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A Publicationof the Mountain Plains Library Association
Volume44, NumGer5 MPLA Award Nominations Sought
Of all the important things to do in a healthyorganization, recognizing the efforts and accomplishmentsof othersis amongthe most vital. The time it takesis small comparedto the value it providesfor everyone. Awards are how we celebrateone another. MPLA has six standingawards, which may be presentedevery year. A partial list of past awardwinners is postedon the MPLA web pageat http://www.usd.edu/mpla/committees/awards/ awardshtml. A copy of the awardsnomination form is availableon this Web site as well. Take a look at eachaward and then quickly ask yourself who you know who would be qualified for the award.
There are many peoplein MPLA who are deservingof the DistinguishedService Award. We havefaithful exhibitors who shouldbe recognizedwith the Carl GaumerAward. Among twelve statesthere are individuals,groups, and newsmedia organizationsdeserving the Legislative LeadershipAward or the News Media SupportAward. There are always talentednew librariansamong us who shouldbe recognizedwith the BeginningProfessional Award.
There are many national and regionalauthors who would treasurebeing awardedthe Mountain Plains Literary Con- tribution Award. It may not be a Pulitzer Prize, but it is recognitionof excellenceas a writer. Authorswho write for adults cx children are eligible. The only criterion is that publishedwritings successfullyfurther an understandingand appreciationof the Mountain Plains region.
Nominating someonedoesn’t take much time, and you can expectwilling cooperation,You will do a lot of good for deservingpeople, and you will strengthenMPLA. So take a minute and get started.Nominations are welcomeany time up to July 31,200O.The awardsnomination form is availableonline.
For questionsregarding MPLA awards,please contact: JeanHatfield JohnsonCounty Library P.O. Box 2933 ShawneeMission, KS 66201-1333 Voice: 918/261-2345 Fax: 9181261-2325 Email: [email protected] April 2000 MPLA Newsletter Volrtme 44, Nunt6er 5
The MPLA Newsletter is published bi-monthly. Material of regional interest may be submitted to: Heidi Nick&h Duggan MPLA Newsletter Editor MPIA Award Nominations Sought Front Page Lommen Health Sciences Library University of South Dakota School of Medicine 414 East Clark Street MPVi Executive Board Meeting Highlights Vermillion, SD 57069-2390 Voice: 605/677-5121 Fax: 606/677-5124 Email: [email protected] MPLVNWNEMA Joint Conference Keynote Speakers
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Vice President Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.3000 by May 15, Linda Rea and Ne- 2000 or email [email protected] braska State Repre- sentative Verne The Board continues to look for ways to boost membership. Haselwood reported that programming for the MPLA/NLA/ .Watch for information from Judy Z&r&i and the PRI NEMA Triconference 2000 at the Holiday Inn, Omaha, Oc- Membership Committee. tober 25.27, is taking off! Check out the conference website for the latest: http:llreinert.creighton.edu/triconf Send photos of library events in the region to Heidi Nickisch Duggan, Newsletter Editor, and they may appear on the President Hinshaw called for a special Board meeting to be- website or in the newsletter! gin developing a strategic plan for MPLA. Watch for up- dates. The Board approved a new award for 2000: The MPLA Youth Services Excellence Award. Watch for details. Submit your abstract to present a paper at the 2000 Tricon- ference. Write for details to: Betty Dance, Merrill Library,
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young adults. The award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by Booklist magazine. It honors the late Michael L. Printz, a Topeka school librarian known for l A new and improved Conference Program submis- discovering and promoting quality books for young sion form is now available from the CLA Web site! adults. http://www.formsite.com/clafonns/program-call/index. html * The ALA Committee on Accreditation announced in January that Emporia State University School of Li- l Legislation was reintroduced by Colorado State brary and Information Management (SLIM) has been Senator Ginette “Gigi” Dennis in January 2000 to pro- fully reaccredited. The letter stated in part, “The Com- vide $2 million in state grants to assist Colorado’s pub- mittee recognizes the faculty’s diversity and research licly supported school, academic and public libraries to productivity. In addition, COA notes that the School purchase additional educational materials they would demonstrates a sustained commitment to involving all otherwise be unable to afford. The grants are based on constituencies in the planning processes .and the de- the pdpulation served, but the minimum grant is sign of the distance learning component of the MLS $3,000, which will be especially beneficial to libraries program produces student cohorts that operate in a in rural areas. $3,000 is more than double the size of highly supportive and successful manner.” The next many small libraries’ book comprehensive review is scheduled for Fall, 2004. The budgets. This bill has school will continue to submit annual statistical reports passed the Senate and biennial narrative reports to COA. Education and Ap- propriations commit- tees and the full sen- * The Forrest C. Lattner Foundation awarded $50,000 ate on April 5, with the to children’s services at the Wichita Public Libraj. full $2 million appropriatjon. The National Endowment for the Humanities will e next step is for amendments to match the gift with $16,666. The grant continues a during the House Edu- pattern of support from the Lattner Foundation and is ion Committee hearing. used to improve resources available to some 35,000 children who visit the library each year.
