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Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2007 Volume 44 Number 1 Spring 2007 Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2007 1 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 44, Iss. 1 [2007], Art. 36 https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol44/iss1/36 2 Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2007 The Official Journal From the President by JoEllen Ostendorf 2 of the Georgia Library Association My Own Private Library by Dusty Gres 4 Volume 44, Number 1 Spring 2007 Getting on Your Community’s 5 Leadership Team By Ellen G. Miller and Patricia H. Fisher Paper Recycling and Academic Libraries 9 A COMO White Paper by Jack R. Fisher II and Elaine Yontz Library Tools for Connecting With the 14 Subscription Rates: $25.00 per year Curriculum: How To Create a Professional free to GLA members Development Workshop for Teaching Faculty Microfilm copies of back by Sonya S. Shepherd, Debra Skinner issues of GLQ may be and Robert W. Fernekes purchased from: University Microfilm 300 North Zeeb Road RFID Technology in the Library Environment 17 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 by Linda Howard and Max Anderso Editorial correspondence: Susan Cooley In the News 21 Editor, GLQ Sara Hightower Regional Library 205 Riverside Parkway Off the Shelf Rome, GA 30161 Book reviews by Georgia librarians 28 [email protected] Change of address: GLA Administrative Services P.O. Box 793 Rex, GA 30273 [email protected] The Piedmont Regional Library recently dedicated its new Braselton Library. The 6,800-square-foot building features Advertising inquiries: a wraparound porch with numerous chairs for patrons. Tim Wojcik From its headquarters library in Winder and 11 branches, Advertising Manager, GLQ Our Lady of Mercy the Piedmont system serves the population of Banks, Catholic High School Library Barrow and Jackson counties. Photos by Alan Harkness, [email protected] the system’s director. Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2007 3 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 44, Iss. 1 [2007], Art. 36 Librarians must be eternal optimists! We are once again legislation and its effects upon us especially in light of in the midst of a tumultuous legislative session, and once CIPA and bills relating to pornography and the Internet. again we remain ever hopeful that this year our ship will We were taken by surprise when HB 226, the dock! It must be one of our best qualities. Public libraries replacement bill for the previous Georgia obscenity code were ecstatic last year when we received $2 million in that was struck down by the court, specifically added additional dollars for books that almost put us back to “lending” to the bill’s wording. While the bill exempts “a where we were before the budget cuts four years ago. person associated with an institution of higher learning,” Of course, our former allocation of 60 cents per capita it does not exempt public libraries. was never funded, and we had been stuck at a 56-cents- per-capita level for seven years, but we are happy as long Attempts to have an exemption added as an amendment as funding seems headed in an upward direction. We that would read “a person while working in an official have been searching for many years for an effective way capacity in a public library” failed in the House. The effect to make our voices heard. It is a battle we will have to could mean any library staff could be targeted if a person eternally fight. checked out a book she/he did not deem appropriate, including even ILL books borrowed from other libraries. On one hand, it is positive that libraries are so much taken for granted as a part of our communities that the More startling were the vehement comments made by public doesn’t think about where the money is derived. some House members who did not want the exemption It’s like electricity — when we flip the switch we expect for public libraries added. Comments included that the light to come on. However, as we all know, it is not librarians never want anyone telling them what to do; cheap to run libraries on budgets that grow slowly while there is no way for taxpayers to keep librarians from using user expectations continue to increase. As an example, tax money to buy dirty books; taxpayers have no control my library was proud to have installed wireless Internet over the librarians; and board members aren’t elected so access only to be astounded when a user came in taxpayers have no control over board members. At this demanding we provide him a wireless card for his writing, the fight has moved over to the Senate side, but notebook! it demonstrates the need to keep in touch with our legislators to offset these misperceptions. Our Friends and Trustees are our strongest advocates as we saw on Library Day at the Capitol, where a sold-out On a happier note, plans for GaCOMO 2007 (Jekyll crowd of library supporters met with our legislators to Island, October 17-19) continue. The program proposal promote libraries. Their pride in our libraries was form is now available at www.georgiacomo.org, and immediately apparent. However, we must continue this proposals may be submitted through May 31. At the GLA advocacy back home. Some ideas: hold a lunch for your Midwinter Conference, there were many great program legislative delegation and elected officials at the library; ideas, so please follow through with submitting these. have an open house at your library honoring your We want to share innovative programs going on legislators and officials; send pictures with your legislators throughout Georgia and the United States at COMO, and from Library Day to local papers; and, probably the easiest we can’t do this without your participation! and most painless, periodically e-mail your representatives to thank them and express any concerns. — JoEllen Ostendorf President We must continue to remain vigilant concerning pending Georgia Library Association 2 Spring 2007 Georgia Library Quarterly https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol44/iss1/36 4 Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2007 From left: Jeff Heck, Lora Mirza, Ann Vidor, Patty Phipps, Marcy Nader, Susan Cooley, Julie Walker, Stacey Overstreet and Tim Wojcik Susan Cooley Julie White Walker Ann Vidor Editor Associate Editor Editorial Staff Sara Hightower Georgia Public Library Service R.W. Woodruff Library Regional Library Technology Services Emory University 205 Riverside Parkway [email protected] [email protected] Rome, GA 30161 706-236-4609 Lora Mirza David Baker [email protected] Co-editor, Book Reviews Graphic Designer Dunwoody Campus Library Georgia Public Library Service Laura Burtle Georgia Perimeter College Communications & Marketing GLA Website Manager 770-274-5091 [email protected] Georgia State [email protected] University Library Tim Wojcik [email protected] Marcy Nader Advertising Manager Editorial Staff Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Jeff Heck Cobb County High School Library Editorial Staff / Public Library System [email protected] Assignments Editor [email protected] Reese Library Augusta State University Patty Phipps [email protected] Co-editor, Book Reviews Georgia Tech Library & Information Center [email protected] Joanne Lincoln Editor Emeritus Visit the Georgia Library Association on the Web! gla.georgialibraries.org Georgia Library Quarterly Spring 2007 3 Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2007 5 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 44, Iss. 1 [2007], Art. 36 A peek inside the personal library of a librarian by Dusty Gres My personal library collection began the Christmas I was Florida childhood — The Pink Motel, Up a Crooked River, 8 years old. Money was tight, but my father had found an Strawberry Girl, The Lion’s Paw by Robb White (one of old china cabinet in someone’s trash and gone to junk the finest children’s adventure stories ever written), The shops, used bookstores, even the city dump, collecting Barefoot Mailman, Alas Babylon, If Nothin’ Don’t books. What a gift! My own bookcase full of books — all Happen, A Land Remembered. I’ve added Georgia titles kinds: Alice in Wonderland, Little Women, Tom Sawyer, and Georgia authors I’ve met at CSAC, GLA/COMO and Robinson Crusoe, Last of the Mohicans, Prisoner of Zenda who have visited my library in the years I’ve been here, and Zotz; oldies but goodies — Cuckoo Clock, Penrod, including — to come full circle — books by Bailey White Water-babies, Mother West Wind, even a copy of One and Robb White, Jr. Thousand and One Arabian Nights that I am sure my father did not know was unabridged! Not all, but some My fairy and folktale collection: All the Andrew Lang’s are still on my bookshelves today. plus stories from many countries and regions. (Have you read some of those Japanese tales? They will make your Over the years my library has grown, sometimes to skin crawl!) unmanageable proportions. I’ve added, weeded, boxed and moved what seemed like the Library of Congress at My reference collection: Dictionaries (I favor Webster’s times. Marrying another book collector didn’t help.