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From the Pen of the Editor: The Future of the Book 1 Ralph L. Scott

2 60th Biennial Conference: Biennium Reports

Developing a Continuity of Operations Plan 18 Craig Fansler, Ellen Daugman

Designing Library Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities 27 Jeanne Hoover, Clark Nall, Carolyn Willis Resolved: The North Carolina Library Association shall hold an annual 32 conference Ralph Scott

North Carolina Books 35 Compiled by Eileen McGrath

Wired to the World: Chromecast 51 Ralph L. Scott Lagniappe: The Stimson Studio Photograph Collection, 52 Iredell County Public Library William Joseph Thomas DRAFT

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North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 1 From the Pen of the Editor | Ralph Scott The Future of the Book

e are still very much in at, you own it (not rent the use like than e-books with many titles avail- the middle of a revolution with e-books), it’s fairly durable, and able for purchase at book sales and in book formats. Forty if you drop it you just pick it up off Amazon at modest prices. After you yearsW ago the new fad was publish- the floor and continue reading. If you have read the book you can sell it or ing in microforms in microfilm or leave a book on the dash of your car pass it on to a friend. You can’t do microfiche. Today most microformat it will not melt. In fact codex books that with your Kindle and Nook. In collections sit back in a dark corner of have been around for 500 years with fact e-reader sales are down over last the library, a testament to an outdated only modest care. Want to bet that a year. Some people think that every- technology. Will electronic books Kindle or Nook will be working in one who wants an e-reader already finally kill off the printed book or will 2514? How many of you are running has one by now and that sales will ebooks suffer the fate of microfor- computers with Windows 95 operat- be essentially flat for readers from mats? Let’s take a look for a moment ing system? Probably not many. now on out. E-readers are also evolv- at why microformats fell out of favor. Recently I decided to check out ing with cell phones morphing with For one the text was hard into read some books from my local library tablets in phablets (phones with a 5” inside tomblike readers. If you have that were on the Wall Street Journal or larger screen). While you might ever scanned microfilm pages for four and New York Times recommended occasionally want to read a book on or more hours straight you know list. All of them were the type of book your cell phone I think the codex what I mean. In addition to having to that you would curl up with in front book is here to stay. The printed book look at fuzzy screens, you had to pay a fireplace in Asheville when the tem- still wins the design competition and homage to a large expensive machine perature is -9F. What I enjoyed most works very well for its intended use. that was often broken or simply about these paper codex books was E-readers like microformat devices would not work for you. Fiche and not the text, but the graphic images. have specialized uses, such as travel film were formats that might work if Now you would think that graphic where they are very convenient. you need an occasional lookup, but images would work well on e-readers, While we don’t know what fantastic not for continuous reading. For close but for me it’s not the same as look- things are in the pipeline, printed up intimate reading, the codex book ing at the printed image. Printed books still seem to be the practical is hard to beat: it’s pleasing to look books are often cheaper to purchase choice for most users.

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2 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Biennium Reports

Resources & Technical Services Section and Lisa Kushner (Forsythe Public and managing the NCLA archival RTSS started off the year with a Library) talked about the differences records. In September I visited the full slate of officers. Cindy Shirkey in how academic and public libraries State Library in Raleigh where the assumed the responsibilities of chair deal with gifts and Stephen Brooks unprocessed NCLA records are and Rachel Holderied was elected (UNC-CH) wrapped things up with housed. During my visit I was able vice-chair. Our secretary/treasurer the closing address. We had over 40 to survey the collection and I dis- was Christine Fischer and our direc- attendees. Rachel Holderied fol- covered that the collection had been tors were Sara Levinson and Jean lowed through with assessment on neglected over time and that a great Moats. Our interest group chairs the workshop. deal of attention would be needed were as follows: collection develop- Activities started up again in to get the collection processed, orga- ment was Barbara Marson, serials was 2013 when planning for the NCLA nized and sent to the North Carolina Netta Cox, preservation was Maegen Conference began. We came up Archives. After estimating the size Wilson, acquisitions was Susan Whit with ideas for five sessions. First, of the collection to be approximately and cataloging was Yan Wang. we have Cindy Shirkey and Lisa 60 unprocessed and unlabeled boxes The bulk of our activities for 2012 Barricella talking about demystifying of various sizes, I sought out help were directed at planning and hold- fund formulas. Next we have Anna by asking colleagues to serve on the ing a one day workshop at UNC Craft, Beth Bernhardt, Lisa Kushner Archives Committee. The Archives Greensboro. The workshop cen- and Rich Murray discussing career Committee was formed and included tered on the theme of advocacy for options in technical services. (This the following librarians: Bob McInnes technical services as that seemed a event is co-sponsored with NMRT.) of New Life Theological Seminary, timely topic. We planned to have Susannah Benedetti and Paula Brown Shaunta Alvarez of Elon University, Eleanor Cook from East Carolina will discuss gifts in academic and Thomas Flynn of Winston Salem University and Julie Todaro of Austin public libraries. System migration in State University and Rachel Stas. Community College give the key- academic and public libraries will be Because the Archives Committee note address in person. Julie was the topic of discussion for Mary Jane was made up of members who were quite busy however, and felt that a Conger, Lisa Kushner and Catherine not in close proximity to the location virtual presentation would work just Wilkinson. And finally, Wanda K. of the State Library, Raleigh, com- as well. Eleanor agreed to be the pre- Gunther, Jacquie Samples and Beth mittee members found it difficult senter on site and Julie’s was a virtual Cramer will talk about the transition to justify and schedule time to go presence. To make this work, we from AACR2 to RDA. to the location to process the collec- had a great deal of technical support As I write this, we have almost a tion. This challenge led me to look from the folks at the library at UNC full slate of officers for the next bien- for other alternatives to complete the Greensboro. For speakers, we had nium to be voted on at the NCLA task of processing and organizing the Eileen Heeran (UNC-CH) and Anna conference. NCLA archival records. This alterna- Craft (UNCG) speak on how to pro- tive was to seek out help from library mote technical services within the Cindy Shirkey schools which included soliciting library, Linda Burr (UNCG) talked assistance from Chapel Hill, North about how development offices work Carolina State and North Carolina through the library, Anthony Chow NCLA Archives Committee Central. My proposal seemed to be DRAFT (UNCG) gave a presentation on the I began my appointment as the most appealing to North Carolina public library perspective on advocat- Archives Committee Chair in July Central. Due to the interest the ing for libraries, Yan Wang (CPCC) 2012. In August, I met with the institution showed, I pursued a part- did a session on expanding the former Archives Committee Chair, nership with North Carolina Central cataloger’s role with enriched ILL ser- Jean Rick. Ms. Rick provided guid- University School of Library and vices, Susannah Benedetti (UNCW) ance and support for organizing Information Studies.

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 3 Proposal for partnership with To date: The proposal for the part- Shields (High Point University) North Carolina Central University nership was brought to the Executive responded and was nominated to fill School of Library and Information Board during the February 15 the vacant seat at the July 27 NCLA Studies. meeting. Denelle Eads, Archives Executive Board Meeting. She then Purpose: To process approximately Committee Chair, was unable to chose people to fill the remain- 60 boxes of NCLA records cur- attend the meeting. Priscilla Lewis, ing vacancies on the TNT Board. rently stored at the State Library Operations Chair, brought the Since that time, the Technology and and to have the completed processed motion to the floor on Denelle’s Trends Round Table (TNT) has been records archived and sent to the State behalf. extremely active. Archives. After this meeting, the Executive The newly elected TNT Board The Archives Committee would Board had a series of questions for met virtually for the first time on like to propose a working partnership the Archives Chair. Those questions August 22, 2012 to discuss poten- with one or more library students were answered and sent via email to tial events and set meeting dates for attending North Carolina Central the Executive Board. At the last quar- the rest of the semester. Our primary University School of Library and terly executive board meeting, due goals were to rejuvenate and generate Information Sciences. The partner- to continued uncertainty and ques- interest in the round table again in ship would provide a student or tions regarding the NCLA and North order to attract new members, and to students the opportunity to gain field Carolina Central University School provide worthwhile programming to experience in processing, organizing of Library and Information Sciences support our membership and NCLA and working with archival mate- partnership, in relation to the request as a whole. rial from the NCLA records which that a stipend be paid to students for Jenny Dale and Kathy Shields have been kept and preserved from the work of processing the collection, (with input from the other board 1904 until the present time. This the Executive Board agreed to hold members) created a survey that was partnership would be developed, the proposal for further action until sent out to the membership via the organized and implemented under the next biennium. Google Group for the Tech and the guidelines outlined in the North Trends Round Table. The board Carolina Central’s course, Practicum Denelle Eads used the results of this survey to plan (LSIS 5620). Training and super- events during the year and at the vision would be a key component 2013 Biennial Conference. to this partnership, as the Archives NCLA Technology and We gained access to the Google Committee would provide the nec- Trends Round Table Group that had been used previously essary leadership in carrying out the The members of the 2011-13 TNT by the past chair. We used this to mission of organizing and processing Executive Board were as follows: compare our most recent list of cur- the NCLA Records. rent members to those in the Google In addition to asking for permis- • Chair: Kathy Shields, High Point Group and sent invitations to those sion to pursue this partnership with University who were members of TNT but not the School of Library and Information • Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Jenny on the Google Group and encour- Sciences of North Carolina Central Dale,UNC Greensboro aged them to join. University, I am also requesting • Secretary/Treasurer: Julie Raynor, Chad Haefele represented TNT at funds to support a stipend to pay the High Point Public Library Meet NCLA Day on September 13 student(s) for working on this proj- • Director: Chad Haefele, UNC in Durham, where he promoted our Chapel Hill ect as well as funding to purchase the upcoming virtual networking event • Director: Suvanida Duangdom, necessary supplies to have the project Wake Tech Community College and had the opportunity to speak to completed. around 25 attendees. After the position of chair of the The Board met in person on My budget request is below: TNT Round Table was left vacant in December 13, 2012 in High Point. Stipend—$1,500 for student early 2012, NCLA President Wanda Based on the results of the survey Supplies—$500 (archival boxes and Brown put out a call to the member- that we distributed earlier in the year, folders) ship for people interested in serving the Board discussed programming as Chair of this round table. Kathy for 2013. The Board was in favor of

4 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 doing free online webinars to reach Conference Programs to assist their patrons with eBook the broadest group of TNT and Share Your App! questions. Panelists discussed their NCLA members. The Board also dis- Emily King & Nathaniel King, UNC; training programs and troubleshoot- cussed programming for the NCLA Samantha Leonard, High Point ing techniques, which can be easily Conference in October 2013. University; Holly Mabry, NCKnows; adapted to meet the needs of your Throughout 2012-2013, we pre- Keeley Murray, The Chef’s Academy library’s staff and patrons. sented several webinars: This flash presentation allowed At the conference, we held a busi- presenters to demonstrate their favor- ness meeting, where we held elections Webinars ite apps for smartphone or tablet. for board members for the 2013- • October 5, 2012: Virtual Each presenter was given approxi- 2015 biennium. Since the current Networking Event (5 attendees) mately 10 minutes to talk about the board started mid-way through the • November 18, 2012: Virtual app and its application to libraries. biennium, we requested re-election Discussion on tech uses and trends The featured apps covered a wide for another term. So, the 2013-15 in libraries (12 attendees) range of uses in libraries of all kinds, board remains the same as the 2011- • February 27, 2013: Ebook Training, from those that we may use with 13 board. We also had a chance to Julie Raynor (28 attendees) patrons to those that we use to keep talk with current members regarding • March 30, 2013: Teach Yourself our libraries and ourselves organized. what programming they would like How to Program, Chad Haefele (50 Participants had a chance to ask ques- attendees) to see in the future. • April 26, 2013: Free Image Editing tions about the apps and a list of the We have additional webinars Tools, Jenny Dale & Amanda featured apps with information on planned through February 2014 and Wilkerson (14 attendees) where to download them, compat- look forward to partnering with other • August 7, 2013: Citation Tools, ibility, and key features was posted on groups to provide programming and Jenny Dale & Chae Haefele (18 the TNT website. continue to bolster interest in NCLA attendees) and TNT. • August 21, 2013: RDA, Dr. Sonia Web Design for Libraries Archer-Capuzzo (47 attendees) Emily King and Chad Haefele, Kathy Shields • September 16, 2013: Presentation UNC-Chapel Hill; Alan Unsworth, Tools & Skills, Lauren Pressley (26 Surry CC attendees) Libraries around the state are using New Members Round Table • September 25, 2013: Mobile a variety of free and low-cost tools to The following individuals were mem- Devices in Libraries, Crystal make their websites both functional bers of the NMRT Executive Board Holland & Aislyn Denny (28 and visually appealing. In this panel for the 2011-2013 Biennium: attendees) presentation, librarians demonstrated • Katrina Vernon, North Regional The board met virtually on March 6 their websites, talked about the soft- Library, Wake County Public and April 2. We met in person again ware they used to create it, why they Libraries (Chair) on June 7 in Carrboro to make some chose that software, and how they • Melanie Wood, Central Piedmont final decisions regarding the upcom- created their site. Community College, Charlotte ing NCLA Conference. We met again (Vice Chair/Chair Elect) virtually on July 24, August 30, and Up with EBooks!: Best Practices for • Lorrie Russell, High Point Public Library (Secretary) October 16. Staff (& Patron) Training • Patrick Holt, Durham County At the conference, TNT had a Julie Raynor, High Point; Crystal Public Library (Treasurer -- until table outside the exhibit hall, where Holland, Forsyth County early 2013) we advertised our programs and *Co-sponsored with RASS • Sarah Lyon, Wake Forest also gave away TNT-branded tech- With the recent increase in demand Community Library, Wake County DRAFT related products, including a mobile for electronic books, libraries are try- Public Libraries (Treasurer) device stand and a pen/stylus. We ing to find the best ways to teach our • Marian Fragola, NC State University, also sponsored three programs at the community how to effectively use Raleigh (Programming Director) conference, one of which we co-spon- the library’s eBook collection. Some • Stephen Bollinger, NC A&T State sored with RASS. libraries have created staff train- University, Greensboro (Publicity ing programs to better prepare staff Director)

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 5 • Alan Unsworth, Surry County • In September of 2012, NMRT • Nicole Spoor, Business Librarian, Community College, Dobson hosted Meet NCLA Day to UNC-Charlotte (Vice Chair/Chair (ALA-NMRT Affiliates Council 23 attendees. All sections and Elect)* Representative) roundtables were invited to attend • Sarah Lyon, Wake Forest • Jennifer Hanft, Meredith College, and have a table to talk to new Community Library, Wake County Raleigh (Mentoring Committee) members about what NCLA does. Public Libraries (Treasurer/Secretary) • Alicia Finley, (Students to NCLA • In November of 2012, NMRT had • Marian Fragola, NC State University, Committee) a membership table at a WILR Raleigh (Programming Director) event, to talk about NCLA in • Stephen Bollinger, NC A&T State 2011 Conference Involvement general and promote upcoming University, Greensboro (Publicity • NMRT hosted a Welcome Breakfast. NMRT events. Director) We gave out 87 tickets to attend the • In April of 2013, NMRT hosted • Terry Hobgood, Mary Duncan event while conference attendees Tips and Tricks for Job Seekers in Public Library (ALA-NMRT checked in. both Charlotte and Durham, to 32 Affiliates Council Representative)* • Although not heavily used, we attendees. • Tracy Pizzi, Cabarrus County Public received great feedback for this year’s • In August 2013, NMRT reached Library (Mentoring Committee)* Conference Mentoring Program. out the new UNCG LIS students • Shae Cooke, UNC-Greensboro Networking Events to let them know about NCLA LIS Student (Students to NCLA membership, the conference and Committee)* • NMRT hosted (or partnered the mentoring program. • Heather Greer Klein, NC LIVE with individuals who hosted) 24 (Conference and Workshop networking events this biennium, Services Planning Committee)* reaching approximately 275 • NMRT began a quarterly • Lara Luck, Forsyth County Public participants. We worked to newsletter, NC Citations, to Library (Nominating Committee)* offer events all across the state, promote all upcoming programs and successfully hosted them and services of NCLA. At each *New to the board in Asheville, Cary, Chapel Hill, publication, this was sent to the Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, listserv, posted to Facebook and 2013 Conference Involvement Greensboro, Greenville, Lexington, LinkedIn, and brought to any • Networking Breakfast Raleigh, and Sylva. networking events. • Speed Interviewing (partnering with • NMRT created a Best Practices • NMRT continued our Mentoring LAMs) for Hosting a Networking Event and Resume Cover Letter and • Tips and Tricks for Job Seekers document that was shared with Review programs. In the summer • Conference Mentoring groups and individuals wanting to of 2013, these services were • Breakfast with author Rebecca Lee host events of their own. temporarily put on hold so the • Pub Crawl incoming NMRT Executive Other Events Board can redefine the needs of All of our programs were success- • NMRT hosted a table at the our members and re-envision the ful. The Pub Crawl brought in over Paraprofessional Conference in May services. $1500 toward the Endowment. The of 2012 to try to boost membership new board is already thinking about and talk about the benefits of Board Meetings 2015 conference planning, while the joining. • The board met either in-person or 2013 conference is fresh. • With NCLPA, NMRT offered a virtually (or a combination of the $150 scholarship to the Leadership two) every other month. Katrina Vernon Institute. • In August of 2012, NMRT hosted Elections Tips and Tricks for Job Seekers to NMRT hosted a successful election Strategic Initiative on 15 attendees. Membership űű We videotaped this presentation in the fall of 2013. The steps originally posited by this and posted it to YouTube The incoming Executive Board is • In August of 2012, NMRT as follows: group were as follows: participated in the ALA/NCLA • Melanie Wood, Central Piedmont Panel at the SCALA Kickoff at Community College, Charlotte Improve branding and consistency of UNC to around 50 attendees/ (Chair) NLCA publications:

6 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 • Create templates for all NCLA causes many of them to just delete • Stephen Bollinger, NC A&T State printed materials (with logo, the batch of NCLA-related emails. University, Greensboro (Publicity contact info, etc.) Director) The new NCLA listserv has at least created űű These could be housed in a • Terry Hobgood, Mary Duncan members only area of the site for a stop-gap method for the issues that were Public Library (ALA-NMRT groups to access and use previously being noticed. Affiliates Council Representative)* • Improve consistency of posted information; events are often Membership data is not yet available *New to the board posted with incomplete/incorrect for the new quarter, but I believe we information. will see the same trends as in past Over the past quarter, NMRT has • The overall goal here is to biennia with a large increase around prepared for conference events. We professionalize the look and feel of the time of conference. Perhaps it hosted: publications from the association. is time to again think of a two-year • Networking Breakfast membership to reduce some of the • Speed Interviewing (partnering with This is in the process of being achieved non-renewals between conferences. LAMs) by the Marketing Committee, which • Tips and Tricks for Job Seekers has created a redesign of the logo and Katrina Vernon • Conference Mentoring website to be used throughout all NCLA • Breakfast with author Rebecca Lee publications. • Pub Crawl New Member’s Round Table Publicize events uniformly: The outgoing board consists of: All of our programs were success- • All events should be posted to the • Katrina Vernon, North Regional ful. The Pub Crawl brought in over same locations: Library, Wake County Public $1500 toward the Endowment. The űű Website Libraries (Chair) new board is already thinking about űű Listserv • Melanie Wood, Central Piedmont 2015 conference planning, while the űű Facebook /LinkedIn/Twitter Community College, Charlotte 2013 conference is fresh. űű Printed fliers to individual (Vice Chair/Chair Elect) The new board will be work- sections/round tables, as feasible • Lorrie Russell, High Point Public ing to re-envision the Mentoring űű NC Citations Library (Secretary) Committee to offer the best services • Again, it might be best to have one • Sarah Lyon, Wake Forest to our members. group be responsible for all of this. Community Library, Wake County In the past, Katrina had created a Public Libraries (Treasurer) The board had a business meeting “publicity checklist” to go through • Marian Fragola, NC State University, at the conference to begin to discuss whenever a group wants to promote Raleigh (Programming Director) the upcoming year. Another meeting an event. This could be fine-tuned • Stephen Bollinger, NC A&T State will be planned soon. and used. University, Greensboro (Publicity Director) Katrina Vernon This information has been passed on to all the sections and roundtables, but it is now The incoming board consists of: up to them to use these methods effectively. • Melanie Wood, Central Piedmont Scholarship Committee Community College, Charlotte During this biennium the Scholarship Look into e-newsletter capability (Chair) Committee explored its history. A and a more effective and quick way • Nicole Spoor, Business Librarian, brief timeline (created from infor- to post to the listserv: UNC-Charlotte (Vice Chair/Chair mation published in North Carolina • Subscribing to a product like Elect)* Libraries from 1942-1975) is attached Constant Contact ($30/month) or • Sarah Lyon, Wake Forest to this report. If anyone would like DRAFT Community Library, Wake County iContact ($29/month) would allow to add/correct any information on Public Libraries (Treasurer/ us to brand outgoing emails give the timeline, please let the scholar- Secretary) them a cleaner look. ship committee know. This biennium • Post events as they come through • Marian Fragola, NC State University, Raleigh (Programming the committee created electronic rather than many at a time. This scholarship application forms and clutters our members’ inboxes and Director) recommendation forms. These forms