* The Gates Foundation is providing the Wichita Pub- lic Library with two grants totaling $98,000. One grant l The Kansas Library Association will celebrate its will provide funds for a computer training lab at the 100th anniversary on April 13,200O with a Centennial Central Library. The second grant will purchase Celebration. As of March 29, the association had al- twenty-four computers to be spread throughout six of most reached its goal of 1500 members this year- the branch libraries most in need of technology. membership stood at 1407. This is nearly double the membership of past years. Money raised from the raf- fle of a Centennial Quilt (created by MPLA member Patti Butcher!) will form the basis for an endowment fund, which in the future will help with costs associated with a full-time association director/lobbyist. . UCITA (the Uniform Computer Information Trans- actions Act) has been quickly reviewed by the Okla-
l ‘Ihe first Michael L. Printz Award went to author homa House Judiciary Committee and will now be sent Walter Dean Myers for excellence in literature for ~Cosiinued on pogc 61
5 * The Nebraska Library Association and the Nebraska to a Joint Conference Committee for further work. The Library Commission have nominated the following indi- Oklahoma Library Association has joined several other viduals and groups to represent Nebraska in the Ameri- concerned groups to urge the legislators to look closely can Library Association’s Association for Library Trus- at this item. tees and Advocates’ National Advocacy Honor Roll: Ne- braska Senator LaVon Crosby; Laureen Riedesel, Bea- l The University of Oklahoma School of Library and trice Public Library; Maggie Harding, NLAs Executive Information Science has announced the appointment of Director; Libraries for the 21st Century Initiative Coali- a new Director. Dr. Danny Wallace, who received his tion; South Sioux City Public Library Planning Group; Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana- and Jane Geske, former NLC Director and Nebraska Champaign, will begin his work on July 1,200O. In ad- Center for the Book Founding member, posthumously. dition, his wife, Dr. Connie Van Fleet, will join the Li- brary School faculty as an associate Professor on Au- gust 6,200O. W.J#tdtlg l The External Review Panel for the ALA’s Committee on Accreditation will begin their work at the library * Uric Elementary School Library in Lyman, WY, was school in April. Faculty has been notified that the com- one of four libraries recognized by the Institute of Mu- mittee may want to review the curriculum and ask other seuni iad Library Services (IMLS) for community ser- questions over the next few months. vice. “Libraries have long offered free and equal access to books, but in today’s rapidly changing world, they are also responding to the daunting challenges of the Infor- motion Age and unique needs of their communities,” said IMLS Acting Director Beverly Sheppard. “In recog- nition of the vast array of new services libraries offer, IMLS is proud to introduce the winners of its first an- nual National Award for Library Service.”
