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ALAALAAnnual Conference HighlightsCognotes CHICAGO July 2005 Obama Proclaims Libraries Inside ‘Windows to a Larger World’ ALA President's By Brad Martin wherein the freshman senator Program: Coming Full ABC News from Illinois emphasized both the n the beginning was the historical importance of language Circle, see page 2 “ word.” So begins both the and reading and presented his Bradbury Practices IBook of Genesis and Barak vision of libraries as “windows to a larger world.” His Magic at Obama’s Opening General Ses- sion keynote address June 25, Obama stressed that instilling Videoconference, the value of reading see page 4 at an early age is needed now more ALA Annual than ever, especially Conference in Photos, “at a time when truth and science are being see pages 5 & 9 challenged.” He Actor/Author Henry Winkler wowed the Closing Session crowd. pointed out that, Nancy's Pearls of throughout history, 'The Fonz' Thrills at Closing Session Wisdom, see page 7 those who sought to By Alberta Comer about growing up as the son of im- gain or retain power Indiana State University migrant parents living in New David Sedaris Engages have sought to con- enry Winkler, who York City and of his struggle with trol access to infor- played the Fonz on the dyslexia that was not diagnosed Audience at PLA mation, whether this acclaimed Happy Days until he was an adult. Although President's Program, H has meant banning series and admired by audiences his father wanted him to follow in United States Senator Barak Obama delivered see page 7 of all ages, keynoted the closing the family lumber business, the Opening General Session keynote address. Continued on page 8 session on June 28. He spoke Winkler had known since the age of 7 that he wanted to be an actor. Electrical Sub-Station Fire Starts Annual Conference With A Bang Winkler has received numer- Failure of an underground building took much more time cleared up by about 11:00 a.m. ous letters and mementos from Future ALA transmission cable caused a to bring back. Computers had and the exhibits went on as admiring fans. One in particu- Conferences small explosion and a large fire to be rebooted in ALA Registra- scheduled. lar stood out. It was a metal cut- ting that said, “If you will it, it is 2006 Midwinter Meeting and led to a power outage that tion, escalators had to be fixed, ALA wants to thank all the the air conditioning was out not a dream.” Winkler said, “This San Antonio, TX affected thousands of homes McCormick Place staff, the city and businesses in Chicago, in- and all that pushed back the employees and everyone who is not a motto, it’s a concept you January 20–25, 2006 cluding the McCormick Place opening of ALA Registration. worked on getting the Annual can take to the bank.” An inspi- Information at Convention Center where the The situation was compounded Conference started as on time ration to many, he shared the www.ala.org/midwinter ALA Annual Conference was to by largest registration in ALA as possible. ALA apologizes to story of a 7 year-old girl with autism who, when she met him after August 1 open the next day. history. On Saturday, June 25, those attendees who had to wait The cable failure Friday, lines were long and registration longer than expected to get said, “Fonz.” Her mother, crying, was backed up. However, there explained to Winkler that this 2006 Annual Conference June 24 at 8:40 p.m. plunged their badges and get on the ex- the Convention Center into were many security guards and hibit floor and thanks them for was her daughter’s first word. New Orleans, LA darkness and halted the finish- fire inspectors on site and no their patience. Where ever ALA Speaking about the impor- June 22–28, 2006 ing touches on exhibitor set-up. attendee was ever in danger. holds their conference, cities tance of arts in the school, he Information at The electricians from ComEd, Further, the strict fire rules at always compliment the asso- asserted, “Art is the pillar that gives children a point of view,” www.ala.org/annual the city electric company, got McCormick Place were not vio- ciation on their wonderful at- and pointed out that the “river of after October 1 the power back to McCormick lated. Some nerves were frayed, tendees and this unique situa- place back up after midnight, especially due to the lack of air tion showed how right they are. arts” is what brought him to be but many of the systems in the conditioning, but lines were Thanks to all. where he is today. Continued on page 10 Page 2 • Cognotes 2005 Annual Conference Highlights ALA President's Program: Coming Full Circle By Alberta Comer uses the library more or less depends Indiana State University on if the library gives them a sense of 2004-2005 ALA President Carol A. place and a feeling of re-engagement. Brey-Casiano chose the topic of library Librarians Susan H. Hildreth and as place because of the many questions Karen J. McPheeters also addressed the she has been asked about the future of topic of library as place. Hildreth said libraries in this age of the Internet and the library should be an exciting loca- Google. One hundred and fifty years tion, “truly a community destination” ago, libraries were community and cul- and gave examples of libraries that pro- tural centers; libraries have come full vide venues for local artists, historical circle