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������Highlights ��������Seattle, WA January 2007 ALA Announces Youth Media Awards he American Library Led Her People to Freedom, Association (ALA) an- illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Tnounced on January 22 written by Carole Boston the top books and video for Weatherford and published by children and young adults - Hyperion/Jump at the Sun. including the Caldecott, King, American Born Chinese by Newbery and Printz awards Gene Luen Yang is the winner - at its Midwinter Meeting in of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Seattle. The ALA also provid- Award for excellence in litera- ed a live Webcast of the press ture written for young adults. announcement, which is ar- The book is published by First chived and available at www. Second, an imprint of Roar- unikron.com/ala-webcast. ing Brook Press, a division of A list of all the 2007 literary Holtzbrinck Publishing Hold- award winners follows: ings Limited Partnership. John Newbery Medal for Four Printz Honor Books the most outstanding contri- were named: The Astonish- bution to children’s literature ing Life of Octavian Nothing, was awarded to The Higher Traitor to the Nation; v. 1: The Power of Lucky, written by Pox Party by M. T. Anderson, Susan Patron. The book is published by Candlewick; illustrated by Matt Phelan An Abundance of Katherines and published by Simon & by John Green, published by Fran Ware, left, Coretta Scott King Award Chair; Kathleen Horning, ALSC President; ALA Schuster/Richard Jackson. Dutton, an imprint of Penguin President Leslie Burger; and Judy Nelson, YALSA President; display winning books at the ALA Three Newbery Honor Group (USA), Inc.; Surrender Youth Awards Press Conference January 22. Books were named: Penny by Sonya Hartnett, published from Heaven, written by Jen- by Candlewick Press; and The of Penguin Young Readers nifer L. Holm and published Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Group. Have You Thrown by Random House; Hattie published by Alfred A. Knopf, Moses: When Harriet Tub- Big Sky, by Kirby Larson, an imprint of Random House man Led Her People to Free- published by Delacorte Press; Children’s Books. dom, illustrated by Kadir Any Fish Today? and Rules, by Cynthia Lord, The Coretta Scott King Nelson, is the King Illustra- By Kathlene Hanson between her agenda to trans- published by Scholastic. Book Award recognizes an tor Book winner. The book California State form the ALA Community Randolph Caldecott Medal African American author and was written by Carole Boston University, Monterey Bay and the four principles of for the most distinguished illustrator of outstanding Weatherford and published the FISH! Philosophy: 1) American picture book for books for children and young by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion ISH! Philosopher Dee- Play 2) Make Someone’s Day children went to Flotsam, il- adults. Copper Sun, written Books for Children. na Ebbert spoke to a 3) Be There 4) Choose Your lustrated by David Wiesner. by Sharon Draper, is the King Two King Illustrator Honor Fpacked house of recep- Attitude. The wordless book is pub- Author Book winner. The Books were selected: Jazz, il- tive and playful librarians President Burger spoke to lished by Clarion. book is published by Simon & lustrated by Christopher My- wanting to hear about how to three concrete steps in the Two Caldecott Honor Books Schuster/Atheneum Books for ers, written by Walter Dean transform their workplaces work of the ALA officers and were named: Gone Wild: An Young Readers. Myers and published by Holi- at the ALA President’s pro- members toward transform- Endangered Animal Alpha- One King Author Honor day House, Inc.; and Poetry gram January 21. ALA Pres- ing the organization: 1) To bet, written and illustrated Book was selected: The Road for Young People: Langston ident Leslie Burger spoke create a written statement of by David McLimans, and to Paris written by Nikki Hughes illustrated by Benny briefly to introduce Ebbert published by Walker, and Grimes and published by G.P. and to draw the connection Continued on page 8 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Putnum’s Sons, a division Continued on page 11

