 year olds fell from 62.1% in 1982 to 47.7% in 2002. While women still read more literature than men, that percentage fell to 55.1% in 2002 from 63% in 1982. The study also found that only 37.6% of men read literature in 2002, down from 49.1% in 1982. Meanwhile, the percentage of whites that read literature in 2002 was 51.4% in 2002, down from 59.8% in 1982, while 37.1% of African-Americans and 26.5% of Hispanics read literature in 2002. In 1982 those numbers were at 42.3% for African-Americans and 36.4% for Hispanics. There is a silver lining, though, in the breakdown by race. Although the percentage of Hispanics and African-Americans that read literature declined between 1982 and 2002, because of the increase in population the number of those readers actually rose. The gain is particularly striking among Hispanics, with the study finding that the number of Hispanic adult readers totaled 6 million in 2002, up from 3.4 million in 1982 and 5.2 million in 1992. Although the study is does not identify specific causes for the decline in reading, it does offer some suggestions. The study notes, for example, that the decline in reading correlates with increase use by the public of the Internet, video games, and portable digital devices. "While no single activity is responsible for the decline in reading, the cumulative presence and availability of these alternatives have increasingly drawn American's away from reading" the report states. Gioia said the NEA issued the report, [viewable here ], without any recommendations because he didn't want to make it seem that the agency was favoring any one approach to tackle the problem. The NEA does plan, however, to make the report "the focus of a national debate. We will go around the country presenting the report and bring it to the attention of the American public," he said. --Jim Milliot From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:37:25 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PubLib's Best Books now an Amazon List (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "M Brooke Helman" Subject: Re: PubLib's Best Books now an Amazon List Salvete! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-fil/-/A1U9H4JE188WUF/ref= cm_a ya_bb_lm/102-8534464-5482569 I hope this is of help. David Was it ever! That was the easiest collection development hole plugging I've done in a while. :) I had a lot of those, but by no means all. Thank you so much for helping us PUBLIBers! Brooke @ Hinsdale MA ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:38:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:03:05 -0700 From: Marilyn Sheck To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: "Florida Bashing"? (fwd) Phalbe's comments are very rational and I agree with them. In addition, there are often other extenuating circumstances that make people not attend a conference no matter where it might be. For instance, many people chose not to go to Toronto last year because of SARS. I did go to Toronto and had a great time. (and it was pretty hot some of the days). But even though I love Orlando and Florida I did not go this year. We hosted PLA here in Seattle this year, and almost 200 of our staff attended the conference because it was in our own back yard. It was the most successful PLA ever, and the highest PLA attendance to date. Since our library paid for so many to attend PLA, there were very few of us who went to Orlando. Also, we are in the throes of a massive capital projects program and we opened our new Central Library May 23, a new branch June 19, another June 26, and will open another this coming Saturday. Due to all these openings, most of our staff had to be here in town working. It had nothing to do with the conference being in Orlando. I'm sure there are other library staff who had other extenuating circumstances that kept them from the conference, and would have no matter where it was held. I am planning to go to Chicago next year, and hopefully New Orleans in 06, Anaheim in 08, Chicago in 09, Orlando in 10, New Orleans again in 11, Anaheim again in 12, and Las Vegas in 14 (even though I'll hopefully be retired by then). I'm reserving judgement on the two scheduled for Washington DC until closer to the actual dates and seeing the state of the world and politics at those times. Marilyn Sheck From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 8 13:38:29 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:29 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Seattle Public Library design (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Goodgion" Subject: Seattle Public Library design Hi, The July issue of the Project for Public Spaces newsletter "Making Places" has a feature article on the Seattle Public Library: Mixing with the Kool Crowd Crowd. Have architecture critics forgotten how to judge public spaces? http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/july2004 Laurel Goodgion, Director Wethersfield Library 515 Silas Deane Highway Wethersfield CT 06109 goodgion@wethersfieldlibrary.org phone: 860-721-2988 fax: 860-721-2991 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:54:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re: ALA mtg place (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Diedre Conkling Subject: re: ALA mtg place (fwd) Just a slight correction. The Coretta Scott King Task Force of SRRT canceled the breakfast. It was not done by the SRRT Action Council. As a matter of fact, the issue was specifically left to the task force for them to decide for themselves what to do. But really folks, the labor issue is really old news. ALA contracts for future conferences have been looked at and attempts have been made to keep this kind of situation from being a problem in the future, no matter what city the conference is held in. ============================================================ From: PUBLIB Date: 2004/07/08 Thu AM 10:38:16 PDT To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] re: ALA mtg place (fwd) ============================================================ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 22:59:52 -0700 From: Sue Kamm To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [PUBLIB] re: ALA mtg place PUBLIB wrote: > (Grouping these as they followed each other, hard on heels...over the > week-end. Moderator Deux, Weissman.) > > Sender: Stephen Denney > Subject: Re: [MEMBER-FORUM:147] Re: Orlando: another view > > >>Marriott & Labor Issues > > > But Marriott is an international chain, wasn't this more the fault of the > ALA for choosing it as the headquarters hotel? There are other hotels in > the city. No, it's NOT ALA's fault for choosing the Marriott as its headuarters hotel. The hotel may be part of a chain, but negotiating labor contracts is a local issue. Both the convention authority and the hotel believed that the labor dispute would be settled before the ALA conference. I don't know what it would have cost to pull all the conference programs planned for the Marriott - not to mention the sleeping rooms that were sold. SRRT cancelled the Coretta Scott King awards breakfast, even though Conference Services tried to find another location. Once again, remember that an organization as large as ALA with as many meetings as we hold must book conference locations years in advance. There is no way to know whether there will be a labor dispute, construction projects completed, or a minor league baseball team moved as far ahead as we need to commit. No confernece site - even San Francisco - can be perfect. Remember what Lincoln said about pleasing all the people all of the time. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:54:30 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jane Dillon" Subject: "In Wisconsin, we=20 can't charge for holds placed as the State Attorney General has ruled that=20 basic public library services must be free and holds have been identified=20 as a basic library service." How I wish our state had such a rule. Our city government definitely believes that Holds are a premium service used only by a few customers and not an essential Service. We have gotten pressure in the past to abolish holds because they are "a citizen want not a citizen need" and now we're being "encouraged" to explore charging a fee for notification so that we can recover the costs of having an automated calling system. Charging a "notification" fee is the same in my opinion as charging for holds. "Has anyone tried limiting the number of holds a borrower is allowed to place?" As a compromise a couple of years ago between abolishing holds and transfer of materials between branches or charging a fee, citizen pressure led to Council instituting a limit of 10 holds per person. The limit is a setting in our III system and requires no intervention from staff. It has meant that anyone who is a voracious reader now has to keep long lists of things they couldn't put on hold and add them to their list when they get a hold in. It did cut down on the number of holds handled and the number of materials transferred between branches. I don't think that it led to a significant difference in the percentage of holds not picked up. In 2000-2001 we filled 45,821 holds, In 2002-2003 we filled 34,289 holds. "How has your technique worked with children who can be indiscriminate hold=20 requesters?" Since the system controls the holds it doesn't really affect children more than adults. Since your problem has escalated with system borrowing have you made sure that your notifications are working properly. We had some problems when our system was new with notices not going out in a timely manner. People would get the notice of cancellation before they got the notice the item was waiting for them. You'd probably know if that was happening since it creates irate patrons out of the nicest people you know. =20 Hope this helps Jane Jane Dillon Public Services Manager Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road Carrollton, TX 75006 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:55:26 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Forwarded story from seattlepi.com (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Subject: Forwarded story from seattlepi.com Jacob Wang (jwang_94121@yahoo.com) has sent the following story to you from seattlepi.com. Comments from Jacob Wang: For more info, see: www.spl.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Anticipation soars at new Beacon Hill library Starting tomorrow, residents of Beacon Hill can forget the stuffy, cramped memories of their former library branch and check out books comfortably in any weather. * Read the full article at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/181455_beacon09.html --------------------------------------------------------------- Keep track of what's happening around the Northwest, the nation and the world at http://www.seattlepi.com/ -- updated as news breaks. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:07 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Logic at Risk (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Anne McVea Subject: Logic at Risk Much of the reporting on the "Reading at Risk" report seems to jump to = the conclusion that because "literary" reading is down some 10% over the = last twenty years that reading itself is threatened. Another statistic = in the report stated that Americans reading any book had dropped 4.3% = between 1992 and 2002. This seems the more relevant fact especially = given the "explosive" rise in book sales also cited in the report. = Besides "not reading", couldn't participants have been reading = non-fiction, magazines, newspapers, or even listening to a book cd? At = my public library, for example, we can't keep up with the demand for new = non-fiction this summer. I don't think I'm striking at the heart of = literary culture if I read Churchill's memoirs instead of Margaret = Atwood. Anne McVea Librarian Calgary, Alberta ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:12 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] switching to Mozilla or K-meleon (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Watts, Leah" Subject: switching to Mozilla or K-meleon The ongoing security problems with Internet Explorer have recently made us reconsider our browser choice for our OPACs and Internet stations. I would like to know from those who are currently using the Mozilla and/or K-meleon browsers what problems you've had with them if any. Also, is anyone else thinking of moving away from IE after the recent browser attacks? We are currently using a Cybraryn-Public Browser configuration and spend a great deal of time cleaning up viruses and spybots. We were thinking of moving to a Deep Freeze-Cybraryn-OneSite-Norton Antivirus configuration but because One Site is modeled on IE, we are afraid that it will still be open to many security risks. Now we are considering running Mozilla and K-meleon with Deep Freeze and Cybraryn. I welcome any feedback and suggestions. Thank you, Leah Watts Librarian Santa Barbara Public Library lwatts@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Breaking News, July 9 American Libraries Online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gordon Flagg" Subject: Breaking News, July 9 American Libraries Online Breaking News, July 9 American Libraries Online For full stories, visit > House Rejects Effort to Curb Patriot Act's Section 215 > NEA Report Shows Americans Reading Less Literature > Michigan Libraries Refuse Law Student's Request for Patron Info > Library Groups File Amicus Brief in Copyright Case > Nancy Davenport Named CLIR President > Indianapolis Newspaper Sues Library over Billing Records > Fire Destroys Oldest School Library in Kashmir > London Police Recover Stolen Iraqi Manuscript ALA members can search American Libraries back issues through 2003 using the ebrary platform, which transforms printed pages into a dynamic database. Link to it on the AL Online website by clicking on "archive" or the cover image at the top . American Libraries' website also features the latest "Crawford Files" columns by Walt Crawford; "Internet Librarian" by Joseph Janes; "Technically Speaking" by Andrew Pace; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:27 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re:books on tape/cd call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Anne Frontino Subject: re:books on tape/cd call numbers Lisa: What you've described is exactly what we do here; the only difference is that we use the prefix Audio instead of BT. It has worked well for us here for quite a while. Anne Frontino Head, Technical Services Haddonfield Public Library Haddonfield, NJ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:32 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: ALA & vendors/was Florida bashing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Robin K. Blum" Subject: Re: ALA & vendors/was Florida bashing Phalbe Henricksen said, "Do vendors want to pay more for booths? How much will the market bear?" I think that ALA and it's member librarians needs to take into consideration the fact that not all vendors are created equal. Some vendors find it quite affordable to have a row of booths and plenty of staff available through all four days of the conference; for others, it is a struggle to afford one 10 X 10 booth and one or two staffers to pitch in and hand out literature. If conference attendees, and particularly those with budgetary authority don't spend much time checking out what library vendors are selling, then there will be fewer and fewer vendors around to sell their wares in the future. I was unlucky in that the only conference I was able to attend was in Toronto, where due to SARS, I never recooped my expenses or got the opportunity to properly introduce our product line. Where other larger companies pulled out of the show, I made a commitment to attend, I paid my fees, and consequently have been unable to return to exhibit at ALA. Robin K. Blum www.inmybook.com ---------------------------------------- My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter 1969 spam mails have been blocked so far. Download free www.spamfighter.com today! ---------------------------------------- My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter 1969 spam mails have been blocked so far. Download free www.spamfighter.com today! From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: RE: Books on tape/CD call numbers -----Original Message----- From: Nann Blaine Hilyard Sent: Jul 8, 2004 10:42 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Books on tape/CD call numbers We've done that for years (I speak for several libraries where I've worked). We also use genre labels to designate mysteries, scifi; and Dewey numbers for the nonfiction. However, bear in mind that "Books on Tape" is a company's name (registered trademark, I think is the legal term). The generic term is "audiobook." So, ABT and ABCD (which has a nice ring!) for your labels. **As I've doubtless mention before, my library is a member of a circuit which collects unabridged audiobooks and routes them to member libraries. We use the generic term "recorded literature" to describe our service. Your friendly CyberGoddess and re-elected ALA Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 Visit my home page: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm email: suekamm@mindspring.com What I wonder is, where are the guys who just love to play baseball? --Wes Parker, former Los Angeles Dodgers infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:42 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Just-released FBI documents confirm ALA USA PATRIOT Act (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Just-released FBI documents confirm ALA USA PATRIOT Act Just-released FBI documents confirm ALA USA PATRIOT Act concerns http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/june2004/FOIA.htm "Just-released Federal Bureau of Investigation documents indicate that the FBI sought to use Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act less than one month after Attorney General John Ashcroft told American Library Association (ALA) President Carla Hayden and the American public that this power had never been used. The records, turned over to the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) and other First Amendment organizations, do not indicate how many times the FBI has invoked Section 215 since October 2003." See also ALA to launch USA PATRIOT study http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/PATRIOTSTUDY.htm From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] job ad deadline (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kim Lord Subject: job ad deadline The deadline for the director position is July 31, 2004. Thanks Kim Lord From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Charging for Holds Not Picked UP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Cris Adams" Subject: RE: Charging for Holds Not Picked UP Susan--- We had the same problem until we initiated a $2.00 per item charge if the patron didn't pick them up. It's worked very well for us. We did clearly post the information IN ADVANCE (about a month, if memory serves) at each checkout station. The sign told patrons that as of a specific date, there would be a $2.00 charge for all loans borrowed from other consortium libraries but not picked up. And we stuck by it. The hold limit we have is 5 at a time, and it's been that way for years. And as for the children, here the parents are responsible for everything checked out by or requested by their children. If the kids fail to pick up items, the parents end up having to pay the $2.00 charge. It puts the responsibility where it belongs---on the shoulders of the parents. Good luck! Cris Adams Hobbs Public Library 509 N. Shipp Hobbs, NM 88240 (505) 397-9328 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:56:56 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Conference sites and failure to use ILL charges (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pat Coffie" Subject: Conference sites and failure to use ILL charges Why do we think someone else will make the conference perfect? Why = don't we check weather, location, etc and make some preparations for the = conferences ourselves? Take a removable jacket for instance. Take some = "bars" in case meals are not "right" in travel or at conference. Plan = for some possible changes. I attended ALA same summer as I attended national storytellers congress. = 26,000 librarians in New Orleans with as much time spent traveling to = the next session as spent in the session--if you could get in. 76 = stortellers for a full week at St Johns College in Albuquerqe. No time = spent getting there--already there. Haven't been to the one since--went = to all of the other over the next five years. No longterm relationships = from one; 75 from the other. Learned some things are just too big to be practical for me. PLA--more = of a delight. ILA better yet. Of course this depends on what you are = attending to accomplish. Visiting in comfort another wonderful city? = Making contacts and learning for business purposes? ILL failure to use charges here work this way: Three items at a time = can be requested. Notice given and 5 day wait. After that $5 for = failure to use the item. Item is returned. Note is kept. Payment is = collected. =20 Came about when a person not known for efficient use of last list of = ILLs flipped down a list of 53 items and said get those for me. I said = I will but 3 at a time. Which 3 first? Amazingly enough the three did = the paper and my library was not left with 50 items and all the costs of = that ILLing with no borrower. We make the rules patrons request. Patricia Coffie Waverly Public Library 1500 W Bremer Avenue Waverly, IA 50677-2836 319-352-1223 X 104 pcoffie@waverly.lib.ia.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Newspaper Distributors (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Vivian McGaha Subject: Newspaper Distributors We're in the market for a new distributor and/or additional distributor. Our current one cut ten of the newspapers we were receiving due to increasing transportation costs. What newspaper distributors are other libraries using and are they satisfied with the service, etc.? Vivian McGaha Collection Management Librarian Pinellas Park Public Library 7770 52nd Street Pinellas Park, FL 33781 (727)541-0718 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:06 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Vacancy in Hartselle Alabama: Director Needed (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sandra Sherman" Subject: Job Vacancy in Hartselle Alabama: Director Needed Hartselle Public Library is seeking a library director. High school diploma with two years of college preferred. Library experience a plus. Leadership and public relations skills essential; experience with computers, budgeting, fundraising, and long-range planning needed. Benefits include state retirement. Applications available at Hartselle Public Library or Decatur Public Library. Or send resume to Hartselle Public Library (152 Sparkman St. NW, Hartselle, AL 35640). Deadline July 19. Sandy Sandra Sherman Director Wheeler Basin Library 504 Cherry St. NE Decatur, AL 35601 (256) 353-2993 x102 ssherman_dcp@lmn.lib.al.us http://www.decatur.lib.al.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ALA Conference Sites Questions (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Reynolds" Subject: ALA Conference Sites Questions Here is an additional response to the ALA meetings questions posed in the July 7th Matthew Simon-pre-DESIGN Planning Associates and Mimi Morris postings from ALA's Mary Ghikas: I can respond to a couple of questions raised: (1) In discussions with Las Vegas several years ago, the issue seemed to be ALA's schedule. Las Vegas preferred to have conferences comes in Monday and leave by Friday * opening up space for their peak weekend gambling crowds. That schedule is not what our members prefer. As the number of hotels in Las Vegas continued to grow * that issue went away. We have now scheduled a conference in Las Vegas. Some members will love it; some will hate it. (2) Boston is not currently large enough for an annual conference * but we're watching it. If new hotel construction keeps moving forward, along with their new convention center, the story may will be different in several years. Having been burned before by construction that as "supposed to" but didn't happen, we're a little cautious. I like to see the hole in the ground! But * I suspect Boston will be annual conference size in the foreseeable future. Donald B. Reynolds, Jr. Nolichucky Regional Library 315 McCrary Drive Morristown, Tennessee 37814 423.586.6251 423.586.7741 (fax) Don.Reynolds@state.tn.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:19 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Seattle Public Library design (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jacob Wang Subject: Re: Seattle Public Library design To save from clicking, use this link: http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/july2004/july_2004_feature --- Laurel Goodgion wrote: > Hi, > > The July issue of the Project for Public Spaces newsletter "Making Places" > has a feature article on the Seattle Public Library: > > Mixing with the Kool Crowd Crowd. Have architecture critics forgotten how > to judge public spaces? > > http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/july2004 > > > Laurel Goodgion, Director > Wethersfield Library > 515 Silas Deane Highway > Wethersfield CT 06109 > > goodgion@wethersfieldlibrary.org > > phone: 860-721-2988 > fax: 860-721-2991 > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Fewer Noses Stuck in Books in America, Survey Finds (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Miriam Bobkoff" Subject: Re: Fewer Noses Stuck in Books in America, Survey Finds The article Chris quoted below says doom doom illiteracy doom. So who is buying all those books which are being published in this country? Walt Crawford pointed out in CICAL the Bowker press release at http://www.bowker.com/press/2004_0527_bowker.htm with amazing numbers, "U.S. title output in 2003 increased a staggering 19% to 175,000 new titles and editions, the highest total ever recorded." and on to detail lots of other numbers, like "California is home to 16,787 publishers, far more than any other state, and more than double the 7,371 located in New York State. New York City still leads all U.S. cities and 45 of 50 states with 3,347 publishers," and "Output of new juvenile titles continued its upward trend, increasing a stunning 45.3% to 16,283, while the adult categories of biography, history and religion also recorded double-digit increases. " Somebody is reading. Lots of somebodies. Including the kids who a little while ago asked me for _Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident_, and the great heap of people on the waiting list for Bill Clinton's _My Life_, or the older gentleman who was just picking our brains for an author who turns out to probably be Wilbur Smith. Miriam Bobkoff mkbobkoff@santafenm.gov Santa Fe Public Library 145 Washington Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 the quote: > FEWER NOSES STUCK IN BOOKS IN AMERICA, SURVEY FINDS > The National Endowment for the Arts will release 2002 Census Bureau data > today which describes a precipitous downward trend in book > consumption by Americans. The survey, called "Reading at Risk," > finds that fewer than half of Americans over 18 now read novels, > short stories, plays or poetry; that the consumer pool for books of > all kinds has diminished; [snip] > the contemporary world. [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Bruce > Weber] http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/08/books/08READ.html > (requires registration) From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:28 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Orlando as a conference venue (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Rawles-Heiser, Carolyn" Subject: Orlando as a conference venue I loved having ALA in Orlando! The conference is ALWAYS spread out, getting around is usually not easy, and every large American city except San Francisco and Seattle is hot in the summer. And I didn't find it "culturally barren", as one of our earlier posters postulated, at all. It reflects popular culture extremely well and there were a lot of things to do there that were actually FUN!. It was a nice change for those of us with young children. Carolyn Rawles-Heiser Library Director Corvallis--Benton County Public Library 645 NW Monroe Ave. Corvallis, OR 97330 (541)766-6910 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:35 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Organizing Magazines by Subject (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: ash966@bitstream.net Subject: Re: Organizing Magazines by Subject As a patron, I must say I don't like it. Before they closed for construction, Minneapolis Public Library had 4 departments and the magazines were shelved in the appropriate department. This works in an academic library, but who wants to guess what department _Cosmopolitan_ falls into? St. Paul Public Library has always had them alphabetically. We did create a pathfinder of magazines by subject for the Cental library. --Andrea Herman St. Paul Public Library > > Topic No. 1 > > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:45:09 -0700 (PDT) > From: Davinna Artibey > To: publib > Subject: Organizing Magazines by Subject > Message-ID: > > > Hello. Our library is considering organizing our magazine collection by > subject like bookstores do. Have any of you ever tried this? We think it > would be a helpful service to browsing patrons but a shelving nightmare for > pages. We would appreciate any insight you have. > Thank you. > > Davinna Artibey > Information Services Librarian - Belmar > Jefferson County Public Library > 555 S. Allison Pkwy. > Lakewood, CO 80226 > (720) 963-0900 > Fax (720) 962-4961 > dartibey@jefferson.lib.co.us > Find us on the web: http://jefferson.lib.co.us > > > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:39 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Holds not picked up (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: PTomka@aol.com Subject: Holds not picked up At our library, we only hold a reserved item for three days. If it is not picked up in that time, it moves to the next person who has reserved it. Although we do not charge for books from our collection not picked up, we do tack on a $1 manual fine for any interlibrary loan items not picked up. That information is on the form the patron fills out for the request of the item. And we do limit patrons to 4 interlibrary loan requests per day. No one has ever complained about the fine, although we don't have to use it that often. Pam Tomka Washington District Library Washington IL ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:45 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Clean Slate v. Deep Freeze v. ? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Julie Bauer" Subject: Clean Slate v. Deep Freeze v. ? Our library is considering switching from Fortres (security software that acts something like a firewall -- the default blocks just about all computer activity, and you have to punch holes in it for approved functions) to a product that restores the computer to its original pristine condition after each reboot. We're looking at Clean Slate and Deep Freeze, two very similar products. If anyone out there is using either of these, can you share why you chose one over the other? Or if you're using something else, can you tell me why you picked that? I'm also looking at Public Web Browser -- sounds almost too good to be true. Is it? Thanks for your help. Julie Bauer Reference and Electronic Services Librarian Weston Public Library 87 School Street Weston, MA  02493 (781) 893-3312 jbauer@minlib.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:57:48 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Charging for holds (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Tara Gnau Subject: Charging for holds If you would like to see our online purchase suggestion system please go to http://dearborn.lib.mi.us and click on the purchase suggesting link on the left hand side under "Online Services." Tara B. Gnau Administrative Librarian Dearborn Public Library 16301 Michigan Dearborn, MI 48126 313-943-2336 tgnau@ci.dearborn.mi.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Microforms available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Conroy, Margaret " Subject: Microforms available We have a small number of microforms available for cost of shipping, odds and ends that need a good home: Ad Astra (microfiche) 1989-1994 America (microfilm) 1977-1978 The Bible (one reel, edition unknown) Saturday Review (microfiche) 1984-1985 USA Today (microfilm) July 1978-June 1984 Margaret Conroy, Director Missouri River Regional Library 214 Adams St. P.O. Box 89 Jefferson City, MO 65102 (573) 634-6064 ext. 234 (573) 634-7028 fax conroym@mrrl.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:06 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Laurel Toole Subject: Re: Books on tape/CD call numbers We assign call numbers to audio books the same as their fiction counterparts--alphabetically by author's last name--with the media type written above. We use "Cassette" for books on tape, and "CD Book" for books on CD. The nonfiction audio books get a nonfiction call number with the media type written above. This serves the "collocation" purpose of call numbers--your authors and subjects are all together, rather than placed randomly by holdings code or number. Laurel Toole Head of Technical Services Lynnfield Public Library 18 Summer St. Lynnfield, MA 01940 781-334-5411 Lisa Sheffield wrote: > I need some advice on call numbers for A/V -- > > We currently have a holdings code and assign a number to A/V materials -- > books on tape and books on CD. (This system was pre- any of us currently > working at the library). > > We "think" we want to begin assigning the same call number as the print copy > for the A/V item. So, _The Firm_ by John Grisham in print is FIC GRI -- > the book on tape would be BT FIC GRI -- the book on cd BCD FIC GRI. > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Environmental Control and Monitoring Workshop From SOLINET (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Riley, Alicia" Subject: Environmental Control and Monitoring Workshop From SOLINET Spaces are available for the following SOLINET workshop (Please excuse cross-posting): ***************Environmental Control and Monitoring***************** Preserving Collections in a Hostile Environment Friday, July 30, 2004 at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY from 9am - 4 pm. The most cost-effective strategy to preserve our documentary resources is by controlling temperature, relative humidity, and pollutants. This workshop will help library staff identify the source of problems, monitor the environment, and develop strategies for affecting change in their institution. It will include an extensive packet of resource materials, plus exhibits of state-of-the-art monitoring equipment. Instructor is Dr. Michael Trinkley, Director of Chicora Foundation. Cost for $115 SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($105 early bird, $135 late registration); $155 Non-SOLINET members ($145 early bird, $175 late registration). Any institution within Kentucky qualifies for the member rate. For more information or to register, contact Vanessa Richardson at 800-999-8558, vanessa_richardson@solinet.net or visit our website at www.solinet.net for full descriptions and online registration. These workshops are funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:21 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Two Digital Workshops From SOLINET (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Riley, Alicia" Subject: Two Digital Workshops From SOLINET Spaces are available for the following SOLINET workshops (Please excuse cross-posting): *****************Managing and Preserving Digital Materials********************* Thursday, August 5, 2004, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. This basic workshop is designed to introduce participants to the principles of preserving and providing access to materials in digital formats. The workshop focuses on methods and issues in selecting, accessioning, providing reference for, and preserving materials in electronic form. The workshop is intended for archivists and those who have a good understanding of archival principles and techniques, but need basic training in how to apply the principles to records in electronic form. Instructor is Thomas J. Ruller, Supervisor of Data Processing, New York State Education Department. Cost is $155, SOLINET members, all membership categories, ($145 early bird, $175 late registration), $215 affiliate members, ($205 early bird, $235 late registration). Any institution within Tennessee qualifies for the member rate. *************Digital Imaging of Library Materials***************** Wednesday, August 25, 2004, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL from 8am-4pm. This two-day hands-on workshop is designed for individuals with little to no experience with digitization. Participants will gain practical experience scanning and editing image files, and will receive an introduction to the issues surrounding small to mid-sized library imaging projects. Topics covered include: equipment requirements for library digitization projects, equipment calibration, the difference between digital imaging and optical character recognition, the "scan once" methodology, file types and compression, basic scanner operation, basic image adjustment and manipulation using Adobe Photoshop, OCR, terminology used in digitization projects, preservation of digital masters, file naming, and storage media. The instructor for this workshop is Steve Smith, Preservation Librarian, Wellesley College. Cost is $175 SOLINET members ($165 early bird, $195 late registration), $215 Non-members ($205 early bird, $235 late registration). Any institution in Florida qualifies for the member rate. For more information or to register, contact Vanessa Richardson at 800-999-8558, vanessa_richardson@solinet.net or visit our website at www.solinet.net for full descriptions and online registration. These workshops are funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:32 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: No PUBLIB party for Mimi... (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: No PUBLIB party for Mimi... Mimi, we were there--small but mighty. We might have been in about the time you left, I'm not sure. It was great to meet those who were there. Sorry I didn't get to meet you, Mimi. Best, Karen Dyer ---------- In a message dated 7/9/2004 11:00:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, publib@webjunction.org writes: And hey--I was at Cafe Tu Tu at 6:00 on Friday and never found any of you, > just a big party of community college librarians! Did the crowd coming from > the convention center just get there late? (My hotel was across the street) > I left about 6:15... > > Mimi...who is still digging out from being gone for a week ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Less people reading? Bah humbug. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: Less people reading? Bah humbug. Don Wood gave us the below info. I can't help it--I go into instant denial. So many people are denying themselves so much pleasure. I think I'll start leaving books around (at my doctor's, dentist, wherever) and put a note in them, such as, "This and other pleasures await you at the public library." Karen Dyer who has an urge to spread the joy! In a message dated 7/9/2004 11:00:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, publib@webjunction.org writes: NEA's Reading at Risk Report Confirms Same A survey conducted by the National Endowment for the Arts confirms a trend that won't surprise too many in the book industry: the percentage of Americans who read books has steadily declined over the last 20 years. http://www.arts.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:42 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB list at Amazon.com (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: PUBLIB list at Amazon.com This is terrific! What a great job! Thanks, David. --Karen D. ---------- In a message dated 7/9/2004 11:00:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, publib@webjunction.org writes: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-fil/-/A1U9H4JE188WUF/ref= cm_a ya_bb_lm/102-8534464-5482569 I hope this is of help. David Was it ever! That was the easiest collection development hole plugging I've done in a while. :) I had a lot of those, but by no means all. Thank you so much for helping us PUBLIBers! Brooke @ Hinsdale MA ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Charging for printing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Lisa Costich" Subject: Charging for printing My library has a long tradition of not charging fees for services. However, the amount we are spending to keep the printers attached to our public internet stations stocked with paper and toner is becoming a serious burden. We are looking into various print management solutions, and it is likely that at some point we will begin charging. We are concerned about the hardship this would create for children, teens and less affluent adults. One idea we are toying with is to provide each patron with some dollar amount as credit on their account each year. Once this amount was used up, patrons would have to pay for further printing or photocopying. We would like to hear from other libraries that charge for printing, and especially from any who are offering a certain number of free pages per session or per unit of time. Has charging been an effective way to reduce the number of "junk" pages that patrons send to your printers? Were patrons angry when you started charging? Do you use coin boxes, cards with mag strips or some other method? If you do not offer some amount of free copies, how do you deal with the inevitable kids who need to print something for their homework but did not bring money? How about people who you know can't afford to pay? Are there any other issues that I have not mentioned that we should be aware of? Please respond directly to me at lcostich@acpl.lib.in.us and I will summarize for the list. *The views, opinions, & judgements expressed in this message are solely those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved by the Allen County Public Library. Lisa Costich, Manager Tecumseh Branch Library Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Tax Cap help (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Rachel Davis" Subject: Tax Cap help Thanks to all those who offered advice on defeating Maine's upcoming tax cap referendum. If your library is in a state that has a tax cap already in place, could you provide me with information about how many individual or branch libraries closed as a result of the tax cap being implemented? Thanks very much! Rachel Rachel Q. Davis Children's Librarian Thomas Memorial Library Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 207-799-1720 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 15:58:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: Employment Opportunity - Selection Librarian - KCLS (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:28:17 -0700 From: Christy Strzelecki To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Employment Opportunity - Selection Librarian - KCLS King County Library System Employment Opportunity Selection Librarian - Teen Materials (FT) Selection Dept., Collection Management Services - Issaquah Service Center Performs a variety of professional library services pertaining to the selection, development and maintenance of the KCLS materials collections. Serves as system-wide expert in YA materials. REQ: MLS degree/WA state certification as a librarian. Min. of 2 to 4 yrs certified/MLS lib. experience w/min. req. of 2yrs professional lib. exp. &/or specialized post- grad. training in YA Lit. or Services & selection. Application Deadline is July 22, 2004. $26.18 per hr, plus exc. benefits. Please visit our website for the application and supplemental. Submit KCLS application, resume & cover letter & supplemental questionnaire to: HR, King County Library System, 960 Newport Way NW. Issaquah, WA 98027, 425 369-3224, Fax: 425-369-3214 www.kcls.org EOE From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 10 23:19:36 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:30 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] FW: NYTimes.com Article: The Closing of the American Book (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Genco, Barbara" Subject: FW: NYTimes.com Article: The Closing of the American Book Subject: FW: NYTimes.com Article: The Closing of the American Book Here's another voice heard from. Solomon makes some excellent points about the state of the nation and could be considered a call to action for libraries. But before your scroll down ---let's get back to the everyday realities of reading choices and selection in public libraries. I note that the NEA study specifically referenced "literary fiction" and "poetry" in the study. Yes. America may be reading more but we are reading primarily for information, continuous learning, and self help. Most of the fiction read is genre fiction or fiction 'lite.' Few of us can assert that literary fiction or poetry ever was or ever will be THE most requested area of our collections...Seen many clogging up our holds shelves?! Miriam Bobkoff speaks of the heavily requested Clinton autobiography--it could never be considered in any way 'literary' nor could most of the NYTimes Best Sellers list. (But DO give the Chernoff Hamilton Biog a try...pretty darn well written and just about as long as MY LIFE!) A follow up opinion piece in response to the recently released NEA study on the 'state' of reading in the USA. http://www.arts.gov/news/news04/ReadingAtRisk.html The Closing of the American Book July 10, 2004 By ANDREW SOLOMON A   survey released on Thursday reports that reading for pleasure is way down in America among every group - old and young, wealthy and poor, educated and uneducated, men and women, Hispanic, black and white. The survey, by the National Endowment for the Arts, also indicates that people who read for pleasure are many times more likely than those who don't to visit museums and attend musical performances, almost three times as likely to perform volunteer and charity work, and almost twice as likely to attend sporting events. Readers, in other words, are active, while nonreaders - more than half the population - have settled into apathy. There is a basic social divide between those for whom life is an accrual of fresh experience and knowledge, and those for whom maturity is a process of mental atrophy. The shift toward the latter category is frightening. Reading is not an active expression like writing, but it is not a passive experience either. It requires effort, concentration, attention. In exchange, it offers the stimulus to and the fruit of thought and feeling. Kafka said, "A book must be an ice ax to break the seas frozen inside our soul." The metaphoric quality of writing - the fact that so much can be expressed through the rearrangement of 26 shapes on a piece of paper - is as exciting as the idea of a complete genetic code made up of four bases: man's work on a par with nature's. Discerning the patterns of those arrangements is the essence of civilization. The electronic media, on the other hand, tend to be torpid. Despite the existence of good television, fine writing on the Internet, and video games that test logic, the electronic media by and large invite inert reception. One selects channels, but then the information comes out preprocessed. Most people use television as a means of turning their minds off, not on. Many readers watch television without peril; but for those for whom television replaces reading, the consequences are far-reaching. My last book was about depression, and the question I am most frequently asked is why depression is on the rise. I talk about the loneliness that comes of spending the day with a TV or a computer or video screen. Conversely, literary reading is an entry into dialogue; a book can be a friend, talking not at you, but to you. That the rates of depression should be going up as the rates of reading are going down is no happenstance. Meanwhile, there is some persuasive evidence that escalating levels of Alzheimer's disease reflect a lack of active engagement of adult minds. While the disease appears to be determined in large part by heredity and environmental stimulants, it seems that those who continue learning may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's. So the crisis in reading is a crisis in national health. I will never forget seeing, as a high school student on my first trip to East Berlin, the plaza where Hitler and Goebbels had burned books from the university library. Those bonfires were predicated on the idea that texts could undermine armies. Soviet repression of literature followed the same principle. The Nazis were right in believing that one of the most powerful weapons in a war of ideas is books. And for better or worse, the United States is now in such a war. Without books, we cannot succeed in our current struggle against absolutism and terrorism. The retreat from civic to virtual life is a retreat from engaged democracy, from the principles that we say we want to share with the rest of the world. You are what you read. If you read nothing, then your mind withers, and your ideals lose their vitality and sway. So the crisis in reading is a crisis in national politics. It is important to acknowledge that the falling-off of reading has to do not only with the incursion of anti-intellectualism, but also with a flawed intellectualism. The ascendancy of poststructuralism in the 1980's coincided with the beginning of the catastrophic downturn in reading; deconstructionism's suggestion that all text is equal in its meanings and the denigration of the canon led to the devaluation of literature. The role of literature is to illuminate, to strengthen, to explain why some aspect of life is moving or beautiful or terrible or sad or important or insignificant for people who might otherwise not understand so much or so well. Reading is experience, but it also enriches other experience. Even more immediate than the crises in health and politics brought on by the decline of reading is the crisis in national education. We have one of the most literate societies in history. What is the point of having a population that can read, but doesn't? We need to teach people not only how, but also why to read. The struggle is not to make people read more, but to make them want to read more. While there is much work do be done in the public schools, society at large also has a job. We need to make reading, which is in its essence a solitary endeavor, a social one as well, to encourage that great thrill of finding kinship in shared experiences of books. We must weave reading back into the very fabric of the culture, and make it a mainstay of community. Reading is harder than watching television or playing video games. I think of the Epicurean mandate to exchange easier for more difficult pleasures, predicated on the understanding that those more difficult pleasures are more rewarding. I think of Walter Pater's declaration: "The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit is to rouse, to startle it to a life of sharp and eager observation. . . . The poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most; for art comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass." Surely that is something all Americans would want, if we only understood how readily we might achieve it, how well worth the effort it is. Andrew Solomon is the author of "The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression." http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/opinion/10SOLO.html?ex=1090475265&ei=1&en= 7ae5489ad2571c8c --------------------------------- Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time & anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events & expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1&Ex ternalMediaCode=W24AF HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@nytimes.com. Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Jul 11 21:47:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Less people reading? Bah humbug. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "M Brooke Helman" Subject: Re: Less people reading? Bah humbug. Salvete! Don Wood gave us the below info. I can't help it--I go into instant denial. So many people are denying themselves so much pleasure. I think I'll start leaving books around (at my doctor's, dentist, wherever) and put a note in them, such as, "This and other pleasures await you at the public library." Karen Dyer who has an urge to spread the joy! Did you know about Book Crossing? You can always put your library's name on the tags. If I ruled the world (or a larger library with a bigger staff) I'd Book Cross some of the discards and book sale stuff. It's cool finding a book in the wild. http://www.bookcrossing.com/ Brooke @ Hinsdale MA ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Jul 11 21:47:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:31 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job posting-Teen Services Librarian (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "sanderso" Subject: Job posting-Teen Services Librarian Teen Services Librarian (Librarian I) The Dover Public Library seeks an enthusiastic teen advocate to serve as part of the Adult Services staff. The successful candidate will assist all library patrons with a concentration in teen services. Duties include in-person and virtual reference assistance, administering a teen advisory group, maintaining a teen web page, conducting library tours, outreach, programming, booktalking, readers’ advisory, and bibliographic instruction. Requires an ALA-accredited MLS and a strong customer service ethic. Must be able to make informed decisions independently and to communicate effectively. Preferred candidates will have experience working with teens, will be extremely familiar with young adult literature and adolescent development, and will be an active YALSA member. Position includes some evening and weekend hours. The library, in the heart of historic Dover, the state capital, is very busy and serves a diverse community. The library is the countywide reference center and has 23 staff, 100,000 volumes, and a 1.3 million dollar budget. Annual salary range is $33,800-$40,600. To apply, submit a resume, three references, and an application by July 23rd 2004 to City of Dover, Attn: Human Resources, PO Box 475, Dover, DE 19903. AA/EOE. Applications are available at www.cityofdover.com and in the Human Resources Department in Dover City Hall. ************************************************************** Sheila B. Anderson Library Director ALA Councilor at Large Dover Public Library 45 South State Street Dover, DE 19901 sanderso@lib.de.us www.doverpubliclibrary.org (302) 736-7032 (302) 736-5087 (fax) From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 17:06:25 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Printing credit (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: KTDyer@aol.com Subject: Re: Printing credit In a message dated 7/11/2004 1:52:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, publib@webjunction.org writes: > One idea we are toying with is to provide each > patron with some dollar amount as credit on their account each year. > Once this amount was used up, patrons would have to pay for further > printing or photocopying. > I don't have much of any worth to say on this topic except that I think charging for printing is a viable idea which meets criteria I am familiar with. However, I'd like to add that I love your idea of giving everyone some free printing. I'd love to see that idea spread. Good thinking, in my bookj! --Karen Dyer ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 17:06:30 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: switching to Mozilla or K-meleon (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Allen D. Tate" Subject: Re: switching to Mozilla or K-meleon > The ongoing security problems with Internet Explorer have recently made us reconsider our browser choice for our OPACs and Internet stations. I would like to know from those who are currently using the Mozilla and/or K-meleon browsers what problems you've had with them if any. I have been personally using Mozilla Firefox for quite some time now and I'm very happy with it. I have also installed it on most of our public computers along with Opera and Netscape. They still have IS on them because some people don't realize they have a choice in browsers and are afraid to try something new. > Also, is anyone else thinking of moving away from IE after the recent browser attacks? We are currently using a Cybraryn-Public Browser configuration and spend a great deal of time cleaning up viruses and spybots. We were thinking of moving to a Deep Freeze-Cybraryn-OneSite-Norton Antivirus configuration but because One Site is modeled on IE, we are afraid that it will still be open to many security risks. Now we are considering running Mozilla and K-meleon with Deep Freeze and Cybraryn. I welcome any feedback and suggestions. I use Deep Freeze on some computers and Centurion Guard on others. I think I like Deep Freeze much better. And instead of using Norton Anti-virus (left a stale taste in my mouth after purchasing dozens of copies and then they started charging for av updates) I am using the free AVG Anti-virus ( http://www.grisoft.com ) and I've had excellent luck with it. From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 17:06:34 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] news articles on librarians (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Judy A" Subject: news articles on librarians I think we need to work on educating the press on what librarians do. I set a Google news alert on library and librarian just to see what goes on in the world about us. One article talked about coming robot librarians when in fact, all it really meant is robots shelving books or taking books off shelves (in response to verbal requests) and being able to browse a book from a distance by a robot librarian holding the book for browsing. As a solo librarian, yes, I do this kind of thing of shelving and pulling books, but that's not really what the librarian is about. Another article talks about librarian being a hot job. It starts off with Gone are the days of the Dewey decimal system, linoleum floors and musty volumes. Now, being a librarian takes Internet savvy, organization, keen business sense and a touch of a detective's skills. We have Dewey here, our whole consortium uses Dewey. The last place I worked used Dewey. I didn't know it was gone. I would guess there are still lineoleum floors and musty volumes, although we know more about preventing that. I do like the idea that we have moved up to the hot job category. To see the articles: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040710/STRAUSS10/TPScience/ http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/business/2004/07/11lookingforahotj.html Judy Anderson Tillamook, OR Visible and Vocal Librarian www.cafeshops.com/vavlibrarian _________________________________________________________________ MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups – now 2 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 17:06:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Clean Slate v. Deep Freeze v. ? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Andy Barnett Subject: Re: Clean Slate v. Deep Freeze v. ? We use Public Web Broswer and it works as advertised. PWB works as a shell to Internet Explorer, so that you run the most recent version of IE, but with more control. Without any programming skills, we can: control what menu items are available control what buttons are available force patrons to use Print Preview (so they know how many pages they are printing) force footers (which we use to print date/time/computer name - yes you did print it and will pay for it) enforce no access or only access lists (we use this to limit access to chat/games on some stations) set time limits and inactivity limits (we use Telus for this) limit the number of open screens specifiy the home page It is possible to do all this within IE ( we do use some MCC features also), but it requires more work and actual skill/training/talent. PWB is cheap, easy to use and a piece of the puzzle. Andy Barnett, Asst. Director www.mcmillanlibrary.org McMillan Memorial Library 490 East Grand Ave. 715-423-5144 (phone) Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 715-423-2665 (fax) If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give `em what they want - 10k Maniacs ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 17:06:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mid-Winter ALA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Katie Bunn" Subject: Mid-Winter ALA Hi all - Can someone tell me what goes on at Mid-Winter? I've never = been to either annual or mid-winter, but I'm assuming both offer = continuing education workshops/seminars, exhibitors etc.? Or is that = not the case? Thanks from a relative newbie!=20 Katie Bunn Teen Services Librarian Farmington Library Farmington, CT 860-673-6791 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:40:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [ALACOUN:12521] NEA--a lupine aroma (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:18:34 -0500 From: Nann Blaine Hilyard To: ALA Council List Cc: PUBLIB Subject: RE: [ALACOUN:12521] NEA--a lupine aroma What I read in the NEA report is that there is a high correlation between serious readers (the "literary" ones) and educational attainment, civic engagement, and cultural/arts attendance. We, and the NEA, probably knew that already, but sometimes it's helpful to have statistics to prove it. I don't think the report adequately defined "literary" -- I think of the public library where I worked 20 years ago. My predecessor's legacy was reclassifying the collection from Dewey to LC (which was among several reasons he no longer worked there). His decision about "literary" fiction mean that Pearl Buck was in the PZs while James Michener was in Fic. At ALA/Orlando I went to an excellent program about "narrative nonfiction," a newly-identified genre whose premise is that "a true story, well-told, can be as compelling as fiction." (The guest author was Owen Gingrich, who wrote _The Book Nobody Read_. Other examples cited: _Longtitude_ and _Galileo's Daughter_.) Evidently this genre doesn't count in the NEA survey. The report led me to look up a couple of articles that LJ published in the 80's and 90's -- the 1880's and 1890's, that is. W.M. Stevenson (first librarian of the Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny, PA, wrote about fiction in March, 1897. "Dr. Poole says [in Public Libraries in the United States], 'One of the primary oobjects of a public library is to furnish reading for all classes in the community, and reading which shall be adapted to their various capacities. The masses of the public have very little of literary culture, and it is the purpose of a public library to develop it by creating in them a habit of reading. As a rule people read books of a higher intellectual and moral standard than their own, and hence are benefited by reading. As their tastes improve they read better books. Books which are not adapted to their intellectual capacity they will nto read. To meet, therefore, the varied wants of readers there must be on the shelves of the library certain books which people of culture will never read, although it is quite probable that they did read such books in some stage of their mental development." Stevenson adds, "The theory that the character of a community is indicated by the percentage of fiction circulated from the public library does not seem to be well-founded....Salem is the oldest settlement in Massachusetts...is a town of noble traditions in lterature and science, and yet the percentage of fiction circulated from the public library last year was 84.62 per cent. and the Boston Public Library prints no fiction percentage in its last report, leaving one to infer that it is too high to be a credit to that institution." He concludes, "No doubt that the same causes that have produced democracy and are now tending ever more and more to expand it, tend also to a constant lowering of the standard reading and with the march of democracy the fiction percentage in public libraries, unless checked will grow still larger year by year." Nann who is an omnivorous reader (though not of plays, Mr. NEA, and not much poetry) and who got all the fiction in that library back to "Fic" where it still is (I presume) ________________________________ From: owner-alacoun@ala.org [mailto:owner-alacoun@ala.org] On Behalf Of Michael Gorman Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:38 PM To: ALA Council List Cc: acreuland@yahoo.com Subject: [ALACOUN:12521] NEA--a lupine aroma Dear Colleagues I think the NEA is crying "wolf!" in its report on reading (http://www.nea.gov/news/news04/ReadingAtRisk.html ). (In politics today the parallel term is "crying Wolfowitz"--i.e., summoning imaginary threats and crises.) The essential point is that they have found a decline in literary reading, not in reading as such. As Carol Brey has pointed out, reading and literary reading are not the same thing. Many best sellers (good, bad, and ugly) are not, and do not pretend to be, literature (they are what we used to call "non-fiction"). Equally important is the fact that that not all "literature" (defined by the NEA as novels, short stories, poetry, and plays) is literature. Whoever said "there are thousands of poets and hundreds of poetry readers" decades ago was right then and is right now. Reading plays is a specialized taste and has never been a mass entertainment. That leaves us with novels, novellas, and short stories. I read a lot of thrillers but would never claim that such activity is intellectually superior to seeing a good movie. I also read the New Yorker but rarely New Yorker short stories. This may be an aesthetic and moral failing, but I cannot see why reading Anthony Lane, Roger Angell, Calvin Trillin, etc., is not as worthwhile an activity as reading some precious fiction feuilleton. There is no data in the report to show a decline of reading or a decline in the quality of what is read. In the 1920s and 1930s there were numerous magazines that paid (well) for short fiction for which there was then a huge market. That market moved first to radio and then, en masse, to television. Does that tell us anything about the culture other than the fact that the mass of of people will seek their entertainment and story telling in the medium of the moment? Sorry for the length of this and apologies to those who think that this kind of thing isn't what ALA is about, though I do believe that reading and literacy are central to ALA just as they were long before we had computers in the library. Best wishes, Michael _________________________________________________ Michael Gorman Madden Library, CSU, Fresno (559) 278-2403 "The best reading, for the largest number, at the least cost" www.michaelgorman.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:41:22 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Printing credit (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dianne Harmon" Subject: RE: Printing credit We give all Joliet library card holders $2 on their library/debit card. They get that $2 renewed each year on their library card "anniversary" date. If they have one of the "old style" cardboard library cards, we give them a print card with that amount of money on it. Dianne Harmon Associate Director Joliet Public Library Joliet, IL -----Original Message----- In a message dated 7/11/2004 1:52:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, publib@webjunction.org writes: > One idea we are toying with is to provide each > patron with some dollar amount as credit on their account each year. > Once this amount was used up, patrons would have to pay for further > printing or photocopying. > I don't have much of any worth to say on this topic except that I think charging for printing is a viable idea which meets criteria I am familiar with. However, I'd like to add that I love your idea of giving everyone some free printing. I'd love to see that idea spread. Good thinking, in my bookj! --Karen Dyer ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:42:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Mid-Winter ALA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Nann Blaine Hilyard" Subject: RE: Mid-Winter ALA Hello, Katie: The ALA Policy Manual, sec. 7.4.11: "The ALA Midwinter meeting is convened for the primary purpose of expediting the business of the Association through sessions of its governing and administrative delegates serving on boards, committees, and Council. Programs designed for the continuing education and development of the fields of library service shall be reserved for Annual Conference except by specific authorization of the Executive Board acting under the provisions of the ALA Constitution." So, Midwinter doesn't have preconferences and programs. You are welcome to sit in on committee and division meetings in your area of interest. There will be a Library Advocacy training session on Friday (January 14) that should be well worth it. The exhibits are always great. And of course there will be a PubLib social! Since Midwinter '05 will be in your neck of the woods, do try to come up, if only for the day to see the exhibits--longer if you can. Nann Nann Blaine Hilyard ALA Executive Board 2004-07 Director, Zion-Benton Public Library 2400 Gabriel Ave. Zion, IL 60099 847-872-4680 x 110 847-872-4942 fax www.zblibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org [mailto:publib@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Katie Bunn Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 3:22 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Mid-Winter ALA Hi all - Can someone tell me what goes on at Mid-Winter? I've never = been to either annual or mid-winter, but I'm assuming both offer = continuing education workshops/seminars, exhibitors etc.? Or is that = not the case? Thanks from a relative newbie!=20 Katie Bunn Teen Services Librarian Farmington Library Farmington, CT 860-673-6791 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:42:40 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Less people reading? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MLuskin Subject: Re: Less people reading? Fewer people? Merry Luskin, Oakland CA Reference librarian and handspinner Weeder, Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:42:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: Readers Advisory Column in Public Libraries (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:18:45 -0500 From: Nann Blaine Hilyard To: PUBLIB Subject: Readers Advisory Column in Public Libraries What's your perspective on Readers Advisory? Share your experience, opinions, and advice by writing an essay for the Perspectives column in Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association. 1000 words +/-. Send as an MSWord attachment by August 6. No cash payment, but you will get complementary copies of that issue (January-February, 2005). If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks for your interest! Nann Blaine Hilyard, co-editor Zion-Benton Public Library 2400 Gabriel Ave. Zion, IL 60099 847-872-4680 x 110 847-872-4942 fax www.zblibrary.