and are again serving these needs. centers offering a place for the commu- The keynote speaker, futurist Lowell nity to preserve its history, and a place Catlett, and distinguished panelists re- for teens to participate in video gam- iterated the idea of libraries serving as ing. “The library is still a repository of such centers of their community. books, but needs to go beyond that to a Catlett, speaking about economic promoter of knowledge, moving from a trends, asserted that people are better warehouse to a workshop,” remarked educated and have more disposable in- Hildreth. come than have previous generations. McPheeters emphasized the impor- 2004-2005 ALA President Carol A. Brey-Casiano welcomes Dr. Lowell Catlett as Catlett said, “Starbucks understands tance of including the community in li- keynote for the ALA President’s Program on June 26. Catlett spoke on the history about the importance of place and that brary decisions about creating space for and future of the library as place. is why customers return time and time everyone. She reminded the audience, Carnegie built libraries where people posal that was not embraced by its again to buy a $4 cup of latte.” All of “You must balance building, technology, could read, discuss books, and meet, board until the project was called a this is important to libraries because and people to get a sense of place.” and that in 2005 we are again talking multicultural center. He said of librar- “as people get wealthier, they have the Architects Lonn Frye and Guillermo about the importance of library as ies, “Make the enclosure fun as well as attitude of give me what I want, when, Barajas, Jr. spoke about library archi- place. Stating that many libraries are a learning opportunity. Make every where, and how I want it.” Also as the tecture. Barajas emphasized the impor- joint ventures that merge funding and visit memorable, a place to stimulate baby boomers age they want a sense of tance of consulting with the people who interests for all age groups, he gave an the mind. Their vibrancy needs to ooze being “re-engaged.” Whether this group will be using the library. Frye said that example of one library building pro- out into the neighborhood.” Do As I Do: Practicing What You Preach to Enhance Outreach By Adelaide Myers Fletcher “And it’s not enough to know your com- Pat Wagner of Pattern Research, Inc., raised came from the crowd itself after Louisiana State University munity,” she added. “It is also important brought these ideas together with a dis- hearing what the panelists had to say. “Walking the talk” was the theme of to be known by your community, so cussion of how body language can either “Do you know what this person is in- the June 25 OLOS panel discussion Your people know who they can come talk to.” reinforce or negate the things one says terested in?” asked one person in re- Library’s Community Starts at Home: Yolanda J. Cuesta of Cuesta to their staff. “The message is in the de- sponse to a woman who was having Four Steps to Really Connecting with MultiCultural Consulting put the audi- tails” she said, explaining how with as trouble engaging a certain employee. Everyone on Your Staff, where four ex- ence to work with exercises to illustrate little as an insincere smile, everything Earlier Wagner had given an example perts in library outreach shared their these ideas and she emphasized the ne- that one says may be contradicted. of a colleague who treated each and ev- proven tactics for success. cessity of showing one’s staff with words Discussion very quickly developed ery one of his employees as if they were Suggestions focused on changing one’s and actions that outreach, diversity and throughout the room on some of the dif- the most important person in the library own behavior as a supervisor to set a equity of access are fundamental to ones ficulties that people had had with their whether they were a clerk or an M.L.I.S. positive example that will enhance the organizational culture. staff members and ways to resolve “You have to earn their respect one library from the inside out. Three con- “You have to be talking about out- them. All four panelists attempted to employee at a time,” said Wagner, “it’s sultants and a librarian engaged the reach all the time,” she said, in meet- walk that talk by speaking to the crowd not about them, it’s about you and how large audience with exercises that ranged ings, newsletters, etc. “And you need to from ground level, rather than the you treat people. “And if you send those from writing with one’s non-dominant explain their benefits and why you value raised podium. messages correctly,” she added “you hand to imitating an angry 12-year old. those things.” But many suggestions to questions won’t have to bring me in.” Sandra Rios Balderrama of Rios Balderrama Consulting recommended several formal and informal methods to Extreme Makeover: Tips on Redesigning Your help supervisors assess their commit- ment to “in-reach” as well as outreach. “Are we walking the walk of equity of Library to Promote Usage, Circulation access? Do we view our co-workers and By Michael Byrnes CDs and DVDs placed in stair-step trons can pay for fines on the spot. staff members as peers? That is the ba- Embry Riddle Aeronautical browsers allow for better viewing of The library strives to create “a sic premise,” said Balderrama. She sug- University