From bosc at gvsu.edu Mon May 1 00:47:02 2006 From: bosc at gvsu.edu (Carole Bos) Date: Mon May 1 00:47:04 2006 Subject: [Publib] United 93 with Primary Sources and Childrens' Response Message-ID: "United 93," a new film about passengers who prevented September 11 hijackers from using a plane to damage or destroy a Washington building, was released on Friday. Family members of the victims cooperated with the film's producers. With primary sources, including the flight's recordings, news videos (from the BBC) and the official 9-11 Commission Report, students can learn what actually happened aboard the flight as passengers thwarted the hijacker's objectives. Also featured, in chapter 12, is the response of American children to the events of September 11. Their art work is now part of the U.S. national archives. http://www.awesomestories.com/disasters/america_attacked/america_attacked_ch1.htm The website http://www.awesomestories.com/ is free for all educators, schools and libraries. Simply request an academic membership with this sign-up form. http://www.awesomestories.com/group_signup.php Carole Bos Grand Valley State University Dean's Advisory Board From nbhilyard at zblibrary.org Mon May 1 09:23:20 2006 From: nbhilyard at zblibrary.org (Nann Blaine Hilyard) Date: Mon May 1 09:23:24 2006 Subject: [Publib] NYPL Salary Message-ID: <9191C938D9F9504388C55F1225A34F7912081D@ZBPLSRV04.zblibrary.local> Seems to me that you could find out easily by calling the NYPL human resources office. It's public information. Nann @the library in Zion, Illinois ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leah Habersham Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:26 PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] NYPL Salary Does anyone know the starting salary for a public Librarian I with the NYPL? I'm interested in finding out... I looked on salary.com, but I think this is wrong... I always thought NYC librarians made less than Nassau County librarians. ________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/e88663f6/attachment.htm From jneff at olatheks.org Mon May 1 10:10:06 2006 From: jneff at olatheks.org (Joshua Neff) Date: Mon May 1 10:10:29 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship In-Reply-To: <20060429052934.42952.qmail@web34604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <004d01c66d28$fdbf9b30$3202a8c0@olathe.lib.ks.us> Short answer: Rupert Giles, from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the author Jorge Luis Borges. Long answer: I grew up using public libraries. There were particular books I loved that I never saw in bookstores but found in public libraries all over the US (my family moved a lot). But I never thought, "I want to be a librarian when I grow up." When I was an undergrad, I got a job at the checkout desk of my university library. I worked there for 4 years, outlasting two supervisors. I later worked at various public libraries. But it wasn't until I my last paraprofessional public library job, when I was wondering "What will I do with my life with a BA in English?" that it dawned on me to go to grad school and get my MLS. I love working in libraries, so... So, there you go. --Joshua M. Neff Indian Creek Branch Olathe Public Library _____ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leah Habersham Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:30 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? _____ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/8dce1ea8/attachment.htm From lesleyk at rpl.lib.ar.us Mon May 1 10:51:50 2006 From: lesleyk at rpl.lib.ar.us (Lesleyk) Date: Mon May 1 10:48:42 2006 Subject: [Publib] FW: Online Petition: LC's abandonment of SAR creation In-Reply-To: <20060429160005.37B96189AE6@lists.webjunction.org> References: <20060429160005.37B96189AE6@lists.webjunction.org> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.0.20060501094850.0192b708@wheresmymailserver.com> In all honesty, our catalogers' response to the news was "Good!" We always end up deleting LC series entries and create our own, based on what the patrons actually request. We generally use authors websites, book covers, and popular resources like Amazon to create series tracers -- and do lots of X-refs. Lesley Knieriem Readers Advisory Rogers Public Library Rogers AR From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Mon May 1 10:48:12 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Mon May 1 10:50:31 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Message-ID: 1. Collection Development/Selection which has all but been taken away by centralized selection. 2. Answering cool reference questions - again - gone with the Internet - now we just get goofy questions. 3. Intellectual Freedom. I guess I don't have to worry about that going away! Lise Chlebanowski Avondale Public Library Avondale, AZ ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org on behalf of Leah Habersham Sent: Fri 4/28/2006 10:29 PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? ________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. From rbronson at hrl.lib.state.va.us Mon May 1 11:11:25 2006 From: rbronson at hrl.lib.state.va.us (Rebecca Bronson) Date: Mon May 1 11:08:32 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why librarianship Message-ID: <004601c66d31$848d84d0$1304a8c0@hrlblstaff19> It truly is the last refuge for the renaissance person; it helps to know a little bit about a lot of topics (I do--I think :)). Hand in hand with that, you never look up the same thing twice in two days (unless there's a school project), so I'm never bored at work. The biggest reason I'm in this job, tho, is because it allows me to be a part of something in the community that matters. The library is one of the great societal equalizers. We provide access to those without; we are often the service providers of last resort. See: the recent thread on services to the homeless. Here's an example from our library just last week: I was on the desk and a woman came up and said that she had just left her husband and he had locked her out. She had no phone, no computer, no way to get in touch with her family. She didn't have a library card, nor did she have ID on her to get one. We put her on one of our computers as a guest, where she could contact her family and friends and let them know that she was ok and on her way to a shelter. I also got her the number for our local crisis hotline for further services. She was deeply grateful, and if we hadn't been here, I'm not sure what she would have done. Rebecca Bronson Reference Librarian Handley Regional Library P.O. Box 1300 Stephens City, VA 22655 540-869-9000 (voice) 540-869-9001 (fax) www.hrl.lib.state.va.us From lsmith at pittsfield.lib.me.us Mon May 1 11:14:05 2006 From: lsmith at pittsfield.lib.me.us (Lyn Smith) Date: Mon May 1 11:14:25 2006 Subject: [Publib] Donor categories Message-ID: <4455ED7D.21459.917240@lsmith.pittsfield.lib.me.us> Here are two lists I have colleted, but have not used. Lyn Smith Pittsfield Public Library, Maine Donor categories Letter 5-99 Word 100-249 Sentence 250-499 Paragraph 500-999 Page 1000-2,499 Chapter 2,500-4,999 Book 5,000-9,999 Volume 10,000-24,999 Set 15,000-24,999 Genre 25,000-+ Donor Categories Rare Books First Editions Classics Award Winners Best Sellers All-time Favorites -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/71a9d20c/attachment.htm From edward_elsner at lycos.com Mon May 1 11:28:36 2006 From: edward_elsner at lycos.com (Edward Elsner) Date: Mon May 1 11:28:53 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Barcode placement on materials Message-ID: <20060501152836.EC7E7CA0BB@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> We have moved to placing the barcode on the front of all our books, usually in the top left corner. Once we had Wifi and laptops with scanners for our inventory, we noticed it was much, much easier (factor of a hundred) to simply tilt out the paperbacks we'd been barcoding on the front and scan them. I found I could do a whole shelf of paperbacks in the time it took to do a handful of hardcovers with barcodes inside the front cover. With covers being highly graphic in nature, usually with one piece of artwork for the whole front, we've never found ourselves unable to place a barcode somewhere on the front of the book. Edward Elsner, Director & Consultant Delton District Library P.O. Box 155 Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-8040 ddl@mei.net -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 From a.lewis at saginawlibrary.org Mon May 1 12:04:16 2006 From: a.lewis at saginawlibrary.org (Audrey Lewis) Date: Mon May 1 12:08:20 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship In-Reply-To: <20060429052934.42952.qmail@web34604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060429052934.42952.qmail@web34604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4455F942.BF3B.008D.0@saginawlibrary.org> The fact that I have always enjoyed reading, the library atmosphere etc. When I was a child, the librarians at my branch library were very helpful and kind to me and "spoiled" me a lot....saving the newest Black Stallion book, recommending things to me, having little chats about books with me whenever I came in. I thought "how wonderful to be in a place where you could do this all day...learn about books and share it and take care of the books". Also, when I became disenchanted with practice teaching in college, an English professor at my college suggested librarianship and I remembered my early ambitions to join their hallowed ranks!! You may have deduced from this that I am a Geezer Librarian. When I entered library school, computers where huge things that took up entire rooms! LOL Audrey Lewis Audrey Lewis Director Hoyt Library 505 Janes Street Saginaw, MI 48607 989-755-0904 >>> Leah Habersham 4/29/2006 1:29 am >>> Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. 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I did absolutely love public libraries when I was a kid because I had the feeling that every idea in the world was in the library, and no-one could stop you from finding out about them. (Growing up in a conservative household, that was an exciting freedom.) I'm trying hard to create a library that I would have enjoyed as a kid -- a welcoming place where a person's inquisitive spirit is treated with respect. And, not incidentally, it is important to me that my job allows "service" to be part of my daily life. Anne Killheffer Reference Librarian Stratford Library Association 2203 Main St., Stratford, CT 06615 203-385-4164 anne@stratford.lib.ct.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/02702ab6/attachment.htm From PKiesner at cob.org Mon May 1 13:43:38 2006 From: PKiesner at cob.org (PKiesner@cob.org) Date: Mon May 1 13:47:39 2006 Subject: [Publib] Position opening - Bellingham, WA Message-ID: Head of Information and Reader Services, Bellingham Public Library, Bellingham, Washington DESCRIPTION: Due to a recent retirement, the Bellingham Public Library, located in beautiful Bellingham, Washington, is seeking an experienced librarian for this leadership role. The Head of Information and Reader Services plans and directs the development and implementation of information and reader services, and is responsible for Collection Development. Responsibilities include: directing the delivery of adult reference and information services; readers? advisory; making recommendations regarding budget, policy, services and personnel matters; and, serving as a member of the management team. REQUIREMENTS: - ALA accredited Masters Degree of Library or Information Science and Washington State Certification as librarian (at time of hire). - 3 years of progressively responsible professional library experience. - 3 years of customer service experience. - 2 years of supervisory experience. - 2 years of experience in collection development and readers? advisory. - Public library experience preferred. BENEFITS: Bellingham Public Library offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents, plus life insurance and long-term disability insurance for employees and an employee assistance program. Our benefits package includes 22 days of paid vacation to start, 12 paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave. Employees participate in the Washington State Retirement System. Additional benefit programs include the option to participate in a flexible spending plan for health care/dependent care, a retirement health savings plan, and deferred compensation plans. TO APPLY: Obtain application materials, information about Bellingham Public Library, and more from the employment page of the City of Bellingham?s website: www.cob.org/cob/jobpost.nsf or call 360-676-6855, ext. 599. Submit the following: - A completed City of Bellingham application form - Cover letter and resume - Narrative description of your three or four major career accomplishments and your role in achieving them. (Omission of this narrative, separate from the resume and cover letter, will reduce the credit awarded for experience.) For earliest consideration, apply by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2006. For additional information regarding this position, please contact: Lorna Klemanski, Human Resources Analyst 360-676-6960 lklemanski@cob.org Or: Pamela Nyberg Kiesner, Director Bellingham Public Library 210 Central Avenue CS-9710 Bellingham, WA 98227-9710 Phone: (360) 676-7794 x.221 Fax: (360) 647-6371 http://www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org Bellingham Public Library is the...Power of Information...Discovery of Ideas...Joy of Reading! From MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org Mon May 1 13:52:10 2006 From: MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org (Mary J. Soucie) Date: Mon May 1 13:53:05 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Message-ID: <35A3685E8502B5428734A99EDA6E5E5120D32D@server.wilmingtonlibrary.org> Nice thread. I always wanted to be a teacher and then a librarian. When other kids were playing school, I was playing school and library. :-) I never wanted to be a director but here I am and here I'll stay- at least for now. Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leah Habersham Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:30 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? _____ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/a06fc7cc/attachment.htm From MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org Mon May 1 13:56:29 2006 From: MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org (Mary J. Soucie) Date: Mon May 1 13:57:21 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Message-ID: <35A3685E8502B5428734A99EDA6E5E5120D32E@server.wilmingtonlibrary.org> P.S. My mom was a reference librarian and when I was a kid, I practically lived at the library. I did my first Storytime at 18 as a volunteer at the library I grew up in. As a joke I often say I became a librarian because I couldn't afford the fines anymore. LOL Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mary J. Soucie Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 12:52 PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Publib] Why Librarianship Nice thread. I always wanted to be a teacher and then a librarian. When other kids were playing school, I was playing school and library. :-) I never wanted to be a director but here I am and here I'll stay- at least for now. Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leah Habersham Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:30 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? _____ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/fdcb0e6a/attachment.htm From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Mon May 1 13:59:40 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Mon May 1 13:59:45 2006 Subject: [Publib] Administrative Librarians (was Why Librarianship) Message-ID: I didn't want to be a director/library manager either and I hear that so much from other colleagues. I wonder what the ratio is of those who really had administrative goals all along and those of us who fell into it by accident! Lis? Chlebanowski Library Manager Avondale Public Library 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 623-478-3105 ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mary J. Soucie Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:52 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Publib] Why Librarianship Nice thread. I always wanted to be a teacher and then a librarian. When other kids were playing school, I was playing school and library. :-) I never wanted to be a director but here I am and here I'll stay- at least for now. Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leah Habersham Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:30 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? ________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ehlers mehlers@grpl.org Grand Rapids Public Library 111 Library St., Grand Rapids, MI 49503 T: 616/988-5402 x5460 F: 616/988-5422 __________ "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" -- Jabberwocky From VStark at quincylibrary.org Mon May 1 14:59:21 2006 From: VStark at quincylibrary.org (Val Stark) Date: Mon May 1 14:59:27 2006 Subject: [Publib] Vendor at PLA Message-ID: <16D15A13085A9548BFFCEFD9244CCA820C5BCA@COQ_EXCHANGE.ci.quincy.il.us> I am hoping the collective brain can help me. I was at PLA in Boston. There was a vendor displaying DVD security cases. They were basically indestructible and "locked." Does anyone remember this? Can anyone tell me who the vendor is? They seemed to be a newer supplier and not one of the big names. I have gone through the PLA program and looked through all the exhibitors and nothing seems to click. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any help! 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Jessica MacLeod Secretary to the LBOT Floral Park Public Library Floral Park, NY --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1?/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/5601c05b/attachment.htm From lgot at loc.gov Mon May 1 16:49:09 2006 From: lgot at loc.gov (Laura Gottesman) Date: Mon May 1 16:49:17 2006 Subject: [Publib] LC: Prints and Photographs Division: Archive of One of America's Earliest News Picture Agencies Now Online! Message-ID: Posted on behalf of a colleague: The Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs Division is pleased to announce that all the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news photograph collection (nearly 40,000 glass negatives in all) have now been digitized and are available for searching in the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog. The collection, which represents the archive of one of America's earliest news picture agencies, features an array of personalities, news events, sports coverage, and sites, particularly in New York City, for the period 1900-1931. More information about the collection is available at: < http://memory.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html > The Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) < http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html > provides access through group or item records to about 65% of the Division's holdings, a portion of which are accompanied by digital images. The records represent the variety of materials held in the nearly 14 million items in the Division's collections. In addition to photographs, these include fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. The collections are international in scope and are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people. Other collections that have recently become available in PPOC include: -World War I Posters: All of the posters are now cataloged online with accompanying digital images. The nearly 1,900 posters feature strong representation of U.S., Canadian, British, German, and French posters. To search and view the posters, go to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog , select the blue button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and then scroll down the alphabetical list of collections and select "Posters: World War I Posters." -Photographs from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive: The Archive features photographs of landmark buildings and architectural renovation projects in Washington, D.C., and throughout the United States. Other photo assignments show President Ronald Reagan meeting with Republican Senatorial candidates, as well as historic sites in Lexington, Virginia. The first 23 groups of photographs contain more than 2,500 images and date from 1980 to 2005, with many views in color as well as black-and-white. The archive is expected to grow to more than 50,000 photographs covering all of the United States. More information about the collection is available at: < http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/highsmhtml/highsmabt.html -Vaudeville and Motion Picture Theater Drawings by Anthony Dumas: A collection of more than 250 pen and ink drawings of theater facades from across the United States can now be retrieved in PPOC. Dumas created these theater "portraits" at a time of transition (1916-1934), when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and '30's. In addition to documenting the theater architecture in some detail, marquee text often names vaudeville performers and film titles and stars. To search and view the drawings, go to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog , select the blue button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and in the search box, type "Anthony Dumas" -LOT (Group) Catalog Cards Converted: Old card catalog descriptions for almost 12,000 groups of pictures containing more than 1.5 million photographs and prints are now available as brief online records in a set called "Groups of Images in High Demand." To search these records, go to the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog , select the blue button labeled: "Search the Catalog," and then scroll down the alphabetical list and select "Groups of Images in High Demand." Rely on keyword searching for best results and use the "Check for online items from this group" link to see if any images from the group display online. For information on new collections and recent and upcoming activities in the Prints and Photographs Division, see the division's "What's New" page . For questions about the Prints and Photographs Online Catalog or the holdings and services of the Prints and Photographs Division, consult our Ask a Librarian service: . >>>>> Laura Gottesman Digital Reference Team The Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html From weissman at main.morris.org Mon May 1 16:50:32 2006 From: weissman at main.morris.org (Sara Weissman) Date: Mon May 1 16:50:31 2006 Subject: [Publib] NISO webinars Message-ID: <36075.192.168.54.254.1146516632.squirrel@192.168.54.254> Register now for two NISO-sponsored SUSHI Webinars The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) is a NISO working group that is developing an automated request and response protocol for moving Project COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) Code of Practice usage statistics from providers to library electronic repositories. SUSHI will help libraries make better decisions by reducing the administrative overhead of using Project COUNTER statistics. Project COUNTER was launched in 2002 to help librarians and publishers in the recording and exchange of usage statistics for electronic resources, initially journals and databases. By following COUNTER's Code of Practice, vendors can provide library customers with Excel or CSV (comma delimited) files of usage data using COUNTER's standardized formats and data elements. The result is a consistent, credible, and compatible set of usage data from multiple content providers. These events are ** free to 100 registrants ** through the generous sponsorship of : EBSCO Information Services Ex Libris Serials Solutions Swets Information Services Thomson Scientific May 17, 2006 - 11-12:00 EDT Introduction to Librarians and Content Providers May 24, 2006 - 11-12:00 EDTThe Technology Unveiled Please register by May 10 for the first webinar and May 17 for the second. Registration: http://niso.webex.com Please note: Maximum registration accepted for the first two events is 100. Cynthia Hodgson National Information Standards Organization Email: chodgson@niso.org Phone: 301-654-2512 From MMorris at daytonmetrolibrary.org Mon May 1 17:26:20 2006 From: MMorris at daytonmetrolibrary.org (Mimi Morris) Date: Mon May 1 17:26:23 2006 Subject: [Publib] private funding for public libraries Message-ID: <7898A79C279DB84281A9B3CEEDBA48F7016432D1@mail.DMCPL.local> Hello, Jessica, I don't think anyone objects to the possibility of private funds! However, I do have serious concerns about abdicating our advocacy for the public support of public libraries. There are few government institutions so egalitarian, so community focused and so constituent based as a community or neighborhood library. Public libraries support schools, support business development, support a literate and informed society. Government funding gives us the best chance of providing service to ALL of our citizens, regardless of demographic or economic differences. Once we embrace a private funding model, we are only one more "charity", fighting for the limited funds of a population who will pour funds into the disaster of the moment without real thought of maintaining stability for local needs. Once we are a charity, our affluent communities will probably have great libraries, while lesser-endowed communities will be second class citizens in an information-dependent world. Library cooperation will decline, because poorer communities will not be able to pull their weight in a consortium environment. That said, I do think we have to take every opportunity to enhance our public funding with funding from grants, gifts and partnerships. Our Director has said that outside funding can provide the "sizzle" of extras not available through our state and local budgets. I think he's right. Outside funding from LSTA and private foundations paid for 2/3 of our new children's bookmobile, and I am profoundly grateful. It is a magnificent tool that is reaching at-risk preschoolers in new ways. Our public funding pays for the staff, collection and maintenance-and we cannot expect ongoing gifts for those expenses. We can hope that our visible success with the bookmobile can lead to funding for more special projects, enhanced collections, and exciting programs that complement all the other services we provide. These opinions are totally my own, and not those of my library... Mimi Morris Assistant Director for Branch and Extension Services Dayton Metro Library 215 E. Third Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 937-227-9536 mmorris@daytonmetrolibrary.org ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of jess macleod Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:36 PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] private funding for public libraries I have been doing some research regarding the funding situation for public libraries. The government tax dollars are decreasing, leaving the public library with little to no option. I read that Ferguson Library in CT leases space to Starbucks for $45,000/yr. Is anyone looking at alternative funding sources, or does anyone have any objections to the possibility of private funds? Jessica MacLeod Secretary to the LBOT Floral Park Public Library Floral Park, NY ________________________________ Blab-away for as little as 1?