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Solutions that Deliver 1.800.325.7759 • www.TLCdelivers.com Page 2 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy Discuss the Post 9/11 World By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. in communications, Salvatore more Wars fiction” with eight of these novels later adapters. The Library of Congress recently became involved with the to his credit, earned a masters degree There was a commonality among related field of computer games. in physics and was proceeding to go the authors in that they all grew up n eagerly awaiting audience Laini Taylor, author of Faeries of further in that field when writing liking to read, and like to write the welcomed three representative the Dreamdark: Blackbringer, con- became his way of life. He prizes the same genre that they enjoy reading. A authors of the Science Fiction fessed that this was her first public flexibility that SF provides. It allows And there was a concluding consen- and Fantasy worlds sponsored by the talk about books (as well as her first him to create role models and heroes sus that occasionally fantasy can Exhibitor Roundtable and the publish- book.) Growing up as a self-described and set absolute standards when in ac- influence its readers to make the real ing houses of Penguin Putnam, Wiz- “Marine Corps brat,” Taylor spent tuality “the hero may be someone else’s world better, encouraging them to ards of the Coast, and Random House. much of her childhood abroad, fol- demon.” Actions such as pre-emptive interact purposefully with each other Bad weather in Oklahoma stranded lowed by English literature studies strikes against an enemy can be justi- (as on library boards or committees.) previously advertised author Mercedes at UC-Berkeley, but only developed fied in fiction without the doubts and Although welcome, this can be a happy Lackey and a new author, Laini Taylor, her “sense of doom” a few years ago. complications that they encounter in consequence of this genre rather than appeared in her place. She discerns a connection between the real world. In print, the price of its purpose. R.A. Salvatore, currently a mem- fantasy/escapist literature and war, re- victory is not necessarily too high. ber of his local library board, related minding her audience that Tolkien had In a lively question and answer Congratulations to how he was a college math major at witnessed the bloody slaughter at the session, the presenters agreed that Fitchburg (MA) State College until his Somme during World War I. In fantasy, electronic publishing in this genre is Exhibit Grand Prize sister introduced him to the works of “the reader, through the character, is still at its beginning stage and not suf- Winner Valeria Fike Tolkien. Salvatore’s being snowed in not powerless [as is too often the case ficiently financially rewarding for the with the hobbit books at his mother’s in reality]. … The reader gets to save authors. Referring to translating tele- of College of DuPage house during the winter of 1978 gave the world.” Although fantasy literature vision programs or films into books, Libraries, recipient of him time to reconsider his career path. appears to be growing in popularity Taylor and Salvatore maintained that The fantasy genre was still in its in- since 9-11, this “hermit writer” is not the creators of characters are most a prize package for the fancy when he published his first book consciously following literary trends comfortable with and, hence, more 2007 Annual Conference. in 1987 The Crystal Shard. With a BA or world events. adept at fleshing them out than are in English literature as well as a BS Timothy Zahn, the “dean of Star Is the Reference Collection Shrinking? By Stacy L. Voeller is now an “impression that reference Minnesota State has closed down.” University Moorhead A librarian in the audience pointed out that traditional reference may go he RUSA Reference Services away, but “librarians are definitely Section Discussion Group met needed. It’s not easy for patrons to TJanuary 21 on the topic of Ref- find books in the OPAC. Librarians erence Services in Large Research are needed to conduct the reference Libraries, and brought forth the interview to get at what it is students following questions: How have new really need.” technologies, new services (e.g. cof- Cornell University Library took a fee shops, information commons) different approach. They put a café on altered the physical and conceptual the first floor of the graduate library space of the reference room? Is the causing a “lot more traffic.” The also footprint of the print reference col- put computers for users in the refer- lection shrinking? ence area, and utilize much shorter Alan Solomon, Yale University, bookcases so they are able to look started the discussion by talking across the room. Many librarians in about how their reference room was attendance mentioned the drastic renovated eight or nine years ago and reductions of their print reference that it continues to be a fairly large collections. collection. Solomon said, “The refer- The second part of the discussion ence room and its collection have lost was entitled, “Wikis and podcasts and Businesswoman and mountain climber Sue Ershler delivers her Seattle their traditional use. Students use blogs (oh my!): How are these new Sunrise Speaker Series presentation January 20 on climbing Mt. Everest. this space as a semi-private work technologies being used by reference space and it remains popular for that librarians.” One library encourages reason.” At Yale reference services their users to text their questions to have their greatest impact on the un- librarians, equipping all the librar- Cognotes Staff Stacy Voeller dergraduate students as he explained ians with cell phones. A librarian in Minnesota State University— “we have an obligation to focus on the the group discussed her own Facebook Moorhead undergraduates…and to follow them account and how students email her to Editor and learn how they work; that’s the get answers to their questions. Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr., Publisher challenge.” Librarians discussed using wikis for The Library of Congress Deidre Irwin Ross, ALA Librarians from both the U.S. and citation software and resource pages, Canada were in attendance, and many and others discussed the use of class- Assistant Editor Assistant Publisher willingly shared their experiences. room management software to reach Brad Martin, ABC News Stephanie Hoerner, ALA One library no longer has a reference users. One librarian was passionate Reporters desk or even a physical collection. in stating the need to reach students Managing Editor Kathlene Hanson Everything they have is available using what they are already using, Deb Nerud California State University— electronically, and they believe this and not forcing them to visit some- Monterey Bay is the “culture of undergraduates and thing only the library is using. Social Photography Curtis Compton focusing on them.” networking and classroom manage- Kay Ikuta Another library stopped staffing ment software, wikis, and very short Inglewood Public Library their reference desk three years ago. and timely podcasts were discussed Production They maintain information desks as valuable tools if managed properly, Ericka Patillo Jenn Hess staffed by graduate students who while blogs, which were never really Radford University Tim Mercer were already getting the majority of embraced by users, and traditional CustomNEWS, Inc. the questions. On the flip side, there reference are a thing of the past. SEATTLE 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Cognotes • Page 3 RUSA Announces 2006 Notable Books he Notable Books Council of the Savage, Sam, Firmin: Adventures of Phillips, Julie, James Tiptree, Jr.: Satterlee, Thom, Burning Wycliff, Reference and User Services As- a Metropolitan Lowlife, Coffee House The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, St. Texas Tech Univ Pr. T sociation (RUSA), a division of Press, $14.95. Martin’s, $27.95. Slavitt, David R., William Henry ALA, has compiled its year 2007 list Zoellner, Tom, The Heartless Stone: Harrison and Other Poems. LSU Pr, of outstanding books for the general Nonfiction A Journey Through the World of Dia- $16.95. reader. These titles have been selected Bechdel, Alison, Fun Home: A Fam- monds, Deceit, and Desire, St. Martin’s, for their significant contribution to ily Tragicomic, Houghton Mifflin, $24.95. This list is also available by log- the expansion of knowledge and for $19.95. ging onto the Notable Books Web the pleasure they can provide to adult Egan, Timothy, The Worst Hard Poetry page on the RUSA/ALA Web site readers. This is “The List for America’s Time: The Untold of Those Who Sur- Flenniken, Kathleen, Famous, Univ (http://www.ala.org/rusa/notable. Readers:” vived the Great American Dust Bowl, of Nebraska Pr, $17.95. html). Houghton Mifflin, $28. Fiction Flannery, Tim, The Weather Mak- Bigsby, Christopher, Beautiful ers: How Man Is Changing the Climate Dreamer, St. Martin’s, $21.95. and What It Means for Life on Earth, Dean, Debra, Madonnas of Lenin- Grove/Atlantic, $24. grad, Morrow, $23.95. Greene, Melissa Fay, There Is No Me Desai, Kiran, The Inheritance of Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey To Loss, Grove, $24. Rescue Africa’s Children, Bloomsburg, Doig, Ivan, The Whistling Season, $25.95. Harcourt, $25. Hessler, Peter, Oracle Bones: A Jour- Grenville, Kate, The Secret River, ney Between China’s Past and Present, Canongate, $24. HarperCollins, $26.95. Khadra, Yasmina, translated from Horne, Jed, Breach of Faith: Hurri- the French by John Cullen, The Attack, cane Katrina and the Near Death of a Doubleday/Nan Talese, $18.95. Great American City, Random House, Lansens, Lori, The Girls. Little $25.95. Brown, $23.95. King, Ross, The Judgment of Paris: McCarthy, Cormac, The Road, The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the Knopf, $24. World of Impressionism, Walker, $28. Meek, James, The People’s Act of Kohlberg, Elizabeth, Field Notes Love, Cannongate. from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Mitchell, David, Black Swan Green, Climate Change, Bloomsburg, $22.95. Random House, $23.95. Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower: A Murakami, Haruki, Blind Willow, Story of Courage Community, and War, Claire Matturro signs copies of her book Bone Valley for ALA members during the Sleeping Woman, Knopf, $24.95. Viking, $29.95. ALA/FOLUSA Spotlight on Adult Literature on January 20. Not Your Dad’s Interface By Ericka Patillo ����������������� ����������� Radford University