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:43:07 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Mid-Winter ALA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Mid-Winter ALA -----Original Message----- From: Katie Bunn Sent: Jul 12, 2004 2:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Mid-Winter ALA Hi all - Can someone tell me what goes on at Mid-Winter? I've never = been to either annual or mid-winter, but I'm assuming both offer = continuing education workshops/seminars, exhibitors etc.? Or is that = not the case? **Theoretically, Midwinter is for conducting ALA's business, and you'll find committees, task forces, unit boards, and others meeting almost literally from sunup to sundown. Some "programs" have begun to show their heads, such as a President's Program and the Arthur Curley lecture series. There are many exhibitors, although not as many as at annual conference. Some vendors who are based in the region where Midwinter is may also exhibit because they can't afford to go to the annual conference. HTH! Your friendly CyberGoddess and re-elected ALA Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 Visit my home page: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm email: suekamm@mindspring.com What I wonder is, where are the guys who just love to play baseball? --Wes Parker, former Los Angeles Dodgers infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:43:12 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Opening - Woodland/La Center, WA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Holly Blosser" Subject: Job Opening - Woodland/La Center, WA Fort Vancouver Regional Library District has an immediate opening for a dynamic, experienced librarian to work with two communities and manage their libraries. As Community Librarian for the Woodland and La Center Community Libraries, you will be the primary representative of the libraries in these communities. You will be part of the team of Community Librarians managing libraries for the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District in Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat counties. If you like working with people, are enticed by the challenge of working on raising money for a new Woodland library, would enjoy working in the beautiful new La Center library, and want to make a positive difference in your community this is the job for you. Requires an MLS from an ALA accredited university, minimum of four years of increasingly responsible professional library work and 1 year supervisory experience; experience working with children preferred. Salary range: $3617-$4518 per month, an excellent benefits package including Washington State PERS. Additional information regarding the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District as well as a complete job description can be found at our website at www.fvrl.org or at the address below. Position is open until filled, review begins 7/26/04. To apply, submit cover letter, resume and references to: HR Department Fort Vancouver Regional Library District 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98663 Or via e-mail hr@fvrl.org (include job title in subject line) Equal Opportunity Employer From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 12 20:54:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:32 2005 Subject: CT Director opening Message-ID: 7/08/04 Library Director, Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT Suffield is seeking an enthusiastic, charismatic director to work with and lead an experienced public library staff, a dedicated Board, a supportive Friends' group, and a population of frequent library users. This position offers an exciting opportunity to be part of the library's physical expansion over the next few years. Applicants must demonstrate experience with: Managerial and Administrative Skills Public Relations Community Outreach Current and Emerging Technologies Applicants need to have an understanding of: Budget Preparation Grant Applications Maintenance of Historical Materials Suffield is a growing community with a population of 13,500; it is located on the Connecticut River between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA. The Kent Memorial Library has a staff of 11 employees; a public collection of 95,000 items with a circulation of 150,000; and an impressive local history collection of original journals, documents, and photographs. An MLS from an ALA accredited program and three years of managerial experience are preferred. The salary range is $55,000 -- $60,000. Full benefits package is provided. Send resume to President, Library Commission, Kent Memorial Library, 50 North Main Street, Suffield, CT 06078 by July 31, 2004. Visit our website at http://www.suffield-library .org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:23:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Mid-Winter ALA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "James B. Casey" Subject: Re: Mid-Winter ALA While there are some program offerings at MidWinter, the prime activity involves committee meetings, planning work done to develop programs for Annual, Council Meetings, Executive Board Meetings, Meetings of Boards and Committees of the various divisions such as PLA, ALCTS, LAMA, etc.. If you are coming to attend programs and go to exhibits, MidWinter is probably not worth alot of time and expense. If you want to become involved in ALA and/or any of the Divisions or Round Tables, coming to MidWinter is essential. --- In fact, if you want to run for ALA Council, you could get a petition and the 25 signatures needed to go onto the ballot for the Spring 2005 election. (While you don't need to come to Mid Winter to do that, it does help to know people and lobby for support. And it is also much easier to get the 25 signatures -- especially if you live in a rural area where there may not be 25 ALA Members within a 100 mile radius.) If you were to be elected to Council when the ballots are counted in May 2005, you would become a Councilor at the end of business at ALA Annual in Chicago in June 2005, and take your seat on Council at the MidWinter Meeting of 2006 in San Antonio and remain on Council until the end of Council business at the Annual Conference of 2008 in Anaheim. You would have to attend 3 MidWinters (San Antonio, Seattle and Philadelphia) and 3 Annuals (New Orleans, Washington and Anaheim). It costs alot of money to be actively involved in ALA! It is unfortunate that ALA Members have to come to MidWinters and Conferences in order to be involved in a serious manner in the Association. That is the reality right now. Until electronic participation is given more teeth and not just token recognition, coming to these things will remain essential. So much of ALA's budget is predicated on revenues from MidWinter and Annual that radical change isn't likely to come soon. James B. Casey --- ALA Council Member since 1996. Katie Bunn wrote: >Hi all - Can someone tell me what goes on at Mid-Winter? I've never = >been to either annual or mid-winter, but I'm assuming both offer = >continuing education workshops/seminars, exhibitors etc.? Or is that = >not the case? > >Thanks from a relative newbie!=20 > >Katie Bunn >Teen Services Librarian >Farmington Library >Farmington, CT >860-673-6791 > > >********************************************************************* >Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, >this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there >to a plain text message. >********************************************************************* > > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:23:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] DVD storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whitewright Public Library Subject: DVD storage We're a small library, but we have a growing collection of DVDs; about 200 at the moment. We're looking at a storage solution that would allow us to leave the empty cases on the shelves for patrons to browse, while keeping the actual discs behind the counter. We don't have much room, so using a second case to trade for the empty one like many video stores do isn't practical. I'm thinking maybe using thin CD cases in a drawer cabinet, and using color coded alphabetic labels like they use in doctor's offices to place the call number on the storage case. If anyone can provide any feedback on what has(n't) worked, I would appreciate it. Especially if you can point me to specific filing products you use. Chris Ely ===================== Whitewright Public Library, Whitewright, Texas www.whitewright.lib.tx.us "Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played right into my hands." Futurama From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:23:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] switching to Mozilla or K-meleon (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jim Deane Subject: switching to Mozilla or K-meleon I have personally used Mozilla and the associated packages since it was in early beta. In fact, I am writing this email in Thunderbird, the Mozilla mail client. Mozilla is a very robust browser, which has a faster rendering engine than Internet Explorer. Since Mozilla went past its 1.0 release (it is now on at least 1.7), it has not given me any problems. If you want just a web browser, you might consider the Mozilla project "Firefox". It is not yet at v1.0, so it might be a bit early to put it on public computers--but I use it quite a bit. It is just the browser component of Mozilla all by itself with no extras (mail/news/web authoring), so it is more streamlined and fast. Very good choice for slightly older computers. The current Netscape is also a decent choice, although it tends to be a bit bulkier than Mozilla. The two (Netscape and Mozilla) are very closely related. Biggest advantage of the Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape browsers? Aside from being faster and more W3C compliant, they allow "Tabbed Browsing". Instead of opening new windows, you open tabs inside a window. You can also open new individual windows if you want. This is useful for having, for instance, one window with several "Search" tabs (Catalog, Google, Amazon, Baker&Taylor), one with news (Newspaper, CNN.com, etc.) and so on. K-meleon, at least on Windows, I'm not familiar with--is that a Windows port of the linux based browser? Overall verdict: I would not hesitate to replace IE with Mozilla on virtually any computer, public or staff. The only drawback would be showing technophobic people that they should use the Mozilla icon to start "The Internet" instead of the blue microsoft "E" icon. Jim Watts, Leah wrote: >The ongoing security problems with Internet Explorer have recently made > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:23:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Interim materials security solutions pre-RFID (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Donna R Walker Subject: Interim materials security solutions pre-RFID Please excuse the cross-posting. I was wondering if any libraries are trying interim solutions to materials security while they wait for RFID to come down in price. Particularly, if you already have a system with magnetic strips and sensitizing equipment, security gates, etc., what are you doing when this equipment needs to be replaced? Are you spending the money to keep this kind of security, waiting for RFID, or trying some other kind of materials security system in the interim? Thanks in advance for your responses. Donna Walker Circulation Manager Koelbel Public Library Arapahoe Library District Littleton, Colorado 303-220-7704 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:24:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ANYONE SPONSORING CLASSES OR WORKSHOPS FOR PUBLIC IN VIDEO PRODUCTION? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Larry Hlavsa" Subject: ANYONE SPONSORING CLASSES OR WORKSHOPS FOR PUBLIC IN VIDEO PRODUCTION? Here at the St. Helena Library (CA) this summer we have set up a PC with Adobe Premiere (movie editing software), a DVD burner (external) and have purchased a Sony digital video camera. We have two local film students who are conducting a four-day workshop in video (scripting, casting, filming and editing) for eight local teenagers. By the end of the workshop the kids will have created a 5-10 minute DVD, So far the project is going great and we are considering doing another workshop for adults and maybe another for more kids. Anyone doing this anywhere else? I'd love to compare notes. Larry ----------------------------------- Larry B. Hlavsa Director St. Helena Public Library 1492 Library Lane St. Helena, CA 94574 PH: 707-967-2805 FX: 707-963-5264 EMAIL: larry@shpl.org ----------------------------------- From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:24:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Moody, Diane" Subject: Here at the Albany Public Library in Oregon, we have a policy where we allow patrons 2 pages of printing for free, and then they are responsible for 10 cents per page thereafter. We rely on the honor system, which does result in some unrecovered costs, but because we have lock boxes (labeled "printing contributions") around the computers for people to pay for their printing, some folks put in more than their actual due, and that generally makes up for the loss. If people don't have change, they can pay at the circulation desk. In general, this has worked well. Diane Moody=20 Reference Librarian Albany Public Library dmoody@ci.albany.or.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:26:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Recommendations re "paper bursters"? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Hersh, Daniel" Subject: Recommendations re "paper bursters"? We use a device called a paper burster to separate our mailers to patrons about holds and fines. The mailers are on multipart forms that are produced by a big tractor-feed printer. They come out as a very long continuous sheet with perforations between them, and we use the burster to separate them before mailing. Now our old burster has apparently died, and we're looking for a replacement. Is there anyone out there who has purchased one of these during the last few years and is willing to provide any advice re brands, models and/or vendors? Daniel Hersh Supervising Librarian, Main Library Public Services Oakland Public Library dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org (510) 238-6611 From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:26:06 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] DEADLINE REMINDER: New Traveling Exhibit from ALA Public (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laura Hayes" Subject: DEADLINE REMINDER: New Traveling Exhibit from ALA Public Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians Application Receipt Deadline: September 1, 2004 The ALA Public Programs Office, in collaboration with the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, announces a tour to 30 libraries of a new traveling exhibition celebrating the lives and achievements of women in medicine since they first gained admission to American medical schools 150 years ago. Applications to host the exhibition are invited from public, academic and medical libraries in the United States. Please visit www.ala.org/ala/ppo/currentprograms/changingthefaceofmedicine/changingmedicine.htm to download an application and guidelines or find out more about the exhibition. Applications must be received by the ALA Public Programs Office by September 1, 2004. Libraries selected for the tour will host the exhibition for a six-week period. Participating libraries are expected to present at least one program for library patrons and community members that features a lecture/discussion by a scholar on exhibition themes. All showings of the exhibition will be free and open to the public. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, with additional support provided by the American Medical Women's Association. ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities and Culture www.ala.org/publicprograms publicprograms@ala.org ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:26:31 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: instant messaging at reference (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:17:51 -0700 From: "Rivera, Tara" To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: instant messaging at reference Hi all! We are thinking of using Trillian which incorporates yahoo messenger, AIM, and MSN...common clients the public uses. This service would be in addition to something like AskNow/24/7 chat-type reference that we staff once a week; however, we would have this client up and running throughout the day. Do any of you have an instant messaging client on your reference computer? Do you answer reference questions through that client while on the reference desk throughout the day? Are you finding this an effective way to answer reference questions? in good cheer, Tara Tara Rivera San Bruno Public Library San Bruno, CA From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:26:45 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] StoryLines America Coming this Fall (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laura Hayes" Subject: StoryLines America Coming this Fall Dear Public Librarians, "StoryLines New England," a 13-part, book-based radio discussion series focusing on New England literature, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and coordinated by the American Library Association Public Programs Office, is scheduled to air for one hour at 6 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday from October 3 through December 26, 2004. Some radio stations will tape it for broadcast at other times. Although the focus for "StoryLines New England" is public libraries and radio stations in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, we invite public libraries from outside that area who are interested in the series to contact their public radio stations and ask them to consider broadcasting the shows. All StoryLines programs are free from the NPR satellite system. The story of New England literature and culture should have great appeal in many other areas of the country as well. We will provide interested libraries whose public radio station carries the series with a packet containing publicity materials and discussion guides, brochures and posters, ideas for programming related to the series, and the chance to participate in an exciting program that will reach beyond the library to a wide variety of people. Each of the 13 programs will feature one of the 13 books in the series. Radio hosts lead discussions of the selected books and do live interviews of guests, including authors, folklorists, historians, storytellers and others. Listeners can call a toll-free telephone number from anywhere in the U.S. to join the discussion on the air. The radio hosts for StoryLines New England are Laura Knoy, former reporter for National Public Radio in Washington, and host of the New Hampshire Public Radio daily show, The Exchange, and Kevin Gardner, veteran radio producer and reporter on humanities and arts. Library participation forms and a list of the books selected for the series can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/ppo/currentprograms/storylines/storylinesamerica.htm A radio information document and contact person is included at this address for radio stations that would like more information about the series. Please contact publicprograms@ala.org if you have further questions about the StoryLines New England series. Thank you. ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities and Culture www.ala.org/publicprograms publicprograms@ala.org ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 13 22:27:08 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Book Contributors Needed (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cory.Tucker@ccmail.nevada.edu Subject: Book Contributors Needed Good afternoon, A colleague and I are writing a book proposal and are looking for contributors. The book focuses on providing practical job and career advice for new graduates and new professionals (1-2 yrs) in academic and public libraries. This book will relate the experiences of practicing librarians covering various areas of librarianship. The areas include: Section I >From student to Librarian Job hunting Job Related Reference Instruction Collection Development Liaison Activities Other Public Services (circulation, document delivery, chat reference, email reference, etc.) Technical Services Special Areas (special collections, gov docs, etc.) Administration & Management Career Advancement Professional Service Professional Development Scholarship Promotion & Tenure Survival Skills Time management Organizational Politics Dealing with technology Please let me know if you or anyone else might be interested in writing one of the above chapters. Please respond by Friday, July 24th. You can contact me by email: cory.tucker@ccmail.nevada.edu. Please note that this isn't a final list of topics - although I want to cover most of these topics, I'm open to your suggestions. Also, please let me know if you have questions or concerns about contributing to this project. Thanks for your interest - I look forward to hearing from you! Cory Tucker Business & Hospitality Librarian University of Nevada, Las Vegas Phone: (702)895-2133 Fax: (702)895-2284 Email: cory.tucker@ccmail.nevada.edu "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go" -- Oscar Wilde From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:53:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Forcing Footers Internet Explorer (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jess Codd Subject: Forcing Footers Internet Explorer >>>Andy Barnett said: Without any programming skills, we can: force footers (which we use to print date/time/computer name - yes you did print it and will pay for it) Can anyone tell me the variable required to show computer name? From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Newspaper Distributors (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Vivian McGaha Subject: Newspaper Distributors What distributors are libraries using? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Vivian McGaha Collection Management Librarian Pinellas Park Public Library 7770 52nd Street Pinellas Park, FL 33781 (727)541-0718 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Correction: Digital Imaging of Library Materials workshop (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Riley, Alicia" Subject: Correction: Digital Imaging of Library Materials workshop Correction: Digital Imaging of Library Materials workshop. Please note that Digital Imaging Of Library Materials is a one-day, hands-on workshop. We apologize for any inconvenience. *************Digital Imaging of Library Materials***************** Wednesday, August 25, 2004, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL from 8am-4pm. This one-day hands-on workshop is designed for individuals with little to no experience with digitization. Participants will gain practical experience scanning and editing image files, and will receive an introduction to the issues surrounding small to mid-sized library imaging projects. Topics covered include: equipment requirements for library digitization projects, equipment calibration, the difference between digital imaging and optical character recognition, the "scan once" methodology, file types and compression, basic scanner operation, basic image adjustment and manipulation using Adobe Photoshop, OCR, terminology used in digitization projects, preservation of digital masters, file naming, and storage media. The instructor for this workshop is Steve Smith, Preservation Librarian, Wellesley College. Cost is $175 SOLINET members ($165 early bird, $195 late registration), $215 Non-members ($205 early bird, $235 late registration). Any institution in Florida qualifies for the member rate. For more information or to register, contact Vanessa Richardson at 800-999-8558, vanessa_richardson@solinet.net or visit our website at www.solinet.net for full descriptions and online registration. This workshop is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Question: Accounting for Fines and Fees (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MaggieBollar@aol.com Subject: Question: Accounting for Fines and Fees Hello, We have three check-in/checkout computers at our front circulation desk, and a free standing cash register. Each morning, the cash register prints out a list of the transactions from the previous day. When we had our last audit, the auditors noted that the money collected (fines, fees, photocopies, lost books) did not match the print out. To address this issue, the Clerk-Treasurer asked each staff member accepting money to write their initials and the amount collected on a form she keeps by the register. However, the amounts listed on this form and what's actually in the register still do not agree. She needs to come up with a method to address this discrepancy. What works for you? Thanks so much for any advice you give, Maggie Bollar maggiebollar@aol.com New Carlisle Public Library 111 E. Lake Avenue New Carlisle, OH 45344 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:30 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Mid-Winter ALA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pomes, Stephen" Subject: RE: Mid-Winter ALA I attended the Mid-Winter meeting several years back, when it took place in New Orleans. There were indeed many committee meetings, planning sessions, and plenty of vendor/exhibitors to greet and meet. As I recall, there were few - if any - programs, although OCLC did have a luncheon with speakers. It was a useful opportunity to meet with the vendors and ask questions without having to worry about feeling guilty for not attending programs. ;-) Stephen V. Pomes, Librarian Library Minerals Management Service U.S. Dept. of the Interior 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., MS 5031 New Orleans, LA 70123-2394 Telephone: 504-736-2521 Fax: 504-736-2525 E-Mail: stephen.pomes@mms.gov +++++++++++++++++ Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily correspond to those of my employer. +++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Katie Bunn [mailto:kbunn@farmington.lib.ct.us] Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 4:22 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Mid-Winter ALA Hi all - Can someone tell me what goes on at Mid-Winter? I've never = been to either annual or mid-winter, but I'm assuming both offer = continuing education workshops/seminars, exhibitors etc.? Or is that = not the case? Thanks from a relative newbie!=20 Katie Bunn Teen Services Librarian Farmington Library Farmington, CT 860-673-6791 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:39 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] keyboarding classes (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Stephen Prager" Subject: keyboarding classes PubLibers, I have been given the task of finding out if anyone has offered “keyboarding” (typing) classes at their lib. If so, could you provide some details? What materials do you use (Mavis Beacon, audio tapes, etc)? How long does each session last (1 or 2 hours)? How many sessions does it take to teach the entire keyboard and do you teach class every day or once a week? Do you use an instructor or is this a “self pace” class? Do you have a minimum age limit? Any other words of wisdom? Stephen D. Prager, Librarian I Mobile Public Library West Regional Branch 5555 Grelot Rd. Mobile, Al 36609 Phone 251.340.8561 Fax 251.3042161 sprager@mplonline.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:54:47 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Selected Intellectual Freedom Resolutions (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Selected Intellectual Freedom Resolutions Selected Intellectual Freedom Resolutions http://www.ala.org/oif/policies/ifresolutions Including two adopted by the ALA Council at the 2004 ALA Annual Conference: A Resolution Against the Use of Torture as a Violation of the American Library Association's Basic Values and Resolution on the Federal Communication Commission's New Policy on Broadcast Indecency both adopted on June 30, 2004. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:55:34 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] WebJunction Seeks Community Editors (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Hill,Chrystie" Subject: WebJunction Seeks Community Editors ---------------------------- Please excuse cross-postings ---------------------------- Do you pride yourself on your expertise in an aspect of public library practice? Have a network of colleagues who are no dummies themselves? Are you looking for a place to share what you know (and make a bit of a name for yourself)? WebJunction.org, an online community for library staff, seeks community editors to develop content and resources on key topics of interest to the library community. Our goal is to transfer responsibility for enhancing and maintaining the site's growing knowledge base to those who know these topics best. Community Editors will: - Manage a particular section of the site, with authority to approve or reject new or updated content and publish approved content to WJ. - Draw on their personal networks and their own work to add new resources, and also solicit the community for contributions. - Identify gaps in the existing content of a particular section, and find content to fill those gaps. In the first phase of this program, five community editor positions are available; all positions are volunteer. Experts in the following topics are encouraged to apply: Technology: Basic Support and Troubleshooting Networking: Hardware Security Policies and Practices: Managing Public Access Computing Marketing Library Services Buying and Funding: Funding Strategy Purchasing Advice Services to Libraries: Canadian Libraries Rural and Small Libraries Learning Center: Leading Training Community Center: Library Features Message Board Editor We invite you to consider participating in the WebJunction community as a Community Editor! For more details and application information, go to http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=6453. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:55:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Amy Humber Subject: Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? What objective measures are there that can be used to evaluate an entire adult services collection? Once the weeding and inventory are done, the patron requests taken into account, the circulation statistics reviewed, the starred selections ordered, the reference desk comments reviewed, and you think you've done it all what else can be done? Is there a practical way to evaluate our library's holdings against the holdings of other comparable libraries with comparable communities to know how we rate? Are there lists that can be compared to holdings, electronically of course? How can I answer the question for the Administration and the Board? Comments and advice are welcome. Thank you, Amy Humber Collection Manager Tompkins County Public Library Ithaca, NY ahumber@tcpl.org 607-272-4557 x247 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:56:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Subject: Is technical services a viable library career? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Martha Lee Subject: Subject: Is technical services a viable library career? Cynthia, I'm behind on my emails, but I can't let this one go. I disagree about there being "no future" in technical services. I have my MLS, love working in technical services, and have never had trouble finding a job in technical services. (I just moved here last November.)It's true a lot of libraries are using library support people rather than the MLS as cataloguers, but as a manager who needs to see the overall picture there is a future. Many library schools are downplaying the importance of cataloguing and technical services, which I feel is a tremendous diservice to our profession as librarians often don't understand what's behind classifying and the access points to library materials. I do see job openings for libraries who are having difficulty finding librarians with the qualifications to fill these positions. Many libraries are not satisfied with vendors and prefer to do the work in-house. Martha Lee Head of Support Services Orion Township Public Library, MI Miriam Bobkoff mentioned, "If you go into technical services ... " Cynthia, don't even think about going into technical services. At least not in a library. There's no future there. If you like cataloging, go work for a vendor. Diane L. Goodman Technical Services Manager (for now) Sarasota County Library System Sarasota, FL 34236 dgoodman@scgov.net ********************************************************************* > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 15 21:56:07 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:33 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mozilla Firefox browser (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Edward Elsner" Subject: Mozilla Firefox browser Firefox is an excellent browser. I have used it for several months both on my work computer and at home. The amount of ad and spy attachments and files on my computer has been at or near zero every time sweeps have been run since I switched to Firefox. I also haven't been bothered by any pop up ads to the best of my recollection. Only problem I would note is that you can't right click and print in Firefox. Maybe one of their updates will have that capability. Edward Elsner, Library Consultant Delton District Library P.O. Box 155 Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-8040 ddl@mei.net -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:07:41 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RFP (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Tina Hager" Subject: RFP The Little Elm Public Library is accepting bids for an Integrated = Library System. The full RFP can be found at = www.ntrls.org/RFP/ILSRFP.doc ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:07:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Notable First Amendment Court Cases (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Notable First Amendment Court Cases Notable First Amendment Court Cases http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcases.htm "The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed. What the Constitution says is that these judgments are for the individual to make, not for the Government to decree, even with the mandate or approval of a majority. Technology expands the capacity to choose; and it denies the potential of this revolution if we assume the Government is best positioned to make these choices for us."*Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, United States et al. v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. Most cases in the following list of notable First Amendment court cases, arranged by topical headings, are found in the 2004 edition of the Banned Books Resource Guide, edited by Robert P. Doyle, which is published every three years to help celebrate and promote Banned Books Week. See also Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/bbooks From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:07:57 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] [soc.libraries.talk] How to lower your expectations for your favorite cities' public libraries. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Don Saklad Subject: [soc.libraries.talk] How to lower your expectations for your favorite cities' public libraries. Newsgroups: soc.libraries.talk http://groups.google.com Developing a critical method for reviewing and evaluating our cities' public libraries is fraught with difficulty. Critiquing our cities' public libraries can be received as if you are critiquing churches. Yet our cities' public libraries should be given that same attention, evaluating, review and critical comment as any Broadway show, book, movie or restaurant. Too often when submitted feedback at our cities' public libraries comment, suggestions and feedback are explained away with reference to the budget demands too easily. News and other media should review our cities' public libraries more critically just as there are reviewed our cities' restaurants. List server forums like at http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/publib have discouraged critical comment with an editorial prejudice that unfairly limits freely commenting. It appears like a professional kneejerk authoritarian overreaction. And many visitors to our cities' public libraries regard the people behind the desks and counters as overly authoritarian and lacking in the skills expected to guide library users/customers/consumers . Among the best of the best of librarians are many contributors to list server forums and weblogs around the net, people like Rory Litwin. Yet the best of the best who are professionals can be unfairly prejudicial in that same way many librarians at our cities' public libraries are with challenging enquiries. Over time, in attempting to compose my enquiries about our cities' public libraries the mockery and ridicule tolerated too easily by professionals is indicative of the worst qualities of a profession that needs to change. And that change should be in the curricula of the so called library schools programs. What should have happened is a more socratic form of response to challenging enquiries instead of attacks using the logical fallacies... Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm Fundamental attribution error http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error Socratic method http://www.str.org/free/studies/socratic.htm http://www.google.com/search?q=socratic&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:08:24 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Reference Stumper: "Heeks Friedly" (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: MaggieBollar@aol.com Subject: Reference Stumper: "Heeks Friedly" Hello, One of our library patrons has a cotton brush (used to comb seeds out before spinning the cotton). On the front of the brush, this inscription appears: Y.Y.F. 1842 On the back of the brush, this inscription appears: Heeks Friedly She knows everything she wants to know about cotton brushes...she's only interested in finding out more about "Heeks Friedly" or Y.Y.F. I'm going to check through all our antiques and collectibles books, and we've checked various ancestry datebases on the internet, but I'm in the midst of summer reading, so if this inscription means something to you, or if this is your area of expertise, I'd welcome your wisdom. Thanks so much, Maggie Bollar maggiebollar@aol.com Children's Librarian New Carlisle Public Library ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:08:31 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathryn Bloomberg" Subject: The Upland Public Library has an opening for a principal librarian for automation and technical services. Upland is in Southern California, east of Los Angeles.