/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/851b5710/attachment.htm From libraryanna at msn.com Mon May 1 18:06:10 2006 From: libraryanna at msn.com (Judy A) Date: Mon May 1 18:06:17 2006 Subject: [Publib] private funding for public libraries In-Reply-To: <20060501203549.60032.qmail@web37810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: My big concern would be the private company/corporation dictating what materials the library can have. For example, if a library had a book that was anti-Starbucks, would they ask that it be removed? They could use the threat of pulling out if the library doesn't comply. Then you instantly lose that money. There's also the sense of the public that the library is supporting that organization by letting it have the contract. Was the Starbucks put out to bid? And some folks would be concerned about a corporation being involved rather than a local business having the contract. I'm just suggesting objections a community might have to such an arrangement. Judy Anderson Oregon The perfect gift for the librarian or library student on your list! Visible and Vocal Librarian http://www.cafepress.com/vavlibrarian >From: jess macleod > > >I have been doing some research regarding the funding situation for public >libraries. The government tax dollars are decreasing, leaving the public >library with little to no option. I read that Ferguson Library in CT leases >space to Starbucks for $45,000/yr. Is anyone looking at alternative funding >sources, or does anyone have any objections to the possibility of private >funds? > > Jessica MacLeod > Secretary to the LBOT > Floral Park Public Library > Floral Park, NY > > _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ From MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org Mon May 1 20:29:29 2006 From: MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org (Mary J. Soucie) Date: Mon May 1 20:30:33 2006 Subject: [Publib] Free Xerox Copier offer Message-ID: <35A3685E8502B5428734A99EDA6E5E5120D351@server.wilmingtonlibrary.org> Hi all, Please excuse any cross-posting. I received an email from Xerox about a program to receive a free color copier. It looks like you have to pay a monthly service fee but don't pay for the copier and after certain period (I think it was 3 years) you own the copier outright. Has anyone seen or participated in this offer? What has your experience been? TIA for any info you can share, Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/acbaf17d/attachment.htm From MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org Mon May 1 20:31:33 2006 From: MJSoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org (Mary J. Soucie) Date: Mon May 1 20:32:30 2006 Subject: [Publib] Leasing plans Message-ID: <35A3685E8502B5428734A99EDA6E5E5120D352@server.wilmingtonlibrary.org> Hi all, Excuse any cross-posting please. We are considering a leasing program from McNaughton to supplement our best sellers collection. I'm looking for feedback from anyone who is leasing books, from McNaughton or another vendor. Are you happy with the program? Does it work well to supplement best sellers in this way? Any feedback or thoughts will be appreciated. Thank you, Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060501/0113a114/attachment.htm From diedrec at charter.net Mon May 1 21:22:32 2006 From: diedrec at charter.net (Diedre Conkling) Date: Mon May 1 21:22:36 2006 Subject: [Publib] Free Xerox Copier offer Message-ID: <11120213.1146532952962.JavaMail.root@fepweb04> I know absolutely nothing about this program but I am commenting anyway. ;-) One of the reasons we lease our copier is so that we don't ever have to own it. When the lease is up we get a new lease on a new copier with even better bells and whistles. This means we always have a good copier. So, even if it really is semi-free you probably need to decide if owning a copier is best for your situation or not as one aspect in considering the offer. -- Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 http://lcld.library-blogs.net/ Work: diedre@beachbooks.org Home: diedrec@charter.net ---- "Mary J. Soucie" wrote: ============= Hi all, Please excuse any cross-posting. I received an email from Xerox about a program to receive a free color copier. It looks like you have to pay a monthly service fee but don't pay for the copier and after certain period (I think it was 3 years) you own the copier outright. Has anyone seen or participated in this offer? What has your experience been? TIA for any info you can share, Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org From overduebks at yahoo.com Tue May 2 07:08:48 2006 From: overduebks at yahoo.com (jess macleod) Date: Tue May 2 07:08:52 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy Message-ID: <20060502110848.42600.qmail@web37807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this age of information explosion? Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. Jessica MacLeod Floral Park Public Library --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger?s low PC-to-Phone call rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/6b61a4bf/attachment.htm From smithaa at oplin.org Tue May 2 08:09:05 2006 From: smithaa at oplin.org (smithaa@oplin.org) Date: Tue May 2 08:09:10 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy In-Reply-To: <20060502110848.42600.qmail@web37807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060502110848.42600.qmail@web37807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <18811.192.168.10.1.1146571745.squirrel@mail.oplin.org> Jessica, et al. - Having worked in academic and public contexts, my sense is that bibliographic instruction is fundamental to both. The idea of developing an information literacy standard, however, varies substantively. Bibliographic instruction in a public library is frequently one-on-one; the breadth of the public library service community and user base is such that baseline skills vary greatly. For libraries and library systems that serve radically different socioeconomic groups, it is very difficult to instruct users with such disparate educational backgrounds. In the academic context, the standard expectations that go with preliminary academic accomplishments (high school diploma, associates, B.A., etc.) offer a much more level baseline of user capabilities. In this context, more formal bibliographic instruction may be offered, and is indeed more commonplace, even expected. Because of the diversity in most public library contexts, I do think the idea of group bibliographic instruction is often overlooked as a possibility. Workloads and personality styles also preclude some reference staff from offering instruction one-on-one. This is a loss for library users, and also for the library itself, for whom automated information retrieval threatens the potential for community relationships. So, instruction still happens; but standards are much harder to define, for both users and staff. Regards, Aaron Smith Cataloging/Reference Services Clermont County Public Library, Ohio smithaa@oplin.org > I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic > libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. > Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron > and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this > age of information explosion? > Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and > follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does > anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are > public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my > naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. > > Jessica MacLeod > Floral Park Public Library From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Tue May 2 09:45:45 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Tue May 2 09:49:09 2006 Subject: [Publib] Free Xerox Copier offer Message-ID: I agree that owning an outdated worn out copier after 3 years, doesn't sound like much of a deal, plus an service contract would be expensive on that old a machine. We are trying to find someone who will put a vending copier in our library, like grocery stores have. We have found one vendor, but they don't currently have any units available. Comments concerning experiences with these vending copiers would be appreciated. Lise Chlebanowski Avondale Public Library Avondale, AZ ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org on behalf of Diedre Conkling Sent: Mon 5/1/2006 6:22 PM To: PUBLIB Subject: Re: [Publib] Free Xerox Copier offer I know absolutely nothing about this program but I am commenting anyway. ;-) One of the reasons we lease our copier is so that we don't ever have to own it. When the lease is up we get a new lease on a new copier with even better bells and whistles. This means we always have a good copier. So, even if it really is semi-free you probably need to decide if owning a copier is best for your situation or not as one aspect in considering the offer. -- Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 http://lcld.library-blogs.net/ Work: diedre@beachbooks.org Home: diedrec@charter.net ---- "Mary J. Soucie" wrote: ============= Hi all, Please excuse any cross-posting. I received an email from Xerox about a program to receive a free color copier. It looks like you have to pay a monthly service fee but don't pay for the copier and after certain period (I think it was 3 years) you own the copier outright. Has anyone seen or participated in this offer? What has your experience been? TIA for any info you can share, Mary Mary J. Soucie, MLIS Library Director Wilmington Public Library District Visit the world @ your library(tm) 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 815-476-2834 Phone 815-476-7805 Fax mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From kbr at ci.upland.ca.us Tue May 2 11:22:24 2006 From: kbr at ci.upland.ca.us (Kathryn Bloomberg - Rissman) Date: Tue May 2 11:22:32 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy Message-ID: <753755F36E410D4D80F678BF174558C8D3A335@uplmail.ci.upland.ca.us> I've found that in the public library setting, many people are not interested in learning how to find books, etc. They come to the library to get books and/or information. When my father's library automated, he stopped going until I convinced him that all he had to do was ask at the reference desk and someone would assist him. He had no desire to learn to use a computer. Here we have lots of patrons interested and willing to learn, but I don't think many or even any would be interested in taking a class. Whenever I'm searching for a patron and they are standing in front of me, I do a running commentary on what I'm doing and turn the monitor so they can follow along. If the patron seems interested I'll also go to the OPAC with them and let them search while I "assist". Now you have me wondering about BI classes. My reaction is they wouldn't work, but I'll be interested in seeing any responses indicating otherwise. Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman Director Upland Public Library Upland, CA ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of jess macleod Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:09 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this age of information explosion? Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. Jessica MacLeod Floral Park Public Library ________________________________ How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/65a479ff/attachment.htm From Brenda.Crispin at ci.oxnard.ca.us Tue May 2 11:30:10 2006 From: Brenda.Crispin at ci.oxnard.ca.us (Brenda Crispin) Date: Tue May 2 11:27:27 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy Message-ID: I don't know what the standard or norm is but only know what we do here. We have very little bibliographic instruction and I see the following issues behind our let-the-tail-wag-the-dog approach. Time and available staff are very limited. Library literacy is no longer taught in the public schools here in California so the younger generation of library users need the most basic help. The information explosion has overwhelmed many people and patrons want and expect instant gratification...."just put the information in my hands, please." We do have computer classes that teach the most basic & some intermediate, computer skills but when a person comes to the library needing to make a resume or write a report they need help right then, not the next time the class is being offered in the afternoon while they are at work. We have formed the habit of providing whatever level of help a patron needs at the time. Unless it becomes too staff & time intensive, a line has formed at the reference desk, or we simply are unable to go the extra mile. Then we begin to suggest other avenues. Our branch librarian periodically forms what he calls a Junior Information Specialist program. He recruits students, mostly at the junior high level, to learn how to do basic research and use the library. The program has been quite successfull and reaches a few young people each time he offers the program. But such a program takes time and effort and takes the librarian away from the reference desk so it comes with a price tag. I don't think librarians are against bibliographic instruction. I think it's that they don't have the necessary time, and many patrons simply are not interested or feel too overwhelmed, or strapped for time themselves. I believe that as information continues to explode librarians, not libraries, are seen more and more as the vehicle by which information may be obtained.....if it can't be found easily on the Internet! I hope some of this makes sense. And I'm anxious to read other member's ideas on the topic. Brenda Crispin Local History Librarian Oxnard Public Library 251 South A Street Oxnard, CA 93030 805-385-7531 Brenda.Crispin@ci.oxnard.ca.us >>> jess macleod 05/02/06 4:08 AM >>> I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this age of information explosion? Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. Jessica MacLeod Floral Park Public Library --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. From MMorris at daytonmetrolibrary.org Tue May 2 11:41:23 2006 From: MMorris at daytonmetrolibrary.org (Mimi Morris) Date: Tue May 2 11:41:28 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy Message-ID: <7898A79C279DB84281A9B3CEEDBA48F701643482@mail.DMCPL.local> I think that the differences in how academic and public libraries approach information literacy is tied to the differences in our missions. It is part of the academic library's mission to teach university level students to do research. In a public library, the typical mission is to "meet the informational, cultural and recreational learning needs of our community". Within that mission, we do as much or as little BI as our patrons need and want. Some people are fascinated by the process and want to learn how to do it themselves. For those patrons, my library offers one-on-one appointments for training in using our search capabilities, classes in basic searching and "advanced" classes in areas like genealogy and grants information research. We also have brochures and handouts promoting print and online resources in specific areas like business, medicine, or whatever. Many patrons, however, have a specific information need at the time and what they want from us is that information. We should be the information interpreter, or as I tell staff in our orientation, the information concierge. That's why we have professional training, and that's why we are here. It is not a failing of the public library to "teach" bibliographic instruction, it is the librarian's professional training to determine each patron's level of need and respond to it. As always, our mission guides our actions! All opinions are my own... Mimi Morris Assistant Director for Branch and Extension Services Dayton Metro Library 215 E. Third Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 937-227-9536 mmorris@daytonmetrolibrary.org From nbhilyard at zblibrary.org Tue May 2 11:41:24 2006 From: nbhilyard at zblibrary.org (Nann Blaine Hilyard) Date: Tue May 2 11:41:28 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy Message-ID: <9191C938D9F9504388C55F1225A34F79120835@ZBPLSRV04.zblibrary.local> Public libraries start information literacy with toddlers! Storytimes include bibliographic instruction. School classes come for class tours in conjunction with assignments, so they get bibliographic instruction. We host GED classes here that include b.i. (presented by library staff). I agree with Kathy. I think that many adults are hesitant/embarrassed to admit that they don't know as much as they think they should about the way that libraries are arranged. They think it's something they ought to remember from their school days. They have limited time so they want to get the information and go. One way to gently teach some information literacy to out-of-school adults is to present programs for community groups. Not only service clubs but also church circles, parents' groups, etc. You could invite them to hold one of their meetings at the library. If you go to where they meet your instruction may be limited to what you can demonstrate online (this means they'll need to meet where you can set up a computer) -- but you could also bring a book and explain what/where the call number is, what the barcode is, show the CIP and explain the elements of a bibliographic record. (People often don't know what you mean by "the number on the spine of the book," or they read the ISBN when you ask for the barcode.) I created a flyer titled "Deciphering the Dewey Decimal Classification" that summarizes the Dewey hundreds: "000, Generalities -- what you'll find: encyclopedias, journalism, magazines, computer software" I no longer have the Word document on file, but you all know how DDC works! Nann @the library in Zion, Illinois ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kathryn Bloomberg - Rissman Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:22 AM To: jess macleod; publib@webjunction.org Subject: RE: [Publib] Information Literacy I've found that in the public library setting, many people are not interested in learning how to find books, etc. They come to the library to get books and/or information. When my father's library automated, he stopped going until I convinced him that all he had to do was ask at the reference desk and someone would assist him. He had no desire to learn to use a computer. Here we have lots of patrons interested and willing to learn, but I don't think many or even any would be interested in taking a class. Whenever I'm searching for a patron and they are standing in front of me, I do a running commentary on what I'm doing and turn the monitor so they can follow along. If the patron seems interested I'll also go to the OPAC with them and let them search while I "assist". Now you have me wondering about BI classes. My reaction is they wouldn't work, but I'll be interested in seeing any responses indicating otherwise. Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman Director Upland Public Library Upland, CA ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of jess macleod Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:09 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this age of information explosion? Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. Jessica MacLeod Floral Park Public Library ________________________________ How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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At the web site you can also find out how to submit articles, volunteer to be a Referee, and about other LAMS initiatives. Articles in the issue include: "Tenure and Recruitment: A Survey of Library Human Resources Officers", by Stewart Brower, Christopher V. Hollister, Cynthia Tysick, and Thomas Pirrung. "Transition Mentoring: Transmission of a Professional Culture" by Beatrice Baaden and Jean O'Neill Uhl. "Navigating Campus Politics: The Key to Embedding Information Literacy Across-the-Curriculum", by Gail M. Staines, Ph.D. "Is Open Access the Answer? The High Price of Scientific, Technical and Medical Journal Subscriptions", By Henrietta Thornton-Verma. Review of Recent Literature If you have any thoughts you'd like to share about the journal, please send them to me. Richard Naylor JLAMS Editor naylorr@uhls.lib.ny.us Richard J. Naylor, MLS, MBA Assistant Director Wm. K. Sanford Town Library 518.458.9274 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/e67cd2e6/attachment.htm From ryerman at tln.lib.mi.us Tue May 2 11:52:27 2006 From: ryerman at tln.lib.mi.us (Roslyn Yerman) Date: Tue May 2 11:52:43 2006 Subject: [Publib] Administrative Librarians (was Why Librarianship) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4457803B.4070608@tln.lib.mi.us> I always knew that librarianship was going to be my career choice as well, after getting my BA in English, but it is this new direction that has me posting a reply. After working as Head Reference Librarian at my current library for for over eight years, my predecessor asked if I had ever considered working as a director, as he prepared to move to another position in the City. That was 1995. It's hard to believe it has been over ten years, and it occurs to me that even if I /had /planned to work in administration all along, many of my current job responsibilities would not have been covered in library school. :-D Roslyn Yerman Director Madison Heights Public Library 240 W. 13 Mile Road Madison Heights, MI 48071 tel: (248) 837-2852 fax: (248) 588-2470 Lise Chlebanowski wrote: > I didn't want to be a director/library manager either and I hear that > so much from other colleagues. I wonder what the ratio is of those who > really had administrative goals all along and those of us who fell > into it by accident! > > > > Lis? Chlebanowski > > Library Manager > > Avondale Public Library > > 328 W. Western Ave. > > Avondale, AZ 85323 > > 623-478-3105 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* publib-bounces@webjunction.org > [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Mary J. Soucie > *Sent:* Monday, May 01, 2006 10:52 AM > *To:* publib@webjunction.org > *Subject:* RE: [Publib] Why Librarianship > > > > Nice thread. I always wanted to be a teacher and then a librarian. > When other kids were playing school, I was playing school and library. > J I never wanted to be a director but here I am and here I'll stay- at > least for now. Mary > > > > Mary J. Soucie, MLIS > > Library Director > Wilmington Public Library District > Visit the world @ your library^(TM) > 201 S Kankakee St, Wilmington IL 60481 > 815-476-2834 Phone > 815-476-7805 Fax > mailto:mjsoucie@wilmingtonlibrary.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* publib-bounces@webjunction.org > [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Leah Habersham > *Sent:* Saturday, April 29, 2006 12:30 AM > *To:* publib@webjunction.org > *Subject:* [Publib] Why Librarianship > > > > Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. > > PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Publib mailing list >Publib@webjunction.org >http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/5836a669/attachment.htm From gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org Tue May 2 11:53:56 2006 From: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org (Dusty Gres) Date: Tue May 2 11:53:54 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001c01c66e00$9e531c20$140ba8c0@Director> I am all in favor of bibliographic instruction. I am particularly in favor of bibliographic instruction when I have 150 fifth graders in here doing reports and the teacher hasn't even taken the time to check the spelling of the person's name on her printed assignment sheet much less given any assistance or training to the students in how to do research other than sitting at a computer and copying something from the Internet. I am particularly in favor of bibliographic instruction when the college student comes in and tells me she has to do a report and, "like, what's a bibliography anyway," because her professor told her to just ask the librarian and the college library is closed for spring break. I do classes in bibliographic instruction once a year, mainly for the home school group, but open to any interested -- aimed at parent and child as a partner. I do, like all the other folks who have written in, one-on-one, as folks ask because people don't walk in here for a class, they walk in here looking for what they want, now. I can talk them through my process, if they are interested, but usually they just want me to find the book, thank you, and get on with it. Specialized classes, genealogy for instance, are given when there is an available staff person and the opportunity. When you are short-staffed and budget-strapped -- as public libraries are today -- it is difficult to spend extra time and resources. But, we do what we can. Dusty Gres, Director Ohoopee Regional Library System Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library 610 Jackson Street Vidalia, GA 30474 PH: (912) 537-9283 FAX: (912) 537-3735 EMAIL: gresd@ohoopeelibrary.org WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brenda Crispin Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:30 AM To: publib@webjunction.org; overduebks@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Publib] Information Literacy I don't know what the standard or norm is but only know what we do here. We have very little bibliographic instruction and I see the following issues behind our let-the-tail-wag-the-dog approach. Time and available staff are very limited. Library literacy is no longer taught in the public schools here in California so the younger generation of library users need the most basic help. The information explosion has overwhelmed many people and patrons want and expect instant gratification...."just put the information in my hands, please." We do have computer classes that teach the most basic & some intermediate, computer skills but when a person comes to the library needing to make a resume or write a report they need help right then, not the next time the class is being offered in the afternoon while they are at work. We have formed the habit of providing whatever level of help a patron needs at the time. Unless it becomes too staff & time intensive, a line has formed at the reference desk, or we simply are unable to go the extra mile. Then we begin to suggest other avenues. Our branch librarian periodically forms what he calls a Junior Information Specialist program. He recruits students, mostly at the junior high level, to learn how to do basic research and use the library. The program has been quite successfull and reaches a few young people each time he offers the program. But such a program takes time and effort and takes the librarian away from the reference desk so it comes with a price tag. I don't think librarians are against bibliographic instruction. I think it's that they don't have the necessary time, and many patrons simply are not interested or feel too overwhelmed, or strapped for time themselves. I believe that as information continues to explode librarians, not libraries, are seen more and more as the vehicle by which information may be obtained.....if it can't be found easily on the Internet! I hope some of this makes sense. And I'm anxious to read other member's ideas on the topic. Brenda Crispin Local History Librarian Oxnard Public Library 251 South A Street Oxnard, CA 93030 805-385-7531 Brenda.Crispin@ci.oxnard.ca.us >>> jess macleod 05/02/06 4:08 AM >>> I believe that information literacy standards are expected in the academic libraries, but I have witnessed little action in the public libraries. Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no complaints from both patron and librarian. My question...Should the public library step it up in this age of information explosion? Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic instruction and follow information literacy standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer open session classes in basic library research skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my curiosity.Thanks. Jessica MacLeod Floral Park Public Library --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From dgreenwald at danburylibrary.org Tue May 2 12:55:04 2006 From: dgreenwald at danburylibrary.org (Greenwald, Diane) Date: Tue May 2 13:33:05 2006 Subject: [Publib] Danbury Library Director Position Message-ID: The position of Library Director for the Danbury Public Library is now posted on the City's website at http://www.ci.danbury.ct.us/content/41/203/510/5312.aspx Please check out our website at http://danburylibrary.org for more information or contact me at dgreenwald@danburylibrary.org. Diane Greenwald Assistant Director Danbury Public Library 170 Main St. Danbury CT 06810 203-797-4505 http://danburylibrary.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cecilia Barham Director, Decatur Public Library 1700 Hwy. 51 South Decatur, TX 76234 940.627.6824 From suekamm at mindspring.com Tue May 2 12:24:33 2006 From: suekamm at mindspring.com (Sue Kamm) Date: Tue May 2 13:33:07 2006 Subject: [Publib] Leasing plans Message-ID: <25180656.1146587073708.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/888b3fef/attachment.htm From lshaw at ci.aurora.co.us Tue May 2 12:41:48 2006 From: lshaw at ci.aurora.co.us (Linda Shaw) Date: Tue May 2 13:33:08 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why Librarianship Message-ID: <4457376C0200005400003448@gwmail4.ci.aurora.co.us> I was recently going through books I owned as a child, as I now have a child of my own who'll be inheriting them. Inside the front covers in very childish handwriting: "Property of the Library of Linda Shaw. $1.00 if lost. .50 if damaged." As I recall I had a little card system and loved loaning my rather extensive library of books out to my friends. I guess I'm hard-wired for this line of work! Linda Shaw Central Library Coordinator Aurora Public Library 14949 East Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 739-6625 (P) (303) 739-6579 (F) www.auroralibrary.org From weissman at main.morris.org Tue May 2 12:54:08 2006 From: weissman at main.morris.org (Sara Weissman) Date: Tue May 2 13:33:08 2006 Subject: [Publib] Exhibit policies? Message-ID: <37063.192.168.54.254.1146588848.squirrel@192.168.54.254> We're redrafting our exhibit space policies .. if anyone has samples, from your place? would appreciate seeing them. Thanks. -- Reference Dept Morris County Library http://www.mclib.info From ingrams at ecgrl.org Tue May 2 13:37:11 2006 From: ingrams at ecgrl.org (Saralyn Ingram) Date: Tue May 2 13:33:53 2006 Subject: [Publib] RE: Alll Staff Training Day Message-ID: <20060502173335.4F1A36043C1@libmail.georgialibraries.org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From Brenda.Crispin at ci.oxnard.ca.us Tue May 2 14:01:51 2006 From: Brenda.Crispin at ci.oxnard.ca.us (Brenda Crispin) Date: Tue May 2 13:58:58 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why Librarianship Message-ID: I did the same thing. I had a collection of Nancy Drew books and a few other novels. I glued pockets into the back, inside covers and placed a check-out card. Then I tried to get the neighbor children to check them out. My sister was the only one who actually took advantage of my little library. And still I did not think of being a librarian until I was in my early 40s and facing a major life-change (divorce and almost-grown children and an opportunity to go out on my own and seek a career). It took me two years to realize that the career for me was librarianship and that happened only because I walked into my local public library as I did on a regular basis but that one time stopped dead in my tracks in the lobby as I thought, "Why did I never think of being a libraian?" It seemed so natural and has proven to be a perfect match for my interests and personality. And I give much credit to my mother who read to me as an infant and always had books in the house, and the wonderful City Librarian in my small home-town who knew me by name. Brenda Crispin Local History Librarian Oxnard Public Library 251 South A Street Oxnard, CA 93030 805-385-7531 Brenda.Crispin@ci.oxnard.ca.us >>> "Linda Shaw" 05/02/06 9:41 AM >>> I was recently going through books I owned as a child, as I now have a child of my own who'll be inheriting them. Inside the front covers in very childish handwriting: "Property of the Library of Linda Shaw. $1.00 if lost. .50 if damaged." As I recall I had a little card system and loved loaning my rather extensive library of books out to my friends. I guess I'm hard-wired for this line of work! Linda Shaw Central Library Coordinator Aurora Public Library 14949 East Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 739-6625 (P) (303) 739-6579 (F) www.auroralibrary.org _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From adam.davis at delraylibrary.org Tue May 2 14:05:51 2006 From: adam.davis at delraylibrary.org (Adam Davis) Date: Tue May 2 14:05:56 2006 Subject: [Publib] Online job searching tutorial Message-ID: <8CCC182E71B59A47AF5114A25FD9BE68024CD9@svr2exchange.DelrayLibrary.local> Does anybody have experience doing online job searching tutorials for high school students? If you have any tips, lesson plans or ideas, please forward. This class is going to be given to Latino students, some of whom don't speak very much English, so if you have materials in Spanish, that would be helpful, too (I'll be presenting this in both English and Spanish). I appreciate any and all help! 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By the time I entered my senior year of college I was approaching the What next? stage. A history degree and $1.50 would get you on the subway. So, in casting about for ideas, I remembered my local library. Binghamton University (SUNY-Binghamton back then) offered off-campus internships with local businesses, but no one had ever done an internship at the library. I proposed the idea, it got accepted by the college and Binghamton Public Library, and I was introduced to the joys of a working public library, from selection meetings, to cataloging, to stints at the reference desk. I will always be grateful to my mentors, Dean Corner of Binghamton Public Library, and John Briggs of SUNY-Binghamton Libraries for starting me on the road. Joanne (Cronin) Herb Morris County Library Whippany, NJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/02580d20/attachment.htm From catalib at plattsburghlib.org Tue May 2 14:41:02 2006 From: catalib at plattsburghlib.org (Colleen Pelletier) Date: Tue May 2 14:41:12 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? Message-ID: I agree, it is a nice thread! When I was in elementary school (small catholic rural), I had a few teachers who inspired my love of reading and using the school library. I also made cards and pockets for my books at home and "made" my brothers sign them out of "my library". I still have one of those books. When I went on to junior high and senior high, the same thing happened. However, it took me until I was tired of working as nurse's aide to realize I wanted to fulfill a dream by working in a library. I went on to get my MLS and started in a public library 15 years ago. I've been here ever since with all the frustrations, the joys of helping people and the satisfaction of answering a question no one else could. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/57385cb2/attachment.htm From diedrec at charter.net Tue May 2 14:58:44 2006 From: diedrec at charter.net (Diedre Conkling) Date: Tue May 2 14:58:48 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why Librarianship? Message-ID: <1551021474.1146596324244.JavaMail.root@fepweb11> -- I am beginning to think I was a bit weird. It was never my life-long dream to be a librarian. Actually, I can't say that I had any real career goals, even after getting the required English degree and a teaching certificate. I do recall having to write about some job for a junior high school class. We were suppose to interview someone but that really was not something I could do at that point in my life. I did do a bit of research at the public library and found the "Occupational Outlook Handbook." I was in a library so I decided to look up how to be a librarian. Yes, I wrote the paper from that and pretended I had done an interview and got an "A" on the paper. I never thought about it again. Then came college and the need for a job. This lead to workstudy positions. I worked at the law library at the University of Alabama for a year and in the Acquisitions Department at Idaho State University for a year. Yes, I also took janitorial jobs for a few years. So, I just kind of fell into libraries. After graduating I was looking for secondary education positions and was hanging out at the Idaho Falls Public Library one day when the staff there told me that there was an opening. So I applied. For some reason I was hired. I soon realized the I could not do much more than I was doing, which included working at the circulation desk, doing some reference on the night that no librarians were working, running the a-v department ( a small room with super-8 films and projectors which I learned to repair), helping create stuff for the summer reading program (like making an R2D2) and some selection of adult fiction after taking one class in selection. I think I always knew that I was most interested in administration. I even took a library administration course at the Univ. of Illinois taught by Kathleen de la Pena McCook. I happened to write a paper for that class about developing a new library district. After working as a youth services librarian/department head, a branch manager and other odd jobs I have ended up the director of a library district (after getting courses in public administration) that I very much have had a hand in developing from the beginning of the district (whew, was that paper I wrote wrong). Anyway, I really like being a librarian and advocate for libraries but it was never a real career choice. It is just what happened. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. I actually think I might have enjoyed being a car mechanic just as much but it wasn't the way things went. And that is my saga. Diedre Conkling Lincoln County Library District P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR 97365 Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066 http://lcld.library-blogs.net/ Work: diedre@beachbooks.org Home: diedrec@charter.net From ag4646 at wayne.edu Tue May 2 15:40:50 2006 From: ag4646 at wayne.edu (Carlie Hoffman) Date: Tue May 2 15:40:53 2006 Subject: [Publib] Disaster/emergency plans Message-ID: <81c71f1b0605021240s79af0ec6odad0a2f29c66de58@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I work in a branch of an urban public library system, and we have been given the task to write a disaster/emergency plan for our branch for things such as fires, tornadoes, threatening patrons, etc. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on what to include or have a plan they would be willing to share? Thanks in advance, Carlie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/b00f379e/attachment.htm From Lori at laurellibrary.org Tue May 2 15:56:16 2006 From: Lori at laurellibrary.org (Lori Acton) Date: Tue May 2 15:56:25 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why Librarianship Message-ID: Of course I have always loved books, but I enjoy people and the dynamics of working with and for the public more! I enjoy the complexities of staff situations, board expectations and public demands. I believe the public library is one of the last great forums in this country where community convenes. There is nothing more valuable to a society than the freedom to meet, think, study and discuss, and we do it all in the library.More importantly we connect with each other....and want to do it again. There is something very SANE and gratifying about all of this! Lori Acton, Director Laurel County Public Library London, Kentucky 40741 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/45171188/attachment.htm From kbr at ci.upland.ca.us Tue May 2 15:58:22 2006 From: kbr at ci.upland.ca.us (Kathryn Bloomberg - Rissman) Date: Tue May 2 15:58:30 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why Librarianship? Message-ID: <753755F36E410D4D80F678BF174558C8D3A408@uplmail.ci.upland.ca.us> Here's my story- in 1987 my husband went to library school, afterwards he got a position at the University of California, Riverside. We moved there with the proviso that I could work part time (2 elementary school aged children). I found a job at the high school library as a clerk, after all I knew about libraries I had just lived through 2 years of library school. After one year the job became full time and I figured out that the only thing holding me back from making sort of decent money was the MLS so off to library school I went, with plans of working at a university. But once out of school the only jobs in the area were in public libraries, so that's what I did. Public libraries were the perfect place for me. I loved it and never tried to move to a college or university. And then the old Peter Principle went into action and I kept being promoted until viola -- here I am a director. Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman Director Upland Public Library Upland, CA From suekamm at mindspring.com Tue May 2 16:04:34 2006 From: suekamm at mindspring.com (Sue Kamm) Date: Tue May 2 16:04:38 2006 Subject: [Publib] Disaster/emergency plans Message-ID: <9151274.1146600274935.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/95f49c40/attachment.htm From marie at spartalibrary.com Tue May 2 16:08:35 2006 From: marie at spartalibrary.com (Marie) Date: Tue May 2 16:13:29 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was one of those children who created her own library w/ cards to sign out--and if no one signed them out, I signed them out to my stuffed animals--the most well-read teddy bear in town! In high school I was a page at my local library....where I did everything, including checking out books, repairing books & typing cards. A million years later (okay, close to 15), I was laid off from a job I wasn't happy in and tried a few different things, including a stint as an EMT, a puppetteer, and a camp counselor. I thought I would go back to school to be a teacher, but that wasn't for me. I saw a want ad for a children's librarian & realized that that would be the perfect job for me. Incidently, I didn't get it, but I did get a different job in a tiny library and started library school. I have since graduated (in January 2006) and moved on to several other jobs. I still think I would be great as a children's librarian, but I'm relatively happy here. Marie Mueller Reference/Teen librarian From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Tue May 2 16:43:38 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Tue May 2 16:43:42 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? Message-ID: Doesn't this thread seem like a wake up call to be sure that, as librarians, we mentor children and young adults who frequent our libraries that our jobs might actually be careers for them?! I also loved libraries all my life, although I never set up my own library, because I simply didn't own that many books. We went to the library all the time and I loved being there, but it didn't occur to me to work there! After my children were all in school I got a job as a custom frame artist and it wasn't until that store closed that I stumbled on a part time job at the library in a paraprofessional capacity. I only applied for it because the hours fit what I wanted but again, I did not consider it to be a "career" until I worked with librarians who took the time to mentor me. Well, 12 years later, I obtained my MLS and here I am, but I wish I had known in my 20's what I know now! :-) Anyway, there seems to be a distinct disconnect between libraries and potential employment! Lis? Chlebanowski Library Manager Avondale Public Library 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 623-478-3105 -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:09 PM To: Colleen Pelletier; publib@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Publib] Why librarianship? I was one of those children who created her own library w/ cards to sign out--and if no one signed them out, I signed them out to my stuffed animals--the most well-read teddy bear in town! In high school I was a page at my local library....where I did everything, including checking out books, repairing books & typing cards. A million years later (okay, close to 15), I was laid off from a job I wasn't happy in and tried a few different things, including a stint as an EMT, a puppetteer, and a camp counselor. I thought I would go back to school to be a teacher, but that wasn't for me. I saw a want ad for a children's librarian & realized that that would be the perfect job for me. Incidently, I didn't get it, but I did get a different job in a tiny library and started library school. I have since graduated (in January 2006) and moved on to several other jobs. I still think I would be great as a children's librarian, but I'm relatively happy here. Marie Mueller Reference/Teen librarian _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From jneff at olatheks.org Tue May 2 16:57:50 2006 From: jneff at olatheks.org (Joshua Neff) Date: Tue May 2 16:58:12 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001301c66e2b$1db86270$2a02a8c0@olathe.lib.ks.us> "Doesn't this thread seem like a wake up call to be sure that, as librarians, we mentor children and young adults who frequent our libraries that our jobs might actually be careers for them?!" Absolutely! All the time as I spent in libraries growing up, I never had a librarian give any evidence that they thought I should be one when I grew up, or show that being a librarian was fun and/or cool. In retrospect, that seems very sad. --Joshua M. Neff Indian Creek Branch Olathe Public Library From suekamm at mindspring.com Tue May 2 17:15:51 2006 From: suekamm at mindspring.com (Sue Kamm) Date: Tue May 2 17:15:53 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? Message-ID: <25032362.1146604551166.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net> I didn't think about becoming a librarian until I roomed with a library school student the year after I graduated from Cal. I was attracted by the veritable plethora of jobs advertised in LIBRARY JOURNAL. I had to attend Cal State Northridge to bring up my grade point average and fulfill a UCLA Graduate Division language requirement. I worked in the CSUN library while I was going there - my first library job. The most satisfying part of my job is when I can pull information a client needs seemingly from nowhere. That's why I get paid the big bucks Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 email: suekamm [at] mindspring.com When you absolutely, positively HAVE to know, ASK A LIBRARIAN! From mls_05_07 at msn.com Tue May 2 17:23:39 2006 From: mls_05_07 at msn.com (Danielle M. Walsh) Date: Tue May 2 17:23:38 2006 Subject: [Publib] (no subject) Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I think any patron who was motivated enough could do it easily. However, 99% of our patrons are honest people and theft has not been a major problem. They will send you a sample if you ask. ________________________________ Julie McBride Reference Librarian Pawtucket Public Library 13 Summer Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 401-725-3714 ext. 220 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/4d278dea/attachment.htm From mbobkoff at cybermesa.com Tue May 2 21:24:27 2006 From: mbobkoff at cybermesa.com (Miriam Bobkoff) Date: Tue May 2 20:24:31 2006 Subject: [Publib] deadline extended: Technical Services position in Santa Fe, NM In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20060503002121.M73742@cybermesa.com> Re-posting as position close date extended to 05/12/06 at 5 pm. Librarian. The City of Santa Fe has an opening for a Librarian, assigned to Cataloging/Technical Services. Position catalogs materials in a variety of formats using MARC, AACR2, DDC22, LCSH, and Bibliographic Formats and Standards. Oversees authority control processing. Works with the Library Technical Services Director on outsourcing projects, re-class projects, retrospective conversion, and catalog database cleanup. Works at Reference Desk and/or assists with Interlibrary Loans for 10 hours per week. Experience with the Library?s Innovative Interfaces Inc. system and OCLC are desirable. Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent plus five (5) years of experience in library functions and operations such as cataloging, reference, interlibrary loan, media services. One (1) year of experience in area of assignment. General knowledge of computers and the ability to type. Relevant education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. MLS preferred. For further information, please see the web site at http://www.santafenm.gov. Submit a completed City of Santa Fe application to the Human Resources Department, City of Santa Fe, 200 Lincoln, or mail to P.O. Box 909, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0909. A copy of your HS/GED or college transcript must be attached to each application. Pre-placement physical exams are required. Position close date extended to 05/12/06 at 5 pm. Full official City of Santa Fe posting at http://snipurl.com/psrz Application form at http://www.santafenm.gov/human-resources/index.asp#application Miriam Bobkoff personal: mbobkoff@cybermesa.com Santa Fe Public Library work: mkbobkoff@ci.santa-fe.nm.us 145 Washington Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 The Library's Page: (505) 955-6832 http://www.santafelibrary.org Icarus... the SFPL Blog http://santafelibrary.blogspot.com From agometz at rhus.com Tue May 2 20:36:13 2006 From: agometz at rhus.com (Anne Gometz) Date: Tue May 2 20:36:01 2006 Subject: [Publib] re Information literacy Message-ID: <4457FAFD.9010900@rhus.com> Having changed from an academic to a public library some years back, it's embarrassing to admit how long it took me to realize that many of our patrons who "just can't do computers" or "don't have my glasses" were concealing the fact that they can't read well enough to deal with online tools. That's one problem an academic librarian doesn't ordinarily run into. So we demonstrate how to use the online catalog if a person shows interest, but we don't make an issue of it. It's more important to hand them what they need. (Or to talk them out of faxing their license and personal info to the person who called and told them they won the Spanish lottery. We seem to spend a lot of time on this one.) Anne Gometz Gastonia NC "Mine and mine alone." From lnuner at yahoo.com Tue May 2 22:25:26 2006 From: lnuner at yahoo.com (Linda Nuner Taggart) Date: Tue May 2 22:25:27 2006 Subject: [Publib] Disaster/emergency plans Message-ID: <20060503022526.20329.qmail@web32514.mail.mud.yahoo.com> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}..shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } There’s a free disaster planningtool developed by the Northeast Document Conservation Center athttp://dplan.zaks.com. It asks lots of questions to get you thinking about yourspecific situation, you put in your data, and it then spits out a disaster planfor you. They have a demo that might be worth a look. Linda Taggart --------------------------------- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org[mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] OnBehalf Of Carlie Hoffman Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:41PM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib]Disaster/emergency plans Hi, I work in a branch of an urban public library system, and we havebeen given the task to write a disaster/emergency plan for our branch forthings such as fires, tornadoes, threatening patrons, etc. Does anyone have anytips or suggestions on what to include or have a plan they would be willing toshare? Thanks in advance, Carlie --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060502/6734a42e/attachment.htm From Dianeh at cape-may.county.lib.nj.us Wed May 3 08:28:47 2006 From: Dianeh at cape-may.county.lib.nj.us (Diane Hamilton) Date: Wed May 3 08:25:40 2006 Subject: [Publib] Free training by area businesses Message-ID: <31E28B9C2DC7494DB6FAA05A16EC68AD84311D@cmcl-exch.ad.cape-may.county.lib.nj.us> At Computers in Library someone talked about having area businesses come into the library and do training. One example was Best Buy doing training on mp3 players and other "gadgets." I thought I read somewhere (not sure if it was here) about Home Depot going into a library and offering different programs. We don't have a Best Buy in our county - although there is one in a neighboring county - so I was curious if other libraries did this. And if so, what companies have offered this type of thing. I promise to summarize and share the responses I get. Thanks for your help, Diane Hamilton Cape May County Library -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/abf026ca/attachment.htm From julie at 4bauers.us Wed May 3 09:47:36 2006 From: julie at 4bauers.us (Julie Bauer) Date: Wed May 3 09:47:39 2006 Subject: [Publib] Information Literacy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20060503134736.44536.qmail@web32605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I see two different issues here -- bibliographic instruction and computer application instruction. Showing someone how to use the catalog, a database, or the index to Contemporary Authors = bibliographic