THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NORTH DAKOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION March 2008 NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info Volume 38 • Issue 1

April 13-19, 2008

@ your library Table of Contents President's Message...... 3 Pimp My Bookcart...... 4 MPLA News...... 5 Membership Report...... 5 MPLA Leadership Institute 2007...... 6 National Library Week...... 9 National Library Workers Day...... 9 Archives Addition Takes History into the 21st Century...... 10 Statewide Summer Reading Kick-Off...... 11 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award Nominees 2007-2008...... 11 Fargo’s New Dr. James Carlson Library...... 12 Help Recognize Excellence in North Dakota Published quarterly by the Libraries...... 13 North Dakota Library Association Browsing in the Cyberstacks...... 14 2008 ND State Library Spring Workshops...... 15 Editorial Committee Marlene Anderson, Chair People Stuff...... 16 Karen Anderson Rachel White Joan Erickson On the DOCket...... 17 Production Artist Pulitzer Prize-winning Author to Visit Fargo in October...... 18 Clearwater Communications, Robin Pursley Canoe Kudos Nomination Form...... 18 Subscription Rate North Dakota in Print...... 19 $25/year 2008 NDLA Conference Update...... 24 Advertising Rates Good Stuff from Around the State...... 25 (per issue) TechTips & More...... 28 $100 – full-page ad NDLA Professional Development Grants...... 29 $50 – half-page ad $25 – quarter-page ad Treasurer’s Report...... 30 NDLA Membership Application...... 31 For information contact: 2007-2008 NDLA Executive Board...... 32 Marlene Anderson, Chair The Good Stuff Editorial Committee

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The Good Stuff - Page 2 - March 2008 President’s Message By Donna James, NDLA President

It’s an election year. And I don’t that each school district employ at least one mind telling you that since I state-certified media specialist in each school; became eligible to vote (some expand training, professional development and 35+ years ago), I have never recruitment activities to include school media missed an opportunity to do so. specialists; ensure funds will serve elementary, In fact, I feel so strongly about middle and high school students; and, require my voting responsibilities as books and materials be appropriate for and a citizen, that I have carefully engage the interest of students in all grade levels, and consciously ingrained in and students with special needs, including English my own children’s minds the belief that if they language learners.” Perhaps you need to brush up don’t vote, they have no right to complain about on your professional reading before you hit the what our government does! That’s simply the advocacy road. “right” that comes with the “responsibility.” This website is a start: http://pla.org/ala/aasl/ In the Library World, I believe that the same aaslissues/SKILLS_Act.cfm. principle applies. How can we, in good The Library Services Technology Act (LSTA), which conscience, sit back and complain about the can help all library types expand services and “fate of libraries” or “kids using Google instead of access to information, needs to be funded. Need the databases” or “small budgets and increasing to know more? Try this URL for starters: www.ala. expenses” if we don’t assume the responsibility org/ala/washoff/woissues/washfunding/primer.cfm. of advocacy as part of our role as professionals? It is imperative that we make an effort at every Then, once you are familiar with the issues, step opportunity to become involved in local, state, up and become an advocate. You can do a lot of and national issues. Most all of us are dependent good things. How about: upon either federal or state legislation for funding. Access, too, is increasingly becoming legislated. 1. Writing to your Congressmen. Ask them to sign on as a cosponsor for the SKILLS Act (HR 2864 So what am I asking you to do? Become involved and S. 1699) and to support libraries through in organized advocacy efforts. Perhaps you saw funding LSTA and other relevant legislation. the recent call to action from the ALA Youth Divisions (AASL, ALSC and YALSA) encouraging 2. Encouraging your Friends of the Library group librarians to promote broad patron support of the to participate in writing to their Congressmen. SKILLS Act and the LSTA funding for libraries? Did you act on this call? Did you organize your 3. Asking the high school social studies teacher if patrons to act? Research proves that the citizen’s he/she would like to collaborate with you on voice is powerful and elected officials do care an advocacy project which will allow students about their constituents’ opinions. to gain experience in “exercising their rights and responsibilities” as a citizen. (Get them WHAT!!?? You don’t know that the SKILLs Act revved up to vote, too, while you’re at it!) would guarantee that all students in the U.S. will be served by state-certified library media 4. Going to ALA’s Advocacy Resource specialists and that they will have the resources Center online www.ala.org/Template. they need to succeed? In short, according to cfm?Section=issues to download the “Smart ALA, it would “add language to No Child Left Voting Starts @ your Library” file: www.ala.org/ Behind that would require to the extent feasible Source/[email protected], or any one

The Good Stuff - Page 3 - March 2008 President’s Message * Continued Pimp of dozens of other resources. Distribute these My to teachers, patrons, board members and Bookcart your mother. Make library advocacy links on By Christine Kujawa and Zach Packineau, your library’s website or on your FacebookTM Bismarck Public Library account. The creators of Unshelved held the second annual Perhaps you can “work your magic” in small “Pimp My Bookcart Contest” sponsored by ways, too. Talk to your school or library board Highsmith. There were 129 entries from all across members about legislation that might affect the country and from all types of library settings. funding for library budgets. Go ahead. Share Top winners received bookcarts, compliments of your stories with them—don’t be afraid to Highsmith, and runners-up received gift certificates tell them about the good that their tax dollars from the Unshelved store and Highsmith. All other is doing—that money directed to our library participants received coupons for 15% off orders budget ‘evens the playing field’ between from Highsmith. those who have Internet access at home and those who do not. They’ll feel good about it The Bismarck Public Library was among the and they’ll tell someone else. Who knows? participants in this year’s contest. Our bookcart Perhaps your story will get told in a legislative theme was “The Wild Things Visit Fantasy Book committee meeting. Or maybe you will be World.” While we were not chosen as top asked to testify at a legislative hearing. It winners, we were still happy to participate and took pride in our final product. “The easiest part happened to me. was figuring out what to do; the hardest part was not winning," Zach said. You can help. I know it. You just need to step up to the challenge. After all, it’s your right and We are planning for next year's theme and are your responsibility to help guarantee the future looking forward to next year's contest. of our libraries. You can view all of the entries at: www.unshelved. 2007 Contest com/PimpMyBookcart/2007/carts.aspx *Editor’s Note: According to the Online Etymology Dictionary,

Pimp 1607, perhaps from M.Fr. pimper "to dress elegantly" (16c.), prp. of pimpant "alluring in dress, seductive." Weekley suggests M.Fr. pimpreneau, defined in Cotgrave (1611) as "a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell." The word also means "informer, stool pigeon" in Australia and New Zealand and in S.Africa, where by early 1960s it existed in Swahili form impimpsi. The verb is attested from 1636. Pimpmobile first recorded 1973.

("pimp." Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Zach Packineau and Christine Kujawa Harper, Historian. 20 Dec. 2007. .)

The Good Stuff - Page 4 - March 2008 The Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) of Abiquiu, New Mexico. North Dakota librarians Bookcart is a twelve state association of librarians, library who have benefitted from attending during the paraprofessionals, and friends of libraries in past six years include: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 2002 – Karen Chobot and Suzanne Morrison South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Its purpose 2003 – Jeanne Narum and Al Peterson is to promote the development of librarians and 2004 – Erin Smith and Rachel White libraries by providing significant educational 2005 – Beth Postema and networking opportunities. The Association 2006 – Celeste Ertelt, Donna James, Johanna meets annually in joint conferences with member McClay, and Laurie McHenry states on a rotational basis, and is governed by 2007 – Bev Clouse, Kathleen Spencer, and Lori an elected board of representatives from each West member state and a number of sections and roundtables representing interests and types of 2008 Conference libraries. In addition to its board and its officers, In 2008, the Mountain Plains Library Association MPLA activities are carried out by a number of is celebrating 60 years of service. The joint ULA committees and an executive secretary. (Utah Library Association)-MPLA Conference will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 29- Al Peterson of the North Dakota State Library is May 2, 2008. The theme of the conference is currently NDLA’s MPLA Representative. “Where Paths Meet: Connecting Libraries and Our Communities.” Leadership Institute MPLA will NOT be sponsoring a Leadership For more information, visit the MPLA Web site at: Institute in 2008. Since 2002, each of the http://www.mpla.us/. Institutes has been held at Ghost Ranch just north

Welcome to NDLA! Membership Report (as of January 14, 2008) Welcome to NDLA! New members since the last issue of The Good Stuff are Kathy Jo Cline Compiled by Kathy Thomas (Beulah); Melissa Bakken (Breckenridge); Brian Membership Chair Saxberg and Debi Behm (Cooperstown); and Academic & Special Libraries Section...... 112 Cynthia Mason and Tim Dirks (Fargo). Health Science Information Section...... 30 Public Library Section...... 132 A list of current members can be found at School Library & Youth Services Section...... 85 www.ndla.info/members.htm — updated Government Documents Roundtable...... 35 whenever membership forms are received. New Members Roundtable...... 45 Technical Services Roundtable...... 61 Help us increase our membership in 2008 Associate members...... 16 — tell other library staff about NDLA! A Institutional members...... 12 membership form can be found on our web Trustees...... 50 page at www.ndla.info and in this issue of New members 2007...... 55 The Good Stuff. The NDLA membership year is New members 2008...... 9 January to December. Total Members...... 355

The Good Stuff - Page 5 - March 2008 Ghost Ranch 2007

Highlights of the MPLA Leadership Institute 2007 By Kathleen Spencer and Lori West Ghost Ranch was often painted by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, who resided at this picturesque Editor’s note: Kathleen Spencer, MS, MLS, is an location for over 40 years, and its beauty remains Information Specialist at the Rural Assistance Center, breathtaking today. University of North Dakota. Lori K. West, MLS, is the Branch Services Manager at the Fargo Public Library. The Leadership Institute, sponsored by MPLA and Both wish to acknowledge the support of their EBSCO, offers an amazing curriculum that combines employers in giving them time away from their usual various training techniques for a truly unique learning duties to pursue professional development and attend experience. A multitude of timely resources were the MPLA Leadership Institute. introduced and discussed. Topics covered included: leadership, communication, managing differences, "Well! Well! Well! This is wonderful. No one told risk taking, power and influence, leading change, me it was like this!" While Georgia O’Keeffe spoke commitment, groups and teams, project management, these words years ago when she first arrived in New and personal planning. Not only did the intensive, Mexico, similar thoughts were in the minds of twenty- weeklong leadership training include large and nine librarians as they arrived at the Mountain Plains small group discussions, networking with peers and Library Association (MPLA) Leadership Institute role-playing, time was spent in self-reflection, self- located at Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico. assessment, and individual meetings with mentors in In late October, Bev Clouse, Kathy Spencer, and the library profession. Lori West represented North Dakota at the 2007 Leadership Institute, held 65 miles northwest of Santa The facilitator and leader of the Institute was Maureen Fe, NM, at Ghost Ranch. The stunning scenery of Sullivan. Maureen is currently an organization

The Good Stuff - Page 6 - March 2008 development consultant whose practice focuses on libraries and other information organizations. She has more than 25 years of experience as a consultant on organization development, strategic planning, Ghost Ranch leadership development, introducing and managing organizational change, organization and work redesign, establishment of staff development and learning programs for today's workplace, and the identification and development of competencies. Maureen has an innate talent for leading discussions and drawing comments from participants while 2008 incorporating relevant and timely information from her experience and education.