he Machine-Assisted Refer- ������������������������������������ ence Section (MARS) of the TReference and User Services Association (RUSA) held a standing �������������� New Databases room only Hot Topics session on “The ����������� • Art Museum Image Gallery—EXPANDED! Next Evolution in OPACs and Search Engines” January 20. Presenters • Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus from North Carolina State Univer- ���������������� • Play Index sity, King County Library System, ����������������� and James Madison University New in the Wilson reported on implementing search ����������� and navigation software that help Retrospective Collection assuage some of the limitations of ������������ • Library Literature & Information Science integrated library systems. Citing Pirolli and Card’s theory Retrospective: 1905-1983 of “information foraging,” basically ������������ • Book Review Digest Retrospective: that humans are lazy, Tito Sierra, 1905-1982 North Carolina State University, �������������������� demonstrated the Endeca interface that sits on their integrated library Coming Soon system (ILS) and is used in a third • Applied Science & Technology Index of the searches. The faceted naviga- Retrospective: 1913-1983 tion incorporates relevance ranking, true browse, and “search comforts” like “did you mean” and spelling correction help. Faceted navigation works in many ways like Boolean searching, and the facets NCSU uses allow users to limit results by Less Searching, More Finding topic, material type, location and H.W. Wilson others. Sierra pointed out that many www.hwwilson.com REGISTER FOR A FREE TRIAL of their implementation challenges Toll Free: 800-367-6770 • Tel: 718-588-8400 www.hwwilson.com/trial were due to bad data in the current Fax: 718-590-1617 or 800-590-1617 Continued on page 7 E-Mail: [email protected] Page 4 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Klein on Politics, Pollsters and Civic Responsibility Encourages Librarians to campaign” has become the dominant reality to this day. “Over the past 30 Educate about Islam years, pollsters and consultants have taken over the political process, much By Brad Martin to our detriment,” Klein said, adding ABC News that the Bush administration repre- sents “the final squalid perfection of oe Klein, senior writer for Time the permanent campaign.” magazine and author of several The “deciding moment of the Bush Jbest selling books, discussed “Is- presidency happened in June 2003,” lam, Iraq and the War on Terror” at the according to Klein, adding that in the Eighth Annual Arthur Curley Memo- month that followed George Bush’s rial Lecture on January 20. “mission accomplished” speech aboard Klein’s provocative weekly column, the aircraft carrier in May, the number “In the Arena,” covers national and of intelligence officers in Iraq dimin- international affairs. In 2004, Klein ished from 500-600 down to about 27. won the National Headliner Award From that moment, Klein said, it was for best magazine column. His latest clear that the war was “being spun, book, The Natural: The Misunderstood not fought.” And now, Klein added, Presidency of Bill Clinton, also was a “the fact is there are no good options Joe Klein, senior writer Time magazine, answers questions from ALA members New York Times bestseller. in Iraq.” following his Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture. Klein opened his presentation by Rewinding history back to 9/11, thanking the librarians in attendance. Klein, who earlier said he had used teaching about that region.” Before president Arthur Curley. “You are the custodians for the place libraries extensively to educate him- answering audience questions, Klein Arthur Curley served as president where people like me go after we die, self about Islam, national security, and underscored the importance of librar- of the American Library Association if we’re lucky,” he said. “The library many other relevant topics, said that ians in this process, and concluded in 1994-1995 and was director of the was the place where the world opened George Bush had a responsibility after by saying, “we have lost the habit of Boston Public Library. The lecture to me.” 9/11 that he had failed to undertake. citizenship. And you are the curators series commemorates his lifelong dedi- Klein began by relating the story “George W. Bush had a responsibility of citizenship.” cation to the principles of intellectual of Robert F. Kennedy speaking to to educate us about things like Islam, The Arthur Curley Memorial Lec- freedom and free public access to infor- a crowd after the assassination of Sunnis, Shi'ites and so on. And that’s ture is held annually at ALA Midwin- mation. To support the Curley lecture, Martin Luther King as an example of the business you’re in. You should ter Meetings and honors ALA past visit http://cs.ala.org/onlinegift. spontaneous, from-the-heart oratory. have displays front and center about Because of the rise in importance of Islam.” political pollsters and consultants, He added that “we are involved Klein said, that same speech could in a long and sporadic conflict with Applications Now Available for not be given today. 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Page 6 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Candidates Espouse Their Views at Forum By Kathlene Hanson wants to work on increasing interest in Candidates for Treasurer are Rod- audience as “distinguished” for coming California State University the profession among college students. ney Hersberger (http://rodhersberger. to the forum and informing themselves She also values library staff and will org) and Jo Ann Pinder (http://www. about the candidates’ platforms. She andidates for ALA President advocate for more inclusion of staff joannpinder.info). values collaborative engagement and Treasurer gave brief state- in ALA. Hersberger believes, “Energetic, within the ALA community and stated Cments and addressed questions Davenport stated that she is com- creative leadership results in excel- that if elected she will “be the voice of from audience members January 20. mitted to creating educational oppor- lent library collections, services and fiscal responsibility in ALA issues, will Candidates for ALA President are tunities and sharing best practices and programs that fully meet our clients’ provide easy-to-understand financial Nancy A. Davenport (http://www.nan- wants to establish an awards programs needs. However, libraries are also reports, and make foremost the priori- cydavenport.info) and James R. Rettig for students to travel to conferences. business organizations that need ties of the ALA.” (http://rettigforala.org). “Libraries create connections. We con- strong programmatic and financial She reminded members that she Davenport emphasized the impor- nect dreams and ideas,” she said. “I management. We must be fiscally ac- “has been central in working on ALA’s tance of the democratic process within am happy to be nominated to be ALA’s countable to our funding agencies and core values, has a divisional perspec- ALA and thanked the nominating voice and to propel its future advocacy taxpayers.” He has worked in library tive, and has served ALA in numerous committee for their confidence in her and programs.” management for many years and ways.” She has organized large bud- as a candidate. She values the mission In his opening statement James brings to the potential position a B.S. gets up to 20 million dollars, explained and vision of ALA and would represent Rettig emphasized that, if elected, he in Accounting and an MBA. them and worked within them. “As ALA by creating collections between will serve the ALA as a forthright and Hersberger values transparency in treasurer I would consider myself the different types of libraries, encourag- direct leader who strives to engage the budgeting process and is able to liaison between staff and member- ing diversity in the workplace and both current members and future make financial information for mem- ship.” She emphasized that budget in within ALA. On her website Davenport members of ALA. On his campaign bers clear and concise. He is looking relation to mission and vision are key states, “Throughout my three decades website he states, “Libraries, strength- ahead to 2010 and knows that fiscal to action and that she is the kind of as an active ALA member, I have met ened by the collective power and re- decisions have significant impact on leader who promotes democracy and some of my closest colleagues, collected sources ALA brings together on their national and local professional services will do her best to spend ALA dollars invaluable knowledge to further my behalf, serve all of American society, and programs. Openness, frankness, wisely. career, and have gained a thorough even those who oppose us. We defend the ability to define financial terms in More information about the candi- understanding of the workings of the the very freedoms they depend upon. everyday language, and a collaborative dates and their websites are available ALA, private institutions and govern- They, in turn, depend upon us!” leadership style are how he hopes to on the ALA 2007 voting page at www. ment agencies. The American Library He values a leader who looks to the serve ALA as Treasurer. ala.org/ala/ourassociation/governanceb/ Association is the driving force in our future and states that he will strive Pinder began by addressing the electioninfo/alaelectioninfo.htm. profession. It is my goal to solidify the to bring together the many communi- position of the ALA as the leader in our ties in ALA, to advocate services and community.” programming he will be inclusive, Thorough understanding of the serving all those who work in librar- Holleran, Bechdel Win values of ALA and her experiences, ies. He states that we cannot afford to she wants to promote and expand on lose new librarians, whose attrition 2007 Stonewall Book Awards the values of ALA and hopes to suc- from ALA is higher than that of more he Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and lously illustrated as it is rich in liter- cessfully anticipate questions about experienced librarians and that we Transgendered Round Table ary merit,” Imhof said. professionals’ needs for doing their need to work to make ALA a relevant (GLBTRT) of the American jobs better. She values education and organization for new librarians. T Library Association (ALA) is pleased 2007 Stonewall honor books in to announce the winners of the 2007 literature are: Stonewall Book Awards. Andrew • The Manny Files by Christian Holleran, author of Grief (Hyper- Burch (Atheneum Books) What Does the Future Hold? ion), is the winner of the Barbara • The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Gittings Book Award in Literature, (Riverhead) By Ericka Patillo and Alison Bechdel, author of Fun • Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Radford University Treadway suggested Home: A Family Tragicomic (Hough- Tea (MacAdam/Cage) libraries create ton Mifflin), is the winner of the • The Scarecrow’s Bible by Martin uturist Bob Treadway pro- Israel Fishman Book Award for Hyatt (Suspect Thoughts Press) vided a blueprint for forecast- for-profit divisions and “Advice on Call” Nonfiction. Fing the future of libraries and The announcement was made The 2007 Stonewall honor books in librarians in his January 21 pre- services by adhering to during the Midwinter Meeting. This non-fiction are: sentation “Transforming the Fu- the values they already year marks the 36th anniversary of • Covering by Kenji Yoshino (Random ture: 20/20 Foresight,” the second have. Digitization of the Stonewall Awards. They will be House) installment in the Seattle Sunrise information will not presented to the winners at the 2007 • Gay Power: An American Revolu- Speaker Series. Treadway advised ALA Annual Conference in Washing- tion by David Eisenbach (Carroll & attendees to use the methodology eliminate libraries, but will create opportu- ton, D.C., on June 25, 2007. Graf) of meteorological forecasting to Grief is a first-person novel. Set • Male-Male Intimacy in Early Mod- develop strategies for the range of nities to add value. in the nation’s capitol, the narrator ern America by William Benemann uncertainties facing libraries in the attempts to reconcile the loss of a (Harrington Park Press) coming years. parent against the background of • Mama’s Boy, Preacher’s Son by “Transform the future by act- Call” services, and “by adhering to post-AIDS Washington. Meanwhile, Kevin Jennings (Beacon Press) ing,” said Treadway, a professional the values you already [have],” the he finds an unexpected emotional member of the World Future Soci- digitization of information will not connection in the correspondence of The Stonewall Award, formerly ety, as he led his captive audience eliminate libraries, but will create Mary Todd Lincoln and a bittersweet called the ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual through the elements of the cone of opportunities to add value. friendship with his landlord, a gay and Transgendered (GLBT) Book uncertainty, his metaphor for deal- A registered Republican, Tread- contemporary. Award, was established in 1971 and is ing with the trends, driving forces, way complained that “our govern- Bechdel’s graphic memoir, Fun the most enduring and oldest award triggers and harbingers that have ment has not seen” the implications Home: A Family Tragicomic is re- of its kind. Each year the GLBTRT implications for the future. that these planning strategies might markable not only for its compellingly bestows two book awards: one for litera- Treadway shared two library- suggest, and advised library leaders drawn characters but also for its poi- ture and one for non-fiction to “English- focused forecasts, that libraries to have greater foresight by ad- gnant narration. Bechdel both literally language books of exceptional merit will be affected by privatized com- dressing four tough questions now: and figuratively illustrates the many relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, petition, and that advice will be funding for continued access for all; closets out of which a family must and transgender experience.” the biggest industry in the coming opportunities for profitable services; come in order to survive. For additional information on the years, supplanting travel and tour- the best use of professional librar- “In taking elements of the memoir Stonewall Book Awards, please visit ism. He suggested libraries create ians; and how libraries will serve the and the graphic novel, Bechdel has http://www.ala.org/ala/glbtrt/stone- for-profit divisions and “Advice on next generations of users. produced a work that is as meticu- wall/stonewallbook.htm. SEATTLE 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Cognotes • Page 7

