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TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL Published by the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Membership in TLA is open to any 4 individual or institution interested in Texas libraries. 4 President’s Perspective For advertising information, contact Cecilia Barham Kasey Hyde, TLA Vendor & Meeting Associate at: [email protected] 6 Guest Editorial Shirley Robinson For editorial information, contact Wendy Woodland, TLA Director, Advocacy & Communications at: [email protected] Opinions expressed in Texas Library Journal are those of the authors and 7 are not necessarily endorsed by TLA. 7 At UTSA, Open Educational Resources Deliver Savings & 31 Journal Staff Reduce Barriers Editor Michele Chan Santos Wendy Woodland 31 Newsnotes 10 Five Years of First Years: Assistant Editor Success, Challenges, and 32 Continuing Education Michele Chan Santos Some Solutions for Teaching Graphic Designer Information Literacy Joanna King Susan Whitmer Advertising 13 A Fair Use Refresher: Part Two Kasey Hyde 33 Gretchen McCord Printer Library at Texas School for the Capital Printing 15 TLA 2020 CONFERENCE Blind and Visually Impaired Offers an Abundance of 34 TLA 2020 Sponsors Choices 35 TLA 2020 Exhibiting Michele Chan Santos Companies 19 Is it a Competition? Classroom and School Libraries AD INDEX Naomi Bates and J. Carter Cook 3 American Library Association 3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite 401 Changing Your Mindset 22 1 Candlewick Austin, Texas 78746-6763 Sandra Cannon 18 Media Flex/OPALS 512.328.1518 www.txla.org 24 Taking the Fear out of Digital 30 Page Street Kids Preservation 30 Page Street YA © Texas Library Association Diana Dulek 5 School Library Journal TLA LAUNCH Texas Library Journal (ISSN 0040-4446) 25 Texas Bluebonnet Award Marks 18 is published quarterly in spring, summer, its 40th Anniversary 5 TLA Libraries Transform Texas fall, and winter by the Texas Library 55 TLA 2021 Save the Date Association, 3355 Bee Cave Road, Michele Chan Santos Suite 401, Austin, Texas 78746-6763. Black Caucus Round Table Subscription price: to members of TLA, 27 94 cents, included in annual dues; to Celebrates 30th Anniversary nonmembers, $25 per year for domestic, Michele Chan Santos $30 out-of-country. Single issues: $7.
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3 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE
President’s Perspective By Cecilia Barham
March 11, 2020 was a rough day. On that day, TLA’s There are hundreds of library folks Executive Board had to make the difficult decision serving in a volunteer capacity for TLA who are doing important and difficult to cancel the in-person TLA 2020 conference. work. That work can be challenging and My heart broke as I thought of all the work that exhausting, especially when combined co-chairs Robin Cashman, Lee Hilyer, Robyn with our day jobs and the duties of our Reid, Leah Mann, the 2020 Program and Local personal lives. Talking to committee Arrangements Committee members, the TLA staff, chairs and volunteers, I hear this often and the exhibitors and sponsors had put into the and I experience it firsthand in my role as President. conference. It was difficult decision, but absolutely Author and poet Charles Bukowski wrote, “What matters the right decision to ensure the safety and health of most is how well you walk through the fire.” Some days I dance attendees and of the communities they serve. through the fire with grace and a smile. Other days I fall down, catch fire, roll around, stumble getting up, curse, and push the My heavy heart became lighter as I learned of TLA’s plan to take “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” button. Some days I think I just key elements of our outstanding conference content and forge can’t do it. Some days I feel like an imposter. Then I just show up a new path – the first-ever TLA virtual conference.TLA 2020 and fake it until — on bright, wonderful occasions — I make it. Virtual will be the first annual conference held online; for I share this not as a means of complaint, because I am members who live far from Houston or whose work schedules honored and inspired to be of service to our organization. I did not allow for attending in person, this is a way for us to be share it as means of encouragement for anyone out there is who more inclusive than ever. We will have more information on taking on new or difficult work for TLA, or in their careers, and this very streamlined version of the conference to share soon. is thinking it is only challenging for them and that it is easy for I can’t wait for you all to join me at this historic conference everyone else. event. Not only will you be a part of history, but your Especially during the current crisis, I know a lot of you are attendance will help ensure TLA’s future in the face of the great facing unprecedented territory in making decisions for your financial strain of cancelling TLA 2020 in Houston. I hope you library communities, your families and yourselves. will support TLA with your participation. I want to thank all We all have days, especially in recent weeks, where we feel TLA members for their grace and patience with our association overwhelmed and think, “Who put me in charge of this?” You as we navigate unknown and exciting territory. are not alone. You are doing fine. Your effort, and the work you How we respond to difficult situations defines us as do, does not go unnoticed, and it is SO appreciated. individuals and organizations. I am proud to be a member of an I also share this so that I can say hang in there and keep organization that faces difficulty with calm, loyalty, and a heart doing the work because it matters. The work we do in our of service for its members. TLA is going to come through this libraries changes lives. The work we do for TLA supports that. challenge stronger than ever! If you have questions or are struggling with your TLA duties, As TLA 2020 Virtual will mark the end of my term as TLA please reach out to any member of the executive board or to President, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some one of the TLA staff. We are here to help. lessons learned. A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE ONE-LEGGED SQUATS AND IMPOSTER SYNDROME As my term as TLA president comes to an end, I want to express For the last several months I have been learning how to do a my appreciation to everyone who has supported and assisted one-legged squat. It is incredibly challenging and takes all my me throughout this year. It has truly been remarkable, and physical strength, focus, and determination to make it through challenging, and inspiring, and exhausting, and invigorating! my sets. One morning at the gym as I pushed myself through As this is my last time to express gratitude, I want to thank my my last rep, a woman walked by and said, “You make that look husband James, my goddaughter Jamee, and my best friend easy.” Barely able to breath, I pulled myself together, smiled my Dedrie for all their support and encouragement this last year. friendliest smile, and said, “Thank you so much!” As she walked They were my biggest cheerleaders and the shoulders I leaned away, she looked a little sad and said, “I could never do that.” upon. Their unconditional love got me through my presidency I still think about that morning and what I should have said. as it does all things in my life. I am grateful beyond words. I should have said, “Oh my gosh, thank you! It is so incredibly hard. I have been working on this for months and I can still barely do it.” We live in a culture where we are expected to do it all, do it well and quickly, AND make it look easy. In this, I think we are doing each other a disservice. Cecilia Barham [email protected], 817-427-6813
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5 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 EDITOR’S LETTER A Message From Shirley Robinson, TLA Executive Director By Shirley Robinson
I never expected, only a few weeks into my tenure industry suppliers, and sponsors with TLA, to be in the middle of an unprecedented and exhibitors for many associations caught in this storm are fighting for global crisis. Many associations in the United everything that they have as well. States and abroad are facing the same challenges Thank you to all of the amazing that we are during this time. I know we made the people that have reached out over right decision in cancelling the in-person TLA the last few days to see how you can 2020 conference in Houston, to safeguard the help. We have to survive - and will - health of our members and their library patrons; because our members need us - and we will be stronger on the other side. but at the same time, it is heart-rending to see the We are working hard to make cancellation of something our volunteers and staff sure that each of our conference have labored for on for so many months. registrants is treated as fairly as possible. For information about using your registration for our Through it all, the multitude of messages of support and love virtual conference, applying it to from our members has kept me and our TLA staff moving your TLA 2021 registration for next forward. Our organization has been through thick and thin year’s San Antonio conference, or with the librarians of Texas and your support means the world receiving a refund, click here. to us. Please let us know of your questions and concerns. We will We know that we are not alone in walking through these respond to everyone, although we ask for your patience as we incredibly tough and dark days. Our volunteers and members, work through additional details in the coming days.
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TLA’s COVID-19 resources webpage includes links to resources available from state and federal agencies, as well as ALA and TSLAC. It also provides a platform for what is our most valuable resource, the shared knowledge of our members. Texas librarians are being very creative in this time of crisis and we have seen a lot of great information, tips, and resources posted on social media. We’d like to try to consolidate much of that experience and knowledge in one place that is easily accessible. Please share your best practices in crisis management, statements, policies, procedures, tips and resources that you have found useful in responding to this public health crisis. Add your information to this Google spreadsheet.