Mary Bushing was the institute coordinator and, as always, a great friend throughout the week. Mary North Dakota attendees, left to right, are: works as a library consultant and educator, and Kathy Spencer, Lori West, and Bev Clouse. has written about and presented on many library- related topics including collection development, enthusiasm we all felt during that special week at such administration, continuing education, project an inspiring location. You can’t say we didn’t tell you. management, marketing, policy writing, public relations, customer service, and change in libraries. Selected List of Readings on Leadership: She was also a presenter at the 2007 NDLA Annual Bennis, W. (2003). On becoming a leader (Rev. ed.). Conference in Jamestown last September. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub. Identifies the qualities that define leadership, as well as the Mentors at the 2007 Leadership Institute were strategies that can be applied to become an effective leader. Carol Hammond, Director, International Business Includes portrayal of people who demonstrate leadership. Information Center Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale AZ; Jane Hatch, Branch Bennis, W. & Goldsmith, J. (2003). Learning to lead: A Manager, Argentine Branch, Kansas City Public workbook on becoming a leader (3rd ed.). New York: Basic Library, KS; Judy Zelenski, Executive Secretary and Books. Newsletter Editor, MPLA, Lakewood, CO; and Mary A guide to leadership development with the preface that Bushing, MPLA Leadership Institute Coordinator, leaders are made rather than born. Includes self-assessments Bozeman, MT. and interactive skill-building exercises.

Bolman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. (2006). The wizard and the While free time was at a premium during the Institute, warrior: Leading with passion and power. San Francisco: time was carved out of the concentrated schedule to Jossey-Bass. take in the spectacular landscapes with hiking on the Provides insight into how passion and power can five trails located at the ranch, exploring the Ghost affect leadership. Includes examples of historical Ranch library, museum and labyrinth, and simply and contemporary figures that have made significant hanging out and getting to know fellow attendees. contributions in their leadership roles.

The MPLA Leadership Institute is a gem in the library Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2005). Resonant leadership: field; the natural beauty and isolation of Ghost Ranch Renewing yourself and connecting with others through provides an ideal setting for librarians to focus on mindfulness, hope, and compassion. Boston: Harvard leadership skills and also to connect and learn from Business School Press. other librarians. While librarians are seldom trained Discusses what makes leaders great in spite of non-stop stressful situations. Methodology is academic with footnotes for leadership roles, it is more and more common for and research citations, but includes anecdotes from their librarians to be delegated to such roles and MPLA’s field work. Leadership Institute effectively fulfills this gap in the profession. For those seeking further insight and Buckingham, M. (2001). Now discover your strengths. New knowledge of leadership skills, a bibliography of York: Free Press. recommended reading presented at the Leadership An alternative approach to management, as it focuses on Institute follows. We hope you will find these enhancing people's strengths rather than eliminating their resources motivating and useful, and share in the weaknesses. Includes a Web-based interactive questionnaire

The Good Stuff - Page 7 - March 2008 that allows readers to identify their top five strengths. issues are grouped into four categories: significance, relationships, aspirations, and courage. Collins, J. (2001). Good to great: Why some companies make the leap…and others don’t. New York: HarperCollins Loehr, J. E. & Schwartz, T. (2003). The power of full Pub. engagement: Managing energy, not time, is the key to high Provides insight into how good companies can achieve and performance and personal renewal. New York: Free Press. sustain greatness and includes specific examples, and data A practical and scientifically based approach to managing to support the author’s conclusions. energy rather than time is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health and happiness. Gardner, H. (2007). Five minds for the future. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Patterson, K. et al. (2002). Crucial conversations: Tools for Identifies five kinds of minds that will be the greatest assets talking when the stakes are high. New York: McGraw-Hill. in this century, disciplined, synthesizing, creating, respectful Provides best practices for employees to help them work and ethical, and proposes ways in which to develop these through controversial issues and difficult discussions that assets. strengthen relationships and with good results.

Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The power of thinking without Patterson, K. et al. (2004). Crucial confrontations: Tools for thinking. New York: Little, Brown and Co. resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad Shows how “snap judgments” can be more accurate over behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill. decisions made after lengthy evaluations. Discusses “thin Presents a proven step-by-step process that can enhance slicing” where the brain has the ability to make a correct accountability and performance in an organization or a decision immediately. team effort.

Goldsmith, M. & Reiter, M. (2007). What got you here Scholtes, P. R. (1998). The leader’s handbook: Making things won’t get you there: How successful people become even happen, getting things done. New York: McGraw-Hill. more successful. New York: Hyperion. Provides anecdotes and exercises to help managers move Identifies what may seem as subtle behaviors that keep from a “command and control” style to an “inspiring smart, innovative and hard-working employees from leadership” style. reaching the top tier of leadership. Senge, Peter, et al. (1999). The dance of change: Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee. (2002). Primal The challenges of sustaining momentum in learning leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence. organizations. New York: Currency/Doubleday. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Identifies how business leaders can work together to Explains how emotional intelligence characteristics like anticipate and meet the challenges that occur when empathy and self-awareness may be more critical than IQ organizations are faced with change. in individuals to advance personal careers and promote successful organizations. Vaill, P. B. (1996). Learning as a way of being: Strategies for survival in a world of permanent white water. San Gordon, R. S. (2004). The accidental library manager. Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Medford, NJ: Information Today. Advocates that institutions of higher education must instill in A comprehensive guide on library management for first time managers the need for disciplined life-long learning. library managers or for those who unexpectedly evolved into a library management position.

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. (2006). Confidence: How winning streaks and losing streaks begin and end. New York: Three Rivers Press. The former editor of Harvard Business Review believes the key to success depends on an “organization's character, perseverance, winning tradition, and confidence.”

Kegan, R. & Lahey, L.L. (2002). How the way we talk can change the way we work: Seven languages for transformation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Identifies seven languages that leaders should adopt to overcome internal and organizational resistance to change.

Kouzes, J. M. & Posner, B.Z. (2006). A leader’s legacy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Discusses the challenges all leaders face. Essays on these The Good Stuff - Page 8 - March 2008 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of National Library Week, an observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. The theme for this year’s celebration is, "Join the circle of knowledge @ your library®." Julie Andrews has been named the National Library Week Honorary Chair. History National Library Week was first observed in 1958 and is a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians, and library workers in schools, campuses, and communities across the country and to promote library use and support. In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions, and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life." In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!" National Library Week was observed again in 1959, and the ALA Council voted to continue the annual celebration. When the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974, ALA assumed full sponsorship. Many school libraries also celebrate the month of April as School Library Media Month sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, with the same theme as National Library Week. National Library Workers Day Tuesday, April 15, 2008 On January 25, 2003, a resolution was proposed to recognize library workers as part of National Library Week. The resolution said: That in order to recognize the hard work, dedication, and expertise of library support staff and librarians that the Tuesday of National Library Week be designated National Library Workers Day; and, that on that day, interested library workers, library groups, and libraries should advocate for better compensation for all library workers and, if the day coincides with National Pay Equity Day, these individuals, groups, and libraries should recognize both days together. National Library Workers Day is a day for library staff, users, administrators, and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. Publicity & Promotion A variety of resources to help you promote and publicize National Library Week in your community are available on the ALA Web site: www.ala.org/ala/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.htm.

The Good Stuff - Page 9 - March 2008 Archives Addition Takes History into the 21st Century By Rachel White, around the state viewed the workspace where Editorial Committee Member the task of describing the content of state and personal records is completed, as well as high November 2nd took on even more significance density record storage areas on the third floor in 2007, as it was not only the 118th anniversary stack level. State archives staff will be working of North Dakota’s statehood, but also the first throughout 2008 to move materials from offsite day of operations of the archives addition at the storage into permanent locations in the archives North Dakota Heritage Center. Framed by the addition, as well as relocating items from the events of the 19th annual Governor’s Conference original building. on North Dakota History, dignitaries and history lovers gathered to hear remarks by Governor John Hoeven, former governors George Sinner and Arthur Link, and State Archivist Gerald Newborg that celebrated the completion of the long-overdue facility.

Officially opened in May 1981, the state archives facility at the North Dakota Heritage Center was designed to hold only 10-12 years’ accumulation of state records, The Governor, former governors, legislators, manuscripts, and newspaper and film collections. and members of the State Historical Board cut Until the 2005 legislative session, archives staff the ribbon in the Archives addition at the North and researchers made do with an offsite storage Dakota Heritage Center. location that lacked the workspace to describe and environmental controls necessary to preserve the collection. With the opening of the $5.7 million addition, a state-of-the- art HVAC system and sturdy, archives- appropriate shelving and construction, the documentary collections of North Dakota history will be accessible and available for generations of researchers to come.

The 30,000 square foot addition has effectively doubled the storage space for the state archives, and members of the public were welcomed to tour all areas of the new facility at November’s grand opening. Archives staff gave impromptu tours and answered many A view of the new film and video storage area questions about the new facility. Visitors from on the second floor of the Archives addition.