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 7 • Donna Phillips, Wayne County are available on the NCLA web site 1931—UNC School of Library Public Library, Chair and all applicants used these forms to Studies (Master’s Program began • Steve Sumerford, Greensboro Public submit their paperwork electronically. 1951) Library, Vice Chair The Scholarship Committee1948 —NCLA executive committee • Becky Callison, Wilson County received 15 complete applications for voted to establish a Scholarship-Loan Public Library, Secretary scholarships. The committee voted to Fund. Charles Adams (Women’s • Dr. Pauletta Bracy, North Carolina award the scholarships as follows College of Greensboro librarian) was Central University, Director • NCLA MEMORIAL the chair. • Jane Blackburn, Appalachian SCHOLARSHIP, $1000: Julianne 1949—NCLA donates $500 to the Regional Library, Director Clark Moore, Appalachian State Scholarship/Loan fund in honor of University Dr. Louis R. Wilson. 2011 Conference Involvement • MCLENDON SCHOLARSHIP, 1953—Bentley-Christ-Ruzicka • LRT sponsored a panel discussion $400: Stefanie Rae Keller, memorial donation in mem- on the “American Dream” Literacy Appalachian State University ory of George Bentley (UNC), Initiative. The sessionswas well • QUERY – LONG SCHOLARSHIP, Robert Christ (Duke), and Vernon attended. $1000: Lisa Williams Hartzell, UNC Ruzicka (Ruzicka Book Bindery in Other Activities Greensboro • Members of the LRT Executive • APPALACHIAN SCHOLARSHIP, Greensboro) Board prepared and distributed $1000: Melanie Ross Sherrill, 1959—First Ruzicka scholarship a “Literacy Toolkit” to all North Appalachian State University ($1,000) awarded to Elizabeth Bias of Washington, NC, where she was Carolina Public Library’s. Libraries The winners have been notified of an elementary school librarian. were encouraged to celebrate Family Literacy Day on November their awards and all have received 1961—Ruzicka scholarship to Eva st their checks from NCLA. McArthur, attending UNC, teacher 1 and to use recommended activities in the Literacy Toolkit as The Scholarship Committee wel- at Durham City Schools a way to promote literacy in their comes Libby Stone of Gaston College 1963—Ruzicka scholarship of $300 communities. At the LRT requests as the new committee chair and will awarded to William C. Sizemore Governor Beverly Perdue issued a need to replace outgoing committee 1967—NCLA Memorial Scholarship proclamation declaring November member (past chair) Christy Earp of $300 1st recipient: Mrs. Nancy 1st Family Literacy Day in North after the 2013 NCLA conference. F. Cook, reference librarian at ASU Carolina. Current committee membership in 65-66, and librarian of Juvenile includes: Library of ASTC in 66-67 2012 Activities • Libby Stone 2009-2015, Gaston 1971—NCLA board votes to accept • 2012 was a year of reorganization College, Incoming Chair Joyce C. McLendon leaves $3,000 for the LRT Executive Board as • Amy Funderburk, 2013-2019, in her will to NCLA to be used as a we lost several members due to Wake County Public Library student loan fund Loan of $100/year, retirement. • Carolyn McCallum 2009-2015, with interest rate of 1% • The “Literacy Toolkit” was revised Wake Forest University 1972—Anonymous donor gives and copies were distributed • Rachel Holderied 2009-2015, $9,000 for a Query-Long Scholarship. to all North Carolina Public GTCC Libraries. Libraries were once again Board decides the amount will be • Luba Sawczyn 2009-2015, Chapel encouraged to celebrate and raise $500. In honor of Mary Eunice Hill Public Library awareness regarding literacy on • Christy Earp 2006-2013, Wilkes Query, NCLA president 1967-1969 November 1st. Community College, Outgoing Chair Christy Earp 2013 Conference Involvement • The LRT sponsored a conference NCLA Scholarship session, Public Libraries as Committee History Literacy Round Table Leaders in Achieving Grade- 1904—NCLA Founded The following individuals served on Level Reading. The conference 1929—North Carolina College for the Literacy Round Table (LRT) session included a panel discussion Women Department of Library Executive Board for the 2011-2013 with representatives from several Studies Biennium: NC Public Libraries who are

8 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 participants or leaders in this Please see http://www.nclaonline. Letters” that was distributed by campaign in their communities. email to section members. We org/issues-advocacy/mynclibrary- The session was well attended. have had positive feedback from advocacy-campaign for details. our membership, and intend to Elections Subcommittee member Tamara continue regular, and possibly The incoming Executive Board is as Rhodes spearheaded the work on the more frequent, publication in the follows: project by creating the concept to coming biennium. • Molly Westmoreland, State Library populating the website and support- • Board Chair Lorrie Russell served of North Carolina, Chair ing materials. More information and as a member of the Leadership • Jane Blackburn, Appalachian PR will be coming soon. Institute Planning Committee Regional Library, Vice Chair and as a Mentor for five of the • Becky Callison, Wilson County Conference thirty-seven participants. LAMS Public Library, Secretary Legislative and Advocacy set up a also sponsored one participant • Donna Phillips, Wayne County table highlighting advocacy projects (Laurence Gavin) and offered him Public Library, Director and provide some basic information. a full scholarship. In addition, several of us participated • LAMS offered an “Unconference” Donna Phillips in a poster session entitled “North event in November 2012 with Carolina Libraries Matter - An the title “Change Happens”. Lois Exploration of NCLA Advocacy Kilkka of Charlotte-Mecklenburg presented a program about dealing Legislative and Advocacy Projects” Learn about NCLA Committee with change and the effects it advocacy initiatives past, present has on an organization. Thirty- General Business and future. Discover valuable tools seven people participated in the Committee Chair Brandy Hamilton you can use to promote libraries Unconference. started communication with incom- and their value to North Carolina • LAMS hosted the spring meeting of ing chair, Dr. Anthony Chow and Citizens. the Leadership Institute participants Assistant Chair- LaJuan Pringle. We We highlighted past and future and their mentors. Board members began the transfer of files from previ- projects and it was very successful. We served as facilitators and assisted ous years. took names and emails of interested with helping make sure that the library staff. participants were on track with #MYNCLibrary Project completing their projects. A subcommittee formed several Brandy Hamilton • At the 2013 Biennial Conference, months ago to review ALA’s library LAMS partnered with the snapshot day initiative and decide Leadership Institute and presented if North Carolina wanted to do a Library Administration a Pre-Conference event with guest statewide event. After consideration, and Management motivational speaker Adair Cates from Atlanta, GA. There were we decided to forgo the traditional The LAMS board set the following twenty participants who signed “Library Snapshot Day” in favor of goals for the 2012-2013 biennium: up for the program on Emotional • Increase the programming offered a five-day advocacy initiative called Intelligence in the work place for new managers, and inspire new #MyNCLibrary. The initiative will and how to use it to best benefit leaders. take place during National Library managers and staff. • Work with NCLA to offer an week 2014. We will encourage • LAMS partnered with NMRT exciting and interesting Leadership library staff and patrons to partici- to present a Speed Interviewing Institute for the association. pate. There are three major goals: session for job seekers. Over • Increase membership in LAMS, • To communicate the value of the twenty “interviewers” and eighteen and interest in our programming library “interviewees” came together. DRAFT opportunities. • To get patrons more involved Overall feedback from the session in library advocacy in a fun and LAMS accomplished the following was positive, and may be offered meaningful way in this biennium: again in the future. • To produce content to be given to • This biennium LAMS began • LAMS also presented a panel of legislators during National Library publication of a quarterly seasoned managers who addressed Legislative Day newsletter entitled “LAMS the topic of “What I wish I had

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 9 known when I was just starting”. • Beth Rowe, UNC Chapel Hill, Help! I’m an Accidental LAMS had over fifty-eight Representative of the Federal Government Information participants in the session, and Regional Depository Library Librarian webinar series other than a concern about not • Jennifer Davidson, State Library of being able to hear everything, North Carolina, State Documents Our webinar series continues to be feedback was very positive. Clearinghouse Coordinator successful and the full list is below. • LAMS also prepared a basket for Since starting the series we have had the raffle to raise funds for the 2011 Conference: 30 webinars and we have planned section and the association at We sponsored two sessions at the more through May 2014. This series conference. Final numbers for this NCLA biennial conference in 2011: has been a great promotional and are still pending at this time. • “Do We Really Need to Pay educational tool not only for North LAMS hosted elections of new offi- for this Anymore? The best free Carolina librarians but for librar- cers in September, 2013. Officers for v. fee sources for statistics and ians nationwide. Because of this the coming Biennium are as follows: country research” presented by series the Chair and Vice-Chair have • Chair: Laurence Gavin, Lynda Kellam, UNCG, and Steve been invited to write an article for Cumberland County Public Library Cramer, UNCG (co-sponsored the FDLP newsletter and to present and Information Center with BLINC). at the Depository Library Council • “Census 2010: An Update” • Vice-Chair: Mark Sanders, East Meeting in October 2012. More presented by Michele Hayslett, Carolina University information about the series includ- • Secretary/Treasurer: Deana Data Librarian at UNC, Bob Coats, Governor’s Census Liaison, ing recordings and slides can be found Cunningham, Granville County at our website: http://www.ncla- Public Library and Erin Watkins, Researcher at online.org/government-resources/ • Director: Ruth Ann Copley, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Davidson County Public Library help-im-accidental-government- • Director: Brandy Hamilton, Wake 2012 Spring Workshop and information-librarian-webinars County Public Libraries Business Meeting • Director: Joan Sherif, Northwest We held our annual meeting on June 2013 Conference Regional Public Library 1, 2012 at Elon University. We had We sponsored three sessions at the • Publicity Committee Chair: 27 people in attendance at the work- NCLA biennial conference in 2013: Michael Crumpton, University of shop. Jennifer Davison gave an update • “For the Record: The History and North Carolina, Greensboro on programs at the State Library Development of the Congressional • Immediate Past Chair: Lorrie of North Carolina and Beth Rowe Record from its Inception to Russell, High Point Public Library provided an update on the Federal the Present” presented by Bryna Depository program. Bryna Coonin Coonin, East Carolina University. Lorrie Russell from East Carolina University pre- • “Emergency Preparedness: How sented on the historical development Ready is Your Library?” presented by Michele Hayslett, UNC-Chapel of the US Census. John Burger from Hill. Government ASERL and David Durant from East • “Using Government Resources to Resources Section Carolina University gave presenta- Support Small Business” presented The following individuals were tions on the ASERL Collaborative by Beth Kaylor, UNC-Wilmington. members of the GRS Executive Federal Depository Program. We Board for the 2011-2013 biennium: closed the day with a business Elections • Lynda Kellam, UNCG, Chair meeting. We held our first virtual election in • David Durant, ECU, Vice-Chair/ September and October 2013 and Chair-Elect Board Meetings: confirmed the results at the business • Lisa Watson, Elon University After every quarterly NCLA meeting on October 18, 2013. The School of Law, Secretary-Treasurer Executive Board meeting we held a following individuals are our 2013- • Jennifer Smith, Elon University, GRS Executive Board meeting, usu- 2015 Executive Board: Website Administrator ally virtually, to discuss the webinars • David Durant, ECU, Chair • Mimi Curlee, Publi Library of or plan for events. • Michele Hayslett, Vice-Chair/ Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Chair-Elect Past Chair

10 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 • Anupama Pal, Elon University August 2013: • Shamella Cromartie, Robeson School of Law, Secretary-Treasurer Community College, Secretary/ • Elected officers for the new • Jennifer Smith, Elon University, Treasurer biennium via online ballot. Chair: Website Administrator • Alan Bailey, ECU, Co-Director Angela Davis, Pitt CC Vice-Chair: • Lynda Kellam, UNCG, Past Chair • Forrest Foster, Winston-Salem State Catherine Tingelstad, Pitt CC • Beth Rowe, UNC Chapel Hill, University, Co-Director Secretary/Treasurer: Deanna Lewis, Representative of the Federal • Iyanna Sims, North Carolina A&T Cape Fear CC Directors at Large: Regional Depository Library State University, Webmaster Keith Burkhead, Guilford CC, • Jennifer Davidson, State Library of and Staci Wilson, Catawba Valley North Carolina, State Documents The 2013-2015 New Slate of Officers CC Past Chair: Penny Sermons, Clearinghouse Coordinator (election held September 2013) is Beaufort CC We are looking forward to the new below: biennium! October 2013–NCLA Conference in • Avis Jones, Wake County Public Winston-Salem: Libraries, Chair Lynda M. Kellam • Many community college librarians • Shamella Cromartie, Robeson throughout the state participated in Community College, Vice-Chair/ conference sessions. Chair Elect NCLA Community & Junior • A CJCLS membership meeting was • Iyanna Sims, North Carolina A&T College Libraries Section held at the conference on Thursday, State University, Secretary/Treasurer • Jewel Davis, Appalachian State February 2012 Oct. 17, at 5:15 p.m. where new Univ., Co-Director • Created a CJCLS membership officers were installed. • Forrest Foster, Winston-Salem State bookmark that was distributed at • Discussion topics included things University, Co-Director the North Carolina Community on which to focus for the next biennium: College Learning Resources Board Meetings Association conference and at űű update the CJCLS bylaws to more accurately reflect how the REMCo Executive Board meetings the North Carolina Community are usually held quarterly via email or College System conference. business of the organization is carried out teleconference. November 2012: űű work closely with current • Partnered with the College & NCCCLRA President Libby 2011 Conference: University Section to co-host Stone to define the roles of each • REMCo sponsored a pre- a mini-conference on Friday, organization and make a plan for conference workshop–Skeleton in November 2, 2012 at the Davidson how the two organizations can the Closet: Genealogical Resources County Community College complement each other and Research for Everyone, Aimed Conference Center in Thomasville, űű offer a workshop in 2014 at African American Families, NC. The theme of the conference űű be more involved as a section in conducted by Jamane Yeager and was “Assessment beyond Statistics.” the 2015 NCLA Conference Janey Deal. • REMCo‘s Luncheon Program March 2013: hosted author Nooma Monika • Board members met in March Angela Davis Rhue, Library Director, Johnson 2013 at the NCCCLRA C. Smith University, Charlotte, Conference, which was held at NC. She discussed her new book Cape Fear Community College in Roundtable for Ethnic entitled, Organizing and Preserving Wilmington. Minority Concerns Family History and Religious Records. • The Board voted to appoint Angela The following individuals were mem- • The Roadbuilders Award, Davis, Director at Large, as Vice bers of the REMCo Executive Board established in 1989, were presented Chair/Chair Elect to replace Jason for the 2011-2013 Biennium: to-- Annie H. Coleman, Academic DRAFT Setzer who resigned from that • Philip Cherry III, Onslow County Librarianship and Agnes W. Ho, position. Public Library, Chair (Partial Term) Public Librarianship • A CJCLS Google Group was • Avis Jones, WCPL, Vice-Chair/ created in order to facilitate 60th NCLA Biennial Conference Chair Elect (Acting) communication between members. –Winston-Salem, NC – REMCo • Evelyn Blount, Guilford College, sponsored/co-sponsored the follow- Immediate Past Chair ing events/activities:

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 11 • Stronger Together: Multicultural Kelly Starling Lyons and Alan R. űű Library Education–Dr. Clara M. Competence - From Ideas to Bailey discussed the significance Chu, Professor and Department Action, This workshop featured of African American children’s Chair, Department of Library library leaders and Library HR literature. Those K-12 educators, and Information Studies, UNCG personnel in a conversation youth services librarians, and around cross cultural competence academic librarians/faculty with during the morning. The panel an interest in children’s and young Avis Jones shared recommendations and adult literature left this session answered those tough questions: equipped with inspirational Constitution, Codes, and How do you make sure your strategies and resources necessary Bylaws Committee library has a welcoming inclusive to integrate Coretta Scott King Committee members: presence? What challenges do award-winning books into their • Phil Barton you face recruiting talented classes and library programs. • Laura Davidson (chair) diverse staff members, what are • REMCo Luncheon, featuring • Suchie Mohanty some of the major hurdles? And guest speaker Dr. Tara Green, • Saundra Pinkham what works? In the afternoon, PHD, UNCG the Professor and Shayla led us through the Director of African American During the biennium, the committee GATEKEEPERS series. Panelists Studies at the University of North reviewed the contents of the hand- include: Tiffany Allen, Director Carolina at Greensboro where book and the handbook website. The of Human Resources, UNC- she teaches literature and gender committee recommended and the Chapel Hill; Kathy Bradshaw, studies courses. In addition to Human Resources Librarian, publishing From the Plantation Board approved these actions: UNC-Greensboro; Sylvia Sprinkle to the Prison: African American • The designation of the Handbook Hamlin, Director, Forsyth County Confinement Literature and Oprah portion of the NCLA website Public Library; Barbee Oakes, Winfrey, Her Films, and African as the official version of the Assistant Provost for Diversity and American Literature, she is the NCLA Constitution, Codes, and Inclusion, Wake Forest University; author of A Fatherless Child: Handbook. (http://www.nclaonline. and Shayla Herndon-Edmunds, Autobiographical Perspectives of org/organization/ncla-handbook) Manager of Diversity Education, African American Men, winner • The removal of non-governing Wake Forest University. of the 2011 National Council sections of the handbook to other • Meet the Family Relatives: 21st for Black Studies Outstanding sections of the website and clean-up Century Style,Using WordPress Scholarship Award. Dr. Green of handbook sections. The revised software and other social media has presented her work in Africa, table of contents for the NCLA technologies, a family page was England, and the Caribbean, as Handbook web site is now: created. Participants created well as throughout the United űű The Association a family page from members States. She is completing a book • Who we are and what we do of their family tree preferably manuscript on activist and writer, • Background deceased ancestors who have Alice Dunbar-Nelson. • Contact the NCLA Office digital images. The goal is to • 2013 Roadbuilders Awards were • Frequently Asked Questions push this information to younger presented to the following: • Scholarships generations using laptops, űű Academic Librarianship–Alan • Awards Facebook, Twitter and other social R. Bailey, Associate Professor& • Publications media methods. Presented by H. Interim Head of Services, űű Constitution and Bylaws Jamane Yeager, Belk Library, Elon Teaching Resources Center, • NCLA Constitution University. Joyner Library, East Carolina • NCLA Bylaws • Raffle of “Relaxing with REMCo” University. űű Sections and Roundtable Bylaws Gift Basket űű Public Librarianship–Tammy • Sections • From the Bookshelves to the Baggett, Library Director, űű Business Librarianship in Hearts and Minds of Children: Durham County Public Library North Carolina (BLINC) Teaching and Programming űű Special Librarianship–Tamika űű College and University with Coretta Scott King Award- Barnes, Library Director, Section and North Winning Books, Coretta Scott Georgia Perimeter College, Carolina Chapter of King award-winning author, Dunwoody Campus ACRL

12 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 űű Community and Junior • Request for operations in 2012 and 2013, and College Libraries Section reimbursement of designated $25,000 for unrestricted űű Government Resources travel expenses Section • Scholarship reserves. The goal of the unrestricted űű Library Administration recommendation reserves was to break out of the boom- and Management form and-bust cycle in which the financial Section • Challenged work health of NCLA is largely depen- űű North Carolina • Sample by-laws dent on the financial success (or lack Association of School • Conference Handbook thereof) of the most recent confer- Librarians ence. The Executive Board adopted űű Public Library Section In addition, sections were asked to the 2012 and 2013 budgets, which űű Reference and Adult review the bylaws posted within the were largely informed by this plan. Services Section Handbook portion of the website to The Finance Committee encour- űű Resources and Technical ensure that those were up-to-date. aged (and the Board adopted) the Services Section Sections were also asked to refer to continued use of Endowment returns űű Trustees, Friends, and the Handbook rather than repost- for the Legislative Day project. Advocates Section ing their bylaws in other parts of the The Committee also instituted a űű Youth Services Section NCLA website. new policy that the Treasurer-Elect • Roundtables Several sections and roundtables would perform an audit of the organi- űű Literacy Roundtable updated or revised bylaws during the zation’s finances during their second űű New Members Round Table biennium, including GRS, NCLPA, year in office. The 2013 audit, com- űű North Carolina Library RASS, and TNT. piled by MJ Wilkerson, is appended Paraprofessional In collaboration with the NCLA to this report. Association Secretary and NCLA Webmaster, űű Round Table for Ethnic we began exploring online forms Carol Cramer, Minority Concerns for posting section and roundtable űű Round Table on Special reports and filing motions for Board Collections meetings. Leadership Institute űű Technology and Trends 2012 Planning Committee Round Table Laura Davidson The Planning Committee for the űű Women’s Issues in 2012 Leadership Institute was Libraries Round Table formed in January 2012, following • Executive Board Handbook Finance Committee the NCLA Executive Board Retreat űű Standing Rules of the Committee Members for 2012-3 and consisted of the following Executive Board • Mary Sizemore, Treasurer members: űű Non-codified policies • MJ Wilkerson, Treasurer-Elect • Mike Crumpton – UNC- adopted by the Executive • Christy Earp, Scholarship Comm. Greensboro, chair, macrumpt@ Board Chair űű Officers uncg.edu • Priscilla Lewis, Operations Comm. • Raye Oldham – State Library of űű Standing Committees Chair North Carolina, raye.oldham@ űű North Carolina Libraries • Andrea Tullos, At-Large Editorial Board ncdcr.gov • Carol Cramer, Chair • Dale Cousins – Wake County űű Sections and • Kim Parrott, ex officio Roundtables Public Libraries, NCLA VP, dale. űű Financial Procedures Following a highly profitable con- [email protected] űű Archives Committee ference in 2011, the 59th biennium • Lorrie Russell – High Point DRAFT Records Retention for NCLA was relatively prosperous Public Library, lorrie.russell@ űű Operations financially. The Finance Committee highpointnc.gov űű Forms proposed a spending plan for the • Marilyn Carney – Wake Tech • Membership 2011 conference profits. This plan Community College, mmcarney@ application form set some funds aside for the 2013 waketech.edu • Motion form conference, some funds for general • Rita Van Duinen – Central

