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Do you and your to electronic resources with traditional institution embrace services and availability of hard-copy Change!opportunities for formats. innovation or do you cling to status quo? How and where to find a win-win Is stability given preference creativity? solution is under lengthy, sometimes Or do predictable routines seem boring heated, discussion. Viewpoints on the while variation equals exhilaration? e-revolution will be presented at General Whatever the inclination may be, Session II during Annual Conference addressing changes in life and work can be in Houston. Led by moderator Stephen challenging. Abram, a panel of nationally-recognized Library personnel are often stereotyped library experts will provide perspectives of as change-resistant; however, libraries current conditions and future possibilities. as entities consistently have adapted, ALA President Molly Raphael will update there can be no doubt that these groups successfully incorporating innovations us on recent discussions with major have met their objectives. My thanks to meet users’ information needs. In publishers. Librarians are well-known for to each and every one who contributed doing so, they have accepted that the one their information-gathering skills. The time, energy, and ideas over the last 18 constant in life is change. harvest awaits you. months. We are ready to roll with R4L Marshall Goldsmith noted in his work, As this article is being prepared, the 2012 in responsive, relevant, revolutionary What Got You Here Won’t Get You Annual Conference is just weeks away. ways, right now, for Libraries and for There, that “people will do something – Members of the conference planning Life! And now, it is up to you – TLA including changing their behavior – only committees were charged with making members, library staff, vendors, and if it can be demonstrated that doing so it the BEST conference ever. Under advocates/supporters. Your attendance the leadership of program committee is in their own interests as defined by and participation are the final elements in their own values.” The true bottom line, co-chairs, Meller Langford and Karen Wielhorski, and local arrangement co- determining whether these groups have he posits, is each person and or entity J weighing the choices based upon “What’s chairs, Ty Burns and Cathy Threadgill, truly succeeded. in it for me?” The e-revolution presents such a dilemma. Libraries’ aspirations to meet customer and member information needs and service expectations are being challenged at many levels. Technology provides opportunities to extend interactions beyond geographical boundaries but also introduces multiple layers of uncertainty. Some previously successful methods Harris that supported equity of sharing are no longer seen as viable in virtual transfers, as stakeholders jockey for position in this unfamiliar race to an uncertain finish line. Digital natives, those who were born into a world with digital devices and have high comfort levels with technology, come with different expectations than those persons still in the learning and adopting/adapting stages, now being identified as “digital immigrants.” Make new friends but keep the old. Contact Your Local Texas Sales Consultant: One is silver and the other gold. Danna Davidson: 281-851-0942 • Ann Heuberger: 979-324-7442 Silver shines, gold does too. Sharon Hollis: 303-718-7066 • Lynn Musi: 832-746-8950 Keep them both. They will shine for you. Gloria Rains: 832-725-8980 • Nick Roberson: 210-818-5252 Debbie Sohmer: 832-434-3916 • Charlie Townsend: 469-556-2986 These stanzas from a Girl Scout song Joy Townsend: 214-704-0783 learned long ago may hold the key to 2345 Doctor F. E. Wright Drive • Jackson, TN 38305 addressing one of libraries’ ongoing Phone: 1-800-433-3903 • Fax: 1-800-797-7935 • www.davidsontitles.com challenges: attempting to balance Visit Us at Booth 2111 at TLA 2012! technological advances and rapid access

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s an information profession, are we Facilitating an individual’s capacity to created: making meaningful sense of the concerned most with “the thing” contextualize is the province of educators universe of information. Context is king, A (i.e., information in and of itself) and information innovators. In short, and no group is better suited to deploy or the framework for understanding “the it requires expertise far beyond the both the technical and content skills thing”? To a large extent, the way we technological ability to parse facts. to create exciting and effective ways for answer this question will describe the kind achieving comprehension. of profession we will be in the not-so- Marketplace technology and commercial distant future. information providers, at their best, can We are the profession of Melvil Dewey, offer access and connections to resources after all. Dewey set up the incredible In the past, getting “the thing” was hard. similar to those consumers have already task of dividing up the universe into It required effort and usually the assistance accessed. By building a profile of past “categorizable” chunks to allow for of an intermediary. At the very least, tastes, providers can offer additional descriptions, access, and relationships information sources had to be physically related targets. That is a great among areas of knowledge. While we have attained. That premise no longer holds step forward, but that extension is one outgrown that marvelous initial invention, true. Quite the contrary, getting “the of quantity (i.e., more of similar) not the skill set of librarians in conceiving the thing” can be surprisingly easy (although necessarily quality; and, it by no means universe in that capacity – with an eye not always). The difficulty now is making moves the consumer toward a progression toward generating a means for emerging sense of the massive number of “things” and transformation of awareness. and shifting pathways to knowledge – available. As library professionals, our interest in the remains our strength. It seems the more technology allows far more complex task of learning is what This is the expertise – built on patience, us to drill down to bits and bytes and separates us from marketplace providers. collaboration, and an unflagging the more we are able to offer discrete And while making “the thing” available no devotion to the consumer’s best and most chunks of information, the more acute longer relies exclusively on professionals, meaningful experience – that should be is the need to provide broad context a new and more pressing gap has been the hallmark of our professional future. J that allows consumers to build meaning, relationships, and deeper understanding. Human nature follows at least two intrinsic and seemingly diverse patterns at least in the search for information: 1) We tend to look for the path of least resistance; we want answers as quickly and as easily as possible. We want to focus on the thing we need. 2) The human mind craves context; we want a narrative for understanding something. We want information, but we want to absorb it in a way that is meaningful and memorable and that connects with other things we know. We’ve all heard the debate about the need for information institutions to move beyond a custodial role. We read that our future is about helping connect the consumer to what they want – to add value and create the means for dynamic information interactions. But how do we do that? What is the North Star that will help us navigate to that future? “Value- added” sounds great, but what does it mean exactly? Context is, if not the single Polaris above, a part of the constellation by which we must steer. Context is central to learning and understanding. Knowing how to identify, understand, and find context VISIT US IN BOOTH #2521 is critical thinking at the highest level.

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(Quick Response) codes serve QR code scanning requires as a unique way to engage a steady hand but no QRlibrary users in upcoming significant technological expertise. Smartphone events, readers advisory, programming, and point-of-use instruction through users open their QR code their mobile devices. With a free code scanner app, position generator such as Delivr, libraries can their phone in front of create and track usage of customized the code so it is framed QR codes that connect to text, a phone in the app window, and hold it still while number, a text message, an the app scans the address, a calendar event, or an email code. Then the app (Schottmuller 2012). QR codes work will either ask if the with the most popular smartphone user wants to open operating systems such as iOS, Android, the link or cancel the and BlackBerry (Wylie 2011). A operation. smartphone or other Web-enabled device with a camera and a free QR Scanning QR codes for information ownership is even more robust; eliminates the need for library users to code scanning application (app) such as 81% of Archrival marketing agency’s input data themselves. Denso Wave, the RedLaser or QR Code Scanner Pro allows survey respondents on 24 campuses have Japanese company that created QR codes a user to “read” QR codes. Alternatively, the devices (Aguirre, Johnston, and Kohn in 1984 to assist with inventory control, QR codes can be deciphered with a Web 2011). Further good news about QR allowed free use of the codes while codes finds that people with smartphones tool such as ZXing Decoder Online keeping the patent rights (“Inventor of increased their usage of scanner apps by (Chapman 2011). the QR Code” 2010). The company asks 10% over last year based on Forrester that QR code users make mention of Research results (Mitchell 2011). the company’s registered trademark on the term, QR Code (“QR Code Patent Using QR Codes FAQ” 2011). Since QR codes are open In the background, challenges with QR source, they can be made and scanned codes still persist. Detractors suggest that with a variety of tools (Judkis 2011). they are problematic to scan (Aguirre, Hence, they are currently more popular Johnston, and Kohn 2011), link to All photos and than proprietary codes like SnapTag information that is not valuable (Patel images courtesy or the Microsoft Tag. Also, QR code 2012), or connect unsuspecting users of Monica Norem. generators and readers do not require to malware. However, with simplified registration to use. With some QR instructions and demonstrations, code data, no active Internet service is scanning becomes more familiar and needed to display scanned information less intimidating. Library users will be on mobile phones such as lists, dates, or more likely to scan QR codes if relevant phone numbers (Kato, Chai, and Tan content compatible with mobile devices 2010, 45). is developed with the needs of the public Since the free QR code generators in mind. Scanning QR codes only from and reader apps are readily available, well-known sponsors will prevent most how many potential users exist for this scams or hidden charges to a smartphone technology? Pew Research Center’s bill (Shannon 2011). Internet and American Life Project Before launching QR codes, testing recently published results of smartphone of generators and readers is essential ownership showing that one-third of to ensure that library users receive the adults owned such a device (Smith expected information without fail. 2011). College student smartphone Library users frustrated by QR codes that

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8 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 end panel signage to help browsers find Conclusion 2012). In the meantime, get creative new authors. Could QR codes be replaced by a with brainstorming ideas on strategic implementation of QR codes in your Other QR codes added to selected end new technology and render all the library. It could position your library panel call number signs led to a library checkerboard-like square codes obsolete? to catch the next wave of smartphone NFC (or near field communication) catalog link in case a user needed to enhancements to expand outreach to double check an item location or find in which portable devices are touched tech-savvy library users. additional titles. Further QR code signage to convey information is touted by very popular study rooms was posted as the next big change coming in Monica Norem is a reference librarian to remind library users how the rooms smartphones, but it may be a few years at Lone Star College-CyFair Branch can be booked: text, email, or phone. before it is widely adopted (Thompson (Harris County Public Library).