This year’s recognition events coincide with National Library Week (April 9 15). They take place in Wash- ington, D.C. and include Members of Congress and na- tional library leaders. All types of libraries are eligible * ICON, a consortium of health sciences libraries in for the National Award for Library Service, a&this Nebraska, recently received a $40,000 grant from the year, 75 libraries were nominated. The National Com- National Network of Libraries of Medicine to create a mission on Libraries and Information Science, the Presi- web resource of consumer health information for librar- dentially appointed policy advisory board of IMLS, re- ies. The grant includes training to help local public and viewed the nominations and made recommendations to school librarians find and access quality web sites. Beverly Sheppard, who made the final selection. There will also be some mini grants given for Internet access or equipment. Jim Bothmer, director of Creigh- ton University’s Health Sciences Library, is the grant’s In the rural area of southwestern Wyoming, the Uric Project Director. Elementary School Library not only connected its school to the Internet, but also brought its county library on- l Metropolitan Community College and the LaVista line. Uric librarians open the school’s computer lab at Public Library dedicated their new neo-Italian Renais- night where they train newcomers to the web and bridge sance style building January 28,200O. By combining the digital divide in this mral community. ‘Ihe service resources, the two entities have built a $9.1 million of this school library goes far bqyond the school system educational center/public library that will accommodate to encompass the whole’community. http://www.imls. multiple purposes. The 23,316 sq. ft. library will serve gov/closer/blt4~04OO.htm LaVista city citizens as well as Metro’s college stu- dents.
6 Stepping Down, Stepping Up
, guess it’s f ZUIIone Of those PeOple who practice age at the next birthday six ,,,ooths in advance’ because: these Older decades come as a shock, SOmy advance practice came in bandy wbe” 1 faced turning from 39 to 40. Fifty is a birthday to give you a real comeuppan~e. It is half ah”“- dred years and the math is fairly absolute.
I had a Personal reaction to less time ahead than behind me, It came as a realiza tion of hoW much Ihve taken for granted in the years of hard work to find my life road, make a careerand and ,ove raise has mY family. The desire to revisit the places I have lived, found friendship, nurturlogis retuming home t0 parts Of the Country I been So strong it SW$X~S~SIIE. One of the great joys oftbe MPLA presideaCycirc,e for me, MY library career started in school b!J’J as my career progressed. The state conference in ~~~~~~completes a in Eworia. and then my job Out of graduate school at the ~~~~~~ state Library in Topeka marked the first time I ever went to a microphone to speak. the peop,e, the places, the programs which gave In almost the next breath away from those memories, I want to give b.$k to is one ofthose. When the nommating commit- me the OPPoItUnity to become a person who could make a difference. MPLA tee called me for this job, I told them it was time for me to do that, The noun tain Pla;os Lit]rary Association conference in and my first aqzJane trip. I was all the things a Colorado Springs ia the early 1970s marked both my first MpLA Conference.sted, aad oe~ous about who might see new Professional can be: enthusiastic, amazed that SO,,,any people Iike me Instead, people befriended me and be- through this greenhorn well enough to prove me insafc,-ieat to anSwer ,,,y calbot?.~=ins the g,“,C 23quarter CentU~ later. came = Source of professional and personal sustenance. The MPLA response rem ‘%ome, join hands and do your good work with us.‘i PLA ga”el, True to form, it’s Six months early, It’s been =hOSt a year since the Montana Conference when I accepted the M ‘ng down. I b a”e been lucky to be the transition and I am already preparing my thoughts and my emotions for the act o f StePP” hike being a mentor for a yo”a~er COlleagUe president - the one who gets an extra four or five months to make a dij rference J ha”e done a credlblqob, found people who or raising children, at the point of letting go, it is neYer eno,,gh time. B,ut if yo’ are tahted and wihg, and been a part of memorable events which hL. Ts thrive, the organization and the hardwoiking -tn othe,e to the Omaha Conference to celebrate with me Professional members out there can be better because y&u were there, Corm the ComPletioo of One circle of MPLA life and the beginning of the sew, Aa MPLA presideot is,a vis,ible person with a vari- ower of MPLA 1s m Its members and their ety of smengths and weaknesses who becomes its temporary steward. The true p wihVWSs to Step forward to work for it and within it,
your organization Wiil continue to thrive if you make it so. - Ma&n Hinshaw, MPLA President
fConrimwd,‘ronr page 6, stationsand Serve~~for each library and the New M~x-~ http:/lwww.uinta6.kl2.wy.us~~~~~ehome, ice State LibrarY Tribal Ubranes Program will share html the COStofthe s&wre. A thd Wrier, the SantaFe Indian School, is working wtth the GatesFoundation to train Indian School studentsIn network administration new MeG+ic# ~, and the “se of Athena for catalogtngCollections and networki”g workstations. - Eleven New Mexico tribal librarieswill receiveindi- vidual grantsto build and maintain an online catalog . The University of New Mexiho Libraries rank 55th using Athena softwarethrough a collaborativeproject OUt ofI I 1 university libraries iv the recently released from the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation and the Association of Research Libmnes (AU rating for New Mexico StateLibrary Tribal Libraries Program. (Conibued o,, p~xe 8, The GatesFoundation is providing the necessarywork-
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,Cl,,rrir,,red,~~~rr, ,qe 7, program package available to all libraries in the state the year 1998-99. under the title “New Mexico’s Library Legacy.”