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 13 Carolina Community College LIS 2012 Leadership Institute due on selected were as follows: July 2nd. This included expectations program, [email protected] • Genevieve Baillie, Wilson County for participants who are accepted • Tamika Barnes, EPA Library, Past- Public Library as well as institutions supporting pres, NCSLA, barnes.tamika@ • Randall Bowman, Elon University candidates. epa.gov • Alison Bradley, UNC Charlotte • NCLA has received an LSTA • Linda Haynes - Mary Duncan • Amy Brake, North Carolina grant for $35K for the Leadership Library- Benson, NC, lindagato@ Wesleyan College Institute so attendance fee was yahoo.com • Kelly Brannock, State Library established at $300 per attendee, of North Carolina, Library The goal was to re-envision and sections and roundtables were Development Section restructure the Leadership Institute encouraged to sponsor a member. • Christain Burris, Wake Forest • An outline of post-LI activities has after missing a biennial and losing the University been outlined and is being planned. rhythm of expectation. Early tasks • Heidi Buchanan, Western Carolina addressed and accomplished by the The committee is now focused on University Planning Committee included: content and is utilizing two outside • Alicia Finley, Charlotte • Mission statement was created: facilitators, Cheryl Gould and Eric Mecklenburg Library - University űű “The mission of the North Gladney as well as speakers represent- City Carolina Library Association ing North Carolina library leadership; • Laurence Gavin, Cumberland (NCLA) Leadership Institute is to Wanda, Dale, Ross Holt, Anthony County Public Library & create opportunities for learning Chow and Cal Shepard. Information Center and skill building in leadership The Planning Committee also • Heather Greer Klein, NC LIVE and mentoring. The Institute solicited mentors to make up teams • Jennifer Hanft, Meredith College will cultivate an improved to help coach and enable participants • Amy Harris Houk, UNC understanding of self and others, during the process, they were selected Greensboro while inspiring participants to as follows: • Tiffany Hayes, Cumberland County serve in leadership roles within Public Library & Information the profession at local, state and • Rodney Lippard – Rowan Cabarrus Community College Center national levels. • Julie Humphrey, Durham Technical • A logo was designed: • Steve Cramer – UNC-Greensboro • Gerald Holmes – UNC-Greensboro Community College • Lorrie Russell - High Point Public • Carmella Johnson, Sandhill Library Regional Library System - Hamlet • Sylvia Sprinkle - Hamlin-Forsyth • Kathryn Kavanagh, East Carolina County Public Library University • Alan Bailey - East Carolina • Mark King, Craven Community University College • Pam Jaskot - Chair, Public Library • Jennifer Lohmann, Durham Section County Library - Southwest • A site visit was conducted on Regional the site planned from a previous The Leadership Institute was mar- • Rosemary Loomis, Wayne County commitment and logistics discussed Public Library of menu options, accommodations, keted to the NCLA community and applications were solicited per guide- • Lara Luck, Forsyth County Public conference center restrictions Library and features of the center for lines and logistics established. 65 applications were received and have • Brandie Martin, Orange County execution of program and content Public Library been reviewed by the planning com- presentation. • Patti McAnally, H. Leslie Perry mittee. The committee determined • An assessment was conducted Memorial Library with previous Leadership Institute that an additional 9 spots could be • Sara McGough, Henderson County attendees in order to establish a made available so invitations for 37 Public Library baseline for program development accepted participants were sent out. • Julie Obst, Central Piedmont and content. A non-acceptance letter was also sent Community College • An application process, FAQ and to applicants who were not successful • Mary Elisabeth Price, Cabarrus media plan was developed and with a promise to include in future County Public Library executed with applications for the events and activities. The participants • Anne Pusey, Orange County Public

14 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Library • 3:45 – 4:30 Description of • 10:00 – 11:00 What’s Next? – Mike • Jessica Reid, Cabarrus County Facilitated Content – Cheryl Gould Crumpton, Wanda Brown and Dale Public Library - Kannapolis • 4:30 – 5:30 Finalize Check ins Cousins • Catherine Roche, Robeson County • 5:30 - 6:30 Dinner Break • 11:00 – 12:00 Mentor led Group Public Library • 6:30 – 7:00 NCLA Overview - wrap up • Jason Rogers, Wake County Public Wanda Brown and Dale Cousins • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Speaker Cal Libraries - Cameron Village • 7:00 – 9:00 Group Break Out with Shepard • Lisa Shores, Rowan-Cabarrus Mentors • 1:00 Check out Community College • Debbie Shreve, Wake County Friday – October 26th The expectation established for each Public Libraries - West Regional • 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast attendee was that each attendee • Joetta Stoner, Wilson County • 8:30 – 10:00 Role of the Leader – would facilitate a project, either solo Public Library Cheryl Gould or in partnership at their home insti- • Jennifer Taft, Cumberland County • 10:00 – 10:30 Break with Snacks tution. Then at the 2013 Biennial Public Library & Information • 10:30 – 12:00 Continue Role of the Conference they would either pres- Center Leader – Cheryl Gould ent on their project or participate in • Catherine Tingelstad, Pitt • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Speaker Mike the conference somehow. A “Bridge” Wasilick Community College meeting was established for April 25th • Dave Trudeau, Vance-Granville • 1:00 – 2:30 Change Management – in order to check-in and touch base Community College Cheryl Gould with attendees and mentors. This • Katrina Vernon, Wake County • 2:30 – 3:00 Break with Snacks Public Library • 3:00 – 4:00 Continue Change meeting was held at High Point Public • Cathy Wright, Alamance County Management – Cheryl Gould Library and included time for reflec- Public Libraries • 4:00 – 5:00 Mentor led Group tion, guest speaker (Anthony Chow) Discussions and meetings with mentors with This became the roster for the attend- • 5:30 – 6:30 Dinner Break regard to project status. Following the ees to the 2012 NCLA Leadership • 6:30 – 8:00 Camp Fire April 25, 2013 “Bridge” meeting with Institute. Leadership Institute participants, The Planning Committee then Saturday – October 27th mentors and planning committee a created the agenda, schedule and • 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast survey was sent out to assess some overall program parameters for the • 8:30 – 10:00 Emotional Intelligence particulars of the content and presen- institute, to include follow-up events – Eric Gladney tation, as well as request feedback on and activities that bridged the insti- • 10:00 – 10:30 Break with Snacks the learning outcomes related to the tute with the biennial conference • 10:30 – 12:00 Continue Emotional published learning objectives. At the planned for October 2013. The fol- Intelligence – Eric Gladney 2013 NCLA Biennial Conference, lowing is the agenda for the on-site • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Speaker Leadership Institute participants were Anthony Chow institute in 2012: recognized both in the conference • 1:00 – 2:30 Organizational program, with their presentations, th Capability – Eric Gladney Thursday – October 25 • 2:30 – 3:00 Break with Snacks and as a cohort with the presentation • 10:00 Committee members arrive • 3:00 – 4:00 Continue of a trophy honoring their participa- • 11:00 Mentors arrive Organizational Capability – Eric tion. A final assessment is being sent • 12:00 – 1:00 Committee Members Gladney to participants asking about their and Mentors – Lunch • 4:00 – 5:00 Mentor led Group total experience with the Leadership • 12:00 – 2:00 Attendees arrive and Discussions Institute. This information will be check in • 5:30 – 6:30 Dinner Break used in several ways; most notably • 2:30 Welcome/Introduction • 6:30 – 8:00 Bingo it will serve as a planning document DRAFT (Icebreaker/Logistics & Caraway for the 2014 Leadership Institute rules/ Committee & Mentor Sunday – October 28th Planning Committee. A recap is Introductions/ Mission Statement • 7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast and Goals – Wanda Brown, Dale expected to be included in an article • 8:30 – 10:00 Trends/Professional Cousins and Mike Crumpton for North Carolina Libraries related Development/Keeping Up – Cheryl • 3:15 – 3:40 Break with Snacks to the more recent activities of the Gould Leadership Institute. The decision

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 15 has already been made to host the Second Quarter 2013 NCLA 60th Biennial 2014 Leadership Institute at the (February-April): Conference Planning same venue on October 30th thru The committee worked on the fol- Committee November 2nd. After the January lowing items: Beginning November 2012, the 2014 Executive Board retreat the new • We continued to work with Conference Planning Committee Planning Committee will meet to Meredith College marketing met at approximately 6 week inter- tweak the process and move forward students to create a marketing plan vals to plan the 2013 conference. The with the next cohort. for NCLA. committee (*members listed below) • We met with Meredith graphic was expanded to include project sub- Mike Crumpton design students to review three committees of 3 or more people with logo and website concepts. The the hope of both being inclusive and committee chose one concept and in building succession for the future. made suggestions for revision to the Marketing Committee The culmination of the committee’s graphic designer. Biennial Report 2011-2013 work was the very successful confer- Fourth Quarter 2012 ence, NCLA: Stronger Together, held (August-October): Third Quarter 2013 in Winston Salem from October The committee was reestablished and (May-July): 15-18, 2013. renamed in September 2012. We The committee worked on the fol- Highlights include: 925 registra- worked on recruiting members for lowing items: tions; 77 exhibitors; 20 sponsors; the committee. The committee con- • We finalized the new NCLA logo 130 programs/workshops/sessions, sists of Jennifer Hanft (Chair), Lisa and web design with the graphic 33 poster sessions, and 6 Tuesday Shores (Membership Committee), designer and submitted a motion to preconferences. Keynote speak- Laura Wiegand (Webmaster), the Executive Board for approval of ers were NC author, Lee Smith, Rodney Lippard, and Dan Brooks. the new design, which passed. ALA President Barbara Stripling • We reviewed the marketing plan and ACRL President Trevor Dawes. First Quarter 2013 created by Meredith College Greetings were offered by the Forsyth marketing students and continued (November-January): County Board of Commissioners, to tweak and revise the plan. The committee worked on the fol- Secretary of Cultural Resources, lowing items: Susan Kluttz, and State Librarian, • We created marketing pieces Fourth Quarter 2013 Cal Shepard. The State Library pro- for the new NCLA listserv and, (August-October): vided 50 scholarships for first-time in conjunction with the Web The committee worked on the fol- attendees via LSTA funding. Committee, addressed other issues lowing items: Special events included the tradi- and questions necessary for a • We finalized the new NCLA tional Vendor Reception, the Library smooth launch. logo for unveiling at the NCLA School Reception, the All Conference • We discussed marketing the conference at Friday’s Closing Dinner and the Closing luncheon association to NC library schools Luncheon. session. Special thanks to the Forsyth and a possible NCLA internship • We worked with the graphic County Public Library for hosting program. designer to adjust color in the new • We began working with two the All Conference Dinner in the web design to make the contrast Main Library. Additional enhanced classes at Meredith College on more pronounced and easier to events included the President’s NCLA marketing efforts. One view. group in a marketing class in the • We discussed a plan for the redesign Endowment Dinner (75 attendees) at business school worked on creating of the NCLA webpage, as well as the Salem Tavern in Old Salem and a marketing plan for NCLA as roles, responsibilities, and timeline the first biennial Endowment Pub a semester project, while several for launch in spring 2014. Crawl (101 attendees). Both events students in a graphic design studio contributed significant amounts to class in the art department worked the Endowment Fund. on a new NCLA logo and web Jennifer Hanft The NCLA awards presented at design. the conference included; Lifetime Achievement: Ron Jones (formerly

16 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 of Wake County and the State As of December 1, 2013, the final Novicki, Mary McAfee, Elizabeth Library) for his work in elevating financial statements continue to be Skinner, Carol Cramer, Amy Harris the level of library service to chil- resolved; however, it is obvious that Houk, Lynda Kellam, Lynn Sack, dren; Distinguished Achievement: the conference has earned revenue Kathy Shields, Susan Wolf Neilson, Carol Walters (former Director of the (approaching $70,000) to keep the Harry Cooke, David Trudeau, Sandhills Regional Library) and life- Association healthy for the next bien- Iyanna Sims, Jill Wagy, Tammy long library advocate, and Honorary nium, to fund special projects, and Baggett, Rodney Lippard, Jill Membership to Harriet Smith, Chair to set aside seed money for the 2015 Morris, Ross Holt, Katrina Vernon, of the State Library Commission and conference. Brandy Hamilton, Jen Hanft, library advocate (Trustee for both Kathy Clapsell, Kim Parrott, Wanda New Hanover County Library and *Committee members included: Brown, Laura Wiegand, and Mary the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Michael Crumpton, Lorrie Russell, Sizemore. Library), and the Ray Moore Award Mary Scanlon, Clare Bass, Harry for the best article published by a Frank, Gerald Holmes, Debra Dale Cousins public librarian: Winona Ramsaur. Shreve, Steve Cramer, Elizabeth

DRAFT Photographs by Susan Smith

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 17 Craig Fansler, Ellen Daugman | Wake Forest University Developing a Continuity of Operations Plan

he prospect of a pandemic fire-relate events, hurricanes and return, the damaged books were outbreak of H1N1 influ- bomb threats. This Disaster Plan quickly processed and returned to enza in 2009 prompted the has been fine-tuned after each actual the shelves. A second disaster struck TDean of the Z. Smith Reynolds event in the library. The committee our library in 2003, when a water Library to charge the Disaster has responded to numerous disasters main broke in our remote stor- Preparedness Committee with in and outside our library. These are age facility. This event was unusual developing a detailed business con- primarily water-related problems because it was not actually in our tinuity plan. The Committee had such as sewage or pipe leaks. library building, but at our off-site already in past years developed In 1995, following a thunder- storage facility. The severity of the concise plans for potential personal storm, the committee cut its teeth on water damage was minimal. As a safety, water and fire-related crises. a water disaster that resulted from a group we decided to return as many The Z. Smith Reynolds Library is faulty pipe connection. Ironically, a of the titles as possible to remote the undergraduate library for Wake smaller leak occurred shortly before storage. Slightly damp materials were Forest University in Winston- the major one. For this event, we air-dried by fanning the pages of the Salem, NC. Wake Forest University fanned the pages of the books on books and leaving them for about a has an undergraduate enrollment site (unfortunately, these same books week. Damp materials were frozen. of approximately 4500 and the got wet again in a few weeks when Six months later, we determined the Z. Smith Reynolds Library holds frozen materials could also be suc- approximately 1.7 million volumes. cessfully air-dried, which we did. The Z. Smith Reynolds Library Some of these materials were slightly has a well-developed Disaster Plan warped and cockled and were placed (http://zsr.wfu.edu/about/publica- into book presses for several weeks. tions/). This plan was hammered Our committee is also responsible out over several years by members for evacuation during fire drills and of the Library Disaster Preparedness an annual library safety briefing for Committee. The Disaster Plan staff. During fire drills, the com- covers emergency procedures for mittee helps clear the library and various problems such as water or a poorly repaired pipe fitting failed). evacuate patrons and staff to safe loca- This pipe was mounted over a tions. The committee also ensures no dropped ceiling, and resulted in one enters the building until the all water damage to an entire floor. All clear is given by University Police of the damaged materials were boxed and Fire units. We have conducted and stored in a freezer until they fire extinguisher training with the could be freeze dried. Hundreds of fire department for interested library boxes of frozen books were shipped staff. This was a popular training from [name of city and state] to El activity and helped take the mystery Paso, Texas for freeze drying. During off the fire extinguishers hanging on this time, the library evaluated the our walls. The Disaster Committee usefulness of these damaged materi- has also conducted training at inter- als and were able to weed some titles. vals for library staff. This training Other damaged titles were discarded, usually involved the packaging of but replaced by our sister institution wet books using special boxes and who did not need them. Upon their stacking techniques.

18 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 this insufficiency, the DisasterPlan. The Disaster Preparedness Preparedness Committee embarked Committee initially met and went on the creation of a Continuity of through each section of the template Operations Plan (COOP). Our together and essentially re-wrote it to new COOP Plan would attempt to custom-fit our institution. The tem- address situations, possibly caused by plate we used was sent to each library a pandemic or other disastrous event. team. We asked each team to list each In this situation, the library would internal and external dependency, be forced to deliver library services phone contacts, chain of command In addition, four library staff from off-campus or to our students and key procedures. Each library team members have gone through the abroad. spent a good deal of time developing week-long CERT (Community The first attempts at a COOP their portion of the COOP template. Emergency Response Team) training. Plan were simply lists of who would This work by each team was almost CERT training involves first aid, haz- do this or that. Although the lists an abstract operation where they ardous chemicals, disaster response were relatively complete, these initial planned for incidents that they knew and fire suppression. efforts did not quite do the trick. The may never happen. It forced each university had made an effort to cre- group to think imaginatively about ate a COOP Plan during the bird flu how they could function, even in a scare, but did not include the library reduced form, if our library was expe- in its plan formulation. Why, the riencing reduced capabilities due to a library was left out is not clear but disaster. Each team in our library has it may have been a plan that focused a unique mission, so these individ- more on emergency responses where ual team submissions to the COOP people are affected, not our library Plan were all different. The Access materials or continuing our service Services Team’s contribution to the operations. The Virginia Tech tragedy COOP Plan was much different that brought another layer of preparation the Special Collections contribution to developing a plan that included because each of these teams has a dif- personal safety elements. The Disaster ferent responsibility to patrons and Committee did finally realize that we the library. Some of the library teams could not create a COOP Plan alone, experienced real difficulties designing and would need the input from each their portion of the plan while trying For the past few years, our Library library team. What a realization! to answer hard questions: how would Disaster Preparedness Committee has Realizing that we needed input from individual information be updated struggled to create a new stand-alone each team helped the committee plot (people are always moving in and plan in response to the latest swine our course forward. out of jobs); would the technology flu (H1N1) outbreak. The swine flu The Disaster Preparednessbe available for say, Inter-Library outbreak had been characterized by Committee next searched online for Loan; would individuals have access some individuals at the time (2009- a COOP Plan we could adapt to the to their university laptop computer if 2010) as a pandemic or as a strong Z. Smith Reynolds Library. We found they were at home; and how would pandemic possibility. This made our the plan we could adapt and use as a phone tree actually work if one library contemplate a variety of situ- a template at University of North link was, for some unforeseen reason ations where our existing Disaster Carolina at Chapel Hill Department lost? When each team had com- DRAFT Plan would be insufficient. How of Environment, Health and Safety pleted their section of the template, would we, for instance, deliver ser- (http://ehs.unc.edu/healthy/coop. our committee compiled this infor- vices if our patrons could not actually shtml). This plan was thorough, and mation into one plan. This plan was set foot on campus for some reason, we asked for and received permission then edited and streamlined into a such as a quarantine. To address to use and adapt the UNC COOP consistent document.

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 19 The Continuity of Operations Plan is services during a flu pandemic. It Literature Review composed of these sections: sets up a scheme whereby our library Case studies predominate in the • Departments Objectives: what the could carry on some operations for pandemic planning literature and key function of each department our patrons, even if those operations when focused on library planning, consists of; are very limited. Each team has a pre- the library is generally positioned, • Emergency Communications developed game plan for carrying on legitimately, in the context of insti- systems: how we communicate via any operations they can in a disaster tution-wide concerns. A 2007 article phone and email; or other event preventing them from by Lisa McGuire, “Planning for a • Team’s Essential Function: this is their normal duties. This COOP Pandemic Influenza Outbreak: Roles a list of each function a team is plan has now entered a netherworld for Librarian Liaisons in Emergency responsible for and a primary and where we hope we never have to use Delivery of Educational Programs,”1 alternate contact; it, but have it available in an emer- details the search for resources that • Department’s Leadership gency. This plan also needs continual would meet needs associated not Succession: a prioritized list of stewardship efforts because respon- just with library services but with responsible people with their sible people are constantly moving the educational mission of a univer- contact information; to new jobs or retiring which leaves sity. Noting the relentless emergence • Emergency Access to Information a hole in the plan. It is a continuing of influenza outbreaks during the and Systems: maintenance of key challenge for the Z. Smith Reynolds past 300 years, McGuire outlined documents, computers and work Library Disaster Committee to keep the scenarios presented to library flow; a plan we have never used current. liaisons affiliated with the School • Key Internal Dependencies: a Additionally, it has been very difficult of Public Health at the University listing of departments on campus for each team to plan for an unseen of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. with important reliances; and unknown event. Scenarios ranged from projections • Key External Dependencies: of a brief interruption measured in listing of vendors and suppliers Resources Consulted weeks if a pandemic were to strike which are key to the function of As the Disaster Preparedness in the middle of a semester, to more each team; Committee embarked on this project, extended institutional closure in the • Feasible Workflow Strategies: a review of the professional library lit- range of nine to eighteen months. a discussion by each individual erature and searches of library-related Social distancing characterized the team about how they would and professional websites disclosed basic strategy as did a presumption function in various scenarios, such a dearth of library-specific planning that telephone and computer infra- as having the university campus resources pertinent to the possibility structures would remain functional quarantined; of a new pandemic. The few articles (McGuire, 4). The initial assump- • Recovery after an Event: managing relevant to maintaining library func- tion was that librarians’ contributions operations with limited resources tions and services during a global in such scenarios would consist of or personnel outbreak originated, not unex- applying reference skills to provide a pectedly, during earlier pandemic literature review of other institutions’ By getting input from each team, alarms, notably the avian flu of 2006, approaches to pandemic planning, our committee was able to put although there also were numerous as well as tutorials, pathfinders, and together a document that included sites and articles that provided influ- FAQs that would address students’ unique information from each team. enza information resources for library research needs. Digital reference ser- Each team had thought about and patrons, of a public service nature. vices such as IM and chat also came listed contingencies and which per- The following review of resources, under consideration. However, it sonnel would be available for their ranging from library associa- became clear that larger issues had to array of library services. This COOP tions and professional literature, be addressed, revolving around the Plan is now as comprehensive at it to government publications and resources and instruction needed to could be and allows for the inner- websites, includes material the com- enable students to complete inter- workings and individuality’s of each mittee located and utilized in order to rupted academic courses. The final library team. This plan does not just develop a COOP plan for the library, report of the task force reflected needs address the disruption of library as well as more recent material. for expertise in e-learning systems.