References Aguirre, Don, Bart Johnston, and Schottmuller, Angie. 2011. “Top QR Code® is a registered trademark Libby Kohn. 2011. “QR Codes Go 14 Things Marketers Need to of Denso Wave Incorporated. to College.” Archrival. Accessed Know About QR Codes.” Search December 15, 2011. www.archrival. Engine Watch, December 30. Resource Links: http://searchenginewatch.com/ com/ideas/13/qr-codes-go-to- 1. Examples of QR Code Generators college. article/2066777/Top-14-Things- Marketers-Need-to-Know-About-QR- • Delivr – http://delivr.com/QR- Chapman, Stephen. 2011. “Those Codes. Code-Generator Barcode-Looking Things? They’re • Bit.ly – http://bit.ly/ Called QR Codes. Here’s What They Shannon, Meg. 2011. “How QR Do.” ZDNet, November 28. www. Codes Hide Privacy, Security • Kaywa – http://qrcode.kaywa.com zdnet.com/blog/seo/those-barcode- Risks.” MSNBC, Last modified • QR Stuff – www.qrstuff.com looking-things-theyre-called-qr- December 19. www.msnbc.msn.com/ 2. Examples of QR Code Reader Apps codes-heres-what-they-do/4339. id/45729315/ns/technology_and_ and Tools science-security/t/enter-matrix-how- Judkis, Maura. 2011. “QR Code Tattoo qr-codes-hide-privacy-security-risks- • QR Code Scanner Pro – http:// Signals End of the QR Code?” smartphones/#.TxOhIIGwWnU. appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/ The Washington Post-The Style Blog, content/13962 December 19. www.washingtonpost. Smith, Aaron. 2011. “Smartphone • RedLaser – http://redlaser.com/ com/blogs/arts-post/post/qr- Adoption and Usage: Key Findings.” code-tattoo-signals-end-of-the-qr- Pew Internet & American Life • i-nigma Barcode Scanner – www.i- code/2011/12/19/gIQAJW7y4O_ Project, July 11. www.pewinternet. nigma.com/i-nigmahp.html blog.html. org/Reports/2011/Smartphones/ • ZXing Decoder Online – http:// Summary.aspx. zxing.org/w/decode.jspx Kato, Hiroko, Douglas Chai, and Keng T. Tan. 2010. Barcodes for Mobile Thompson, Cadie. 2012. “Near Field 3. Other Two Dimensional Codes Devices. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge Communication the Next Mobile • Microsoft Tag – http://tag.microsoft. University Press. Boost?” USA Today, Last modified com January 8. www.usatoday.com/ Mitchell, Jon. 2011. “5% of U.S. • SnapTag – www.spyderlynk.com/ tech/news/story/2012-01-08/ Adults Use QR Codes, Up From 1% snaptag/what-is-a-snaptag/ cnbc-near-field-communication- Last Year.” ReadWriteWeb, November mobile/52443756/1. 4. Additional Tools and Links 14. www.readwriteweb.Com/ Mentioned archives/5_of_us_adults_use_qr_ Wittmann, Art. 2012. “CES 2012’s Big codes_up_from_1_last_year_st.php. Sleeper: Near Field Communications.” • Tagxedo – www.tagxedo.com/ InformationWeek, January 6. www. Denso Wave Incorporated. 2011. “QR • QR Codes for Kids – www.. informationweek.com/news/mobility/ Code Patent FAQ.” Accessed July com/watch?v=--OSUDGoH1o business/232301430. 13. www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/ • QR Codes: Quick Facts – www. faqpatent-e.html. Wylie, Jonathan. 2011. “How to Read lonestar.edu/library/qrcodes J QR Codes with a Smartphone.” PC Rosenbloom, Stephanie. 2011. “Want World, November 1. www.pcworld. More Information? Just Scan Me.” com/article/242873/how_to_read_ New York Times, September 21. www. qr_codes_with_a_smartphone.html. nytimes.com/2011/09/22/fashion/ qr-codes-provide-information-when- scanned.html?_r=2.

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MANAGE BE YOUR RENOVATION PROJECTS INTERNALLY – PART I OWNby Eric C. ShoafARCHITECT:NO WALLS A project that can be managed internally landscape furniture, as it is variously generally involves minimal demolition called. This familiar type of flexible Editor’s Note: Part II of “Be Your Own and will not include the destruction furniture is also sometimes derisively Architect” will appear in the summer issue of or construction of walls. If walls are referred to as “cubes,” but it has TLJ. Part II will discuss laying out furniture, proven efficient for use in changing working with vendors and designers, and involved, it is a signal that the library organizational environments, then addressing infrastructure issues. should probably not try and manage the project on its own but rather call later providing flexibility in changing rchitects on television always seem in the architects. Walls are sometimes the space again as needed. Not all to be designing buildings – big structural carriers that bear loads. They modular furniture is necessarily cube- Abuildings. Remember Mike Brady provide a medium for electrical and data shaped or used only for creating office sketching buildings at his drafting table? cabling, and they usually have doors environments. Modular walls can frame The character Ted Mosby, an architect on for entry/egress. Also, if constructing areas or sub-divide rooms. The walls How I Met Your Mother, designs new city new walls, there can be issues with created by modular furniture typically buildings. Architects may appear to work heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning do not extend to the ceiling and do only on designing new buildings, except (HVAC) that complicate the project and not carry loads though they may have that they do much more. They design require the use of specialty engineers doors. Therefore they do not affect and arrange interior spaces; oversee in order to meet building codes. Floor HVAC requirements and generally do construction and building projects; to ceiling walls are semi-permanent not require a revision of any existing specialize in concepts such as adjacencies, structures that are not easily changeable fire suppression equipment when entryways, and exits; interpret fire and to meet evolving needs. Further, fire and specifications are within applicable safety codes; and do it all with creativity codes. Modular furniture has several safety issues will have to be addressed, and style. It may not be as glamorous advantages for the do-it-yourselfer and including any fire alarm and suppression as conceiving new edifices, but it is still can be designed and selected without an system. These tasks are definitely not a interesting and fun. architect. Such furniture is not perfect job for amateurs. Temporary walls or for every application, and the cost is not Larger library building projects usually partitions are easier to manage for the insignificant; but, it may be useful in the require an architect to manage design do-it-yourselfer. and construction, but these days many library where a large room is re-purposed libraries find that the results of space It is possible to make some changes to for office space, new reading spaces, or planning often are implemented in space that includes temporary walls collaborative learning environments. smaller, less-expensive initiatives rather constructed with modular/systems/ than a single large project. Many of these projects involve re-purposing space freed from shelving or other uses, where the total of the project is to remove the shelves and place new furniture. Further, many have realized that architects and engineers are expensive; and when it comes to renovating an open space, it may be possible to use internal library staff to complete the project.

14 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 It is also possible to use modular project is the programming stage where Who will use the study space? – students, partitions to create targeted small spaces the specific uses of the re-purposed faculty, community users, others within a larger room. For example, space are articulated and understood. Is special lighting required? – natural a bank of printer/copiers can be This documentation of intended use light, existing lighting, new fixtures partitioned in order to minimize noise is very important as it will affect how in a study room. Collaborative work the space is created and ultimately How is the room to be accessed? – tables may be partially surrounded by functions. Every type of use for the space adjacent open space, doors, separate a half-wall of modular pieces and taller to be re-purposed should be defined. room modular walls might have a marker In addition, planners should carefully What are competing goals for the space? board feature that would further improve describe the users expected in the – lowest cost, highest number of seats, utility of the space. In short, load-bearing space and any services (e.g., equipment comfort, usability walls are beyond the scope of being or furniture) required. Any and all your own architect, but other lower uses and users of the space should be Are there other potential uses of the space? modular walls and partitions are useful included in the analysis. As a result of – staff meetings, events, collaboration and cost-effective. Furthermore, they are this “space programming,” a meaningful Upon completion, information reconfigurable for other future uses and specification of desired spaces and use is gathered in the programming phase is are, therefore, ripe for consideration. developed to guide the planning process. used to develop criteria for use of the DO IT YOURSELF For example, assume that book shelving space. Architects often refer to this stacks are being removed from a 30’ X Reworking a reading room, a large documentation as the design brief for 30’ area in an academic library. The space study area, or stacks space is something the project. The purpose of this activity will be re-purposed for study. In the that can be undertaken by library staff is to ensure that the specific use of the programming stage, a series of queries are with some planning and prudent use of space drives the design of the finished made with a range of possible answers. vendor expertise. Library staffers wanting project. In the example above, the Some examples in this specific case are: to do such work need to be able to programming phase leads to a brief conduct research, engage specialists when What kind of study space? – quiet study, describing a quiet study space of 30’ necessary, and know their limitations. lounge study, collaborative study, x 30’ for use primarily by students. The first step in planning this sort of learning commons This space is to retain existing lighting

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TEXASLIBRARYASSOCIATION 15 in the room with a door as entrance/ Photos courtesy of Eric C. Shoaf plan, use input of stakeholders from the exit point, provide the highest number library who have expertise in the area of seats available for the space, and being designed: reference librarians, contain furniture that would be circulation staff, facilities personnel, and reconfigurable on occasion for others. Also, if the institution will library events. be purchasing new furniture for In developing the criteria for the space, take advantage of the use and integrating it with the resources offered by library furniture design, it is helpful to acquire vendors. They employ designers with or produce an accurate experience in space use, adjacency architectural plan or floor planning, and can recommend types of map of the space. The best furniture that will provide efficient use choice is to obtain copies of the and meet the needs of the design original architectural drawings that were brief. used to construct the facility. These can Working with a floor plan can often be acquired from the facilities be somewhat difficult without a and planning unit at an academic drafting table, and CAD software library or the city planning office if at a is expensive plus requires a public library. In some cases, specialized fair amount of knowledge to software is necessary to view the CAD (computer assisted design) drawings, use. Alternatives do exist for but these can be converted to PDF files an affordable software that is for the purposes of printing out and relatively easy to use, although it making analog copies. It is also possible will require some practice. One is to use a tape measure to self-produce called Visio, part of the Microsoft floor plans. If making your own, it is suite of office products, and there is also important that all the drawings be SmartDraw or EZblueprint. These are made to a specific scale and that similar as they allow novices to make accurate measurements are taken scale-able drawings, place furniture, and and noted for all the spaces. If plans plan for egress pathways. Technology include installation of shelving rather is now so inexpensive that it is not than removal, it will be necessary to necessary to enlarge the floor plan have copies of the original construction on a photocopier and use scissors to documents in order for a structural cut and place the sample furniture. engineer to determine the floor loading Software to design floor plans is fairly capability of the space. easy to learn and can provide accurate With a floor plan in hand, the plans that can easily be changed during layout of the space can proceed. the design phase. Architects use the concept of Using the example noted previously adjacency to inform their space (30’ X 30’ study area), a sample room planning, and it is a useful way design might show seating for 30 of thinking about how best to students at tables of two different sizes plan space in a functional way. with comfortable furniture. The precise Certain functional areas or types selection of furnishings is up to the of furniture make sense when library and may be dictated by design adjacent to one another. Group elements in the library, available study tables in the middle of funding, or a combination of the room, computers lined up both. While librarians may next to a wall, comfortable chairs near not feel comfortable making the entrance door, and quiet spaces in selections of fabric type, colors, a nook are examples of adjacency that material, or style of table and accomplishes the brief of the sample project. A vending machine by the quiet chair, assistance can be close study space, stacks blocking windows, by in the form of the local or group study furniture haphazardly furniture vendor. placed are examples of what not to do. In developing the proposed new floor