The Good Stuff - Page 10 - March 2008 Statewide Summer Reading Kick-Off on May 30, 2008 Submitted by Lacey Wahl, reading program coordinator, Lacey Wahl, at North Dakota State Library 701-328-4656. Your event, along with other Creepy, crawly, gross and disgusting are all a part summer reading events throughout the state, will of this year’s summer reading theme, “Catch the be posted on the State Library website at www. Reading Bug @ Your Library!” library.nd.gov. We can also link to your web site! The State Library would like to welcome everyone The State Library participates in the national to participate in the fifth annual Summer Reading Collaborative Summer Library Program Kick-Off on May 30, 2008. Plan your own kick- (CSLP) with 43 other states. CSLP develops off event! A huge statewide kick-off would be a a programming manual, the program theme, great way to get North Dakota kids excited about attractive artwork, and engaging educational their summer reading programs. activities. The Bismarck kick-off event is held at the North Purchase your manual TODAY! Send your $10 Dakota Heritage Center and the North Dakota payment to the North Dakota State Library, Attn: State Library from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Lacey Wahl, 604 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND, 58505-0800. If you’d like to participate by having a kick-off event on May 30, please call the state summer Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award Nominees Since 1990, the Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award has been sponsored by SLAYS (School Library & Youth Services Section) with partial funding from 2007-2008 the North Dakota Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. and Someone Called Plastic by Emily Jenkins The Flicker Tale Committee has chosen books Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid (Book 1) by in four categories for the 2007-2008 nominees. Megan McDonald Readers are not restricted to any category based Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: Every Cloud Has a on age or grade level. Rather, the committee Silver Lining (Book 1) by Anne Mazer encourages children to read books of their choice Juvenile Books at a particular interest or ability level. For complete Marley: a Dog Like No Other by John Grogan information, including award instructions and Flush by Carl Hiaasen ballots, visit the NDLA Web site at www.ndla.info. On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck Picture Books The Haunting of Swain’s Fancy by Brenda Bad Dog Marley! by John Grogan Seabrooke Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski Non-fiction Books Duck and Goose by Tad Hills (Must read at least two books to be eligible to vote) Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen Go to Sleep, Gecko! By Margaret Read MacDonald Intermediate Books Oh No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: (for students transitioning from picture books to Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins chapter books) Elephants Can Paint Too! by Katya Arnold Say What? By Margaret Peterson Haddix Erika’s Story by Ruth Vander Zee Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a When Washington Crossed the Delaware by Lynne Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, Cheney The Good Stuff - Page 11 - March 2008 Fargo’s New Dr. James Carlson Library Opened on November 16, 2007 By Melisa Duncan, Fargo Public Library area, and 21 Internet accessible computers. The new library also features the RFID (Radio The Fargo Public Library has another new library Frequency Identification) checkout system. and over 1,400 people visited this very special new facility on its opening day. Since opening on As part of the festivities surrounding the opening November 16, 2007, thousands of library users of the new library, the community was invited have passed through the doors. The new library to attend a series of special events during the is named in honor of Dr. James Carlson, a local opening weekend, which included: a ribbon- businessman and co-founder of PRACS Institute, cutting and dedication ceremony, a performance for his generous $1million contribution to the by Storyteller Cindy Wray Lowe, a family concert library’s capital campaign. At nearly 15,000- by Dennis Warner, a teen program featuring square-feet, the Carlson Library replaced a small “Anime Video Shorts” with a local anime expert, a storefront branch located in a nearby strip mall. nutrition program for seniors, and a jazz concert The smaller branch was nearly four times smaller featuring local jazz musicians. Special receptions than the new Carlson Library. for the Friends of the Fargo Public Library, area librarians, and for major Fargo Library donors Located along 32nd Avenue South in Fargo and were held at the Carlson Library during the week overlooking Ed Clapp Park, the new full-service leading up to the public opening. Dr. James Carlson Library is connected to the new Ed Clapp Park Senior Center. This connection For more information and photos of Fargo’s Dr. is a great opportunity for the library and senior James Carlson Library, visit www.fargolibrary.org. center to collaborate on programs and activities of interest to seniors. It should also be noted that Fargo’s Main Library Project Update the Fargo Park District donated the land for the Construction of Fargo’s new Main Library library project. With the beautiful green space continues and is progressing nicely. Steel work located right out the library’s back door, plans for is up and pre-cast concrete flooring is currently outdoor programming and activities are already in being installed. “Hard hat tours” are being the works for this spring. planned for later this summer. If construction goes as planned, the new Main Library will be on Special features of the new Dr. James Carlson track to open in early spring 2009. Library include a community room with seating for 75, a conference room for smaller meetings, For more information regarding Fargo’s library three study rooms to support collaborative building projects, visit www.cityoffargo.com/ learning, a teen space, an expanded children’s newlibraries.

The Good Stuff - Page 12 - March 2008 Help Recognize Excellence in North Dakota Libraries Nominate Outstanding Peers for NDLA Awards

Each year NDLA recognizes excellence in our profession by selecting one outstanding individual as the Librarian of the Year. NDLA also recognizes those individuals who have furthered the work of libraries by making major contributions. These awards are given based on nominations from NDLA members themselves.

Librarian of the Year Do you know someone who: - has made notable contributions to the North Dakota library profession? - has furthered significant contributions to the North Dakota library profession? - has performed exemplary statewide service for an extended period of time? If you can answer “yes” to one of those questions, nominate that individual for Librarian of the Year! The process is quite simple: - Verify that the nominee is a personal member of NDLA in good standing, or if retired, a former member (Contact Membership Kathy Thomas at Kathryn.thomas@ ndsu.edu for verification). - Nominations should include a minimum of five current individual letters of support of the nomination as well as articles, newspaper clippings, and other materials which support and illustrate the nominee’s qualifications. - Nominees from previous years may be nominated again. - Submit nomination packet to the NDLA Past President before May 31, 2008.

Major Benefactor of the Year Do you know an individual, family, or organization that has made significant contributions to a library or libraries in North Dakota? If you do, simply send a letter or letters of nomination which include the reasons for the nomination to the NDLA Past President before May 31, 2008. For more information and full descriptions of the awards, go to www.ndla.info/awards. htm or email NDLA Past President Beth Postema at [email protected]. Mail, fax or e-mail your nominations to: Beth Postema Fargo Public Library Administrative Offices 4630 15th Ave. N. Fargo, ND 58102 (701) 241-8581 (fax) [email protected]

The Good Stuff - Page 13 - March 2008 Browsing in the Cyberstacks Compiled by Rachel White, Editorial Committee Member

It’s 2008, and time to finally acknowledge the to the broader category, or to the home page to arrival of the 21st century. Here are a few online search some of the other 20,000 concepts defined versions of reference tools, and other childhood here. and library favorites to ease your electronic transition. Verbotomy! http://www.verbotomy.com/ Why just look up words when you can create your own? Part word-challenge game, part comic, you can craft new words for definitions provided by the site owners. Why spend your coffee break playing solitaire when you could Lingro be broadening the English language? The site’s http://lingro.com/ players, or ‘verbotomists’ combine pre-existing As much as I cling to my favorite red American words in order to create new and clever ones Heritage dictionary, I’m well aware that many to explain concepts such as “hiding items in others have switched to online dictionaries. a shop that you’d like to buy but can’t afford” Lingro is a site that not only defines words, (dresspionage), or “guilt-tripping someone into but allows you to listen to pronunciations and action” (guiltimatum). Consider it an online, translate to and from other languages on the fly. rapid-fire version of the portmanteau. The If you’re trying to broaden your vocabulary, either site is updated daily, but you can revisit past in English or several other languages (Spanish, verboticisms and vote for your favorites on the French, Italian, German, and Polish are currently Verbotomy Blog. Maybe they’re just waiting for available), you can also establish wordlists and a clever person like you to write in and suggest then study them via online flashcards. The web they call it the Verbotoblog! viewer option allows you to translate web pages word by word, and a file viewer option exists if you’d like to open .txt, .doc, or .pdf files for Top 101 City Lists translation. If you’d like to save your wordlists, http://www.city-data.com/top2/toplists2.html word history, or other profiles, you can create an Librarians are a list-loving bunch. We keep lists account, but this is not necessary for hit and run of top books, frequently asked questions, even definitions or translations. the most commonly requested statistics. If you’re tired of crunching the numbers yourself, or can’t Visual Dictionary Online find exactly what you’re looking for at the Census http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php Bureau, stop at City Data to find answers both If the main thing keeping you from using a fun and informative. Whether you’re looking regular dictionary is the high word count, then to find the cities with the highest average wind try this option from dictionary stalwart Merriam speeds (Brockton, MA), or the cities where the Webster. Organized by 15 major themes such most people leave for work at the strangest as astronomy, animal kingdom, communications, times (Akutan, AK), hopefully you can fill a few and sports & games, you can follow an illustrated reference requests here. Take a few minutes quest for knowledge. A search on the word to find out about your own city, or read up on ‘horse’ returns illustrations as varied as equine a new one before considering a cross-country anatomy, horses in sports, to the vaulting and move! The site is silent about the sources it uses pommel horses used in gymnastics. Simply click to compile the lists, and the disclaimer “does on the image that interests you most to learn not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any more. This dictionary also provides sound files so information on this site”, so use professionally users can listen to unfamiliar vocabulary. If you with some amount of skepticism. get lost, simply follow the directory of terms back