20 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Recommendations addressed contin- in the event of disruption; work and students. Detailed plans have uation of academic courses by means in partnership with other depart- been prepared by the some institu- of email, Blackboard, pre-recorded ments, faculties or external partners tions. For example, the University of lectures, and live audio. Long-term regarding planning for shared criti- Minnesota Emergency Operations efforts to implement electroniccal services; and identify inventory Plan4 specifies that all departments tools were emphasized and included requirements such as equipment essential to the University’s continued developing incentives to motivate needs to deliver critical services” operation establish formal continu- faculty to adopt more technology. (Grundy, et al., 19-20). Planning for ity plans, to include identification The undertaking demonstrated that emergency communication was also of critical processes, identification librarians can play a significant role in stipulated, as was a recovery phase of alternative worksites, backup of developing an action plan and a range of restoring normal operations and essential data and equipment, and of options to permit coursework to evaluating the response. An actual procedures for recovering affected continue despite the social distancing outbreak of norovirus in a residence operations and responsibilities, necessary for containing the spread of center resulted in an unanticipated including assisting other departments. pandemic infection. case study in managing a communi- The 2006 avian flu provided cable illness outbreak on the campus, Professional the impetus for an overview of testing systems and processes in the Association Literature essential principles for continu- university’s plan. Subsequent debrief- Resources pertaining to pandemic ity planning at the University of ing indicated the need for further planning have appeared in recent Alberta. “Preventing Pandemonium: training on crisis communications years as published guidelines and Pandemic Preparedness Planning and and the development of compre- white papers by professional associa- Communicable Disease Outbreak hensive department-specific business tions for higher education and health. Management in a University continuity plans. Over the course of the previous Setting”2 recounts how a Public Health The prospect of pandemic dis- decade, the American College Health Response Committee commissioned ease in 2005 garnered attention in Association has issued a series of by senior university administrators The Chronicle of Higher Education. guidelines, addressing various aspects carried out its mandate to develop a In an article title that would still of potential pandemics as the threats nexus of business continuity, human resonate several years later, “Flu emerged. In 2003, its Vaccine- resources and communications plans, Plan: Colleges Struggle with How Preventable Diseases Task Force as well as a decision-making model. They Would React to a Pandemic,”3 issued “Guidelines for Preparing the Notably, the strategy was to be Lila Guterman projects a scenario of University for SARS.”5 Although grounded in ethical decision-making virulent disease spreading through dealing with an earlier threat of principles that would inform the pro- unprepared ivory towers. However, global epidemic, the document pro- tection of the university community, she notes that most colleges are not vides a succinct overview of hazards transparency, accountability, fair- in the position of having to com- posed in a university setting, noting ness, and safeguarding of individual mence at square one; many have the potential for rapid disease trans- rights. The public health response emergency plans in place initiated mission due to the number of faculty, strategy consisted of three stages of after earlier events such as the anthrax students, and other individuals who action corresponding to the World attacks of 2001 or SARS in 2003, may travel to and from SARS-affected Health Organization Pandemic when, for instance, The University locations. The outline of pre-event Phases, i.e.”pre-pandemic, pandemic of North Carolina at Chapel Hill planning includes both internal and alert, pandemic period, and post had to deal with a SARS diagnosis external alert mechanisms and uni- pandemic/recovery” (Grundy, et al., in a staff member. A survey of sev- versity preparation working groups 18-19). Central to the strategy was enteen institutions by The Chronicle drawn from various academic units DRAFT the mandate for all departments to revealed that all monitor information (omitting libraries, however). Special “complete a detailed planning tool from the Centers for Disease Control attention is paid to students’ aca- that will enable them to identify and Prevention and remain in con- demic and financial concerns due critical services, functions, person- tact with public health agencies, have to protracted class absence, and to nel and backups; consider options to response committees in place, and emergency communication modes: continue to deliver critical services provide information for faculty, staff, mass email, website announcements,

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 21 telephone systems, as well as written, section is devoted to action triggers Government Sources spokesperson, and media relations for implementing plans, emphasizing communications. that critical decision making must be FEMA In July of 2006, the American carried out in a curtailed time frame. The Federal Emergency Management College Health Association pre- Additional resources cited include Agency/FEMA, part of the U.S. pared “Guidelines for Pandemic websites, pandemic supply lists, pan- Department of Homeland Security, Planning.”6 The publication provides demic planning committee suggested offers a series interrelated documents summary information, specifying a members, FAQs and sample commu- for pandemic planning,8 including potential absenteeism rate of four to nication drafts. detailed planning templates (with twelve percent of the workforce that In September 2009, the next sample text) prepared by the National could be sick at any time and absent in the series of ACHA Guidelines Continuity Programs, to guide con- from work for anywhere from one to addresses another specific pandemic tinuity planning by non-federal as fourteen days, impacting all levels of threat, “Campus Response to Novel well as federal organizations. The human resources. Institutional clos- Influenza H1N1.”7 Noting the his- “Pandemic Influenza Continuity ing time is projected to be eight to torical arc of pandemic planning, Annex Template” contains supple- twelve weeks. As recourse, the plan frequently based on the scenario of mental elements for entities that recommends “depth charting” (p. 2) the 1918 virus which also dispropor- already have continuity plans in place, for positions of leadership, cross train- tionately affected young people, the but need to incorporate pandemic- ing, and teleconnectivity so that work document opens by citing mitigation related considerations. The template may be carried out from home. After strategies: campus evacuation and covers operations (including risk defining non-pharmaceutical inter- cancellation of academic and social management, budgeting, and COOP ventions (social distancing, isolation, activities for eight to twelve weeks implementation phases); pandemic quarantine, protective sequestration, (none of which were deemed neces- planning assumptions (a twenty and public health education), the sary at that point in time). Much of percent illness rate among working guidelines address business continu- the document focuses on community adults, but a forty percent absentee- ity issues that may lack the imperative education and isolation and care of ism rate due to illness, caregiving, and of health and safety concerns but the ill. For the former, a library can fear of infection, with a six to eight nonetheless must be attended to. The clearly serve as an information portal, week outbreak span of time for each “Getting Started” section outlines utilizing national and public health wave of pandemic); identification of key steps in developing a pandemic organizations’ resources. Isolation of essential functions; orders of succes- response plan, which could be adapted sick students is a “significant chal- sion and delegations of authority “at from an existing emergency plan. lenge” on a university campus, and least three deep per position” to take These steps include identification of the document emphasizes the impor- into account absenteeism rates; con- key members of a pandemic planning tance of communicating guidelines to tinuity facilities and communications group, essential functions and per- students and reassuring them of flex- that can function without person-to- sonnel, appropriate communication ibility in dealing with their academic person contact; testing, training, and channels, the chain of command at concerns. The document concludes exercise programs; transfer of con- various levels of functioning (includ- by addressing human resources trol to pre-determined parties; and ing an “incident commander” who issues, noting that both sick employ- finally, resumption of normal opera- would bear primary responsibility ees should be encouraged to remain tions. The threat to human resources for coordinating the response), and home by offering flexible schedules is starkly described as “the primary the role of the student health service. and paid time off for their periods of threat to maintaining essential The guidelines also recognize the illness. For students, stress and anxi- functions and services during a pan- inevitability of ethical dilemmas, and ety are exacerbated by missing classes, demic outbreak” (p. 8), necessitating recommend consultation with legal falling behind with their academic absence from the workplace for pro- counsel regarding ethical and legal work, and losing various support longed periods of time while physical issues, particularly for highly charged mechanisms. Arguably, continuity of infrastructure remains intact. The concerns surrounding human library services constitutes a signifi- core strategy for protecting human resource management, safety, and cant mode of support in addressing resources and their families, empha- resource rationing (p. 5). A separate these significant academic concerns. sized throughout the template, is

22 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 implementation of practices such as topics “About Pandemics” (charac- singles out hygiene practices and sup- social distancing, hygiene, control teristics and challenges), “Current plies, as well as the importance of of infection, and employee cross- Situation” (in the U.S. and inter- establishing sick leave policies specific training. A “meta checklist,” entitled nationally), and “Global Activities” to pandemic flu, a “non-punitive, “Key Elements of Departmental (multiple links for monitoring pan- liberal leave” that ensures that those Pandemic Influenza Operational demic flu, monitoring H5N1 avian with pandemic influenza leave cam- Plans,” and a “Continuity of flu, and pandemic planning activi- pus and return only when recovered Operations for Pandemic Influenza” ties). This last section contains links from all symptoms. brochure essentially reiterate in to several WHO/World Health Finally, “Preparing for the Flu more succinct form these essen- Organization documents and publi- (Including 2009 H1N1 Flu): tial elements and considerations for cations on pandemic preparedness, A Communication Toolkit for developing a viable continuity plan. planning, and response. Institutions of Higher Education,” Another page on Flu.gov deals from the CDC, was designed to assist Centers for Disease Control with School Planning, address- in implementing the CDC’s recom- The Centers for Disease Control and ing pandemic as well as seasonal mendations listed in its “Guidance Prevention issued “CDC Guidance flu in various documents directed for Responses to Influenza for for Responses to Influenza for at schools K-12 or colleges and Institutions of Higher Education Institutions of Higher Education dur- universities. The “Colleges and during the 2009-2010 Academic ing the 2009-2010 Academic Year” in Universities Pandemic Influenza Year.” The toolkit includes questions August 2009.9 The document, cur- Planning Checklist” includes sec- and answers based on the 2009-2010 rently archived but still accessible, tions on Planning and Coordination, Guidance publication; fact sheets provides broad guidelines directed Continuity of Student Learning with “action steps” for limiting influ- both at minimizing the number of and Operations, Infection Control enza contagion; and templates for people who might succumb to influ- Policies and Procedures, and posters, emails, letters and announce- enza and reducing educational and Communications Planning. Among ments pertaining to flu conditions social disruptions. Recommendations the recommendations are the fol- and university class status. Reiterated range from administrative-level pol- lowing, relevant to library planning: throughout all of these CDC publi- icy issues to housekeeping and basic accountability and responsibility cations is the need to balance risk of hygiene practices, and include sug- designations; scenarios for vary- illness for a vulnerable demographic gested policy revisions for student ing degrees of illness in the campus group with benefits of keeping stu- absenteeism as well as sick leave community and corresponding con- dents in class; to implement liberal policies for faculty and staff, which tainment measures (cancelling classes sick leave policies during severe flu might otherwise make it difficult and campus events, closing campus conditions (recognizing that absence for individuals to remain at home and housing); consistency with uni- from work for seven days or more when ill or when faced with a need versity, community, and state plans; may be necessary in order to miti- to care for affected family mem- alternate and redundant modes of gate the spread of the pandemic bers. Self-isolation from classes or emergency communications (includ- influenza); and to devise ways of social events evolves, in more severe ing social media); plan testing; and working or studying from home. scenarios, to class suspension and dis- a recovery plan that addresses the tance learning, possible short-term pandemic consequences in terms of Library student withdrawal, and modified staff and student losses, as well as Association Resources work responsibilities and locations operational and financial effects. The The American Library Association of faculty and staff. The document continuity of student learning and online store and the Association concludes with a list of questions to operations checklist comprises two of College and Research Libraries DRAFT prompt decision-makers to identify issues: developing alternative means publications catalog offer multiple and to communicate objectives, poli- to provide continuity of instruction in books on disaster response, including cies and courses of action. case the university closes, and devel- Miriam B. Kahn’s Disaster Response The current website,Flu.gov , oping a continuity of operations plan and Planning for Libraries11(now in maintains a page for “Pandemic for carrying out the institution’s core its third edition and available also Awareness,”10 covering the broad functions. Infection control policies as an e-book), and ACRL’s recent

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 23 Comprehensive Guide to Emergency and of planning documents grouped by to hygiene issues, communications Disaster Preparedness and Recovery.12 categories: tables of contents and plans for both staff and users, and Neither of these focuses on pandemic summarizing outlines of organiza- public education efforts. planning, but each contains pertinent tion, communication, and priorities recommendations regardless of disas- from sample college plans; plans’ University Continuity ter type. Although the Kahn volume disaster response steps to emergency of Operations Plans addresses physical disasters, such as situations; prevention strategies; Although resources discussed above fire, water damage, and tornadoes, internal and external resources; and cite and reiterate numerous points the book includes relevant factors to recovery (insurance, reports, and that would merit consideration and consider in its sections on planning resumption of business). The publi- incorporation into a continuity plan, for disaster response (communi- cation also includes disaster response the library’s Disaster Preparedness cation, responsibilities, priorities, survey results and a useful bibliog- Committee members wished to find service providers), coping with men- raphy of resources, both print and a template with a clearly delineated tal and emotional stress, and revising web-based. The situations to which structure and a significant degree of plans, couched in terms of enabling the plans are oriented are non-pan- specificity, which would provide a continuity of library business and demic disasters, and reflect crises of uniform approach for the various provision of quality service. recent years: Katrina, September 11, library teams and their service func- ACRL’s Comprehensive Guide to Virginia Tech. However, the rec- tions. Some of the topics discussed Emergency Preparedness and Disaster ommendations embrace all types in the literature, such as administra- Recovery addresses primarily non-pan- of emergencies: commence with a tive policies for sick leave and payroll demic emergencies, but nonetheless phased approach to planning that or financial issues, were determined presents relevant considerations. The addresses issues of acute concern, to be beyond the purview of this authors emphasize in its first chap- making use of a growing array of library committee. Universities often ter that any comprehensive disaster available templates and models; and have emergency preparedness web- plan must have “buy-in and sup- conduct a periodic review of the lit- sites; some have pandemic plans as port from employees from every area erature to garner new approaches to well. The University of Mississippi, of the library” (p. 3), regardless of disaster preparedness (p. 3) as part of for example, has a fourteen page whether the impetus for developing the process of continual updating of Campus Pandemic Plan outline, a plan comes from a library director plans. References to epidemic/pan- linked as a pdf document from the or from a staff librarian. In addition, demic health emergencies occur in a University’s Emergency Information/ support from campus officials is few plans, for instance that of Trinity Pandemic Information web page.15 needed to ensure that the campus- University. The statement of purpose notes that wide plan dovetails with the library’s The American Library Association the document “is not a compre- plan; integrating a library plan into provides an informative “Pandemic hensive campus plan but one that existing campus plans is a key part Preparedness” page of sources,14 serves as an overview with specific of the process. Periodic revision is including lists of federal, state and departments having comprehensive necessary, particularly for emergency local government resources; profes- plans.” Preliminary material includes contact information, both internal sional associations and online sites; a statement of purpose, defini- and external (pp. 4, 27). The exten- information for updating links, RSS tion of pandemic, and assumptions sive range of topics covered includes feeds and even widgets; background regarding campus consequences and disaster preparedness, writing the information sources on influenza; and availability of external resources. The disaster plan, training, emergency, most usefully, a concise list of topics outline headings include operations disaster recovery, case studies, bibliog- to address in a library policy, with the (mitigation via raising awareness, raphy, and appendices (a model plan; caveat that they should be consistent providing information, and response companies, societies and organiza- with the parent institution’s plans. contingencies); organization and tions to consult; relevant professional Topics range from broader consid- assignment of responsibilities; journals; and recovery services). erations such as criteria under which direction and control (by incident The ACRL CLIP Note #40, the library and its programs would commander and Chancellor or des- Emergency Response Planning in be closed down and policies govern- ignee); administration and logistics, College Libraries,13 is a compilation ing sick leave and work from home, and a tabular plan organized by broad

24 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 university administrative units, bro- communication systems are to Library Continuity of Operations ken out by Stage 1 (confirmed cases include a call tree, but additional Plan discussed in this article. in the U.S.), Stage 2 (suspected cases modes of communication are listed on campus or in town), and Stage 3 as possible options for various contin- (confirmed cases on campus) phases gencies: instant messaging, web site, References of pandemic. In the latter stage, only pagers, etc. The departmental essen- 1 Lisa McGuire, “Planning for a essential personnel would be required tial function template reflects the Pandemic Influenza Outbreak: Roles to actually come to work on cam- need for multiple layers of contacts for Librarian Liaisons in Emergency pus. No specific mention is made of for each essential function: primary, Delivery of Educational Programs,” campus libraries’ services and staffing alternate, and second alternative con- Medical Reference Services exigencies. tact persons. Similarly, departmental Quarterly 26 (2007): 1-13. A link on the ALA website to leadership succession charts list the 2 Lorie Grundy, et al., “Preventing the Department of Environment, head and three successors. “Key inter- Pandemonium: Pandemic Health, and Safety Department at nal dependencies” refers to services Preparedness Planning and the University of North Carolina at or products provided by units or Communicable Disease Outbreak Chapel Hill proved to be the most departments within the institution; Management in a University promising, offering a comprehen- by contrast, external dependencies Setting,” Health Law Review 16 sive, substantive Pandemic Influenza are providers and suppliers outside of (2007): 17-24. Emergency Plan16 that includes the institution. A mitigation strate- 3 Lila Guterman, “Flu Plan: Colleges guidelines, templates, and FAQs for gies section calls for steps that can be Struggle with How They Would creating a plan for one’s own library. taken immediately to minimize the React to a Pandemic,” Chronicle of The specific elements in the plan are impact of a future pandemic upon Higher Education 52 (Dec. 2005): listed as follows: departmental operations, such as A27-A28, accessed December 3, • Objectives of the Department or developing flexible work-from-home 2012, http://chronicle.com/article/ Unit contingency procedures. A vari- Facing-Down-the-Flu/35305 . • Essential Functions ety of exercises (with specific dates 4 “Operational Continuity Plan,” • Identification of Communicable requested) includes options for test- University of Minnesota, Disease Emergency Mandatory ing a department’s plans; and finally, Department of Emergency Employees a recovery section identifies issues to Management. Last modified October • Key Internal Dependencies be addressed, such as resumption of 26, 2012, http://www1.umn.edu/pre- • Key External Dependencies normal services, inventory supplies, pared/emmgmt.html . • Emergency Access to Information 5 “Guidelines for Preparing the & Systems continued absenteeism, earned time University for SARS,” American • Emergency Communication off, and emotional needs of staff. Systems The plan’s succinct but compre- College Health Association, last • Leadership Succession hensive and flexible outline had modified July 2007, http://www. • Mitigation Strategies immediate appeal, and lent itself to uwlax.edu/police/Sars_Guidelines. • Recovery of Operations the development of a modified tem- pdf plate that the Disaster Preparedness 6 “Guidelines for Pandemic The full template is enriched by Committee could propose to the Planning,” American College Health extensive explanatory information, library administration for con- Association, last modified July providing context, background, and sideration as the basic rubric for 2006. www.acha.org. specific options or examples, and it developing a continuity of operations 7 “Campus Response to Novel is prefaced by an explanation of the plan, modified as needed by consid- Influenza H1N1,” American College institution’s planning assumptions, erations drawn from literature and Health Association, last modified DRAFT based on potential absenteeism rates other resources such as those outlined September 2009, http://www.acha. and timeframes for possible disrup- above. org/publications/guidelines_white- tions of supplies. Departmental The authors would like to acknowl- papers.cfm. objectives are defined as the “unique edge the contributions of Scott Adair 8 “Planning & Templates: FEMA mission” that encompasses research, in researching, developing, writing, Planning Continuity Guidance,” teaching, and service. Emergency and editing the Z. Smith Reynolds U. S. Department of Homeland

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 25 Security, Federal Emergency 11 Miriam B. Kahn, Disaster Response and Research Libraries, 2009). Management Agency, last modified and Planning for Libraries, 14 “Pandemic Preparedness,” American June 2012, http://www.fema.gov/ (Chicago: American Library Library Association, last modified planning-templates#1. Association, 1998). March 18, 2011, http://www.ala.org/ 9 “CDC Guidance for Responses to 12 Frances C. Wilkinson, Linda tools/pandemic-preparedness Influenza for Institutions of Higher K. Lewis, and Nancy K. 15 “Pandemic Information,” University Education during the 2009-2010 Dennis, Comprehensive Guide of Mississippi, last accessed Academic Year,” Centers for Disease to Emergency Preparedness and December 3, 2012, http://www.ole- Control and Prevention, last modi- Disaster Recovery. (Chicago: miss.edu/emergency/Pandemic.html. fied February 2010, http://www.cdc. Association of College and Research 16 “Pandemic Influenza Emergency gov/h1n1flu/institutions/guidance/. Libraries, 2010). Plan,” University of North Carolina 10 “Pandemic Awareness,” Centers for 13 Marcia Thomas and Anke Voss, at Chapel Hill, Environment, Health Disease Control and Prevention, last compilers, Emergency Response and Safety, last modified 2009, modified 2012, http://www.flu.gov/ Planning in College Libraries. http://ehs.unc.edu/healthy/panflu/. pandemic/index.html. (Chicago: Association of College

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26 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Jeanne Hoover, Clark Nall, Carolyn Willis | East Carolina University Designing Library Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract — East Carolina University is the home of an innovative program for students with learning disabilities, Project STEPP (Supporting Transition and Education through Planning Partnerships). Librarians at ECU’s Joyner Library have collaborated with Project STEPP since 2010 to provide library instruction for the program’s students. The researchers have considered principles of Universal Design for Learning and the special needs of students with learning disabilities in library instruction. This paper will discuss the librarians’ collaboration with the STEPP program, classroom experiences and assessment with the students, and future plans for improving instruction.