Educate, Inform, and Reach Interface color-coded access to associations, translations, spelling variants and a Out to Your Colleagues Continued from page 3 discovery trail. While some librarians catalog. Stating that “faceted navi- hate it, Wasserman said it is great By Kathlene Hanson Boomers, Gen Xers and Millennials. gation enables new ways to discover for the wanderer, the uncertain, and California State University, Our patrons are also from all of these resources,” Sierra admonished the the visually-oriented, and based on Monterey Bay Library age groups. Both OCLC, which does crowd to exploit the rich metadata interviews and surveys, it scores high environmental scans of user habits contained in library collections. on the “cool factor” scale. he LITA Town Hall Meeting on and the new Pew Internet & American David Wasserman, King County Jody Condit Fagan, James Madi- January 22 featured vice-presi- Life Project Teens and Parents Survey, Library System, explained how his son University, presented findings dent Mark Beatty, who spoke October – Nov 2006 provide useful and T institution came to adopt Aquabrows- from usability tests with EBSCOhost about the roles that LITA plays for sometimes surprising information. er, an “associative, intelligent cata- basic and visual search interfaces. All current members of LITA and how to For example, college students are loging search tool” by MetaLab. With EBSCOhost customers have access to get new people involved in the orga- the ones who use libraries most. This Aquabrowser, an ILS-independent Visual Search unless they have dis- nization. The meeting consisted of is not surprising, but many people do application, library users get help abled the tab. According to students’ breakfast, a presentation, and an idea not realize that these students were finding materials via associations, responses, Visual Search is good at building activity. also the largest user group in public context and spelling corrections. Af- helping students narrow their topic, Beatty shared some of his thoughts libraries? Beatty also referred to other ter enumerating well-known OPAC and 50 percent of the respondents re- for the future of LITA, including un- data from a variety of studies. One limitations, Wasserman described ported that they liked Visual Search. derstanding and working for all pa- statistic indicates that in 1940 only the Discover Cloud, an important Currently, searches using the Visual trons, adding value to being a member, 1% turned to libraries and librarians piece of the interface that gives a Search interface account for only one and defining and creating success for first with their research needs and visual context of the search results. percent of all EBSCO searches; how- the organization and its members. He that now it is still just 1%. Most turn Pulled from data in the MARC ever, two percent of K-12 students talked about the mission of LITA to to family, friends, web searches, etc. record, the Discover Cloud gives use Visual Search. educate, serve and reach out in new Beatty also spoke about 3rd space, ways. a concept developed that categorizes Beatty also shared statistical infor- where people spend their time, home, mation to help illuminate who librar- work and/or school and where people ians and patrons are and how and if hang out when one is not at work/ they use libraries. He noted that the school or at home. These spaces are age group for entry into librarianship now being invented by people both is about 30 or so, much older than for face-toface and online. Perhaps librar- many professions. However, librari- ians should strive to make the library anship is also diverse and includes that third space and to focus on both four generations: traditionalists, Baby physical and virtual spaces.

BCALA Announces 2007 Literary Awards Winners he Black Caucus of the American ing themes of the need for understand- Library Association (BCALA) ing, forgiveness and the importance of Tannounces the winners of the moving beyond stereotyping and one’s 2007 BCALA Literary Awards during prejudices to a position of acceptance. the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on The awards recognize excellence in Reclaiming the American Dream is a adult fiction and nonfiction by African moving expansion of Senator Obama’s American authors published in 2006 multi-faceted speech at the 2004 and a citation for Outstanding Con- Democratic National Convention. The tribution to Publishing. The recipients work expounds personal views and will receive the awards on June 22 dur- ideas on faith, values, and issues that ing the 2007 ALA Annual Conference he believes will reclaim the American in Washington, D.C. dream. Using prosaic chapters, Obama The winner in the fiction category examines the political history and is After, A Novel by Marita Golden values common to all Americans. He (Doubleday). The Fiction Honor Book ends with institutional forces, such winners are Fortunate Son by Walter as money and the media, which need Mosley (Little Brown and Co.) and to be attacked and tamed to allow the Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin audacity of hope to become a reality. (William Morrow). For excellence in scholarship, the The winner in the nonfiction catego- BCALA Literary Awards Committee Sandra Edwards, Rice University, Houston, TX, pauses at the Chelsea House ry is The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts presents the Outstanding Contribution Publishers booth to read a book at their Bloom’s Literary Criticism display. on Reclaiming the American Dream, to Publishing Citation to Thomas Battle by Barack Obama (Crown). Two Honor and Donna Wells for Legacy: Treasures Book winners also were selected: A of Black History (National Geographic Certified Public Library Administrator Program Piece Of Cake by Cupcake Brown Press). Drawing upon the Moorland-Sp- Approves New Candidates and Courses (Crown) and Medical Apartheid: the ingarn world-class collection of historic Twenty-seven public librarians from 30 states and the Bahamas, and Dark History of Medical Experimenta- documents, photographs, images and ar- were approved for candidacy of the are graduates of more than 33 library tion on Black Americans from Colonial tifacts, Battle and Wells have produced Certified Public Library Administra- schools across the country. Times to the Present by Harriet A. an illustrative history that captures the tor Program (CPLA) program ® at the Twenty-nine (29) courses offered Washington (Doubleday). black American experience. 2007 Midwinter Meeting. The CPLA by 8 providers including two ALA Di- In After, A Novel, Golden provides a “All of these winners have made a Certification Review Committee also visions, the Library Administration penetrating and painful look into the significant contribution to the African approved eight courses to be offered and Management Association and the impact on a police officer who kills an American community,” states BCALA by the Public Library Association. Public Library Association. More than innocent young black man. The novel Literary Awards Chair John S. Page. The program is administered by the 20 candidates have already taken at explores the traumatic effect of the “We are proud to present them with American Library Association-Allied least one course. incident and its psychological toll on the BCALA awards and look forward Professional Association. Below are For more information, contact the the officer and his family. Interwoven to reading more of their works in the highlights of the program: ALA-APA at 800-545-2433, x2424 or throughout the novel are the underly- future.” Currently, there are 66 candidates [email protected]. Page 8 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Burger encouraged members to be in- story of a phone interview in which she but be open to moments where one President's Program volved in this transformation, to play realized that reading from her resume can create play in one’s own work Continued from page 1 a key role in creating a bold plan that was not effective and that we are so environment. captures the imagination and trans- much more than can be articulated on Play –Make every day fun, no mat- a “national library agenda” the draft of forms the way people see libraries. a piece of paper. ter what environment you are working which is now available for comment on Ebbert began by stating, “I am She spoke passionately about how in. Everyday interactions with people the website http://wikis.ala.org/nation- Deena Ebbert and I am a motivational her previous career as an opera singer can be playful and engaging. allibraryagenda 2) To engage librari- speaker.” She referred to this job title shaped her view and that it is just one Make someone’s day – In being ans new to the profession through a set as the second hottest in the world way that one “creatively puts passion playful at work one can make others of programs on emerging leadership 3) only to be topped by…librarian. She and language to the drama we have in happy thus work feels more gratify- To present a “transformation track” delighted audience members with a our lives.” She asserted, “I am not a ing. Show those you work with that at ALA in Washington D.C. featuring series of stories relating events in her PhD. I am not a CPA. I am a DIVA.” they are appreciated and look for their Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and to create a life, what she learned from them, and She also likened our experience with unique personalities, abilities, hopes, toolkit for implementing change that how they connect to the four principles the world to that of an opera, where and energy. will also be presented on her website of the FISH! Philosophy. She was full the first ten minutes are vibrant and Be there – Be aware and present http://lb.princetonlibrary.org/ttk.html. of sincere praise for the library profes- full of positive energy and the next four with people like you are with your best sion as “protect- hours are a drag. friend. Listen to each question as if ing her right to “What do you think people are hum- you were hearing it for the first time. learn” and that ming when they leave the theater?” Your patron does not know that this this commitment she asks. “It is that first song. It is same question may have been asked does not go un- the happy, positive, uplifting moments many times before. r e c o g n i z e d i n that are the ones we automatically Choose your attitude – Ebbert her mind. At the gravitate toward, thus the importance states that you should do this as soon same time she of play, of trying to make someone’s as you get out of bed each day, but that states that ex- day, of being present and of deciding you often need to remind yourself and perts in any field how to be present.” that this mind set is something that can sometimes While we do all have rules, regula- needs to be continually practiced. seem intimidat- tions and repetitive tasks in our lives, Ebbert illustrated through her ing and that the we should really try shifting our per- many humorous anecdotes that, while 4 principles she spective through the four principals. the four principles may seem simple, advocates are Ebbert imagines how the fish market they are really not and that mindful- ways of meeting transformed itself as a happy accident, ness about how one approaches co- people halfway, as a way for those who work there to workers and one’s own work, needs ways to be pres- make what seemed like a succession of to be practiced everyday. ent wherever you repetitious, boring tasks more fun. In “The principles really represent are, whoever you the video about the Pike Market one ways to interact more positively with are with, and of the employees puts it best when he people and recognizing that all people ALA President Leslie Burger and Deena Ebbert, FISH! whatever you do. states that one should not be imitating really want is some recognition of their Philosopher, ALAchat Mid before P-T Faculty the President’s- Cognotes.pPage Program. 1 12/14/2006 2:02:32 PM She related a what they are doing at the market, uniqueness.”