16 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 Part II of “Be Your Own Architect” 9. EZ Blueprint – www.ezblueprint.com EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazine will appear in the summer issue of TLJ. 10. Herman Miller Inc. “The Once Volum/Commons20Library Part II will discuss laying out furniture, and Future Library.” Available SpacesDesigned/162265 working with vendors and designers, and at: www.hermanmiller.com/ 18. SmartDraw – www.smartdraw.com addressing infrastructure issues. MarketFacingTech/hmc/research/ 19. Space Planning Resources – Utah research_summaries/assets/wp_ State Library. Available at: library. Eric C. Shoaf (shoaf@clemson. Once_and_Future_Library.pdf utah.gov/programs/development/ edu) is associate dean of libraries at 11. Library Space Planning Think Tank toolkit/spaceplanning.html Clemson University in Clemson (SC). at UNC-Asheville. Available at: 20. Margaret Sullivan. “Divine Design: facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/spaceplan/ How to create the 21st-century index.html school library of your dreams.” RESOURCES 12. LJ Design Institute: Six Space Library Journal April 21, 2011. 1. “ACRL/LAMA Guide for Architects: Challenges from Six Libraries: Available at: www.libraryjournal. Guide for Planning Higher Library by Design, September com/slj/home/889642-312/divine_ Education Library Spaces.” Chicago, 27, 2011. Available at www. design_how_to_create.html.csp IL: American Library Association, libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892022- 21. Leena Toivonen & Maarit Laskujärvi. 2010. Available at: wikis.ala.org/acrl/ 264/design_institute_six_space_ “Changing physical library space: index.php/ACRL/LLAMA_Guide_ challenges.html.csp Planning and design of new for_Architects_and_Librarians 13. Master class in library design – www. academic library” (2008). Available 2. Elisa Addlesperger, et al. sconul.ac.uk/news/evolvinglibraries at: www.eahil.net/conferences/ “Redesigning Library Spaces to Meet 14. Tim Newcomb. “Is a Bookless helsinki_2008/www.terkko.helsinki. Students’ Needs.” Available at: www. Library Still a Library?” Time fi/bmf/EAHILpapers/Leena_ carli.illinois.edu/mem-serv/mem- Magazine July 11, 2011. Available Toivonen_paper.pdf train/100514pswg/Redesigning_ at: www.time.com/time/nation/ 22. Susan Tschabrun. The Pollak Library Space_May21.pdf article/0,8599,2079800,00. Space Plan – Cal State-Fullerton 3. “ALA Library Fact Sheet Number html#ixzz1dyr5DnB7 (2011). Available at: www.library. 11 – Building Libraries and 15. Hellen Niegaard. “Library Space and fullerton.edu/content/documents/ Library Additions: A Selected Digital Challenges” Library Trends PL_Space_Plan.pdf Annotated Bibliography.” Available Volume 60, (1) Summer 2011. 23. Chijioke Ferdinand Ugwuanyi, at: www.ala.org/Template. Available at: muse.jhu.edu/journals/ Roseline Ngozika Okwor and cfm?Section=Buildings&template=/ library_trends/v060/60.1.niegaard. Emmanuel Chukwudi Ezeji. ContentManagement/ pdf “Library space and place: Nature, ContentDisplay. 16. William Sannwald. “Checklist use and impact on academic library.” cfm&ContentID=25417 of Library Building Design International Journal of Library and 4. BCI Library Design – www. Considerations.” Chicago: American Information Science Vol. 3(5) May bcieurobib.com/tag/library-space- Library Association, 2009. Excerpt 2011. 92-97. Available at: www. planning/ available at: www.alastore.ala.org/ academicjournals.org/ijlis/PDF/ 5. Marilyn S. Billings. “Library Space pdf/9780838909782_excerpt.pdf pdf2011/May/Ugwuanyi%20et%20 Redesign (Virtual).” Council 17. Bryan Sinclair. Commons 2.0: al.pdf of Public Liberal Arts Colleges Library Spaces Designed for 24. Visio – visio.microsoft.com (COPLAC). Keene State College, Collaborative Learning (2007). 25. Whole Building Design Guide: Keene, NH. (2009). Available Available at: www.educause. Libraries - www.wbdg.org/design/ at: works.bepress.com/marilyn_ edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/ library_st.php Jlibrary_st.php J billings/22 TLA-BookTalks_Layout 1 2/14/2012 3:36 PM Page 1 6. Crumpton, Michael and Kathryn Crowe. “Using Evidence for Library Space Planning” Proceedings of the FFrreeee BBooookkTTaallkkss 2008 Library Assessment Conference. for SMART, Seattle, WA 2009. 51-64. Available Promethean, and at: libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/M_ Helping you discover Mimio Boa rd s! Crumpton_Using_2009%20 the just-right book … Engage students (MULTI%20UNCG%20 instantly with interactive, AUTHORS).pdf ready-made Book Talks 7. Anders C. Dahlgren. Public Library designed for the big board! Space Needs: A Planning Outline Visit Annick Press (2009). Available at: dpi.wi.gov/pld/

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School Librarian Dr. Mary Long is serving as the project • i-DO-collaborate: Connect standards coordinator and is working in concert to curriculum implementation and Advance CE Initiative with TASL and project task force chairs learn to design curriculum you can use. Marty Rossi and Mary Woodard. Long TASL and TLA have partnered to • i-DO-manage: Establish and meet the is completing development of this “big picture” of administering a strong develop an intensive and high quality interactive educational curriculum for school library program. continuing educational experience school librarians that will be available as for school librarians. The goals of this online learning modules. • i-DO-teach: Unpack the standards program are to: and identify the fit for school libraries Preliminary List and Description 1. Increase the ability of school librarians in the classroom. Learn how to to develop highly collaborative of Modules develop and promote your role as an instructional programs that are TEKS i-DO-make-a-difference: Take charge instructional expert. related and improve collaboration of your professional future. Using an • i-DO-tech: Find out how to become between school librarians and interactive online learning environment, tech savvy, convert that skills into teachers. enhance your skills and find out how quality instructional tools and 2. Promote school librarians and their to convert your expertise in delivering infrastructure, and learn to become role as education specialists using the concrete curriculum-related services recognized for you technical leadership. to marketable outcomes that will help skills and products (i.e., examples This series of advanced training for demonstrate your influence in the of collaborative lessons) developed/ school librarians will be available starting educational process. enhanced through this special this summer, via TLA’s online CE CE experience to school leaders • i-DO-lead: Find the leader in YOU. program. (principals, administrators, and Learn how to prepare to take your seat superintendents). at the instructional and leadership table. MEET OUR STARS! David L. Harrison Dan Burr Tues., Apr 17 5 6:30 — 8:30 pm Wed., Apr 18 5 10:30 am — Noon Wed., Apr 18 5 10:30 am — Noon and 2:00 — 3:30 pm and 2:00 — 3:30 pm Thurs., Apr 19 5 10:00 am — Noon Thurs., Apr 19 5 10:00 — 11 am

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18 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 TLA is planning several webinars over the coming months. Visit www.txla. org/CE for details and registration information. CPE credit will be available for these webinars. Presenters and topics include: • John Huber – Lean Library Management • Ron Pollock – Finding a Job, Keeping a Job • John Sandstrom – Diversity in Collection Development • Julie Todaro – Grantwriting Amarillo PL’s Families of the Year Every year, the Amarillo Public Library honors families that use library services. The Families of the Year program is a long-standing tradition that recognizes the important role libraries can play in family life. Each of APL’s five libraries nominates one family that makes use of the library as a family, visiting the library together, and using a wide variety of library materials and services. This year’s honorees include: • Garland/Petty Family (Downtown Library), • Faye Schmidt & Amanda Lewis (East Branch), • Villarreal Family (North Branch), • Kreusel Family (Northwest Branch), and • Beck Family (Southwest Branch). Library Director Donna Littlejohn says the program recognizes all kinds of families who place a high priority on education and family time. “The Amarillo Public Library offers so many services that improve and enhance the quality of life for those citizens who take advantage of them,” says Littlejohn. Families of the year is sponsored by Friends of the Amarillo Public Library, Amarillo Globe News, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, and by the Amarillo chapter of American Association of University Women, a national organization dedicated to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

TEXASLIBRARYASSOCIATION 19 Federal Benefits to Go Electronic The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently announced that all federal benefits will be paid electronically. Anyone applying for federal benefits will need to choose an electronic payment method at the time they apply for their benefit, while anyone currently receiving paper checks must switch by March 1, 2013. People already receiving Photo courtesy Perri Ann Huntley benefit payments electronically do not need to take further action. They will La Joya ISD Jumpstarts Literacy Campaign continue to receive their payment as usual on their payment date. La Joya ISD is committed to ensuring make sure that the district’s vision was every child in the district reads. On showcased. This change makes it more important than ever organizations to encourage Saturday, January 28, 60 students, One student from each campus was along with school board members and people to sign up for electronic chosen as a top reader and invited to payments now. staff members, climbed atop a 35-foot participate in the parade. Each student parade float to jumpstart the district’s was given a book and a shirt that Bank or credit union account option: “La Joya ISD loves to Read” campaign included the “La Joya ISD loves to Read” Americans can sign up for direct deposit at the 75th Annual Texas Citrus Fiesta logo. Students also donned Mardi Gras of their benefit payments directly into Parade in Mission. masks and beads as they waved at the their checking or savings account by The district’s cabinetmakers constructed onlookers throughout the three-mile going to www.GoDirect.org, calling five foot wooden books that were then parade. Dancers from La Joya High (800) 333-1795, or visiting their local covered with vinyl replicating eight School accompanied the float down the bank or credit union. popular children’s books, including Harry path and danced to Cajun music as the Prepaid debit card option: The Direct Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Curious attendees looked on and joined in on the Express® Debit MasterCard® card is a George. The float was dressed in full excitement. prepaid debit card that provides a safe, Mardi Gras colors, which was the overall La Joya ISD was awarded a 3rd place low-cost alternative to paper checks for theme of the parade. The float was ribbon in the general theme category and federal benefits payments. Funds on the created and decorated by a committee of was hailed as one of the best in the entire Direct Express® card are FDIC-insured staff members who worked tirelessly to parade that included over 150 floats. (up to the legal limit). Cardholders can make retail purchases, pay bills Texas Library Conference Literacy Award 2012 and get cash back. No bank account or credit check is required. To sign up Better World Books collects and sells Library Association Conference in April for the card, or to learn about its fees books online and helps fund literacy and is currently accepting applications and features, people can go to www. from Texas literacy programs. TLA initiatives worldwide through its discards GoDirect.org, call (800) 333-1795, or attendees will help determine the recipient and donations program. A percentage contact their federal agency. of every sale from a library’s surplus of the award by stopping at stock goes back to that library. booth # 1906 to read about People who do not choose an electronic To date, Better World the top four programs in payment option by March 1, 2013, Books has raised the running for the literacy or at the time they apply for federal over $11 million award. Attendee votes will benefits, will receive their payments via for literacy and determine which library the Direct Express® card so they will not education, donated receives the $1,000 grant. experience any interruption in payment. more than 6 million To learn more about The Treasury Department’s Go Direct® books, supplied over grant opportunities, campaign provides free materials to help $200,000 in grants, and go to http://www. information professionals share this reused or recycled over betterworldbooks.com/ important information. For more details 70 million books. librarygrants. Applications are or to order free materials, visit www. Better World Books will now being accepted for the 2012 LEAP GoDirect.org. be awarding a $1,000 literacy award to Program, and the deadline is April 9. a Texas literacy program at the Texas