roject STEPP (Supporting larger group of students than solely resources. The last two come close to Transition and Education those registered with the campus graduation and are designed to help through Planning Partnerships) student disabilities services. Further, the students’ transition from college Pis an innovative program for college what librarians learn from the meth- to the workforce. students with learning disabilities ods used for teaching students with Universal Design for Instruction started at East Carolina University. learning disabilities will help bet- calls for goals, materials, methods, The program is part of Project STAR ter serve all patrons by improving and assessment that are appropriate (Supporting Transition, Access, library instruction and reference for the maximum number of learn- and Retention) which is a growing communications. ers.2 In this study, the authors used program that currently has represen- Located in Greenville, North repetition, slower pace, multime- tation at two other North Carolina Carolina, East Carolina University dia presentations (videos and online campuses. All the programs are aimed is a public, coeducational doctoral/ tutorials), active learning, and indi- at helping students with learning research institution. Project STEPP is vidual follow-ups. disabilities or concerned with train- a collaborative program that partners ing faculty to design more inclusive with colleges and departments on Literature Review courses. campus and other area educational The impact of students with learning In the decade between 2000 institutions. The librarians collabo- disabilities on academic libraries and 2010, the number of students rated with two cohorts over the course has not yet received much scholarly with diagnosed dyslexia, ADD, and of two years, 2011 and 2012. The attention. Most of the library literature ADHD more than doubled.1 With program enrolls ten carefully selected concerning learning disabilities is the growing number of students with freshmen with documented learning aimed at public libraries and school identified learning disabilities study- disabilities each year and offers aca- media centers. For academic libraries, ing at the university level, academic demic, social, and life skills support. Nancy Black has discussed the libraries are becoming more sensi- The students take a reduced course importance of considering invisible tive to the information needs of this load and are scheduled to graduate disabilities in the delivery of services population. Responding to the learn- in five years. Freshmen spend twenty to online students.3 Mates and ing needs and styles of students with hours per week in the STEPP offices Booth gave a powerful reminder learning disabilities will require that for studying and tutoring. As they of the importance of serving all libraries consider multiple methods progress, they have fewer required academic library patrons, regardless of reference and instruction delivery. study hours. The students take a of disability. 4 DRAFT Considering that there are students series of five independent study elec- The idea of universal design was with learning disabilities that are tives. Three are taken early in the originally proposed by Ronald Mace, undiagnosed or not disclosed by the college experience and focus on time an architect. 5 Mace’s focus was student, it is reasonable to expect that management, organization, study on barrier-free buildings that were the additional methods will benefit a skills/strategies, and learning campus usable to all, including those with

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 27 physical disabilities. The idea was collaboration and the scope of The pre- and post-test included five adapted to serve the needs of diverse librarian involvement were discussed questions about student confidence students in higher education by and the planning began. The authors levels in using library resources and Silver, Bourke and Stehorn in 1998.6 used hands-on activity, peer teaching, five questions about conducting The concept was further refined by repetition, pacing, multimedia research. (See Appendix) At the time Zeff who proposed that Universal instructional tools, and individual they took the pre-test, the students Design for Learning should include follow-ups. had no formal library instruction multiple means of representation, Early in fall semester 2011, the sessions with us. After the pre- multiple means of expression, and students of Cohort 2011 attended test, they received three instruction multiple means of engagement.7 three dedicated library instruction sessions and at least one instruction Universal Design for Learning with a sessions. In their first session,session with their freshman English focus on learning disabilities has been they had a tour and introduction composition class. The authors discussed by Beacham and Alty 8and to general library services. Using compared the pre- and post-test Getzel, McManus, and Briel .9 the catalog and locating books results to assess the library skills Much of the library literature on the shelf were subjects of the gained by the students during these on serving patrons with learning second session. Finally, they were sessions. The authors have also done disabilities has come largely from the introduced to article databases, a citation analysis of Cohort 2011’s perspective of public libraries, where scholarly publications, and evaluating second semester English composition the research has focused mostly on websites. Later in the semester, the papers. (Fig. 1) physical adaptations and reference students also attended the instruction As a result of post-tests with assistance.10 Weingand gives a good session routinely provided in their Cohort 2011, the authors followed overview of learning disabilities and first and second semester freshman the same basic instruction program the response of a public library in composition courses. They were but added greater emphasis on New York.11For academic libraries, also offered individual researchreading citations, understanding call research has focused on serving consultations near the end of the numbers, and locating books in the students with learning disabilities but semester when their papers were due. stacks for Cohort 2012. For example, the universal design component has The library instruction mirrored that more time was spent discussing the not been prominent. Black discussed of ENGL 1100 (First Year English correct MLA format and where they the delivery of library services to Composition). The assessmentcan locate bibliographic information students with learning disabilities.12 indicated that slowing the pace and from websites, books, and electronic O’Connor, Chodock, and Dolinger repetition were helpful. journal articles. In typical ENGL offered ideas of applying universal The assessment of student learning 1100 classes, students learn Library design to academic library services.13 consisted of pre- and post-tests. The of Congress Classification by shelving The paucity of literature suggests that pre-test was given at the beginning of books on a virtual book truck. This the application of universal design their first instruction session and the same activity was not as successful principles to academic library services students took the post-test online after with Cohort 2011 as it took a lot of for students with learning disabilities their first major English paper near class time to complete the activity. is an area that requires further the end of fall semester or beginning After consulting with the STEPP research. of spring semester. The authors now staff, placing physical books in order have two years of test and survey proved to be more successful. Another Research Methods data for the STEPP students. Using unique activity included looking up In the fall of 2010 the Outreach a variety of assessment tools, teaching the call numbers for book titles and Librarian, Head of Reference, and the methods for incoming Project STEPP physically pulling them from the Project STEPP Director met to begin cohorts have been adapted and these shelves. planning the library’s instruction methods may be applied to general plans for the STEPP students. The freshmen English students. Thus far, Results Project STEPP Director gave the the authors have administered a pre- In general, Cohort 2011 and Cohort librarians an overview of the program and post-test designed for STEPP 2012 gained more confidence in and research needs of students with cohorts and a citation analysis of conducting library research as their learning disabilities. Proposals for Cohort 2011’s papers. freshman year progressed. However,

28 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Table 1.

Cohort 2012 indicated a more In reviewing the quantitative data, Since Library of Congress positive response towards library Cohort 2011 was more successful classification often presents a research in the post-test results overall in using criteria to evaluate challenge to students, the authors than Cohort 2011. Cohort 2011 websites. Cohort 2011 correctly included a question about it on the either maintained or decreased identified a webpage’s layout/design, test. Fifty percent of students in their confidence level in finding author’s credentials, and date as Cohort 2011 answered that ‘books books in the library. Cohort 2012 key criteria in evaluating a website, are arranged by topic’ as the correct greatly increased their confidence whereas Cohort 2012 identified answer in the pre-test, but many level in locating books between the discovering the site through a popular/ answered incorrectly on the post-test. pre- and post-test. In the post-test, trusted search engine as a sufficient The authors reworked this portion 100% of students in Cohort 2012 criterion for evaluating websites. of the instruction for Cohort 2012. were Somewhat or Very Confident One explanation for Cohort 2012’s As the numbers did not improve in locating books, attributing these response may be that Joyner Library with Cohort 2012, this is still an results from the more interactive call began using Summon, a library area that needs to receive more focus number activities. discovery tool that searches physical in instruction sessions. This trend Seventy-five percent of Cohort materials and various databases in is also reflected in general English 2011 were confident in locating spring 2012. Since Summon works composition courses. Typically, the articles on the pre-and post-test while like Google for library research, librarians instruct students to get Cohort 2012 were less confident it may be interpreted as a search three pieces of information to find with 28% Not Very Confident, 43% engine. Based on the student post- a book: title, call number, and Somewhat, and 29% Not Confident tests, the authors plan to incorporate location. This may influence some of on the pre-test. However, 75% of a separate website evaluation learning the students’ answers on the post-test DRAFT Cohort 2012 were very confident activity in the future. The authors and revision of the test question or in the post-test. Both Cohorts asked the students to identify the instruction may be needed. showed improvement with avoiding summary of an article in the pre- and The last question asks students to plagiarism with 75% being Very post-test. All of Cohorts 2011 and identify the type of material (journal Confident and 25% being Somewhat 2012 answered that the abstract was article, book, website, book article) Confident in the post-test. a summary of an article. given only the citation of a journal

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 29 article. The majority of both Cohorts a variety of sources. Overall, 22% of shows that with the specialized 2011 and 2012 correctly identify the citations were from scholarly articles. instruction, STEPP students citation as an article in the pre-test. Additionally, 21% of papers had successfully met the same learning However, some of the students in organization and commercial website outcomes as their peers without both cohorts answered the question citations. Both scholarly sources and learning disabilities. The authors incorrectly on the post-test. Again, professional organization websites believe that the lessons learned using the assessment data from were emphasized in their English with these students are potentially Cohort 2011, the authors focused class library instruction sessions. helpful to all students. Students with more on citations with Cohort 2012. undisclosed or undiagnosed learning The problem may be that the test Conclusions disabilities in the classroom benefit shows the citation in APA format The authors’ experience indicates from techniques gleaned from and the students are more familiar that repetition and slower pacing are working with Cohorts 2011 and with MLA, which they use in the useful tools for library instruction for 2012. As the librarians continue to freshmen English courses and in high students with learning disabilities. apply Universal Design for Learning school. The authors plan to change Reflecting the literature on universal principles to library instruction, the format in the future and include design, the authors also emphasized more group activities are included, an additional citation activity during group activities and multimedia iPads are used to foster group the Project STEPP library program. presentation of concepts. Theactivities, and video and other online In addition to the pre- and librarians used videos on plagiarism tutorials are offered as a supplement post-tests, the authors conducted a and scholarly publications to to classroom instruction. The goal citation analysis of Cohort 2011’s reinforce ideas. The authors greatly in using these techniques and those final paper in their second semester benefited from close contact with the that will be added in the future is to English composition course. For Project STEPP staff who provided close the gap between students with the assignment, the students had invaluable advice regarding teaching identified learning disabilities and to research an issue in their future methods, such as repetition and their peer cohort. career which allowed students to use slower pacing. The authors’ research

References 1 http://www.popecenter.org/acrobat/vickers-mar2010.pdf 2 Burgstahler, Sheryl E. “Universal Design of Instruction: From Principles To Practice.” In Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice, edited by Sheryl E. Burgstahler and Rebecca C. Cory, 29. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2008. 3 Black, Nancy E. “Blessing or Curse? Distance Delivery to Students with Invisible Disabilities.” Journal Of Library Administration 41, no. 1/2 (August 2004): 47-64. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). 4 Mates, Barbara T., and Char Booth. “Information Power to All Patrons.” Library Technology Reports 48, no. 7 (October 2012): 7-13. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). 5 Mace, Ronald. 1985. “Universal Design: Barrier-Free Environments for Everyone.” Designers West 33 (1): 147-152. 6 Silver, Patricia, Andrew Bourke, and K. C. Strehorn. 1998. “Universal Instructional Design in Higher Education: An Approach for Inclusion.” Equity & Excellence in Education 31 (2): 47-51. doi:10.1080/1066568980310206. http:// www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1066568980310206. 7 Zeff, Robbin. 2007. “Universal Design Across the Curriculum.” New Directions for Higher Education (137): 27-44. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24421396&site=ehost-live. 8 Beacham, Nigel A. and James L. Alty. 2006. “An Investigation into the Effects that Digital Media can have on the Learning Outcomes of Individuals Who have Dyslexia.” Computers & Education 47 (1): 74-93. doi:10.1016/j. compedu.2004.10.006. 9 Getzel, Elizabeth Evans, Shannon McManus, Lori W. Briel. 2004. “An effective model for college students with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.” Research to Practice Brief. Improving Secondary Education and Transition Services through Research. 3 (1). National Center on Secondary Education and Transition, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota.

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Appendix: Pre – and Post– test Questions

1. What is your Banner ID Number?

2. When I think about doing research at Joyner Library for my college classes, I feel: (Please write 2-3 sentences)

3. How confident do you feel finding books in the library on a particular research topic? a. Very b. Somewhat c. Not Very d. Not at All

4. How confident do you feel using library databases to find relevant articles on a topic? a. Very b. Somewhat c. Not Very d. Not at All

5. How comfortable do you feel asking for research assistance in a library? a. Very b. Somewhat c. Not Very d. Not at All

6. How familiar are you with avoiding plagiarism in your papers? a. Very b. Somewhat c. Not Very d. Not at All

7. If you are not familiar with a topic, where do you go to find more information? (Please write 2-3 sentences) When you’re evaluating a website, which of the following criteria should you use? (Check all that apply) a. Author’s Credentials b. Bias c. Date of Publication/Creation d. Discovered through a (popular/trusted) search engine such as Google, MSN, or Yahoo! e. Layout/Design

8. A summary of a journal article is called: a. Bibliography b. Index c. Abstract d. Periodical e. Atlas

9. Books in the library are shelved according to Library of Congress Classification. Library of Congress Classification arranges books primarily by: a. Topic b. Author Name c. Title d. Date of Publication DRAFT 10. The following citation refers to what type of material? Sheffield, P.E., & Landrigan, P.J. (2011). Global Climate Change and Children’s Health: Threats and Strategies for Prevention. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(3), 291-298. a. Journal Article b. Book c. Website d. Book Article

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 31 Ralph Scott | East Carolina University

North Carolina Library Association History from the pages of North Carolina Libraries Resolved: The North Carolina Library Association shall hold an annual conference

Annual Sessions: opinions of annual sessions; (2) poll More than a dozen North Carolina Pro & Con - A Foreword exhibitors on willingness to sup- Library Association members by Robert H. May, Associate Director Forsyth County Public port the North Carolina Library expressed their opinions concern- Library System Association annually; (3) investigate ing annual sessions to the members financial ramifications of annual of the Annual Sessions Committee. sessions; and (4) invite opinions The following articles embody argu- uring the 1973 North Carolina from the North Carolina Library ments for and against annual sessions DLibrary Association conven- Association membership. as culled from these opinions. tion, a resolution offered by the Letters of inquiry were sent to Junior Members Round Table was five state association presidents. PRO: The Argument for An- passed by the membership to inves- Four responded favorably regard- nual Sessions tigate the possibility of holding the ing annual sessions. Virginia, by Robert H. May North Carolina Library Association South Carolina, Tennessee, and conventions annually rather than Florida Library Association leaders our out of five state library biennially. The resolution further were for annual sessions, and the Fassociation leaders from south- specified that a committee be formed Georgia Association president was eastern states listed the following to investigate this possibility and all against annual sessions. The pro and advantages of annual sessions: financial factors involved. The com- con points in these letters will be (1) It is easier to sustain interest mittee was charged further with the described elsewhere in this report. in a professional association when it composition of a proposed consti- Exhibitors were polled infor- meets at least annually, since often tutional change allowing annual mally at the 1974 American Library the momentum gained at conven- sessions to be voted on at the 1975 Association Con-vention in New tion time wanes as the year gets convention. York City. Approximately 50% of underway. The commitfee was appointed the exhibitors who exhibit nor- (2) An annual convention gives by Gene Lanier and includes Alieen mally said they would definitely members the opportunity to meet, Aderholdt from Lenoir Rhyne support the North Carolina Library to keep in touch, and to exchange College Library, Sharron Deal from Association on an annual basis. ideas regarding library programs Edgecombe Technical Institute, Concerning financial factors, it across the state. Ruth Hodge from Havelock Senior should be observed that rental of (3) A higher membership level High School Library, Nancy exhibit space bears a large part of can be obtained when the asso- Wallace from the State Library, the burden for supporting the con- ciation meets more frequently than Arial Stephens from the Charlotte vention. If the number of exhibitors biennially. (Many new librarians in Mecklenburg County Library, decreased because of annual ses- the state who start work between and Robert May from the Forsyth sions, it is possible that registration biennial conferences may wait as County Public Library. and perhaps membership fees would long as two years before joining the The committe has met three times have to be increased. A fifty percent association.) and decided on a course of action. increase in exhibits might mean (4) It is easier to obtain officers, The committee would: (1) contact as much as a $3.00 increase in the committee chairmen, and others to leaders of neighboring southeastern registration fee, all other factors serve one year rather than two year state library associations for their remaining equal. terms.

32 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 (5) An annual convention in some instances merely duplicate The amount of volunteer time provides the opportunity to give the work of a section committee. required to put on the conven- attention to problems, matters of The sections are active, by com- tion is another argument. There is current interest, and special state- parison. The Public Library Section no reason, however, why the same wide needs and concerns where supports work-shops throughout persons have to be convention man- there is a sense of urgency. the state, as does the College and agers, local arrangements chairmen, (6) Annual conventions provide University Section. The North exhibits chairman, and the like year more opportunities to participate in Carolina Association of School after year. There is sufficient interest association activities. Librarians practically stages its own within the association membership (7) There is greater opportunity off year convention. to change these appointments each to see new equipment, books, and Workshops, however, are far from year. supplies. a replacement for a convention. In the final analysis, annual (8) In South Carolina, where Attendance is limited, and there sessions and the proposed constitu- the association went from annual are usually no exhibits. Moreover, tional change appearing at the end to biennial sessions temporarily, the different types of librarians do not of this article will not be decided belief that more people would go to associate with one another to any upon by the Executive Board or a Southeastern Library Association extent more than once every two few vocal and influential members. during the off year was discred- years. Because of the resulting loss It will be the entire’ membership of ited. The same number of people of interest in one another’s problems North Carolina Library Association went to the Southeastern Library during the biennium, there is little who will make the decision and com- Association Conference when the communication at the convention mitment. It will include librarians in South Carolina Library Association itself. the small towns who’s budget does met biennially as when there were Issues like intellectual freedom, not include trips out of state to the annual sessions. networking, union lists, copy- Southeastern Library Association The list of reasons for annual ses- right, public and pri-vate funding Convention, the energetic members sions may be endless, but the issue sources for libraries, women’s rights, who want to discuss current issues goes deeper than balancing pros bibliographic control of state publi- annually, and those who want to and cons. The more fundamental cations, and management are good foster cooperative efforts between question is whether North Carolina examples. Other state associations libraries in an effort to further librarians want a strong, cohesive, have addressed these issues squarely goals common to the total library vibrant library association with with a continuity and solidar- profession. membership from all corners of the ity of purpose brought about by The chance for change is in the profession, or a loose federation of an interested membership meet- air. It is up to the membership to sections going their own way. The ing annually. The North Carolina grasp it. latter is what we have now. Library Association, on the other The amount of real associa- hand, has hardly scratched the sur- CON: Financial tion business done at conventions face of these issues. Considerations of for the last three sessions could be Opponents of annual ses- Annual NCLA Conferences typed on two pages. The Executive sions may argue that the financial by Arial Stephens, Director Board meets more frequently, but burden to the association might Public Library of Charlotte and spends most of its time appointing increase with yearly conventions. It Mecklenburg County committees ad infinitum, listening is equally possible that in-creased to reports from these committees, interest generated by annual ses- here are several financial aspects and preparing for the next conven- sions will attract more attendance Tto holding annual North DRAFT tion. Most of the North Carolina and More exhibits and that the cost Carolina Library Association con- Library Association committees to the association will decrease. ferences of which members should which are appointed, with the nota- In either case, there would be no be aware. The Treasurer’s 1973 ble exception of the extremely active more than two or three dollars dif- Biennial Conference Financial Intellectual Freedom Committee, ference to the individual member. Report is appended for information make single annual efforts and which and study.

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 33 If exhibits, as well as meetings, are obligated to exhibit regardless of the Local arrangements are a full-time to be scheduled, space needs for the frequency of the conferences. The job for several people in the host city conference require at least 12,000 other half say they would alternate in the months before the conference. square feet for exhibits and an equal years, thereby cutting the exhibit Furthermore, various Association amount which can be broken into revenue. If the exhibit budget broke officers must spend hours of time two large rooms for simultaneous even with annual conferences, the contacting and confirming speakers meetings. Hotel and motel accom- Association would remain solvent. and programs. Having been deeply modations in the state severely limit Should annual exhibit costs exceed involved in mounting the confer- available locations. When NCLA revenue, the Association would be ence for the last fifteen years, I doubt was smaller, a number of hotels could in financial difficulty and would be that I, and many others so involved, handle the conference at small cost forced to raise membership dues. could afford the time for an annual to the Association and could provide Conference registration and conference. meeting rooms and meal facilities free ticket sales, which represent approx- Reports from exhibitors consis- because we were occupying most of imately 30% of the surplus income, tently state that North Carolina has their sleeping rooms. Now, since no might also be reduced to a deficit fig- the best state conference which they single hotel has adequate space, the ure should there be annual meetings attend. Should we risk one excel- Association must pay for an exhibit and a possibly consequent smaller lent biennial conference for annual hall, as well as some meeting room attendance. conferences which would have space. Hotel ballrooms still come Another aspect, while not finan- fewer exhibitors and fewer librar- free, but few locations have adequate cial, is the amount of volunteer ians attending? Can we financially space for the several large meetings. time invested in preparing for the afford annual conferences? Should Traditionally, revenue from conference. The Treasurer spends off-year conferences without exhib- exhibitors’ rental payments have much time in mailings, having tick- its be held, and would they remain exceeded the cost of mounting the ets printed, and pre-registering. The that way? Is ALA’s mid-winter con- exhibits and of space rental and have Exhibits Chairman spends about 10 ference an indication of what an left a respectable surplus to help the to 20% of his or her time for three off-year meeting would become? Association operate in the “off-year.” to four months prior to conference Of the recent exhibitors, about time with contract forms, mailings, one-half of them say they would be and setting up the exhibit layout.