Texas Library Association | 6 At UTSA, Open Educational Resources Deliver Savings and Reduce Barriers By Michele Chan Santos
t the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), how these savings contribute to overall student achievement. student savings from Open Educational Resources “Ultimately, anything you do in an academic library boils A (OER) are estimated at a whopping $8 million—savings down to student success,” Hendrix said. “Student success is a students achieve because their professors adopt free or low- top priority for us at UTSA. What differentiates us from many cost textbooks online. With OER, students don’t have to buy universities is that we have a high population of students that hard-copy books or pricey online texts which often cost $100 or are Pell Grant-eligible, from a lower socioeconomic level. When more per book. we looked at statistics, the number one reason students drop In the Calculus for Biosciences course, for example, out is not being able to afford going to school. The savings from students have a projected savings of more than $26,000. UTSA OER is huge, yes, but it’s important because it’s allowing people Department of Mathematics Lecturer Cindy Roberts is working to keep pursuing their dreams.” with the team of instructors to coordinate the replacement DeeAnn Ivie is the Open Education Coordinator for UTSA of the primary textbook in all sections of the course with Libraries, managing the Adopt-a-Free-Textbook grant program, content from various OpenStax which began in 2016. Grants are textbooks, crafting a tailored important in motivating faculty text for UTSA students. In to convert their curriculum from Introduction to Astronomy, traditional textbooks to OER, the former $218 textbook is especially since for many faculty also being replaced by the free members using OER represents online astronomy textbook from a significant culture change in OpenStax. teaching in higher education. UTSA Libraries is at the “It’s a work in progress, always,” forefront of the OER movement Ivie said. She estimates that less on campus. The Adopt-a- than 10 percent of courses at UTSA Free-Textbook grant program, currently utilize OER. However, spearheaded by the library, the number of courses adopting awards money to faculty the free online textbooks increases who agree to use OER texts every year. “We have made great in a course for at least four strides,” Ivie said. “We have been semesters (most continue building momentum. The grants to use them after the grant definitely offer an incentive. The period is over.) UTSA Libraries money is nice because they can use partnered with OpenStax, a nonprofit educational initiative it to travel to a conference or for professional development. based at Rice University which publishes high-quality, openly But that’s not the main reason professors pursue OER. The licensed college textbooks that are free online and low-cost to professors want to do this because they recognize that it’s print. UTSA Libraries works with faculty to utilize OER from important for our students at UTSA. We have a lot of students both OpenStax and other free and low-cost online textbook who are the first in their families to go to college.” repositories. The $8 million savings figure reflects textbook Individual grants are awarded at $1,000; group grants (for savings from classes taught by professors who have received a group of instructors) range from $1,500-$7,000, based on grants over the last four years. the number of students impacted. Successful group grant For Dean Hendrix, Dean of Libraries at UTSA, the biggest applications require a minimum of three collaborating benefit of OER is not just about student savings, but also about instructors or all instructors for a course. Grants are open to all
7 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 faculty, including non-tenure-track instructors. Videos the UTSA Libraries has produced help share the story Despite the grants and the students’ enthusiasm for OER, of what OER can do. In one video, faculty discuss the benefits some faculty are concerned that a push for OER will impinge on of using OER when teaching their courses, from increasing academic freedom, and have expressed concern that they won’t student satisfaction to presenting parts of different textbooks be able to teach as effectively if they can’t use the same books in the same course. OER has given many UTSA faculty greater as they always have. flexibility, Ivie said. Hendrix said the notion that offering OER limits academic Another video shows how the Math Matters team at UTSA freedom is simply not true. “It’s a misconception that needs has benefited by combining resources from OpenStax and to be squelched,” Hendrix said. “It’s another choice. Every WeBWork to create free online textbooks for College Algebra textbook or OER has advantages and disadvantages. Librarians and Math for Business students, saving them $500,000 per are telling the professors, ‘We are offering you more options.’ semester, collectively. We are saying, ‘Here is OER, here is what it can do.’ It’s Jonathan Brucks is the interim director of the Math Matters ultimately the faculty’s choice. But it’s also the students’ choice team. to ask, ‘Why do we have to buy a $300 textbook?’ “ Brucks said he takes “great pride in the fact that we save our Hendrix said true stories of UTSA students help reiterate students quite a bit of money every semester, but I also feel that this point. One student, a military veteran, didn’t receive his it is worth using OER for the flexibility and personalization that GI Bill stipend until March each year – too late in the semester it affords instructors and departments. It’s great to be able to to buy textbooks. For this student, taking classes that use OER tailor our resources to meet those needs most efficiently.” means he had access to the online textbooks “on day one of the He admits he was against OER before he started using it. course,” Hendrix said. It’s the kind of difference that can keep “Now, I wouldn’t go back to commercial texts and software if I students in school. had the choice,” Brucks said. “OER is a process and a mindset; it’s about instructors taking and having control over decisions ADVICE FOR OTHER LIBRARIES on what is best for their students. It’s empowering and Hendrix knows it can be an uphill battle to introduce and liberating.” expand OER at universities. The key is communication. “Convince your library leadership that this is a good idea,” GETTING STARTED Hendrix said. “You need to be a good communicator and a good For universities just beginning their forays into OER, “I would marketer. OER has to be promoted at all levels of the university: say absolutely look at OpenStax as a potential partner,” Ivie provost, faculty, students. When you go to the provost, say, said. “Not only does OpenStax connect you to other OER we’re lowering the cost of higher education. You have to believe advocates for sharing strategies, but they will also visit your in it.” campus to host faculty workshops and provide support for OER UTSA President Taylor Eighmy and his wife Peggy have been adoption tracking.” vocal in their support for OER and have also donated $5,000 of If you are looking for more avenues for connecting with their personal funds to help support OER at the university OER advocates, Ivie also recommends the SPARC Libraries &
Texas Library Association | 8 OER forum, a vibrant community of academic and research in support of OER communities, fostering discussions and librarians interested in open education. The network connects partnerships across the state. Additionally, the Digital Higher more than 1,000 subscribers through a public email discussion Education Consortium of Texas recently hosted an annual list and monthly community calls. Institutional members conference for OER advocates, providing a great forum for of the Texas Digital Library also have access to regional updates on OER at the state level and for connecting OER peers training sessions presented by the Open Textbook Network, in Texas. an alliance of higher education institutions committed to Ivie said that although implementing OER can feel like an improving access, affordability, and academic success through uphill battle, it’s worth it to help students. the use of open textbooks. The American Library Association “When we go to talk to our students, they are so excited to scholarly communication distribution list has a good amount of hear what we are doing to save on textbook costs. They want to discussion on OER topics, too, she said. know what classes and courses offer free textbooks,” she said. Through Dean Hendrix’s connections to the Texas Digital “The students are grateful, and when you hear their feedback Library and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and encouragement, it makes your day.” he led the effort in 2018 for UTSA to host the very first Michele Chan Santos is the marketing specialist at the Texas Library statewide convening of OER advocates. Since then, Texas has Association. started to see more development of a statewide framework
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9 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 FIVE YEARS OF FIRST YEARS Success, Challenges, and Some Solutions for Teaching Information Literacy By Susan Whitmer
FOR STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED in learning about primary information literacy instructor for the first- information literacy, an academic instruction librarian year composition (FYC) program. Information literacy must have a good sense of humor, a thick skin, and a skills for FYC students include: learning how to find curiosity about a wide-range of subjects. It also helps the quality information and data, learning how to evaluate librarian to be invested in the triple threat of academia: information and data, and learning how to ethically student success, student retention, and student use information and data (Association of College and graduation. Weaver (2013) theorizes that students drop Research Libraries, 2016). Teaching information literacy out because they feel like they do not have the academic classes to first-year composition (FYC) students is skills they need to succeed through their programs. challenging but, after five years, I have learned how to I begin my classes by talking about how information make it entertaining for the students and fun for me. literacy skills will not only help them succeed in college, I am a bicycle advocate, artist, writer, and culture but will translate to success in their careers. The vulture; all interests that I integrate into my library information literate can navigate problems and projects instruction presentations. For example, when I teach by assessing needs and locating solutions. sources for the argument paper, I use photos of myself As a Reference & Instruction Librarian at Texas riding a bike to connect how useful government data is Woman’s University (TWU) in Denton, Texas, I am the to argue for bicycle infrastructure. I use the U.S. Census
Texas Library Association | 10 Bureau, census.gov, to demonstrate site navigations skills to the statistics table, “Percentage of Workers Who Commuted by Bicycle in Medium-Sized Cities, Population 100,000 - 199,999.” This table shows where we are in Denton, Texas, and should be, with the number of bike commuters compared to other cities our size, Denton = 731 bike commuters v. Boulder = 5,507 bike commuters (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). I then use the Bureau of Labor Statistics’, bls.gov, to demonstrate how to navigate to career information data with the example of my avocation, “Bicycle Repairers.” My FYC information literacy classes are about an hour long and follow this format: 1. Introduction to the TWU Libraries’ home page (~5 minutes) 2. Demonstration of how to search the catalog for scholarly articles (~10 minutes) 3. Worksheet activity to locate and cite one source using the catalog (~15 minutes) 4. Introduction to the FYC course page, evaluate sources, database searching (~10 minutes) 5. Worksheet activity to locate and cite a source using a database (~10 minutes) 6. Reflection activity: Library Instruction Survey (~5 minutes)