* Governor Gary Johnson has proclaimed April to be New Mexico’s Month of the Library. Many communi. ties are following suit. l The North Dakota State Library offered workshops * The New Mexico State Library is promoting “The on Professional Ethics and Licensing Electronic Re- Month of the Library” statewide. “Your Library -A sources in early April, presented by Arlene Bielefield. Community Treasure” is the slogan and Edward Gon- Using ALA’s Code of Ethics as the framework, Arlene zales, the illustrator for the children’s book Farolitos presented ethical dilemmas facing librarians in today’s foriibuelo, has been commissioned to paint a picture information environment. of a library setting. The painting will be reproduced in high quality posters and bookmarks to be given to * The State Library held a series of public forums every library in the state. across the state to report on the activities of the Library Vision 2004 (LV2004) program and solicit ideas for future developments. All types of libraries, government l Librarians and library friends who submitted their library histories to Linda G. Harris saw the cumulative officials, and the general public were encouraged to outcome in Linda’s hook, 0~ Book at a Time: The participate to share their views on issues and strategies H&vy of the Library in New Mexico, published by to address for library and information service growth in the New Mexico Library Foundation to commemorate North Dakota. NMLA’s 75th anniversary. That effort has gone one step further in the form of a traveling exhibit and public
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professGma1 m&G-grants development internatfonal, assistance grants
Association members are encouraged to apply for grants, mini-grants< and international grants, all of which may be used for formal college or univer- sity classroom work, independent study programs, attendance at workshops. conferences or seminars. 01 participation in any other activity that will benefit libraries and the library community in our region. Members are eligible after one full year of membership. For more information, contact: Mary Bushing, Chair Montana State University Libraries Joe Ed&n, MPLA Executive Secretary Bozeman, MT 59717 I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Voice: 406/994-4994 414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 or ” Fax 406/994-2851 Voice: 605/677-60X2. Fax: 605/677-5488 Email: [email protected] Emil: [email protected] t.
Seminars institutes Workshops Coursework Conferences Research Projects Independent Learning MFLA Mem6er News
An article titled “Wired Travelers”: travel and tourism Also, check the March 15, 2000 Libraryhmal for “The Best Business Books 1999: Web Vision Comes of Age!” South Dakota’s State Archivist, Richard Popp, has resigned his position effective April 14,200O. Richard Rademacher, Director of Libraries for the City of Wichita for the past 24 years, has announced his retirement. Rademacher recently reflected on the many changes in librarianship during his career. His remarks are available in full at * Anyonewho needs o quicktompieheniive lookot Ihe lokrtiereolch in theirfield (vi0 fulltext delivery). i Anyonewho monoge~ o large volume of informolionfor their tompony 01 libmF/. * Anyonewho doesn’t wont to work their timeseorthing through electronic ioumols one-by-one. more information: go to www.ebsto.rom and select “Web-hosed Services.” SC0 OnlineY 9 April 2000 ! MPLA Newdettev A Volrtw1e 44, N*tilber 5 Future MPIA Conferences 2000 2000 -Nebraska Library Association/ . April 26 - 29 -Montana Library Association Conference, Nebraska Educational Media Association, Billings. “Metamorphosis: New Tools, Old Trade” wwwmtlib. Omaha, ‘25-28 October. erg 2001 -Arizona Library Association, Phoe- l April 26 - 29 -New Mexico Library Association Annual nix, November/December. Conference, Taos. 2002 -North Dakota & South Dakota Li- . April 26 - 29 -Oklahoma Library Association Annual Con- brary Associations, Fargo, ND, Oct. 2-3. vention, Tulsa. “Libraries: Roots to the Future” www.pioneer. 