The Good Stuff - Page 14 - March 2008 The Virtual Museum of Cataloging and someone read a book to you for a change. Books Acquisitions Artifacts can be read online for free, or downloaded as a http://www.heidihoerman.com/museumca/index. zip file for a small charge. If you’re looking for html a specific title, search the Super-Index, or find Are those medieval torture devices you found something age appropriate by using the reading at the back of the Technical Services supply level index. Many titles have been translated into closet? Ease your mind about their legal library other languages by the volunteers who collect, uses at the Virtual Museum of Cataloging and scan, and record the books for the site. If you Acquisitions Artifacts. Many items date from have patrons who wish to donate public domain the pre-bibliolithic AACR era, where everything children’s books that your library cannot use, from erasers to pencils was improved by the perhaps this is an outlet for their generosity! addition of electricity. Untie the mysteries of the “librarian’s knot”, and decide for yourself whether Feel free to send some of your favorite websites Melvil Dewey’s simplified spelling system was to me at [email protected]. Maybe you’ll see the precursor to LOLcats. The museum is always one of your favorites in a future Browsing in the looking for new artifacts to add, so if you’re doing Cyberstacks column. a bit of spring cleaning in the Cataloging Office, consider donating those old platens or stamps. Heidi Lee Hoerman, the ‘curator’ of the museum, 2008 ND State Library is an instructor at the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Services. Spring Workshops Submitted by Lacey Wahl, Sesame Street Videos Beta North Dakota State Library http://video.sesameworkshop.org/ If the quest for a fun video site that you can The 2008 Spring Workshops are just around the bookmark on the children’s room computers has corner. These workshops will be held in Grand left you stumped, try this new Sesame Workshop Forks at the Ramada Inn on March 31 and April branded site for Sesame Street Videos. You 1, and in Bismarck on April 3 and 4 at the Best can search for videos by keyword, or find clips Western Doublewood Inn and at the Bismarck featuring your favorite character by clicking on State College Library computer lab. their picture. I was pleased to find a collection of Monsterpiece Theatre sketches, including This year, we are going “Back to the Basics” “Upstairs Downstairs” and “The 39 Stairs”; titles with programs on teen library services, the well-known to any connoisseur of stair-based summer reading program, organizing a book Muppet comedy. Content tags are also provided, club at your library, de-selection and weeding, but users cannot add their own tags at this time. applying for E-Rate for telecommunication Grover tells me there are hundreds of clips ready services, an overview of services offered to to watch, and additional functionality will be libraries from the North Dakota State Library, added as the player moves out of the Beta stage. applying for State Library grants, and more. Vendor representatives from the Online Library Children’s Books Online: the Rosetta Project Resources will again provide training (Bismarck http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm location only). Sometimes it’s hard to beat the classics. This site features a collection of pre-1930 children’s Mark your calendars! Registration for the books, scanned and available to read online. workshops can be made through the Library by A wide variety of fairy tales, adventure books, calling 1-800-472-2104. For more information, and instructional books are featured. Click on visit the North Dakota State Library web site at the Books with Audio link if you’d like to have www.library.nd.gov.

The Good Stuff - Page 15 - March 2008 people Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member Stuff Tim Dirks has been named Library Director Jan Hendrickson, NDLA’s president in 1992- for the Fargo Public Library. Originally from 93 and director of the Hazen Public Library for Waterford, Wisconsin, Tim comes to Fargo from many years, passed away on January 8, 2008. Marinette County Consolidated Public Library Most recently, Jan worked for the North Dakota Service in Marinette County, Wisconsin. In Department of Corrections in the Division of addition to his regular duties as director, Tim will Juvenile Services in Bismarck. Cards may be oversee the library’s building projects, including sent to Jan’s husband, Manville (Manny), at 218 construction of the new main library located in 1st Ave NW, Hazen, 58545. Memorials may downtown Fargo. As a professional librarian, be directed to the American Cancer Society, Tim has worked at the Wauconda Area Library in American Lung Association, Sakakawea Home Wauconda, Illinois; the Cedarburg Public Library Health and Hospice Program (Hazen), Sakakawea in Cedarburg, Wisconsin; and the Elm Grove Medical Center (Hazen), or St. Alexius Medical Public Library in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. Tim has Center in Bismarck. a BA in history and an MLS from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He will be completing Michele Reid has accepted an offer to become his Master of Public Administration from the Dean of the NDSU Library at North Dakota State University of Colorado-Denver later this year. University in Fargo. Reid is currently library Tim and his wife, Beth, have three daughters, director at McDaniel College in Westminster, ages 9, 7, and 5. Tim replaces Charles Pace, Maryland, and will start her new position at who left in October 2006 to become director of NDSU on June 23, 2008. Reid is filling a position the library system in St. Louis County, Missouri. that was formerly held by Pamela Drayson, who Beth Postema served as interim director until left NDSU in May 2006 to assume the duties Tim’s arrival and has now returned to her position of Chief Librarian at the University of Ontario as deputy director of the Fargo Public Library. Institute of Technology and Durham College just NDLA is pleased to welcome Tim Dirks to North outside of Toronto, Canada. James Council, a Dakota! professor in the NDSU Dept. of Psychology, has filled the role as library dean in the interim. After a nation-wide search, Curt Hanson was hired as Head of Special Collections at UND’s Roberta Steckler, former director of the McLean- Chester Fritz Library. Mr. Hanson received Mercer Regional Library in Riverdale, passed his Master’s Degree in Library Science at away peacefully on January 28, 2008, at St. Indiana University with a Special Collections Benedict's nursing home in Dickinson. Roberta Specialization. He previously served as Assistant was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor Archivist at Chester Fritz Library for eight years. in February 2007 and had been a resident Curt replaces the previous Department Head, of St. Benedict's since late September 2007. Sandy Slater, who recently retired after 21 years Condolences may be sent to: Roberta Steckler from the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Family, 1412 2nd St. W, Dickinson, ND, 58601. Special Collections. Sandi Bates was appointed to a Business Reference Librarian/Bibliographer Cheryl Hill has accepted the position of Metadata position at the Chester Fritz Library in June. & Cataloging Librarian at NDSU Library and will Ms. Bates was the Director of Publications at start on March 17, 2008. Cheryl is currently Jamestown College prior to her appointment. employed at SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Elise Peterson was appointed Library Associate in Cooperating)/SELS (Southeast Library System) in the Acquisitions/Bibliographic Department at the Rochester, Minnesota. Chester Fritz Library in July. Her responsibilities include processing new material and copy cataloging. The Good Stuff - Page 16 - March 2008 On the DOCket By Kathy Thomas, GODORT Chair Numerous Federal government departments and Topic areas link to government (and selected agencies have developed web sites containing non-government) web sites to help choose the information in formats designed to appeal to right college, apply online for financial aid children and teens. Many of the sites also include and scholarships, find summer internships or resources for teachers and parents. jobs, learn about careers, tap into government research databases, find rewarding volunteer Kids.gov (/www.kids.gov/) opportunities, and much more! The links come Kids.gov is the official kids' portal for the U.S. from suggestions made by students, parents, and government with links to over 1,200 web teachers, and is a cooperative effort between pages from government agencies, schools, and Federal agencies, students, and other parts of the educational organizations, all geared to the education community, under the leadership of the learning level and interest of kids. Kids.gov is U.S. Department of Education. organized into three audiences: grades K-5, grades 6-8, and educators. Each audience tab is White House Kids (/www.whitehousekids.gov) divided into educational subjects such as Arts, An educational opportunity for young Americans Math, and History. to learn about the White House and the President with news, fun activities, and features Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids for elementary school, middle school, and (http://bensguide.gpo.gov/) high school levels in categories such as Math This site provides learning tools for students, Challenge, Video & Photos, History, Patriotism, parents, and teachers that teach how our and Quizzes & Games. And, don't miss the link government works. The site is organized into to Barney.gov. sections designed for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, and Parents & Teachers, and includes Uncle Sam for Kids! resources such as: Our Nation, Our Government, (www.win.org/library/matls/govdocs/kids.html) Your Neighborhood, Ben's ABCs, Symbols This web page is from the St. Charles, Missouri of U.S. Government, Games and Activities, City-County Library. It includes links under the Historical Documents, How Laws Are Made, categories: Our Government, American History, Election Process, and Citizenship. Biographical Information on Individual States, World Facts, information about site host Benjamin Franklin is Endangered Species, Geography, General Science also included. and Earth Sciences, Life Science, Social Science, Space Exploration, and Careers. U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids & Students (http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html) A couple of sites from North Dakota State This list contains links to dozens of Federal web agencies are: sites for kids in these subject categories: Animals, Agriculture, Arts & Recreation, Business & Money, Kids Activities (www.nd.gov/hist/kids.htm) Careers, Communities & People, Computers & This site has pictures to color from the State Internet, Crime & Justice, Defense & National Historical Society of North Dakota. Security, Education, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Geography, Government & Law, Health & Safety, Kids & Nutrition (www.ext.nodak.edu/food/ History, Science, and Transportation. kidsnutrition/) This web site from the NDSU Extension Students.gov (www.students.gov/) Service contains dozens of links that provide Students.gov is an official U.S. government fun, educational activities and information for web site designed for college students and their children, teenagers, parents/caregivers, and families to provide easy access to information and teachers. resources from all parts of the U.S. government.

The Good Stuff - Page 17 - March 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning Author to Visit Fargo in October Reported by Mark Holman, Professional Development Committee Chair

On January 10, 2008, Mark Holman attended the Read ND meeting at the North Dakota Humanities Council Office in Bismarck on behalf of NDLA.

The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss the upcoming visit of Pulitzer Prize- winning author James McPherson to Fargo as part of the NDHC-funded Lincoln Symposium. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil War Era (1988), which won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize in History. During his visit to Fargo, McPherson will participate in a discussion with history students from the tri-college system as well as a public seminar that will be webcast on librarians, e.g., The Good Stuff (NDLA’s quarterly Prairie Public’s Web site from the Fargo Theater magazine) and The Flickertale (North Dakota on October 16, 2008. State Library newsletter).

Planners are particularly interested in getting The NDHC is also looking for help with funding librarians involved in the event. Mark suggested bookmarks to be distributed to publicize the the possibility of posting messages on library lists event. The NLDA Executive Board will consider and including articles in publications aimed at this request.

NDLA has a vehicle for recognizing individuals who do a Canoe Kudos wonderful job in their libraries or who have shown support or done something special for libraries. Any member of NDLA can honor a deserving individual by submitting this nomination form along with a $10 donation to the Professional Development Grant Fund. Nomination Form NDLA will present the honoree with a Canoe Kudos pin and, if appropriate, submit a press release to the local newspaper. Canoe Kudos honorees will also be listed in The Good Stuff. You may buy or receive more than one pin. Name

Home Address Longer kudos? Work Address You may print this form Position and use the Sponsor’s name back!