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Sam Florio, Chicago, IL, lets it rip as he plays “Guitar Hero” at the ALA TechSource and American Libraries ALA President Leslie Burger, right, and President-Elect Loriene Roy, left, cut the ribbon to open the booth. exhibits as the ALA Board looks on.

ALA members crowd the exhibit floor booths.

First time attendee Amber Sommer, a student at San Jose State University from Independence, OR, leaves the exhibit hall with an armload of free books.

Librarians visiting the Seattle Public Library have plenty of light with which to read, beneath almost 10,000 panes of glass. The library is not only Author Timothy Zahn is surrounded by storm troopers as he signs copies of his Star Wars books at transparent but energy efficient. the Random House booth during the Exhibits Opening Reception. Page 10 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Get Your Patrons to Participate in Assessment Activities By Stacy L. Voeller brarians take the lead for conducting know how they will benefit from taking Tracie Hall Minnesota State University surveys in their respective areas. the survey, their willingness increases. Headlines Seventh Moorhead Audience members provided ex- Hiller stressed that “good assess- amples of what has worked for them. ment starts before you begin.” You need Annual Dr. Martin ave you ever suffered from sur- Everyone knows food works with stu- to ask yourself “what do you need to vey fatigue? Audience members dents, but one audience member said know and why, what will it cost, who Luther King, Jr. Hattending the Library Admin- it is really very successful with faculty will do the work, how will you use the Sunrise Celebration istration and Management, Measure- too. Cold hard cash, bookstore gift cer- information, how will you analyze the ment Assessment Evaluation Section tificates, the latest game craze, may information, and finally, who will act By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. (LAMA-MAES) Discussion Group led by also draw participants. upon the findings?” We live in a world The Library of Congress Steve Hiller, University of Washington, The more you target the survey, ac- full of surveys, and libraries need to provided a variety of reasons why they cording to Hiller, the more survey respon- put more careful consideration into the The Mt. Zion Brotherhood themselves have chosen not to partici- dents will be willing to participate. If they process at the beginning. Chorus opened the Sunrise Cel- pate in surveys. Reasons included time, ebration January 22 by perform- privacy issues, and not understanding ing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the purpose of the questions. All rea- Business Librarianship 101: Core Competencies the African-American National sons our own users give for not being By Kathlene Hanson helpful section of the presentations Anthem. interested in the never-ending barrage California State University, was introduction to specific resources Tracie Hall, recently appointed of surveys that confront them. Monterey Bay for collecting business resources and Assistant Dean of the Dominican Hiller stressed to the audience the descriptions of print and online busi- University Graduate School of idea that one should always put them- he Business Reference and Ser- ness tools and their uses. Library and Information, ex- selves in the shoes of the respondents. vices Section of the Reference The BRASS website at http://www. “There are good reasons to do surveys, Tand Users Services Association ala.org/rusa/brass contains useful temporized from her theme “The but you need to ask yourself a lot of good (RUSA BRASS) presented a day-long educational materials on best business Parable of the Talents Retold: questions before putting one out there.” pre-conference January 19 on busi- websites, core competencies for busi- Librarians as Active Witnesses He provided information on how to ness reference sources and collection ness reference, and forms to suggest to History.” Hall recounted her increase the response rate on customer development. new or improved business reference personal and professional expe- surveys, and the audience openly dis- Presentations by Mark Andersen, resources. riences in Watts, Hartford, and cussed their experiences. Hiller noted Chicago Public Library and Bobray BRASS has held this particular pre- New Haven, CT and Seattle, that survey conductors need to “use Bordelon, Princeton University, were conference for a number of years, but it where she began her first job as surveys sparingly, make them as short productive for more experienced li- continues to change in focus and evolve a librarian at the Seattle Public as possible, avoid jargon, understand brarians as well as those new to the to meet the needs of the participants. Library almost thirteen years organizational survey environments, profession. Specific strategies included BRASS welcomes participation from all ago. Reminding the assembly that explain the importance of the survey, deciding what and how to collect busi- members of the ALA community who “there is joy in repetition,” she en- target the audience, offer incentives, ness resources based on patron need need skills in business reference whether and do follow-up reminders.” At the whether working in an academic, or not they are the primary business li- joined librarians optimistically to University of Washington, subject li- public, or special library. Another brarian at their particular institution. invest their talents as in the bibli- cal tale and that they “gotta get ready for the big payback.” The Spectrum Scholarship Program, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, is an example of that. A positive attitude is all im- portant. According to Hall, “we have come too far to turn back” in advancing respect for diverse cultures. Ideas from Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of her favorite au- thors, who advised that “if you seek harm, you get harm” and James Cone, who said that “death is not the point of history,” also seasoned her remarks. Presidents of representative ALA organizations, committees, and roundtables read selected quotations from King and the service concluded with the audi- ence singing in unison “We Shall Overcome.” Earlier in the presentation, Paul Kobasa, World Book, Inc., corporate co-sponsor of the event, noted that librarians play a role in advancing the liberty that Dr. King championed. Kobasa assert- ed that “there is no such thing as freedom without knowledge…and ultimately without information.” Elaine Harger, Coordinator, So- cial Responsibilities Round Table, called attention to ALA’s new report “Diversity Counts,” and observed that “we are all part of the human family.” SEATTLE 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Cognotes • Page 11 Awards Harcourt, Inc.; and Not a Box, written in children’s video. The DVD is based Hamamura and published by Thomas and illustrated by Antoinette Portis on Willems’ book Knuffle Bunny: A Dunne. Continued from page 1 and published by HarperCollins. Cautionary Tale and is performed by The Floor of the Sky, written by Andrews, edited by David Roessel and The Margaret A. Edwards Award Willems, his wife Cheryl and their Pamela Carter Joern and published by Arnold Rampersad, and published by for lifetime achievement in writing daughter Trixie. It is directed and ani- the University of Nebraska Press. Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. for young adults was given to Lois mated by MaGiK Studio, with music The Blind Side: Evolution of a A Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Lowry, author of The Giver, published by Scotty Huff and Robert Reynolds. Game written by Michael Lewis and New Talent Author Award was also by Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mildred L. Batchelder Award for published by Norton. bestowed to Standing Against the Mifflin Company. the most outstanding children’s book Black Swan Green, written by Da- Wind, written by Traci L. Jones. The The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award translated from a foreign language vid Mitchell and published by Random book is published by Farrar, Straus for a substantial and lasting contri- and subsequently published in the House. and Giroux. bution to literature for children was United States was awarded to Dela- The World Made Straight, written The Schneider Family Book Award awarded to Author-illustrator James corte Press for The Pull of the Ocean. by Ron Rash and published by Henry is given for books that embody the Marshall. Marshall was the author Originally published in France in 1999 Holt. artistic expression of the disability and illustrator of the George and Mar- as L’enfant Océan, the book was writ- The Thirteenth Tale, written by experience for child and adolescent tha books, the Fox easy reader series, ten by Jean-Claude Mourlevat and Diane Setterfield and published by audiences, and is awarded in three The Cut-Ups and Goldilocks and the translated by Y. Maudet. Simon & Schuster/Atria. categories. Three Bears. Two Batchelder Honor Books also The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor The Deaf Musicians, written by Pete The Robert F. Sibert Informational were selected: The Killer’s Tears, Lecture recognizes an individual of Seeger and poet Paul DuBois Jacobs, Book Award for most distinguished published by Delacorte Press, and The distinction in the field of children’s illustrated by R. Gregory Christie and informational book for children went Last Dragon, published by Hyperion/ literature, who then presents a lec- published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons wins to Team Moon: How 400,000 People Miramax. ture at a winning host site. David the award for children ages 0 to 10. Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, written The Alex Awards were given for the Macaulay will deliver the 2008 lec- Rules, written by Cynthia Lord and by Catherine Thimmesh. The book is 10 best adult books that appeal to teen ture. Macaulay’s work varies from the published by Scholastic Press is the published by Houghton. audiences. The winners are: Caldecott Medal-winning Black and winner in the middle-school category Three Sibert Honor Books were The Book of Lost Things, written by White to the satiric fiction of Motel of (age 11-13). named: Freedom Riders: John Lewis John Connolly and published by Simon the Mysteries. Small Steps, written by Louis Sa- and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of & Schuster/Atria. Recognized worldwide for the high char and published by Delacorte Press, the Civil Rights Movement, written The Whistling Season, written quality they represent, ALA awards is the winner in the teen category (age by Ann Bausum and published by by Ivan Doig and published by Har- guide parents, educators, librarians 13-18). National Geographic; Quest for the court. and others in selecting the best ma- Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways, writ- Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A terials for youth. Selected by judg- ten and illustrated by Laura McGee Cloud Forest of New Guinea, written High School Basketball Season in Arc- ing committees of librarians and Kvasnosky is the recipient of the The- by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic tic Alaska, written by Michael D’Orso other children’s literature experts, odor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Bishop and published by Houghton; and published by Bloomsbury. the awards encourage original and Award for the most distinguished and To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Water for Elephants, written by creative work. For more information beginning reader book. The book is Novel, written by Siena Cherson Sara Gruen and published by Algon- on the ALA youth media awards and published by Candlewick Press. Siegel, artwork by Mark Siegel and quin. notables, please visit the ALA Web site Three Geisel Honor Books were published by Simon & Schuster/Rich- Color of the Sea, written by John at www.ala.org/mw07winners. named: Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride, ard Jackson (hardcover) and Simon & written by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated Schuster/Aladdin. by Chris Van Dusen and published by Author/illustrator Mo Willems and Candlewick Press; Move Over, Rover! Weston Woods Studios, producers of written by Karen Beaumont, illus- Knuffle Bunny, are the winners of the trated by Jane Dyer and published by Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence King County Library System in Washington State is one of the largest circulating library systems in the U.S. and we invite you to meet with us at RUSA Spring Online Courses the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Offer Professional Growth Washington from Jan. 19 - 22. Come to the Placement Center to The Reference and User Services • Reference Interview, March 12 Association (RUSA) offers partici- - April 6, 2007, course focuses on learn more about KCLS and an pants the opportunity to focus on the methods of evaluating reference on-site employment interview. their professional growth this spring service, behavioral aspects of refer- Visit our website at www.kcls.org for by registering for one of the follow- ence service, and the different types more employment information. EOE ing four Internet-based continuing of questions that can be used to help education courses: patrons identify what they need. • Business Reference 101, Febru- The courses provide social inter- We are currently recruiting for the ary 12 - March 9, 2007 and April 30 action during scheduled chat ses- - May 25, 2007, a business reference sions with the instructor and other Librarian I Employment Pool course for library staff and research- students, which allows students ers that teaches the process of busi- in the United States and overseas ness research and about both free to share information and ideas on and fee-based resources. practices used in their organiza- Turn to us. • Marketing Basics for Library, tion, state or country. April 3 – May 4, 2007, a new RUSA The registration prices for a The choices will surprise you! online course designed as an intro- course is $130 for RUSA members, duction to marketing, which focuses $160 for ALA members, $190 for on the uses of marketing and ex- non-ALA members and $100 for plains basic marketing tenets using students and retirees. For more King County Library System the framework of libraries. 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Page 12 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Emerging Leaders Program Debuts ne hundred and ten young li- Carolyn Wood, Adult Services Librar- brary professionals met Janu- ian at the West Depford (NJ) Free Oary 19 for a day-long session Public Library. “This is a great oppor- on leadership development and project tunity to interact outside of the normal planning as the inaugural class of ALA structure of ALA.” Emerging Leaders (EL). Drawn from a Wanda Nesbit’s experience is rep- wide cross-section of the library com- resentative of many participants, as munity, the Emerging Leaders are she was encouraged to apply by her answering a call from ALA President director. “Emerging Leaders reinforces Leslie Burger “to get on the fast track the skills that I bring from my previous to ALA and professional leadership.” career,” Nesbit, an Adult Services Li- EL participant Jeffery DiScala, brarian at Dover Public Library, said. an MLS student at the University “The ongoing strength of the program of Maryland, said, “Some seasoned is the chance to network with other librarians seem to think that Millen- participants, people who will be my nials are too apathetic to get involved professional colleagues for many years professionally, but the number of to come.” participants, and the energy here, Andrea Lapsley, LAMA President, contradicts that. This program proves believes ALA is on the right track that we are ready to contribute at an with this program. “We need to give unexpected level.” new librarians opportunities to ad- “Today was great,” added Bethany vance their ideas about the future. The Emerging Leaders Group poses for a photo at the Seattle Public Library Lafferty, Young Peoples Librarian for The diversity of the group, as well as during their inaugural meeting. The 100 hand-picked librarians are participants Las Vegas/Clark County Library Dis- the new perspectives they bring to in ALA President Leslie Burger’s intiative to train 100 new leaders for positions trict. “Most leadership development libraries, needs to be cultivated and within the association. opportunities are reserved for people encouraged.” LAMA was one of 27 project was assigned to a mentor for participant [to experienced librarians] with many more years of library expe- sponsoring divisions, round tables, the library community and ALA staff and to ALA staff, shed a little light on rience than we have. This program is chapters and individuals that directly resource person … to help with the an ALA issue, and contribute to the a wonderful opportunity to engage for supported the participants with a sti- process,” writes Connie Paul, Execu- effectiveness of ALA.” the under 5-years group.” pend to attend. tive Director of the Central Jersey Re- You can continue to follow the prog- Participants were most excited Participants are now engaged in gional Library Cooperative, and one of ress of Emerging Leaders between by the variety of perspectives repre- over 20 group projects developed by the coordinators of the project, on the now and Annual on the EL Blog at sented. “Ideas from so many different ALA leadership, and will report on Emerging Leaders blog. She continues, http://blogs.ala.org/emergingleaders. types of libraries need to be brought their projects, and the EL experience, “We hope that the projects increase php, and the EL Wiki at http://wikis. together like this more often,” said at a poster session at Annual. “Each community within the group, link each ala.org/emergingleaders. picturing america 1 1/2/07 11:37 AM Page 1