instruction. Showing someone how to format their resume or send photos in an email attachment = computer application instruction. Do the patrons care about or even perceive this distinction? No, of course not. But it is important for libraries and librarians to make decisions about the resources they devote to the two kinds of learning. Julie Bauer Collection Development Librarian Loudoun County Public Library --- Brenda Crispin wrote: > I don't know what the standard or norm is but only > know what we do here. We have very little > bibliographic instruction and I see the following > issues behind our let-the-tail-wag-the-dog approach. > Time and available staff are very limited. Library > literacy is no longer taught in the public schools > here in California so the younger generation of > library users need the most basic help. The > information explosion has overwhelmed many people > and patrons want and expect instant > gratification...."just put the information in my > hands, please." > > We do have computer classes that teach the most > basic & some intermediate, computer skills but when > a person comes to the library needing to make a > resume or write a report they need help right then, > not the next time the class is being offered in the > afternoon while they are at work. We have formed > the habit of providing whatever level of help a > patron needs at the time. Unless it becomes too > staff & time intensive, a line has formed at the > reference desk, or we simply are unable to go the > extra mile. Then we begin to suggest other avenues. > > Our branch librarian periodically forms what he > calls a Junior Information Specialist program. He > recruits students, mostly at the junior high level, > to learn how to do basic research and use the > library. The program has been quite successfull and > reaches a few young people each time he offers the > program. But such a program takes time and effort > and takes the librarian away from the reference desk > so it comes with a price tag. > > I don't think librarians are against bibliographic > instruction. I think it's that they don't have the > necessary time, and many patrons simply are not > interested or feel too overwhelmed, or strapped for > time themselves. I believe that as information > continues to explode librarians, not libraries, are > seen more and more as the vehicle by which > information may be obtained.....if it can't be found > easily on the Internet! > > I hope some of this makes sense. And I'm anxious to > read other member's ideas on the topic. > > > > Brenda Crispin > Local History Librarian > Oxnard Public Library > 251 South A Street > Oxnard, CA 93030 > 805-385-7531 > Brenda.Crispin@ci.oxnard.ca.us > >>> jess macleod 05/02/06 > 4:08 AM >>> > I believe that information literacy standards are > expected in the academic libraries, but I have > witnessed little action in the public libraries. > Basic retrieval seems to be customary, with no > complaints from both patron and librarian. My > question...Should the public library step it up in > this age of information explosion? > Perhaps public libraries do practice bibliographic > instruction and follow information literacy > standards, but I have not seen it. Does anyone offer > open session classes in basic library research > skills? Are public librarians against bibliographic > instruction? Please pardon my naivete, and cure my > curiosity.Thanks. > > Jessica MacLeod > Floral Park Public Library > > > --------------------------------- > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low > PC-to-Phone call rates. > _______________________________________________ > Publib mailing list > Publib@webjunction.org > http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib > From bmichaels at ccls.org Wed May 3 10:17:24 2006 From: bmichaels at ccls.org (Beverly Michaels) Date: Wed May 3 10:18:19 2006 Subject: [Publib] self check machines Message-ID: <5DA0B469C9B3704AA2F4711689033B6E4E2695@temperance.ccls.org> If anyone on the list has experience (positive or negative) of self checkout units made by Firehawk Systems (the "ReadyCirc" automatic circulation machine) or Library Automation Technologies (the "FlashScan" machine) could you please contact me with this information? We are interested in purchasing a self check system and would like additional information on these two (we have also looked at a couple of others). We need a unit that is capable of accepting payment of fines and rental fees. Beverly Michaels Circulation Services Tredyffrin Public Library 610-688-7092, ext 201 This Chester County Library System e-mail message, including any attachments, is intended for the sole use of the individual(s) and entity(ies) to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this e-mail message including any attachments, or any information contained in this e-mail message including any attachments. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. Thank you very much. From jrichmond at alphapark.org Wed May 3 11:52:39 2006 From: jrichmond at alphapark.org (John) Date: Wed May 3 11:52:41 2006 Subject: [Publib] Why librarianship? ... a walk down Nostalgia Lane Message-ID: When I was a kid, I didn't really think about being a librarian. (Up to a certain point in childhood, I just wanted to be a train engineer. Does *that* ever date me!) However, my mother went to the Topeka Public Library--now, more splendiferously, the Topeka & Shawnee County Library--weekly, I went along, and we checked out books. There was a kind of aura of mystery about the library; one could not check stuff out from the adult areas until a certain age--although a parent could check something out for a child--so I looked forward to the day when I was old enough to check out books for Old People. When I was about ten I wanted to read The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which had to be brought up from the basement storage area on a kind of dumbwaiter, and that was mysterious, too. My first library card was green, looked like a credit card, with raised white letters. AND I distinctly recall that TPL used McBee cards in the circ system; I can still see them, with their poked holes along the side (?I think?), not unlike teletype ribbon. (Boy, am I ever waxing nostalgic....) There was a very forbidding woman who worked in the children's department; I can't remember her name, but she always seemed to have white hair and she didn't necessarily invite light conversation and other pleasantries. On the other hand, when my brother was four years old, broke his leg, and had to be in traction at Stormont-Vail Hospital, just across the street, for six weeks (1962--again, things were different), Mrs. Whatever-Her-Name-Was faithfully selected books for my mother to pick up to read to my brother in his imprisonment. The crusty librarian with a heart of gold.... And when I discovered opera at the age of 12 or 13, I was frustrated because the policy in the fine arts dept. was that only teachers, or mostly only teachers, were THE ones who could check out opera recordings and other boxed, multi-disk sets. A young man who worked fine arts discovered my interest and more-or-less clandestinely let me check out operas. He loaded me down with stuff he liked: Lohengrin, La Fanciulla del West (NOT Puccini's best), and perhaps something by Richard Strauss--way above where I was, but it didn't matter. He continued to allow me to check out the boxed sets of LPs, and I hope he didn't lose his job over it. At some point, he was no longer there, so perhaps he morphed into...a DIRECTOR somewhere. So, ultimately, librarianship just seemed perfectly natural. I was chagrined, I *must* say, when in high school I applied for a job at the Topeka Public Library, as a lowly page, and was NOT hired. But I forgave them all, those wicked people who did not see my potential. Just as an aside, the director of TPL when I was a child was Horace Moses--what a wonderful name--and he was an Episcopalian. He had two sons who became priests, and I knew one of them, in later life. "Father Moses" had a nice ring to it. John D. Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 So. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607 Ph: 309-697-3822, x. 12 Fax: 309-697-9681 Email: jrichmond@alphapark.org _______________________________________________ When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.? -- Ludwig van Beethoven From jrichmond at alphapark.org Wed May 3 12:01:45 2006 From: jrichmond at alphapark.org (John) Date: Wed May 3 12:10:07 2006 Subject: [Publib] On Being a Director Message-ID: "All I ever wanted to be was a reference librarian," is the line I've often used. And all I've ever been was/is a director. Sometimes when I say that, my female colleagues snort and say, "Well, of *course*, all the men get the good administrative jobs," etc. But I really did NOT start out to be a director. I interviewed at the Oak Park, IL, PL for a reference job--where the director had worked at the Topeka Public Library of my youth, mentioned in a "Why librarianship?" post I just sent--and didn't get it. Then the head librarian's job at the Winfield, KS, PL was advertised. It was in KANSAS, my home state, and only about 25 miles from Wellington, the town where my dad had grown up and where my paternal grandparents still lived. So there was some familiarity there, and--being the somewhat anxious type--I wanted a JOB, and feared that I would never get one and would be forever homeless, penniless, hungry and begging on the street...and after interviewing, Winfield offered me the job. So I took it. I did get to do reference work, because it was a small library. Also circ, typing catalogue cards, and a host of other things. In the process, I discovered my desire to control the world, have "my" library, and after that I was a director. I never thought about oppressing some poor woman who might want my job. I'm still not paid nearly as well as, say, my pharmacist brothers-in-law, or my incredibly well-off lawyer brother, so I may be male--no, I *am* male, no confusion there, although I am confused about many things, most of them technological--but compared to the men I know who've made it big in the private sector, I'm not rich. And that's how I got to be a director. Along the lines of other people who've posted and suggested that they got to be directors through some kind of unintentional (?) process. John D. Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 So. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607 Ph: 309-697-3822, x. 12 Fax: 309-697-9681 Email: jrichmond@alphapark.org _______________________________________________ When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.? -- Ludwig van Beethoven From DKeeber at sedonalibrary.org Wed May 3 12:22:14 2006 From: DKeeber at sedonalibrary.org (David Keeber) Date: Wed May 3 13:24:02 2006 Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Message-ID: <9D3FAE71B9E49F43AF57D30F88E520BC33F1A5@hera.sedonalibrary.local> Is anyone aware of planning efforts underway for the role libraries would play, and the ways in which they would manage internally, in the event of a bird flu outbreak? Do we close? Do we stay open and limit patron contact? Do we let books be checked out and, as a result of the possibility of their being returned laden with germs, not require them to be returned? Any assistance or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thank you. David W. Keeber, MLS Library Director Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road Sedona, AZ 86336 928.282.7714 dkeeber@sedonalibrary.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/8f58d4f8/attachment.htm From SHenricks at stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us Wed May 3 12:56:00 2006 From: SHenricks at stout.dubuque.lib.ia.us (Susan Henricks) Date: Wed May 3 13:24:04 2006 Subject: [Publib] re: disaster plans Message-ID: I'm in the middle of creating disaster and emergency plan and have found the book "Disaster Planning" : A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Planning Templates on CD-ROM very helpful. Written by Deborah D. Halsted, Richard P. Jasper, and Felicia M. Little. It's a Neal-Schumen Book (How to do it manual #129) and was published last fall. It is written from an academic library point of view, but it easily translates. Susan Hi, I work in a branch of an urban public library system, and we have been given the task to write a disaster/emergency plan for our branch for things such as fires, tornadoes, threatening patrons, etc. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on what to include or have a plan they would be willing to share? Thanks in advance, Carlie Susan Henricks, Library Director Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W. 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001 563-589-4126 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/c3686990/attachment.htm From catalib at plattsburghlib.org Wed May 3 13:29:26 2006 From: catalib at plattsburghlib.org (Colleen Pelletier) Date: Wed May 3 13:30:07 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why librarianship? Message-ID: <004101c66ed7$20b1b920$0301a8c0@plattsbuwg4f8p> I just wanted to add that after reading all of these messages, I have to agree with Joshua. In retrospect, it is kind of sad. It's all given me a new goal. When I tease my brothers and my friends that their children are librarians in the making, it will now be more serious. I'll try and show the parents how challenging the profession is and how satisfying it can be at the same time. Maybe, just maybe, it will make a difference in some child's choice of career. (Sounds really good doesn't it ) Colleen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/39a68b7c/attachment.htm From suekamm at mindspring.com Wed May 3 13:36:28 2006 From: suekamm at mindspring.com (Sue Kamm) Date: Wed May 3 13:36:31 2006 Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Message-ID: <109167.1146677788603.