2003 -Nevada Library Association, Lake lib.ok.us/olal Tahoe. . April 27 - 28 -3lst Annual Colorado Interlibrary Loan 2004 -Colorado Library Association, Conference, Denver Public Library, Denver. Snow Mass. 2005 -Wyoming Library Association, . May 17 - 19 - Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Ogden. “Expanding Our Communities., Embracing Our Pa& TBA. “us., Enriching Our Profession” . May 19 -Colorado Library Association Public Library Divi- sion, Boulder. “Reach Out. ._” www.cla-weh.org . Sep!ember 19 - 20 -The KPLACE Roundtable (a division of KLA) Fall Confer- . May 25 -Colorado Library Association Technical Services ence, Wichita. and Automation Division and College and University Division, Auraria Campus, Denver. “Navigating Digital Waters -Chart a September 23 - 27 -Banned Books Week, Your Course!” www.cIa-web.org “Celebrate the Freedom to Read” . June 4 - 9 -Montana State Library Summer Institute, Bill- . October 5 - 7 -Nevada Library Asso&- ‘ings. (see page I4 for more information) tion Annual Conference, Rena. “Nevada Li- braries: Launching into the New Millennium” l June 7 - 9 -“Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museums: Pre- serving Our Language, Memory and Lifeways”, Phoenix. (see . October 23 - 27 -National Libraries: In- p. I4 for more information) terpreting the Past, Shaping the Future, Li- brary of Congress. The conference will deal . July 7 -Reference Services for Genealogists: A Mini-Course with the role of national libraries or a single for Librarians, Chicago. RUSA Preconference Program 2000. library within a national or international cul- (see p, I5 for more information) tural context. www.lcweb.locgov/loc/cfb/efbooW . July 8 - 11 -American Library Association Conference 2000, Chicago. “Libraries Build Community” www.ala.org - October 25 - 28 - MPLAiNLAINEMA Tri- conference, Omaha. “Beyond the Horizon . August 3 - 6 - REFORMA National Conference, Tucson, Ari- Charting Our Course to the Future” zona. Theme: “The Power of Language: Planning for the 2 I st Cen- http://reinert.creighton.edu/triconf tury.” clnet.ucr.edunihrarfo~~~c~ l November 30 -December 2 -“Vision, . September 14 - 17 - Colorado Library Association Annual Mission, Reality: Creating Libraries in the Conference, Snowmass. “Enhancing Information: Libra& Add Zlst Century” A Libcary Administration and ValK.” Managemerit~Association (LAMA) National Institute, Palm Springs, CA. www.ala.org/ . September 20 - 23 -North Dakota Library Association An- lams/vision. nual Conference, Dickinson. “Nonh Dakota Libraries at the Dawn of a New Centuy” ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ndla/ IO April 2000 Vofcrtne 44, Nmber 5 Arizona Montana Martha Caseloolt, Arizona State University Ginny Cowan, Bozeman Public Library Cheryl Richardson, Yavapai County Library District Rosanne Tmjillo, Arizona State University Oklahoma S. Michael Kim, Oklahoma State University Kansas Ruth Stenzel, Dodge City Public Library Nevada Pat Vierthaler, Hutchinson Community College Linda Wilson, Douglas County Public Libr;uy Scott Goldy, Wichita State University Nebraska New Mexico Nancy Justen, Farmington Public Library Jerry Brown, College of St. Mary Mary Grathwol, Santa Fe Public Library Debra Carlson, Scottsbluff Public Library Peggy-McCullough, Retired School Librarian Swth DakcDta Wwmine Stephen Van Buren, South Dakota State University P. Pidde Laura Olson, University of Sioux Falls Welcome! l The North Dakota Periodicals Index (NDPI) was a to purchase a copy of the video, point your browser to centennial project to index various ND periodicals. In- http://www.prairiepublic.org/features/schmeckfest/ dexing was done for periodicals published between indexhtm or call Prairie Public Broadcasting at I-800. 1981 and 1985, but the data were never published. 359-6900.” Kathy Thomas of the NDSU Library has proposed the mounting of the index data onto the web, making it a fully searchable database, easily available to all. - Accessing biographical informatipn regarding North Dakotans has just become easier with the release of the North Dakota Biography Index (NDBI) database by the institute for Regional Studies at the North Dakota State University Libraries. Searching the database will enable users to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information. More than 138,000 bio- graphical sketches from some 540 publications are in- * Thanks to the 1999 Legislature, the Commission on dexed. The site can be found at http:/dp3.lib.ndsu. Educational Technology was awarded $500,000 to con- nodak.edu/ndbii tinue the provision of educational databases to public libraries and schools in the state of Nevada beginning - “Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of the Germans from March 1, 2000. In addition to being available in public Russia” is a 60-minute video documentary produced by libraries and school classrooms, the databases will be Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. & NDSU Libraries, available to all Nevada residents wth Internet access Fargo, ND, 02000, funding by North Dakota Humani- from their homes and businesses once the logon proce- ties Council, NDSU Libraries, and the Members of dures are