LESSONS LEARNED 1996). I started using peer instruction in my classes when I ask YEAR ONE: 2014–2015 students to locate sources for their papers. Peer instruction Success: Two projects started during my first year as an is when students help each other locate sources and explain instruction librarian, the Core Assessment Academy and information literacy concepts to their peers who may not FYC Learning Outcomes, led to me being invested in my understand the instructor’s vocabulary. I encourage students new position. The FYC director initiated a Core Assessment to talk to each other. It is a fun way to learn and makes for a Academy where artifacts from the core classes are evaluated. vibrant atmosphere. As an Academy volunteer, I graded anonymized writing assignments which informed my FYC instruction by Challenge: The number of requests for FYC classes increased demonstrating the need to place a greater emphasis on this year and I was offered an instruction assistant. After I evaluating resources. spent all summer training the assistant, they quit the week The TWU Libraries’ Director of Data & Analytics helped before classes started. I needed an assistant to help me manage me design a FYC Learning Outcomes project based on data all my instruction classes and assessment projects. collected from citation worksheets. I continue to update and Solution: I reached out to the Circulation Department and use the learning outcomes project as it helps me see where set up training sessions for circulation staff to assist me. It students’ strengths and weaknesses are in their ability to locate turned out to be the start of a wonderful relationship between and cite quality information. the Circulation Department and the Reference Department. Challenge: Talkative students: It is a rookie teacher’s mistake Some of the student workers were SLIS students and enjoyed to try to teach over talkative students. I would walk over to the practicing the theory they were learning in graduate school. talkative students and try to talk over their conversation. This made them talk louder. YEAR THREE: 2016–2017 Success: A library instruction coordinator was hired and Solution: I no longer have this problem. I make small talk their first responsibility was to create a set of online tutorials before class starts which shows them that I am interested in on plagiarism, citation styles, evaluating information, writing more than lecturing, I want a dialog, and scholarship is a dialog. research questions, and searching our catalog. All first-year students were required to complete the tutorials and present YEAR TWO: 2015–2016 a certificate of completion to their core class instructors. I Success: One of the TWU Academic Success Lecture Series noticed a definite improvement in the FYC student’s ability to promoted the idea of peer-instruction. Harvard’s Dr. Eric find and cite information. Mazur shared that students learn better from each other because the instructor tends to be overly familiar with the Challenge: I received a request to teach a library instruction subject and probably takes important items for granted (Mazur, class on Interdisciplinarity to a remedial FYC class. When I
11 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 asked for clarification, I was resent the original request: “Create a library instruction class on “Interdisciplinarity. I want to see YEAR FIVE: 2018–2019 how you interpret this request.” I over thought, over prepared, Success: Two new FYC directors were hired, both enthusiastic and over researched interdisciplinarity. When I arrived to supporters of library instruction. I discussed my class teach, I found out that this was a remedial class that needed structure with them and gave a brief demonstration of my basic information literacy instruction. I presented an over- FYC information literacy class. They suggested that I add more structured, 52-slide presentation with Venn diagrams and too information about media bias so I now have two media bias many big words. Halfway through the class, I could feel that the charts on my FYC course pages. One media bias chart is from presentation wasn’t working. Ad Fontes Media, and the other is from Allsides.com. These charts helps students determine the credibility of news sources Solution: I stopped my presentation and asked the class for and where news sources are on the bias scale: Left, Right, and specific research topics then demonstrated how to perform Center. basic research using the catalog and Credo Reference. Challenge: As an environmentally-minded librarian, I’m concerned about using paper worksheets. I collaborated YEAR FOUR: 2017–2018 with a SLIS student to design a Google Form that replicates Success: Some FYC classes were being held in new classrooms the worksheet. While I was unsatisfied with the final result, that had tables for groups of four students instead of traditional I plan to continue working on this project. With the paper row seating which inspired more participation. One class worksheets, I get close to 100% participation because the stands out, a group of students responded enthusiastically students have to write their names on the worksheets and when I asked for volunteer research topics to demonstrate: turn them in to me. I review the worksheets, make suggestions “Female Black Panthers!” “Mass Incarceration!” “Food for alternate databases and search terms, and then return the Deserts!” These were welcome research topics and together worksheets to the instructors to give back to the students. we discovered that when searching the catalog, use the term “Black Panther Party” otherwise your search results will consist CONCLUSION of leopards and jaguars. Five years ago, I started teaching information literacy skills with a rigid idea of how to teach first-year composition students. As Challenge: I was working with our scholarly communications I become more comfortable teaching, I see an increase in the librarian to pilot open educational textbooks for remedial number of students who contact me for research assistance by FYC classes. However, it was that year (2017) that the Texas phone, online, and face-to-face. Information literacy is key to Legislature passed HB 2223, regarding the mainstreaming student success and life success, and knowing where to locate of remedial classes. Students who would normally take and how to ethically usequality information helps students a non-credit remedial writing class were now taking successfully complete assignments and will help them solve corequisite classes. The corequisite classes provide additional problems in their working lives. instructional support but used the required, non-open access, I plan to continue looking for new ideas and incorporating textbook. The open educational textbook idea for FYC was put them into my first-year composition information literacy on hold. classes. I look forward to writing an update in 2024 tentatively titled, “Ten Years of First-Years: A Decade of Information Literacy Success.”
Susan Whitmer is a reference and instruction librarian at Texas Woman’s University. Susan uses her bicycle advocacy to teach information literacy concepts about government sources.
REFERENCES Association of College and Research Libraries. 2016. Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. [PDF file]. www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/issues/infolit/Framework_ILHE.pdf. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2018. “Occupational Employment Statistics: Bicycle Repairers.” bls.gov. www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes493091.htm. Mazur, Eric. 1996. Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual. Pearson. U.S. Census Bureau. 2017. “Percentage of Workers Who Commuted by Bicycle in Medium-Sized Cities, Population 100,000 - 199,999.” www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/commuting/acs-25.html. Weaver, M. (2013). “Student Journey Work: A Review of Academic Library Contributions to Student Transition and Success.” New Review of Academic Librarianship, 19(2), 101-24.
Texas Library Association | 12 A FAIR USE REFRESHER PART II: TOOLS FOR APPLICATION
by Gretchen McCord
In A Fair Use Refresher Part I, (Texas Library minimum standards for educational fair use …. Moreover, Journal, Fall 2019) I provided an overview of fair the following statement of guidelines is not intended to limit the types of copying permitted under the standards use under copyright law. In this article, I describe of fair use …. There may be instances in which copying some of the tools most commonly used by librarians which does not fall within the guidelines stated below may to interpret and apply fair use (guidelines), and my nonetheless be permitted under the criteria of fair use. two favorite types of tools to help you interpret Unfortunately, over time, people have come to believe that and apply fair use (codes of best practices and the Classroom Guidelines are actual law and/or dictate the copyright policies). upper limits of fair use copying. Other guidelines have been created since 1976, such as the FAIR USE GUIDELINES ALA Model Policy Concerning College and University Copying. I’m not a big fan of guidelines, but it’s vitally important that you These, too, are intended to state a minimum amount of copying understand what they are – and are not. allowable under fair use, not a maximum. They, too, have Many librarians are familiar with the “Classroom Guidelines,” suffered the same fate as the Classroom Guidelines. officially the Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying Misunderstanding the role of copyright guidelines can have in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions, which were a tremendous effect and undermine educational missions. A incorporated into the House Report on the Copyright Act of series of studies by the Center for Media and Social Impact 1976. These guidelines state certain quantitative amounts of (CMSI) published in the early 2000s found that educators, copying that constitute fair use, for example, a teacher may among others, understood fair use to be much more restrictive copy one chapter from a book for use in teaching. They also than it actually is, resulting in: provide the infamous “brevity, spontaneity, and cumulative • Misaligned priorities that deemphasize research, teaching, effect” restrictions on making multiple copies for classroom and learning. purposes. • Decisions made on the basis of avoiding copyright The Classroom Guidelines were the result of negotiations difficulties rather than fulfilling mission. between parties representing copyright owners and users • Downsizing, postponing, and killing courses, research of copyright-protected materials, including the American projects, digitization initiatives, and exhibits. Association of Publishers and the American Library • Denying scholars access to materials or putting them to Association, and were meant to create a “safe harbor” for considerable hardship to obtain them. certain copying. This means that they were intended to • Providing disabled students with lower levels of access state the minimum limit of what constitutes fair use, not a than their peers for fear of violating copyright. maximum, so that if you limit your copying to that described • Budgetary issues in the form of high costs for both staff in the Classroom Guidelines, you can be confident that your time and unnecessary licensing. copying will be considered fair use. Fortunately, recent developments have ushered in a much In fact, the introduction to the guidelines specifically states: more productive approach to providing guidance for applying The purpose of the following guidelines is to state the fair use.