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/89d24f81/attachment.htm From ghazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us Wed May 3 13:52:58 2006 From: ghazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us (George Hazelton) Date: Wed May 3 13:56:35 2006 Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning In-Reply-To: <109167.1146677788603.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <004f01c66eda$6a1450c0$4101a8c0@HCLSGHAZELTON> Have a look at Barry's book The Great Influenza for a chilling look at the impact of the 1918 flu on this country. Not a pretty picture. George Hazelton Assistant Director Henry County Library System 1001 Florence McGarity Pkwy McDonough, GA 30252 Phone: 770-954-2806 FAX: 770-954-2808 email: ghazelton@mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us _____ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sue Kamm Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:36 PM To: David Keeber; publib@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Have public health officials weighed in on this? I suggest we follow their advice, which is why they get the big bucks. I was a mere child during the polio epidemic scares of the forties and fifties, but I don't recall any restriction on library service. Perhaps any health historians can provide information about what happened when influenza was rampant following WWI. -----Original Message----- From: David Keeber Sent: May 3, 2006 9:22 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Is anyone aware of planning efforts underway for the role libraries would play, and the ways in which they would manage internally, in the event of a bird flu outbreak? Do we close? Do we stay open and limit patron contact? Do we let books be checked out and, as a result of the possibility of their being returned laden with germs, not require them to be returned? Any assistance or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thank you. David W. Keeber, MLS Library Director Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road Sedona, AZ 86336 928.282.7714 dkeeber@sedonalibrary.org Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 email: suekamm [at] mindspring.com When you absolutely, positively HAVE to know, ASK A LIBRARIAN! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/bc6df591/attachment.htm From gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org Wed May 3 13:51:01 2006 From: gresd at ohoopeelibrary.org (Dusty Gres) Date: Wed May 3 13:56:36 2006 Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning In-Reply-To: <109167.1146677788603.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <001001c66eda$246d0c10$140ba8c0@Director> There is a very nice info sheet called, "Are You Prepared For Pandemic Influenza?" available for free download from the Alexander Hamilton Institute ( http://www.ahipubs.com/) under free reports. Most of what it says is just common sense, and some is not applicable to us purely because of the public service aspect, but it a nice checklist to look at and some good info to pass on to employees. I, too, was a child during the polio epidemics and had three family members stricken. It is easy to forget the frightening aspects of that sort of thing until something like this reminds you. Dusty Gres, Director Ohoopee Regional Library System Hdq: Vidalia-Toombs County Library 610 Jackson Street Vidalia, GA 30474 PH: (912) 537-9283 FAX: (912) 537-3735 EMAIL: gresd@ohoopeelibrary.org WEB: http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org _____ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sue Kamm Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:36 PM To: David Keeber; publib@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Have public health officials weighed in on this? I suggest we follow their advice, which is why they get the big bucks. I was a mere child during the polio epidemic scares of the forties and fifties, but I don't recall any restriction on library service. Perhaps any health historians can provide information about what happened when influenza was rampant following WWI. -----Original Message----- From: David Keeber Sent: May 3, 2006 9:22 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Is anyone aware of planning efforts underway for the role libraries would play, and the ways in which they would manage internally, in the event of a bird flu outbreak? Do we close? Do we stay open and limit patron contact? Do we let books be checked out and, as a result of the possibility of their being returned laden with germs, not require them to be returned? Any assistance or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thank you. David W. Keeber, MLS Library Director Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road Sedona, AZ 86336 928.282.7714 dkeeber@sedonalibrary.org Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 email: suekamm [at] mindspring.com When you absolutely, positively HAVE to know, ASK A LIBRARIAN! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/6947f74c/attachment.htm From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Wed May 3 14:11:04 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Wed May 3 14:11:19 2006 Subject: [Publib] On Being a Director Message-ID: Reassure your staff. The same thing happened to me...all I ever wanted was to be a reference librarian and all I've ever been is a director...and the last time I checked I was female! Lis? Chlebanowski Library Manager Avondale Public Library 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 623-478-3105 -----Original Message----- From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of John Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:02 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] On Being a Director "All I ever wanted to be was a reference librarian," is the line I've often used. And all I've ever been was/is a director. Sometimes when I say that, my female colleagues snort and say, "Well, of *course*, all the men get the good administrative jobs," etc. But I really did NOT start out to be a director. I interviewed at the Oak Park, IL, PL for a reference job--where the director had worked at the Topeka Public Library of my youth, mentioned in a "Why librarianship?" post I just sent--and didn't get it. Then the head librarian's job at the Winfield, KS, PL was advertised. It was in KANSAS, my home state, and only about 25 miles from Wellington, the town where my dad had grown up and where my paternal grandparents still lived. So there was some familiarity there, and--being the somewhat anxious type--I wanted a JOB, and feared that I would never get one and would be forever homeless, penniless, hungry and begging on the street...and after interviewing, Winfield offered me the job. So I took it. I did get to do reference work, because it was a small library. Also circ, typing catalogue cards, and a host of other things. In the process, I discovered my desire to control the world, have "my" library, and after that I was a director. I never thought about oppressing some poor woman who might want my job. I'm still not paid nearly as well as, say, my pharmacist brothers-in-law, or my incredibly well-off lawyer brother, so I may be male--no, I *am* male, no confusion there, although I am confused about many things, most of them technological--but compared to the men I know who've made it big in the private sector, I'm not rich. And that's how I got to be a director. Along the lines of other people who've posted and suggested that they got to be directors through some kind of unintentional (?) process. John D. Richmond, Director Alpha Park Public Library District 3527 So. Airport Road Bartonville, IL 61607 Ph: 309-697-3822, x. 12 Fax: 309-697-9681 Email: jrichmond@alphapark.org _______________________________________________ When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.? -- Ludwig van Beethoven _______________________________________________ Publib mailing list Publib@webjunction.org http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/publib From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Wed May 3 14:15:49 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Wed May 3 14:15:52 2006 Subject: [Publib] RE: Why librarianship? Message-ID: One kid at a time, one kid at a time! But Colleen, I think you really hit on it, we joke around and tease, but I think there's a lot of truth to it, and maybe it's because we don't think that anyone else could love such a unique profession like we do. Then with the stereotypes on top of it, maybe we are shying away from what we think might be a hard sell. But, I think you're right that if we treat it more seriously and just try to get the word out about what a cool career it can be, it can only benefit others! Lis? Chlebanowski Library Manager Avondale Public Library 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 623-478-3105 ________________________________ From: Colleen Pelletier [mailto:catalib@plattsburghlib.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:29 AM To: Publib; Joshua Neff; Marie; Lise Chlebanowski Subject: Re: Why librarianship? I just wanted to add that after reading all of these messages, I have to agree with Joshua. In retrospect, it is kind of sad. It's all given me a new goal. When I tease my brothers and my friends that their children are librarians in the making, it will now be more serious. I'll try and show the parents how challenging the profession is and how satisfying it can be at the same time. Maybe, just maybe, it will make a difference in some child's choice of career. (Sounds really good doesn't it ) Colleen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/b731dc11/attachment.htm From lchlebanowski at avondale.org Wed May 3 14:16:40 2006 From: lchlebanowski at avondale.org (Lise Chlebanowski) Date: Wed May 3 14:16:45 2006 Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Message-ID: They had a big pow-wow about the bird flu in my city, but the library wasn't invited to attend! Lis? Chlebanowski Library Manager Avondale Public Library 328 W. Western Ave. Avondale, AZ 85323 623-478-3105 ________________________________ From: publib-bounces@webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces@webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Sue Kamm Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:36 AM To: David Keeber; publib@webjunction.org Subject: Re: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Have public health officials weighed in on this? I suggest we follow their advice, which is why they get the big bucks. I was a mere child during the polio epidemic scares of the forties and fifties, but I don't recall any restriction on library service. Perhaps any health historians can provide information about what happened when influenza was rampant following WWI. -----Original Message----- From: David Keeber Sent: May 3, 2006 9:22 AM To: publib@webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Bird Flu Planning Is anyone aware of planning efforts underway for the role libraries would play, and the ways in which they would manage internally, in the event of a bird flu outbreak? Do we close? Do we stay open and limit patron contact? Do we let books be checked out and, as a result of the possibility of their being returned laden with germs, not require them to be returned? Any assistance or thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thank you. David W. Keeber, MLS Library Director Sedona Public Library 3250 White Bear Road Sedona, AZ 86336 928.282.7714 dkeeber@sedonalibrary.org Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large, Sue Kamm Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA Truest of the Blue, Los Angeles Dodgers Think Blue Week 2000 email: suekamm [at] mindspring.com When you absolutely, positively HAVE to know, ASK A LIBRARIAN! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20060503/00142479/attachment.htm From mgolrick at brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us Wed May 3 16:39:02 2006 From: mgolrick at brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us (Michael Golrick) Date: Wed May 3 16:39:06 2006 Subject: [Publib] Re: Why Librarianship Message-ID: <3DA7F4D78EB9F04FA868B8CABF41CF94F6883F@bptlibex01.brdgprtpl.lib.ct.us> Leah Habersham asked: "Just out of curiosity... what inspired you to become a librarian?" My answer is: Miss Osborn. She was the Children's Librarian in my hometown library (Shrewsbury Free Public Library, in Massachusetts). She encouraged so many of us to read. She did story times with all the traditional activities, which is why I can say the Native American name of the lake in Webster Massachusetts which is the longest place name in this country. By the time I was in high school, she had become the Library Director. She hired me as a page. As time went on (and I stuck it out), I got more and more "interesting" tasks to do. They included riding the bookmobile, checking the journals against the catalog, etc. Now my next door neighbor (Mrs. Ober) was both on the Library Board (elected) and was the public high school librarian. Between the two of them, they encouraged me. When I got to college, my work study job was...in the library. By the end of four years, I was often the senior student assist