Reason for Nomination Send nomination form and $10 donation (checks payable to NDLA) to: Mark Holman, Professional Development Committee Chair, Sitting Bull College Library, 1341 92nd Street, Fort Yates, ND 58538.

The Good Stuff - Page 18 - March 2008 North Dakota in Print Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member

Gary Doepke of Washburn recently native and singer-songwriter, says, “I grew up in published Angels: Guardians, a very interesting time and place. North Dakota Keepers, Warriors ($21.95, 273 p., – pre-Internet.” Brosseau’s latest CD release is softcover) through PublishAmerica. Cavalier ($13.98, CD) on the FatCat label. The Doepke says, “The nature of this Guardian UK called it “Perfection tinged by story has crossed fiction with darkness…” Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune nonfiction, imagination with truth. said, “On his latest album Cavalier, his eye for the Some events are wholly fictional, telling detail is as sharp as ever …” Brosseau’s others are fully biblical. Some are a summation other releases include Grand Forks, Tom or better, a guess, based on the biblical Brosseau, Empty Houses Are Lonely, What I Mean information available.” For more information, to Say Is Goodbye, and Late Night at Largo. For visit amazon.com or www.publishamerica.com. more information, visit www.tombrosseau.com/, The book is available in local stores. Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com.

Better Birdwatching in the Dakotas ($16.95, Meghan M. Bartz of Dickinson made a solo DVD) will be of interest to both beginning and train trip and vacation in Florida the subject of a advanced birdwatchers. The DVD features senior writing project. Her professor, Dr. David footage of bird behavior, diagnostic field marks Solheim, encouraged her to find a publisher for for identification, information about preferred her travel diary and the result is A Conquest of habitats, and the calls of most bird species found Knowledge: St. Augustine by Train ($12.95, 51 in our state. Sophisticated menus allow viewers p., softcover). Bartz writes, “I wanted to find to quickly locate species of interest. For more out more about myself. I wanted to become information, visit the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan less ignorant about the world. The only way Foundation Web site at www.fortmandan.com/. I was going to find out was to leave the snug little world I have known all my life.” Bartz is Big City Livin’ ($10, CD) is the debut album of 46 a graduate of Dickinson State University with a Shades, a band with roots in the Hazen-Beulah bachelor’s degree in writing and minor in English. area specializing in “acoustic soul,” a laid-back, Her poetry has been published in The Dawn of acoustic sound. Band members include Nate Inspiration, and in 2006, she was awarded third Speidel, Brian Jackson, Spencer Lemer, and Kara place for a poem entitled “Metamorphosis.” A (Johnson) Speidel. The group took third place at Conquest of Knowledge was printed by Publish North Dakota’s Home Grown Talent Contest in America and is available through Barnes and Jamestown in 2007 and decided to use their prize Noble, Amazon.com, and Greene Drug and Gift money to record a CD at Makoche Recording in Dickinson. For more information, visit www. Studios in Bismarck. For more information publishamerica.com. or to place an order, visit www.myspace. com/46shades. Ten percent of all proceeds will Archival DVDs from the Dakota Memories Oral help fund Mandarin Sky mission work. History Project of The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection (GRHC), NDSU Libraries, The Bismarck Cancer Center has collected best Fargo, are now available for $20 (3 or more recipes from employees, family, friends, and patients for $15 each), plus shipping and handling. For for a keepsake cookbook to benefit the Bismarck more information about the project, including a Cancer Center Foundation and the American Cancer complete list of DVDs and ordering information, Society’s Relay for Life. The cookbook includes 600 visit the Web site at www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ recipes and sells for $12. To purchase a copy, stop grhc/dakotamemories/. by BCC at 500 N. 8th St. in Bismarck or call 701- 222-6100 for more information. Ross Pederson and his father, John Pederson, joined forces to create a jazz CD entitled Darn On his web site, Tom Brosseau, a Grand Forks that Dream ($15, CD; $15, MP3 download). The Good Stuff - Page 19 - March 2008 John directed jazz bands in Fargo schools and Drowning in His Alcohol ($11.99, 156 p., pbk.) Ross is a student in the jazz program at the by Lori Weikum Will is a fictional story based University of North Texas, considered by some to on true events. The author, who lives south of be the top jazz school in the country. For more Elgin, North Dakota, had a lifelong dream to information or to order a copy, visit http://cdbaby. write a book and was inspired to help those who com/cd/jrpederson. are trying to get out of a “situation you think is impossible.” The book was published through North Dakotans interested in dinosaurs will enjoy Author House (www.authorhouse.com) and is reading two new books that tell about “Dakota,” also available online from amazon.com and a mummified duckbilled hadrosaur found near barnesandnoble.com. Marmarth, North Dakota, and also watching a newly-released National Geographic DVD on End of Rain ($15, CD) is the latest album from dinosaurs. “Dakota” was found in 1999 in Fargo-native Brenda Weiler and features a the remote hills of the Hell Creek Formation collection of songs written after her sister’s 2005 near Marmarth by Tyler Lyson. Dinomummy: suicide. Weiler has several awards to her credit, the Life, Death, and Discovery of Dakota, including the Minnesota Music Award for Best a Dinosaur from Hell Creek ($18.95, 64 p., Singer/Songwriter 2002, the Minnesota Music hardcover, ages 9-12) tells the story. The author, Award for Best Folk/Acoustic Artist 2001, and Dr. Phillip Manning, is a paleontologist from the Minnesota Music Award for Best Female the University of Manchester in England, and Vocalist 2000. For more information, visit www. led the excavation of “Dakota,” which may brendaweiler.com/. be the most complete specimen ever found. Another book by Dr. Manning, Grave Secrets of The five-member band, Fatdad, hosted a CD Dinosaurs: Soft Tissues and Hard Science ($28, release celebration for their self-titled debut 320 p., hardcover), covers the top dinosaur fossil album on January 18, 2008, in Bismarck. Fatdad excavations of the past 100 years, including that ($15, CD) was recorded at Makoche Recording of “Dakota.” Dinosaurs Unearthed ($24.95, in Bismarck and features original songs. The five- DVD, 100 min.) from National Geographic, member band plays a diverse array of music styles features “Dino Autopsy,” which chronicles the and has been together since December 2005 as discovery, excavation, and analysis of “Dakota,” a “primarily ska band, incorporating reggae beats and “Dino Death Trap,” which covers a find and accenting the guitar, piano, and trumpet.” in China’s Gobi Desert. Also of note is that Band members include Jim McMahon, his wife, “Dakota” is coming home and will be on display Sarah McMahon, his brother, Tommy McMahon, at the Heritage Center in Bismarck. Only one Pat Phillips, and Brandon Clayson. For more other museum in the country has such a pristine information, visit www.fatdadmusic.com/ or dinosaur fossil -- the American Natural History www.myspace.com/fatdadgrooves. Museum in New York City. Nine North Dakota FFA (Future Farmers of In The Dragons of Greenster Forest ($12, 22 America) members were chosen to make a CD p., softcover), a young dragon and a beautiful featuring talented FFA members. The FFA Blue queen work together to foil the plans of two evil Jackets Bright Futures Talent CD was recorded in cousins who want to rid the forest of all dragons. Mobridge, South Dakota, on December 15, 2007, Dr. Robert Johnson, a North Dakota native and and will be available after Christmas for $10, plus UND alum, wrote the book and published it shipping and handling. For more information, through Trafford Publishing. Emily Eslinger and visit the ND FFA Foundation Web site at www. Nick Edinger, graduates of Bismarck’s Century ndffafoundation.com/. High School, did the illustrations. The Dragons of Greenster Forest is available online from www. Deb Archambeau volunteers at the James River trafford.com/ or at stores in Bismarck-Mandan, Humane Society and enjoys hearing stories about Fargo, and Grand Forks. adopted animals -- something that inspired a The Good Stuff - Page 20 - March 2008 great fundraising idea. Furry Tails Do Come book was published by Astri My Astri Publishing True! ($25, 200 p., spiralbound) is a collection in Iowa and traces “the trails of 3,800 immigrants of stories about pets that were adopted from the through Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and shelter. The book is available from the JRHS and the Dakotas as they explore new frontiers and other local Jamestown businesses and proceeds build new communities.” It contains 63 chapters will go to the James River Humane Society. and features 1901 maps, lithographs, and a 32-page full-color insert of Norwegian district and Two new books by Keith Norman of Jamestown municipality maps. History of the Norwegian will soon be available. Great Stories of the Settlements won the 2006 G. K. Haukebo Great Plains, Volume 3 continues a series started Heritage Resource Award from Minnesota State in 2004, and Great Stories of the Prairie Post is University-Moorhead and the 2007 North Dakota a compilation of columns written for the Prairie Professional Communicators award in the history Post, a local shopper newspaper. For more category. Winistorfer is the co-author of Tracing information, visit www.greatstoriesreaders.com/. Your Dakota Roots: a Guide to Genealogical Research in the Dakotas. NDLA Executive A committee has started working on a history Secretary Cathy Langemo is the other co-author book to celebrate Hebron’s 125th anniversary of the guide. in 2010. Family histories or other information related to Hebron and its history can be sent to: Kill Baxter, a Fargo-based rock band, released its Hebron’s 125th History Book, Box 404, Hebron, debut CD on December 6, 2007, at the Broken ND 58638. Axe in Fargo. Kidnapped and Stolen features eleven tracks from band members Brady Baxter, As part of its centennial celebration, the Tom Lunde, Aaron Giere, and Sadie Baxter. For Hettinger Centennial Committee compiled a more information, visit the band’s Web site at commemorative history book entitled, Hettinger, www.killbaxter.com/. ND Centennial: 100 Years of Change and Challenge, 1907-2007 ($55, 496 p., hardcover). Rev. Randy Mortenson of Mayville is the author The book is filled with photos and graphics and of a fantasy adventure series of books for children. includes a chronological narrative section; a The latest “Landon Snow” book, Landon Snow section filled with topical histories about business, and the Auctor’s Kingdom ($9.97, 222 p., agriculture and education, historic farms, homes, hardcover), was released in October 2007. For and churches; and a section of lists and maps more information, visit www.landonsnow.com. and other tidbits. The book is available for pick up or purchase at the Community Promotions Roxanne Henke is starting the new year with a Office (120 S. Main Street, Hettinger) or may be new book. In her own words, Learning to Fly: a ordered by mail by sending $55+ $8.95 shipping Novel ($13.99, 368 p., pbk.), “tackles the issue to Hettinger Centennial, PO Box 1031, Hettinger, of 'parenting.' It's about living … loving ... and ND 58639. For complete information, call 701- letting go.” Other books by Henke include After 567-2531 or visit www.hettingernd.com. Anne, Finding Ruth, Becoming Olivia, Always Jan, With Love, Libby, and The Secret of Us. For more At its annual conference in September, the information, visit the author’s Web site at www. National Federation of Press Women Inc. roxannehenke.com. presented a third-place national editing award to Jo Ann Winistorfer of Bismarck. The award Liberty & Justice for All ($24.95, 128 p., pbk.; was for her work on History of the Norwegian $49.95, 128 p., spiralbound) by Vicki Oehlke Settlements: a translated and expanded of the WillowBerry Lane quilting shop in version of the 1908 De Norske Settlementers Devils Lake has been published by Landauer Historie and the 1930 Den Siste Folkevandring Corporation. The book features quilt patterns Sagastubber fra Nybyggerlivet i Amerika ($39.95, that celebrate “our American service men and 512 p., hardcover) by Hjalmar Rued Holand. The women.” For more information, visit The Good Stuff - Page 21 - March 2008 http://internet.willowberrylane.com/index.htm or Totten hosted a celebration on November 30, www.amazon.com. 2007, for a newly published book and DVD, Mni Wakan Oyate: History of the Spirit Lake People. Ken Stein, a native of Steele, North Dakota, For more information, contact the college at 701- who now lives in Bismarck, has published Life 766-4415. on the Prairie: Memories of a North Dakota Boy (224 p., pbk.). In the author’s words, “Our The J-M-B Band of Minot has released Music freedoms and our closeness to nature fit together Memories of North Dakota ($15, CD; $10, like a hand and glove, blending together almost cassette), which features 18 old-time favorites that seamlessly in our lives on the Northern Plains. “people like to hear.” The band often plays at This book is a bit of a light hearted look at our banquets, receptions, weddings, and polkafests. life on the plains that is guaranteed to bring back Band members include Jacky Morris, Bud Whitty, a lot of memories.” The book is available from and Myron Dammen. The recording is available Amazon.com ($14.49) or www.authorhouse.com in several area stores, including Medora’s Western ($9.90). Edge bookstore, Dakota Drug in Stanley, or by sending an e-mail message to accordionman@srt. The Magic Telescope ($12.95, hardcover, 16 p.) com. was first profiled in the March 2007 issue of The Good Stuff and is now in its second printing. Are you a newcomer to the state? If so, Tom This children’s book has been well received. The Isern wants to hear your stories! Isern and the New York Times Book Review said, “The Magic Center for Heritage Renewal at NDSU are Telescope is proof that good things happen when working on a new project called “Study to Focus families work together. Anne-Marit Bergstrom’s on North Dakota Newcomers.” Newcomers stunning color illustrations bring the magic of Narratives is part of that project and its purpose Christmas to life, while grandson William’s words is to record interviews with newcomers to will delight children and adults alike.” The document their experiences moving to North author, William Bergstrom of Devils Lake, is now Dakota and making a life here. Newcomers are a junior in high school and first wrote the story defined as those who have moved to the state for an 8th grade writing assignment. For more within the last 10 years and the emphasis in information, visit www.willbergstrom.com. collecting stories will be on towns of 2,500 or less. Isern believes that the stories of newcomers A supplement to Minnewaukan’s History have value to North Dakota communities, saying, Book, which was first published in 1983 for “Their experience, gathered and shared, can help the town’s centennial, is in the works for the us brand and market North Dakota in the coming 125th anniversary in 2008. The Minnewaukan generation.” For more information or to volunteer Community Club is publishing the supplement, for an interview, contact Tom Carter at the Center which will cover the last 25 years. Business and for Heritage Renewal, CJPP 12, NDSU, Fargo, ND family histories can be sent to Ellen Huffman, 58105-5101, or email Isern at isern@plainsfolk. PO Box 332, Minnewaukan, ND 58351. The com. Minnewaukan 125th and All-School Reunion Cookbook is also available for $10 at the Located on a twenty-acre site just east of Minnewaukan Library, McQuoid’s Grocery, Bismarck, Buckstop Junction is a reconstructed and Just Evas’s of Devils Lake. To order a village that features several historic buildings copy by mail, send $13 (includes shipping from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. & handling) to Minnewaukan Beautification The village was established and designed by the Volunteers, PO Box 151, Minnewaukan, ND Missouri Valley Historical Society. Old Walls 58351, or to Minnewaukan Library, PO Box 261, Do Tell Tales: the Pioneer Stories of Buckstop Minnewaukan, ND 58351. Junction by Brenda Tzipori ($18.95, 44 p.) is a collection of true stories about the buildings that Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort comprise the historic town. The author has also The Good Stuff - Page 22 - March 2008 created a Buckstop Junction coloring book, which 2007 annual Rhubarb Festivals sponsored by the sells for $2.95. For more information, visit www. Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation. The buckstopjunction.org/. recipes are collected in a three-ring binder to allow for the addition of recipes from future Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro, allows festivals. As they become available, recipes from the use of the Monopoly game template for future festivals will be sold at the Cottonwoods nonprofit groups to raise funds. As a result, Gift Shop at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center DECA marketing students at West Fargo High in Washburn. For more information, visit www. created Packeropoly ($25, game), a West Fargo fortmandan.com/. version of the classic real estate board game. Five dollars from the sale of each game will be used Leif Enger, an author with North Dakota to help entrepreneurs in impoverished countries connections (his grandparents all lived in North through a program called KIVA (www.kiva. Dakota and he grew up visiting them often), org). Packeropoly is available from several West has a new book coming out in May. So Brave, Fargo businesses. For more information, contact Young, and Handsome ($24, 336 p., hardcover) Matthew De Vries, DECA advisor, at 701-499- tells the story of novelist Monte Becket and 1830; [email protected]. Glendon Hale, a former outlaw, who set off on a journey to Mexico to find Hale’s estranged The wait for a new book by Louise Erdrich is wife. A review in Publishers Weekly (January 28, soon over! The Plague of Doves ($25.95, 320 p., 2008) says, “… Enger crafts scenes so rich you hardcover) will be released in May and received can smell the spilled whiskey and feel the grit.” starred reviews from Booklist (Jan. 1&15, 2008, Enger also wrote Peace Like a River and was a issue) and Publishers Weekly (January 14, 2008, luncheon speaker at the 2006 NDLA Centennial issue). The setting for the novel is the fictional Conference. town of Pluto, North Dakota, a white town on the edge of an Ojibwe reservation. Booklist reviewer Some Ragtime, Blues, Boogie & More ($15, CD) Joanne Wilkinson wrote, “With both impeccable is the first CD by Jon Brosseau, a retired attorney comic timing and a powerful sense of the tragic, from Drayton. Brosseau began playing piano in Erdrich continues to illuminate, in highly original his family’s dance band, Buck & the Buccaneers, style, “the river of our existence.” Among when he was 12. During his college years, he Erdrich’s many books are Love Medicine, The Beet performed both as a soloist and in a ragtime duo. Queen, The Bingo Palace, The Last Report on the In 1989, he was a piano soloist in the Centennial Miracles at Little No Horse, The Master Butchers edition of the Medora Musical. The CD is Singing Club, Four Souls, and The Painted Drum. available at Scott’s Music at Columbia Mall in Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota, and Grand Forks or online from www.cdbaby.com/cd/ now lives in Minnesota. brosseaujon.