=20 Salary range is $4142. to $5035/month. For more details and information on how to apply please see Employment Opportunities under the Human Resources Department at: www.ci.upland.ca.us/upland_departments.htm =20 =20 Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman Library Director Upland Public Library 450 N. Euclid Ave. Upland, CA 91786 909 931-4201 kbr@ci.upland.ca.us =20 =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:08:38 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] job ad--Consultant for Public Library Administration, Wisconsin S (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Cross, Michael DPI" Subject: job ad--Consultant for Public Library Administration, Wisconsin S Applications are now being accepted for the position of Consultant for Public Library Administration with the Wisconsin Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL). Duties include providing statewide leadership, consultation and technical assistance on the administration, organization and governance of public libraries and on related funding issues. The full job announcement including application details is available at http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/ . To have your application materials included in our initial review they must be received by August 4. Please contact me if you have any questions. Mike Mike Cross Director, Public Library Development Team Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning michael.cross@dpi.state.wi.us Voice:(608)267-9225 Fax:(608)266-2529 http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:08:43 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] FREEDOM AND INFORMATION CONFERENCE (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: FREEDOM AND INFORMATION CONFERENCE FREEDOM AND INFORMATION CONFERENCE http://www.ifla.org/faife/faife/FAIFE-2005freedominformation-1CFP.pdf First Announcement June 15 th -17th 2005 Burleigh Court, Loughborough University UK An International Conference on the two concepts that are linked in the term 'Freedom of Information', providing an opportunity to explore the dimensions of the relationship between the two, and explore their significance for theory and practice in the field of information and communications. Organisers: the Legal and Policy Research Group of the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University, in association with the Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee (FAIFE) of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Judith Krug, director, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, accepted a position on the advisory committee for this conference. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:08:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Musical theater (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Judy A" Subject: Musical theater I have a patron interested in finding details about some Broadway (or other) musicals. She has some songs she knows are from a musical, but wants to know what character sang which song and perhaps some of the story so she knows the motivation. We have tried www.ibdb.com and www.musicals101.com, but they don't list all of what she needs. Does anyone know a good online resource. We don't have Groves, but would that cover the information? Judy Anderson Tillamook, OR Visible and Vocal Librarian www.cafeshops.com/vavlibrarian _________________________________________________________________ Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. http://lexus.msn.com/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:09:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] disc repair machines (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sandra Robbers" Subject: disc repair machines Hi everyone, We have some libraries interested in purchasing disc repair machines. At ALA I visited with 4 different vendors. Does anyone have anything pro or con to say about their experience with any of the following machines: Azuradisc 747 or 1600 Disc-go-Tech RTI-either unit JFJ Disc Repair And I have a copy of the Library Journal AudioVideo, May 15, 2004 article on disc repair machines for libraries as well. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA412872 Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sandy Robbers, Director robbers@ifls.lib.wi.us Indianhead Federated Library System 1538 Truax Blvd. Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-5082 Extension 16 FAX: 715-839-5151 IFLS Web Page: www.ifls.lib.wi.us ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From plib2 at webjunction.org Sat Jul 17 13:09:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:34 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Breaking News, July 16 American Libraries Online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gordon Flagg" Subject: Breaking News, July 16 American Libraries Online Breaking News, July 16 American Libraries Online For full stories, visit > House Committee Approves $22-Million Increase for LSTA > Justice Department Details Patriot Act Cases > S.Dak. Governor Unplugs State Library's Teen Site > Hildreth Appointed California State Librarian, Abandons Tucson Plans > Broward County Inmates Sue to Prevent Closing of Jail Law Libraries > Troubled Mequon Library Loses Another Director ALA members can search American Libraries back issues through 2003 using the ebrary platform, which transforms printed pages into a dynamic database. Link to it on the AL Online website by clicking on "archive" or the cover image at the top . American Libraries' website also features the latest "Crawford Files" columns by Walt Crawford; "Internet Librarian" by Joseph Janes; "Technically Speaking" by Andrew Pace; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. Do you have a comment to make about anything appearing in American Libraries? The editors encourage signed e-mail letters on recent content or matters of general interest to the library profession in the Reader Forum section. Send 250 words or less to americanlibraries@ala.org. From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Jul 18 17:09:36 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Collection Development Policies for kids (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Michael Sullivan" Subject: Collection Development Policies for kids I am working on a book on children's services with an administrative bent, and would really appreciate seeing collection development policies that you feel deal especially well with children's collections, whether that means the the children's collection issues are well integrated into the adult collection, or that they are separated out and delt with as special considerations. If you have a collection development policy you are really proud of, please share it with me off list. Thanks. Mike ================================== Michael Sullivan, Director Weeks Public Library 36 Post Road, PO Box 430 Greenland, NH 03840 TalesToldTall@yahoo.com www.geocities.com/talestoldtall I believe in fairy tales, I believe they're true. I believe in fairy tales, Do you believe them too? ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Sun Jul 18 22:33:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:35 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] art collections and public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kate McCaffrey Subject: art collections and public libraries Our trustees are struggling with a problem related to an art collection that was donated (with a stipulation that they be preserved) in the early part of the 20th century. Some of the paintings need restoration work now, and others will need it in the future. If you have an art collection, would you mind telling me how you manage to preserve and secure it without using funds needed for collections and salaries? Please reply to my work email (below) rather than to the email above. Thank you - kate Kate McCaffrey Interim Director Onondaga County Public Library katemccaffrey@ocpl.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 19 20:36:05 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:36 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] How public opinion polls define and circumscribe online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: How public opinion polls define and circumscribe online How public opinion polls define and circumscribe online privacy by Kim Bartel Sheehan http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_7/sheehan/ "The advent of new communications technologies and the integration of such technologies into individuals' lives have resulted in major changes to society. Responding to such privacy concerns is of key interest to legislators, policy*makers, and business leaders as these groups seek to balance consumer privacy needs with the realities of this new society. These groups, and others, use public opinion polls and surveys to measure the current climate of opinion among citizens. This study examines the language of 43 opinion polls and surveys dealing with privacy and the Internet to understand how these polls define and assess online privacy. Results suggest that polls treat the complex construction of privacy in an overly simplistic way. Additionally, pollsters present many poll questions in a way that may lead survey respondents to express stronger negative feelings about privacy than really exist." From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 19 20:36:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:36 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] PLA's Smartest Card Campaign (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathleen Hughes" Subject: PLA's Smartest Card Campaign Join PLA's New Public Awareness Campaign PLA will launch its new public awareness campaign "The Smartest Card - Get It. Use It. @ your library" during Library Card Sign-up Month this September. While September is just around the corner, there are a few very simple things you can do to support this effort and help us extend our media reach. 1) Let PLA know that you're participating in the launch so we can include you in our media relations materials. 2) Reach out to a local elected official - governor, mayor, city council member - and ask him or her to be photographed with a library card featuring the new Smartest Card logo and the name of your local public library. 3) Schedule the photograph and develop a short press release announcing that "Governor Joan Smith has the Smartest Card - Do You?" and sharing information about the campaign and your local public library. 4) Send your local press release to your local media contacts, plus a copy to PLA. 5) Let us know how it went, plus send us a copy of your photo. We'll use as many as we can in a future issue of Public Libraries and also make them available to American Libraries magazine. Send your stories, press releases and photos to PLA at pla@ala.org; subject line: September Launch Story; or fax: 312-280-5029. PLA is working now with ALA's Public Information Office on sample media and marketing materials you can easily customize and use to help get out the message that your library card is the most valuable card in every wallet - including downloadable oversized library cards in English and Spanish. These materials will be available for use by early August at www.pla.org We hope every public library will consider participating in this nationwide media effort. Please let us know if you'll join us by July 28 so we can "count you in" among our media outreach efforts. Just send an email to pla@ala.org with subject line: "We're joining the campaign." and provide contact information in body of message. Please post this notice widely. Thanks! From plib2 at webjunction.org Mon Jul 19 20:36:32 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:36 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Banned Books Week 2004 Press Kit (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Banned Books Week 2004 Press Kit Banned Books Week 2004, September 25 - October 2, Press Kit http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/piopresskits/bannedbooksweek2004/bbw2004.htm Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Media interested in booking interview with Banned Books Week spokespersons may contact Larra Clark, Media Relations Manager, 312-280-5043, lclark@ala.org, or Macey L. Morales, PR Coordinator, 312-280-4393, mmorales@ala.org. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:19:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: Periodicals to give away (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:26:11 -0400 From: Diane Goodman To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Periodicals to give away I have the following available to be shipped for the cost of postage only: THE WRITER, v. 102-111 (1989-1998) Bound in red buckram Title, vol. & year on spine These are my PERSONAL copies. They have never been in a library, therefore they have no library stamping and are in excellent condition. (I have to downsize because I am moving cross-country.) I don't know what the cost of postage will be, but it is about 30 libs. of books, and I will send them library rate. Diane L. Goodman Sarasota, FL dgoodman@scgov.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:19:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Language kits - tape or CD (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Priscilla E. Emrich" Subject: Language kits - tape or CD Does anyone have an opinion on the ease of use of language kits with tapes vs. CDs? I am about to refurbish our language kit collection, and I was wondering if I should buy CDs? ******************************************** Priscilla E. Emrich Library Director Murphy Memorial Library Livingston, TX 77351 priscillaemrich@murphymemlib.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:19:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library chants or cadences (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Esther Jiran" Subject: Library chants or cadences Hi, Our library is marching in a parade and looking for possible chants or cadences to repeat during our cart drill routine or appropriate music for a conservative small town. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email me directly. Thanks in advance, Esther L. Jiran Reference Librarian Fremont Area District Library 104 E. Main Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 928-0256 ejiran@fremontlibrary.net http://www.fremontlibrary.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:20:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Geological, Legal, Biological, and other discard materials availa (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Pomes, Stephen" Subject: Geological, Legal, Biological, and other discard materials availa http://www.geocities.com/stephen_v_pomes/ No postage reimbursement is necessary. Please send all responses to Frances.Shepherd@mms.gov Stephen V. Pomes, Librarian Library U.S. Dept. of Interior Minerals Management Service 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., ms 5031 New Orleans, LA 70123-2394 United States of America Telephone: 504-736-2521 Fax: 504-736-2525 E-Mail: stephen.pomes@mms.gov ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:20:08 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fines increase (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sian Brannon" Subject: Fines increase Howdy. My library has made the decision to increase fines by $.10 to a quarter. This is our first increase in 14 years. Does anybody have any advice on how to break this news to the public? I have a few months before 'the big change.' Thanks. Sian Brannon, Librarian I Denton Public Library 3020 N. Locust Denton, TX 76209 940-349-8759 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:20:12 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: BEACHBUMSU@aol.com Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection into the nonfiction book collection. We are a large central library. I would like to find out the following: 1. How many public libraries have done this? 2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? 3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) 4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a minute to rspond to this e-mail. Thank you very much for your time. Sue Reference Librarian beachbumsu@aol.com ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 13:20:29 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Audiobooks, costs, discounts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "John" Subject: Audiobooks, costs, discounts 1) Has anybody, ever, anywhere, been part of a regional library system or consortium in which someone has negotiated, on behalf of all system/consortium members, a decent discount for audiobooks (tape, CD, mp3)? A discount greater than the semi-lousy 20% that seems to be the highest discount anybody I know can find? Or is this impossible? Of the three questions here, this is the primary one at the moment. 2) A patron survey is showing what I suspected (it certainly was the case in my last library), i.e., that people prefer unabridged audiobooks. We will generally order on public demand ("give 'em what they want"), knowing that most popular titles the public wants will be just that: popular. Therefore, we often order individual audiobook titles, as requested, which means we're not waiting to amass a large order, thereby getting discounts. We usually order from vendors that offer a deal on replacement tapes and CDs, but my office manager is finding new books on CD, e.g., at bookfinder and other sites, at a decent lower price. She argues, rather persuasively, that we might as well order from a place that saves us money, take some risks on damage, and replace whole sets if necessary--in others words, it's six of one, half a dozen of another whether we order from an audiobook vendor or a discount source. Tech services says: No, only order from places that offer replacement tapes/CDs, that's the best/cheapest way to go. Clear as mud? Any thoughts/policies on purchasing of audiobooks from folks Out There? 3) I also find resistance among some folks to buying from Audioeditions because the CDs come in jewel cases and we have to convert to binders. I realize that Recorded Books stuff is packaged more sturdily, and yet...as demand keeps rising for audiobooks, and unabridged ones at that, Audioeditions prices are often lower than Recorded Books and others. Any thoughts, prejudices, etc., on how and from whom to buy, and why? I know this sounds long and complicated, but I'd be interested to hear what other people are doing in selecting audiobooks, how you justify ordering one way or another (replacement tapes/CDs vs. no replacements offered), and--well, what I've written above. In ten words or fewer. You may reply directly, lest the list get too cluttered. Thanks. John Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 S. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607-1799 Phone: (309) 697-3822, x. 12 Fax: (309) 697-9681 E-mail: jrichmond@alphapark.org __________________________________________________ "Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." -- John Kenneth Galbraith From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:30:54 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Conrad Rader" Subject: RE: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books We have just begun the process of interfiling nonfiction video into our main nonfiction collection. Our Nonfiction Collection is roughly 38,000 and our nonfiction video collection is 830. We are moving the collection to try and increase usage of the collection and will be monitoring the collection to see if the benefits of increased circulation appear. One of the benefits of the move will be to clear space for an incoming DVD collection. So far, patron response has been good, and we will be monitoring the change over the coming months. I'll be interested in hearing about other experiences with interfiling. We are considering also interfiling nonfiction audiobooks as well. Conrad Rader Adult Services Librarian Niles District Library Niles, MI 49120 reference@nileslibrary.com 269-683-8545 x 3317 -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org [mailto:publib@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of BEACHBUMSU@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection into the nonfiction book collection. We are a large central library. I would like to find out the following: 1. How many public libraries have done this? 2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? 3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) 4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a minute to rspond to this e-mail. Thank you very much for your time. Sue Reference Librarian beachbumsu@aol.com ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:31:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: PUBLIB digest 2812 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: eegan Subject: RE: PUBLIB digest 2812 We interfile our non-fiction videos/DVD with the books. It's terrific. Circ went up, and both staff and public love it - one stop shopping. Beth Egan, Director, Gloucester City Library, NJ -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org [mailto:publib@webjunction.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB digest 2812 PUBLIB Digest 2812 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Periodicals to give away (fwd) by PUBLIB 2) Language kits - tape or CD by "Priscilla E. Emrich" 3) Library chants or cadences by "Esther Jiran" 4) Geological, Legal, Biological, and other discard materials availa by "Pomes, Stephen" 5) Fines increase by "Sian Brannon" 6) Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books by BEACHBUMSU@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic No. 1 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:19:46 -0700 (PDT) From: PUBLIB To: publib Subject: Periodicals to give away (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:26:11 -0400 From: Diane Goodman To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Periodicals to give away I have the following available to be shipped for the cost of postage only: THE WRITER, v. 102-111 (1989-1998) Bound in red buckram Title, vol. & year on spine These are my PERSONAL copies. They have never been in a library, therefore they have no library stamping and are in excellent condition. (I have to downsize because I am moving cross-country.) I don't know what the cost of postage will be, but it is about 30 libs. of books, and I will send them library rate. Diane L. Goodman Sarasota, FL dgoodman@scgov.net ------------------------------ Topic No. 2 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:19:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Priscilla E. Emrich" To: publib Subject: Language kits - tape or CD Message-ID: Does anyone have an opinion on the ease of use of language kits with tapes vs. CDs? I am about to refurbish our language kit collection, and I was wondering if I should buy CDs? ******************************************** Priscilla E. Emrich Library Director Murphy Memorial Library Livingston, TX 77351 priscillaemrich@murphymemlib.org ------------------------------ Topic No. 3 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:19:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Esther Jiran" To: publib Subject: Library chants or cadences Message-ID: Hi, Our library is marching in a parade and looking for possible chants or cadences to repeat during our cart drill routine or appropriate music for a conservative small town. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please email me directly. Thanks in advance, Esther L. Jiran Reference Librarian Fremont Area District Library 104 E. Main Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 928-0256 ejiran@fremontlibrary.net http://www.fremontlibrary.net ------------------------------ Topic No. 4 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Pomes, Stephen" To: publib Subject: Geological, Legal, Biological, and other discard materials availa Message-ID: http://www.geocities.com/stephen_v_pomes/ No postage reimbursement is necessary. Please send all responses to Frances.Shepherd@mms.gov Stephen V. Pomes, Librarian Library U.S. Dept. of Interior Minerals Management Service 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., ms 5031 New Orleans, LA 70123-2394 United States of America Telephone: 504-736-2521 Fax: 504-736-2525 E-Mail: stephen.pomes@mms.gov ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Topic No. 5 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Sian Brannon" To: publib Subject: Fines increase Message-ID: Howdy. My library has made the decision to increase fines by $.10 to a quarter. This is our first increase in 14 years. Does anybody have any advice on how to break this news to the public? I have a few months before 'the big change.' Thanks. Sian Brannon, Librarian I Denton Public Library 3020 N. Locust Denton, TX 76209 940-349-8759 ------------------------------ Topic No. 6 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:12 -0700 (PDT) From: BEACHBUMSU@aol.com To: publib Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books Message-ID: My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection into the nonfiction book collection. We are a large central library. I would like to find out the following: 1. How many public libraries have done this? 2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? 3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) 4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a minute to rspond to this e-mail. Thank you very much for your time. Sue Reference Librarian beachbumsu@aol.com ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ End of PUBLIB Digest 2812 ************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:31:20 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Margaret Van Patten Subject: Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:12 -0700 (PDT) >From: BEACHBUMSU@aol.com >To: publib >Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books >Message-ID: > >My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection >into the nonfiction >book collection. We are a large central library. > >I would like to find out the following: > >1. How many public libraries have done this? We interfiled the non-fiction when we moved into our new building. > >2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? The collection is about 107,000. >3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? > (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) I do not know of any cons. It is hard to tell in terms of actual numbers because our circ when way up anyways due to being in a new building. However, the staff at the circulation desk generally noted that it seemed like more of them went out. Also, before the interfiling we would forget when helping patrons that there might be a video that would fit their needs. Also, people who come looking for a video see that we also have books on the same topics. >4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? Yes, I strongly recommend it. Also, a couple of years ago we started interfiling non-fiction audio tapes that are instructional tapes, not regular books on tape. We also interfile the non-fiction DVD's. >If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a >minute to rspond >to this e-mail. > >Thank you very much for your time. > >Sue >Reference Librarian >beachbumsu@aol.com > > > >********************************************************************* >Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, >this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there >to a plain text message. >********************************************************************* > > >------------------------------ > >End of PUBLIB Digest 2812 >************************* ******************************************************************* Margaret (Meg) Anne 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 Jul 21 22:31:27 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Donations to cover a Dewey number?? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Phalbe Henriksen Subject: Donations to cover a Dewey number?? Folks, Has anyone ever heard of a library naming a Dewey number collection after someone? A comedian who made several films is from this area and I was wondering if I could talk her family into giving us a donation in her memory and name our collections of children's and adult's books of humor after her. Phalbe From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:31:32 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: Job Announcement - Loudoun County Virginia (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:41:25 -0400 From: Gertrude Evans To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: Job Announcement - Loudoun County Virginia POSITION: Head of Youth Services (04-361) LOCATION: Loudoun County, the fastest growing county in the United States, with a population of 230,000 is located just 25 miles from Washington, D.C. and is the home of Dulles International Airport. The county has established a reputation as an international center for technology, communications and transportation. Bordered by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Potomac River, Loudoun is widely known for its beautiful scenery, rich history and strong sense of community. The county also enjoys a reputation for high quality services, including first-rate educational and library systems. The Loudoun County Public Library has seven library branches and Outreach Services. For more information about Loudoun County Public Library, visit www.lcpl.lib.va.us. DESCRIPTION: Regular, full-time (37.5 hpw) professional position with full benefits, at the Ashburn Library, Ashburn VA provides overall management and supervision of the Youth Services Department. Position will participate in the long range planning for the branch; develop methods to deliver youth services and promote library services to local schools; work with staff to plan, publicize and present programs to children of all ages; work on system-wide projects for the enhancement of library services to children and young adults. Supervises four staff. Ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, creative team player with excellent written and communication skills and supervisory experience. Schedule will vary. REQUIREMENTS: Requires a Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution and must obtain certification as a professional librarian by the Commonwealth of Virginia within 6 months of hire. Requires considerable knowledge of children's books and authors; the ability to relate knowledge to the reading interests and information needs of children; computer skills including the Internet, database searching and children's software; experience utilizing volunteers to promote children's services. Requires experience in developing and providing programs for children and young adults and conducting outreach services to schools. Requires a minimum of six months professional experience and 6 months public library experience. Two years public library experience and supervisory experience preferred. SALARY RANGE: $38,201-$64,177/yr; Hiring Salary Range: $38,201-$45,841/yr TO APPLY: To receive a required application, visit the Loudoun County website at www.loudoun.gov or call The 24-Hour Jobline: (703) 777-0536. It is the policy of the County of Loudoun to provide fair and equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability. Gertrude Evans Administrative Manager Loudoun County Public Library 908-A Trailview Blvd., S.E. Leesburg, VA 20175 703.771.5237 Phone 703.771.5238 Fax gevans@loudoun.gov -------------- next part -------------- BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Evans, Gertrude TEL;WORK:703-771-5237 ORG:;C-Library Services TEL;PREF;FAX:703-771-5238 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:GEVANS@loudoun.gov N:Evans;Gertrude END:VCARD From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:31:41 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Audiobooks, costs, discounts - P.S.!! (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "John" Subject: Audiobooks, costs, discounts - P.S.!! People are starting to reply. Thank you. I should have added in Part One of my message, about vendors, that we, too, have an agreement with Baker & Taylor and--I think--Ingram, via our regional system, and the discounts are good. However, our experience has been that much of what B&T and Ingram offer is *abridged*, and folks are saying, loud and clear: Give us unabridged! So we order very little audio from B&T or Ingram. If the major, all-round vendors have changed to unabridged, then I plead my own ignorance and am sorry I didn't do more research before posting. Also, for those who've asked for a summary of replies, I'm leaving town on Thursday for my cool, refreshing Homeland (with or without Security and a cabinet all its own) of Kansas, and won't be back in the office until Aug. 2. So any summary will come post-Kansas. Thank you for your patience. John Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 S. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607-1799 Phone: (309) 697-3822, x. 12 Fax: (309) 697-9681 E-mail: jrichmond@alphapark.org __________________________________________________ "Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." -- John Kenneth Galbraith From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:31:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Outdoor Lighted Signs (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Dinah Harris Subject: Outdoor Lighted Signs Does your library have an outdoor lighted sign, the kind like churches have? If so, is there a company you can recommend to me? Also, what information did you put on your sign? Even better, is your sign pictured on your web site where I could view it? If so, please send web address. Please respond off list. Thanks, Dinah Harris, Director Everett Horn Public Library Lexington, TN ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The greatest gift is a portion of thyself." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, philosopher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:32:03 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library marching (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: K Hunt Subject: Library marching Esther I hope your march goes well. I've always wanted to do this, but haven't quite persueded any of my staff to try, yet. Couldn't resist Here's a pacer to the marching rhythm used by the army I don't know, but I've been told Books are bought and books are sold [step, step, step, step] I think you and me are right to read the books all through the night [step, step, step, step] Buying books can cost to much Here's a tip to save your lunch [clap] Sound off [clap] LIBRARY! [clap] Sound off [clap] LIBRARY! [clap] Sound off [name of library] PUB-LIC - LI-BRARY [clap, clap] repeat ad abserdum. Kathy Hunt Branch Manager Windsor Drive Branch Fort Smith, AR khunt@fspl.lib.ar.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:32:10 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] re:Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Susan McGowan" Subject: re:Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books Hi Sue-- I'll be a lot of us would like to hear the answers to this question. Can you post answers (with identifying info taken out) to the list? Thanx! --Susan Susan McGowan Reference Coordinator Morton Grove Public Library Morton Grove, IL (847) 965-4220 smcgowan@webrary.org http://www.webrary.org Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect official Library policy. From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:32:18 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: THE WRITER bound periodical (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:44:24 -0400 From: Diane Goodman To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Re: THE WRITER bound periodical These have been spoken for! Diane L. Goodman dgoodman@scgov.