13 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 CODES OF BEST PRACTICES fair use portion of the CMSI website and peruse the plethora Beginning in the early 2000s, we’ve seen a growing trend of of valuable resources available there, at no cost. In addition to moving away from quantitative guidelines and towards codes the studies and codes of best practices, CMSI offers a variety of of best practices in fair use. Rather than providing numbers, teaching tools that many librarians will find helpful. The CMSI the codes essentially provide you with a blueprint of how collection is the single, most valuable set of fair use resources to strengthen your fair use case. This approach allows for out there, and every librarian should be acquainted with it. more flexibility in many ways, including adapting your uses as technology changes, while also offering very concrete COPYRIGHT POLICIES suggestions. I like this trend! I love policies! In fact, I periodically teach an online course CMSI, the leader of this trend, describes itself as “an called “Copyright Policies: Your New Best Friend.” Before I innovation lab and research center that creates, studies and explain my enthusiasm, let me clarify what I mean by “policy.” showcases media for social impact.” In reality, it is much more. I do not mean anything specific. A copyright policy is whatever For almost fifteen years, CMSI has conducted studies into how you need it to be – that’s what makes it so valuable! fair use affects a wide range of industries, including education, A good copyright policy puts everyone at your institution and has created (often in partnership with other organizations, on the same page in terms of how you will address certain such as the Association of Research Libraries) codes of best situations implicating copyright. Thus, it clarifies expectations practices in fair use addressed at these industries or in specific and paves the way for consistency across the institution. It situations. CMSI codes pertinent to librarians include the serves as an educational tool as new staff come on board. It following: backs you up when a library user or an institutional employee insists that you engage in activities you think constitute • Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study infringement. And should your institution find itself a target • Fair Use of Collections Containing Orphan Works of claims of copyright infringement, having a policy in place – • Fair Use of Poetry and following it consistently – can help show that you’re a good • Fair Use for Online Video actor; in other words, it can help your defensive position. • Fair Use for Media Literacy Education So what makes a “good” copyright policy? A good copyright • Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication policy is a useful tool, not simply a restatement of the law. A But the star attraction for librarians is theCode of Best good copyright policy is one that has been well thought out, Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. reflects the institution’s level of risk tolerance, makes sense Although the target audience is higher education, this code to those relying on it, and most of all, is usable and used by addresses issues of importance in all types of libraries, such the intended audience (probably either library staff or all as “Supporting teaching and learning with access to library institutional staff). If a policy is not usable and used, it is materials via digital technologies” and “Using selections from useless. collection materials to publicize a library’s activities or to The following are topics commonly included in copyright create physical and virtual exhibitions.” policies: This code addresses eight topics, including the two • A (readable) explanation of the parts of copyright law most listed above. For each, it explains the importance of the relevant to your institution topic to libraries and provides a list of “enhancements” and • The institution’s work-made-for-hire policy “limitations,” which are steps you can take to strengthen your • How the institution approaches fair use fair use position. For example, for supporting teaching and • Who is responsible for making fair use decisions learning by providing access to library materials through digital • Links to fair use tools technology: • An explanation of open access (OA) and list of OA • The availability of materials should be coextensive with resources used by the institution the duration of the course or other time-limited use (e.g., a • The institution’s policy and procedures regarding use of research project) for which they have been made available orphan works at an instructor’s direction. • The institution’s process(es) for obtaining permission to • Materials should be made available only when, and only to use protected works the extent that, there is a clear articulable nexus between the instructor’s pedagogical purpose and the kind and Again, a good copyright policy is whatever you need it to be! amount of content involved The keys are to make it usable and to ensure that it is followed • In order to assure the continuing relevance of those consistently across the institution. materials to course content, libraries should require Gretchen McCord is an attorney and the principal of Law Offices of instructors of recurrently offered courses to review posted Gretchen McCord, PLLC and a former librarian. Her company Digital materials and make updates as appropriate. Information Law (digitalinfolaw.com) provides live and online copyright training to librarians and educators. I strongly encourage everyone reading this article to go to the
iU.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Copyright Law Revision: Report (to Accompany S. 22). 94th Cong., 2d sess., 1976. H. Rep. 94-1476. 68. iiAssociation of Research Libraries et al. Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries. 2012. 14-15.
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Library at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Offers an Abundance of Choices By Michele Chan Santos
TSBVI student Austin Baxter with TSVBI high school senior Chanel Davis (left) and his favorite book, The One and Only Ivan Renee Toy, Director of the Learning Resource Center
15 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 A STROLL THROUGH the Learning Resource Like any librarian, she helps students choose books Center library at the Texas School for the Blind based on their interests. More unique to her job is and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) reveals a wealth of finding materials suited to that students’ physical reading materials in a host of different formats. ability. Because of recent advances in technology, There’s a hard-print Braille copy of Lauren there are more digital options than ever before. Oliver’s dystopian young-adult novel Delirium, a The students at TSBVI with low vision, for few steps away from audio recordings of Curious example, can read large-print books on an George, The Imaginary and other children’s books. electronic device; they can also use iPads with the There’s a table with a playback machine from the Dolphin EasyReader program (an app designed for Texas Talking Book Program. Nearby is a device readers with dyslexia, low vision and blindness.) called a Braille Edge, where users can read from a Braille Edge devices have a refreshable Braille line refreshable Braille display (a panel of pins rises to for reading, and can be used as a screen reader with form different Braille symbols and refreshes to form an iPad or laptop computer; students also use them each line.) Large-print books, iPads, regular print to take notes. books, graphic novels…the choices go on and on. “I love that our kids have choices to have different The TSBVI was established in 1856 as The Blind ways to access books. They can choose just the way Institute. In the more than 100 years since, it has we do,” she said. evolved into a school offering an array of programs Here are some of the many resources Toy draws serving nearly 11,000 students who are blind, from when serving her student population: visually impaired or deaf and blind. In some cases, TSBVI serves as a public school for students ages 6 through 22 on their Austin campus. About 150 students live on campus for several months a year. Through the Weekends Home Program, about 80 percent of them go home on the weekends. Buses go to Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Abilene on Friday afternoons and pick up students on Sundays to return to school. Other students fly home every other weekend. Many other students come in from various parts of the state for weeklong camps, or are served through TSBVI’s outreach programs. Renee Toy is the Director of the Learning Resource Center and the Instructional Materials Digital Talking Book Machine and Coordinator at TSBVI. She’s been the library audio cartridges from the Talking Book Program director since 2010; prior to that she taught elementary school at TSBVI for 15 years, and before that she worked in the dorms where the students • Talking Book Program. In this program, who board at TSBVI live. In total, she’s been part of run by the Texas State Library and Archives the TSBVI community for 34 years. Toy reads and Commission, free library services are provided writes Braille and taught Braille for many years to for anyone in Texas who is unable to read elementary students; she also knows some sign standard print because of a visual, physical or language, but relies on a sign language interpreter reading disability. Toy encourages every TSBVI who works full-time at the school to communicate student to sign up for the program; a playback with students who are deaf. machine called a Digital Talking Book Machine Toy lights up when she says the most rewarding and audio cartridges of books are sent directly part of her job is “helping kids find books. Getting to the students’ homes (she also has cartridges book access for kids is by far my favorite thing to and machines from the program on site at her do.” It’s her mission to have as wide a variety of library). Books and magazines in Braille and books as possible available to them. “I want them large print are available through the Talking to love books, and to be able to find the books Book Program. themselves.” • BARD – This acronym stands for Braille and She describes being a librarian at a school for the Audio Reading Download, and is part of the blind and visually impaired as exciting – “Being in National Library Service for the blind and this position at this time has been pretty amazing.” print-disabled. Students can download audio
Texas Library Association | 16 books for Android devices, iPhones or iPads, Books Program – the device and materials can or Kindle Fire tablets for free. This is useful not be mailed directly to the patron’s home. She also just for students reading for pleasure, but also recommends Learning Ally, an audiobook program for downloading books they need to read for for anyone with a print disability. Helping the class. patron set up Hoopla on their smartphone is helpful too (Hoopla is a digital media service where you can borrow audiobooks and eBooks on your computer, tablet or phone.) CCTV (closed circuit television) or video magnifiers can also help people with low vision read, if you’re able to offer this service at your public library. What about for school librarians working with blind or visually impaired students? “For young kids, we all want children to love books and to love stories. In a storytime, if they can include tactile objects for kids that go along with the book, that’s helpful,” Toy said. “I also urge school librarians to work with their particular child’s VI teacher (teachers with VI certification are trained to work with visually impaired students.) Perhaps they Perkins Brailler is a Braille could set up a corner of the library with all the typewriter used for homework child’s materials in one place, or to help orient them so they can find things independently.” • BookShare. This is a federally-funded non- TSBVI offers a Braille Boot Camp twice a year, profit that provides books to anyone with a which is a week-long intensive Braille training for print disability. The beauty of BookShare is Braille transcribers throughout Texas. The school that it has thousands of books in a number of also frequently offers mentor training, which pairs digital file formats. “We use their Braille files to new TVIS (teachers of the visually impaired) with make hard-copy Braille books,” Toy said. “We more experienced TVIS. You can learn more about do a lot of Braille on demand.” Large embossing their workshops here. machines in the library convert the digital The TSVBI library staff consists of five people, Braille files into hard-copy books. This is a including three Braille transcribers. Regular fairly quick process; much better than many volunteers come in each week to help. Every day, years ago, “when we’d have to do it by hand, classes visit the library. Whether it’s a read-aloud typing it out. It was pretty laborious,” Toy said. storytime session for younger kids, or middle Here’s one example of Braille-on-demand: One school kids using the library’s MakerSpace girl at TSBVI loves the Owl Diaries books for materials of crafts and tools, or older kids coming young readers (they are friendship stories with in for volumes of The Hunger Games, the library is animal characters.) The girl’s other favorites a busy space. are The Princess in Black books, Shannon “It’s a wonderful time to be a reader,” Toy said. Hale’s series about an adventurous princess “I try to make sure the kids have access to all the who fights monsters. Toy has created Braille resources we have. We are huge on student choice books of these volumes for her, and they can be and being able to have kids pick out what they want checked out by other students. to read.” • Junior League of Austin. For many years, Michele Chan Santos is the marketing specialist at the JLA volunteers have recorded audiobooks Texas Library Association for TSBVI students. While many volumes are now available through BookShare, many of the TSBVI library’s volumes for younger children were created by JLA. “A lot of the littler kids will come in and leave with a whole pile of CDs (that are JLA audiobooks),” Toy said.