Niizh Makwa (Two Bears in Ojibwe) was born Starving for Gravity is a California-based rock/ L. Joseph Belgarde, Jr. in 1978 and raised on alternative/pop band with roots in Grand Forks. the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Drummer Caleb Fritel of Hazen met the other Dakota. In Red Man’s Diaries ($16.95, 108 three members of the group during his freshman p., softcover), Niizh Makwa shares his poems year at UND in 2005. The group now has two about Rez Life. The book is available from local albums to its credit – a self-titled debut album booksellers or online from PublishAmerica (www. recorded in 2005-06 and Urgency, which was publishamerica.com) and amazon.com. For released in January 2008. For more information, more information, visit www.freewebs.com/ visit www.myspace.com/starvingforgravity. redmansdiaries/. A Step from Death: a Memoir ($24, 288 p., The Rhubarb Festival Cookbook ($14.95, binder) hardcover) is the second in a memoir series by is filled with recipes from the 2005, 2006, and Larry Woiwode. Woiwode began the series The Good Stuff - Page 23 - March 2008 with What I Think I Did (2001). A Step from Death is 2008 NDLA addressed to his son, an army pilot serving in Iraq, and chronicles farm injuries, car crashes, and other tragedies Conference Update the family has suffered. Donna Seaman’s review in Submitted by Phyllis Bratton, the January 1 & 15, 2008, issue of Booklist, calls it Conference Chair and NDLA “harrowing and darkly beautiful, lanced with portent President-elect and gratitude.” The book also received a starred review The 102nd annual NDLA Conference will in the January 14, 2008, issue of Publishers Weekly. be held in Mandan on September 24-26, Woiwode’s first novel, What I'm Going To Do, I Think, 2008, and will be full of interesting and received the William Faulkner Foundation Award and instructive programs. In keeping with the his second, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, was a finalist for Librarians Under Construction: a Life of both the National Book Award and the National Book Continuous Education theme, the focus Critics Circle Award. Woiwode is North Dakota’s poet will be on ways that librarians can keep laureate and now lives in western North Dakota. learning and stay up-to-date. Jenifer Grady, the Director of ALA’s A children’s book, Timmy the Fish ($10) by Sean Allied Professional Association, will be Kollman, has been published by the author’s friend our keynote speaker. She has worked and illustrator of the book, Alicia Mattern. The story to establish programs to certify working was originally written in 1998 for a children’s literature librarians beyond the Master’s level in class at Jamestown College, but the author died in a certain specialties and fields and will September 2000 car accident before the project was explain how additional study combined finished. Mattern now works as a graphic artist in with work experience make such Omaha, Nebraska. She finished the artwork and layout certification possible. for the book, had it printed in Chicago, and distributed the first copies to Kollman’s family and friends. The In response to many requests from book is available at the Great Stories Book Shoppe in school librarians, we will also be offering Jamestown. a chance to receive some continuing education credit. This will involve In the June 2007 installment of this column, we told participating in a mix-and-match of readers to be on the lookout for a new Valley City specified conference sessions, the SLAYS photography book. Valley City: Backroads & Byways business meeting, a Saturday post- : Visual Inspirations by Clint Saunders and Daron W. conference with Michael Sullivan on Krueger is now available. NDLA President Donna James the topic Boys and Reading, and some calls this coffee table book “magnificent.” It includes additional online reflection. Donna James 144 full-color photographs of Valley City’s buildings and will be the teacher/coordinator of this bridges, as well as landscape views of the surrounding effort. The program will be laid out in rural areas. The book can be purchased from Obsessed sequential tracks to allow enough time Photographers Group (214 Central Ave. North, Valley and programming for everyone to fit in the City, ND 58072). For complete ordering information, necessary contact hours. Watch for more visit www.opgart.com. on this topic! We are also looking forward to taking Just before Christmas, Clyde Bauman, AKA Mylo advantage of the beautiful setting of Hatzenbuler, released “A Very Mylo Christmas” ($15, Mandan for some tours and chances to CD). The Strasburg Superstar performs holiday favorites relax and enjoy each other’s company. (e.g., “Heifer Bells,” “I’m Dreaming of a Big Harvest,” Mark your calendars for a few days of and “John Deere Dealer’s Coming to Town”) as only he learning, conversation, vendors, learning, can. Clyde is also joined by his wife, Janet, on some shopping, touring, learning, eating, and traditional Christmas hymns like “Silent Night” and “O enjoying yourself. Holy Night.” For more information or to place an order, visit www.farmboymusic.com/farmboy/album5.html. See you in Mandan! The Good Stuff - Page 24 - March 2008 Good Stuff from Around the State

Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member Alfred Dickey Library Foundation Addition to the Ellendale Public Library In its inaugural year (2007), An unexpected windfall of $75,000 from the Alta the Alfred Dickey Library Van Tries trust was used to build a new addition Foundation in Jamestown took to the Ellendale Public Library. The library board in almost $20,000 and signed held a ribbon cutting ceremony on December up 136 members. Through the 4, 2007, to show off the Van Tries Addition. The Foundation, the library is looking trust fund was established by Robert P. Van Tries, at different options for the library’s husband of Alta Van Tries. He attended college future, including renovating another building, in Ellendale during the 1930s and passed away in remodeling the present library, or constructing a 2004. His brother, Jack, was an Ellendale resident new library. for many years. Robert and Alta Van Tries had no children, but enjoyed the company of young Horizon Middle School’s Blogerrific Blog! people and were “amazing readers and music Kathy Berg, Library Media Specialist at Horizon lovers.” Alta Van Tries passed away in 2006. Middle School in Bismarck, reports: “Since we began our blogging adventure five months ago, Author Attracts Crowd we have had over 850 comments posted on our More than 80 people attended a program with blog. Students are chatting about their favorite author Lorna Landvik at Fargo’s Dr. James Carlson books; teachers are asking their students to Library in late November. This was the first author brainstorm ideas for persuasive essays, debate visit to the new facility. Landvik read from and controversial issues, and write weekly paragraphs discussed her newest book, The View from Mt. on books they are reading individually or as a Joy. Landvik is the author of several popular titles, class. Our newly formed YABBs group of teachers including Patty Jane’s House of Curl and Angry (Young Adult Book Barkers) is reading the latest Housewives Eating Bon Bons. young adult novels and sharing their reviews via blog entries. The full-length story, “Hondo’s Trim the Tree Open Hat Trick”, written by HMS students and Tony House at the Fargo Spilde from the Bismarck Tribune, is also posted Public Library on our blog. These are just a few of the reasons The Fargo Public why Horizon IS Blogerrific! Check out our Library’s annual Horizon Middle School Blog by going to the “Trim the Tree” open Horizon Library homepage at: http://library.educ8. house event was on org/horizon/ and scrolling down to the link: December 6, 2007. The well-attended open ‘Blogerrific!” house event was held at the new Dr. James Carlson Library. Area children and their parents Libri Foundation Grants took the opportunity to hear holiday stories, eat Recent grants from the Libri treats, and create ornaments for the Christmas tree Foundation enabled the at the library. Carrington City Library to purchase 66 children’s books Spiderwick Chronicles Event for its collection, the Lisbon A special program to celebrate the new Public Library to purchase Spiderwick Chronicles series of books was held 64 children’s books, and at the Dr. James Carlson Library in Fargo in late the New Rockford City Library to purchase December for kids in grades 3 through 6. Kids 57 children’s books. The Libri Foundation is played a modified game of “Wheel of Fortune”, a nonprofit organization that donates new, ran a relay obstacle race to get “Simon” out of the quality, hardcover children’s books to small rural woods, and transferred “glass goblin teeth” from public libraries in the United States through a one bucket to another in a racing game. They 2-to-1 ratio matching grant program. For more also made “wood elf” masks and watched a live information, visit www.librifoundation.org/. fencing demonstration by the coaches of both the The Good Stuff - Page 25 - March 2008 UND and MSUM fencing clubs. In addition, two structure, which was once the federal building. lucky children won copies of The Nixie’s Song – The building was given to the city in 1963 and the first book in the new Spiderwick Chronicles used as a library until 2003. Ultimately, the State series called “Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles”. Historical Society gave the go-ahead to remove the building because of its proximity to the diesel Dewey # of the Month plume from the diesel fuel spill in downtown Since September 2007, the Grand Forks Public Mandan. The Morton Mandan Public Library Library has featured "Dewey # of the Month" to Board decided to restore and move a pair of highlight each of the ten main classes. A banner lights that graced the top of the main staircase over the front entrance announces the month's in front of the former Mandan Public Library to Dewey pick, and there is a display of books from the library’s new location on Main Street. The that subject area and a monthly "Do You Know lamps were originally gas-powered and were later Dewey?" article in "Check It Out," the library’s converted to electrical power. newsletter. The 100 category (Philosophy and Psychology), 100 Years of Service was featured The Minot Public in January. Library marks 100 Previous years of service in months have 2008. A “Hot Fudge highlighted Brownie Sundae these Social” on Sunday, categories: January 13, was the 000 (General first in a series of planned events. January 13, Knowledge); 1908, was the date when the first Minot Library 200 (Religion); 900 (History and Geography); and Board decided to locate the public library in two 300 (Social Sciences). February emphasized 700 rented rooms in the New Optic Block on West (Arts and Recreation) and March will spotlight First Street. The first librarian was Miss Clara 600 (Technology). To complete the series on H. Kunst, and the library opened its doors on Dewey classification, April will promote 500 February 19, 1908. For the first year, the library (Science); May will highlight 800 (Literature); and was supported by the Women’s Clubs, public June will feature 400, (Language). During the receptions at the opening of the Soo Line Freight summer months, patrons will be asked to vote for House and the Russell Miller Mill, and proceeds their favorite Dewey category. from a play and public reading. During National Library Week, April 13-19, the library will host a Former Mandan Public “Grand Birthday Bash” celebration. Library Now a Memory … On January 7, 2008, the North Dakota Reads former Mandan Public Several communities have been selected to host Library building on the spring sessions of the North Dakota Reads book corner of 1st Street and 1st discussion program. Among the books being Avenue NW was leveled. discussed in Velva, Dickinson, Devils Lake, In its place, a second Cooperstown, Rollette, Rugby, Towner, Powers Library Square building for Lake, Langdon, and Crosby are: The Horizontal senior housing and office World by Debra Marquart, Love Medicine by space will be constructed this spring. Some Louise Erdrich, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, components of the old building were salvaged Night by Elie Wiesel, The Grass Dancer by Susan and will be used in the new one. Demolishing Power, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Pride the former library building was not without and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Canoeing with the controversy and efforts were made to save the Cree by Eric Sevareid, The Bones of Plenty by

The Good Stuff - Page 26 - March 2008 Lois Phillips Hudson, Reading Lolita in Tehran and area senior citizens and to county schools by Azar Afisi, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper and residents. Lee, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, My Antonia by Willa Cather, Award-winning Author to Visit The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dakota Sneed B. Collard III of Missoula will visit the by Kathleen Norris, Beyond the Bedroom Wall Williston Community Library on March 17-18, by Larry Woiwode, and American Daughter by 2008, to speak about writing, science, and the Era Bell Thompson. For the full schedule and environment. Collard gave a program at the more information about ND Reads, visit www. 2007 NDLA Conference and was also presented nd-humanities.org/ with the Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award for Dog Sense. Among Collard’s many books are A Platypus, Probably; Beaks!; Animal Dads; One Night in the Coral Sea; The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America’s Lost Grasslands (winner of the 2006 AAAS/Subaru/Science Books & Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books); B Is for Bookmobile Fund Drive Big Sky Country: a Montana Alphabet Book; The South Central Area Library, which serves Shep, Our Most Loyal Dog; and Flash Point. For patrons in LaMoure County and Logan County, more information, visit the author’s web site at has started a fund drive to replace the present www.author-illustr-source.com/sneedbcollard.htm bookmobile. The Marion Branch of the First State Bank of North Dakota recently donated $1,000 to the cause.

News from Valley City Barnes County Public Library The ninth annual Holiday Salad Luncheon fundraiser was held at the Valley City Barnes County Public Library on December 4, 2007. Mary E. Fischer, library director, reports that Valley City will be 125 years young in 2008 and the library is eager to contribute to the celebration … perhaps with a horse and buggy float in the parade. Another idea is to publish a cookbook. Mary says, “A salad and chocolate cookbook is still waiting for someone to take the reins! It would be appropriate as each year the library sponsors two salad luncheon socials and a Chocolate, Chocolate Day. Recipe gathering continues and a book would make them available to all. If anyone out there has other ideas, we would be willing to listen.”