finalized. Prairie Public Broadcasting. For more information, or Provided by EBSCO Publishing: MasterFILE Se- lect, MAS Ultra Public Libmy Edition, Middle II allow the library to store up to ten times more material in its stacks than is possible with conventional shelving. - Nevada is a participant in a five-state American In- dian LSTA Library Leadership Project. American Indi- ans in twenty-six tribal communities are coming into the information age through a program designed to en- hance community libraries, archives and museums. l The Washoe County Library System has received a Tribal representatives from Rena-Sparks, Pyramid three-year, $371,000 grant as part of the Dewitt Wal- Lake, Fallon, Elko, Ely, Walker River, Las Vegas, lace-Reader’s Digest Fund’s “Public Libraries as Part- Washoe Nation, and Yerington are developing activi- ners in Youth Development” initiative. The Fund has ties in consultation with statewide organizations includ- launched this $5.4 million initiative to bolster programs ing the Nevada State Library and Archives, the Inter- for youth in public libraries nationwide. The mission of Tribal Council of Nevada (ITCN), the Nevada State the Dewitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund is to foster Office of Indian Education and the Nevada Indian En- fundamental improvement in the quality of educational vironmental Coalition. On January 26-27, 2000, the and career development opportunities for all school-age Nevada State Library and Archives hosted a two-day youth, and to increase access to these improved ser- convocation at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino in Rena to vices for young people in low-income communities. articulate program priorities, identify funding mecha- nisms, and develop plans for tribal information centers. Tribal participants received direct technical assistance * Currently under construction at the University of Ne- for developing plans and drafting applications to par- vada Rena is an $11 million addition to the Nevada ticipate in various state and federal funding programs. School of Medicine. The Pennington Library will pro- vide a state-of-the- art medical resource library for students, faculty, medical re- searchers, and the M#r??kwm public. Also, admin- * Four Montana Libraries will be sponsoring the PBS istrators have just Videoconferences in April for librarians and educators completed a feasi- free of charge. The videoconferences are: “How to Cus- bility study for a tomize an Online Course” and “Developing Web- new main library, Based Courses on a Shoestring.” east of the univer- sity’s main parking - The Great Falls Public Library hosted this year’s Off- structure in the heart of campus. That undertaking line Retreat in Febmaty. The retreat had workshops and likely would cost more than $60 million. University speakers on Web cataloguing, library automation stan- President Joseph Crowley said the library plan will beg dards, PC security, critical Web page evaluation, and a highlighted in the next round of legislative budget pro- demonstration of the Full-Text Source Finder at MSU- posals. If private money comes along, the new library Bozeman (http://colIect.Iib.montana.edu/periodicals). could be a reality by 2005. l A number of academic libraries in the Montana Uni- versity System implemented Staff Development Insti- l The University of Nevada, Las Vegas broke ground tute Sessions (MUSSDI) during April. These training in 1998 for the $51 million state-of-the-art Lied Li- - sessions for librarians and staff concentrated on refer- bray. The most expensive public works building pro- ence issues--Introduc$on to Qference for Paraprofes- ject in state history, the Lied Library is nearing comple- sionals, Business Reference, and Montana Reference tion. Described as the most technologically advanced Resources. The workshops were presented by librarians library in the country, one of the central components of from MS&Billings and MSU-Bozeman. The concept this facility will be the $1.5 million Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). This robotic system will 12 I April 2000 Vofrme 44, NrmGer 5 LA Newslettev I A E ts Sponsov Fivst PLA ~ibv~v~ Schsol cellence Awavd Boavd Meetings REFORMA, the National Associationto PromoteLibrary Servicesto Lati- MPLA Executive Board nos and the Spanish-Speaking,has announcedit is sponsoringan award Meetings are held in competition to honor a library school for commitment to library servicesto Latinos in the United States.The Library School ExcellenceAward will be Denver. The next meeting presentedat the REFORMA National Conference(RNCII), August 3-6, in is