Attention School Librarians: Apply by March 19th for Free American Art Resources Picturing America is a pilot project of the We the People initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), conducted in cooperation with the ALA Public Programs Office. The goals of Picturing America are to promote the teaching, study and understanding of American art and history in K-12 schools, and to facilitate interdisciplinary partnerships between school library media specialists, art teachers, classroom instructors and other educators.

Picturing America will provide 500 public and/or private schools with a collection of 20 double-sided, laminated posters (24 x 36 inches) depicting works of American art, related reading lists, and a 100-page resource booklet with information about the paintings, sculpture, architecture, and crafts reproduced. Educators, including school librarians, are invited to apply online at http://publicprograms.ala.org/picturingamerica from January 8 through March 19, 2007.

For more information about Picturing America, including the artwork featured, programming ideas, guidelines, and the online application, visit http://publicprograms.ala.org/picturingamerica. With questions, contact [email protected].

The Picturing America program is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects grant wood (1892-1942), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931. Oil on Masonite, 30 x 40 in. that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. (76.2 x 101.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950 (50.117). Photograph © 1988 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art © Estate of Grant Wood / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. SEATTLE 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Cognotes • Page 13 American Library Association 2007 Annual Conference & Exhibition Washington Convention Center – Washington, D.C June 21-28, 2007

Auditorium Speaker Series Featuring Ken Burns Saturday, June 23, 2007, 8:30 – 10:00 am Programs on Topics Including: Ken Burns has been making documentary films for • Podcasting, blogs and web presence more than thirty years. Since the Academy Award- nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he has gone on to • Producing cultural programs • Information direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made. Burns’s films are among the technology • Fundraising • Accommodations for most watched on public television, including The Civil accessibility for people with disabilities • New War, and the critically acclaimed JAZZ (2001) and Baseball (1994). Burns’s next film, The War, which is co-produced and co-directed and exciting emerging genres • How innovations by his long-time colleague Lynn Novick, will air on PBS in September, 2007. in technology and social networking are Featuring Khaled Hosseini changing library services • Providing literacy Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, The Kite Runner, was partially inspired by his services to immigrants vivid, and fond, memories of peaceful pre-Soviet era Afghanistan, as well as his personal experiences with Afghan Hazaras. In 2007, Hosseini returns with a Great Speakers Including: highly anticipated new novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that • Khaled Hosseini • Marian Wright Edelman made The Kite Runner a beloved classic. It is a heart- wrenching chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and • Ken Burns • Irshad Manji a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith and the • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. salvation to be found in love.