20 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 SPOTLIGHT ON A PARTNER IN LITERACY The Sign Language Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc. Superstore! FOR OVER A CENTURY, family enterprise of Van Dusen Baskets Bound To Stay Bound Books, Inc. hand-crafted thousands of baskets for has served the library community in the event which were eagerly anticipated partnership to promote reading, libraries, gifts by children’s librarians. Van Dusen and literacy. Part of the company’s mission is also one of three named contributors statement reads: to a TLA scholarship given once every To provide through constant improvement, two years. the best juvenile books, media products In 2006 BTSB signed on as the official and related services to the libraries of and exclusive sponsor of the TBA North American, as closely matched to luncheon. Through this sponsorship, Find an unbeatable selection their needs as possible and as economically BTSB has helped TLA offer a truly of books, DVDs and CD-ROMs as possible. exceptional celebration of literacy and on sign language, interpreting Bound To Stay Bound’s history is one of reading to our TBA luncheon attendees. and deaf culture! innovation and broad participation in the Continuing its role as official sponsor industry. The company early on moved of the TBA luncheon, BTSB is now Call us: from the traditional binding-on-order the longest running sponsor of this (800) 825-6758 conference event. method to purchasing large numbers of Request a free catalog: titles directly from publishers so as to On the national scene, BTSB offers www.harriscomm.com/TXcatalog bind many copies at once and increase many conference travel stipends to the efficiency. American Library Association, multiple We carry a variety of products for deaf and The company’s founders were involved scholarships for students working hard of hearing people that meet ADA with the American Library Association toward an MLIS focusing on children’s requirements! Call us for more details. and binding industry representatives librarianship, and the Robert F. Sibert to develop early standards for library Award. This recognition is offered to an binding. This collaborative approach has author for a distinguished information remained a driving philosophy for the book that presents, organizes, and company. interprets verifiable factual material for children. Robert Sibert was one of the Bound To Stay Bound has supported founders of BTSB (known then as New Texas libraries for over 20 years by Methods Book Bindery) in 1920 and a sponsoring TLA events and door prizes major supporter of cultural institutions at TLA meal functions. BTSB Division in Illinois. Sales Manager Milton Van Dusen, Sr. began a wonderful tradition of supplying The BTSB Foundation also supports homemade baskets for the Texas programming and the production of Bluebonnet Award (TBA) luncheon. The literature aimed at promoting school libraries and librarians.

BTSB is the longest tenured exhibitor at the TLA conference. This year will mark the company’s 64th anniversary with TLA. J

TEXASLIBRARYASSOCIATION 21 Meltzer also manages a charitable website www.ordinarypeoplechangetheworld. com. GENERAL SESSION II: of EBooks/ ERevolution TLA 2012 On February 10, 2012, Penguin Group th USA informed stakeholders that it was Conference restricting library access to eBooks. 99 Few topics are of greater concern today the than the impact of the eRevolution on EDITOR’S PICKS: libraries. The demand for eContent is Some Program Highlights greater than ever before, but libraries the Texas Library Association face some tough delivery challenges: the GENERAL SESSION I: APRIL 17-20 • HOUSTON refusal of several large publishers to offer Brad Meltzer library-friendly eBook access models, the perennial difficulty of meeting the needs his year’s annual of both the tech haves and have-nots, conference offers and reconciling the profession’s capacity over 300 sessions, T with public expectations. events, programs, and training opportunities covering all areas Quite simply, every librarian and library of interest to library staff and lay advocate must be aware of the challenges supporters. The topics selected we face as we are all being called up for BRAD MELTZER for TLA 2012 reflect the library action. And more often than not, we are community’s interest in increasingly finding ourselves questioned • learning the latest about the future of our collections, services, and institutions. technology trends; New York Times bestselling author Brad • finding out the most current research Meltzer is serving as this year’s Honorary Librarians and library supporters are in delivering quality instruction and Chair and spokesperson for National invited to attend a provocative and information services; Library Week 2012. A true advocate for timely conference-wide event. General libraries, Meltzer had recorded PSAs for Session II (Thursday, April 19, at 4 • exploring best practices in library funding and promoted the role of pm) will feature management, leadership, and libraries in education and assistance in ALA President career development; job seeking activities. Molly Raphael Library • discovering what’s working today to He is the author of The Inner Circle, and promote the value of library services The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Journal Movers and increase budgets; Counsel, The Millionaires, The Zero Game, and Shakers Eli Neiberger and • getting hands-on training in library- The Book of Fate,and The Book of Lies. Richard (Ric) related technology and applications; His first non-fiction book,Heroes For Hasenyager RAPHAEL and My Son, is a collection about inspiring . people ranging from Jim Henson • participating in the profession- International to Rosa Parks. He is also the host of wide discourse on the hot trends library expert Brad Meltzer’s Decoded on the History and topics (such as e-publishing, Stephen Abram Channel. His works are a combination copyright and privacy, and social will moderate the murder and historical mysteries. His media) shaping our practice. event. Library research has been facilitated by former Journal has named As a reminder, the full conference Presidents Clinton and H.W. Bush. Abram one of the NEIBERGER program schedule was published in His plots have included finding the TLJ the winter issue of and is available murder weapon that Cain used to kill online. Be sure to take your winter and Abel and uncovering the still-existent spring issues with you to conference. spy ring created by George Washington. In addition to the wonderful slate Not surprisingly, this fertile mind of featured speakers, authors, and was recruited by the Department of presenters, here are some suggestions Homeland Security to brainstorm for sessions. different ways terrorists might attack the U.S. In addition to his literary work, ABRAM HASENYAGER

22 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 top 50 people to influence the future of TLA’s Lariat List of adult fiction is a Texas authors and provide grab-and-go libraries. Known as much for his humor huge success. Join authors ReShonda programming. Friday, April 20, 8 am. as his provocative insight, Abram never Tate Billingsley, Tom Franklin, and Embedded Academic Librarianship fails to energize and elevate his audience Gwendolyn Zepeda as they announce the moves librarians onto the frontline of with bold and innovative thinking. new 2012 list. Thursday, April 19, noon education. This timely session examines EDITOR’S PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (ticketed event). how to implement such program and New York Times bestselling author Judy SLA President Cindy Romaine details engage faculty and students. Friday, April Blume discusses the 40th anniversary how you can Make Your Library 20, 10 am. of the Fudge books. Note change in FutureReady. Thursday, April 19, 1 pm. EVENTS program time: Wednesday, April 18, Author Andrea White and Texas YA HANDS ON LABS take place in HPL’s 2-3:50 pm (was previously scheduled on librarians introduce the new Spirit of Mobile Discovery Labs at Discovery Thursday at 8 am) Texas Reading Programs, which help Green, right in front of the convention Robie Harris addresses the need for librarians have better contacts with center. Thanks to HPL’s generosity in honesty in books, particularly in those works for young children. Note change in program time: Wednesday, April 18, 10:15-11:50 am (was previously scheduled on Wednesday at 2 pm). AASL President-Elect Susan Ballard describes how persistence of vision can BOOTH 1205 empower learners and how librarians can use the AASL initiative Learning4Life. Tuesday, April 17, 4 pm. Janice Welburn discusses academic library leadership in a climate of social change. Wednesday, April 18, 10:15 am. Knowledge Management is Toby Brown’s area of expertise. Join him as he shares how to apply KM theories and strategies to achieve results in your library. Wednesday, April 18, 1 pm. Syracuse’s Bruce Kingma addresses the hard facts of measuring Return On Investment (ROI) in libraries. Wednesday, April 18, 4 pm. David Shumaker offers insights on how digital content is freeing librarians for new roles. Wednesday, April 18, 4 pm. Susan Benton of the Urban Libraries Council, Ron Carlee of the International City/County Management Association, ALA’s Mary Hirsh, Texas State Librarian Peggy Rudd, and Texas librarians discuss the Public Access Technology Benchmarks Initiative, an effort to create national guidelines to help libraries assess and improve the quality of public access technology. Thursday, April 19, 2 pm. Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency promises a provocative session examining the role of active interest groups and their use of and the Internet As seen on to report on political and financial Fox and Friends! institutions. Thursday, April 19, 10 am.