scheduled for Summer, Tucson, Ariz. 2000. Exact date TBA. The growing U.S. Hispanic populationis in needof library servicesthat take into accountcultural and linguistic needs,as well as the growing “digital di- vide” betweenthose who haveand thosewho do not haveaccess to the Internet.The REFORMA Library School ExcellenceAward seeksto recog- nize and encouragethe vision of thoselibrary schoolsthat have alreadyrec- ognizedthese needs and are incorpo- rating solutionsinto their curriculum, their recruitmentpractices and their hiring goals. Library schoolsor programsaccredited by the American Library Association (ALA) areeligible. Nominationswill be judged by how well excellenceis demonstratedas they relateto His- panic Americansand the Spanish- speakingin the following areas:re- cruitment of students,faculty and staff; enrollment and retentionof students; hiring of faculty and staff; retentionof faculty and staff; curriculum; scholarships;and mentoring. Upon hearingof the award,Satia Orange,director of the ALA Office for Literacy andOutreach Services, applauded REFORMA’s effort as a visible encouragementto the outreachcurricula of ALA-accredited library schools. She also expressedexcitement about the possibility of a $+a recognition in the future that would be sponsoredby all the ethnic caucusesin ALA. The awardwinner will be announcedJuly 7,200O.The formal presentation will be madeduring the REFORMA conferenceaward night dinneron Fri. www.usd.edu/mpla/ day, August 4. For more information on the award,call Lillian Castillo-Speed,Award Committee Chair, at 510-642-3947or sende-mail to [email protected]. or via,the listserv: edu. See the RNCII Web site for additionalinformation. I,~ email joe edelen at REFORMA is an affiliate of the ALA. jedelen@ usd.edu J3 April 2000 MPLA Newsletter A Vofurrte 44, NumGer 5 v &hind these sessions was that expertise existed within our academic librarians, and this expertise could be shared with others. Hopefully, next year additional li- braries will take part as participants or as trainers. l Montana libraries are planning for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Observance. MLA is considering the best method to take advantage of this event in Montana. Montana Libraries are represented on the statewide * A conference entitled “Tribal Libraries, Archives and Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission by an MLA Museums: Preserving Our Language, Memory and Board member. Several ways to promote libraries have Lifeways” will be held at the Heard Museum in Phoe- been suggested including coloring/reading books and/or nix, June 7-9,200O. The conference is funded by a a Montana Library passport. The passport would be pro- National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Mu- vided to libraries and tourism offices. The passport seum and Library Services, and will focus on tribal cul- would have a welcome from Montana libraries, histo- tural institutions from the states of Arizona, Colorado, ries, and the mission of MLA. Patrons could then get Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The goals of the con- their passport stamped at libraries across the state. Li- ference are to create a regional network of support for braries could use their library stamp orea special stamp tribal cultural institutions and programs; to articulate for the event. contemporary issues relating to the development of tribal libraries, archives, and museums; and to initiate collaboration among tribal cultural institutions and non- . The first Montana State Library Summer Institute tribal resources.’ (coordinated by the State Library) will be held on the MS&Billings Campus, June 4-9,20@. Funded with LSTA grant funds, the weeklong Institute is intended l Arizona Library Association Legislative Day was for directors of smaller public libraries, managers of January 25, 2000, with a wide representation of librari- branch libraries, and any directors new to the Montana ans from all parts of the state. Librarians heard from library community. The Institute will assist public li- Kevin DeMena, lobbyist, about the mechanics of lob- brary administrators by enhancing theii administrative byiqg, and Mike Braun spoke about the operations of skills, by developing their leadership abilities, and by the legislature. Librarians spent the rest of the day visit- providing opportunities for networking, teambuilding, ing members. Several pieces of legislation of interest to and informal discussions with others attending the Insti- AZ libraries are still in process, including a significant tute. The only cost to participants is transportation. increase in