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West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.5&6 Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar West Virginia Libraries Newsletter West Virginia Library Association 12-2000 West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.5&6 Cheryl Harshman Ted Nesbitt Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/wvlib Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Harshman, Cheryl and Nesbitt, Ted, "West Virginia Libraries 2000 Vol.53 No.5&6" (2000). West Virginia Libraries Newsletter. Paper 84. http://mds.marshall.edu/wvlib/84 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the West Virginia Library Association at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in West Virginia Libraries Newsletter by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. WestWestWVLAWVLA VirginiaVirginia L BRAR ES L BRARhttp://wvnvms.wvnet.edu/~wvla/ ES Vol. 53 • No. 5 and 6 December 2000 Post Conference Edition 1 December 2000 WVLAWVLA President’s Column Book release By Phyllis Moore Thank you for the opportunity to be the president of the I just learned of a November www.as.wvu.edu/press or write West Virginia Library Association. The old Chinese proverb book release, Early Art and Art- WVU Press, P. O. Box 6295, ists in West Virginia: An Intro- Morgantown, WV – 26506. “May you live in interesting times” certainly applied to this duction and Biographical Di- Dr. Patrick Conner, former past year. Some of the interesting events were of my own rectory, by Dr. John A. Cuthbert, chair of the Department of En- making, some were external, and some were just inevitable. Curator of the West Virginia and glish at West Virginia University, Regional History Collection and is the director of the press and My sincere hope is that everyone will continue to build a Director of the West Virginia Art deserves much credit for reacti- path that all libraries and librarians in the state can travel to Collection at the WVU libraries. vating the press, as well as for benefit and improve their situations. This unique book is a bench- the progress the press has made. mark. It is a stunningly illus- In the same vein, if you have I appreciate all the friendship, fellowship, and favors that trated, well-written work based not purchased a copy of the year I received this year. I would urge everyone to run for office on Cuthbert’s years of meticu- 2000 West Virginia poetry book in this organization. The membership is supportive and en- lous research and shows his love Wild Sweet Notes and the West of the arts. The volume contains Virginia women’s photography couraging. The executive board overlooks flaws and mis- over 200 color illustrations, plus and poetry calendar, both pro- takes while helping you find your way and improve. a directory of over 1000 artists duced by Publisher’s Place in who are a part of the state’s art Huntington, you may want to do SIGN UP NOW! history. It certainly refutes the so by contacting their website: legend of the PIWASH. [email protected]. Pam Coyle To order the press catalogue These are three great gifts for or the book, contact http:// the holidays and the future. Information WVLA Executive Board needed for WV literary map Meeting Minutes November 4, 2000 WVLA has two options: purchase its Phyllis Wilson Moore is in the pro- own web site for an up-front cost of cess of developing a West Virginia I. Call to Order $50 and then $30 a month, or con- literary map and a guide for regional The meeting was called to order at tinue with WVNET. literary tourism. She is trying to gather 12:45 p.m. by President Pam Coyle. as many names of current and former Those in attendance were Pam Coyle, B. Reminder to those who agreed to county poets, children’s authors, play- Judy Rule, Julie Spiegler, Yvonne Farley, write articles for West Virginia Li- wrights, and fiction writers as possible. Dottie Thomas, Monica Brooks, Charley braries to submit their work to Ted Her interest is only in the area of Hively, David Price, Mary Strife, and Nesbitt. fiction, not non-fiction or historical Suzette Lowe. C. Monica Brooks has a prototype for a material. II. Reports new brochure for WVLA. Phyllis reports that her files are All reports of committees and rather thin for the following counties: roundtables and any other standard re- D. Monica Brooks asked that any reso- Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Hampshire, ports were tabled as this was a summa- lutions that WVLA wants submitted Hancock, Hardy, Jackson, Lewis, Lin- tion meeting and a co-meeting of the to the ALA can be submitted to her, coln, Logan, Mason, Mercer, Mineral, 1999-2000 and 2000-2003 board of di- and she will then submit them