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Texas Library Association | 18 IS IT A COMPETITION? CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES
By Naomi Bates and J. Carter Cook
THE PURPOSE OF CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES libraries is highlighted in their administrator’s “walk through”, DIFFERS LITTLE. Both support literacy instruction, self- or teachers cannot schedule class visits to the library during selected reading, and curricular extensions. Both contribute ELAR instructional time. to a literacy-rich environment in which students learn about In most cases, it is not an administration’s intent to books, and have the opportunity to interact with each other replace the school library with classroom libraries; however, about them. implementation can sometimes adversely impact the So why the increased focus on classroom libraries? school library program in unforeseen and unintended Proclamation 2019, issued by the State Board of Education, ways. Intentional or not, the school library can find itself in emphasized self-selected and self-directed reading. The new competition with classroom libraries for student and teacher TEKS standard, in turn, led to more classroom libraries being attention, and administration support. created to meet the reworded standard. Therefore, similar to when a new technology is introduced, To a school librarian, the proliferation of classroom libraries the school librarian must adapt; incorporating the new, while may feel like a threat; raising concerns that they will supplant promoting what makes the school library program unique and the school library, especially if student use of classroom invaluable.
19 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 PERCEIVED ADVANTAGES + ADVANTAGE: SCHOOL LIBRARIES CONVENIENCE: The school library should be a destination CHALLENGES: CLASSROOM LIBRARIES that students want to visit; not just as an excuse to leave the CONVENIENCE. The classroom library is available at a classroom, but because the library feels special. Teachers also student’s point-of-need; there is no need to take time to go to need to feel the school library is worth time spent out of class, another part of the building to access reading materials. and if administrators discourage library visits, the school librarian needs to advocate for student access. LIMITED SELECTION. Students are not overwhelmed by the quantity of books in a classroom library so it is easier for them Demonstrate how the school library complements the to choose a book, rather than having to spend an inordinate classroom library, extends self-selected independent reading, amount of time in the library lost in the endless number of and elevates the literacy experience for all students. Review choices. the lists of titles available in classrooms and identify books that lead back to the school library. What authors, illustrators, TARGETED SELECTION. Classroom libraries developed by series, or literary genres are included? How does the school a curriculum department or included as part of a textbook library collection extend and expand those? Promote those adoption may contain books specifically chosen to scaffold connections. reading, provide mentor texts, and directly support literacy instruction in the classroom. LIMITED SELECTION: The freedom of choice is a paradox. While choice confers freedom, autonomy, and personal ORGANIZATION. The onus is on the teacher to develop and responsibility, too many options can make it difficult to make manage a system for organizing, arranging and cataloguing a decision. Often, the inability to make a choice keeps students their classroom library. Without a consistent system and out of class in the in the school library too long. This is bad PR maintenance, the classroom library can become neglected and for the library. Combat student indecision by subdividing the disorganized. library collection into smaller sections. Similar to refining an SUSTAINABILITY. With few new titles added, and the online search, the use of signage, labels, and the placement and unlikelihood that teachers weed or put away books that do arrangement of books act as “limiters” that filter the physical not appeal to their current students, classroom libraries tend collection into results the students can focus on. to become static collections. This is exacerbated if teachers TARGETED SELECTION: School library collections support are reassigned to another classroom or grade level, resulting reading development through collection development. Using in mismatching of classroom libraries to the age level and review tools and input from students and staff, certified interests of the students now in that room. librarians select materials that reflect cultural diversity and School librarians can address these perceived advantages, student choice, as well as meet the needs of the curriculum and and offer solutions to the challenges by promoting what state standards. differentiates the school library from the classroom library. In addition to a greater variety of titles, authors, series, and genres, the school library collection offers options for a wider range of reading levels and includes appealing formats such as large print, graphic novels and nonfiction, audiobooks, and interactive eBooks, all of which support reading development. ORGANIZATION: Management and access tools give the school library an advantage over classroom libraries. The classification and systematic arrangement of materials allows students to locate and access books in the library. The online catalog, in combination with signage, labeling and the physical arrangement of books allows them to easily browse and search the library collection. SUSTAINABILITY: Collection maintenance is another advantage of the school library program. A school library collection is dynamic because it is continually refreshed. Worn, damaged, outdated, and unpopular books are removed. Newer titles, topics and formats are added. Even if the budget (or lack of one) limits the addition of new books, weeding is free and noticeably improves the appearance, visibility, and merchandising of the print collection. Few teachers are able to give the books in the classroom the attention and consideration that certified librarians give to the books in the school library.
Texas Library Association | 20 SERVICE IS ESSENTIAL not read? Can they check out an additional book of their own Given the advantages and benefits offered by the school library, choosing if the teacher has restricted their limit to a certain why then, do some teachers and students prefer the classroom reading level or range? library? The answer is service, or more precisely, a perceived Having a customer service focus, working within school and lack of service. Some common complaints from teachers about library polices to be as flexible as possible, and communicating school libraries include: consistently with teachers and other library users the reasons LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF BOOKS A STUDENT CAN behind the policies and procedures is essential to overcoming CHECK OUT. Assuming there is a default limit on the number these types of common complaints. of books a student may check out, is that limit flexible if the student has proven to be a responsible borrower? Are students IT’S NOT A COMPETITION allowed to check out books over the limit if they need some for Classroom libraries, in and of themselves, do not compete an assignment, but also want one to read for pleasure? with school libraries. Like school libraries, classroom libraries increase student access to reading materials, which correlates NOT ALLOWING CERTAIN AGE OR GRADE LEVELS TO to higher reading achievement. They complement each other, CHECK OUT BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY AND LIMITS and work together to advance student success. Librarians ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES STUDENTS CAN VISIT THE need to make the connection between the classroom and LIBRARY, OR REQUIRING THEM TO COME WITH A CLASS. school library extremely clear to students, teachers, and How flexible is student access? Are students in certain grade administrators. It’s not either or, it’s both and. levels (generally pre-K and/or Kindergarten) not allowed to Finally, librarians need to ensure that school libraries are check out books? Can individual students come to the library desired destinations. While the physical attributes of a library to exchange books throughout the instructional day? Are may be limited by space, architecture, and budget, an open individual point-of-need checkouts allowed? Have students door and a welcoming attitude go a long way toward making the learned and practiced the expectations for behavior in the library a special place for students. library if the librarian is occupied with another group? Naomi Bates is a consultant at Follett School Solutions and adjunct at STUDENTS TAKING TOO MUCH TIME OUT OF CLASS TO GO Texas Women’s University; J. Carter Cook is the director of library media TO THE LIBRARY. Do teachers set expectations before sending services for Fort Worth ISD. students to the library independently to curtail excessive trips or lengthy absences from the classroom? STUDENTS RETURNING TO CLASS WITH BOOKS THEY CANNOT READ. Has the teacher worked with the students and set expectations on selecting books that they cannot, or will
21 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 Changing Your Mindset By Sandra Cannon
“This library has been around for more than 75 years and hasn’t got it right yet! I quit!” This was the reaction of a long-time employee when changes were being made to their position. Is that your reaction, or your staff’s, to changes within your library? Sadly, many employees feel this way about change. It doesn’t have to be that way. The library changes to meet the needs of customers; and to continue to be relevant and to be better stewards of time and taxpayers’ money. Without change, the library becomes stagnant.