state grants-in-aid. l The State Library has arranged for Pat Wagner of l A delegation from the Archive General de1 Estado de Pattern Research to provide Board of Trustee training Sonora (AGES) spent a week at the Arizona Depart- workshops this spring in three locations - Pierre, ment of Library, Archives and Public Records learning Rapid City, and Sioux Falls. The intended audience is about AZ archival and preservation work. The Arizona current and potential trustees, library friends groups, State Museum leads the project, under the direction of librarians, and anyone else concerned with organiza- Dr. Tracy Duvall. Other participants with AGES are the tions. University of Arizona Library, the Tucson-Pima Public Library, and the Arizona Department of Library, l On March 7, Govert&v Janklow signed HB 1257, “an Archives and Public Records. Making Sonoran re- act to enhance learning in public schools, establish an sources available to researchers will lead to greater Office of Education Technology, study the public edu- awareness of the rich cross-border relationship Arizona cation workforce, and increase the voting requirement has with her sister state to the south. 14 April 2000 vdme 44, Nuntber 5 LA Newdetter I A for school district referenda.” Section 2 of this bill es- * House Bill 157 was passed. The bill states “no state tablishes an Advances Reading Enhancement Program funds shall be provided to any public library that offers for grades one and two. Section 5 directs the Board of Internet or an online service to the public unless the li- Education to examine programs that prepare and certify bray has adopted and enforces a policy to restrict ac- school personnel. The review is to identify ways to cess by minors to Internet or online sites that contain streamline “alternative certification processes” whereby obscene material.” Throughout the debate on the bill, persons holding a bachelor’s degree can be certified to State Library Director Amy Owen, her staff, and the teach in K-12. The effect of this bill is being monitored Utah Library Association Legislative Committee pro- by the South Dakota Library Association because South moted the fact that locally appointed library boards are Dakota currently does not require schools to have certi- empowered to make policies about such matters, and fied librarians. that they have approached Internet issues in an in- formed, open, and thoughtful way. The provisions of l The South Dakota Library Network recently negoti- HB 157 do not take effect until 2001. ated a contract for web access to BooksinPrint.com for its membership. The web version includes features such as full-text book reviews, author biographical infonna- . tion, award winners, and bestsellers. Reference Services for Genealogists: * The first meeting to discuss the goals of a two-year A Mini-Course for Librarians statewide archival resources planning project will take RUSA Preconference Program 2000 place in April in Pierre. Specific plans are to develop a Friday, July 7, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. detailed long-range plan for preservation of historical Chicago, Illinois records in the state and to cqnduct a statewide survey of historical records. Genealogy is growing in popularity, and your library is the first resource turned to by new enthusiasts. Be ready for their questions. Know the sources within and beyond your collection. Learn effective strategies so that you can in- struct your patrons in family history searches. After com- pleting the course, you will be able to conduct an effective genealogical reference interview; assist patrons in the use of over 200 library tools primarily concerned with U. S. genealogical research; teach patrons how to do genealogi- cal research; refer patrons to additional research centers and Internet resources; locate and obtain research materials on interlibrary loan; suggest basic research principles and research strategies; identify organizations; organize come- spondence; identify genealogical reference materials that should be held in small, medium, and large library collec- tions. . The year 2ooO has not been good to libraries in Instructor: Tom Kemp, Chair, ALA Genealogy Committee higher education in Utah. A $1 million budget expendi- (RUSA/HS), author of The Genealogist’s Virtual Library: ture was proposed but not approved, and as a result, the Full-text Books on the World Wide Web (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2000; Book&CD-ROM). libraries of Utah’s public colleges and universities are facing cuts in materials and services. 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