Featuring Irshad Manji Monday, June 25, 2007, 1:30-3:00 pm Fun-Filled Events Including: Irshad Manji is the bestselling author of The Trouble with • The Bookcart Drill TeamWorld Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith. She also travels the globe to lecture about the liberal reformation Championships• World Premier of of Islam. Currently, Manji is a Senior Fellow with the European Foundation for Democracy. She writes columns “The Hollywood Librarian” that are distributed worldwide by the New York Times Syndicate. She is also making a feature film about Islam. • The ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Event Among the ideas it will showcase is “ijtihad,” Islam’s lost tradition of independent thinking. Get Involved With Events Including: ALSC Charlemae Rollins President’s Program, • Library Day on the Hill • The Insider’s part of the Auditorium Speaker Series Featuring Marian Wright Edelman Guide to Capitol Hill • Librarians Monday, June 25, 2007, 8:00-10:00 am Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Build Communities Volunteer Day Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate (These events are free or have a small fee, but space for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. Under her leadership, CDF has become the nation’s is limited so registration is required. See the strongest voice for children and families. She received registration form to reserve your spot!) Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings which include: Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change and Stand for Children. Register early for low rates and World Premier of “The Hollywood Librarian: great speakers, programs and events! Librarians in Cinema and Society” Early Bird Registration Ends March 2, 2007! Friday, June 22, 2007 The Hollywood Librarian will be the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of librarians in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. For up-to-date information, check out American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen www.ala.org/annual, or visit the Annual Conference -- some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Dozens of interviews of real librarians will be interwoven with movie clips of cinematic Wiki at http://wikis.ala.org/annual2007 to librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual network or learn about official and unofficial events freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of happening during the Annual Conference. reading. Join us for the premier of this film! Page 14 • Cognotes 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights SEATTLE Washington Office Update: EPA Addresses Library Closings By Brad Martin some misplaced fears about what is matters, it remains important to make needs libraries. “We need something ABC News happening. He told the audience that sure the library message is getting out. new, bold and aggressive,” he added. the EPA is “in the process of analyzing He also pointed out that there is the Susman, who suggested several catchy ike Flynn and other represen- and seeking stakeholder input on our potential for a lot of legislative action. titles for possible legislation, envisions tatives of the Environmen- library modernization effort,” adding David Lankes, Syracuse University, expanded Library /Government part- M tal Protection Agency (EPA) that “we are very interested in your spoke about Participatory Networks in nerships as a solution. listened to concerns about its recent input.” Libraries: the Library as Conversation, Bob Bocher, Wisconsin Department library closings and fielded questions And there was no shortage of input a technology brief prepared for ALA’s of Public Instruction, Library Divi- from attendees of the ALA Washington as available microphones were quickly Office of Technology Policy. The goal sion, and Chair, ALA’s OITP & COL’s Office’s Update Session January 20. in use by those who reflected many of the technology brief (available at Telecommunications Subcommittee, Flynn, who is Director of EPA’s Of- of the same criticisms the EPA came http://iis.syr.edu/projects/PNOpen/) is described the Gates Foundation Con- fice of Information Analysis and Access under last October. “to familiarize library decision makers nectivity Project and pending telecom- Office of Environmental Information, Some complained of the inability with the opportunities and challenges munications legislative issues. said that the process of restructuring to find certain documents, and others of participatory networks.” Among the Bocher said, “Connectivity is here, that is now occurring began in 2003 relayed concerns from scientists in recommendations spelled out in the but quality is lacking in many cases with an analysis of how the agency their communities who relied on their brief are that libraries must be active (bandwidth, etc).” Telecommunications could respond to some of the challenges regional libraries for access to informa- participants in these networks and that legislation can address some of these it faced. Flynn identified these chal- tion. There were also calls for increased this must be done at the core of the issues, he said. lenges as delivering more information dialogue with stakeholders and the library, not on the periphery. Paula Bruening, an ALA consultant faster, increasing reliance on electronic possible creation of partnerships that Tom Sussman, of Ropes & Gray, and former privacy advocate spoke resources on the Internet and coping might be created to improve access to provided a vision of what might be about privacy issues. Bruening said with limited resources and space. materials formerly held in the now done to improve things. Susman said that “it has been a challenging time in As a result of this analysis, the EPA closed libraries. that libraries are increasingly called Washington,” and she likened the last closed five of its libraries (including the Anyone wishing to provide feedback on to provide access to information (ex- several years battles to “pushing water headquarters library in Washington, on the EPA’s services or on the cur- amples include the confusion over the up a hill.” October 1, 2006) and public access was rent restructuring can send email to Medicare prescription drug card, tax With Sen. Leahy as chair of Legisla- limited at four others. [email protected]. forms, etc.), and are crucial providers tive Committee, things should be better, Warnings from librarians, scientists In earlier presentations, D’Arcy of information in times of emergency she added. Bruening highlighted some and other stakeholders soon followed, Philps from Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc., (Hurricane Katrina). At the same time, privacy concerns such as national ID with concerns focusing on losing ac- gave a preview of what’s in store for the Susman said we have had a govern- cards and data retention and mining. cess to valuable resources and even 110th Congress. Philps described the ment that has been “remarkably unre- With the 110th Congress, she believes fears that some documents might be transition to a Congress controlled by sponsive” in providing the wherewithal things are encouraging, predicting a destroyed. Democrats as “an opportunity to seek to do these things. “new focus on checks and balances, Flynn said he understands people out and find new power players and Susman pointed out that the govern- even though the world isn’t going to are concerned, but that there also are new members,” adding that on budget ment needs libraries, and the public look the way we want it to.” Make that Connection During the Reference Interview By Kay Ikuta head of reference and research at the already bring their agendas to the per- what you’re doing as you’re doing it.” Inglewood Public Library University of Washington Libraries). sons they are helping. They are deemed The audience offered lots of com- Huling outlined the scope of the to be experts and that carries a burden. ments, suggestions and questions. “ 2F (Face to Face): Teachable discussion: According to Hall, studies have shown Nonverbal communication (i.e. body Moments during the Reference • What are these “teachable mo- that if a patron has a fulfilling human language) comes before verbal com- FInterview” was presented jointly ments?” interaction he will return. Therefore, he munication, so make eye contact. Don’t on January 22 by the RUSA RSS Hot • The reference interview in general urges that librarians should be having bring busywork or personal conversa- Topics in Frontline Reference Discus- • What would a therapist do? a “reference dialogue.” tion to the reference desk. Roving or sion Group, headed by Patrick Ober- Adam Hall, trainer of information David Tyckoson, head of public ser- roaming librarians put users at ease. holtzer of Gallaudet University, Wash- and reference desk staff at the Uni- vices at the Henry Madden Library of Knowing cultural differences is es- ington, DC) and by the new RSS User versity of Washington Libraries, and a California State University–Fresno, sential in working with ESL students. Education and Information Literacy psychotherapist, said in our society we said we have to make patrons comfort- Furniture design can be a help or a Committee (chaired by Nancy Huling, have lost connectivity. He said librarians able, even when they may feel inferior, deterrent. Pod-like desks, for instance, and even if they get the wrong answer. can make the librarian more approach- “Remove that mystery,” Tyckoson em- able and reduce the separation between PLA Announces 2008 National phasized. “Work with them, telling them librarians and their patrons. Conference Registration Rates he Public Library Association interests of public librarians and Do Library Diversity Programs Work? (PLA) is now planning the public library workers. By Ericka Patillo emails over the years, the Spectrum T 2008 PLA National Confer- Estimated hotel rates per night Radford University staffer said, but DINE attendees ence, which will be held in Min- range from $95 to $199. Hotel tax were unanimous in calling for holis- neapolis, March 25-29, 2008. The in Minneapolis is 13 percent. Please articipants at “A Conversa- tic efforts that not only recruit more conference will feature hundreds of visit www.pla.org and click on the tion on Issues that Matter,” people from underrepresented groups workshops, events and discussions National Conference 2008 logo for Psponsored by the Committee on into librarianship, but to also make specifically geared to the needs and updated information. Diversity’s Diversity Interest Network sure that hiring institutions create and Exchange (DINE), January 21, environments that are amenable to Registration rates for the conference are as follows: explored whether programs like ALA’s minorities. Spectrum and minority fellowships Citing the legal problems of the Early Bird Registration Preconference Rate and residencies have had an impact University of Michigan as a catalyst, (deadline January 2008): Day and a half: on minority recruitment and reten- several participants reported that as PLA/Minnesota Library Association PLA/Minnesota Library Association Member — $180 Member — $205 tion. One attendee who works closely they try to create programs to bring ALA Member — $260 with the Spectrum program argued in librarians from minority groups, Advance Registration Non-member — $320 that while the empirical data has not their parent institutions are seeking (deadline February 2008) yet been thoroughly analyzed, there to neutralize the language they use PLA/Minnesota Library Association Day long is overwhelming anecdotal evidence to advertise fellowships, residencies, Member — $210 PLA/Minnesota Library Association that Spectrum, which will celebrate and scholarships. Diversity officers ALA Member — $260 Member — $145 Non-member — $315 ALA Member — $200 its 10th anniversary in June, is a are challenged to recruit staff to sup- Student — $75 Non-member — $260 success. port and serve diverse users rather “Why are you running a racist than specify ethnic groups in program program?” has appeared in fewer descriptions and job ads. SEATTLE 2007 Midwinter Meeting Highlights Cognotes • Page 15 Spectrum Celebrates 10th Anniversary Now that the Midwinter Meeting by all libraries. Spectrum is currently has wrapped up in Seattle, the Office accepting applications for the 2007- Amelia Bloomer Project for Diversity asks everyone to join us 2008 Spectrum Scholarships, and the in celebrating the 10th Anniversary of deadline to apply is March 1st, 2007. Announces 2007 list ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship Program From these applicants, we will select in 2007. our largest cohort to date to celebrate The Amelia Bloomer Project is delighted to announce its sixth an- Established in 1997, the Spectrum this anniversary and the last year of nual list of recommended feminist books for young readers from birth Scholarship Program is ALA’s national our current IMLS funded New Visions, through age 18. The Amelia Bloomer Project, sponsored by the Feminist diversity and recruitment effort de- New voices grant period. Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American signed to address the specific issue We invite you to honor and celebrate Library Association, has selected 51 books first published within the of under-representation of critically the past 10 years of the Spectrum pro- last 18 months. needed ethnic librarians within the gram at a whole host of special events On the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, and the day profession while serving as a model during the ALA Annual Conference after a woman of a major political party declares herself a candidate for for ways to bring attention to larger in Washington culminating in the president of the United States of America, it is exciting to discover so diversity issues in the future. To this Spectrum Scholar 10th Anniversary many excellent books which show girls and women in positive, proac- end, over 415 students from tradition- Luncheon, Sunday, June 24, 2007, tive roles to advance the equality or women in the world. ally underrepresented groups have 11am-1pm. Tickets are $55 and avail- received scholarships, leadership able through the conference registra- The full list of books is available, along with more information about training, professional networking and tion form. the Amelia Bloomer Project, at http://www.libr.org/ftf/bloomer.html. mentoring in order to build a diverse For more information or an application, pool of talented and trained individu- please visit www.ala.org/spectrum. als reflective of the populations served

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