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Volume 80, No. 3 Fall 2017 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 80 No. 3 • Fall 2017 Page 30 A Quarterly Publication of the ISSN 0194-388X Mississippi Library Association ©2017 Editorial Staff Contents President’s Page ................................................................................................ 31 Editor Tina Harry The State of Movement-Based Programs in Mississippi Public Libraries 32 Catalog & Asst. Automation Librarian The University of Mississippi Noah Lenstra [email protected] A Separate Space .............................................................................................. 39 Matthew Griffis Assistant Editor Tracy Carr Searching for Answers .................................................................................... 49 Library Services Bureau Director Ashley S. Dees, Jacqueline Reed, Brian Young Mississippi Library Commission [email protected] 2017 Annual Conference ................................................................................ 53 News Briefs ....................................................................................................... 60 Copy Editor People in the News .......................................................................................... 61 Audrey Beach Resource Librarian Book Reviews ................................................................................................... 62 Mississippi Delta Community College Rough South, Rural South: Region and Class in Recent Southern Literature. [email protected] Down in Mississippi. Freshwater Road: A Novel. News Reporter Anne Hudson Confessions on an Undercover Agent: Adventures, Close Calls, and the Toll Arts and Letters Librarian of a Double Life. University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] Book Review Editor Michele Frasier-Robinson Librarian for Education & Psychology University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] MLA Reporter Adrienne McPhaul Science, Health, and Nursing Librarian University of Southern Mississippi On the cover: Fiery sunset by Kara Roberts, Starkville Public Library. [email protected] This tree is located on University Drive in Starkville, at the far edge of Oddfellows Cemetery. Indexer Kristin Rogers Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian Mississippi Libraries is a quarterly, open access publication of the Mississippi Library The University of Mississippi Association (MLA). The articles, reports, and features herein represent viewpoints of [email protected] their respective authors and are not necessarily the official options of the Association. In order to assure the widest possible audience for the works published in Mississippi Libraries, the work is added, by contractual agreement, to one or more EBSCO Publishing databases. Mississippi Libraries is also indexed in Library Literature and Information Science Abstracts. For more informaton, visit http://misslib.org/publications Mississippi Libraries Vol. 80 No. 3 • Fall 2017 Page 31 2017 Executive Board President’s Page President Jenniffer Stephenson The Mississippi Library Associa- Director tion is pleased to return to Hatties- Greenwood-Leflore Public Library System burg and the University of Southern Vice-President Mississippi’s campus as well. This Sarah Mangrum year’s conference theme, Tell Your Access Services Librarian and Story, emphasizes the importance of Assistant Clinical Professor University Libraries (USM) libraries and librarians telling their stories about, not only the services Secretary that their libraries offer, but more im- Jennifer Wann Director portantly, how libraries change lives Bolivar County Library System and make a difference in their com- munities, schools, campuses, and Treasurer Blair Booker other facilities. Advocacy on behalf Assistant Librarian of the libraries has been the focus Holmes Community College of many of our efforts this year. To Immediate Past President continue along that course, we have Molly McManus invited John Chrastka, Executive Di- that will be available to our attend- Systems Librarian rector of EveryLIbrary, to be our key- Engineer Research & Development ees during the conference. You can Center Library note speaker for our opening general find additional information about the session as well as our closing session. conference in this issue of Mississippi ALA Councilor Mr. Chrastka brings experiences Ellen Ruffin Libraries and on our website. If you Curator, de Grummond Children’s from the viewpoint of a library trust- would like to volunteer to help with Literature Collection ee, supporter, and advocate and will this year’s conference, contact Sarah McCain Library and Archives impart his wisdom to our attendees. Mangrum or check in with the other SELA Councilor Your Vice-President, Sarah Man- volunteers at the registration desk Ashley S. Dees grum, her co-workers at USM, and during the conference. Research & Instruction Librarian, Re- her conference committees have gional Depository Librarian, Liaison to The Conference Site Selection Business & Economics planned a great schedule of programs Committee is still reviewing pro- University of Mississippi Libraries and events. As always, there will be posals and making site visits for our a wide range of programs and events 2018, 2019, and 2020 conferences. Section Chairs that will be of interest to library staff Association of College and Research The MLA Executive Board will meet Libraries (ACRL) Section Chair from public, academic, school, or at the beginning of conference to Mary Beth Applin special libraries. There will also be hear the committee’s recommen- events taking place after hours out- Public Library Section Chair dations and will let MLA members Antoinette Giamalva side of the conference center, such know as soon as a decision has been as “An Evening in the Archives” held made about future conference sites. School Library Section Chair at the McCain Library & Archives at Elizabeth Simmons Sarah Crisler-Ruskey is our MLA USM on Tuesday night and the Pres- Vice President-elect and will be in Special Libraries Section Chair ident’s Reception and Scholarship charge of planning next year’s confer- Sheila Cork Bash at the historic Powell Ogletree ence. If you would like to help with Trustees Section Chair on Wednesday night. Networking next year’s conference, contact her at Rickey Jones with other librarians is an import- [email protected]. ant part of attending conference, For more information, visit: Wishing you a great conference http://misslib.org/Executive-Board and these are just a few examples of experience, the great networking opportunities Jenniffer Stephenson, President Mississippi Libraries Vol. 80 No. 3 • Fall 2017 Page 32 The State of Movement-Based Programs in Mississippi Public Libraries Noah Lenstra Assistant Professor Dept. of Library and Information Studies University of North Carolina at Greensboro Abstract The study addresses the question: What is the current state of move- ment-based programs in Mississippi public libraries? The answer to this question comes from a survey-based study in which 1622 public librarians from the U.S. and Canada described what, if any, movement-based pro- grams they offer. The survey was disseminated online in Spring 2017. Fourteen public librarians in Mis- sissippi completed the survey. Like their colleagues across the conti- nent, public librarians in Mississippi increasingly provide opportunities for individuals of different ages and abilities to be active. Nonetheless, this study also finds that Mississip- pi public libraries lag behind other libraries in the Southeastern region, as well as the nation, in terms of the development of this programming area. More research needs to be done to understand how and why public libraries contribute to foster- ing active lifestyles. Introduction Among states in the U.S.A., Mis- Figure 1: Map of respondents from the State of Mississippi, and from the surrounding region. sissippi has the highest percentage of adults who are physically inactive the second most obese in the coun- this problem. In Spring 2017, 1622 (Segal, Rayburn and Martin 2016, try. This percentage is up from 23.7 public librarians from the U.S. and p. 14). The state’s adult obesity rate percent in 2000, and from 15.0 Canada completed a survey on is currently 35.6 percent, making it percent in 1990 (ibid.). This paper the movement-based programs in considers how librarians, and pub- their libraries. Among respondents Peer-Reviewed Article. Received: 6/5/2017 lic librarians in particular, address were 14 librarians from the state of Accepted: 8/8/2017 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 80 No. 3 • Fall 2017 Page 33 Mississippi (Figure 1). Like their society, not restricted to demarcated Timm and Jones 2011; Engeszer et colleagues across the continent, spaces such as gyms and recreation al. 2016; Flaherty and Miller 2016). public librarians in Mississippi in- centers. New institutions are now In St. Louis, Missouri, librarians creasingly provide opportunities called upon to become involved in from Washington University part- for individuals of different ages and physical education. Museums of all nered with the local public library abilities to be active. Nonetheless, types, for instance, participated in system to administer a community the survey also finds that Mississip- Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Muse- needs survey on health information pi public libraries offer less of these ums and Gardens initiative (Obama needs. The survey found that “exer- programs than libraries elsewhere 2011).