Texas Library Association | 22 Stephen R. Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective 3. BE OPEN TO CHALLENGES. Have an People says that to change a situation, we first must optimistic outlook on the change. You’ll be change ourselves. surprised at how you can move forward and Before we can help our staff adapt to or adopt embrace the new. Develop a positive outlook by change, we must first change our own mindset reflecting on your past achievements, personal towards the change. goals that are invigorating, and the good things We have all heard, “The only thing constant in life is that are in your life now. Choose to be positive change.” It’s true. From the moment we are born, we in all your encounters. experience change. When young, we get accustomed to change because our bodies change; our educational 4. MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT BASED ON surroundings change; and new acquaintances bring EMOTION OR YOUR FEELINGS. Use the five- change. When we get our first job, we anticipate second rule: count backwards from five to one change; as we mature, we begin to initiate our own slowly. This simple technique forces your brain changes. We learn to embrace change, and all is good. to re-focus and slows you down. You’ll begin to At what point, then, do we begin to rebel against shift from knee-jerk visceral reactions to more change? When it goes against our status quo and fact-based logical decisions. we’re not comfortable with the outcome. We all prefer 5. BREAK THE NEGATIVE PATTERN OF status quo because it’s easier and more comfortable. COMPLAINING AND GOSSIPING. Recognize However, to those initiating the changes who perceive a negative mindset in others and you’ll more them as progress, our reluctance to learn new easily see it in yourself. Avoid co-workers who procedures or implement new policies is perceived as continue to embrace the past. If unable to do so, obstructionist. direct your comments to them with a positive How do we make the change? We need to adapt to or outlook. Spend time with positive people. adopt change - either is acceptable. • Adapt means to adjust to new circumstances. We 6. RE-COMMIT YOUR VALUES TO THE don’t like it, but we know we’ll get used to it. LIBRARY’S MISSION. Look beyond • Adopt is an acceptance of new circumstances. We personalities and remind yourself of the embrace the new procedure; we have no problem tremendous good the library does in the in doing away with the old. community and the reason you chose this These six simple steps will help you and ultimately career. your staff to be unafraid of the new. Libraries will continue to evolve to meet the needs of 1. LET GO OF HOW THINGS USE TO BE. It’s our customers. You have a choice. Fight the inevitable gone! It’s not coming back. We cannot grow changes, or consciously change your mindset and professionally if we don’t change and accept the learn to adapt to or adopt the change. Join me and new. others who have learned, “Growth is revealed through change. Be unafraid of the new.” 2. PUT YOUR EGO ASIDE. Do this regardless of whether the change is to your advantage. Sandra Cannon is the division manager of administration Truthfully, so much more could be library services at Austin Public Library. accomplished if our egos were put aside. Look at the new procedure, new boss, or new project or new vision as a new opportunity.
23 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 TAKING THE Fear OUT OF DIGITAL PRESERVATION By Diana Dulek
IT’S 10PM. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FILES ARE? That’s 2, you might upload those photos to the cloud, so you have not a real public service announcement, but maybe it should three copies (local, external hard drive, and cloud). Ideally, your be. We all are saving and re-saving, moving and creating files external hard drive would be in a different geographic location, every day. You don’t have to work in technical services to so if your office caught fire you wouldn’t lose the computer and be a steward of files. When it comes to digital preservation, the hard drive, but that gets into Level 3 territory. By following however, things get a little murky. this rule of three, you have begun to implement a digital I was in a workshop recently where half the room of preservation practice in your library. librarians admitted they thought digital preservation meant The Orbis Cascade Alliance provides a free step-by-step digitizing something. One quarter of librarians in the room had guide on its website that outlines practical ways organizations Googled “digital preservation.” of any size can progress between NDSA levels. The advice In case you were about to Google it, the National Digital includes information on how to improve in the areas of Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) defines digital preservation file fixity (fixity, in digital preservation, refers to files being as “the series of managed activities, policies, strategies and unchanged) and data integrity, file formats, metadata, actions to ensure the accurate rendering of digital content information security, and storage and geographic location for as long as necessary, regardless of the challenges of media (Orbis Cascade Alliance). If an organization has never failure and technological change”(NDSA). This might sound approached digital preservation, the guide begins at level 0 so like a lot to take on, but there are accessible ways to move from you can move up to level 1. It recommends different software theory into practice that all of us can consider. that might be helpful. Additionally, there is a free policy Your organization does not have to have a big digital library builder to help organizations create a policy surrounding their in order for digital preservation to be on your radar. For digital preservation. example, public libraries and school libraries might consider As library professionals, we are constantly asked to wear beginning by preserving photos from their outreach events. multiple hats. For too long, digital preservation has been the To help organizations assess and improve their digital hat nobody wanted. However, with the help of organizations preservation practices, the NDSA has defined different levels like the Orbis Cascade Alliance, moving from theory to practice of digital preservation (Phillips et al.). To move your event is more feasible now than it ever has been. photos to NDSA Level 1, you could think about backing them Diana Dulek is a Systems Librarian at Houston Public Library and MLS up to an external hard drive. If you want to power on to Level student at Texas Woman’s University.
BIBLIOGRAPHY NDSA. “Glossary.”, accessed August 28, 2019, https://ndsa.org//glossary/. Orbis Cascade Alliance. “About.” Digital Preservation Step by Step., accessed August 29, 2019, https://orbiscascadeccd.github.io/digprezsteps/. Phillips, Megan, Jefferson Bailey, Andrea Goethals, and Trevor Owens. “The NDSA Levels of Preservation.” . http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ documents/NDSA_Levels_Archiving_2013.pdf.
Texas Library Association | 24 Forest North Elementary students Texas Bluebonnet Award Marks Its 40th Anniversary By Michele Chan Santos
ver the last four decades, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Bluebonnet Award Author Session. (TBA) has become an intrinsic part of the reading “The Texas Bluebonnet Award is really the highlight of our O lives of elementary school children throughout Texas. reading program,” Fournier said. “It’s the cornerstone of our Each year, more than 100,000 third-through-sixth graders vote reading culture at school.” for their favorite title from the master list of 20 outstanding On January 30, the third-through-fifth graders at Forest books chosen by the librarians serving on the TBA selection North celebrated with an elaborate Bluebonnet party. After committee. Five titles are chosen for each grade level. “Read voting for their chosen books on iPads at a table outside the 5, then decide” is a slogan known by school librarians, public library, the students enjoyed festivities including manicures, a librarians and homeschooling parents across the state. Hot Wheels station, video games, a chocolate fountain, sundaes “The most rewarding part, for me, is seeing the faces of the and a free book for every student. kids when they realize their vote counts for something,” said “The party is our big celebration,” Fournier said. “We’ve done Jacqui Bridges-Sheppherd, 2019-2022 TBA Coordinator. “It’s the reading, we’ve voted, and everybody takes home a free the first time in their lives they’ve voted for something. They book.” see that it counts.” Each fall, the TBA master list for the following school year Kristen Fournier is the librarian at Forest North Elementary is released with great fanfare at the Texas Book Festival (for School in Round Rock ISD, and the 2020 co-chair of the Texas example, in October 2019 the list for 2020-2021 was released.)
25 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 This gives schools and students more than a year to read the of 1979-1985. And this books before voting in January for their favorites. Reading may remains the goal of the be done as part of a group (reading aloud) or individually. The TBA program to this day. winning author receives the award at a special event at the TLA The first Texas Annual Conference which has been supported for many years Bluebonnet Award by Bound to Stay Bound. Winner was Ramona For librarians, teachers and parents, the TBA Program and Her Father, by Committee puts together an excellent website full of resources Beverly Cleary. At that for each title on the list, said MaryJo Humphreys, TBA point, there were 661 Coordinator from 2014-2016. Resources include readers’ registered schools theaters, book trailers, author interviews, MakerSpace participating and 28,472 activities, STEM (science-technology-engineering-math) total votes cast (In the activities, discussion questions and book talk teasers. You can book, Ramona’s father, Mr. Quimby, loses his job, and Ramona find this year’s sitehere . The TBA YouTube channel has book thinks up ways to earn money and help her family.) trailers for all the nominees. In comparison, this year 1,115 registered schools participated, Librarians all over the state have been very creative in casting 103,967 total votes, with El Chupacabras by Adam Rubin promoting the TBA over the years. Bluebonnet Bashes, winning. This whimsical and comic tale, told in Spanish and Bluebonnet Ice Cream Banquets, Bluebonnet Cookies and English, relates the story of Hector and his daughter Carla, who Bluebonnet Teas are just some of the popular events. A glance own a goat farm and fall victim to the legendary El Chupacabras through the Twitter feed of @TBABooks reveals a wealth of (goat-sucker). voting parties, blue-tinted drinks and blue doughnuts. “The kids just get so excited,” Bridges-Sheppherd said. MASTER LIST AND MOVING MOMENTS “You say, ‘Texas Bluebonnet Award’ and the excitement just Over the years, a tremendous amount of work by committee permeates the school.” volunteers has gone into making the TBA a success. “The compilation of the Master List is a difficult and HISTORY complex process,” Humphreys explained. ”At the beginning In the late 1970s, Dr. Janelle Paris, a professor in the Library of the voting process the books must receive a positive vote Science Department at Sam Houston State University in from all members. The last two or three books can have nine Huntsville, and Pat Wright, a librarian in Cypress Fairbanks votes. And we always have alternate books in reserve in case the ISD in Houston, launched an effort to create a state award for publishers cannot meet the demands of having a book on the children’s literature, and the TBA was born. The purpose of the list. Naturally, the committee members are looking for quality award was to “encourage the children of Texas to explore and literature with student appeal.” read with discrimination a variety of quality books; to recognize Authors must be living U.S. citizens or an author who resides children’s personal reading interests and selections; and to and publishes in the United States. Only titles published within honor those who create children’s books of superior quality,” three years prior to the master list release date are considered. according to the Texas Bluebonnet Award Procedures manual The event where the TBA is presented to the winning author is emotional and meaningful, regularly attracting more than 1000 attendees. Students from each of the Texas Library Association’s 10 districts are chosen to help present the award to the author. For example, when Tom Angleberger won in 2012 for The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda, his speech brought many librarians in attendance to tears “Every member of the audience was moved by his speech about how the library in his school was his place of refuge,” Humphreys said. “It was a heart- wrenching speech, showing his love for librarians and what we represent to children who are a little different from others.” Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has supported the Texas Bluebonnet Award over the past four decades! Your passion, dedication, and enthusiasm have had a tremendous impact on hundreds of thousands of Texas school children, helping them to discover the joys of reading.