Bookmobile Fund The Bethel Lutheran Foundation recently donated $1,000 to the Williston Community Library toward purchasing a new bookmobile. The bookmobile provides services to Bethel Home

The Good Stuff - Page 27 - March 2008 TechTips & More

Compiled by Karen Anderson, Editorial Committee Member

In this issue, Bryan Vogh shares some good ways to back up data (thanks, Bryan!), and I tell you how to use the Internet to calculate percentages.

Beep, Beep, Beep, Backing Up Data. Do it today! If a virus or malware is installed on the computer, By Bryan S. Vogh, Daley Library, it may have written itself into the systems restore University of Illinois, Chicago files. Most anti-virus and malware detector programs will scan these files and help remove Backing up data is a necessity when using a restore points that contain infections. The deep computer. Computers crash or are infected with scan or advanced mode may be required to viruses and malware every day and this makes completely scan all of the restore files. backing up all that hard work a necessary task. A good backup plan will save time and energy. Microsoft Backup Microsoft provides a backup program as a part System Restore of Windows XP. Start button – All Programs – System Restore is a type of back up that only Accessories – System Tools – Backup affects the operating system. It backs up the critical systems files when changes are made to Backup uses a wizard to help set up the back up those files. System Restore is used to go back to and choose which files to include. a previous system configuration. System Restore does not affect data files so changes made to Microsoft has collected information about using those files will be retained. Using System Restore Backup, including how to automate it to run on a can be useful when, after installing a program, schedule. See: the computer becomes unstable, or if there is http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ malware masquerading as a system file on the setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx computer. Depending on the choices, this can back up both In Windows XP, System Restore is found here: data and/or the operating system. If this backup Start button – All Programs – Accessories – System copy is on an external drive, the files can be Tools – System Restore copied to another computer and then back to the replacement computer. There are three types of restore points: System Checkpoints, created by the computer; manual PC World also has a list of free backup programs restore points, created by a user; and installation if Microsoft Backup is not available or additional restore points, created by the computer when features are needed. software is installed. See: For details on each type see: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/ collid,1352-order,1-page,1-c,backup/files.html helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx There are also disk copying programs that create Note: System Restore does not replace the images of hard drives. An image is a bit by bit process of uninstalling a program. It only copy of all the data that is on a drive. This can changes the system files back to a previous state. be useful if a group of computers with the same Any program files will also need to be removed to hardware need to have the same configuration. fully remove the program from the computer. Once a computer is set up, an image of the hard The Good Stuff - Page 28 - March 2008 drive is captured and is used to re-image each new hard drive. This results in a set of computers all configured in the same way. This makes the computers easier to maintain and easier to fix as they can simply be re-imaged if there is a software problem.

These two programs are widely used for imaging, but can also be used to create backups.

Casper XP http://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/ NDLA Professional Ghost http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/ Development Grants overview.jsp?pcid=br&pvid=ghost12 By Mark Holman, Chair, Professional Development Acronis True Image Committee http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/ Do you want to move forward? Do you want products/trueimage/ to create change in 2008? Good luck and start backing up today! NDLA offers four grants that can help you to create a better library and a better you. You, too, can take advantage of the grants that Calculating Percentages the Easy Way have helped catapult many North Dakota By Karen Anderson, Cameron Medical Library librarians to greater heights and improved UND NW Clinical Campus Librarian library service. If you are information rich, but funding poor there may be opportunity Do you want to figure out percentages for your here for you. reports? You can do it quickly and easily at www. NDLA Professional Development Grant onlineconversion.com/percentcalc.htm Ron Rudser Memorial Continuing Education Grant If you are looking for a percent change M. Vivian Hubbard Memorial Grant for your reports, you can use the Percent Mike Jaugstetter Leadership Memorial Change Calculator at www.newsengin.com/ Grant percentChange.php To find out which grant is right for you, TechTips & More is a column that lists tips about check out the NDLA web site technology (TechTips) or other things our readers www.ndla.info/profdev.htm. do in their libraries to make their lives easier or more efficient (More). Please submit your tips to Karen And, please don’t hesitate to contact me Anderson at [email protected] (Mark Holman) at [email protected] or (701) 854-8024 for additional information on Visit Karen’s Q & A TechDrop blog at http:// each of the grants. I would enjoy discussing qatechdrop.blogspot.com/ if you want to view, how you would like to “create change” and ask, or answer questions about software programs, “move forward” in 2008. computers, etc.

The Good Stuff - Page 29 - March 2008 TREASURER'STreasurer's REPORT Report As of December As of31, December 2007 (End31, 2007 of (4th4th QuarterQuarter) Report) By MichaelBy Safratowich,Michael Safratowich, NDLA NDLATreasurer Treasurer Editor’s note: Approved by electronic vote of the NDLA Executive Board on October 23, 2008. Beg. Balance Receipts Disbursements End. Balance CHECK BOOK 1/1/2007 $18,034.31

Pass-Through Funds Book Sales $8,271.67 $782.39 $5,074.77 $3,979.29

Pass-Through Funds Subtotal $8,271.67 $782.39 $5,074.77 $3,979.29

NDLA Funds $9,762.64 Annual Conference 2007 $28,198.00 $22,905.97 Annual Conference 2006 $800.00 Dues 2007 $510.00 $11,152.00 $11,662.00 Dues 2008 $1,180.00 Professional Dev / Canoe Kudos $10.00 Investment Account Transfers $1,657.38 HSIS Partner Account $5,170.14 $688.50 $4,481.64 Centennial Cookbook -$8,302.33 $2,923.89 $68.49 -$5,446.93 Other receipts/disbursements $1,064.12 $15,730.37

NDLA Funds Subtotal $45,328.01 $41,050.71 $14,039.94

Check Book Balance 12/31/07 $18,019.23 ******************************************************************************************************************** INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS Beg. Balance Receipts Disbursements End. Balance NDLA CD $$10,000.00

$10,000.00 NDLA CD Ready Cash $2,075.35 Interest $318.19

$2,393.54 NDLA Money Market $15,048.44 Interest $702.75

$15,751.19 Rudser CD $10,000.00

$10,000.00 Rudser Money Market Ready Cash $5,000.09 Interest $791.74 Deposits $60.00 $5,851.83 Hubbard Money Market $1,691.26 Interest $79.04 Deposits $25.00 $1,795.30 Jaugstetter Leadership Fund CD $2,500.00

$2,500.00 Jaugstetter Leadership Fund Savings $7,677.73 Interest $65.85 Deposits $1,572.38 $9,315.96

TOTAL investment accounts $53,992.87 $57,607.82

TOTAL EQUITY 12/31/07 $75,627.05 The Good Stuff - Page 30 - March 2008 North Dakota Library Association Membership Application for the Year Ending December 31, 2008

Membership entitles you to join as many Sections and Roundtables as you wish! Check ALL that apply Name______Institution______Position______Address______City______State____Zip______Telephone (W)______(H)______FAX ______E-mail ______($35 individual membership entitles you to vote in the sections and roundtables you indicate below): ____Academic and Special Libraries ____Government Documents ____Health Science Information ____New Members ____Public Library ____Technical Services ____School Library & Youth Services

Membership fees (includes subscription to NDLA's magazine The Good Stuff): Individual Membership ...... $35 Trustee Membership ...... $20 Associate Membership ...... $20 (Non-voting membership category) Associate Membership is available only to persons not employed in any North Dakota Library. Includes students, friends, exhibitors/vendors. Institutional Membership ...... $______(please calculate using formula below) $35 for the first $5000 of operating budget or portion thereof, AND $1 per $1000 of budget thereafter, to a maximum of $200 My calculation for membership dues = $______

I would like to make a donation to the Ron Rudser Continuing Education Memorial Scholarship Fund in the amount of: $______A receipt will be mailed to you indicating the amount of any donations. Thank You!

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I would like to make a donation to the Flicker Tale Award Fund in the amount of: $______A receipt will be mailed to you indicating the amount of any donations. Thank You!

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The Good Stuff - Page 31 - March 2008 2007-2008 North Dakota Library Association Executive Board All phone numbers are Area Code 701 President Academic & Special Archives & Historical Research Professional Donna James Libraries Section Library Development Committee Allen Memorial Library Victor Lieberman 612 E Boulevard Ave Mark Holman Valley City State University Chester Fritz Library Bismarck ND 58505-0830 Sitting Bull College Library 101 College St SW University of North Dakota Work Phone 701.328.2644 1341 92nd St Valley City ND 58072-4098 3051 University Ave Stop 9000 Fax 701.328.2650 Fort Yates ND 58538-9721 Work Phone 701.845.7275 Grand Forks ND 58202-9000 E-Mail [email protected] Work Phone 701.854.8024 Fax 701.845.7437 Work Phone 701.777.4639 Fax 701.854.3403 E-Mail [email protected] Fax 701.777.3319 Constitution, Bylaws & E-Mail [email protected] E-Mail victorlieberman@und. Policies Committee President-Elect nodak.edu Kirsten Baesler Public Relations Phyllis Ann K. Bratton Pioneer School Committee Jamestown College Raugust Government Documents 1400 E. Bramen Ave Cathy A. Langemo Library Roundtable Bismarck ND 58501 WritePlus Inc. 6070 College Lane Kathryn Thomas Work Phone 701.221.3445 205 E Arbor Ave Apt 108-G Jamestown ND 58405-0002 NDSU Library E-Mail Kirsten_Baesler@ Bismarck ND 58504-5717 Work Phone 701.252.3467 x PO Box 5599 bismarckschools.org Work Phone 701.527-7948 2433 Fargo ND 58105-5599 E-Mail [email protected] Fax 701.253.4318 Work Phone 701.231.8863 Finance Committee E-Mail [email protected] Fax 701.231.7138 Bonnie Krenz The Good Stuff Editorial E-Mail Kathryn.Thomas@ndsu. Griggs County Library Committee Past President edu Marlene Anderson Beth Postema PO Box 546 Cooperstown ND 58425-0546 Bismarck State College Library Fargo Public Library Health Science Work Phone 701.797.2214 PO Box 5587 408 Roberts St N Information Section E-Mail gcpubliclibrary@mlgc. Bismarck ND 58506-5587 Fargo ND 58102-4899 Eileen A. 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