Good Stuff the Official Magazine of the North Dakota Library Association August 2003 NDLA Web Site – Volume 33 • Issue 3
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The Good Stuff The official magazine of the North Dakota Library Association August 2003 NDLA Web Site – http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ndla Volume 33 • Issue 3 NORTH DAKOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Successful Libraries: Successful Communities 2003 NDLA CONFERENCE Bismarck, North Dakota • September 24-26 Officer Candidate Profiles Preliminary Conference Schedule Flicker Tale Children’s Book Awards New Mandan Public Library ontents The President’s MessageC . .3 NDLA Auction . .4 100 years old! . .4 Pre-Conference Sessions . .5 Good Officer Candidate Profiles . .6 Preliminary Conference Schedule . .11 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center . .12 Conference Registration Form and Lodging . .13 Stuff Browsing in the Cyberstacks . .14 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award . .15 State Library Open House . .15 Published quarterly by the Summer Reading . .16 North Dakota Library Association LV 2004 Great Funds . .17 Membership Report . .17 TechTips & More . .18 Editorial Committee Popular Reading Collection . .19 Marlene Anderson, Chair ND Regional Depository . .19 Karen Anderson Good Stuff from Around the State . .20 Joan Erickson New Mandan Public Library . .22 Jeanne Narum Transitions . .23 Production Artist North Dakota in Print . .24 Clearwater Communications Executive Board Minutes . .27 Treasurer’s Report . .30 Subscription Rate NDLA Membership Application . .31 $25/year Editorial Policy Advertising Rates The Good Stuff welcomes your comments and suggestions. 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Send your articles /news to any of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] • [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Deadlines for Articles/News Submission Issue . .Deadline December . .Oct. 31, 2003 March . .Jan. 16, 2004 June . .April 23, 2004 Pre-Conference (Aug.) . .June 18, 2004 The Good Stuff - Page 2 - August 2003 President’s Message By Kaaren Pupino, NDLA President Dear Members, which will be beneficial to Association first annual tradition that will be car- members and will have long-term ried on in future years, including years I am writing this effects on librarianship in the state. when the legislature doesn’t meet. We column for the have time to plan for the next session August issue of NDLA participates in a tri-conference now and need to get to work right away The Good Stuff, every seven years, alternating with to make ourselves visible and offer which means that South Dakota, which means it is in assistance to legislators. They need this is the last one North Dakota every 14 years. When the information, too! I will write as your president. For time comes for the next tri-conference some strange reason my bouncing in 2016, it will also be a year when the Our Association is financially sound brain turned to thoughts of General president-elect will deal with both the and is working to recognize excellence Washington’s famous “Farewell to the conference and the 2017 session of the in service and leadership. NDLA pro- Armies of the United States.” Allow legislature. I may be retired by then, vides recognition awards, educational me to quote: God willing. HA! I have been thinking opportunities and advocacy work with into the future and even though I can’t the creation of the Better Salaries Task “But before the Commander in imagine the changes that will happen to Force and work with legislators. There Chief takes his final leave of those librarianship and to North Dakota in the are new library staff members being he holds most dear, he wishes to next 14 years, I am leaving notes for the hired in the state and a new crop of indulge himself a few moments in next tri-conference president-elect. In library students. This will help to calling to mind a slight review of reality, any member elected for presi- infuse energy and new ideas into the the past, he will then take the lib- dent in any year needs the help and sup- association and that is very exciting. erty of exploring with his Military port of many people. I have been friends their future prospects, of blessed with getting the help I needed Even though I cannot say this past year advising the general line of con- to be successful. was a military conflict, like the duct which in his opinion ought to Revolutionary War, I can say with sure- be pursued, and he will conclude The legislative session was tense and ty that it was definitely a challenge. I the address, by expressing the exciting. I will admit that we were not can’t say I ever felt like I was in this obligations he feels himself under as successful as we had hoped to be in alone. Sally, I am not sorry I agreed to for the spirited and able assistance advocating for State Aid to Public run even though I ran unopposed. he has experienced from them in Libraries and funding for the Gale Besides the support of the membership, the performance of an arduous Group databases. The measure involving I have received critical support from office.” public libraries and mill levy money my director, who urged me to run, and took us by surprise. I feel we put up as I have received great support and assis- Well said, General Washington. good a fight as we could given the short tance from co-workers who kept the amount of time we had, but by the time home fires burning and kept me in the This past October we had a very suc- we realized what was happening, it was loop while I was doing Association cessful joint conference with SDLA really too late. These are some of the business. I realize that not everyone and MPLA. Of course, there was more issues I talked about in my campaign has this kind of backing and I feel involved in putting this event on than statement. I said that I would work to blessed. the usual annual NDLA annual confer- make the playing fields even so that ence, but there were also the added there isn’t an imbalance between the It’s been a great year! benefits of more choices of sessions, a haves and the have-nots. It is a personal broader spectrum of topics, and many belief and I will continue to work for Sincerely, more people to meet. Our income of this even when I am no longer president. $8,188.09 was substantial enough to I know many others of you have done so Kaaren Pupino jump start, so-to-speak, the Mike in your own way as well. Jaugstetter Leadership Grant fund, The NDLA information booth was a The Good Stuff - Page 3 - August 2003 Got Stuff? ByMarlene Anderson, 2003 NDLA Auction Coordinator Plans for the 2003 NDLA Auction are in the works and both live and silent auctions are planned. Dean Moos of Northland Auction will donate his services for the live auction. As is customary, $250 of the proceeds will go toward the Ron Rudser Continuing Education Memorial Scholarship Fund. At its June meeting, the Executive Board decided to use the remaining proceeds to supplement the newly-created Mike Jaugstetter Leadership Grant fund. Now all we need is STUFF! Showcase your talents by donating your artwork, needlework or craft projects, or homemade jams and jellies to the auction. Take some time to look through your bookshelves for books that may need a new home. Or, wrap up a mystery box and let auction-goers take their chances! The possibilities are endless. You can drop off your items for the auction at the registration/hospitality table when you arrive at the conference. THE AUCTION IS GOOD FUN FOR A GOOD CAUSE.BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK! Valley City Barnes County Public Library Celebrates 100 Years By Mary E. Fischer, Library Director Sometimes when one works in an historic building, one takes it for granted. Our library cele- brates 100 years of public service on October 5th of this year and we are having a party! We’ve scrubbed, shampooed, polished, trimmed the bushes, planted grass, and have tried to wait patiently for the big day. We decided we couldn’t wait so we have been having monthly mini-celebrations. A book- mark, library brochure, a library button for National Library Week, a Community Days parade, and a spring luncheon have already been accomplished. Excitement is building! A window display in the Barnes County Museum is scheduled for September. We borrowed a museum case and filled it with memorabilia of the past and a brief history of the library, compiled with the help of a Friend and volunteer. In the past six years, a handicapped accessible addition plus twice as much space have been added to our original Carnegie library. We are listed in the National Historic Register, but we also have automated check-out, our catalog on the web, and Internet computers for public use. We continue to serve our patrons daily with cheerful confidence. They give us their support and patronage. Sometimes we stand on one leg, sometimes two, but we are proud of whatever we can do to continue the tradition of those forebears who stepped out, built and established a library that still holds such an important spot in our community and county.