Michele Chan Santos is the marketing specialist at the Texas Library Association.
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Texas Library Association | 26 BLACK CAUCUS ROUND TABLE CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY By Michele Chan Santos
This year the Texas Library Association’s Black Worth Library, is one of the original members of the BCRT. Caucus Round Table (BCRT) is celebrating its 30th “In the beginning, one of the things we were trying to establish was cohesiveness among African American anniversary. librarians,” Robinson said of the founding of the BCRT. For longtime members, “all of our careers are built on the For Kimberly Gay, the Head of the Reference and Information shoulders of each other. I learned so much from all of these Services Department at Prairie View A&M University, and people. For those of us who have been around for 30 years, 2019-2020 BCRT Chair, marking this anniversary means “we these relationships are deep. What’s more important to us now need to continue to work hard for another 30 years to make are the services that we can deliver in a diverse community and sure the BCRT stays energized and motivated for the charges addressing the needs of the people in our communities.” we were given in our bylaws,” she said. “To keep the core going The BCRT seeks to contribute to library service by promoting and make sure that there are and continue to be workshops, services to African Americans and opening channels of scholarships and resources available for African American communication among African American librarians in all TLA librarians through TLA.” divisions, round tables, and discussion groups. The group is Gleniece Robinson, the Director of Educational Strategies open to any TLA member, of any race. for the City of Fort Worth and the former Director of the Fort
27 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 HISTORY Newsum remembers going to her first TLA Annual The BCRT began as an interest group within TLA in 1990. Conference with her mentor, Willie Mae Wilson, a librarian Within the group, “there were enough like-minded and with Houston ISD. energetic individuals that they decided that within a five- “I got involved with TLA through the Black Caucus Round year frame, they would become a roundtable,” Gay said. Table,” Newsum said. “It was significant for me. At the time, I Meller Langford and Hellena Stokes, both of the Houston was a newly minted school librarian and I didn’t necessarily Public Library, and Dr. Deinna Mims-Johnson, a research law think I was a leader. Through Black Caucus, I was offered the librarian, were three of the charter members. opportunity to lead.” Newsum served as chair-elect, chair and Langford and Mims-Johnson began the TLA petition to past chair of BCRT. She served as a representative-at-large become a Round Table in 1993-1994. Mims-Johnson was the on the TLA Executive Board. “It helped me gain confidence first chair, and Langford was the second chair. Both worked professionally, it gave me an opportunity to network with and closely with Pat Smith, the longtime executive director of TLA, to befriend other librarians, and learn more about librarianship to have the Black Caucus chartered. in general.” “The reason for the founding of the BCRT was threefold,” Gay explained. “To facilitate networking among African American ANNUAL AUTHOR SESSION AND EVENING RECEPTION librarians, looking at how diversity can be engaged and excited The BCRT’s showcase event at the TLA Annual Conference is throughout all of TLA, and giving support to TLA and Texas the author session and brunch. Each year, it features a notable libraries.” African American author. “We’ve attracted great names and it’s “We wanted to look at how we can infuse diversity into TLA, been an opportunity to meet and hear really renowned authors teaching librarians about collection development and looking and illustrators,” Newsum said. at bringing diversity programs to their libraries,” Gay said. In 2019, the BCRT Author Session featured speaker was Then and now, one of the BCRT’s goals is “to assure we Evan Narcisse (the Rise of the Black Panther graphic novels). have a focus on the needs of black and brown people in terms Other authors to speak at the session include Kadir Nelson, the of information. We need the BCRT so we as librarians can illustrator of The Undefeated, and Austin author and illustrator immerse ourselves in the community, to have sensitivity and Don Tate (his books include Poet: the Remarkable Story of compassion for the people we serve,” Robinson said. George Moses Horton). For Janice Newsum, Assistant Professor of Library and Newsum remembers author Patricia Williams’ presentation. Information Science in the College of Education at the The author of Rabbit: A Memoir, Williams spoke about University of Houston – Clear Lake, membership in the BCRT her difficult but inspiring life. “Her story could have been and in TLA gave her confidence as a new librarian. devastating, but she is not bitter and her life story is just phenomenal,” Newsum said.
Texas Library Association | 28 For Gay, one of the most memorable speakers was BCRT Members including former Bernnadette Stanis, author ofThe Last Night: A Caregiver’s TLA President third from left, Dr. Chandler Journey Through Transition and Beyond. Stanis is best known for portraying Thelma Evans Anderson on the CBS television show Good Times in the 1970s. “The audience was filled with this eclectic group of librarians. We had all grown up watching Good Times, Gay said. “Bernnadette was our brunch speaker, and she wrote a book about taking care of her mother. It was synchronicity since a lot of us are going through that. For me, that was my most memorable event.”
LOOKING FORWARD In the future, “the biggest thing I would love to see happen is
we continue to work with mentoring and leadership with new African American librarians,” Gay said. For Robinson, “Given the nature of the caucus and the various disciplines we serve in, I would like to see BCRT members step outside our traditional boundaries and more fully include ourselves into the issues associated with our BCRT Members including former TLA President third from left, Dr. Chandler particular cities – affordable housing, education, work force, transportation. I’d like for us to be a more integral part of coming up with solutions to the problems that face our cities.” For Newsum, what makes the BCRT relevant currently, and into the future “is what we are seeing in American society right now,” she said, “this movement toward isolationism and the limitations on just plain human interaction with each other.” “The Black Caucus has a very clear directive that we need to stand up for all people and make it clear that we are a welcoming organization,” Newsum said. “Librarianship is for everybody. Because of what libraries do and where we stand in society, it’s very important for librarians to make it clear that intolerance is not acceptable.”
Former TLA ED Pat Smith, David Smith, sitting on the left. Members of BCRT Janice Newsum and Roosevelt Weeks FormerBCRT ED members of TLA Pat Smith, Mr. Pat Smith,along sitting with on the former left. Members TLA ED of BCRTDana Janice Braccia Newsum and and Mr. Roosevelt along with former TLA ED and former TLAformer President TLA Dr. President Jeng Ling hwey Jeng
29 | Texas Library Journal SPRING 2020 Texas Library Association | 30 NEWSNOTES Celebrate Día’s 24th Birthday! Children’s Day/Book Day, or El día de los niños/El día de los libros has emphasized the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It is a national celebration of children, families, and reading that culminates each year on April 30. Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures. Start planning your Día programming now! You’ll find resources on theTLA website; and on the Texas State Library and Archives Commission website.
#FUNDLIBRARIES 2021 TEACH ME HOW TO TEXAS For a fourth consecutive year, the White House budget proposal for The Texas Library Association is excited to partner with The Texas FY21 eliminates direct federal funding for libraries. Tribune on Teach Me How to Texas. This free five-part email series The majority of this funding is provided through the Institute of serves as a civics crash course ahead of the 2020 elections and Museum and Library Services, which provides more than $189.3 million includes important information like how candidates raise money, how for libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act. The to spot a good poll from a bad one, how to decode the November budget proposal also cuts $27 million from the Innovative Approaches ballot and more. It’s a great opportunity to get people interested in to Literacy program, which helps school libraries serve students in the voting and making sure they’re educated for the 2020 elections. most vulnerable communities across America. Learn more and encourage your patrons to sign up! Please contact your members of Congress and urge them to publicly oppose cuts to federal library funding. We need them to commit to libraries in FY21!