TEXASLIBRARYASSOCIATION 23 allowing TLA to use its lab, Hands On training is available this year at no cost to participants but requires online preregistration. BATTLEDECKS is a popular competition in which speakers give five- minute presentations on humorous slides they’ve never seen before – an absolute fun and instructive way of honing your presentation skills either as a participant or audience member! Wednesday, April 18, 2 pm. The TLA EXHIBIT HALL at the GEOCACHING: For the George R. Brown Convention Center first time, TLA will host a sets the scene for this year’s conference-long Geocache All-Conference Welcome Party Challenge. Find hidden treasures as you learn about the craze that libraries and other organizations are using PARTIES to attract and teach people of all ages! TheWelcome Party and Exhibits Grand Opening will kick off conference The Geocache Challenge Table – in the with a fun and productive start. Enjoy time to network with colleagues, have Exhibit Hall foyer near Hall C entrance uncontested time in the Exhibit Hall, and start on your geocaching challenge! Light – has the rules and instructions (bring refreshments will be provided. Tuesday, April 17, 6:30 pm. your own GPS units or apps). President’s Party: Hang out at “Jeri’s Speakeasy” and relive the heady days of The first 250 players to find all ten caches flappers and Prohibition. Bring your “glad rags” – zoot suits, fedoras, flapper dresses, hidden in and around the convention long pearls, and feather boas (some items can be purchased at the TLA Store) – to center will receive commemorative contribute to the 1920’s speakeasy theme. We’ll indulge in signature mocktails, learn a pathtags. All players who find at least classic Roaring 20’s dance, and gamble at casino tables for chances to win prizes at the seven of the ten will be entered into a end of the night! Wednesday, April 18, 8 pm. prize drawing. Evening with the Authors serves up a delectable mix of literature at the beautiful and Geocaching is a high-tech treasure newly remodeled Julia Ideson Building. Authors include Deborah Crombie, Chitra hunting game played throughout the Divakaruni, Steven Fenberg, Cathy Maxwell, and Lynda Rutledge. Thursday, April world. The basic idea is to find hidden 19, 6:30 pm (ticketed event) containers, called geocaches, and then share your experiences online. FEATURES Anyone with a GPS can play. There are Conference Mobile App: Build your personal schedule, keep up with conference 1,612,911 active geocaches and over 5 news, shop the exhibits now, and link up with friends - you can do all of this after million geocachers worldwide. The prize downloading the TLA 2012 Conference mobile app. Point your mobile web browser drawing will be held Friday morning at to http:// m.core-apps.com/tla2012, search for “TLA 2012” in your device’s app 10 am at the Geocache Challenge Table. store, or scan the QR code. There are native app versions for iOS (iPhone, iPod, or Take a Chance on Art! The annual art raffle, held during Thursday’s General Session II, benefits tickets the Texas Library Disaster Relief Fund $5 each and features a whimsical masterpiece donated by author/illustrator Julian or 5 for $20 Hector. Raised outside of Austin by two biologists, Hector studied illustration at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. His work has often been praised for its quiet humor. Tickets may be purchased onsite at the Disaster Relief Table on level 3 outside of the ballroom prefunction area, from roving volunteers, or online. Visit the Itsy Bitsy Gallery (www.txla.org/gallery) for details.

24 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 iPad) and Android (phone and tablet), plus mobile web versions for all other web-enabled devices. Receive real-time updates to sessions and author events. It will also offer Twitter and photo stream for conference-related events, exhibitor information, and show documents. Placement Center (https://secure. So Much More an a Picture Book! txla.org/secure/jobs/jobplacement.asp) Located in Exhibit Hall D. All registered Award-winning picture books that integrate conferees may use the Placement Center science, math, and geography...plus as either prospective employers or job interactive eBook technology with Spanish seekers. The Placement Center hours language program. are: Tuesday, April 17: 11 am – 5 pm; Wednesday, April 18: 10 am – 5 pm; eBooks feature auto-read, auto-flip, and Thursday, April 19: 8 am – 5 pm; and selectable English and Spanish text and audio. Friday, April 20: 8 am – noon. Work with a pro to get your résume critiqued or for interviewing techniques at the SHOW SPECIAL Placement Center. Buy all 70 hardcover titles and enjoy Sylvan Dell Publishing’s Blood Drive: In TLA’s campaign to give eBook Site License FREE for 1 Year! back to our communities, we will be hosting a blood drive at conference. The Visit us at booth #1222 and enter to win one of three free Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center will 1-year eBook Site Licenses! set up a special area on the third level of the convention center on Wednesday, April 18, from 12:30 – 5:00 pm and Thursday, April 19, from 9:00 am – 1:30 pm for donors who want to offer hope and a chance for life to those in need. Additional information, including a sign-up sheet, will be posted on the TLA conference website by March 15.

Conference Previews! Wondering whether to attend a particular program at the 2012 Conference? Check out teaser trailers of assorted speakers, authors, and contests: www.txla.org/conference- previews. J

TEXASLIBRARYASSOCIATION 25 2012 EXHIBITORS As of March 8, 2012

No TLA conference would be complete without extended visits to the TLA Exhibit Greg Escue, Doylene Escue, Tony Marolda, Hall, the nation’s largest state library tradeshow. Hundreds of companies showcase Brent Quick, Parna Bissell, Dawn Bluemel Oldfield, Gayle and Ed Hamrick, Candy Freiheit, all the latest technologies, tools, and materials needed to run Texas libraries. Coye Duncan, Lynn Butler, Paul Abdo, The business of libraries occurs on many levels, and the industry component Jim Abdo, Dan Verdick, Paul Skaj of library work is integral in a successful operation. The exhibit hall at annual ABDO Publishing Group.....2503, 2504 conference is a key venue for many of the decisions on how that money is spent. 8000 West 78th Street, Suite 310 Edina, MN 55439 TLA partners very closely with our vendor community to deliver a tradeshow that is 800-800-1312 fax: 800-862-3480 first rate. We make a commitment to our vendors to provide strong programming so www.abdopublishing.com that attendees will take the time to come; and vendors play a vital role in helping ABDO has published quality children’s and YA support the activities and costs that make conference happen. titles for 30 years, with nonfiction & fiction titles for grades preK-12 in reinforced library bindings From small things to big, the TLA tradeshow offers the chance to get great savings and eBook “flip books” and databases hosted by and to take care of library business while attending conference. TLA thanks our ABDO. ABDO will debut our new digital line, library vendors for their support of TLA and the library community. eBoost, at the TLA, featuring eBooks boosted by Twitter feeds, Web links, and embedded videos Corporate Sponsors for 2012 are listed on page 4. for a multi-media resource for students. Greg Escue, Doylene Escue, Tony Marolda, 3M Library Systems...... 1411 A+ Images, Inc...... 2641 Brent Quick, Parna Bissell, Dawn Bluemel Oldfield, Gayle and Ed Hamrick, Candy Freiheit, 4202 Creek Bend Court, Corinth, TX 76208 5700 W Minnesota St, Indianapolis, IN 46241 Coye Duncan, Lynn Butler, Paul Abdo, fax 800-634-0054 fax: 317-405-8685 800-328-0067 x3 Option 28 : 651-732-7563 Jim Abdo, Dan Verdick, Paul Skaj www.mmm.com/us/library www.teachershirts.com 3M offers RFID, Tattle-Tape and RF security Staff shirts for school and library personnel. Abrams Books for Young Readers/ technologies to optimize the handling, processing Unique rhinestone designs for librarians and Amulet Books/Abrams and security of materials throughout the library reading teachers. Our garments include polo Appleseed...... 1802 – making it easy to identify, track and secure shirts, ladies t-shirts, button front shirts and 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 materials, while increasing staff productivity. fleece jackets. We also do custom rhinestone and 212-229-8826 fax: 212-366-0809 3M also provides PC management systems from embroidery. www.abramsbooks.com Comprise Technologies. Bob Straka ABRAMS, The Art of Books Since 1949, is the Shawn Brumley, Rick Mason ABC-CLIO...... 1503 preeminent American publisher of high-quality art and illustrated books. Abrams Books for 720 Design...... 1813 130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Young Readers and Amulet Books for middle 9003 Oakpath Lane, Dallas, TX 75243 800-368-6868 fax: 805-685-9685 www.abc-clio.com grade and young adult readers publish best 214-770-2320 selling and award winning authors Jeff Kinney, www.720design.net ABC-CLIO is an award-winning publisher of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Michael Buckley,The 720 Design Inc. is an architecture and interior reference titles, academic and general interest Sisters Grimm and Nerds, Lauren Myracle, l8r design firm committed to providing professional books, electronic resources, and books for g8r and Flower Power, Laurent de Brunhoff, consulting, planning, programming, design and librarians, educators, and other professionals. Babar, Grame Base, Enigma, and more. Now furniture specification exclusively to public, Today, ABC-CLIO publishes under five well- featuring books for readers ages 0-5 with in our school and academic libraries. respected imprints: ABC-CLIO, Greenwood new Abrams Appleseed imprint. Press, Praeger, Libraries Unlimited and Linworth. Maureen Arndt Jason Wells, Laura Mihalick Debby Laboon, Debbie Aube, Linda Barnes A. Bargas & Associates, LLC...... 1914 Accelerated Reader...... 2419 abdo digital...... 2503, 2504 2911 Peach Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 P.O. Box 792056, , TX 78279-2056 8000 West 78th Street, Suite 310 715-424-3636 x4171 fax: 715-424-4242 210-344-2821 fax: 210-341-0033 Edina, MN 55439 www.renlearn.com www.abargasco.com 800-800-1312 fax: 952-831-1632 Accelerated Reader software helps teachers We offer an excellent selection of library furniture www.abdopublishing.com motivate and monitor their students’ to suit your needs. Additionally, we can supply Abdo Digital features thousands of eBooks personalized daily reading practice. It provides classroom, office, laboratory, cafeteria furniture, available as hosted “flip books” or downloadable teachers with valuable information to ensure lockers, auditorium and stadium seating. Give us PDFs for your library. Our curricular and reading success for every student. Accelerated a call! We’d be happy to help you find just what sports databases make fun learning resources for Reader Enterprise gives you unlimited access you’re looking for! elementary and middle schoolers, and our new to more than 130,000 quizzes that assess Chico Bargas, Hollie Bargas Wright, Janie Bargas, eBoost features nonfiction eBooks embedded with personalized reading practice, literacy skills Jay Wright, Christi Townley, Pat Campbell-Spencer, up-to-the-minute Twitter feeds, Web links, and development, and vocabulary acquisition. Joanne Martinez embedded videos from sources around the world. Julie Vetrone TLA vendors and exhibitors help make the TLA conference possible.

26 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 Visit Egmont USA in Booth 1210 to check out these titles and many more! Allen Zadoff My Life, the Theatre and Other Tragedies Program: Guys Read Thursday, April 19th, 9:00am-9:50am Signing: Thursday, April 19th, 10:00am-11:00am

Kate Ellison The Butterfly Clues Program: New YA Authors Thursday, April 19th, 1:00pm-1:50pm Signing: Thursday, April 19th, 2:00pm-3:00pm

Tony Abbott The Goofballs Series Program: Calling All Guys Friday, April 20th, 10:00am-11:50am Signing: Thursday, April 19th, 11:00am-12:00noon

J&P Voelkel The Jaguar Stones Series Program: Thrill Masters Wednesday, April 18, 10:15am-11:50am Signing: Wednesday, April 18th, 12:30-1:30pm

Christina Mandelski The Sweetest Thing Signing: Wednesday, April 18th, 2:00pm-3:00pm in our booth

All signings will take place in author autographing area unless otherwise noted. See program for details.