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:32:24 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Fines increase (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kathy Smuz Subject: Re: Fines increase When we raised our fines several years ago, we advertised it well ahead of time in several ways. Aside from an article in the newspaper, we also made up little bookmarks that were handed out at Circ, as well as FAQ sheets available at all the public desks. It helped ward off a lot of complaints because we dealt with the "why are you doing this" right up front. -- Kathy Smuz Dunedin Public Library 223 Douglas Ave. Dunedin, FL 34698 (727) 298-3080 FAX (727) 209-3088 ------------------------------ > Topic No. 5 > > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Sian Brannon" > To: publib > Subject: Fines increase > Message-ID: > > > Howdy. > > My library has made the decision to increase fines by $.10 to a > quarter. This is our first increase in 14 years. Does anybody have any > advice on how to break this news to the public? I have a few months > before 'the big change.' > > Thanks. > > > > Sian Brannon, Librarian I > Denton Public Library > 3020 N. Locust > Denton, TX 76209 > 940-349-8759 > From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:33:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Opening--Library Director (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mary Geist Subject: Job Opening--Library Director ***Please excuse cross-posting*** PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR--Meherrin Regional Library--Lawrenceville, VA The Meherrin Regional Library is seeking an experienced professional with strong budgeting, communication and managerial skills. Two branches serve 36,000, collection 100,000, budget over $500,000 annually, automation system by TLC Library.Solution, staff of 17. ALA/MLS and 4 years progressively responsible library experience required. Salary $40,000 minimum, commensurate with experience. Liberal benefits include paid health insurance and 3 weeks vacation annually. Applications accepted until position filled. Resume and references to Director Search, Meherrin Regional Library, 133 W. Hicks St., Lawrenceville, VA 23868. For additional information contact Mary Geist, Interim Director, at 434-634-2539 or mgeist@meherrinlib.org. Mary W. Geist, Interim Director Meherrin Regional Library Richardson Library branch 100 Spring Street Emporia, Virginia 23847 434-634-2539 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:34:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Audiobooks, costs, discounts (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: Audiobooks, costs, discounts Libraries that are part of the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (http://www.mcls.org/webpublic/index.cfm) have access to disconts on media, etc. You can email them at: mclshq@mcls.org As I may have mentioned before, our library belongs to an audio-visual circuit. It began in the late 1960s/early 1970s to purchase 16mm films which were routed among member libraries. Today, the circuit buys and routes unabridged audiobooks. It operates under a joint powers agreement entered into by the member library jurisdictions. A single membership is $1,500 annually, which entitles the member library to packets of audiobooks routed from library to library three times a year. The packets may contain 50-75 titles, which means the library has the use of more than 150 titles each year. The AV librarians used to meet every four months to exchange packets, but they now are routed by the cooperative library system. We use mail sacks to hold the packets, which are easier to handle than the old film boxes we used to have. For more information on the circuit, contact the administrator, Monty Montano, at the Whittier Public Library (http://www.whittierpl.org/index.html). The address and phone number are on the lower left-hand side of the homepage. HTH! -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:34:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] reference question help needed (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "kapland" Subject: reference question help needed A patron wants to know the name of the book by Antoine de St. Exupery in which the narrator watches a boy and his father on a bus or train and the father is exhorting the child to behave. The narrator muses that this child might be another Mozart but the creativity is being civilized out of him. I found a passage in "A Sense of Life" with a similar theme but she thinks it may be in another work. Any ideas? Thanks, Karen Karen Apland, Librarian Santa Clara County Library 1095 North Seventh Street San Jose, CA 95112 Voice: (408) 293-2326 x3015 Fax: (408) 995-6952 Karen.Apland@library.sccgov.org ****All Standard Disclaimers Apply**** From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:38:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: interfiling non fiction videos (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "KIDD, BARBARA" Subject: RE: interfiling non fiction videos Our library system has done this for some time. We are a large library system (22 fairly large branches), but I don't have statistics at hand. Our customers seem to like it. Among other considerations is the fact that people find videos on topics that interest them when they would not have gone to a separate section to search for them. Among the most popular are do it yourself projects, those for expectant mothers and exercise tapes. The only time it might be a problem is when there is a best seller on video - say a PBS financial guru. In such cases, we sometimes have to remind searchers that non-fiction is with the books. Barbara Kidd Montgomery County (MD) ------------------------------ Topic No. 6 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:12 -0700 (PDT) From: BEACHBUMSU@aol.com To: publib Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books Message-ID: My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection into the nonfiction book collection. We are a large central library. I would like to find out the following: 1. How many public libraries have done this? 2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? 3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) 4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a minute to rspond to this e-mail. Thank you very much for your time. Sue Reference Librarian beachbumsu@aol.com ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ End of PUBLIB Digest 2812 ************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:38:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] New Databases and Other Resources (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: gary price Subject: New Databases and Other Resources Greetings from DC. Here are a several new databases and a couple of documents that might be of interest. This type of material is posted daily on ResourceShelf. Allow me to extend an invitation to stop by. http://www.resourceshelf.com 1) NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database "The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today unveiled a new Web-based resource that will enable researchers, health professionals and the general public to more easily locate information on laws and policies related to a wide array of genetic issues. The NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database is located on NHGRI's Web site at www.genome.gov/LegislativeDatabase. The free, searchable database currently focuses on the following subject areas: genetic testing and counseling; insurance and employment discrimination, newborn screening; privacy of genetic information and confidentiality; informed consent; and commercialization and patenting." Database: http://www.genome.gov/LegislativeDatabase Announcement: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2004/nhgri-19.htm 2) Read about image search research from Canada http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/news/features/atlas_e.htm 3) Digital Reference Source: SIGIR Forum Question Taxonomies for Digital Reference A new paper by Jeffery Pomerantz. http://sigir.org/forum/2004J/21_pomerantz.pdf 4) Education--United States--Statistics Source: NCES School District Analysis System (SDAS) "This application allows users to view summary state and national tables of school district data from the 2000 School District Special Tabulation (STP2). The system is made up of a set of crosstabulations permitting users to specify pre-selected row topics and column topics. Column topics provide a unique distribution of school district data grouped by the indicated characteristics (e.g., percent minority, school district size, etc.). The enrollment column topic is essentially a rearrangement of the state and U.S. data provided in the Census 2000 data link." http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sdds/sdas/ 5) PubHub A Repository of Foundation-Sponsored Reports http://www.fdncenter.org/research/pubhub/ 6) Hurricanes--Databases Source: NOAA (Coastal Services Center and National Hurricane Center) Historical Hurricane Tracks http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/ 7) Metadata Source: NISO (National Information Standards Organization) New, Full Text, Understanding Metadata "NISO's newest publication is Understanding Metadata: a general introduction to metadata, that includes an overview of leading metadata contenders and examples of practical applications." 20 pages; PDF. http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/UnderstandingMetadata.pdf cheers, gary Visit The ResourceShelf http://www.resourceshelf.com -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting Visit The ResourceShelf http://www.resourceshelf.com -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting Visit The ResourceShelf http://www.resourceshelf.com From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 21 22:49:58 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:37 2005 Subject: Conference Planning Message-ID: From: Don Reynolds To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: Fwd: ALA Conference Planning After reading several of the postings about the ALA Orlando experience, I emailed Mary Ghikas (ALA Senior Associate Executive Director) about the San Francisco question. In response, she sent the following Q&A which have been posted on the ALA Council and Member-Forum lists. Her email is mghikas@ala.org for those who want more info. ALA Conferences: Response to Post-Orlando Questions 7 July 2004 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/PubLib/ala.html From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:09:49 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Donations to cover a Dewey number?? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dan Robinson" Subject: Re: Donations to cover a Dewey number?? Who cares... go for it, and set a precedent. What's wrong with being first? Dan Robinson drobinson@hwwilson.com On 21 Jul 2004 at 19:34, Phalbe Henriksen wrote: > Folks, > > Has anyone ever heard of a library naming a Dewey number collection after > someone? A comedian who made several films is from this area and I was > wondering if I could talk her family into giving us a donation in her > memory and name our collections of children's and adult's books of humor > after her. > > Phalbe > > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:10:00 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] SEPTEMBER 30 is the deadline for the 2005 THE KATHARINE KYES LEAB & DANIEL J. LEAB AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT EXHIBITION AWARDS (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Melissa Conway" Subject: SEPTEMBER 30 is the deadline for the 2005 THE KATHARINE KYES LEAB & DANIEL J. LEAB AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT EXHIBITION AWARDS THE KATHARINE KYES LEAB & DANIEL J. LEAB AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT EXHIBITION AWARDS are given annually for excellence in the publication of catalogs and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival materials, as well as for electronic exhibitions of such materials. To be eligible for the 2005 awards, catalogs and brochures must have been published between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004. Electronic library and archival exhibitions are limited to those with stable URL addresses that were initially released between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2004. Electronic exhibitions should be available online through September 2005. Participation is limited to institutions in the United States and Canada. Printed catalogs may be of varying formats, styles and scope. The entries are judged in three categories, based on production costs: expensive, moderately expensive, and inexpensive. Brochures, a fourth category introduced in 2001, include printed leaflets, guides, and informative broadsheets that orient the viewer to the exhibition and are handed out free or at low cost. Electronic exhibitions, a fifth category introduced in 2003, include both electronic exhibitions created as representations of physically existing exhibitions and exhibitions existing only in electronic format. A press kit with a poster featuring last year's winning entries can be found at http://www.rbms.nd.edu/committees/exhibition_awards/docs/eac-2004-winner s-press-kit.pdf. The Exhibition Awards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Asociation of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, serves as the jury for the Leab Awards. Certificates will be awarded to the winning institutions at the 2005 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Instructions and entry forms are available from the RBMS web site at the following address: http://www.rbms.nd.edu/committees/exhibition_awards/submissions/rules.sh tml. Please note that the instructions and forms have been revised. For data entry ease, the PDF entry forms can be enlarged by the zoom feature. All printed catalogs and brochures submitted become the property of RBMS and are permanently retained as depository copies, available for public viewing and research at the following institutions: The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin; The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley; and The Grolier Club in New York City. EAC Chair Melissa Conway will acknowledge the receipt of all entries by email. Although the deadline for submissions is 30 September 2004, early submission is encouraged and greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Melissa Conway Chair, Exhibition Awards Committee Rare Books and Manuscripts Section ACRL, ALA From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:10:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] art collections and public libraries (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Kate McCaffrey Subject: art collections and public libraries Our trustees are struggling with a problem related to an art collection that was donated (with a stipulation that they be preserved) in the early part of the 20th century. Some of the paintings need restoration work now, and others will need it in the future. If you have an art collection, would you mind telling me how you manage to preserve and secure it without using funds needed for collections and salaries? Please reply to my work email (below) rather than to the email above. Thank you - kate Kate McCaffrey Interim Director Onondaga County Public Library katemccaffrey@ocpl.lib.ny.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:10:24 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Audio replacement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Cheryl Subject: Re: Audio replacement > Tech services says: No, only order from places that offer replacement ta! > pes/CDs, that's the best/cheapest way to go. Clear as mud? Any > thoughts/policies on purchasing of audiobooks from folks Out There? Think of one of the biggest audio publishers Out There, who has a liberal replacement policy - because they NEED it. (I won't name them.) Their cassettes are made of such inferior material that my patrons frequently complain of the ticking noises they make, or that the tapes bind up and run slow. The hubs of the tapes warp, usually noticeable in 2-3 years. I can see the reel wobbling back and forth inside the shell. So it's either splice on a new hub or send it back for replacement. I know which one is cheaper. (My library charges $10 per tape regardless of the publisher's replacement charge.) Recorded Books, Chivers and Northstar I have no problems with. Now, if only all the hot titles could be purchased from them. Re unabridged books: Our patrons also prefer unabridged. I have wondered though why so many donated copies are abridged. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:10:43 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Audiobooks, costs, discounts-digest 2813 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Mary Mastraccio Subject: RE: Audiobooks, costs, discounts-digest 2813 PUBLIB digest 2813 1) Audiobooks, costs, discounts by "John" 1) Has anybody... been part of a regional library system or consortium in which someone has negotiated, [more than a 20%] discount for audiobooks (tape, CD, mp3)? ------- John, Although 20% doesn't seem like a big discount when you are trying to stretch your budget, it really is the norm--and usually reasonable. Generally in the retail world it is standard to have a 40% mark up in order to cover overhead, etc. If you get a 20% discount that leaves the company with 20% to cover the salesperson's salary/commission, travel, administrative expenses, taxes (they have to pay taxes even though they don't collect taxes from you), conferences (if they exhibit at ALA, etc.), etc. The only time you can expect to get greater than 20% discounts is for some special one-time order, or, if you are a VERY large consortium with a big budget. Most library consortiums are not that large. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:10:55 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Fines increase (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Nann Blaine Hilyard" Subject: Re: Fines increase Some years ago I introduced an increase with "the fines, they are a changin'." Nann @the library in Zion, Illinois -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org [mailto:publib@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Smuz Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:38 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Fines increase When we raised our fines several years ago, we advertised it well ahead of time in several ways. Aside from an article in the newspaper, we also made up little bookmarks that were handed out at Circ, as well as FAQ sheets available at all the public desks. It helped ward off a lot of complaints because we dealt with the "why are you doing this" right up front. -- Kathy Smuz Dunedin Public Library 223 Douglas Ave. Dunedin, FL 34698 (727) 298-3080 FAX (727) 209-3088 ------------------------------ > Topic No. 5 > > Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Sian Brannon" > To: publib > Subject: Fines increase > Message-ID: > > > Howdy. > > My library has made the decision to increase fines by $.10 to a > quarter. This is our first increase in 14 years. Does anybody have > any advice on how to break this news to the public? I have a few > months before 'the big change.' > > Thanks. > > > > Sian Brannon, Librarian I > Denton Public Library > 3020 N. Locust > Denton, TX 76209 > 940-349-8759 > From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:11:03 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Fines increase (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Julie Bauer" Subject: Fines increase "My library has made the decision to increase fines by $.10 to a quarter. This is our first increase in 14 years. Does anybody have any advice on how to break this news to the public? I have a few months before 'the big change.'" My advice would be to give the public something to ease the blow. For example, you could: extend loan periods; offer more or longer renewal periods; institute a "fine-free" or "50% off" day at regular intervals; and/or give patrons "get out of jail (fines) free" cards when they sign up for a library card or check out their hundredth book or are just plain nice to you when something goes wrong. In other words, it will go down a lot better if you give people ways to avoid those higher fines. Julie Bauer Reference and Electronic Services Librarian Weston Public Library 87 School Street Weston, MA  02493 (781) 893-3312 jbauer@minlib.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:11:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Thanks for A/V Advice (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lisa Sheffield Subject: Thanks for A/V Advice A Big THANK YOU to all of the Publibber's out there who offered advice and support for our upcoming change in the way we shelve and label our Audiotapes and Books on CD collections. I got no negatives and some great suggestions that I hadn't even thought about doing -- (like shelving the "how to build a deck" video with the matching books in the stacks). Thanks to you all for your input and we are now ready to change over to the new system - here's hoping all goes smoothly! Lisa Lisa Sheffield Adult Services Librarian Transylvania County Library 105 S. Broad St. Brevard, NC 28712 828-884-3151 Opinions expressed are my own. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:11:18 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Amy Humber Subject: Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? Please excuse if this has been posted a second time. I didn't think my first effort was successful. What objective measures are there that can be used to evaluate an entire adult services collection? Once the weeding and inventory are done, the patron requests taken into account, the circulation statistics reviewed, the starred selections ordered, the reference desk comments reviewed, and you think you've done it all what else can be done? Is there a practical way to evaluate our library's holdings against the holdings of other comparable libraries with comparable communities to know how we rate? Are there lists that can be compared to holdings, electronically of course? How can I answer the question for the Administration and the Board? Comments and advice are welcome. Thank you, Amy Humber Collection Manager Tompkins County Public Library Ithaca, NY ahumber@tcpl.org 607-272-4557 x247 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:11:28 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kim Crowley" Subject: Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books I like the idea of interfiling some nonfiction videos and DVDs--excersise tapes, nutritional titles, history. But what about "feature documentaries"? For instance, TOUCHING THE VOID, CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, OR BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE? Though they are all documentaries, they are shown in theatres as feature films/entertainment. Would those not circ better in the video stacks? kc Kim Crowley, Director Flathead County Library phone: 406.758.5826 247 First Avenue East fax: 406.758.5868 Kalispell, MT. 59901-4598 kcrowley@co.flathead.mt.us -----Original Message----- From: publib@webjunction.org on behalf of Margaret Van Patten Sent: Wed 7/21/2004 8:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Cc: Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:20:12 -0700 (PDT) >From: BEACHBUMSU@aol.com >To: publib >Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books >Message-ID: > >My public library is considering interfiling the nonfiction video collection >into the nonfiction >book collection. We are a large central library. > >I would like to find out the following: > >1. How many public libraries have done this? We interfiled the non-fiction when we moved into our new building. > >2. Approximately what size is your collection (videos + books)? The collection is about 107,000. >3. What have been the pros and cons of interfiling? > (Example: Has circulation of your nonfiction videos increased?) I do not know of any cons. It is hard to tell in terms of actual numbers because our circ when way up anyways due to being in a new building. However, the staff at the circulation desk generally noted that it seemed like more of them went out. Also, before the interfiling we would forget when helping patrons that there might be a video that would fit their needs. Also, people who come looking for a video see that we also have books on the same topics. >4. Would you recommend interfiling to other libraries? Yes, I strongly recommend it. Also, a couple of years ago we started interfiling non-fiction audio tapes that are instructional tapes, not regular books on tape. We also interfile the non-fiction DVD's. >If you have experienced interfiling at your library, would you please take a >minute to rspond >to this e-mail. > >Thank you very much for your time. > >Sue >Reference Librarian >beachbumsu@aol.com > > > >********************************************************************* >Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, >this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there >to a plain text message. >********************************************************************* > > >------------------------------ > >End of PUBLIB Digest 2812 >************************* ******************************************************************* Margaret (Meg) Anne 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 Jul 22 20:12:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: I love my library "window slicks" (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:39:14 -0700 From: Christine Perkins To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: I love my library "window slicks" The Friends of the Burlington (WA) Public Library love their library-- and they want to spread the word across the country. They've designed eye-catching "window slicks" (removable bumperstickers) with the simple message "I (heart) my library". Each window slick is 3" x 11 1/2", with black and red writing on a white background. The Friends are selling them locally for $1 each as a fundraiser, and they're making them available in quantities of 25 or more for $0.75 each. Purchase some for your Friends group or Library Store and resell them! Give 'em out to your City Council, Board of Trustees, or other library supporters. Buy some for your favorite co-workers and family members. Check out this website for details and ordering information: http://www.burlington.lib.wa.us/decals.htm Thanks for your support! -------------- Christine Perkins, Director, Burlington Public Library 900 East Fairhaven Ave. Burlington, WA 98233 www.burlington.lib.wa.us | cperkins@burlington.lib.wa.us (360) 755-0760 From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:12:25 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Recommendations re "paper bursters"? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Hersh, Daniel" Subject: Recommendations re "paper bursters"? Apologies for cross-posting... We use a device called a paper burster to separate our mailers to patrons about holds and fines. The mailers are on multipart forms that are produced by a big tractor-feed printer. They come out as a very long continuous sheet with perforations between them, and we use the burster to separate them before mailing. Now our old burster has apparently died, and we're looking for a replacement. Is there anyone out there who has purchased one of these during the last few years and is willing to provide any advice re brands, models and/or vendors? Daniel Hersh Oakland (CA) Public Library dhersh@oaklandlibrary.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:12:32 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: Call for Committee Volunteers [2005-2006] (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:36:01 -0500 From: Nann Blaine Hilyard To: PUBLIB Subject: Call for Committee Volunteers [2005-2006] Please distribute widely. Thanks. *************** CALL FOR COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS ALA President-elect Michael Gorman is seeking applications and nominations for members to serve on the 2005-2006 ALA and Council committees, with the appointments to be effective at the conclusion of the 2005 Annual Conference. He will fill slots on the following committees: Accreditation; American Libraries Advisory; Awards; Budget Analysis and Review; Chapter Relations; Conference; Constitution and Bylaws; Council Orientation; Diversity; Education; Election; Human Resource Development and Recruitment Advisory; Information Technology Policy Advisory; Intellectual Freedom; International Relations; Legislation; Literacy; Literacy and Outreach Services Advisory; Membership; Membership Meetings; Nominating; Organization; Orientation, Training, and Leadership Development; Pay Equity; Policy Monitoring (current Council members only); Professional Ethics; Public and Cultural Programs Advisory (new committee); Public Awareness; Publishing; Research and Statistics; Resolutions; Status of Women in Librarianship; Website Advisory; ALA-Children's Book Council (Joint); and ALA-Society of American Archivists-American Association of Museums (Joint). Letters of application and nomination should include a brief summary of the nominee's qualifications for the committee(s) for which she or he is being nominated. The name of the committee(s) for which the application or nomination is being submitted should be clearly indicated. Self-nominations may also be submitted. Applicants may apply electronically by completing the form at https://cs.ala.org/gorman/volunteer.html Geographical location, type of library, gender, ethnicity, previous committee work (not necessarily with ALA), ALA and related experience, and other factors are considered when the committee slates are compiled in order to ensure broad representation and diversity on all committees. Nominations and applications should be submitted no later than December 3, 2004 to Michael Gorman, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; email lgregory@ala.org. From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:13:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library Research Seminar III, speakers (Darnton), registration, etc (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Seavey, Charles A." Subject: Library Research Seminar III, speakers (Darnton), registration, etc And hello to all in the midst of a steamy summer. Remember that Kansas City in the fall is very nice weather. Please excuse cross postings, but please pass this on to listservs of possibly interested folks. We have an excellent program lined up and we want to reach the widest audience possible. Planning committee folks take note. The program for LRS III has been set, and registration is open. All is revealed at http://libraryresearchseminar.org/ The keynote speaker will be Robert Darnton, Shelby Cullom Davis '30 Professor of European History at Princeton. Darnton is considered a leading authority on the history of books and censorship. Many view _The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopedia_ (1979) as Darnton's most influential work. His book _The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France_, an intriguing study of clandestine libertine literature under the Old Regime, won the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award. Other titles include _George Washington's False Teeth_, _The Kiss of Lamourette_, and _The Great Cat Massacre_. Before joining Princeton's history faculty in 1968, Darnton worked as a reporter for the New York Times. Questions or comments to me directly please. Charley Seavey seaveyc@missouri.edu Charles A. Seavey Associate Professor Distance Learning Coordinator School of Information Science & Learning Technologies 303 Townsend Hall University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 Phone 573-882-7646 Fax 573-884-4944 Video phone 128.206.107.237 http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~seaveyca/cas/ Ranganathan Said it All! From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:13:31 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Final Report --- 9/11 Commission (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Grace-Ellen McCrann Subject: Final Report --- 9/11 Commission 22 July 2004 Dear Everybody, As I'm sure you know, the 9-11 Commission Final Report was issued this morning. The official version is already available online. The GPO PURL/URL for the online official version is: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS51934 The formal title is: The 9/11 Commission Report : Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. There are 2 OCLC records, if you want to add this title to your catalogue: 1) #55991274 This is the online version record. 2) #55990872 This is the print record. I believe in a single catalogue record for a title, (no matter how many formats, copies you have), because it's easier for patrons to find the item --- sort of like "one-stop shopping"! So, because we at City College will be getting a depository print copy and also will purchase at least one additional print copy for our circulating collection, I chose the print record version. For the nonce, I've got holding and items records for the online version in the record and I'll just add additional holding & item records for the print versions as they arrive. Do know however that you/your cataloguers will have to add in the 856/URL field (use the PURL above) if you choose the OCLC print record version. Print copies are available through GPO. The URL for ordering this title through the GPO Bookstore is: http://bookstore.gpo.gov/911commission.html I believe Norton is also planning to issue a print version. Kind regards, Grace-Ellen Grace-Ellen McCrann Chief, Government Documents & Reference Divisions The City College of New York Cohen Library, 2nd Floor 138th Street & Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 (212) 650 5073 gemscot@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail From plib2 at webjunction.org Thu Jul 22 20:15:58 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:38 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] New We the People Bookshelf Grants Available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laura Hayes" Subject: New We the People Bookshelf Grants Available Attention Public and School (K-12) Librarians: The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are accepting applications for the We The People Bookshelf on "freedom" grants. Part of the NEH's We the People initiative, the annual grant project will award sets of 15 classic books for young readers to 1,000 libraries across the country. Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required to develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme of freedom to students and/or patrons. Guidelines and applications for Round One are available online at www.ala.org/wethepeople until October 20, 2004. Applications for Round Two will be accepted from December 16, 2004 to February 16, 2005. ALA Public Programs Office Linking Libraries, Communities, and Culture www.ala.org/publicprograms publicprograms@ala.org ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] [A-librarian-at-every-table] July 23, 2004. No.206. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathleen de la Pena McCook" Subject: [A-librarian-at-every-table] July 23, 2004. No.206. A LIBRARIAN AT EVERY TABLE July 23, 2004. No.206. Sources and Sites for Librarians Building Community. http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ ADVANCEMENT PROJECT Advancement Project is a democracy and justice action group. We work with communities seeking to build a fair and just multi-racial democracy in America. Using law, public policy and strategic communications, Advancement Project acts in partnership with local communities to advance universal opportunity, equity and access for those left behind in America. [Thanks CM] http://www.advancementproject.org/index.html 11 MOST ENDANGERED PLACES This year’s list comprises a wide range of sites—from a modern Big Apple icon to an ancient Native American "art gallery." Read about this year's endangered places and find out how you can help protect them and other irreplaceable pieces of America's history. For more than 50 years, the National Trust has been helping Americans protect the irreplaceable. A private nonprofit organization with more than 200,000 members, the National Trust is the leader of the vigorous preservation movement that is saving the best of the country's past for the future.http://www.nationaltrust.org/ CULTURAL COMMONS The Cultural Commons is an virtual commons, or open meeting place, designed to engage all who care about creativity and culture. The Cultural Commons seeks to attract new interest and new thinking about arts and cultural issues, engage a broad and diverse constituency in a lively exchange of ideas, and provide resources and ideas for further involvement -- such as event participation, employment in the cultural policy sector, research, or even new partnerships for organizations.http://www.culturalcommons.org/index.cfm === Kathleen de la Peña McCook kmccook@tampabay.rr.com Librarians & Community Building. Free subscription at: http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ [not representing the University of South Florida] From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:21 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Voluntarism,Community Life and the American Ethic. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathleen de la Pena McCook" Subject: Voluntarism,Community Life and the American Ethic. Voluntarism,Community Life and the American Ethic, Robert S. Ogilvie.Indiana University Press. Here is the cover blurb. ======================= Why do people volunteer, and what motivates them to stick with it? How do local organizations create community? How does voluntary participation foster moral development in volunteers to create a better citizenry? In this fascinating study of volunteers at the Partnership for the Homeless in New York City, Robert S. Ogilvie provides bold and engaging answers to these questions. He describes how volunteer programs such as the Partnership generate ethical development in and among participants and how the Partnership's volunteers have made it such a continued success since the early 1980s. Ogilvie's examination of voluntarism suggests that the American ethic is essential for sustaining community life and to the future well-being of a democratic society. Here is the web link to Indiana University Press. http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/books/0-253-34423-9.shtml ============= Kathleen de la Peña McCook kmccook@tampabay.rr.com Librarians & Community Building. Free subscription at: http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ [not representing the University of South Florida] From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:29 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:32:53 -0500 From: Candace Rossin To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books We interfile nonfiction VHS and DVD with our books as well. To highlight some of the collection, we have a "new nonfiction" display in the video section where more popular titles are shelved for 6 months after we receive them. Feature documentaries go here as well as music concerts, most PBS shows, and other non how-to videos. After 6 months, they get shelved with the nonfiction books. Candy Rossin, Collection Specialist Arlington Heights Memorial Library (IL) Original message... From: "Kim Crowley" To: publib Subject: Re: Interfiling nonfiction videos with nonfiction books Message-ID: I like the idea of interfiling some nonfiction videos and DVDs--excersise tapes, nutritional titles, history. But what about "feature documentaries"? For instance, TOUCHING THE VOID, CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS, ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, OR BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE? Though they are all documentaries, they are shown in theatres as feature films/entertainment. Would those not circ better in the video stacks? kc Kim Crowley, Director Flathead County Library phone: 406.758.5826 247 First Avenue East fax: 406.758.5868 Kalispell, MT. 59901-4598 kcrowley@co.flathead.mt.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:37 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Marsha Weeks" Subject: RE: Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? Funny, I just came across this website the other day. It might be useful for what you're looking for: >From the National Center for Education Statistics website... Compare Public Libraries allows users to compare one library, the "library of interest," with a group of similar libraries, "the comparison group." For example, a user may wish to compare one library's total circulation with the total circulation of a group of libraries with similar total expenditures. The steps involved in using Compare Public Libraries are: 1. Select the library of interest for which you want to find a comparison group. 2. Choose the basis for identifying a group of similar libraries (the "Comparison Group"): e.g. size of staff. 3. Choose the information you would like displayed in the report. 4. View the report, which compares your library of interest with its comparison group. For more info, go to http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/publicpeer/ -----Original Message----- From: Amy Humber [mailto:ahumber@tcpl.org] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [PUBLIB] Collection Evaluation - How do you know how good you are? Please excuse if this has been posted a second time. I didn't think my first effort was successful. What objective measures are there that can be used to evaluate an entire adult services collection? Once the weeding and inventory are done, the patron requests taken into account, the circulation statistics reviewed, the starred selections ordered, the reference desk comments reviewed, and you think you've done it all what else can be done? Is there a practical way to evaluate our library's holdings against the holdings of other comparable libraries with comparable communities to know how we rate? Are there lists that can be compared to holdings, electronically of course? How can I answer the question for the Administration and the Board? Comments and advice are welcome. Thank you, Amy Humber Collection Manager Tompkins County Public Library Ithaca, NY ahumber@tcpl.org 607-272-4557 x247 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:42 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Alice series tops the list of most challenged books (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: Alice series tops the list of most challenged books Alice series tops the list of most challenged books http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challengedbanned.htm#mfcb Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Alice series tops the list of most challenged books of 2003, ending the four-year reign of J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series, according to the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. The Alice series drew complaints from parents and others concerned about the books' sexual content. The "Ten Most Challenged Books of 2003" reflect a wide variety of themes. The books, in order of most frequently challenged are: · Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, for sexual content, using offensive language, and being unsuited to age group. · Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling, for its focus on wizardry and magic. · "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, for using offensive language. · "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture" by Michael A. Bellesiles, for inaccuracy. · "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers, for racism, sexual content, offensive language, drugs and violence. · ""Go Ask Alice" by Anonymous, for drugs. · "It's Perfectly Normal" by Robie Harris, for homosexuality, nudity, sexual content and sex education. · "We All Fall Down" by Robert Cormier, for offensive language and sexual content. · "King and King" by Linda De Haan, for homosexuality. · "Bridge to Terebithia" by Katherine Paterson, for offensive language and occult/satanism. see also Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/bbooks From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:48 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] La Asociacion de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses celebra la Semana (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: La Asociacion de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses celebra la Semana La Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses celebra la Semana del Libro Prohibido con el tema "Elija Leer un Libro Prohibido" en 2004 CHICAGO - La mayoría de la gente sabe que en noviembre habrá elecciones presidenciales en los Estados Unidos, pero la Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses o ALA (por American Library Association) está exhortando a la gente para que "Elija Leer un Libro Prohibido", en honor de la Semana del Libro Prohibido de 2004, del 25 de septiembre al 2 de octubre. Celebrado desde 1982, el evento anual le recuerda a la gente de los Estados Unidos lo importante que es valorar su valiosa libertad de leer. Las librerías y las bibliotecas del país ayudarán a "promover la libertad democrática" con exposiciones y lecturas de libros (que incluyen desde la Biblia y "Caperucita Roja" hasta "De Ratones y de Hombres" de John Steinbeck) que han sido prohibidos o contendidos a través de la historia. En Chicago, por ejemplo, la Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses y otras asociaciones locales patrocinarán conjuntamente un programa para concientizar al público acerca de la libertad de expresión. El evento "Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition" ("Diciéndolo de Frente: La Tradición de la Libertad de Expresión de Chicago") será lanzado con una serie de lecturas el sábado 2 de octubre que contará con celebridades locales que leerán partes de sus libros prohibidos favoritos y con un micrófono abierto para que la audiencia participe. Carol Brey-Casiano, la Presidenta de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses, dará el discurso principal del evento. En Texas, la Unión de Libertades Civiles Americanas (ACLU) patrocinará o participará en varias lecturas de libros prohibidos o contendidos durante la Semana del Libro Prohibido. Todos los años, la Oficina de Libertad Intelectual o OIF (por Office for Intellectual Freedom) de la Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses recibe cientos de informes acerca de libros y otros materiales que fueron "contendidos" por gente que pidieron que fueran quitados de las escuelas o de las bibliotecas. En el año 2003, la Oficina de Libertad Intelectual recibió informes de 458 pedidos, definidos como quejas formales y por escrito registradas por escuelas o bibliotecas pidiendo que los materiales fuesen quitados por sus contenidos o por ser inapropiados. La colección Alice de Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ocupó el primer lugar de la lista del año 2003, desbancando el reinado de cuatro años de los libros Harry Potter de J. K. Rowling. La colección Alice, que recibió quejas debido al contenido sexual de los libros, ocupó la décima posición en la lista de los libros más contendidos de la década de 1990. Los otros libros que recibieron más contiendas en el año 2003 fueron: De Ratones y de Hombres" ("Of Mice and Men") de John Steinbeck, por lenguaje ofensivo. "Armando América: Los Orígenes de la Cultura de Armas Nacional" ("Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture") de Michael A. Bellesiles, por contenido erróneo. "Ángeles Caídos" ("Fallen Angels") de Walter Dean Myers, por racismo, contenido sexual, leguaje ofensivo, drogas y violencia. La mayoría de las contiendas en los últimos años fueron recibidas por las bibliotecas universitarias (el 41 por ciento), por las bibliotecas escolares (el 33 por ciento) y por las bibliotecas públicas (el 18 por ciento), según Judith F. Krug, la Directora de la Oficina de Libertad Intelectual. La mayoría de las quejas (el 63 por ciento) fueron presentadas por un padre o madre. Después de varios años en la lista, en 2003 fueron desbancados "Yo Sé porqué Canta el Pájaro Enjaulado" ("I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings") de Maya Angelou (por contenido sexual, racismo, lenguaje ofensivo, violencia y por ser inapropiado para la edad de los lectores) y "Las Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn" ("The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") de Mark Twain (por racismo, falta de sensitividad y lenguaje ofensivo). La Semana del Libro Prohibido es patrocinada por la Asociación de Libreros Estadounidenses (American Booksellers Association), la Fundación de Libreros Estadounidenses para la Libertad de Expresión (American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression), la Asociación de Bibliotecas Estadounidenses (ALA), la Asociación de Editores Estadounidenses (Association of American Publishers), la Sociedad de Periodistas y Autores Estadounidenses(American Society of Journalists and Authors) y la Asociación Nacional de Librerías Universitarias (National Association of College Stores). También está avalada por el Centro del Libro de la Biblioteca del Congreso (Library of Congress Center for the Book). Para más información general o para informarse acerca de los materiales que se encuentran disponibles para celebrar la Semana del Libro Prohibido, por favor contacte a la Oficina de Libertad Intelectual al teléfono 800-545-2433, interno 4223, o por correo electrónico al oif@ala.org, o visite la página web http://www.ala.org/bbooks Se encuentran disponibles voceros de habla hispana para entrevistas. Los medios interesados pueden contactar a Larra Clark, Gerente de Relaciones con los Medios, al 312-280-5043, o a Macey Morales, Coordinadora de Relaciones Públicas, al 312-280-4393. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:41:58 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Librarian I, Los Angeles, California (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Martha Teran" Subject: Librarian I, Los Angeles, California This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_9FBFD2FD.E584ED87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Librarian I Salary: $3,378.82 - $4,187.82 Exam No.: Q8334P For information, please visit the Public Library Website at: http://www.colapublib.org Career Opportunities, Examination announcements. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: A Master of Library = Science degree - OR - completion of 36 graduate quarter units (24 = graduate semester units) in a library science curriculum leading to a = Master of Library Science degree. Persons who are successful in this examination, but who do not have a = Master of Library Science degree, will be appointed on a temporary basis = until this degree is obtained. 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--=_9FBFD2FD.E584ED87-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:42:20 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: Audio replacement (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whitewright Public Library Subject: Re: Audio replacement At 05:14 PM 7/22/04 -0700, Cheryl wrote: >Re unabridged books: Our patrons also prefer unabridged. I have wondered >though why so many donated copies are abridged. I imagine it's due to the cost. Abridged copies are usually much cheaper, and to some people it doesn't really matter. However, most of our "hard core" audio listeners turn up their noses at abridged titles. I'm about to weed our audiotapes to make room for new titles, and abridged copies are at the top of my list to remove. I'll still leave some, because some patrons do like them because they're short (for a short trip or commute). Chris Ely ===================== Whitewright Public Library, Whitewright, Texas GatesLib List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gateslib/ MARC/Spectrum info: From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:42:24 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] DVD storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Whitewright Public Library Subject: DVD storage I sent this message last week, but it doesn't seem to have gone through. My apologies if anyone does get this twice. We're a small library, but we have a growing collection of DVDs; about 200 at the moment. We're looking at a storage solution that would allow us to leave the empty cases on the shelves for patrons to browse, while keeping the actual discs behind the counter. We don't have much room, so using a second case to trade for the empty one like many video stores do isn't practical. I'm thinking maybe using thin CD cases in a drawer cabinet, and using color coded alphabetic labels like they use in doctor's offices to place the call number on the storage case. If anyone can provide any feedback on what has(n't) worked, I would appreciate it. Especially if you can point me to specific filing products you use. Chris Ely ===================== Whitewright Public Library, Whitewright, Texas www.whitewright.lib.tx.us "Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played right into my hands." Futurama From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:42:42 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] mailing library cards (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Goodgion" Subject: mailing library cards Hi, One of our staff just had an interesting idea and I was wondering if any library had done this. We were talking about our desire to register more residents for library cards. He wondered if a library had ever used a method used by most credit card companies: mailing cards with a letter inviting people to "activate" their card the first time they use it at the library. The idea appealed to me because so many people are mystified about library cards (who is eligible to get one, how much they "cost", etc.) Has anyone ever tried this? Laurel Goodgion, Director Wethersfield Library 515 Silas Deane Highway Wethersfield CT 06109 goodgion@wethersfieldlibrary.org phone: 860-721-2988 fax: 860-721-2991 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:42:48 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Breaking News, July 23 American Libraries Online (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gordon Flagg" Subject: Breaking News, July 23 American Libraries Online Breaking News, July 23 American Libraries Online For full stories, visit > Providence Public Library Cuts 21 Staff > National Archives Staff Suspected Berger's Removal of Documents > Dickson County Library Gets More Funding, Keeps Its Books > Center for the Book Workshop at LC Spotlights Best Practices > Reader Censors Swear Words from Mystery Book Series > Library Assistant Sentenced for Student Sexual Abuse ALA members can search American Libraries back issues through 2003 using the ebrary platform, which transforms printed pages into a dynamic database. Link to it on the AL Online website by clicking on "archive" or the cover image at the top . American Libraries' website also features the latest "Crawford Files" columns by Walt Crawford; "Internet Librarian" by Joseph Janes; "Technically Speaking" by Andrew Pace; AL's "Career Leads" job ads; listings of conferences, continuing-education courses, exhibitions, and other events from AL's "Datebook"; and Tables of Contents for the current year. Do you have a comment to make about anything appearing in American Libraries? The editors encourage signed e-mail letters on recent content or matters of general interest to the library profession in the Reader Forum section. Send 250 words or less to americanlibraries@ala.org. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:42:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Tracy Seitz" Subject: ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN =20 The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is seeking applications for an aggressive, positive, people orientated and creative ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN. =20 The Adult Services Librarian reports to the Adult Services Supervisor. The essential job functions include: exhibit a thorough knowledge of the reference collections, including print and electronic resources. Serve as a referral resource for paraprofessionals in order to meet the needs of the customers; help maintain collections; train and/or mentor ASD staff as assigned, through but not limited to the use of ASD Training Manual, acting as mentor to new staff, learning and disseminating new information and conducting training workshops; work as part of a team and independently. Provide leadership and initiative, in cooperation with supervisors, in helping to achieve goals, including, but not limited to, reading professional material, attending conferences, workshops, etc, leading groups and serving as a role model. Keep current on trends in library services and make recommendations based on knowledge and experience. Serve as Manager-In-Charge or Assistant to Manager-In-Charge when assigned. =20 This position requires a Masters of Library Science degree from an ALA accredited university. Desired qualifications include: knowledge of readers' advisory and reference techniques and ability to work independently, be flexible and adapt to a fast-paced work environment. Excellent computer skills and Internet searching techniques with previous experience in customer service preferred. =20 The starting salary is $35,714. Excellent benefits, including BCBS health/dental, retirement and cafeteria plan, with 22 days vacation and 12 days sick leave. =20 Application and more specific job information is available at web site: http://www.tscpl.org/jobs.asp Please submit an application with resume and a list of three professional references to Human Resources, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66604-1374. 1-785-580-4492 EOE Applications accepted through August 13, 2004. A pre-and/or post-employment drug screen, a criminal history record check, and a physical capacity test are required as a condition of employment. =20 Tracy Seitz Human Resource Professional Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library 1515 SW 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66604 785-580-4492 http://www.tscpl.org =20 =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 18:43:02 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Cites & Insights 4:10 available, temporary site (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Walt_Crawford@notes.rlg.org Subject: Cites & Insights 4:10 available, temporary site Cites & Insights: Crawford at Large 4:10 (August 2004) is now available for downloading. Due to circumstances beyond my control, the issue is temporarily available at: http://cical.home.att.net/civ4i10.pdf It will be added to the permanent site as soon as possible (but will continue to be available at the temporary site). The 24-page issue, PDF as always, includes: *Perspective: The Reading Disaster (or Not) *Bibs & Blather *The Censorware Chronicles -- COPA and more *Perspective: ALA Conference Comments *Feedback Special: Following Up on Ebooks (six good reasons to make people read etext, and more) *Trends & Quick Takes *PC Progress, January-July 2004 (which, barring the right feedback, may be the final PC Progress) From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 23 21:21:56 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:39 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] PUBLIB News -- about PUBLIB, that is (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "K.G. Schneider" Subject: PUBLIB News -- about PUBLIB, that is Dear folks, we have some news and whatnots to share with you. The first is that we want YOU to know that WE know that our list software has become problematic, and we are taking steps to move to a new home. More about that as the details are ironed out. Last week we had yet another incident where our subscriber list was trashed and had to be restored from an old list, and in the meantime all kinds of traffic was lost. Our list software, state of the art in 1997, also lacks features you'd expect in 2004. We do know that. Our challenge has been to find a home that cares about us but also understands that a great deal of PUBLIB's charm is our independence. We also needed to find a place that we knew would be around for a while. The second bit of news, true for a little while now, is that PUBLIB now has an advisory board. These folks give us additional ideas, represented PUBLIB at a meeting held at ALA Annual regarding our software/host migration, and provide a sounding board for other things. We haven't established terms, rules, etc. etc. but I know they are open to ideas, as are we. Here are the members of the PUBLIB advisory board: Thomas J. "DatCalmGuy" Hennen, Jr. Michael Golrick Diedre Conkling Kate Wolicki Please forgive us if your message doesn't get posted or we are slow about it. The PUBLIB software is now getting spammed six feet deep, and many servers do not realize that the new server address, sunsite3.berkeley.edu, is a "safe" machine, so we are also inundated with bounces. (Raise your hand if you didn't get this message.) Moderating this list is turning into an Extreme Sport. But you folks are all worth it, so please bear with us during this Twilight of the Olden Software. Have a great weekend! Karen G. Schneider and Sara Weissman, PUBLIB co-moderators From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: PUBLIB News -- about PUBLIB, that is (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Dan Robinson" Subject: Re: PUBLIB News -- about PUBLIB, that is Karen and Sara, congratulations on establishing an advisory board. I am on three other lists that have a similar board, and I find that those lists run smoother and with less ups and downs. The boards are similar and different, but they work. And I'll offer my congratulations to the advisory board members... you're in for some interesting discussions. Dan Robinson drobinson@hwwilson.com On 23 Jul 2004 at 18:23, K.G. Schneider wrote: > Dear folks, we have some news and whatnots to share with you. > > > The second bit of news, true for a little while now, is that PUBLIB now has > an advisory board. These folks give us additional ideas, represented PUBLIB > at a meeting held at ALA Annual regarding our software/host migration, and > provide a sounding board for other things. We haven't established terms, > rules, etc. etc. but I know they are open to ideas, as are we. > From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:19 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mailing library cards (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "K. Van Flue" Subject: Mailing library cards Laurel, I wonder if there would be a backlash--I hate it when I get unsolicited credit cards in the mail, and worry (perhaps needlessly) that if someone intercepted it, could the activate the card and leave me a victim of ID theft. This is probably paranoia, and it may not alarm people to receive the cards in the mail, but you never know. Kathy Van Flue SCPL From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:29 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: DVD storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Sue Kamm Subject: Re: DVD storage Actually, we've been doing what you propose for our CDs and DVDs. We had purchased a cabinet with roll-out drawers which we begain using for CDs. As our collection of those media grew, we've used lateral files which have roll-out shelves to store the circulating media. Borrowers find jacket sleeves (for DVDs; most of our VHS media have jackets) or the original jewel case (for CDs) and bring them to our AV circulation desk. Staff retrieves the title from our closed shelves and charges the materials there. Yes, this is labor-intensive, but it eliminates the necessity for security tags on media. We have three different loan periods - three days for feature film videos, seven for documentaries, and three weeks for sound recordings - and we are able to see whether the correct media have been retrieved. -- Your friendly CyberGoddess and ALA Councilor-at-Large, Sue Kamm Los Angeles/Inglewood, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers, 2000 email: suekamm@mindspring.com Visit my homepage: http://suekamm.home.mindspring.com/index.htm "What I wonder is, where are all the guys who like to play baseball?" --Wes Parker, former Dodger infielder From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:34 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] DVD Storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mary Lou Wigley" Subject: DVD Storage Interesting. We have been facing the same problem. We're a small library with about 250 DVDs and have tried several solutions, including keeping them out on the shelves. Unfortunately, it only takes one person to ruin it for everyone by taking off with several DVDs. We first tried to keep them behind the desk in binders, but this is somewhat cumbersome. Since our desk area is small, with limited drawer space, keeping them in drawers won't work. We think we've found a solution. Gaylord (2004 catalog, p.392) has a wooden display bin that will hold 400 DVDs. We ordered that plus packages of Tyvek CD sleeves (p. 193). Each of our DVDs has a number, which is handwritten on the barcode label on the DVD case that's on the public shelves. That same number is written on the sleeve in which the DVD is inserted and placed in the wooden display bin. It's a simple and inexpensive system. Perhaps it will work for you. Mary Lou Wigley, Director Norfolk Library Connecticut From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:38 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Youth Family History Essay Contest (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: GenAnnual@aol.com Subject: Youth Family History Essay Contest The Godfrey Library is again sponsoring the Family History Essay Contest this year. The 2004 Family History Essay Contest is open to all students, grades 4-12th. It is an opportunity for students to learn more about their own families and to permanently preserve their family histories. Entries will be judged by grade level, completeness, style and presentation. All entries must be postmarked by Friday, 15 Oct 2004. + Winning essays will be published by the Library + Each winner will receive a printed copy of the winning essays + Every student will receive a Certificate of Recognition Your essay can be limited to the biography of one person or can tell the story of an entire family. If you choose to write a biography of a relative, tell why you selected that person. Each essay should be the student’s best work and represent his/her best effort in writing and historical research. Students are encouraged to contact relatives, visit libraries, cemeteries and repositories to gather their family information. Interview your parents, grandparents etc. and document their lives. They can give you the answers to questions about the family like: Where did my family come from? Why did they move to where we live now? What occupations did they have? What interesting stories are there about members of our family? In addition to your essay you should include a copy of at least one document used to verify your essay. This can include a copy of: Census Records. The page where the family appears in the census Vital Records. Copies of birth, marriage or death records Newspaper Articles: Copies of a newspaper article; obituary or other item Book: Copies of pages pertaining to the family Cemetery Records etc. Students are encouraged to include copies of photographs and supporting records to document their family histories. It is hoped that the students will learn more about family history and will become familiar with historical and genealogical research. The Library wants this to be a fun, learning experience that will become a treasured family record. If the Library staff can help you call us at: 860.346.4375 or e-mail us at: essay@godfrey.org and we will help you to document your family history. Please let us know if you’d like registration forms for youth in your library. Tom Thomas Jay Kemp, Director Godfrey Memorial Library 134 Newfield Street Middletown, CT 06457-2534 Tel. 860.346.4375 FAX 860.347.9874 Tom@Godfrey.org www.Godfrey.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:05:50 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Audiobook Humor (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Davinna Artibey Subject: Audiobook Humor If you haven't already seen this list of "Books on Tape We Don't Want to Hear" by Scott Corliss, click on the link below for a few chuckles. It matches audiobooks with unlikely narrators. For example, "Bridges of Madison County as read by Howard Stern". http://www.ahajokes.com/top008.html Davinna Artibey Information Services Librarian - Belmar Jefferson County Public Library 555 S. Allison Pkwy. Lakewood, CO 80226 (720) 963-0900 Fax (720) 962-4961 dartibey@jefferson.lib.co.us Find us on the web: http://jefferson.lib.co.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:06:04 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: DVD Storage (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Peg Southerland" Subject: Re: DVD Storage Responding to this post: We're a small library, but we have a growing collection of DVDs; about 200 at the moment. We're looking at a storage solution that would allow us to leave the empty cases on the shelves for patrons to browse, while keeping the actual discs behind the counter. We don't have much room, so using a second case to trade for the empty one like many video stores do isn't practical. I'm thinking maybe using thin CD cases in a drawer cabinet, and using color coded alphabetic labels like they use in doctor's offices to place the call number on the storage case. If anyone can provide any feedback on what has(n't) worked, I would appreciate it. Especially if you can point me to specific filing products you use. Chris Ely We tackled this problem recently at our small, rural library. We have close to 400 DVDs. We purchased three 200-capacity CD Organizers from Wal-Mart for $16.48 each. The organizers stay behind the counter and the empty DVD cases are displayed. We placed the DVDs in the organizers numerically rather than alphabetically (less time involved retrieving and re-filing), labeled each case and each pocket in the organizer to match. For cases containing more than one disc, we left blank pockets next to the primary disc's labeled pocket. Storage space is same as for a thick three-ring binder. Margaret (Peg) Southerland, CPLM P.O. Box 460 585 Main Street; Suite 201 Jacksboro, TN 37757-0460 director@jacksboropubliclibrary.org www.jacksboropubliclibrary.org peg_just@bellsouth.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:06:17 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Auld, Skip" Subject: TWO POSITIONS AVAILABLE - APPLY BY AUGUST 19 (A) ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (B) LIBRARY BRANCH MANAGER CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY is a dynamic agency of county government providing access to high quality educational, cultural and recreational information services and resources. This vision is realized through skilled information professionals who proactively aid customers in identifying, evaluating and accessing information essential to fostering self-discovery and personal learning. We provide our customers a wide range of materials in current and emerging formats, informational programs, e-services and community facilities that enhance the quality of life for our customers and our community. This library system, consisting of a Central Library, eight branches, a law library, and outreach services, serves a population of 284,000 in the Richmond-Petersburg (VA) metropolitan area, two hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Virginia beaches, and Washington, D.C. The ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES is responsible for the following: Design and develop Web pages for the Library's Web presence. Create and deliver continuing education workshops on library technology trends, library applications as available on the local integrated online system, and office automation applications as they apply to the library staff and use by the general public. Provide support of library equipment, software, and local area networks. Develop and enhance the technology skills of subordinates and co-workers. Prepare statistical reports. Answer inquiries regarding equipment and software. Direct up to four subordinate staff supporting internal library e-mail applications. Repair and replace hardware and software. Produce pre-defined reports. Supervise the department in the absence of the administrator. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited library science program or equivalent combination of training and experience. Considerable understanding of computer networking principles, both local and wide-area networks. Considerable knowledge of: (a) Theories and principles of library science; (b) Library automation concepts and workflow, including circulation, reference, cataloging, and materials purchasing procedures; (c) Web page design; and (d) Building and site preparation related to automation, networking, and telecommunications equipment. Considerable skill in: (a) Using Web page development tools (b) Using common library machines and automated systems; (c) Creating and delivering technology workshops to the staff and public; and (d) Communicating effectively with people of varying backgrounds and ages. Pre-Employment Drug Testing Required. HOW TO APPLY: Applicants must complete a Chesterfield County application, which may be requested from: Chesterfield County; Human Resource Management Department; 9901 Lori Road; P.O. Box 40; Chesterfield, VA 23832; (804) 748-1551 or may be downloaded from http://www.chesterfield.gov/humanresourcesmanagement/joblist.asp. Refer to requisition #04-345. The deadline for receiving applications is 5:00 PM August 19, 2004. Salary range is $40,531 - $69,212. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Frank Bridge, Technology Management Administrator, at (804) 690-6703 or bridgef@chesterfield.gov. The LIBRARY BRANCH MANAGER is responsible for managing all the daily service and support functions of one of our branch libraries. The successful candidate will manage general operations of the branch, including circulation services, programming, reader's advisory, and reference for senior, adult, teen, and children's services, as well as collection merchandising and maintenance. He or she is also responsible for supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff and for providing direct customer services. Additionally, the Library Branch Manager is responsible for marketing the library to local community organizations, businesses, and agencies, as well as partnering with various organizations including the Friends of the Library. He or she will serve on the library's systemwide Leadership Council, which is responsible for developing library policies and services. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree in Library Science from an ALA-accredited library science program and three years in a medium size public library, including one year in a supervisory capacity; or equivalent combination of training and experience. Certification or eligibility for certification by the State of Virginia required. Must demonstrate strong customer service orientation and strong administrative and leadership skills. Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, and public relations skills. Pre-Employment Drug Testing Required. HOW TO APPLY: Applicants must complete a Chesterfield County application, which may be requested from: Chesterfield County; Human Resource Management Department; 9901 Lori Road; P.O. Box 40; Chesterfield, VA 23832; (804) 748-1551 or may be downloaded from http://www.chesterfield.gov/humanresourcesmanagement/joblist.asp. Refer to requisition #05-024. The deadline for receiving applications is 5:00 PM August 19, 2004. Salary range is $46,307 - $54,499. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Skip Auld, Assistant Director of Library Services, at (804) 748-1767 or auldh@chesterfield.gov. Cc: Mike Mabe, Library Director Frank Bridge, Technology Management Administrator _________________________________________ Hampton (Skip) Auld Assistant Director Chesterfield County Public Library 9501 Lori Road Chesterfield, VA 23832-0297 Phone: (804) 748-1767 Fax: (804) 751-4679 Email: auldh@chesterfield.gov Website: http://library.chesterfield.gov ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:06:35 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] The Task of Weeding Out Bad Poetry (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mitch Greenberg, Morris County Libr" Subject: The Task of Weeding Out Bad Poetry The task of weeding bad poetry out's been Handled well till now Great men have gone on to greater things Their 811's showing how They knew the real thing from its imposter For ever poetaster wants a place on the Mantlepiece of time itself Beneath which crackles and occasionally licks upward The fires of eventual oblivion Stoked by the energies of well-meaning librarians themselves consumed in the task O I have sometime been one of them, not poet, not fire But something in between. A man, given a task. A prisoner, given a row to hoe, to water and weed. A guerilla, raking an airstrip recently de-bouldered, his sweat mingling with the soil so many had died for From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:06:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Courtyard reading area (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Randall, Barbara" Subject: Courtyard reading area We are about to embark on enclosing an external courtyard to make it accessible for patrons. I'm looking for advice. If you were involved in such a project at your library: what did you include that was never used? what did you forget that you regret? what do patrons like most about it? have you encountered any new security issues? do you have plants or grass in your courtyard? what would you do differently? Thanks. --Barbara ---------------------------------------- Barbara Nichols Randall Director Guilderland Public Library 2228 Western Avenue Guilderland, NY 12084 (518)456-2400 ext. 13 Fax: (518)456-0923 website: www.guilderlandpublic.info From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:06:57 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Tribute to the Boston Public Library (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Larry Nix" Subject: Tribute to the Boston Public Library This week, because of the Democratic Convention, all eyes are on Boston. You may have seen one of the many background news segments on the City of Boston and its history. One thing you probably didn't hear was anything about the important role the Boston Public Library played in establishing a model for the modern public library. This year marks the 150 th anniversary of the opening of the Boston Public Library. Although the Boston Public Library was officially established in 1848, it didn't open to the public until 1854. The Reading Room opened on March 20, 1854 with a collection of 138 periodicals. The circulation department opened on May 2, 1854. This immensely important event in the history of America's public libraries has received very little attention from the library community. For more information on the Boston Public Library and some examples of BPL memorabilia go to the following URL: http://my.execpc.com/~nixlt/bostonpubliclibrary.htm . Larry Larry T. Nix 3605 Niebler Ln. Middleton, WI 53562 608 836-5616 nixlt@execpc.com http://my.execpc.com/~nixlt/index.htm From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:07:06 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: DVD filing (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "melissa willer" Subject: RE: DVD filing Chris, You had asked about methods for storing DVD behind the desk. For a long time (about 6 years) our library used compact disc suspension files in regular file drawers. Each hanging file has two pockets for storing CD/DVD discs. As they are designed to hold jewel cases two discs (with a spacer) fit into one pocket for double disc sets. We started doing this back in 1998 when we had a rash of CD thefts over the course of several months and continued with the system when we started collected DVDs a few years ago as well. We filed both our Music CDs and our DVD collections in these by collection and then call number. We did run into some problems in the last couple of years with artists such as the Beach Boys and Beatles, where we would have several items with the call CD POP BEA, and DVD titles starting with STA; we eventually started numbering them as well. We discussed using accession numbers, or part of the Item ID, but realized that the real problem was simply the sheer number of discs we were storing. In the end, we decided that our combined collection had simply gotten too big for our storage capacity (about 5000 discs, not counting double sets) and that circulation staff was spending far too much time pulling and filing the discs. (The music CD collection had been moved away from the circulation area due to lack of storage space and staff had to leave the desk in order to pull and/or file them.) We have recently moved our DVDs into locking cases which are kept on the shelf. The CDs are simply on the shelf, secured. But, for a smaller collection, the system worked very well and we were very happy with how it worked for us. If we had the storage space we would have kept the system going and would have switched to Item ID numbers for filing purposes to make the pulling and filing a bit easier. As it was, space became our final consideration. FYI We were using about 18 drawers for our collections, which was about 250-350 discs per drawer. 72 file hangers (144 discs) fit into one foot, and we could fit about 172 hangers (344 discs) per drawer in the fullest parts of the collection (CD POP, Feature Film DVDs) If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me directly. The product we used was: Curtis (I believe they're part of Esselte now) #59075 Compact Disc Suspension File. If you, or anyone else, is interested I have about 2,000 of these that we have been selling off for a very reasonable price of $1.00 per piece. These originally retailed for $15.00 for a pack of five - we just need to get rid of them! Please inquire off list if you are interested. Melissa Willer Circulation/Technical Services Department Head Bloomingdale Public Library Bloomingdale, IL 60108 630-529-3120 x 315 mwiller@linc.lib.il.us Topic No. 9 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:42:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Whitewright Public Library To: publib Subject: DVD storage Message-ID: I sent this message last week, but it doesn't seem to have gone through. My apologies if anyone does get this twice. We're a small library, but we have a growing collection of DVDs; about 200 at the moment. We're looking at a storage solution that would allow us to leave the empty cases on the shelves for patrons to browse, while keeping the actual discs behind the counter. We don't have much room, so using a second case to trade for the empty one like many video stores do isn't practical. I'm thinking maybe using thin CD cases in a drawer cabinet, and using color coded alphabetic labels like they use in doctor's offices to place the call number on the storage case. If anyone can provide any feedback on what has(n't) worked, I would appreciate it. Especially if you can point me to specific filing products you use. Chris Ely ===================== Whitewright Public Library, Whitewright, Texas www.whitewright.lib.tx.us "Pathetic human race. Arranging their knowledge by category just made it easier to absorb. Dewey, you fool, your decimal system has played right into my hands." Futurama From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:08:03 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] position available (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Judy Dunahue" Subject: position available WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT? Can we entice you with a spectacular new 20,000 square foot building that is part of the Allen County Public Library's $84 million renovation and expansion project? We need a Branch Children's Librarian at our Georgetown Branch who will put together creative and comprehensive programming for children and their care-givers. A big part of the job is to provide positive, superior customer service so you'll need a lot of energy, tact, and a sense of humor. Oh, technical savvy too. We ask that you have an ALA/MLS and strong knowledge of children's literature. Salary is $34,008 and up depending on experience. The benefits are pretty great and there's even a relocation allowance. Send your letter of qualifications, resume, and the names of three work references to Charlene P. Holly, Human Resources Manager, Allen County Public Library, PO Box 2270, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 or e-mail to cholly@acpl.lib.in.us. ************************************************ Judy Dunahue Human Resources Allen County Public Library PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 phone: 260-421-1232 fax: 260-421-1389 ************************************************** Life is NOT a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW, What a Ride!" ************************************************** From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:08:11 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] library and museum joint facilities (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Prudence Taylor Subject: library and museum joint facilities I am studying public libraries sharing facilities, staff, etc. with museums. My library is conducting a capital campaign. One company has offered a gift of $100,000 if an interactive life sciences museum for children is included in the facility. I'm not sure that $100,000 is enough for such a thing, and I'm concerned about maintaining it. Also, the Library and the local museum are looking a possible ways to collaborate and share expenses for a new facility. I'm in the pre-planning stages, and I appreciate any and all help. Please respond directly to my email address. Thank you. Prudence A. Taylor, Director Greenwood County Library 106 North Main Street Greenwood, SC 29646 Voice: 864/941 - 4650 Fax: 864/941 - 4651 Email: ptaylor_gcl@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:08:16 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] LITA National Forum, October 7-10, 2004 (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Rob Carlson" Subject: LITA National Forum, October 7-10, 2004 (Cross-posted; apologies in advance for any duplication) Plan now to attend the LITA National Forum at the Sheraton West Port Lakeside Chalet. Registration and hotel reservations can now be made by visiting http://www.lita.org/forum04 and following the appropriate links. "10 Years of Connectivity: Libraries, the World Wide Web, and the Next Decade" is the Forum theme. Two keynote speakers are confirmed at this time: Dr. Robert Rydell, Professor of History at Montana State University - Bozeman and noted expert on world's fairs, will discuss technological developments that debuted at the 1904 world's fair in St. Louis. Susan Dumais, Senior Researcher, Adaptive Systems & Interaction Group, Microsoft Research and noted expert on algorithms and interfaces for improved information retrieval, will discuss "Stuff I've Seen: A System for Personal Information Retrieval and Re-Use," an innovative project that uses indexing and contextual cues to facilitate the retrieval of information. Thirty concurrent sessions will provide a wealth of practical information. Topics include portals, OAI-PMH harvesters, GIS systems, knowledge management tools, digital libraries, federated searching, open source systems, ecommerce, wireless systems in libraries, digital asset management, accessibility, and WikiWikiWebs, among others. Back again this year are Sunday-morning poster sessions, on topics ranging from eBooks to topic maps to email reference. Three half-day preconference sessions are also planned. On Thursday afternoon, "Developing a Culture of Assessment in Library Information Technology Services" will be presented. Friday morning will see two sessions presented side-by-side, "What's In It For Me? Evaluating and Reporting the Effectiveness of Electronic Information Services in a Multi-Library Environment" and "Dancing Cheek to Cheek: One Library's Tale of Content Management Systems and Collaborations with "Outside" IT." Registration is limited to 500. For complete details, visit http://www.lita.org/forum04. LITA is a division of the American Library Association. From plib2 at webjunction.org Tue Jul 27 13:08:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:40 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Job Opening - Vancouver, WA (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Holly Blosser" Subject: Job Opening - Vancouver, WA The Fort Vancouver Regional Library is seeking a dynamic, flexible experienced librarian to plan, direct and supervise the activities and operations of the Vancouver Community Library; coordinate assigned activities with other library departments and divisions; provide complex administrative assistance to the Associate Director. Requires an MLS from an ALA accredited school, eight years of increasingly responsible professional library experience, two years supervisory experience; public library experience preferred. Minimum starting salary $55,560 annually, excellent benefit package. Additional information regarding this position and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District can be found at our website www.fvrl.org. Position is opened until filled. To apply: submit cover letter, resume and references to: HR Department Fort Vancouver Regional Library 1007 E. Mill Plain Blvd. Vancouver, WA 98663 Or e-mail hr@fvrl.org (include job title in subject line) Equal Opportunity Employer From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:27:56 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Anne Felix" Subject: Mailing out lotsa library cards. =20 This message got rejected by the software last time. It is a real message for Publib. Thus the goofy first line. By the way, why do my subject lines never get transmitted? =20 I've never heard of a library sending out unsolicited cards. It is an interesting concept, and I would like to know if it has been done and what the results were. Banks keep doing it with credit cards. That's money they are risking, but they are successful with it. =20 =20 In another life I managed a small town portrait studio. We were unsuccessful in pulling into our studio the high school seniors, no matter what we tried (direct mail, telemarketing, newspaper, radio). What did work was mailing each teenager in the class a card with a specific appointment time on it. We could handle 1 to 2 kids per hour, so we sent out appointments at the rate of 6 per hour, not knowing what to expect. We got real busy, as 2 to 3 kids per hour came in. Lots of others called and rescheduled. We repeated this promotion year after year. =20 =20 If you do this, you might think about marking the cards in some way so that you could recognize them as not-yet-activated (a sticker, missing barcode or such). The patron comes in, you look at his ID then enter him into the computer. This saves you the labor of entering a bunch of folks who will never come in. =20 =20 =20 =20 Anne Felix Grand Prairie (TX) Public Library System afelix@gptx.org =20 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] summary from newspaper digitization question (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Suzanne Morlock Subject: summary from newspaper digitization question Here's the summary. Suzanne Hi, We have successfully digitized newspapers from microfilm. If interested contact me. Lourdes Dear Suzanne: My name is Rachel Frick and I am managing an IMLS grant project at the University of Richmond dealing with digitizing Civil war newspapers - there are currently 2 other IMLS grant projects focused on Newspapers, one in Colorado, the other in Utah. In the process of talking about processes and pitfalls with each other, we have established a listserv that is open to anyone digitizing newspapers - you can subscribe to the list using the web form at http://babu.coalliance.org/archives/newspaper-digitization.html Also there is a pretty good web page being developed by Richard Urban of Colorado - located at http://www.cdpheritage.org/resource/newspapers/ Many of the newspaper project people are meeting at ALA on Sunday June 27th from 3-5 after the presentation being given by OCLC about preparing for newspaper digitization projects at the Rosen Centre Now for a bit of advice - people think newspapers are easy to do - isn't it just like a book or journal? - the short answer is no. Especially if you are dealing with any type of historic newspaper - especially 19th century - for us and civil war newspapers - paper quality is poor - lots of bleed through and the text is very small and jammed together(before modern journalism - the idea of article headlines and bylines were non-existent) and the idea of OCR-ing text was not cost effective - we are using a double re-key service. 20th century papers are a little better. Also - are you going to scan form originals or microfilm - imaging from microfilm can be difficult, because you are relying heavily on the quality of a microfilm job that may have been done prior to standards being established (1987). Or in the case of our student newspaper (we just digitized the archive - current content is not available - yet) we scanned from microfilm that was created locally - and the job leaves much to be desired in some instances. You can view our student paper at http://oncampus.richmond.edu/is/library/digital/collegian/index.htm Paper isn't much better - requiring a large format scanner and the possibility of having to disembowel the bound volumes in order to get good images. We were very happy with Byte managers as the source of our data for our student newspaper - we are using another vendor for the IMLS project - but have been greatly disappointed in their performance and hope to fire them this week. APEX is another company to look into. As for systems to organized, store and access your newspapers - there is OCLC Olive system - but this is proprietary and very $$$$, ContentDM is being used very successfully by the Utah group. For our student paper, we are using an open source solution, and for the IMLS grant we are in the beginning stages of implementing FEDORA. (our newspapers will be tagged using TEI an the files will be XML) I guess the one guiding principle you must know complete and use it as your mantra is that newspapers when digitized correctly become complex digital objects - that is if the resulting digital surrogate is one that has very powerful functionality and usability (indexing on place names, person names, dates, advertisements, bylines, editorials, etc) - it is not just a matter of simply scanning a page. Good luck! If you need any further information - or have questions - please feel free to ask me directly or through the listserv! Rachel L. Frick Head, Bibliographic Access Services Boatwright Memorial Library University of Richmond, VA 23173 Phone: 289-8942 Fax 804-287-1840 E-mail: rfrick@richmond.edu -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne Morlock [mailto:smorlock@WILL.STATE.WY.US] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:46 AM To: LIBREF-L@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU Subject: [LIBREF-L] newspaper digitization project Looking for those experienced with digitizing newspapers. We are at the beginning stages of this process. I would welcome feedback about products you use and experiences/pitfalls encountered in the process. Will summarize to the list, please send your info to: smorlock@will.state.wy.us Thanks, Suzanne Morlock Reference Supervisor Teton County Library P.O. Box 1629 Jackson, WY 83001 smorlock@will.state.wy.us Suzanne Morlock Reference Supervisor Teton County Library P.O. Box 1629 Jackson, WY 83001 smorlock@will.state.wy.us From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:04 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] [A-librarian-at-every-table] July 28, 2004. No.208. (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kathleen de la Pena McCook" Subject: [A-librarian-at-every-table] July 28, 2004. No.208. A LIBRARIAN AT EVERY TABLE July 28, 2004. No.208. Sources and Sites for Librarians Building Community. http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ THE LONG SHADOW OF JIM CROW Voter Intimidation Didn’t Disappear with Jim Crow.No matter what we’re taught in school, voter intimidation, oppression, and suppression weren’t swept away with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.A joint PFAW Foundation - NAACP report, The Long Shadow of Jim Crow,reviews the subtler, more cynical tactics that have replaced the poll taxes, literacy tests and physical violence of the Jim Crow era.PFAWF President Ralph G. Neas' July 15 testimony at the Civil Rights Commission highlighted the continuing disarray in election preparation and detailed the nationwide nonpartisan coalition program to protect voters' rights: Election Protection. http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/ ALLIANCE OF I & R. 2-1-1-TOOLKIT. The 2-1-1 Toolkit is field tested, 2-1-1 approved.The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems has designed the AIRS 2-1-1 Toolkit to help 2-1-1 planners create cost effective, high quality, and investor friendly business plans. The AIRS 2-1-1 Toolkit is the only 2-1-1 planning process developed by experienced 2-1-1 consultants and tested by 2-1-1 planners in the field. Developed through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the tools are based on facilitated local planning in Portland OR and Seattle WA, as well as statewide planning in FL, TX, OR, and WA. The resulting tools have also been reviewed and refined by an experienced team of 2-1-1 developers from the field and from the AIRS and UWA national offices. http://www.211toolkit.org/ PROLIFERATION NEWS AND RESOURCES The Nonproliferation Project of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has established itself as the full-service Web site for studying weapons of mass destruction. It provides country-by- country assessments of WMD capabilities, strategic analyses for coping with today's proliferation crises, and daily links to the latest news. http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/ Kathleen de la Peña McCook kmccook@tampabay.rr.com Librarians & Community Building. Free subscription at: http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/a-librarian-at-every-table/ [not representing the University of South Florida] From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Library songs, chants, cadences, etc (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Esther Jiran" Subject: Library songs, chants, cadences, etc A big thank you to everyone who provided chants, we were able to incorporate some of the ideas for future use. We had a lot of fun during the parade and received a lot of positive feedback from the community. Here are the songs, chants and cadences that were collected: ----- Hello, I thought this may interest some of you on this list: http://www.jonathanrundman.com/audio.html The song title is "Librarian" Enjoy! ----- Here is a cadence we used for our drill cart team for a parade: I don't know if you've been told Libraries are fill with gold All the info you could wish Right there at your fingertips Whether you are young or old There's tons of stories to be told You can also surf the net Jump right in; you won't get wet Read on (1, 2) Read on (3, 4) 1, 2, 3, 4.....read on! Here's a cadence we found in a book: You can do it on the street Do it to a crazy beat You can do it in your sleep You can do a jump or leap You can do it in the sun Any way it's lots of fun Whether you're a Sal or Sam You will like Green Eggs and Ham Read more (1, 2) Read more (3, 4) 1, 2, 3, 4.......read more! We had a drill cart team and we called ourselves the CartWheelers. We used this chant, too: We are the CartWheelers No one's a dancer But if you've got a question We'll know or find the answer If you have a problem Or need to find a book Come on in and see us We'll show you where to look ---- I'm with the Oak Park Public Library in Illinois, and we had a skeleton drill team crew in the July 4th parade. One of our librarians came up with the chant "2-4-6-8 we love books that circulate! " (picture a box-like precision move); that chant was immediately followed by a maneuver wiggling the carts in which we chanted "Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out." ---- I don't know, but I've been told Books are bought and books are sold [step, step, step, step] I think you and me are right to read the books all through the night [step, step, step, step] Buying books can cost to much Here's a tip to save your lunch [clap] Sound off [clap] LIBRARY! [clap] Sound off [clap] LIBRARY! [clap] Sound off [name of library] PUB-LIC - LI-BRARY [clap, clap] repeat ad abserdum. ---- For a place that's in the know, EPL is where to go. Information A to Z, Knowledge is our specialty. Everett Public (1, 2) Library! ---- L-I-B-R-A-R-Y Cheer by Garrison Keillor Where do you go for the poetry? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y Where do you go for the history? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y Where do you go if you're old and shy? Where do you go to learn how to fly? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y That's how you spell it, Whatcha gonna tell it? It's been in your town for a hundred years. Let's give the library three big cheer: Hip-hip-hurray! Hip-hip-hurray! Hip-hip-hurray! ---- Charlevoix will be so cool When the library’s at the school For your support we give you cheers We'll build your library in just two years _______________ Need to use the Internet? We can hook you up, you bet Your own laptop is ok too, Our wireless hub is easy to use. ________________ Want to climb your family tree, Start at your local library We’ve got more than books for you, DVD’s and music too. ________________ Your kids will love our programming Stories, games and lots of painting Don’t forget the latest books, Come to the library, take a look. ________________ Be a part of your community Join the friends of the library. Whether you drive a car or boat We want to thank you for your vote! ---- I don’t care what people say Be a hero and read today Whether you’re six or ninety-two Reading is the thing to do. Reading Reading Reading Is fun!! ---- Write! Write! Write -- read -- write! ---- We have used a tape of Sousa marches in our parade. We bungy-cord a boom box to one of the book carts. given the average of this book cart drill team, I don[t think we could chant & march at the same time! ---- Esther L. Jiran Reference Librarian Fremont Area District Library 104 E. Main Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 928-0256 ejiran@fremontlibrary.net http://www.fremontlibrary.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:27 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Open Position - Tech Services (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Eileen M. Palmer" Subject: Open Position - Tech Services The Library Network, a public library cooperative serving southeast Michigan, seeks candidates for Head of our Bibliographic Database Services Department. The department provides cataloging, record maintenance and authority control services to TLN's 65 member libraries, particularly the 42 that participate in the TLN Shared Library System. This position requires a Masters in Library Science, a thorough knowledge of cataloging standards including AACR2, USMARC and OCLC and the ability to train employees on all department operations. Experience with cataloging, authority control and record loading/updating procedures in an automated system environment. Experience with Sirsi Unicorn highly desirable. Also required are a demonstrable command of spoken and written English, excellent organizational, workflow and evaluation skills and familiarity with basic ILL policies and procedures. The ability to work easily with TLN staff and the directors and staff of member libraries is also necessary. Salary Range: $46,670 - $54,444 plus a generous benefits package. Applications should be sent to: Personnel Department, The Library Network, 13331 Reeck Road, Southgate, MI 48195. Position open until filled. TLN is an EEO employer. See full job description at: http://tln.lib.mi.us/news/2004/7/26/tlnbdbshead.htm _________________________________________________________________ Eileen M. Palmer Deputy Director for Member Services The Library Network empalmer@tln.lib.mi.us 13331 Reeck Road tel: (734) 281-3830 ext. 107 Southgate, MI 48195 fax: (734) 281-1905 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:40 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] books of humor (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Laurel Goodgion" Subject: books of humor Hello, There are many humor books in our library that are lost in the 800's. I am thinking of books by Dave Barry, Erma Bombeck, Lewis Grizzard, etc. I am wondering if any library has ever created a separate browsing collection of humor books and if so, how it was received by the public. Thanks. Laurel Goodgion, Director Wethersfield Library 515 Silas Deane Highway Wethersfield CT 06109 goodgion@wethersfieldlibrary.org phone: 860-721-2988 fax: 860-721-2991 From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:28:51 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] library newsletters (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Bruce Flanders" Subject: library newsletters We are working to redesign our monthly library newsletter, as well as rethink its content and organization. In order to get a better idea of the kinds of design/content issues we should be considering, we would very much like to see other libraries' newsletters. If you could send me a current or recent issue of your library newsletter, I'd be extremely grateful! My address is: Bruce Flanders, Director Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont Street Lawrence, KS 66044-2371 Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards, Bruce -- Bruce Flanders, Director Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont Street Lawrence, KS 66044-2371 (785) 843-3833 phone (785) 843-3368 fax bflanders@lawrence.lib.ks.us "We have tomorrow bright before us like a flame." - Langston Hughes -- From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:01 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Courtyard reading area (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Sarah Caltvedt" Subject: RE: Courtyard reading area The first thing I would do before enclosing your courtyard is check with the local fire department. We planned an enclosed reading garden for our new library and then learned that the fire marshal would not allow us to lock the gates. In our town anyway, an attached outdoor "room" is required to have the same kind of unlocked emergency exit as the building itself. Since we could not install another set of security gates at the door to the garden, we cannot let people freely wander from the library to the garden because they could keep right on walking with armloads of li brary materials. They can access it from the street or park, but not from the library unless we take an escorted group out for a program. Sarah C. Caltvedt Assistant Director Elmhurst Public Library 125 S. Prospect Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: 630.279.8696 Fax: 630.516.1364 e-mail: Sarah.Caltvedt@elmhurst.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:13 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Jane Dillon" Subject: Our library currently shelves all new Adult and Young Adult periodicals in one new magazine display area. We are considering moving our Young Adult/Teen magazines, for example Skateboarder, out of the general new magazine area and putting them near the Young Adult book collection. We have two locations, one is about 42,000 square feet, the other is 30,000 square feet all on one level. We don't have separate closed off Teen rooms but do have "cool" chairs and checkerboard tables in the areas near the YA books and signs that say TEENS. =20 Has anyone else in similar sized libraries established a separate Young Adult periodicals display area? In our discussions we have identified the following Pros and Cons. Anything anyone else can add? Pros Gets potentially popular items for one age level closer together for browsing. Higher visibility for these titles when approximately 12 are displayed together, than when those 12 are interfiled with a hundred adult titles. Increased emphasis on=20 Cons Harder to shelve because new magazines will go in two places Additional processing step to label YA magazines when they arrive Need to establish new location code for the automation system. Fear that subdividing collection into smaller parts will make it harder for patrons to find items, i.e. only librarians will know where these items are. =20 =20 Thanks for your responses, I'll summarize for the group if I get a lot of response. Jane Jane Dillon Public Services Manager Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road Carrollton, TX 75006 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:19 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] New Public Libraries Briefcase (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Mahnken, Jennifer, JCL" Subject: New Public Libraries Briefcase Hi everyone, I wanted to make you aware there is a new edition of Public Libraries Briefcase. This publication comes to you courtesy of Pam Morgan, Chicago Public Library, and discusses Finding Company Information. Check it out at www.ala.org/rusa/brass Look under Announcements! Sincerely, Jennifer Mahnken RUSA/BRASS Business Reference in Public Libraries, Chair Adult Program Manager Johnson County Library 9875 W 87 St Overland Park, KS 66212 (913) 495-2466 mahnkenj@jocolibrary.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:23 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Librarian at the DNC (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Diedre Conkling Subject: Librarian at the DNC For some fun reading, and viewing, you might want to visit Jessamyn West's blog, http://librarian.net/dnc/ . She is one of the 35 official bloggers at the Democratic National Convention. Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 Work: diedre@mail.crsn.lib.or.us Home: diedrec@charter.