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always been friendly until a severe Parents” that also provides a short drought threatens both the pond and description of the actual town and their friendship. The lizards begin the prevailing tales associated with its hauling water from the dwindling name. This book is recommended for pond, and the frogs fear this will collections with a special interest in damage their homes. The frogs decide North Carolina authors and stories. to take action by chasing off the next lizards who attempt to collect water, Laura Gillis The Legend of Lizard Lick: formerly Forsyth County Public Library A North Carolina Folktale thus outraging the lizards. The may- ors of Lizard Town and Frogville By Karen Matthews. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent meet and decide that a track and Publishing Platform, 2013. 36 pp. $15.00. ISBN 9781479382477. field competition of three events will decide which group will be allowed to stay at the pond and which group he state of North Carolina is will be forced to leave. The lizards Tno stranger to uniquely named and frogs each claim one victory, towns, but perhaps the most unusual leaving the decision for the tug-of- name is that of Lizard Lick. A quick war where the lizards narrowly defeat North Carolina’s Amazing Coast: Internet search will turn up various Natural Wonders from Alligators the frogs. Thus, the lizards “lick” the to Zoeas stories relating to the origins of this frogs and commemorate their victory By David Bryant, George Davidson, Terri Kirby H name, all of which involve alcohol by changing the name of their town athaway, and Kathleen Angione. of dubious legality and, naturally, to Lizard Lick. In a gesture of friend- Athens: University of Georgia Press, in cooperation with North Carolina Sea Grant Program, 2013. lizards licking said alcohol. Author ship, the lizards allow the frogs to stay 1 vol., unpaged. $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8203-4510-9. Karen Matthews and illustrator Josh at the pond as long as the water can Taylor created this version of how be shared by all, and a welcome storm the town became known as Lizard ends the drought. orth Carolina’s varied coast Lick as a family-friendly alternative This book is a light-hearted story Nprovides an endless supply of to the original stories. Matthews is accompanied by charming illustra- fascinating plants, animals, and eco- the owner of Carolina Souvenirs, the tions full of detail. However, the systems sure to captivate both casual company that produced this book lessons that can be drawn from beach combers and research sci- and on whose website the book can the story are a little confused. For entists. These two audiences come be purchased. Taylor’s work as a example, the lizards’ extension of for- together in this brief, family-friendly graphic artist has been featured in giveness to the frogs occurs after they guide to some of the more interesting other books and mediums. have renamed their town as a per- features of coastal North Carolina. The story’s premise begins with petual reminder of their victory. This Based on an earlier work that Bryant a grandfather answering his young seems ungenerous at best and deliber- and Davidson compiled for Georgia, grandson’s question about how the ately mean at worst. The illustrations this book has been adapted and DRAFT town of Lizard Lick got its name. The also lack the polish of convention- added to by Hathaway and Angione perspective then shifts to the lizards ally edited and published children’s who are associated with the North of Lizard Town, located on the shore books. Be aware that despite the title, Carolina Sea Grant, a program that of Sweetwater Pond, and the frogs this is not a typical folktale since the seeks to educate the public about the of Frogville, located in the midst of plot originated with Matthews. The state’s coastal region. Hathaway’s role the pond. The lizards and frogs have book mentions this in the “Note to as Marine Education Specialist and

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 35 Angione’s former position as part of order to open the avenues for discus- of a two-ocean navy. An outspo- North Carolina Sea Grant’s commu- sion, questions, and further learning. ken anti-imperialist, as Secretary he nications team give them an excellent This book is recommended as an directed a numerous American mili- perspective on this goal. This book extra purchase for elementary school tary interventions in Latin America. is particularly suited to educational libraries where it may help introduce Such a complex, multi-faceted life, objectives because it provides scien- coastal topics. It is also recommended with so many prominent contradic- tific facts in a fun and concise manner for public libraries, perhaps with one tions and inconsistencies, would give that not only informs but invites the copy each for adult and children’s pause to any would-be biographer— reader to learn more. nonfiction. and has, until now. With Josephus As the title implies, the book is Daniels: His Life & Times, by Lee A. an alphabetical collection of short Laura Gillis Craig, Alumni Professor of History essays about different aspects of formerly Forsyth County Public Library and Chair of the Department of North Carolina’s coastal ecosystems. Economics at North Carolina State Each entry is one page in length and University, we finally have a thor- includes a color illustration. The text oughly researched, engaging story of is brief but also engaging, accessible, a man “arguably the mightiest man in and often humorous. Plants and ani- North Carolina following the white mals dominate the subject matter, supremacy campaigns of 1898 and but entries on other topics such as 1900.” Daniels would remain a dom- tides and shrimp life cycles provide inant public figure for the rest of his a comprehensive view of the coastal life. biome. The essays generally provide Born in 1862 in “Little a description of the subject and then Washington” in eastern North follow with facts that are particularly Josephus Daniels: Carolina, Daniels grew up with few unusual or interesting. For example, His Life & Times economic advantages. Family con- by Lee A. Craig. the book notes that the tail of the Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. nections helped his widowed mother horseshoe crab was used by Native 474 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-0695-8. secure appointment as postmistress in Americans as a spear tip, and that it is Wilson in 1866. This exposed young the male pipefish of North Carolina’s Few, if any, North Carolinians can Josephus to the leading citizens of the marshes that gets pregnant instead of equal Josephus Daniels (1863-1948) community, since the front room of the female. Such information evokes in length and level of leadership in the Daniels family home served as the the “Oh wow” or “I never knew the public affairs of the state and post office for the next sixteen years. that” reaction that can inspire further nation. As owner and editor of the Bright and inquisitive, Josephus lis- learning. While the book’s entries are Raleigh News and Observer, he trans- tened to the locals argue politics and too brief to allow them to be used as formed a small, struggling newspaper discuss public affairs and eagerly source material for school projects, into the most politically influential in skimmed the out-of-town newspa- the book is an excellent starting point the state. A forceful advocate of early pers that arrived each morning. In for both classroom work and infor- twentieth-century Progressive causes, 1878, he co-founded his own weekly, mal or even on-site exploration. The including public education, women’s an ambitious first step for a sixteen- book also includes an extensive list of suffrage, prohibition, and anti-trust year-old. But soon his ambitions suggestions for further reading that laws, he was also a no-holds-barred turned to Raleigh, where in 1894, he may help direct further study on any leader of white supremacy forces achieved his dream, ownership of the of the book’s topics. in the post-Civil War South. He News and Observer, the capital city’s This attractive book is enticing in served two presidents in key admin- leading daily. its brevity, and it has the ability to istrative positions in Washington and Daniels was an innovative, even lure both reluctant learners and dedi- was appointed by a third to a sensi- transformative, figure in American cated coastal enthusiasts. Designed to tive ambassadorial post. Although journalism, Craig argues. He was be enjoyed by both adults and chil- a quasi-pacifist, as Secretary of the among the first newspaper publishers dren, it is perhaps at its best when Navy during World War I he led the outside a few big cities to recognize shared between the two groups in rapid development and deployment the importance of separating news

36 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 coverage from editorial content. the earliest accounts of storms are Strong community news would taken from diaries and historical doc- draw subscribers even if they dis- uments, and impressions are often agreed with editorial stances. As his sketchy and incomplete. Some of paper’s circulation figures grew, so the most fascinating stories center on did Daniels’s wealth. By 1914, he was predicaments faced by unsuspecting clearing about two million dollars a citizens before the advent of sophisti- year in today’s money. North Carolina’s Hurricane cated hurricane tracking technology. Through his newspapers, Daniels History, 4th ed. For example, the 1879 storm caught became an increasingly influential North Carolina Governor Jarvis and By Jay Barnes. figure in state politics. Determined Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. many prominent guests from inland to end Republican power, which he 335 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-0652-1. communities at the Atlantic Hotel in felt was corrupt and an impediment Beaufort. Another fascinating story to economic and social progress, nyone who has lived in North relates the freakish relocation of the he and his allies targeted African ACarolina for any length of time Providence Methodist Church in American voters, nearly all of whom has either heard the stories of past Swan Quarter. The church’s congre- voted Republican. Appealing to racial great storms or has lived through the gation wished to build a sanctuary prejudice in inflammatory, provoca- effects of a hurricane or its aftermath. on a piece of property near the center tive language which at times justified It is simply something with which of town, but was refused by the land violence, he led Democrats in unit- North Carolinians must cope, and owner. After this refusal, they went ing most whites behind them in the for which they must prepare. ahead with construction elsewhere, elections of 1898 and 1900. Because Jay Barnes’s classic, North and flooding during a storm in 1876 of the statewide influence of his Carolina’s Hurricane History, now in floated the structure several miles, News and Observer and his leader- its fourth edition, is “updated with settling it in the exact location where ship of the Democratic Party, Craig a decade of new storms from Isabel they had originally wanted to build. believes that Daniels “more than any to Sandy.” The first edition was pub- A great feature of the book is the other individual was responsible for lished in 1995. The first and third wealth of pictures and charts. Each the disenfranchisement of the state’s editions were examined in prepara- hurricane’s path is charted simply but African American citizens.” Craig tion for this review. It does not appear effectively to show the reader what also makes the case that Daniels, as that earlier editions were reviewed in part of the state was most affected. Secretary of the Navy, was a key fig- North Carolina Libraries, although a One of the most important takeaways ure in the emergence of the United mention of the second edition was is that hurricanes are diverse and no States as a modern naval power, included in “Other Publications of two are alike in the ways they cause successfully challenging ages-old tra- Interest” section in 1998. destruction. A category 1 storm may ditions and a rigid hierarchy against The most recent edition builds cause more havoc than a category 5 strong resistance. upon what has been documented depending on where landfall occurs Josephus Daniels: His Life & Times previously. This is essentially the same and many other factors such as size, is a story well told of an individual book with additional chapters cover- wind velocity, and rainfall amounts. notable in the history of North ing the later years’ storms and with No one, for example, had any reason Carolina and the nation. It would be minor revisions within the existing to think that Hurricane Floyd would an appropriate acquisition for aca- text. For all editions, the chapters cause as much flood damage as what demic and larger public libraries in covering the earlier storms remain resulted. That storm’s devastating the state. the same. The introductory chapters flooding moved the state to update and the later chapters in the fourth flood plain maps and to reevaluate DRAFT Robert G. Anthony, Jr. edition do have substantially new land management practices that had University of North Carolina at material. exacerbated the damage. The lessons Chapel Hill The strength of the book is its learned from each storm have been exhaustive documentation of all incorporated in preparedness plans major storms that have affected the for the future. state, as far back as 1524. Of course, The book concludes with advice

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 37 to citizens about how to prepare for tailoring, dressmaking, shoemaking, preservation. Carefully selected illus- storms, and includes a good list of painting, blacksmithing, coopering, trations depict the people and places resources and further reading. Jay and wagon- and carriage-making. she describes in Crafting Lives. The Barnes has created a successful series During the late eighteenth and lengthy bibliography (which includes of editions to keep us up-to-date on early nineteenth centuries, New Bern, extensive archival sources), numerous the history of hurricanes as they have a busy port town, had an unusually footnotes, and a detailed index will affected North Carolina. large number of free blacks who were be tremendously valuable to future Libraries of any substance in North able to participate fully as citizens: scholars. An appendix gives bio- Carolina should have at least one own property (including their own graphical summaries for thirty-one copy of this book, in the most recent slaves), vote if male property-hold- artisans about whom the author was edition. Libraries that purport to col- ers, and assume leadership roles in able to find substantial information. lect North Carolinana should have civic and church life. Between 1830 Bishir’s impeccably researched all editions, especially research level and the beginning of the Civil War, and clearly written text will be of collections and collections devoted to changes in laws and in the attitudes special interest to those researching coastal or weather-related topics. of many whites caused the erosion of African American history or geneal- these rights. Many free people of color ogy or New Bern’s past. Crafting Lives Eleanor I. Cook chose to move to more welcoming cit- belongs in local and regional librar- East Carolina University ies in the Midwest and Northeast. The ies in Craven County and in every Union occupation of New Bern, fol- academic and large public library in lowed by Emancipation, resulted in a North Carolina. Institutions of any resurgence of power and opportunity size whose collections emphasize for these skilled African Americans. African American or state history will During Reconstruction, artisans who also wish to acquire it. were typically better educated and more sophisticated than laborers, Elizabeth Dunn were natural leaders in political, edu- Duke University cational, religious, and community service organizations. Soon, however, the rise of virulent white suprema- Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North cists resulted in the loss of political Carolina, 1770-1900 power and disenfranchisement. The increasing availability of cheap man- By Catherine W. Bishir. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. ufactured goods meant that many 380 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-0875-4. artisans could no longer earn a good living through their skilled labor and atherine Bishir chose a title with had to turn to more menial work. a double meaning. The artisans C As in the earlier period, a number of The Easter Monday whose history she details led “craft- African American artisans chose to Baseball Game: North Carolina ing lives,” pursuing skilled trades. At move to more hospitable parts of the State and Wake Forest on the the same time they “crafted” lives in country. Many who remained contin- Diamond, 1899-1956 the sense of creating opportunities for ued to work for racial uplift through By Tim Peeler. autonomy, dignity, supportive family non-political institutions. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2013. 230 pp. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-7864-7452-3. and community ties, leadership, and Catherine Bishir, Curator of commercial success during a period Architecture Special Collections at of dramatic political, legal, and social North Carolina State University’s or more than fifty years North change. A product of painstaking Special Collections Research Center, FCarolina celebrated the day after archival research, Crafting Lives traces has written or co-written a number Easter—Easter Monday—as a state the fortunes of New Bern’s enslaved of scholarly articles and six books, holiday. For Tar Heel baby boomers and free people of color who engaged primarily about North Carolina archi- and Gen Xers the holiday meant a in carpentry, painting, masonry, tecture, architects, and architectural long weekend. And, perhaps, it raised

38 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 some questions as to why they alone spectators and fans traveling by train narrative voice is lost. Peeler has among the nation’s school children from other parts of the state to wit- included an appendix with statistics had the day off. But to earlier gen- ness the game. Peeler suggests that on Wake Forest and N.C. State play- erations of North Carolinians, Easter some may have attended less for the ers who had pro careers, along with Monday may well have occasioned a action had on the field and more for a bibliography, and an index that trip to Raleigh to watch the annual the sights in the stands. allows readers to locate specific play- baseball match between the boys After World War I the annual ers in the text. This book would be a of Wake Forest College and North contest had become a Raleigh social valuable resource for state and local Carolina State College followed by an event, with the women of Meredith, history collections in public and aca- evening celebrating or drowning one’s Peace, and St. Mary’s colleges “a demic libraries. sorrows—depending on the team you heavy presence at the baseball games” supported—at the PiKA Ball. It’s the in their colorful Easter bonnets and John Blythe history of this long-running baseball their white dresses. And the festive air University of North Carolina at matchup and the annual dance that didn’t stop with the ballgame’s con- Chapel Hill Tim Peeler documents in his well- clusion. By the 1920s the tradition researched work. of the PiKA Ball following the game North Carolina Agricultural was also well established. The evening and Mechanical College (as North dance began in 1906 as an Easter Carolina State University was first cotillion held by the North Carolina known) was ten years old in 1899 State College chapter of Pi Kappa when its men’s baseball team played Alpha fraternity. Over the years men the first Easter Monday ball game— from other fraternities attended, on this occasion against Bingham bringing as their dates women from Institute of Mebane. The contest drew the Raleigh colleges and beyond. By 700 fans and was the first one played 1928 ball organizers were send ing The Forgotten First: B-1 and the on N.C. A&M’s new field. Over the out 2,000 invitations to the event Integration of the Modern Navy ensuing seven years, the N.C. A&M and the invitee list would remain at By Alex Albright. team continued its tradition of games that number until the annual dance Fountain, NC: R.A. Fountain, Inc., 2013. 194 pp. $20.00. ISBN 978-0-9842-1022-0. on Easter Monday, taking on at vari- ended in 1961. Such was the status of ous times Wake Forest (then a Baptist the ball that nationally known bands college in Wake County), Trinity such as Gen Krupa’s and Johnny he history of race relations in the College (the pre-cursor to Duke Long’s performed and three North TUnited States is bound up, at University), and the University of Carolina governors served as honor- least in part, with the history of the North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The ary chaperones. military in this country. Because the exclusive pairing of N.C. A&M and Oral tradition holds that the military is both a closed system and Wake Forest was established in 1908 popularity of the Easter Monday ball- a system bound by rules and obedi- with a game attended by 2,500 fans game sparked legislators to adopt the ence to those rules, it can sometimes that drew front-page coverage from day as a state holiday in 1935. Peeler be used as a laboratory, testing barri- the Raleigh News & Observer. With echoes this story. But the veracity of ers and taboos in a way that society just a few exceptions (the primary such a claim is in dispute since no at large—unruly and undisciplined as one being the years of World War II), documents have been found to show it is—could never hope to test with the two teams continued their annual a clear relationship between the law’s any degree of certainty. As such, the contest on Easter Monday through introduction and the ballgame. With various arms of the military have, 1955. A matchup was scheduled in the exception of this one disputable over the years, sometimes been the DRAFT 1956, but rain cancelled the meeting fact, Peeler’s work is a rich record of avenue by which civilian authorities and the game was never played. two mostly forgotten annual events have sought to reconcile social prog- The Easter Monday conteston the state calendar. In fact, Peeler’s ress with social order. reached the zenith of its popularity in account is so chock full of detail—he Alex Albright has chronicled the 1920s, with the 1925 and 1926 quotes liberally from news accounts one such step—in this case, one contests drawing more than 8,000 of the events—that, at times, his route to integration, or at least the

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 39 beginnings of social acceptance of class citizens. He also delineates how the tobacco field, in the coal mines African Americans as equal citi- they calibrated their interactions with ... There’s so much fakery now and zens—in The Forgotten First: B-1 and the larger community around them, so much plastic in our world, that it’s the Integration of the Modern Navy. In particularly in the South, which nice to see something, like this music, it, he chronicles a remarkable group was still profoundly segregated and that’s real and isn’t just a veneer.” of young musicians, many of them deeply suspicious of authority or dig- This appreciation for the music with ties to North Carolina, who nity being granted to non-whites. traditions of western North Carolina played a small but significant part in Concurrently, Albright also details infuses Blue Ridge Music Trails of the opening up of the United States the musical careers of many of the North Carolina, a detailed guide to Navy, and by extension the entire band members, both during and after events and venues where visitors can United States military, to the idea the war, and provides an enlivening hear traditional music. Much more of African Americans as ranked ser- account of their many concerts and than just a guidebook, it also features vicemen, rather than just as service performances. profiles of traditional musicians and personnel such as mess attendants Illustrated throughout with pro- sidebars on various topics related to and stevedores. grams, concert pictures, and—most western North Carolina culture and Albright begins with a capsule welcome of all—pictures of each history. history of the presence of African of the band members, this book is The book is divided geographically Americans in the military, from the highly recommended for collections into six regions. Each section begins Revolutionary War to the start of focused on North Carolina history, with an overview of the region, fol- World War II. He also provides a on military history, and on the his- lowed by a listing of events and detailed and fascinating portrait of the tory of race relations and integration. venues by county. Events range from pressures for change brought to bear MerleFest in Wilkesboro, which draws by respected opinion makers, such Steven Case tens of thousands, to much smaller as James Shepard, C. C. Spaulding, State Library of North Carolina events such as the Christian Harmony and Frank Porter Graham, who each hymn sing in Etowah. The book sought in varying ways to use the cri- also features venues that host regular sis of the war as an avenue for social musical events, such as the Maggie change. Valley Opry House, home of the The bulk of the book however, is well-known banjo player Raymond about the formation and subsequent Fairchild, and a barber shop in Drexel history of this particular unit and the that hosts a weekly jam session. The men who were part of it. Fashioned range of events described—from from oral histories of surviving band large to small, formal to informal—is members as well as friends and neigh- remarkable. Musical styles repre- bors who remembered the band and sented include bluegrass, old-time, Blue Ridge Music Trails of North its effect on their lives, along with Carolina: A Guide to Music Sites, gospel, blues, and string band music. newspaper accounts, surviving mili- Artists, and Traditions of the There is an emphasis on this music tary records, and program notes, Mountains and Foothills as a living tradition that continues to Albright builds a picture of the unit By Fred C. Fussell, with Steve Kruger. grow and change. Many of the events, and its members. He follows the musi- Photographs by Cedric N. Chatterley. such as jam sessions, are participatory Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, cians from recruitment to training in 2013. 281 pp. $20.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-0821-1. for those who choose to join in, and Norfolk and billeting in Chapel Hill, there are also events where attend- right through to their ultimate—and ees can dance to live music. Detailed somewhat unexpected—deployment escribing the appeal of tra- information is given on each event, to Pearl Harbor. The author skillfully Dditional Appalachian music, including dates and times, location pilots the reader through an intimate banjo player Kinney Rorrer of the (with driving directions), admission portrait of the band members as they New North Carolina Ramblers says, fee, contact information, and web- negotiated their way through the “This music is so authentic, it’s so sites with further information. complexities inherent in service to a real, and it’s a true reflection of the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North military that treated them as second people who worked in the mills, in Carolina is an excellent travel guide