to Mingo, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, rectors. ALA. She reported that there is a Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, possibility of a resolution to estab- Preston, Randolph, Raleigh, Roane, Tay- III. New Business lish a literacy roundtable in ALA. lor, Tucker, Wayne, Wetzel, Wirt, and A. WVNET IV. Adjournment Wyoming. A bill for $29.99 was sent to Monica The meeting was adjourned. The next Her address is 101 Morgan St., Brooks from WVNET. It was unclear executive board meeting will be at Clarksburg, WV, 26301. You may e-mail what the bill was for as WVNET is North Bend State Park on December 7, any information to [email protected]. supposed to host WVLA’s web page for free. If this policy has changed, 2000. December 2000 2 WVLAWVLA An editorial note Co-Editors Cheryl Harshman This edition of West Virginia Libraries But, I want to tell you about the Elbin Library • West Liberty State College offers a somewhat different approach from “OVERwhelming.” West Liberty, WV 26074 how an issue is usually assembled. A few When the reporters e-mailed or faxed 304-336-8183 (W) • 304-336-8186 (FAX) weeks prior to the annual conference, I their articles to me, I set my engine on cruise [email protected] posted messages on our two bulletin boards control. They were informative and com- Ted Nesbitt asking for volunteers – conference attend- prehensive. And, very little editing was re- Elbin Library • West Liberty State College ees who would also serve as reporters for quired. As I read them, I relaxed and imag- West Liberty, WV 26074 WVL. Although attending the conference ined that I was in those meeting rooms. The 304-336-8365 (W) • 304-336-8186 (FAX) (and choosing which sessions to attend) is reporters made the session come alive! I [email protected] work itself, I called upon our members to want to thank all of you who took the time go one step further and submit synopses of to write – and write so well. Circulation Editor what happened during those sessions. (“Where is he going with this?” you are Jo Ann Calzonetti The result was, to be charitable, asking.) Evansdale Library • WVU UNDERwhelming. Since it worked so well for the annual P.O. Box 6105 Perhaps people did not want their evalu- post conference issue, why can’t our own Morgantown, WV 26506 ations to be printed for others to read. Per- members continue to e-mail (preferred) or 304-293-4695 x5112 haps they felt that accepting additional re- fax their views on issues, their suggestions [email protected] sponsibilities was just too much of a bur- about libraries and librarianship, and their den — after all, taking time off to go to knowledge about how to make libraries, li- Advertising Editor Charleston meant falling behind in the work brarians, WVLA, and even West Virginia Li- Kelly Funkhouser at home. Perhaps they thought that too braries better? Morgantown Public Library many other people would volunteer, mak- Letters to the editors and articles for our 373 Spruce Street ing their own offer a redundancy. publication are always welcome. Morgantown, WV 26505 And then, I did some research and found For our next issue, we will be featuring 304-291-7425 (W) • 304-291-7437 (FAX) that only about ten percent of our mem- Internet web sites developed by our mem- [email protected]. bership subscribes to the most recent bul- bers. In addition to the main articles, we letin board, which was painstakingly de- would appreciate hearing from you about West Virginia Libraries signed and implemented by Monica Brooks the web sites you use most frequently and (ISSN) 0043-3276) is the official and Steve Christo. those you can depend on when you are publication of the West Virginia These bulletin boards are for us to com- desperate. Choose one or two web sites Library Association. The views municate with each other. I encourage all and write a brief description of what it of- expressed are not necessarily the of our members to enroll, a procedure that fers or why you use it. One hundred words official viewpoints of WVLA. is easy, brief, and painless. The rewards are or less should be sufficient. Send the URL West Virginia Libraries is published too many to mention. The boards can be and your evaluation to me at either of these six times a year in February, April, June, accessed at these locations: two addresses: August, October and December. [email protected] A subscription is included with • The WVLA Message Board [email protected] membership dues. The subscription http://wvnvms.wvnet.edu/~wvla/ Please, gentle readers, overwhelm me. rate for non-members is $15 per year. Some back issues are available • WVLA Bulletin Board at $3.75 per issue.
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