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:26 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Paradigm shift in new building (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Elizabeth Cuckow" Subject: Paradigm shift in new building We are in the process of planning a new central library building, going from a one-story facility with about 33,000 sq ft, to 100,000 sq ft on four floors (three public). We anticipate that this could change pretty much everything about the way we work, how we're organized, who does what, etc. Our paradigm is going to shift! Does anyone have any experience to share in this situation? What questions should we be asking ourselves? It will probably be another three years before we move in to the building, so the crystal ball will be a little fuzzy. Should we make some changes before we move, so that new or reassigned staff will have time to adjust to new or different jobs before moving into a new building, too? Wait to see how things "shake out" in the new space? An example: our materials are currently ordered within divisions (children's books ordered by children's manager, fiction ordered by staff in the circ division (long story), non-fiction ordered by info services manager, all AV ordered by AV specialist, etc.). One possible change would be to consolidate ordering into a collection management position or department. Pros, cons? All help, advice, cautions appreciated. Elizabeth Elizabeth Cuckow Manager, Information Services Laramie County Library System 2800 Central Ave., Cheyenne WY 82001 www.LCLSonline.org 307.634.3561 ext. 141 ecuckow@LCLSonline.org From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:36 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Managing Yourself and Your Employees in a Changing Workplace (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Margaret Van Patten Subject: Managing Yourself and Your Employees in a Changing Workplace The New York Library Association is pleased to present: Managing Yourself and Your Employees in a Changing Workplace September 8, 2004 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Location: Mid-Hudson Library System, Frank VanZanten Auditorium, Poughkeepsie Details & Registration Form - http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141 The workplace has become less stable and predictable. The prospect of guaranteed job security is gone, resources have diminished, and we all have to do more with less. The impact of these developments can often result in a stressful workplace and low employee morale. This training will equip you with strategies to become more flexible and responsive to change and to broaden your work options and those of your staff members. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which is a personality style assessment tool, will be administered as part of the program. It will provide a better understanding of yourself, what you bring to the workplace, and how you can improve teamwork and productivity within your organization by managing individual employees according to their strengths. Target Audience: Those involved in management and supervision. Learning Objectives: Knowledge of strategies for managing change in the workplace / Improved understanding of personality style differences / Improved ability to manage individual employees according to their strengths / Development of strategies for improving teamwork, communication and employee morale Speaker: Elaine Sozzi, Career Counselor, Trainer & Consultant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New York Library Association is delighted to present several NYLA Institutes this fall and others are in the planning stage for 2005. Further details about this programs and other NYLA events can be found on the NYLA web site - www.nyla.org - or by contacting the NYLA office at events@nyla.org or 800-252-6952 x102. Register for these informative and educational programs today! (http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141) Please excuse duplication, this message is being posted to several lists. Feel free to pass this along to interested colleagues. ***************************************************************** Margaret (Meg) Anne 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 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:40 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Ethics in Education - Ethics I (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Margaret Van Patten Subject: Ethics in Education - Ethics I The New York Library Association is pleased to present: Ethics in Education - Ethics I September 29, 2004 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Julia Boyer Reinstein Library, Cheektowaga Details & Registration Form - http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141 This innovative workshop, presented at an introductory level, addresses issues in the education setting such as schools, colleges and universities through the lens of ethics and ethical behavior. Target Audience: Teachers / School Library Media Specialists / School Administrators / School Superintendents / School Board Members / Education Personnel Types of ethical situations in educational settings: Ethics of the school board and its policies / Ethics of the administration and its practices / Ethics of the education staff and its teaching / Ethics of student cheating / Ethics of student bullying / Ethics of student evaluation and advancement / Ethics of working with/without a contract / Ethics of parental involvement in the education of students / Ethics of noticing and revealing abuse Learning Outcomes/Objectives: Learn to identify ethical issues in specific education settings which diminish the learning environment and those which strengthen it. / Gain skills in addressing such issues through ethical analysis, and the development and evaluation of ethical responses. / Practice articulating ethical responses to a variety of audiences and in multiple settings. / Gain an understanding of ways in which you can sustain an ethical community in your schools, colleges, and universities. Speaker: Susan Keitel, Trainer in Ethical Fitness, Institute of Global Ethics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New York Library Association is delighted to present several NYLA Institutes this fall and others are in the planning stage for 2005. Further details about this programs and other NYLA events can be found on the NYLA web site - www.nyla.org - or by contacting the NYLA office at events@nyla.org or 800-252-6952 x102. Register for these informative and educational programs today! (http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141) Please excuse duplication, this message is being posted to several lists. Feel free to pass this along to interested colleagues. ***************************************************************** Margaret (Meg) Anne 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 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Wed Jul 28 19:29:48 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: Information Ethics in Libraries - Ethics I (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:55:52 -0400 From: Margaret Van Patten To: publib@webjunction.org, cnylib-l@clrc.org, ocpl-memb@clrc.org, Elizabeth Burns , libadmin@list.umaryland.edu, gloria.meisel@sunywcc.edu, norm@jacknis.com, randallb@uhls.lib.ny.us, hbright@nhfpl.org, kcreenan@flls.org, bangus@moric.org, jandrew@ithaca.edu, kmiller@rrlc.org, lynchma@nylink.suny.edu, she_adam@sals.edu, lopezdelmora@buffalolib.org, lduncan@mail.nysed.gov, erubin@wallkillcsd.k12.ny.us, ladybugger67@yahoo.com, e.ridler@brooklynpubliclibrary.org, fstoss@acsu.buffalo.edu, cdesch@mail.nysed.gov, sternbhi@buffalostate.edu, jsheviak@cdlc.org Subject: Information Ethics in Libraries - Ethics I The New York Library Association is pleased to present: Information Ethics in Libraries - Ethics I September 30, 2004 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Julia Boyer Reinstein Library, Cheektowaga Details & Registration Form - http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141 This innovative workshop, presented at an introductory level, addresses issues in the public or special library and library system settings through the lens of ethics and ethical behavior. Target Audience: Library Directors / Library System Directors / Library Trustees / Librarians / Friends of Libraries / Administrators / Support Staff Types of ethical situations in libraries and systems: Ethics of meeting room policies / Ethics of accepting gifts / Ethics of making recommendations for employees / Ethics of being a library trustee / Ethics of measuring quality in libraries / Ethics of confidentiality Learning Outcomes/Objectives: Learn to identify ethical issues in specific library settings which diminish the environment and those which strengthen it. / Gain skills in addressing such issues through ethical analysis, and the development and evaluation of ethical responses. / Practice articulating ethical responses to a variety of audiences and in multiple settings. / Gain an understanding of ways in which you can sustain an ethical community in your libraries and systems. Speaker: Susan Keitel, Trainer in Ethical Fitness, Institute of Global Ethics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The New York Library Association is delighted to present several NYLA Institutes this fall and others are in the planning stage for 2005. Further details about this programs and other NYLA events can be found on the NYLA web site - www.nyla.org - or by contacting the NYLA office at events@nyla.org or 800-252-6952 x102. Register for these informative and educational programs today! (http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=141) Please excuse duplication, this message is being posted to several lists. Feel free to pass this along to interested colleagues. ***************************************************************** Margaret (Meg) Anne 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 ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From don.mcmorris at slibrary.org Wed Jul 28 21:24:57 2004 From: don.mcmorris at slibrary.org (Don McMorris) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: Unsolicited Credit Cards, Credit Checks (WAS: Mailing library cards) Message-ID: <200407290124.i6T1Ovw09458@ams004.lax.affinity.com> Kathy (and all other interested parties): First off, I would like to mention that I have not had the opportunity to review the complete thread, as the e-mail functionality of our library is still somewhat under development (Read: very buggy). However, in regards to your concern on receiving unsolicited credit cards in the mail, it is my experience that most are "activation cards" (IE: Not real credit cards). These then instruct you to go to a web site or call a number, and enter the information contained on them. In addition to this, they usually require the typical personal information that you would fill out on an application which you were not "pre-approved". This brings me to another subject. Does anybody happen to have identity theft resources at their libraries? Mainly, I mean tools (other than books) such as subscriptions to credit bureaus to allow patrons to check their credit for little or no cost? Yours truly, --Don McMorris --------------------------------- Donald J McMorris Jr Bancroft Public Library (SALS-SLM) 181 Main St. P.O. Box 515 Salem, NY 12865 (518) 854-7463 www.slibrary.org/staff/don.mcmorris don.mcmorris@slibrary.org --MESSAGE ABOVE IN REPLY TO FOLLOWING-- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:05:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "K. Van Flue" To: publib Subject: Mailing library cards Message-ID: Laurel, I wonder if there would be a backlash--I hate it when I get unsolicited credit cards in the mail, and worry (perhaps needlessly) that if someone intercepted it, could the activate the card and leave me a victim of ID theft. This is probably paranoia, and it may not alarm people to receive the cards in the mail, but you never know. Kathy Van Flue SCPL From sjunie86 at yahoo.com.cn Wed Jul 28 20:18:42 2004 From: sjunie86 at yahoo.com.cn (¿©¿µÃ¶) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:41 2005 Subject: ¡áµ¹·Á¸·Áö ¸»°í ¾ÈÀüÇÑ Ç÷¯½º·ÐÀ¸·Î 36°³¿ùÀå±âºÐÈ°¡Ú r zwdwpzkbb Message-ID: <2l4m8r-4hi61j$u2-$8$$1r69xf@113.3ywx33hn4> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20040729/72425927/attachment.htm From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:36:38 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Re: library newsletters (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Diedre Conkling Subject: Re: library newsletters I have been inspired by Karen and Jessamyn and others. Having read an article or two about blogs, libraries and blogs, etc. decided to finally start a blog for the Lincoln County Library District and another one for the campaign effort to pass a local option tax for the Library District. I know that the blog(s) will not necessarily get to the same audience as a paper newsletter. However, it seemed like it might be a good, easy and inexpensive, alternative for us. And it has the added feature of being able to have new content as quickly as someone (and I am the someone here) can sit down at a computer, pda, cell phone and send in a message. How many of the rest of you are using blogs? What do you find works or doesn't work? Do you have suggestions for those of us new to this form of communication? ------------------ PUBLIB] library newsletters Bruce Flanders (bflanders@lawrence.lib.ks.us) Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:31:54 -0700 (PDT) We are working to redesign our monthly library newsletter, as well as rethink its content and organization. In order to get a better idea of the kinds of design/content issues we should be considering, we would very much like to see other libraries' newsletters. If you could send me a current or recent issue of your library newsletter, I'd be extremely grateful! My address is: Bruce Flanders, Director Lawrence Public Library 707 Vermont Street Lawrence, KS 66044-2371 Thank you for your consideration. Kind regards, Bruce -- Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 Work: diedre@mail.crsn.lib.or.us Home: diedrec@charter.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:36:45 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Penelope Garris" Subject: The Upland Public Library is looking for a Principal Librarian to manage = the library's automation, technical services, and literacy departments. = Upland is a city of 70,000 located approximately 30 miles east of Los = Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains and adjacent to the = Claremont Colleges. For more information see http://www.ci.upland.ca.us/upland_general.htm. = Applications due August 5th! Penny Garris Principal Librarian, Upland Public Library 450 N. Euclid Avenue Upland, CA 91786 909-931-4202 pgarris@ci.upland.ca.us ********************************************************************* Due to deletion of content types excluded from this list by policy, this multipart message was reduced to a single part, and from there to a plain text message. ********************************************************************* From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:36:50 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Meeting Room Policy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Susan Subject: Meeting Room Policy We are in the process of updating and revising our Meeting Room Policy. This is in injunction with moving to a new building with multiple meeting rooms. I have searched the archives on PUBLIB for this topic, and I have not found a current thread of discussion regarding meeting rooms. We would appreciate receiving policies from public libraries that are willing to share their policy statements with us as well as reservation booking forms that users complete in order to sign up for meeting rooms. Thank You, Susan Cook, Librarian Rancho Mirage Public Library 42-520 Bob Hope Drive Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 (760) 341-7323 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:37:19 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Donations to cover a Dewey number?? (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Don McMorris Subject: Donations to cover a Dewey number?? I personally never heard of such a thing. However, a few suggestions come to mind when I think about this. 1) Make it a very specific section. IE: I would not post that "800's are dedicated to Sir. Humorous of Williamsburg"; but instead would say that "The 817's are dedicated to Sir. Humorous of Williamsburg for his generous donation made to the library in July 2004" (Note: If your library is large, segregate it further to something like 817.5) 2) Ensure that no other items are dedicated to anybody (IE: Bookplates). Would you dedicate 1 book to 2 people? Of course, if the donation is large, you could put your humor books (fiction is what I have in mind) in a separate area, mentioning "This area made possible by a generous donation from Sir Humorous of Williamsburg in July 2004". Please let me know what you decide. This is a different idea that we may decide to pursue if you find it successful. --Don --------------------------------- Donald J McMorris Jr Bancroft Public Library 181 Main St. P.O. Box 515 Salem, NY 12865 (518) 854-7463 www.slibrary.org/staff/don.mcmorris don.mcmorris@slibrary.org --THIS MESSAGE IN REPLY TO:-- Phalbe Henriksen (phenriksen@neflin.org) Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:35:00 -0700 (PDT) Folks, Has anyone ever heard of a library naming a Dewey number collection after someone? A comedian who made several films is from this area and I was wondering if I could talk her family into giving us a donation in her memory and name our collections of children's and adult's books of humor after her. Phalbe From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:37:33 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Cool/Useful Audio Search Tool: CampaignSearch.com (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: gary price Subject: Cool/Useful Audio Search Tool: CampaignSearch.com Greetings from DC. This is a very interesting and potentially useful search tool. If nothing else, an example of what will commonplace in the not to distant futute. Perfect for web search demonstrations. I mentioned it recently on our ResourceShelf.com. Name: CampaignSearch.com http://www.campaignsearch.com This search engine allows you to KEYWORD search (technology from StreamSage.com) every word spoken in an expanding database of video/audio from/about the current presidential campaign. Once you're on the results list, click and watch and/or listen online. Material from NPR, C-SPAN, and other sites. The database is created using voice recognition technology. If you would just like to search the C-SPAN portion you can find it at: http://cspan.streamsage.com/ If you like it, you might also want to visit Speechbot. Another demo, same idea, different technology. http://www.speechbot.com cheers, gary p.s. an invite to visit ResourceShelf! We're always talking about these types of tools. http://www.resourceshelf.com -- Gary D. Price, MLIS Librarian Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:37:50 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] RE: Paradigm shift in new building (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Hage" Subject: RE: Paradigm shift in new building We recently moved from 4,400 square feet with a single reference desk to 84,000 square feet and had to realign our service departments. Our building is a two story building so we didn't have to split service quite as much as the Laramie County Library System will have to. We decided to create a department called Popular Materials, which is located on the library's first floor. Pop Mats houses all adult fiction, entertainment AF, large print, low vision technology and popular periodicals (business titles are in the adult non-fiction department). Our second floor houses Children's Services and Adult Non-Fiction. We're pretty happy with the division of services, both in terms of space allocation and orientation for customer access. Folks breeze in the library to browse fiction and AV and they don't have to walk all over the building to get their grab and go items. In terms of selection, librarians in each service area select and order their materials using B&T's Title Source II. I strongly feel that the librarians offering the service in a particular area should do the selection. They know the types of questions they will get and they know the existing collection's strengths and weaknesses. I also feel that only librarians should be doing selection. We order our materials through B&T and they come partially processed. Our tech services staff (non-librarians) copy bib records from either OCLC or other partnering libraries using A39.50 and load the records into our Polaris automation system. The workflow and division of responsibility works well for us. Christine Lind Hage PLA Division Representative to ALA Council Director, Clinton-Macomb Public Library 40900 Romeo Plank Road Clinton Township, MI 48038-2955 USA 586/226-5010 voice 586/226-5008 fax From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:37:54 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Mailing library cards (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Christine Hage" Subject: Mailing library cards The idea of mailing unsolicited library cards out to everyone is interesting, but would be cost prohibitive for us. We use smart cards and they cost $1 each. What we are doing that is gaining in popularity is allowing folks to register for a library card online. They can go to our website http://www.cmpl.org/Library/Cards.htm and fill out the application form. This creates a temporary record so that when they come in all the information is typed into our Polaris system, and we just have to verify it and give them the card. If the folks do not come in the application is dropped from the system (I think in a matter of a month or so). This process of online application saves the customer time in the library, shortens lines in the application area and saves staff typing time as we do not have to key in handwritten application information. We also ask people to use the online application at terminals in our building. We've only been doing it a couple of months, but it seems to be working well for us. Christine Lind Hage PLA Division Representative to ALA Council Director, Clinton-Macomb Public Library 40900 Romeo Plank Road Clinton Township, MI 48038-2955 USA 586/226-5010 voice 586/226-5008 fax From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:38:04 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] YA Magazine Area (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Tracy Luscombe" Subject: YA Magazine Area ----123456789-987654321-abcdefg Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jane Dillon wrote: Has anyone else in similar sized libraries established a = separate Young Adult periodicals display area? At our library we actually have magazines in several areas. Because of the u= nique U-shaped, two-story design of our library (the problems this design ca= uses are another story all together) we actually have children and teens on = a separate floor and separate areas from the adult collections. The children= are downstairs on the East wing. Any magazines for them are in that area. T= he teens are a segment of Fiction downstairs on the West wing. The teen area= isn't a separate room but is an l-shaped corner of that room with bean bag = chairs and a neon sign saying Teens. The magazines that appeal to this age g= roup, such as Teen People, are in this area. All other magazines are upstair= s near reference and the computer lab. In the computer the location is just= as with the books. eg.=22first floor west=22. Sometimes we end up with teen magazines left in the adult area since this is= the common waiting area to get in the computer lab. Someone headed downstai= rs for any reason will just takes it down there, just as they would with a f= iction book. It works well, though we did have a customer recently who compl= ained that one magazine we had in the teen area was =22too mature=22 for her= 12 year old. Tracy E. Luscombe Genealogy Librarian McKinney Public Library tluscombe=40mckinneytexas.org 972-547-7343 ----123456789-987654321-abcdefg Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline The material in this e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that the unauthorized review, use, disclosure, duplication, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return email and destroy all electronic and paper copies of the original message and any attachments immediately. Please note that neither City of McKinney nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). Thank You. ----123456789-987654321-abcdefg-- From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:38:09 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] YA Magazines (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Kate Wolicki" Subject: YA Magazines We did, at one time, have a separate YA magazine section in our YA area. The YA area is not easily seen and we found our magazines got pretty trashed most of the time. Now the few YA magazines we still have are in our periodicals area and aren't used as much as they were in the YA area, although they do last longer. I am hoping, with a new budget year, to get a few new YA mag subscriptions for our YA area. I would suggest doubled copies of the magazines you think teens & adults might want to read after the current issue - one copy in periodicals, one copy in YA. That way, the destruction of one copy isn't too big a deal. Magazines that are solely of current YA interest (fashion mags, entertainment mags, sports mags) should last for the month before they get wrecked. On the other hand, if your YA areas are fairly supervised or at least visible from a service desk, destruction might not be a problem. You could put signs in your Adult collection where the YA mags used to be, directing patrons to the YA area. We use big signs that stick to the shelf right where the magazine would sit, alphabetically. As for the catalog, could you use the same location code as is used for the other YA materials in those areas? Then it wouldn't be a new code, and it would be a familiar location to pages and patrons. Topic No. 9 Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:29:13 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jane Dillon" To: publib Message-ID: Has anyone else in similar sized libraries established a separate Young Adult periodicals display area? From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:38:15 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Lori Bell Subject: Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content http://www.mitbc.org/audioebook/index.html Are you interested in the following: Delivering digital audio and video to your patrons via the Internet? Where to get digital audiobooks? Different handheld players available for ebooks and audiobooks? Where NLS is going with their digital audiobook program? Various ebook management software packages? If you answered yes to one of these, you need to put Friday, October 29 on your calendar! Join us at the Alliance Library System at 600 High Point Lane in East Peoria for a fun, exciting, and informative day! The Alliance Library System and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center are pleased to announce an exciting event - "Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content." Join us as we explore where the library field has been and where it is going in the area of audiobooks for everyone - adults, children, the visually impaired, the learning disabled, and more. Experts will share the latest in web-based ebook management systems, handheld players, and collaborative projects. Key-note speakers include: Tom Peters of TAP Information Systems, Steve Potash, CEO of Overdrive, Inc., Jenny Levine, "the Shifted Librarian",Suburban Library System, and Judy Dixon from NLS. Other speakers include Jane Chamberlain, Adult Services Manager at Bloomington Public Library, Sharon Ruda, Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service, and Diana Sussman of Southern Illinois Talking Book Center. There will also be time for exhibits and ideas! Cost: $25.00 which covers lunch. Registration deadline is October 1, 2004. Send payment to Ann Schaller, Alliance Library System, 515 York Street, Quincy, IL 62301. Make checks payable to Alliance Library System or Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center. If the $25.00 is a hardship, scholarships are available. Contact Lori Bell, 1-800-426-0709, ext. 2128 for more information. From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:38:30 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Meeting Room Policy (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Susan Subject: Meeting Room Policy We are in the process of updating and revising our Meeting Room Policy. This is in conjunction with moving to a new building with multiple meeting rooms. I have searched the archives on PUBLIB for this topic, and I have not found a current thread of discussion regarding meeting rooms. We would appreciate receiving policies from public libraries that are willing to share their policy statements with us as well as reservation booking forms that users complete in order to sign up for meeting rooms. Thanks!! Susan Cook, Librarian Rancho Mirage Public Library 42-520 Bob Hope Drive Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 (760)341-7323 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:38:36 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Interfiling J Non Fiction with Adult Non Fiction (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Frances Harrison" Subject: Interfiling J Non Fiction with Adult Non Fiction I have followed earlier conversations regarding YA non fiction and interfiling, but have not seen postings regarding J non fiction and interfiling with adult non fiction. For those libraries that have done so, I would like to know the response of the staff and the public to arranging the collection this way, and perhaps the rationale of why is was set up this way. Thanks. Fran Harrison Mahopac Public Library From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:39:21 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Perplexed Librarian, Part one (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Gerald Ward" Subject: Perplexed Librarian, Part one July 29, 2004 I am perplexed and need help understanding what is happening. Are the duties and responsibilities of the Public Librarian changing? Are there systems implementing changes in how professionals and para-professionals do their jobs? I have worked for over 15 years at a Large Public Library system in Sacramento California. Our Management is implementing a series of changes, without explaining those changes, that have many of my colleagues and me concerned. It appears we are moving away from a not-for-profit, patron-service oriented library to a for-profit, customer-product retail-outlet model. Actually, the evidence suggests the library is becoming a not-for-profit, customer-product based retail outlet, in effect moving away from a patron-service oriented library without gaining anything tangible. In essence, Management wants to turn the public library into a large, chain bookstore. There has been a progression of events implemented and suggested which lend credence to the above statements. I will give you the first of these implemented changes and follow at a later time with the others. Our collection development policy (how titles are selected for each of the branches and the main library) has been radically changed. Previously, people at each branch selected for their branch and community. The main library assigned selection responsibilities to subject specialists who enhanced and maintained its collection. In this way the collections grew according to the subjective experiences of those who worked with the collection and the people who used the collection. (I regularly spoke with the people who used the collection I was responsible for gaining a serious understanding of what they wanted and needed.) Earlier this year, the system shifted to a cluster of small selection teams comprising professionals and para-professional library workers. These teams select titles for all the branches and the main library according to loosely defined and vague community profiles. Someone who works at a small branch, in a distant community, is selecting materials for large community sized branches and the main library. Likewise, people at the large main library are selecting materials for the small, outlying branches. People who do not know the Library, the collection of the Library, or the people who use the Library are selecting materials for the Library. We are moving toward centralized buying, exactly like that used in large, retail chain book stores. Is this movement happening in other Library systems? Is this a good way for Libraries to operate? Do I not understand the dynamic of how Libraries are going to have to operate because of budget constraints and the effects of the Internet? Are there questions I am not considering? Gerald F. Ward SPLibrarian@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:39:33 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] ALA's Report on Library Funding in the United States (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Don Wood" Subject: ALA's Report on Library Funding in the United States ALA's Report on Library Funding in the United States http://www.ala.org/ala/news/libraryfunding/libraryfunding.htm "America's libraries are an important part of the community. More than 106,000 public, academic, and school libraries serve Americans nationwide. They are diverse and changing places, which open doors of opportunity and provide equal access to information. People of all ages and background benefit from the expert guidance of librarians @ your library." From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:39:38 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] (Fwd) [MELIBS-L] Invitation to Maine's CSLP Bulletin Board (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: melora@prexar.com Subject: (Fwd) [MELIBS-L] Invitation to Maine's CSLP Bulletin Board --- Forwarded mail from "Norman, Melora" I'd like to invite libraries to post what they're doing on a new public bulletin board just for summer reading! Here it is: http://www.informe.org/vbull/ Scroll down to Maine State Library Summer Reading. Anyone is welcome, anyone who wants to share or read about summer reading can join. Bulletin boards are great because you can browse, pick what you want to read, ignore the rest--and best of all, nothing has to be downloaded on your computer! Enjoy, hope to see you there. Melora Melora Ranney Norman, outreach coordinator Maine State Library LMA Cultural Bldg., SHS 64 Augusta, ME 04333 melora.norman@maine.gov (207) 287-5653 www.maine.gov/msl/outreach You CAN get there from here . . . @your library --- End of forwarded mail from "Norman, Melora" From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:39:43 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] CybraryN and Clean Slate question (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: Jessica Van Buren Subject: CybraryN and Clean Slate question The Alaska Court System is experimenting with unattended public workstations in remote court locations. We selected CybraryN as our shell and Clean Slate to wipe the drives between users. Unfortunately, the printer will intermittently and inexplicably disappear, and our tech people are at a loss to explain what is happening. Has anyone else experienced this? Did you find a successful solution? If so, our non-techie project manager Katherine Alteneder would like to speak with you. Katherine would also like to hear from contented CybraryN + Clean Slate users. Please contact her directly at kalteneder@courts.state.ak.us. Thanks in advance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessica Van Buren || Public Services Librarian Alaska State Court Law Library 303 K Street, Anchorage AK 99501 907-264-0590 || 907-264-0733 (fax) From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:40:28 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: MPAA rating for VDs/Videos (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:35:57 -0400 From: Paula Alston To: plib2@webjunction.org Subject: MPAA rating for VDs/Videos We are considering marking our DVDs and videos with the MPAA movie rating (using the Demco stickers). The concern is the R-rated movies more so than the GP-13 or GP's. Does anyone else do this? I could use your feedback as we grapple with this. I am also interested if you restrict children under 17 from checking out R-rated items. I understand the MPAA system is on a voluntary basis, with no legal ramifications. Thanks. Paula K. Alston, Assistant Director Chesapeake Public Library System Chesapeake, VA 23322 (757) 382-6579 From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:40:46 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Auto Service Manuals Weeding (fwd) Message-ID: Sender: "Esther Jiran" Subject: Auto Service Manuals Weeding Hi, What weeding criteria do you use for auto service manuals? Esther L. Jiran Reference Librarian Fremont Area District Library 104 E. Main Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 928-0256 ejiran@fremontlibrary.net http://www.fremontlibrary.net From plib2 at webjunction.org Fri Jul 30 22:40:52 2004 From: plib2 at webjunction.org (PUBLIB) Date: Wed May 18 10:49:42 2005 Subject: [PUBLIB] Breaking News, July 30 American Libraries Online (fwd) Mess