TLA Annual Conference EXHIBITORS 27 Albert Whitman & Company...... 1304 books. Our priority: teaching children the skills The oldest and largest publisher of literature 250 S. Northwest Highway, Suite 320 to learn through high interest books. Because by U.S. Hispanic authors will exhibit books in Park Ridge, IL 60068 with Amicus, all learning is high interest! Friend English, Spanish and bilingually for readers of 847-232-2800 fax: 847-581-0039 of Education. Friend for Life. all ages. www.albertwhitman.com Cathy Stuve Carmen Peña Abrego, Marina Tristán Albert Whitman & Company has been publishing children’s books since 1919. Best Amigos Library Services...... 2010 AudioGO...... 1901 known for the classic series The Boxcar Children® 14400 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75244-3509 42 Whitecap Drive, North Kingstown, RI 02852 Mysteries, its highly praised picture books, 800-843-8482 fax: 972-991-6061 800-621-0182 fax: 877-492-0873 novels, and nonfiction titles succeed in delighting www.amigos.org www.audiogo-library.com and reaching out to children and teens of all Amigos Library Services, Inc. is a nonprofit, We are a leading publisher of unabridged backgrounds and experiences. Albert Whitman’s membership-based organization dedicated to audiobooks and radio dramatizations for special interest titles address subjects such as supporting resource sharing and information adults and children. We also carry BBC DVD disease, bullying, and disabilities. All Albert technology for libraries. The Amigos membership Collections and hard cover westerns. We offer Whitman books treat their readers in a caring consists of over 700 libraries and cultural flexible standing order plans and superior service. and respectful manner, helping them to grow institutions located primarily in the southwestern Join our Library Partnership Program to increase intellectually and emotionally. . Amigos members share resources your benefits! Michelle F. Bayuk, Margaret Coffee through collaborative programs and services David Dittmann including cataloging, reference, collections, Alexandria by Companion preservation, imaging, consulting, and training. August House Audio...... 2104 Corporation...... 2134 Bonnie Juergens, Laura Kimberly, Terri Mertz, 3500 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 310 Atlanta, GA 30305 1831 Fort Union Blvd., Salt Lake City, UT 84121 Gerrye McEntire, and Gina Minks 404-442-4420 fax: 404-442-4435 800-347-6439; 801-943-7277 fax: 801-943-7752 www.augusthouse.com www.goalexandria.com Amy Bluemel...... 2100 Alexandria – The Power of Simplicity. Best- P.O. Box 720411, Dallas, TX 75372 Ethnic and multicultural A/V product division known for its ease-of-use, Alexandria is a 214-381-4676 of August House Publishers, featuring award- powerful, fully-integrated cross-platform Member of the Chichasaw Tribe, tells Native winning audio CD titles, soon to be joined by library automation solution including: OPAC, American stories and shares artifacts. Performs multicultural DVD product in the August House circulation, cataloging, web, subscription in regalia while educating listeners about Native Catalog and at www.augusthouse.com. management, orders, budgets, patron Americans and the Chickasaw Trible. Graham Anthony management, word processing, email notices, Amy Bluemel August House Publishers, Inc...... 2104 400+ detailed and customizable reports, holds & reservations over the web and much more! Anatolia Designs...... 2553 3500 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 310 Atlanta, GA 30305 5627 Court of Lions, Houston, TX 77069 Dave Stephens, Darren Dibb, Kaaren Linton, 404-442-4420 fax: 404-442-4435 Ruth Ann Smith, Curtis Haderlie 832-659-5704 fax: 888-234-7098 www.augusthouse.com www.AnatoliaDesigns.com Amber Way Jewelry Company...... 2740 Award-winning picture books, multicultural Unique, high quality hand-made jewelry A/V products, and spoken word CDs by ethnic 13702 Layton Hills, Cypress, TX 77429 and imported Ottoman Design jewelry from 281-213-3785 fax: 281-213-3785 and professional storytellers, including ethnic Istanbul Turkey. Many of my pieces include and world folktale collections as well as stories We sell Baltic Amber with insects and inclusions ruby, emerald, and gemstone accents in Sterling children can tell and resource books for the in addition to jewelry made of natural Baltic Silver settings. My Signature Collection pieces library. TLA discounts at booth. amber. Our jewelry is handcrafted by the finest are designed and made by me personally, so my craftsmen in Poland, Russia and Lithuania. entire collection is unlike anything offered by Rob Cleveland, Cindy McFarlane Dennis Giadrosich, Gina Giadrosich, other jewelry vendors. Authors Sherry Garland and Katie Giadrosich, Tammie Oatis, Nihal Erdogan Greene, Robert Greene, Melanie Chrismer...... 1108 Gwen Pekarik, Matthew Giadrosich Berkay Ozcan, Jon Greene, Elcin Kaleli, Nesrin Sen P. O. Box 1395, Bryan, TX 77806 America Reads Spanish...... 1911 Annick Press...... 2012 www.sherrygarland.com 277 White Street, Buchanan, NY 10511 15 Patricia Avenue Award-winning author Sherry Garland offers 914-739-7500 fax: 914-739-7575 Toronto, ON M2M 1H9 Canada school visits and writing workshops for grades www.americareadsspanish.com 416-221-4802 x17 fax: 416-221-8400 K-adult. Topics include Vietnam, Texas History, Official institution that develops and promotes www.annickpress.com American History and Making of a Children’s the Spanish Book Publishing Industries and Annick Press is an innovative, cutting-edge Book. Melanie Chrismer’s school visit topics for channels inquiries and activities related to this publisher of books for children and young adults. grades K-adult include tall tales, creating stories, industry. Annick publishes about 30 titles a year including math and outer space. Both authors will be selling and autographing their books. Alini San Juan, Isabel Neal picture books, non-fiction, and YA novels. Sherry Garland, Melanie Chrismer Amicus...... 2622 See ad on page 17. Heather Davies P.O. 1329, Mankato, MN 56002 Authors Tim Tingle and 507-388-9357 fax: 507-388-1779 Arte Público Press...... 1300 Greg Rodgers...... 2135 www.amicuspublishing.us University of Houston 4417 Morningside Way, Canyon Lake, TX 78133 Amicus (meaning friend) promotes the wonder, 4902 Gulf Fwy. Bldg. 19 Rm 100 830-893-24288 diversity, and challenges of the modern world Houston, TX 77204-2004 www.timtingle.com with our signature Readers, Illustrated, and High 713-743-2999 fax: 713-743-3080 For all levels, from K-12 and universities, Tingle Interest library-bound fiction and nonfiction www.artepublicopress.com and Rodgers offer writing workshops, author

28 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 visits, book signings, keynote addresses, 20th Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture....2540 Bayou Publishing...... 2536 century American and Native American literature 3457 Ringsby Court Unit 200, Denver, CO 80216 2524 Nottingham St., Houston, TX 77005 discussion groups, N.A. storytelling, history, 303-455-1366 fax: 303-455-7457 713-526-4558 fax: 713-526-4342 and music, including drums, rattles, chants and www.brsarch.com www.BayouPublishing.com Choctaw songs. Designing inspired community architecture: Keeping families connected in the 21st Century. Tim Tingle, Greg Rodgers, Doc Moore places to learn, work and play. BRSA provides Innovative resources for parents, teachers, comprehensive architectural services from public counselors, and students. Books; pamphlets; AWE...... 1200 process to programming, design and construction audio & digital resources. 2501 Seaport Drive, Suite #410 SH administration. Chester, PA 19013 Gary McCain, Victor Loos, Sam Buser, 610-348-2200 fax: 610-833-6440 Bruce Flynn, Caitlin (Katie) Barnes Glenn Sternes, Roger Leslie www.awelearning.com Barnes & Noble Booksellers...... 1740 BBC Audiobooks America...... 1901 AWE is a provider of digital learning solutions 12850 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024 See AudioGO to libraries, schools, child care centers, and 713-722-8365 fax: 832-442-3035 other educational entities. Our products, which www.bn.com Bearport Publishing...... 2518 include the Early Literacy Station, AfterSchool Books, music, instructional materials, toys & 45 West 21st St, Suite 3B, New York, NY 10010 Edge, and Student Learning Center, are designed games, ebooks, ereaders, digital services. 877-337-8577 fax: 866-337-8557 to be very intuitive for kids to use and easy www.bearportpublishing.com Linda Germain, Tracy Stewart for you to manage. AWE’s products promote Bearport Publishing is dedicated to building self-directed, independent learning and are Basch Subscriptions, Inc., A Prenax enthusiasm for reading with K-8 students. Our safe because they do not require an Internet curriculum-aligned, nonfiction books are written connection. AWE’s flagship product, the Early Company/The Reference Shelf...... 1111 10 Ferry Street, Suite 429, Concord, NH 03301 in a compelling narrative style to engage children Literacy Station, is currently found in 35% of in well-told stories that combine fascinating U.S. public library systems. 603-229-0662 fax: 603-226-9443 www.basch.com information with grade-appropriate text. These Karl Thornton, Lisa Maestas, Michael Mok Basch Subscriptions provides subscription service page-turners have anecdotes about real-life Azuradisc Inc...... 2541 with a deliberate emphasis on service. We are characters that make the information come alive. 7307 S. 89th Place, Mesa, AZ 85212 proud of our systems and the services we provide Candy Freiheit, Coye Duncan, Lynn Butler, Dawn 480-827-8786 x125 fax: 480-827-1104 but, for an unbiased assessment, check with our Oldfield & Nancy Bluemel, Greg & Doylene Escue www.azuradisc.com customers, your colleagues and associates that use In 1995 Azuradisc invented and patented Basch Subscriptions are our best advertisement. the world’s first commercial grade disc repair Kim Stewart, Michael Cooper machine and continues today as the innovators in Disc Repair. Azuradisc has desktop to fully automated machines that repair all types of discs (CD, DVD, Double Sided DVD, Blu-ray, etc) and the products to care for your discs including security strips, scratch guards, jewel case liners, spray cleaner and microfiber cloths. Azuradisc is also the only manufacture offering a simplified Disc Repair Service direct to you! Alan Gibson Baker & Taylor/ YBP Library Services...... 2619 2550 W. Tyvola Rd Ste. 300, Charlotte, NC 28217 704-998-3231 fax: 704-998-3316 www.baker-taylor.com