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APRIL 1 APRIL 15 APRIL 22 12:00 – 12:30 PM 12:00 – 12:30 PM 12:00 – 12:30 PM TASL Lunch & Learn: TASL Lunch & Learn: TASL Lunch & Learn: Supporting Social Keeping Literacy in Your Summer Reading Emotional Learning in Makerspaces the Library
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Texas Library Association | 32 A VISION FOR ALL TEXANS
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Due to the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global pandemic, and the state of disaster declared in Texas in response SUPPORT OUR to COVID-19, the TLA Executive Board made the difficult decision to transition to a streamlined, virtual event and cancel TLA 2020 SPONSORS & activities in Houston to protect the health and safety of our members, EXHIBITORS attendees, sponsors and exhibitors. Many of our sponsors and exhibiting companies are offering resources TLA 2020 Virtual will feature a live keynote session, pre-recorded featured author for libraries impacted by COVID-19. sessions, opportunities for online collaboration and networking, exhibitor information Company descriptions and websites are and resources, and multiple pre-recorded education sessions. The recorded content included in the Exhibits Directory in this will be available to watch at any time that is convenient for you. issue of the Texas Library Journal. And Once TLA 2020 Virtual is open, all sessions will be available for 30 days for attendees the companies are also listed on TLA’s to watch on-demand. Virtual conference participants will be able to earn SCBEC and Online Buyers Guide year round. TSLAC continuing education credits by watching educational sessions. For those who Be sure to visit them online! And when are not registered for TLA 2020, registration for the virtual event will open soon. we all open for business again, please We all find ourselves in uncharted waters, and while TLA 2020 Virtual cannot consider sending your business to these replicate the activities, interactions, events and extraordinary experience of an companies who have long supported in-person TLA annual conference, we are forging ahead to bring our members and TLA and the Texas library community. conference attendees a quality experience. Thank you for your support and we hope you’ll join us at TLA 2020 Virtual.Visit the TLA 2020 Virtual Conference webpage for the latest information.
33 | Texas Library Journal WINTER 2019 FEATURED SPEAKERS 2020 Corporate Sponsors As of March 9, 2020
The Texas Library Association expresses sincere gratitude to our corporate sponsors. Their generous support enables TLA to continuously improve Legacy Partner the TLA Annual Conference, programs, events and services offered to TOCKER FOUNDATION our members and the library profession. Please support our sponsors and exhibitors throughout the year. President’s Circle Diamond FOLLETT / BAKER & TAYLOR INDECO SALES Annual Assembly, General Session I, President’s Party, Charging Stations at Connection Corner, Great Ideas School Administrators Conference, Teacher Day @ TLA, Lounge, Innovation Lab Texas Bluebonnet Award Session Lunch Tabletop Donor LIBRARY INTERIORS OF TEXAS/ ESTEY LIBRARY MACKIN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SHELVING BY TENNSCO Cosplay Prizes, Exhibit Hall Park Benches, Innovation Annual Assembly, Conference Mobile App, H-E-B Booth Lab, Little Mavericks Celebration, School Administrators Furnishings, Recharge Lounges Conference, TASL Technology Programs, Texas Bluebonnet Award Author Session Travel Stipend, SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS, INC. Conference WiFi, General Session II, Texas Bluebonnet Teacher Day @ TLA Award Session Lunch Tabletop Donor
Platinum BOUND TO STAY BOUND H-E-B READ 3 Texas Bluebonnet Award Author Session Lunch Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Welcome, TLA After Hours BRODART COMPANY General Session II, Information Center, INGRAM CONTENT GROUP Member Grand Prize Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Welcome, Public Libraries Division Membership Party and Program CAPSTONE Black Caucus Round Table Brunch & 30th Anniversary JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD/ SCHOOL LIBRARY Reception, Badge Holders/Lanyards JOURNAL DEMCO, INC. Aisle x Aisle Coupon Book, Authors Area, Junior Library Leadership Events, Public Relations Photo Booth, Upstart Guild Conference Stipends, Letters About Literature: Innovative Programming Award, Battledecks How Books Change Lives SXSW EDU
Gold Silver Bronze PERMA-BOUND BOOKS BIBLIONIX JIMMY PATTERSON BOOKS Letters About Literature: How Biblionix/PLD Stipend, Biblionix/ Connection Corner Books Change Lives, School SCLRT Stipend, Public Libraries THE LIBRARY STORE Administrators Conference, Division Membership Party, Hands On Lab - Book Repair, Teacher Day @ TLA, Texas Topaz Small Community Libraries Little Mavericks Celebration, Reading List Programs, Round Table Social Teacher Day @ TLA TLA After Hours GALE, A CENGAGE COMPANY SCHOOL LIFE Director’s Symposium, Texas Bluebonnet Award Session Teacher Day @ TLA Lunch Tabletop Donor MIDWEST TAPE SIMON & SCHUSTER Closing Author Session CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING Texas Bluebonnet Award Session Lunch Tabletop Donor
Texas Library Association | 34 Exhibiting Companies As of March 9, 2020
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Best eBooks, and Databases. Company divisions known for the classic series The Boxcar A & E Office Machines, Inc. include Abdo Kids, Pop!, Abdo Zoom, Abdo Children® Mysteries, its highly praised picture www.aetouch.cm Publishing, Magic Wagon, Spotlight, EPIC Press, books, novels, and nonfiction titles succeed We offer interactive touch boards that can be and Abdo Digital. in delighting and reaching out to children and used in many environments. On our boards, the teens of all backgrounds and experiences. screen can actually be touched. It wirelessly ABDO Digital Albert Whitman’s special interest titles connects with ipads, tablets, laptops, etc. We www.abdobooks.com address subjects such as disease, bullying, also feature an educational APP Box for all Abdo Digital, a division of ABDO, features and disabilities. All Albert Whitman books grade levels. thousands of hosted eBooks available for your treat their readers in a caring and respectful library. Curricular databases are fun learning manner, helping them to grow intellectually and A. Bargas & Associates, LLC resources for elementary and middle schoolers, emotionally. www.abargasco.com and Anywhere eBooks offer an easy-to- We offer an excellent selection of library navigate, intuitive digital reading experience as Alexandria Library Automation furniture to suit your needs. Additionally, we hosted multi-use eBooks with a downloadable www.goalexandria.com offer classroom, office, laboratory, cafeteria PDF option. Alexandria is modern library management furniture, lockers, auditorium and stadium software developed to accommodate the seating. Give us a call! We’d be happy to help ABDO Kids needs of every library; no matter the size you find just what you’re looking for at a great www.abdobooks.com or desired configuration. Alexandria gives price! Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO, presents administrators the ability to effectively manage gorgeous, oversized nonfiction for beginning their library’s catalog while providing patrons ABC-CLIO/Libraries Unlimited reading. All titles available in reinforced library with a fun and interactive way to browse your www.abc-clio.com bound editions. Free online resources included. collection anytime, from anywhere! With over ABC-CLIO is an award-winning publisher of ABDO Publishing 10,000 users, we invite you to check us out and reference titles, academic and general interest see why librarians are switching to Alexandria. books, electronic resources, and books for www.abdobooks.com librarians, educators, and other professionals. Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO, presents Algonquin Young Readers/Workman Today, ABC-CLIO publishes under five well- educational nonfiction titles that support a www.workman.com respected imprints: ABC-CLIO, Greenwood wide range of initiatives from fun Makerspace Algonquin Young Readers is an imprint of Press, Praeger, Libraries Unlimited and ABC- projects, to state curriculum standards, to Algonquin Books, a division of Workman CLIO Solutions. personal interest reading. Publishing Co. AYR publishes middle grade and YA including Nova Ren Suma’s THE WALLS ABC-CLIO Solutions ABDO Zoom www.abdobooks.com AROUND US, Will Ritter’s JACKABY series, and www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOSolutions.aspx Kelly Barnhill’s THE WITCH’S BOY. The ABC-CLIO Solutions team provides robust Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO, is an exciting digital resources that support librarians, collection that will have young researchers All of Us - NIH Research Program patrons, educators, and students in the zooming into their favorite content in-depth, at nnlm.gov/all-of-us development and communication of informed reading levels suited to individual skills. Information on NIH NNLM All of Us Research positions on complex topics. Integrating ABRAMS The Art of Books Program. The exhibit will focus on how libraries secondary school and college curricula with www.abramsbooks.com can partner with All of Us to help speed subject-specific reference collections and Founded in 1949, ABRAMS was the first up health research and advance precision expert perspectives, ABC-CLIO Solutions company in the United States to specialize medicine. proudly foster 21st-century skills, independent in publishing art and illustrated books. American Library Association Booklist & critical thinking, and the exploration and Now a subsidiary of La Martinière Groupe, understanding of key historical issues. Book Links the company continues to publish critically www.ala.org ABC-CLIO/Greenwood acclaimed and bestselling works in the areas Stop by to win a whole year of Booklist Online of art, photography, cooking, craft, interior www.greenwood.com for your library; subscribe to our publications at For more than sixty years, scholars, educators, and garden design, performing arts, fashion, special conference rates; sign up for our new and students across the secondary and higher and popular culture; children’s books ranging free e-newsletters; and pick up free copies education curriculum around the world have from young adult fiction to picture books to of current issues. Booklist magazine: expert relied on the authoritative books published board books. 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