40 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 but is also enjoyable and informa- provide accounts of military organi- tive to read cover to cover because of zations with many North Carolinian the wealth of information and stories members, including the Army’s “Old about traditional music and other Hickory” and “Wildcats” divisions in aspects of Appalachian culture. There World War I, and Camp Montford are sixteen profiles of contempo- Point in Onslow County, where about rary musicians scattered throughout 20,000 African-American Marines the book, each of whom comes at trained during World War II. traditional music from a different per- Beyond political and military spective. Interviewees include Uwe North Carolina and the Two leaders, those serving in combat roles, Krüger, who grew up in Switzerland World Wars and raw production facts, Lemmon and discovered American folk music By Sarah McCulloh Lemmon and Nancy Smith Midgette. and Midgette feature the numerous Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, 2013. through Folkways Records; Donna 245 pp. $15.00. ISBN 978-0-86526-444-1. notable contributions of women, stu- Ray Norton, who comes from a long dents, and community and church line of ballad singers and took up the groups to the war efforts. Besides the family tradition as a teenager; and ess than a month after the Pearl great support for the wars clearly pre- Alfred and Maybelle Welch, who sing LHarbor attack of World War II, sented, the authors also write about hymns in the Cherokee language. Duke University in North Carolina those who opposed the wars and There are also sidebars on famous hosted the Rose Bowl after the United about solely domestic issues, includ- North Carolina musicians such as States military had determined the ing school and mental health care Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs, as risk of Japanese bombing was too reforms in the state. well as the origins of well-known folk great for the annual event to be held in The authors combine headlines songs and other topics that enrich its hometown, Pasadena, California. and quotations from news stories the reader’s understanding of western This and many other stories of how and editorials from the state’s various North Carolina culture. North Carolina and its citizens made newspapers with excerpts from let- The book has a detailed index and contributions, both great and small, ters and diaries written by troops and is accompanied by a compact disc during the World Wars and the others abroad and on the home front with recordings by many of the musi- interwar years fill the pages of North to give personal voices to the history cians featured in the book, which Carolina and the Two World Wars. This of North Carolina’s involvement in greatly enhances the reader’s appre- new release from the North Carolina the wars and the tumultuous inter- ciation for the music being described. Office of Archives and History revises war years, which were dominated by Fred C. Fussell is also the author of and combines two previously released the Great Depression and the New the 2003 book Blue Ridge Music works by Sarah McCulloh Lemmon Deal. The numerous photographs, Trails: Finding a Place in the Circle, of Meredith College, North Carolina’s political cartoons, tables, and other portions of which are adapted for this Role in World War I (1966) and North illustrations included throughout book. The book is recommended for Carolina’s Role in World War II (1964), the text further enhance this already academic and public libraries that with a new section on the inter-war highly readable narrative history. The collect books on travel, music, or tra- period by Nancy Smith Midgette of detailed index and illustration list ditional culture. Elon University. help readers quickly locate relevant Professors Lemmon and Midgette material. Michelle Cronquist recount how North Carolina pro- Lemmon and Midgette clearly University of North Carolina at vided the nation with government impart the impressive extent of gov- Chapel Hill and military leaders, including ernment coordination and public Walter Page who was an ambassa- support for the war efforts. In this DRAFT dor in London and Josephus Daniels succinct book, they have well docu- who was one of the Secretaries of the mented North Carolina’s roles on Navy in World War I. The state also the battlefield, in government, and supplied natural resources and indus- throughout the state’s rural and urban trial goods, including 243 naval ships areas, school and college campuses, built in World War II. The authors and households. North Carolina and

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 41 the Two World Wars is engrossing and is today, its beginnings were, literally, track. Over the next thirty years the highly informative for casual readers very rocky. Author Deb Williams, a two men, both products of a rural of history, yet it will also certainly be veteran motorsports journalist who North Carolina upbringing, became a boon to academic researchers for is the former editor of NASCAR legendary for being well ahead of the years to come. High school, public, Scene and a recipient of the Henry curve in business acumen and event and academic libraries are encouraged T. McLemore Award for continued promotion. Under Wheeler, called to add this title to their collections. outstanding motorsports journalism, the P. T. Barnum of motorsports, the has penned an inside look at the men track became known for elaborate C. William Gee who built and raced at CMS. pre-race entertainment. CMS was the East Carolina University In the 1950s two men envisioned first to build trackside condominiums the sport of stock car racing growing and a fine dining restaurant open year beyond the local dirt tracks around round; the first to install a mammoth the state. Stock car driver Curtis HD television screen; and the first Turner and race promoter Bruton to establish a weekly racing series for Smith each decided to build a speed- children. Smith and Wheeler had way in the Charlotte area, but both a parting of the ways in 2008, and ran into financial difficulties. They Smith brought in his son Marcus to joined forces in 1959 to construct take over Wheeler’s duties. the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Even Deb Williams has covered the pri- after combining their resources, mary events in the track’s history in Charlotte Motor Speedway funding was an issue, and the finan- a very readable narrative, including History: From Granite to Gold cial strain was exacerbated when the topics ranging from drivers whose boulders on the site turned out to be first win came at CMS, to a survey By Deb Williams. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2013 the tip of a half-million yards of solid of the movies filmed at the Speedway. 158 pp. $19.99. ISBN 978-1-62629-018-4. granite. The paving was not com- Of particular interest is the account pleted until the morning of qualifying of Curtis Turner’s alliance with the runs for the inaugural race on June Teamsters Union, in which he agreed 19, 1960, and large chunks of track to help unionize the drivers in return were gouged up all during practice for a loan to alleviate the Speedway’s and the event itself. Cars used screens financial crisis. The action provoked over their grills and windshields to NASCAR president Bill France Sr.’s deflect the hunks of pavement. The legendary response that before he eventual winner of stock car racing’s would accept a union, he would “plow first 600-mile race—also the first race up Daytona International Speedway Bowman Gray Stadium to offer a $100,000 purse—was Joe and plant corn in the infield” and By Richard Miller. Lee Johnson, said by one spectator to that he would use a gun to enforce Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013. be the slowest car in the field. his banishment from all NASCAR 127pp. $21.99. ISBN 978-0-7385-9918-2. The track faced massive debt, races any driver who was a teamster and both Turner and Smith were member. orth Carolina is the traditional jettisoned by the board of directors The volume contains many pho- Ncenter of southern stock car rac- in June 1961. Stockholder Richard tographs from the CMS archives, ing. Two recent publications showcase Howard stepped in to rescue the including a center section of color a pair of its historic racetracks. facility and slowly brought it to illustrations. While the color repro- Charlotte Motor Speedway solvency. In the meantime, Smith ductions are good, some of the (CMS) is one of the top racetracks began quietly buying up the seem- black-and-white photos lack sharp- in the country. It hosts two major ingly worthless stock and in the ness. Also included in the book are NASCAR race weekends each year as 1970s returned as the majority stock- an appendix of race results of all well as several smaller series races, and holder. He quickly gained control NASCAR Cup races and All-Star it is a major economic force in the of the board and brought in H. A. races at the track, a brief bibliography state. As well established as the track “Humpy” Wheeler to promote the and list of Internet sites, and a subject

42 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 index. However, with over sixty years of Bowman Gray Stadium is a Works history and so many great players to Progress Administration (WPA) proj- choose from, how do you go about ect composed of a racetrack with a choosing the best in an objective football field in the infield. Auto races way? You certainly cannot expect fans were first held there in 1939, and the whose love for their team is matched quarter-mile track is NASCAR’s old- only by their hatred for their team’s est weekly race track. Bowman Gray biggest rival to be objective. Many has been the site of heated compe- The ACC Basketball greatest player lists can be skewed tition among the stars of racing in Book of Fame by those who compare yesterday’s midgets, modifieds, stocks, and more. players to today’s players without By Dan Collins. Its Saturday night races draw as many Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 2013. 319 taking into the account the changes as 15,000 fans each week. Bowman pp. $26.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-606-5. to the game, or when people do not Gray attracted national attention take a long view to history and only in 2010 when the History Channel en’s basketball in the Atlantic think of the players they remember. broadcasted the Madhouse series, fea- MCoast Conference, better Because of the ACC’s foresight in turing local racing stars Tim Brown, known as the ACC, is a way of life. preserving the records of the num- Junior Miller, and the Myers family. Fans of ACC basketball whip them- ber of votes each player received for Bowman Gray Stadium follows selves into a frenzy cheering for their All-ACC honors, Collins was able to the usual Arcadia Publishing format. teams. A win or loss against a confer- develop a system that allowed him It is filled with historic black-and- ence rival can make or break a season, to score players based on the judg- white photographs, each with a brief regardless of the team’s final record. ments of those who actually watched caption. The quality of the pho- This passion is what makes the ACC them—and their competitors—play. tos, mostly from the Bowman Gray one of the best and most competitive He confesses that to exclude such Racing Archives, is excellent. This is conferences in men’s collegiate bas- players as Tree Rollins of Clemson not a true history of the track, but ketball. Its long and storied history and Dennis Scott of Georgia Tech is it is certainly satisfying eye candy. has been filled with players who will crazy, but their numbers just did not Author Richard Miller is the chief go down as some of the best that have add up. One thing that his system scorer at Bowman Gray Stadium. played college basketball. does ensure is that some of the little Charlotte Motor Speedway History: Dan Collins has covered ACC known ACC greats like Tom Owens From Granite to Gold and Bowman men’s basketball as a sportswriter for of the University of South Carolina Gray Stadium are written for general more than forty years, first for the and Lou Pucillo of North Carolina readers. They help to fill the need for Chapel Hill Newspaper and for the State University receive their due. published material on the history of last twenty years with the Winston- This book is suitable for both auto racing in North Carolina. Salem Journal, and he is the author of public and academic libraries. ACC Charlotte Motor Speedway History is Tales from the Wake Forest Hardwood. schools, at least those in the con- notable for its thorough research and In The ACC Basketball Book of Fame, ference as of 2013, as well as the historical information, while Bowman he details some of the greatest players University of South Carolina, should Gray Stadium presents an enjoyable in the ACC’s history from the most purchase a copy for the information collection of nostalgic photographs. recent back to the conference’s found- it contains on players, coaches, and Both books will appeal to older chil- ing in 1953. While the player profiles important teams. Due to some coarse dren, teens, and adults who are racing include stories from the court, they language and stories concerning drug fans, and could be especially useful also touch on who these players were use, it may not be suitable for a young to entice reluctant readers. They are personally, where they came from, audience. However, it is a must read DRAFT recommended for school, public, and how they ended up playing for their for any fan of college basketball. academic libraries. schools, what became of them, and how certain events, other players, and Jay Gaidmore Suzanne Wise coaches affected their playing careers College of William and Mary Appalachian State University and lives. In my opinion, these per- sonal stories really make this book.

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 43 Raleigh’s 1988 Gay Pride Parade. 27 Views of Raleigh is highly rec- Tina Haver Currin recalls her first ommended for medium and larger visit to Raleigh as a child to spend North Carolina libraries and for a fraught Christmas with her father smaller library systems located near and stepmother. Tracie Fellers pays Raleigh. homage to her Aunt Bunny, who sewed the dress she wore to the Alpha Janet Lockhart Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball. Rob Wake County Public Libraries Christensen’s history of the Sir Walter 27 Views of Raleigh: The City of Hotel provides insight into how poli- Oaks in Prose & Poetry tics were conducted once upon a time in Raleigh. Introduction by Wilton Barnhardt. Hillsborough, NC: Eno Publishers, 2013. The culinary, music and art scenes 218 pp. $15.95. ISBN 978-0-9832-4755-5. are represented, in Scott Huler’s reminiscences about the local musi- orth Carolina has a gracious cal group The Backsliders, Andrea Nplenty of gifted writers and Weigl’s portrait of local chef Ashley their talents are on display in the 27 Christensen, and Liza Robert’s piece Views series from Eno Press. Each on artist Thomas Sayre. Other locales volume features writers who live in and time periods portrayed include Voices of Cherokee Women a particular place; the first centered today’s Oakwood neighborhood; By Carolyn Ross Johnston, ed. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair, 2013. on Hillsborough. Subsequent vol- the flourishing black community 295 pp. $12.95. ISBN 978-0-89587-599-0. umes focused on Asheville, Chapel of 1920s Hargett Street; the North Hill and Durham; the latest high- Carolina State Fair as experienced lights Raleigh. The literary forms over a lifetime; the natural beauty of efore the arrival of Europeans represented include articles, essays, Umstead Park; and the gritty world Bin America, Cherokee women poems, short stories, and excerpts experienced by those who walk into held equal status with men. To the from novels. the Wake County Courthouse for a Europeans, this gender equality was a Many contributors to 27 View of variety of reasons. sign that the Cherokees were “uncivi- Raleigh are natives of the Tar Heel Short stories and excerpts from lized.” In an attempt to acculturate, State, including novelist Wilton novels are in the final section, Cherokee women were stripped of Barnhardt, who wrote the very funny which showcases Raleigh in fiction. rights they’d previously enjoyed. They introduction to the volume. Some Contributors to this section are lost all overt political power and ulti- are transplants, such as Elaine Orr, Margaret Maron, John Kessel, Angela mately were robbed of the homes they who hails from Georgia, and Juliana Davis-Gardner, G. D. Gearino, owned and the land they’d cultivated. M. Nfah-Abbenyi, who moved to Hillary Hebert and Sheila Smith In Voices of Cherokee Women, Raleigh from Cameroon. Other con- McKoy. Carolyn Ross Johnston, professor tributors include fiction writers Peggy All the pieces are grouped into of history and American studies at Payne, June Spence and Bridgette themes in a detailed table of contents. Eckerd College, uses first-person nar- Lacey; poets Lenard D. Moore, Betty A short biography of the contributing ratives to tell the stories of Cherokee Adcock, Dorianne Laux, David author follows each entry. There is a women in their own words. She Rigsbee, and Tom Hawkins; jour- list of the other titles available in the divides the book into seven sections: nalists Grayson Currin and Amanda series appended, but no other bibli- stories of the Cherokees, encoun- Lamb; and children’s book authors ography or index. ters with Europeans, experiences of Eleanora Tate and Kelly Starling This is a hugely entertaining, Cherokee women with the United Lyons. highly readable combination of his- States government’s civilization pro- Personal reminiscences of Raleigh tory, memoir, fiction, and essays. gram, the Trail of Tears, the Civil are among the most compelling The result is a detailed and fascinat- War, allotment and assimilation, and pieces. Jimmy Creech recounts his ing portrait of a specific place, as seen Cherokee women leaders. Each sec- participation, as a local pastor, in through the eyes of gifted writers. tion contains a brief introduction,

44 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 followed by excerpts from primary as a good introduction. At the same very accessible. source materials, including oral his- time, the focus on women and the Each entry opens with the gen- tories, journals, letters, and published emphasis on primary source mate- eral historical context, followed by books. rial will appeal to readers with greater detailed walking directions and infor- The stories are at times uplift- familiarity with the topic. This book mation about sights to see along the ing, and often heartbreaking. For is appropriate for both academic and way. For each walk there is a map example, excerpts from the diary public libraries. and, sometimes, a photo or two. of Catharine Brown, who was cele- Helpful specifics of distance, walk- brated in her time as a triumph of the Elizabeth Hobart ing surface, hours, availability of civilization program, show a woman University of North Carolina at restrooms, rules for pets, and even struggling to maintain her adopted Chapel Hill recommended footwear are included. Christian lifestyle. The journal of Although occasionally it is difficult to Daniel Sabin Butrick, a minister who place the small map in its larger geo- traveled the Trail of Tears, describes graphic context, if you combine this the suffering of the Cherokees, with book with a roadmap or GPS, you an emphasis on women and children. will be equipped with all you need In his words, “It would seem that the to have a most satisfying experience. power, the wisdom and the funds of This reviewer personally has explored the whole union have been employed several of the walks and finds Setzer’s for the temporal and eternal ruin of entries accurate and informative. The this little handful of Indians.” guide would be a perfect gift for a Despite the suffering expressed North Carolina newcomer! throughout the book, Voices of Tar Heel History on Foot: Great The author’s infectious enthusiasm Cherokee Women ends on a positive Walks through 400 Years of North for her method of studying history note, expressing hope for the future of Carolina’s Fascinating Past makes one want to add new destina- By Lynn Setzer. Cherokee women. The final selection Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. tions to one’s travel wish list. Setzer is an essay entitled “Womanhood” by 348 pp. ISBN 978-1-4696-0890-7 (paper) $20.00. mixes the familiar—Kitty Hawk, Wilma Mankiller, who was principal Old Salem, Mount Mitchell—with chief of the Cherokee from 1987 to the less familiar—Cooleemee Mill, 1995, and was the first woman to ollow the footsteps of the Jones Lake State Park, tobacco history hold that position. Mankiller ini- FGreensboro Four. Stroll through in Wilson. The walks may be urban, tially struggled to be accepted. “It ghostly Occoneechee Speedway. suburban, or rural; there is something seemed the strong role of women in Relive history in downtown New for everyone. One could quibble Cherokee life had been forgotten by Bern. These are but three of the thirty- over sites omitted, for example, his- some of our own people.” Ultimately, four walks presented in great detail toric Beaufort and my favorite, the she overcame the gender barrier. As in this lively guidebook, one of the North Carolina Zoo, but Setzer offers she puts it, “In a way, my elections University of North Carolina Press’s excellent diversity and geographic were a step forward for women and Southern Gateways Guide series, and a coverage. a step into the Cherokee tradition of must for anyone who both loves his- This is a guidebook, not a histori- balance between men and women.” tory and enjoys the outdoors. cal tome, so, as the author says in her Voices of Cherokee Women is The author, a North Carolina introduction, “No chapter describing Carolyn Ross Johnston’s fifth book. native currently living in Winston- any one walk could possibly tell every- Her prior publications include Salem, personally selected and thing that should be told along that Cherokee Women in Crisis: Trail of walked each entry, and her enthusi- particular route.” She recommends DRAFT Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838- asm for this task shines through. The local museums and visitor centers 1907 and Sexual Power: Feminism and contents are arranged in three histori- and includes twenty-three pages of Family in America. Voices of Cherokee cal (roughly chronological) sections, additional sources at the end of the Women is appropriate for a wide range with a helpful geographic table of book. That said, this reviewer felt of audiences. It takes a broad view of contents as well. Unfortunately there that each entry could stand alone as Cherokee history, and would serve is no index, but the entries remain a mini-history, well and humorously

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 45 written, very informative even if the from the Old North State. letters, and an overview of vocabulary, reader never leaves home. Author Michael Ellis has previ- grammar, and spelling. Several maps Tar Heel History on Foot will be ously written articles on Appalachian are included, as well as an annotated very popular in public libraries and English and Southern dialects. He “Gallery” of letters. These repro- is recommended for high school and is also the co-founder of the Corpus ductions add context, but would academic libraries as well. Teachers of American Civil War Letters be more useful if the phrases found will find it helpful for field trips. (CACWL), a project that gathers and in the glossary were marked on the Once readers discover this book, transcribes writings documenting the accompanying transcriptions. The however, they will want their own way American English was spoken in book’s concluding appendices list the personal copies for annotating and the mid-nineteenth century. North letter-writers alphabetically and pro- stuffing into a purse or backpack as Carolina English, 1861-1865 is based vide information about them from they hit the open road. upon materials in the CACWL, and the 1860 census; another appendix it is meant to fill the scholarly gap left listing the letter-writers by county of Kate Hickey between Norman Eliason’s Tarheel residence would have been a welcome Retired from Elon University Talk and the Linguistic Atlas of the addition. A final bibliography lists Middle and South Atlantic States. To all archival and published sources. do this, Ellis consulted over 2300 Although the Civil War is a peren- Civil War-era letters representing nially popular topic, the recent geographic and demographic cross- sesquicentennial has sparked even sections of North Carolina. More more interest in the era. North than half of the letter-writers were Carolina English, 1861-1865 is a Confederate soldiers, but women, valuable reference source for students non-soldiers, African Americans, and and researchers at academic libraries, Union soldiers were also included. but it would also be useful for any The bulk of the work is a glossary, public or special library that has Civil with each entry followed by one or War-era manuscript materials written more real examples of the term’s use. by North Carolinians. North Carolina English, 1861- Most of the examples are unique, 1865: A Guide and Glossary but some are noticeably repeated. A Jenny McElroy By Michael Ellis. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013. number of the terms are recogniz- Minnesota Historical Society 328 pp. $95.00. ISBN 978-1-62190-002-3. able, although their familiarity is often tempered by spelling, mean- uring the Civil War, there was ing, or grammar variations. Others Dan explosion of correspondence will be unknown to most modern in America, as soldiers wrote about readers. The book is particularly use- their experiences and family mem- ful for unfamiliar terms such as “see bers shared news from home. North the elephant,” “candy stew,” “lag- Carolina English, 1861-1865 focuses ons,” “all right on the goose,” “take a on letters written by people with highlow,” and “the owls have caught limited formal education and dem- him.” The cross-references between onstrates the possibility of “hearing” different spellings and related words/ The Workboats of Core Sound: the speech of letter-writers through phrases are handy, as are references Stories and Photographs of a variant spellings, grammatical to applicable introductory sections. Changing World choices, and idiomatic expressions. Unfortunately, some cross-references By Lawrence S. Earley. At its heart, it is a scholarly work that are unidirectional and thus of more Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. 166 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-1064-1. illuminates the state’s language as it limited utility. was spoken in the mid-nineteenth In addition to the glossary, the century. However, it is also a useful book contains introductory sections awrence Earley’s The Workboats tool for anyone interested in under- outlining the project and the letter- Lof Core Sound is a moving trib- standing original Civil War materials writers, a guide to reading Civil War ute in word and image to the fierce