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Audiovisual Equipment & Materials Books & Audio Kits Texserve (DCS)...... 1712 Assisted Listening Devices AudioGO...... 1901 VIP Learning...... 2534 Camcor, Inc...... 1800 Spoken Arts...... 1710 Laser Discs Literati ‘The Elastic Bookmark’...... 1442 CD, DVD & Videotape Repair RTI - Disc Repair...... 1328 Audio Books Equipment Musical Recordings AudioGO...... 1901 RTI - Disc Repair...... 1328 Kim Lehman - Bee Educator/Storyteller...... 1116 Bayou Publishing...... 2536 CD/DVD Duplicators Lucas Miller, Singing Zoologist...... 1334 Crabtree Publishing Company...... 2618 Camcor, Inc...... 1800 Stereo Equipment DLSG at Image Access...... 2628 DVD, Film, & Video Camcor, Inc...... 1800 Ingram Content Group...... 2011 AudioGO...... 1901 Automation Maverick Books, Inc...... 2401 Baker & Taylor/ YBP Library Services...... 2619 Barcodes OverDrive Inc...... 1541 Ingram Content Group...... 2011 ColorMarq Shelf Management ID Systems...... 2402 Playaway...... 2237 Rock ‘N Learn...... 2243 The Library Store, Inc...... 1419 RTI - Disc Repair...... 1328 RTI - Disc Repair...... 1328 Cataloging Scholastic Library Publishing...... 1513 SJB Productions...... 2040 Amigos Library Services...... 2010 Sebco Books...... 2603 VIP Learning...... 2534 Baker & Taylor/ YBP Library Services...... 2619 Spoken Arts...... 1710 DVD, Film, & Video – Children’s Biblionix...... 1228 Storyteller, Author, Singer Tom McDermott.....1907 Lucas Miller, Singing Zoologist...... 1334 Book Systems, Inc...... 2310 Workman Publishing Company...... 1303 Scholastic Library Publishing...... 1513 BWI...... 2015 Audiovisual Equipment SJB Productions...... 2040 Follett Library Resources...... 2019 Camcor, Inc...... 1800 Spoken Arts...... 1710 L4U Library Software...... 1943 Clear-Vu...... 1739 DVD, Film, & Video – Media Flex - OPALS - CERF...... 1329 RTI - Disc Repair...... 1328 Instructional and Educational OCLC...... 2107 University Products Inc...... 1602 Infobase Learning...... 2521 Polaris Library Systems...... 1935

56 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 SkyRiver Technology Solutions...... 1810 Gumdrop Books...... 2405 Infobase Learning...... 2521 TLC - The Library Corporation...... 2729 Knovation/netTrekker...... 1807 K-12 Databases Program / CD-ROM L4U Library Software...... 1943 Digital Knowledge Central...... 1837 Azuradisc Inc...... 2541 Newbart Products...... 2443 Mango Languages...... 2413 NewsBank, Inc...... 1607 Polaris Library Systems...... 1935 Marshall Cavendish Corporation...... 2211 ProQuest...... 2728 Renaissance Learning...... 2419 Media Flex - OPALS - CERF...... 1329 Circulation Systems & Procedures SAFARI Montage...... 1912 Mitinet Library Services...... 1542 Book Systems, Inc...... 2310 SenSource Inc...... 1604 Polaris Library Systems...... 1935 Clear-Vu...... 1739 Springshare...... 2002 Scholastic Library Publishing...... 1513 ColorMarq Shelf Management ID Systems...... 2402 Visions Technology in Education...... 2234 Sharpe Reference...... 2215 Cover One...... 2142 WT.Cox Subscriptions, Inc...... 1801 TeachingBooks.net...... 1435 Media Flex - OPALS - CERF...... 1329 Databases – Bibliographic Texserve (DCS)...... 1712 TLC - The Library Corporation...... 2729 Baker & Taylor/ YBP Library Services...... 2619 Databases – Full Text Computer Hardware EBSCO...... 1629 Amigos Library Services...... 2010 3M Library Systems...... 1411 K-12 Databases Program / Career Cruising...... 2241 AWE...... 1200 Digital Knowledge Central...... 1837 EBSCO...... 1629 SenSource Inc...... 1604 LexisNexis...... 2000 K-12 Databases Program / Computer Software National Library of Medicine...... 2006 Digital Knowledge Central...... 1837 National Library of Medicine...... 2006 3M Library Systems...... 1411 SkyRiver Technology Solutions...... 1810 NewsBank, Inc...... 1607 Alexandria by Companion Corporation...... 2134 Databases -- Electronic ProQuest...... 2728 AWE...... 1200 ABC-CLIO...... 1502 & 1503 Sharpe Reference...... 2215 BiblioCommons, Inc...... 1711 Biblionix...... 1228 Boopsie, Inc...... 1606 Britannica Digital Learning...... 1915 Texas State Library & Archives Commission....2204 Britannica Digital Learning...... 1915 Career Cruising...... 2241 Digital Book Scanners ByWater Solutions...... 1734 EBSCO...... 1629 IImage Retrieval, Inc...... 2341 Career Cruising...... 2241 Gale Cengage Learning...... 2203 Indus International, Inc...... 2236

TLA Annual Conference BUYERS GUIDE 57 Document Delivery Systems Infotopia.info...... 1341 Book Jobbers Cover One...... 2142 K-12 Databases Program / Bound To Stay Bound Books...... 1829 Northern Micrographics...... 1511 Digital Knowledge Central...... 1837 Children’s Plus, Inc...... 1929, 2522 Electronic Imaging Systems Knovation/netTrekker...... 1807 Davidson Titles, Inc...... 2111 Mitinet Library Services...... 1542 IImage Retrieval, Inc...... 2341 Garrett Book Company...... 2035 ProQuest...... 2728 DLSG at Image Access...... 2628 Gumdrop Books...... 2405 Sharpe Reference...... 2215 Indus International, Inc...... 2236 Keystone Books & Media...... 1811 SirsiDynix...... 1834 Newbart Products...... 2443 Mackin Educational Resources...... 2129 TeachingBooks.net...... 1435 ProQuest...... 2728 Perma-Bound Books...... 1529 Internet Services OPAC Rainbow Book Company...... 2329 Alexandria by Companion Corporation...... 2134 AWE...... 1200 Richardson’s Distribution & Books Inc...... 1818 BiblioCommons, Inc...... 1711 Brainfuse...... 2700 Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc...... 1519 & 1619 Biblionix...... 1228 FamilySearch...... 1219 Sebco Books...... 2603 Book Systems, Inc...... 2310 Infotopia.info...... 1341 Business Books Boopsie, Inc...... 1606 K-12 Databases Program / HarperCollins Publishers...... 1613 ByWater Solutions...... 1734 Digital Knowledge Central...... 1837 Visions Technology in Education...... 2234 Knovation/netTrekker...... 1807 Media Flex - OPALS - CERF...... 1329 CD-ROM Polaris Library Systems...... 1935 Mango Languages...... 2413 ABDO Publishing Group...... 2503, 2504 SirsiDynix...... 1834 National Library of Medicine...... 2006 the Book House, Inc...... 1714 TLC - The Library Corporation...... 2729 SirsiDynix...... 1834 Combined Book Exhibit...... 1911 Retrospective Conversion Library Automated Systems LibrarySkills, Inc...... 2435 Alexandria by Companion Corporation...... 2134 3M Library Systems...... 1411 World Book, Inc...... 1729 Alexandria by Companion Corporation...... 2134 Biblionix...... 1228 Children’s Books Book Systems, Inc...... 2310 Biblionix...... 1228 ABDO Publishing Group...... 2503, 2504 ColorMarq Shelf Management ID Systems...... 2402 Book Systems, Inc...... 2310 Abrams Books for Young Readers/ Boopsie, Inc...... 1606 L4U Library Software...... 1943 Amulet Books/Abrams Appleseed...... 1802 ByWater Solutions...... 1734 Mitinet Library Services...... 1542 Albert Whitman & Company...... 1304 Clear-Vu...... 1739 Web Products Amicus...... 2622 CoLibri System North America Inc...... 2043 Amigos Library Services...... 2010 Annick Press...... 2012 Cultural Surroundings...... 2029 BiblioCommons, Inc...... 1711 Arte Público Press...... 1300 Ex Libris Group, Ltd...... 2715 Brainfuse...... 2700 August House Publishers, Inc...... 2104 Innovative Interfaces, Inc...... 1910 Infotopia.info...... 1341 Authors Sherry Garland and L4U Library Software...... 1943 Innovative Interfaces, Inc...... 1910 Melanie Chrismer...... 1108 Media Flex - OPALS - CERF...... 1329 Knovation/netTrekker...... 1807 Authors Tim Tingle and Greg Rodgers...... 2135 Multi-regional Library System Lincoln Library Press, Inc...... 2500 Barnes & Noble Booksellers...... 1740 Consortium (MrLibS)...... 2137 NewsBank, Inc...... 1607 Bearport Publishing...... 2518 Polaris Library Systems...... 1935 OCLC...... 2107 Bellwether Learning...... 2535 SirsiDynix...... 1834 OverDrive Inc...... 1541 Bellwether Media...... 2535 Tech Logic...... 2101 Renaissance Learning...... 2419 Better World Books...... 1906 TLC - The Library Corporation...... 2729 SirsiDynix...... 1834 Black Rabbit Books...... 2601 Multimedia Springshare...... 2002 Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young Readers...1705 Britannica Digital Learning...... 1915 TLC - The Library Corporation...... 2729 Books4Schools.com...... 2337 OverDrive Inc...... 1541 Books, Periodicals, Documents Bound To Stay Bound Books...... 1829 ProQuest...... 2728 ADA Boyds Mills Press...... 1307 Rock ‘N Learn...... 2243 Bright Sky Press...... 2440 National Federation of the Blind Tech Logic...... 2101 of Texas, Newsline...... 2143 Candlewick Press...... 1211 Texserve (DCS)...... 1712 Art Books Capstone...... 1919 Visions Technology in Education...... 2234 Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books/ Charlesbridge...... 1305 Online Search Services Abrams Appleseed...... 1802 Cherry Lake Publishing...... 2606 Amigos Library Services...... 2010 Chronicle Books...... 1803 Children’s Plus, Inc...... 1929, 2522 BiblioCommons, Inc...... 1711 Sterling Publishing...... 1903 Child’s Play...... 2146 Boopsie, Inc...... 1606 Antiquarian The Child’s World Books...... 2502 Britannica Digital Learning...... 1915 Better World Books...... 1906 Chronicle Books...... 1803

58 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 Cinco Puntos Press...... 2047 Rosen Publishing/Power Kids...... 2529 Rainbow Book Company...... 2329 Combined Book Exhibit...... 1911 Rourke Publishing Group...... 1302 Richardson’s Distribution & Books Inc...... 1818 Cowgirl Peg Books...... 1120 Scholastic Book Fairs, Inc...... 1519 & 1619 Rosen Publishing/Power Kids...... 2529 Crabtree Publishing Company...... 2618 Scholastic Library Publishing...... 1513 Sylvan Dell Publishing...... 1222 The Creative Company...... 2513 Scholastic Trade Books...... 1518 VIP Learning...... 2534 Davidson Titles, Inc...... 2111 School Library Journal/Library Journal...... 2319 Foreign Language Books, Other Delaney Educational Enterprises, Inc...... 2034 Sebco Books...... 2603 Child’s Play...... 2146 Disney-Hyperion...... 1804 Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing...... 1313 Mackin Educational Resources...... 2129 DLB Educational Corporation...... 2303 Sourcebooks, Inc...... 1902 Overlooked Books...... 2629 Dog Tacos/Powerslide Publishing LLC...... 2242 Southwest Book Company...... 1838 General Books Eerdmans Books for Young Readers...... 1214 Spoken Arts...... 1710 Barnes & Noble Booksellers...... 1740 Egmont USA...... 1210 Sterling Publishing...... 1903 Bayou Publishing...... 2536 Enslow Publishers, Inc...... 2514 Storyteller, Author, Singer Tom McDermott.....1907 Better World Books...... 1906 Escue & Associates...... 2511 Storytellers, Donna Ingham and Bright Sky Press...... 2440 Firefly Books, Ltd...... 1314 Bernadette Nason...... 2001 Brodart Company...... 1819 Gareth Stevens Publishing, Inc...... 2501 Sylvan Dell Publishing...... 1222 Cherry Lake Publishing...... 2606 Garrett Book Company...... 2035 Teacher Created Materials Library...... 2611 Chronicle Books...... 1803 Groundwood Books...... 1205 Texas Municipal Courts Education Center...... 1110 Combined Book Exhibit...... 1911 Gumdrop Books...... 2405 Tor/Forge Books...... 1900 Firefly Books, Ltd...... 1314 Half Price Books...... 1841 Townsend Press...... 1124 Hachette Book Group...... 1311 HarperCollins Children’s Books...... 1612 Upstart...... 2219 Half Price Books...... 1841 Hillary Goes to The White House...... 1122 Vuthy Kuon, Author Visits...... 1235 HarperCollins Publishers...... 1613 Holiday House...... 1321 Weigl Publishers Inc...... 2519 Independent Publishers Group...... 2600 The Horn Book, Inc...... 2319 Workman Publishing Company...... 1303 Ingram Content Group...... 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...... 1410 World Book, Inc...... 1729 Keystone Books & Media...... 1811 Independent Publishers Group...... 2600 Children’s Books – Asian, Indian Macmillan - 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Spanish Tor/Forge Books...... 1900 Marshall Cavendish Corporation...... 2211 Arte Público Press...... 1300 University of Texas Press...... 1641 Maverick Books, Inc...... 2401 Child’s Play...... 2146 Workman Publishing Company...... 1303 Morgan Reynolds Publishing...... 2434 Cinco Puntos Press...... 2047 World Book, Inc...... 1729 Norwood House Press...... 2512 DLB Educational Corporation...... 2303 General Magazines Orca Book Publishers...... 1215 Escue & Associates...... 2511 Boyds Mills Press...... 1307 Peachtree Publishers, Ltd...... 1434 Groundwood Books...... 1205 Combined Book Exhibit...... 1911 Pelican Publishing Company...... 1719 Independent Publishers Group...... 2600 Ingram Content Group...... 2011 Penguin Young Readers Group...... 1318, 1319 Keystone Books & Media...... 1811 WT.Cox Subscriptions, Inc...... 1801 The Penworthy Company...... 2334 Lectorum Publications, Inc...... 1611 Government Documents Perma-Bound Books...... 1529 Lerner Publishing Group...... 2210 Bureau of Labor Statistics...... 2343 Publishers Group West...... 1205 Marshall Cavendish Corporation...... 2211 NewsBank, Inc...... 1607 Quality Books, Inc...... 2014 Overlooked Books...... 2629 Texas State Library and Archives Rainbow Book Company...... 2329 Peachtree Publishers, Ltd...... 1434 Commission...... 2204 Random House, Inc...... 1400 & 1403 Perma-Bound Books...... 1529 Graphic Novels Richardson’s Distribution & Books Inc...... 1818 Publishers Group West...... 1205 ABDO Publishing Group...... 2503, 2504

TLA Annual Conference BUYERS GUIDE 59 Abrams Books for Young Readers/ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...... 1310 Paperbacks Amulet Books/Abrams Appleseed...... 1802 Microfilm/fiche Albert Whitman & Company...... 1304 Bedrock City Comic Co...... 1221 Indus International, Inc...... 2236 Bellwether Learning...... 2535 Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young Readers...1705 Music, Music Reference Better World Books...... 1906 Capstone...... 1919 Texas A&M University Press...... 1741 Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young Readers...1705 Crabtree Publishing Company...... 2618 Mystery Books Boyds Mills Press...... 1307 Disney-Hyperion...... 1804 Albert Whitman & Company...... 1304 The Creative Company...... 2513 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...... 1410 Orca Book Publishers...... 1215 Disney-Hyperion...... 1804 Lerner Publishing Group...... 2210 The Road Runner Press...... 1114 Dog Tacos/Powerslide Publishing LLC...... 2242 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Tor/Forge Books...... 1900 Firefly Books, Ltd...... 1314 Group...... 1700 & 1701 HarperCollins Children’s Books...... 1612 Orca Book Publishers...... 1215 Nonfiction Holiday House...... 1321 Publishers Group West...... 1205 ABC-CLIO...... 1502 & 1503 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...... 1410 Rourke Publishing Group...... 1302 ABDO Publishing Group...... 2503, 2504 Kingfisher...... 1706 Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing...... 1313 Amicus...... 2622 Lectorum Publications, Inc...... 1611 Unshelved...... 1440 Annick Press...... 2012 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...... 1310 Instructional Books Arte Público Press...... 1300 Bayou Publishing...... 2536 Mackin Educational Resources...... 2129 Crabtree Publishing Company...... 2618 Bearport Publishing...... 2518 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Escue & Associates...... 2511 Group...... 1700 & 1701 Bellwether Learning...... 2535 Novel Learning Series...... 2706 Orca Book Publishers...... 1215 Bellwether Media...... 2535 Upstart...... 2219 Peachtree Publishers, Ltd...... 1434 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Público Press...... 1300 Richardson’s Distribution & Books Inc...... 1818 Gale Cengage Learning...... 2203 Cinco Puntos Press...... 2047 Rosen Publishing/Power Kids...... 2529 Gareth Stevens Publishing, Inc...... 2501 Enslow Publishers, Inc...... 2514 Rourke Publishing Group...... 1302 Gumdrop Books...... 2405 Gale Cengage Learning...... 2203 Sebco Books...... 2603 HarperCollins Publishers...... 1613 The Horn Book, Inc...... 2319 Sharpe Reference...... 2215 Infobase Learning...... 2521 School Library Journal/Library Journal...... 2319 Sterling Publishing...... 1903 Infotopia.info...... 1341 Workman Publishing Company...... 1303 Teacher Created Materials Library...... 2611 Junior Library Guild...... 2319 Literacy Kits Weigl Publishers Inc...... 2519º Kingfisher...... 1706 World Book, Inc...... 1729 Out-of-Print Books Lincoln Library Press, Inc...... 2500 Manga Half Price Books...... 1841 Marshall Cavendish Corporation...... 2211 Bedrock City Comic Co...... 1221 Northern 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60 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012 National Federation of the Blind EBSCO...... 1629 Firefly Books, Ltd...... 1314 of Texas, Newsline...... 2143 Magazine Subscription Service Agency...... 2041 Gale Cengage Learning...... 2203 NewsBank, Inc...... 1607 WT.Cox Subscriptions, Inc...... 1801 Gamadin Sci-Fi Adventure Book Series...... 1441 OCLC...... 2107 Texana Gareth Stevens Publishing, Inc...... 2501 Oxford University Press...... 1301 August House Publishers, Inc...... 2104 Garrett Book Company...... 2035 Rainbow Book Company...... 2329 Authors Sherry Garland and Groundwood Books...... 1205 Scholastic Library Publishing...... 1513 Melanie Chrismer...... 1108 Gumdrop Books...... 2405 Sharpe Reference...... 2215 Authors Tim Tingle and Greg Rodgers...... 2135 Half Price Books...... 1841 Sourcebooks, Inc...... 1902 Overlooked Books...... 2629 HarperCollins Children’s Books...... 1612 Take Care of Texas...... 2105 Pelican Publishing Company...... 1719 Holiday House...... 1321 World Book, Inc...... 1729 Recorded Books, LLC...... 1418 The Horn Book, Inc...... 2319 Religion Rosen Publishing/Power Kids...... 2529 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...... 1410 Eerdmans Books for Young Readers...... 1214 Texas A&M University Press...... 1741 Infobase Learning...... 2521 GSH Designs...... 2646 Texas Tech University Press...... 1640 Junior Library Guild...... 2319 Independent Publishers Group...... 2600 University of Texas Press...... 1641 Keystone Books & Media...... 1811 Scholarly Books VIS Enterprises...... 1942 Kingfisher...... 1706 ABC-CLIO...... 1502 & 1503 Travel Books Lectorum Publications, Inc...... 1611 Independent Publishers Group...... 2600 HarperCollins Publishers...... 1613 Lincoln Library Press, Inc...... 2500 Texas Tech University Press...... 1640 University Presses Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...... 1310 University of Texas Press...... 1641 the Book House, Inc...... 1714 Macmillan Children’s Publishing Scientific and Technical Books Oxford University 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64 Texas Library Journal • Spring 2012

Dear Colleagues:

Reflecting over more than three decades of library service, I realize that some in our profession have fallen victim to library mentality. Have you?

As a public entity, it is too easy to become complacent, to assume that we will always be funded, that any budget cuts will not really significantly impact our library, and that regulators will always keep our doors open.

Library mentality threatens our future. What is it? It’s thinking that selling the value of a library is done only once a year during budget negotiations rather than on a daily basis. It’s reading about a library closure and believing that it could not happen here. It’s bragging about hiring marketing, outreach and customer service consultants; yet, implementing few, if any, of their recommendations. It’s surveying customers and allowing the data to collect dust. It’s thinking that a public library, funded by tax payers’ dollars, should not be adhering to business return on investment principles.

The public library is no longer “the” only source of knowledge and information available to

our customers. Competition today and in the future is too intense to let library mentality handicap our profession. Public libraries are always only a one vote majority away from closing their doors.

We must continually remind and demonstrate to others that our core mission remains of value to society. I encourage each of you to take the lead within your library to stamp out library mentality.

Sincerely,

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