46 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 independence and the tenacity of people, families, and communities. the people of the Down East fishing Beginning around 2004, Earley communities and of the workboats spent several years photographing that have given them identity and Core Sound workboats and inter- connection for nearly three centuries. viewing people from the Down East The book also records the author’s fishing villages, getting to know them personal journey to understanding and their lives. The result is this book and appreciating these communities. of elegant prose, colorful stories, and In the 1980s, Earley was initially stunningly beautiful, fine-grained Met Her on the Mountain: A drawn to photographing the austere black-and-white photographs docu- Forty-Year Quest to Solve the beauty of the Core Sound area with menting a way of life that may well be Appalachian Cold-Case Murder its vast vistas of sky and water and passing. He traces the geography of of Nancy Morgan salt marshes, and of its ever-present the region and its villages, the history By Mark I. Pinsky. workboats, but he confesses “I did of the varied styles of boatbuilding, Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 2013. not appreciate then how a photo- the hard work of fishing itself, and 280 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-0-8958-7611-9. graph can be a doorway into another the changing world that is engulfing world. Nor did I know that the these communities. n the late 1960s Lyndon Johnson’s act of making photographs would At the heart of the book is the IWar on Poverty saw thousands of have such a profound effect on my Core Sound workboat that connects young Americans flooding rural and own life, teaching me lessons about community and individual. “Though underserved areas to work on projects friendship and community, time and made of perishable wood, the old to uplift the local populace. This was memory, pride and loss.” workboats of Core Sound are surely especially true in Appalachia. One of What he came to realize much one of the glories of the Down East these groups was VISTA (Volunteers later, through conversations with Region,” Earley writes. “They are in Service to America) which served Core Sound boat builders and fish- monuments to some of the best of as a domestic Peace Corps. Although ermen, was that these beautifully all human impulses: to hard work, to the work of these young idealists crafted, hand-built wooden fishing wrest elegant designs out of stubborn had positive effects in the regions boats were unique and that through materials, and to craft things of util- that they served, they were not the generations they were the bearers ity and beauty. They strengthen the always welcome by the local people. of a social history binding communi- web of community bonds that would Former Los Angeles Times reporter ties and people together. inevitably weaken without them, and and Duke University graduate The older a boat, the wider its thus they preserve an essential part of Mark Pinsky’s book Met Her on the network of connections. In the Down East culture. They are the his- Mountain: A Forty-Year Quest to Solve aggregate, these layers of detailed tory keepers, the memory keepers in the Appalachian Cold-Case Murder of information sometimes enabled me a region that is looking to the future. Nancy Morgan tells the story of how to assemble a boat’s “family tree,” a They are compass points for commu- one of these conflicts went terribly genealogical web of connections and nities seeking a new direction.” wrong. This well-researched book memories with the boat at the center. This is a welcome book and is rec- focuses on the murder of twenty- Indeed, a workboat plays another role ommended for public and academic four- year old VISTA member Nancy in the community besides the prac- libraries. Morgan, who was raped and mur- tical purposes for which it was built. dered in 1970 in Madison County, The stories and memories associated Tommy Nixon North Carolina. Her partially clothed with a boat are like family tales told University of North Carolina at and hog-tied body was found in the around the dinner table and passed Chapel Hill back of her government-issued car on DRAFT down from one generation to another. a muddy back road. They are as important to community The book is sectioned into three life as family stories are to family life. parts: The Murder, The Trial, and Stories exist at large in these com- The Reinvestigation. It begins munities, and in a sense they draw with an examination of the region people together. Workboats link itself, including its topography and

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 47 sociopolitical climate. In the first in prison for the poisoning of his own Gabe; his sister hates him and makes part, Pinsky focuses on the nature daughter. Throughout this part of the him feel like a dorky shrimp; and, oh of rural power, especially the preva- book, Pinsky describes his unsuccess- yeah, Gabe gets gassy when he’s ner- lence of family-controlled political ful attempts to get the investigation vous and he gets nervous every time machines and how those organiza- fully reopened. The murder remains he’s around his dream girl, Becka. tions can exert control over both the unsolved. And, don’t even get him started on local people and law enforcement. This well-written book contains his locker. Also included is a brief history of only one flaw. Although it provides In Gabe, first-time North Carolina VISTA’s activities in the region. Once the reader with an incredibly deep novelist Marilee Haynes offers up the stage is set, he details Nancy account of the murder, trial, and a rare juvenile literary character—a Morgan’s last weeks before her death. investigation, it does not include any male protagonist who deals with the He covers the initial investigation footnotes or a bibliography to indi- type of emotional conflicts mainly of the murder, muddied by shoddy cate where much of the information addressed in juvenile fiction writ- police work and territorial conflicts was gleaned. This surely would have ten for girls. Instead of facing down among the FBI, the North Carolina strengthened the book as a whole. magical creatures in a fantastical land, State Bureau of Investigation, and Despite this, Pinsky provides inter- Gabe battles his self-doubt and inse- the Madison County sheriff’s office. ested readers with an engaging, if curity in his Catholic middle school Although some suspects were identi- morbid, story. in North Carolina. Tweens will iden- fied, the case eventually went cold, This book is suitable for advanced tify with Gabe’s bewilderment at how haunting the region for over a decade. readers and both public and academic to navigate new perspectives on fam- The second part focuses on the libraries. ily, friends, romantic love, and the reinvigorated investigation and the world in general. 1982 trial of Ed Walker, a VISTA Matthew Reynolds Gabe’s teacher tells the class coworker of Morgan’s who was also East Carolina University “Robert Frost said that poetry is the the prime suspect during the initial result of feelings finding thoughts, investigation. Pinsky vividly recounts and thoughts expressing themselves Walker’s arrest and trial, building in words.” Making those connec- genuine tension in the reader. The tions between physical sensations, the conflict between the local sherriff E. emotions that cause those physical Y. Ponder (a brother of the leader sensations, and discussing those feel- of the local political machine) and ings is new territory for tweens and Walker’s folksy, yet skilled, defense Gabe. Kids will identify with Gabe lawyer Joe Huff is particularly com- when his “stomach clenches,” when pelling. The state’s flimsy case, based his ears “feel like they’re on fire,” largely on the testimony of a con- A.K.A. Genius when “hearing my mom say the word victed felon, soon fell apart and led puberty was excruciating,” and when By Marilee Haynes. to Walker’s acquittal. After the trial Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 2013. he pushes his feelings back down there were still more questions than 208 pp. $9.95. ISBN 978-0-8198-0830-1. “somewhere near my liver.” Haynes answers about the horrific events of is good at connecting the physical 1970. eally? Could you help a guy sensations that bombard tweens (“the The final part of the book focuses “Rout once in a while? If I’m not top of my head starts tingling, and my on Pinsky’s own efforts to solve the a lost cause right now, who is?” That’s stomach goes queasy”) back to their case. His personal research includes Gabe asking the statue of St. Jude, the emotional causes, and then allowing interviews with persons of interest patron saint of lost causes, for help the reader to see the light, or hope, and review of information gleaned with his numerous dilemmas: one of at the end of the tunnel. Tween read- from police files. He eventually finds his best friends, Maya, now hates him ers may agree with Gabe when he sees evidence pointing to a group of local because he usurped her as the smart- his middle school days as “so far, so ruffians as the most likely culprits. est kid in their grade; his dad wants weird.” But they will also come away He even gets a confession from one a jock for a son and picks a cousin with a sense of community in their of his suspects, who was serving life for his basketball team instead of suffering and be able to identify the

48 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 causes of these visceral onslaughts, with Alan D. Watson’s Bertie County: required oaths of allegiance to North armed with the vocabulary to talk A Brief History, also published by Carolina’s fledgling government. about them. the Office of Archives and History, Llewelyn even considered the possi- The religious references are very Thomas’s books make an outstanding bility of inciting slaves to rebel and of subtle considering the Catholic contribution to knowledge of Bertie capturing Governor Caswell. Whig publisher; however, those references County’s past. leaders discovered the conspiracy, make this title more suitable for a One of the strengths of the book however, and put it down. Some of public library rather than school is the degree to which it places local the leaders were arrested and tried, library collection. Although the pro- history in the context of state and but none was executed. Most left the tagonist is in seventh grade and the national events. Thomas carefully state. book is marketed as a young adult explains the causes of the Revolution, The story of Bertie County dur- book, the lack of any sexual refer- the unrest in the colony that pre- ing the Revolution comes to life as ences and the violence being limited ceded the war, and the trials and a result of the author’s meticulous to a couple punches would allow this tribulations of both the American research in primary and secondary title to fit nicely into a juvenile fiction and British troops during years of sources. The extensive bibliography collection. conflict. He provides key informa- reveals Thomas’s use not only of such tion about the strategies employed published sources as The Colonial Linda Winkler by the opposing forces and explains Records of North Carolina, but also Wake County Public Libraries how troops from Bertie County, both of county and state records at the Continental volunteers and drafted State Archives of North Carolina militia, were raised and deployed. and record groups at the National Of particular interest are the dili- Archives. Many records concerning gent efforts of the state of North the service of North Carolina troops Carolina’s first governor, Richard have been lost, but Thomas made a Caswell, to carry out legislative man- serious effort to compile rosters of dates to obtain fresh recruits—an Bertie men who fought in different increasingly difficult task. Bertie capacities. The appendices listing County men served with General these men are a valuable addition to George Washington in the Middle the book. Atlantic States and saw action also Rebels and King’s Men: Bertie Rebels and King’s Men: Bertie in South Carolina, North Carolina, County in the Revolutionary War, County in the Revolutionary War and Virginia as the war wound to a which contains a useful index and By Gerald W. Thomas. conclusion. Thomas provides surpris- thirty illustrations (including por- Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Cultural ingly detailed information about the traits of military leaders and maps of Resources, Office of Archives and History, 2013. 221 pp. $15.00. ISBN 978-0-86526-451-9. involvement of Bertie County troops battles in which Bertie County men in specific battles as well as their suf- participated), is a model local his- ferings and casualties. tory. It is recommended for academic erald W. Thomas, a native The book provides insights into libraries. Public and high school Gof Bertie County and retired the activities of Loyalists during the libraries in northeastern North federal executive, has produced a Revolution. In particular, Thomas Carolina may wish to acquire this thoroughly documented and well- describes the conspiracy led by important book. written account of his home county’s John Llewelyn of Martin County role in the Revolutionary War. Most to undermine the Whig cause. In Maurice C. York counties in North Carolina are fortu- several northeastern counties, includ- Louisburg College DRAFT nate if they have one professionally ing Bertie, the conspirators initially crafted history. Rebels and King’s Men sought to protect the Anglican is Thomas’s third local history title, Church; they also vowed to protect having published similar works on those who suffered because of their Bertie County during the War of loyalty to the British crown. Later 1812 and the Civil War. Together they developed a plan to resist taking

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 49 Graffenried, John Lawson, Colonel Tuscarora, and the European set- John Barnwell, Tuscarora chief King tlers in North Carolina during the Hancock, and Colonel James Moore. eighteenth-century. It is divided The story of de Graffenried’s capture into seven chapters, each centered and Lawson’s murder is part of the on one or more of the major actors: narrative. Chistopher de Graffenried, de Graffenreid, King Hancock and a wealthy Swiss baron, John Lawson, Core Tom, William Brice, Col. John North Carolina Surveyor General, Barnwell, Thomas Pollock, King Tom and several slaves were captured by Blount, and Col. James Moore. The Tuscarora warriors on September book contains a modest number of The Tuscarora War: Indians, 11-12, 1711 and taken before illustrations as well as detailed maps Settlers, and the Fight for the Tuscarora Chief King Hancock. and an extensive bibliography of both Carolina Colonies Ultimately, de Graffenried was able primary and secondary sources. By David La Vere. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. to negotiate his release from cap- David La Vere is a faculty mem- 262 pp. $30.00. ISBN 978-1-4696-1090-0. tivity, but John Lawson was killed. ber in the History Department at Later, the military campaigns of both the University of North Carolina at Colonel John Barnwell (December Wilmington. Besides The Tuscarora n the morning of September 1711-July 1712) and Colonel James War, he has written other published O22, 1711, several Native Moore (December 1712-August works, including Contrary Neighbors: American tribes, including the 1713) were begun to defeat the Southern Plains and Removed Indians Tuscarora, Core, Neuse, Pamlico, entrenched Tuscarora Indian war- in Indian Territory (2000), and The Weetock, Machapunga, and Bear riors. By the time hostilities ceased, Lost Rocks: The Dare Stones and the River Indians, attacked settlements these expeditions had produced Unsolved Mystery of Sir Walter Raleigh’s along the Neuse River in an event numerous casualties on both sides. Lost Colony (2010). known as the Tuscarora War. David Despite their early military successes This book provides valuable La Vere opens his book on this against the Europeans, the Tuscarora insights into the complex and important historical event by laying Indians and their allies would suc- strained relationship between Native out some of the contributing causes cumb as factors such as disease and American tribes and settlers in North of the war. These included the weak- power struggles between competing Carolina in the early eighteenth- ened defense systems in place to factions led to their eventual decline. century. Because of its specific scope protect the European settlements; The royal colony of North Carolina and subject matter, this work would conflicts over hunting grounds; the also faced challenges, namely gov- be suitable for inclusion in a public, utilization of Indian slaves by wealthy ernment officials with competing academic, or any special library with plantation owners; and mutual dis- political agendas and a lack of usable a Native American history focus. trust between Native American tribes deep-water ports. and European settlers. Readers are This book was written to depict David W. Young also introduced to individuals who the series of events leading up to one University of North Carolina at Pembroke would eventually play a key role in of the biggest skirmishes between the conflict such as Christopher de Native American tribes, led by the

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re you tired of lugging a a HDMI port on your television so it sends a considerably better video projector and your and downloading the app on your signal than say a Wii box or a non- laptop to your presentations? mobile device here: https://cast. HDMI DVD player. Chromecast AChromecast is a low cost method google.com/chromecast/setup, and works with Android 2.3 or higher, of sending your talk via Wi-Fi to then following the instructions on iOS6 or higher, Windows 7 or 8, any monitor or television that has a your television screen. After you Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) or higher and HDMI input. All you need now is have done this your television screen Chrome OS. To use Chromecast your laptop or other wireless device will look like the image below. you must use the Chrome browser to such as a tablet or phone, a wireless At this point any web page that “cast” the page. In Google Chrome network and the small thumb drive is displayed on your mobile device on the right hand side you will see sized Chromecast device that plugs screen with be sent by the wireless a sign similar to the one in blue in your television or monitor. With network to the Chromecast device to the right of the words “ready to Chromecast you can send anything and displayed on the television or cast” in below illustration. You must you can see on your portable device monitor. This can be PowerPoint click on that image in the Chrome to the television screen. You can presentations, web pages, Netflix browser to select the device you wish stream videos and webpages along movies, YouTube videos, Word to “cast” to. Libraries will find many with their associated audios to the documents or spreadsheets. In short uses for Chromecast. Bibliographic television from your laptop. anything that you can see on your instruction presentations, plasma Basically what you have to do mobile device you can transit (or information screens, and “casting” to set up Chromecast is to register project to use the old term) on to of movies to groups are just a few of the device with your network. This the television/monitor. Chromecast the possible uses of this device. is done by plugging the device into works at 1080p HDMI resolution DRAFT

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 51 * Lagniappe *Lagniappe (lan-yap, lan yap ) n. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. [Louisiana French] William Joseph Thomas The Stimson Studio Photograph Collection, Iredell County Public Library

—Thanks to Joel Reese, Local History Librarian, Iredell County Public Library

his is a digitization success from Lenoir to open the Stimson Stimson learned photography from story—the generation and Photography Studio in 1890.2 his father and studied further at the rapid growth of a local his- William Stimson (Nov. 27, 1860- Eastman School of Photography in Ttory photograph collection at the -Oct. 26, 1929) had studied Rochester, New York. After returning Iredell County Public Library, in photography at the Van Ness Studio from service in France during World Statesville, North Carolina. In 2002 in Charlotte before opening his own War I, Ben began working with his the Iredell County Public Library studio in a gallery space that had been father, taking on the studio himself received an NC ECHO Digitization occupied by another early Statesville after his father’s death in 1929. The Starter grant of $6,000 for the pur- photographer, Rockwell L. Steele. Stimson Photography Studio served chase of equipment.1 At that time, Stimson moved his studio to the Iredell County until Ben’s death in according to Local History Librarian Lewis Building on East Broad Street 1969.4 Joel Reese, the library’s photograph (near his home), and when his son Now, fast forward to 2002, the collection consisted of eighteen pho- same year that the Iredell County tos in a shoe box. Since then, Iredell Public Library received an EZ-LSTA County Public Library has acquired NC ECHO Digitization Starter the image collections of well-known Grant for $5,850. A man named Iredell County photographers Jimmy Alley came in the Local William Jasper Stimson and his son History Room to show Local History Benjamin. The Library’s Friends Librarian Joel Reese a CD with group has provided significant sup- black and white photographs that port in the digitization of the Stimson had been taken by the local Stimson Collection, enabling its preservation, Photography Studio.5 Mr. Alley, a digitization, and sharing online. A local historian who had written a decade after their initial grant, the book on the history of Troutman, Iredell County Public Library was North Carolina, was interested in try- able to mount a large online collec- ing to identify some of the people in tion to Flickr from their Stimson the photographs. He told Mr. Reese Studio Photograph Collection, gar- Detail from Ben Stimson Pictorials 19, that he had thousands of photographs available online at http://www.flickr. nering more than 600,000 site visits com/photos/icplphotos/8739861150/in/ like these at his house. Mr. Reese in the first nine months online. It set-72157638796968105 thought about how the library’s col- is that Stimson Studio Photograph lection of eighteen photographs was Collection that is at the heart of this Ben began working with his father so puny by comparison, and wished success story. in 1923, the studio was moved to that his library had such a collection.6 According to the Iredell County its final home at 113 ½ West Broad Mr. Alley’s story of how he pro- Public Library’s website, William Street (around the corner from the cured the photographs began some Jasper Stimson moved to Statesville current Iredell Museums, Inc.).3 Ben years earlier, when he visited Lester’s

52 North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 Images from Adams, C. M., Iredell County Public Library, http://www.flickr.com/photos/icplphotos/ sets/72157631097479400

Bookstore in the bottom part of a it was Ben Stimson’s widow Elizabeth Librarian Joel Reese conducted the building at 118 W. Broad Street, who had begun throwing out the purchase in May 2008 and secured under what had been the Stimson images after a leak damaged some of the rights to the images.7 Over the last Photography Studio. Bookstore them. On February 21, 1995, Jimmy few years, library staff have worked at owner Lester Chambers showed him Alley purchased the entire collection separating, identifying, indexing, and a stack of oversize photographs that including negatives, photographs, preserving the images digitally. Each DRAFT someone had set out to be picked up and other paper documents in the photograph and negative is placed in with the trash. Mr. Chambers had studio for $1,200.00. After talking archival grade sleeves and envelopes brought them into his store to save with the Local History Librarian and housed in metal filing cabinets. them and ended up brokering their about preserving and sharing them, Originally, staff made 600-dpi TIFF sale to the Library through Mr. Alley. Mr. Alley agreed to sell the photogra- masters, 300-dpi access copies, and Together, the two men discovered that phy collection to the Library. 72-dpi thumbnails of all images, but

North Carolina Libraries Volume 71 Issue 2 Fall/Winter 2013 53 the library has since changed its pro- Jasper Stimson and Benjamin Alston 2 “The Stimson Collection,” Iredell cedures to make only the 600-dpi Stimson photographic collection at County Public Library. http:// masters. The Friends of the Iredell the University of North Carolina www.iredell.lib.nc.us/history/ County Public Library has made sig- at Chapel Hill, including some of archives/stimson/stimson.htm nificant contributions to this project, Stimson’s famous photos of the (accessed December 20, 2013). with donations of more than $10,000 Bostian Bridge Train Wreck.10 3 Ibid. going to equipment and supplies.8 Opportunities to see loved ones 4 Ibid. To share the photographs with the throughout their lives are wonder- 5 Joel Reese, email to author, public, Iredell Public Library created ful indeed. For instance, Mr. C. M. December 19, 2013. a Flickr account and now have close to Adams is the subject of forty-two 6 Ibid. 40,000 of the Stimson Photos scanned photos, ranging from a smiling young 7 Joel Reese, email to author, and available for viewing at http:// man in a letter sweater, to his days in December 19, 2013. www.flickr.com/photos/icplphotos/ uniform, and from photos some years 8 Ibid. collections/72157631320621564/.9 later with his wife and young son, to 9 Iredell County Public They were able to stop making the pictures of a distinguished older Mr. Library, “Stimson Studio lower-resolution copies since Flickr Adams in suit. See some examples Photograph Collection,” will ingest the 600-dpi TIFF, convert of Mr. C. M. Adams’ photographs Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/ it to JPEG, and display at appropriate accompanying this article. There photos/icplphotos/collec- sizes. Iredell County Public Library’s remain, however, many other images tions/72157631320621564/ Flickr collections went live in March of people who are not identified. (accessed January 6, 2014). of 2013, and quickly gained an audi- Please contact Joel Reese at the Iredell 10 William Jasper Stimson and ence. As of December 19, 2013, County Public Library (jreese@ire- Benjamin Alston Stimson the Stimson Studio Photograph dell.lib.nc.us) to help identify any of Photographic Collection, circa Collection had garnered 606,522 these people or provide background 1890s-1960s, Collection Number: views. The Library will continue to on the subjects in the photos. P0049, North Carolina Collection expand its online photograph collec- Photographic Archives, University tions, too: by early February 2014, References of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. they plan to upload some 31,000 1 “Local History Happenings Fall http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ photographs from another promi- 2013,” Iredell County Public pcoll/inv/P0049/P0049.html. nent Iredell County photographer, Library. http://iredell.lib.nc.us/ Max Tharpe. history/happenings/fall2013/loc- The Stimson Collection at ICPL alhistoryhappeningsfall2013.html is complemented by the William (accessed December 20, 2013).

Looking for help with collection development?

If you want to expand your library’s collection of novels set in North Carolina, you should visit the Read North Carolina Novels blog hosted by the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncnovels/).

If your interest in North Caroliniana is more general, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill regularly posts lists of new additions to their collection at this address: http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/index.php/ whats-new-in-the-north-carolina-collection/.

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