their covers. Librarians hope that pa- strong sense of place and an invit- gested that assessment techniques typi- What does Barnes & Noble have trons will not judge a book by its ing environment,” said architect, cally used for outreach be applied to in- that your library does not? For most cover, but good cover art never hurt Peter Magnani. They have done so house performance measurements. How- libraries, the answer is a marketing a band’s sales. Do not be afraid to by implementing green design prin- ever, “it is not enough to ask how you plan. While most libraries want to hang a neon Movies sign above your ciples that incorporate natural light are doing,” she said, “you must be will- showcase new books by the main en- DVD collection. (the wall along Main Street in the ing to hear the answer.” trance, Joan Bernstein, Mt. Laurel, A great way to get people into the Flushing branch is completely Faye C. Roberts of the State Library (N.J.) Public Library, advocates stacks is to insert slatted stack-ends glassed). They have eliminated and Archives of Florida moved the dis- showcasing something they would so books can be displayed, much like choke points by installing self check- cussion into the realm of recruitment not expect a library to have. “Every- they are in Barnes & Noble. This is out stations, express check-outs (two from within the community. one knows you have books,” she said. a great way to feature displays such items or less) and senior citizen “Never miss the opportunity to put “Put together a display of DVDs or as Black History Month, banned check-out lines. “Ninety percent of the right person in the right job at the music.” books, poetry, and “a great way to our customers use the self-checkout right time,” she said, “And if you walk It is not just what you feature, but merchandise the collection.” system,” said Magnani, away from this session now, that should how. Bernstein noted that gondolas The Queens Library Community These are a couple examples of suc- be the one thing you remember.” Rob- with slatted end-caps allow for in New York has also gone through cessful makeovers which are best erts listed a baker’s dozen attributes of “jacket-out” book displays on end- recent renovations. In their Corona summed up by a patron of the Mount a successful outreach coordinator empha- caps as well as the traditional spine- branch, self check-out monitors are Laurel Public Library, “I think this sizing knowledge of one’s community. out displays on the gondola’s shelves. equipped to accept ATM cards so pa- is the coolest library ever!” Baker & Taylor Your One-Stop Total Solution
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Censorship Causes Blindness: How the Children’s and YA Professional Censors By Kara Greenberg tant to serve a broad range of Student, Westbury Library people,” said Battisti. The labeling of books by grade Labeling materials by grade level level and genre, self-censoring ma- or genre was a hot-button issue for terials, and the inclusion of graphic the panel, prompting audience de- novels in collections were just some bate. From a publishing standpoint, of the topics discussed and debated Horowitz explained that, in addition at the June 26 seminar, How the to supplying libraries, publishers Children’s and Young Adult Library are also selling to chain stores and Professional Censors, sponsored by warehouses that require a grade or AASL. age level label. There are gener- The panel represented a broad ally 4 labeling options open to the spectrum of professionals, including industry, including picture book, Pat Scales, author of Teaching chapter book, middle grades, and Banned Books: Twelve Guides for young adult. While parents may Legendary author Ray Bradbury (on video screen) makes a point during a live Young Readers and anti-censorship focus on this information, Horowitz satellite teleconference with his biographer Sam Weller at an ALA Auditorium advocate, Beverly Horowitz, Vice and others in the publishing field Speaker Series program. President and publisher of the Ban- have found different ways to indi- tam/Delacorte/Dell group, Allyson cate what they deem the appropri- Lyga, author of Graphic Novels in ate ages for readers of their books, Bradbury Practices His Magic Your Media Center: A Definitive including cover art, book size, text Guide and Maryland School Media size, and spacing. By placing read- at Videoconference Specialist, and Jerene Battisti of the ing levels on books, Lyga said, we are “demeaning educators.” By Brad Martin he described books, authors, and his Renton Public Library in Washing- The inclusion of the graphic novel ABC News many writing efforts. When he has trav- ton state. in school libraries is an often debated Just before the images of Ray eled around the country, he recounted According to Horowitz, the key to topic, due to the nature of their sto- Bradbury appeared on two giant video how he would always visit the local li- stopping self-censorship is to keep per- ries and their portrayal of women. screens June 27, Sam Weller, who has brary. “I wanted to make sure my friends sonal ideologies and objectives sepa- Allyson Lyga, who has a library of spent five years working with the fa- were there,” he said. As one gazed to the rate from professional duties, al- over 150 graphic novels in her Mary- mous author of Fahrenheit 451 and right of where Bradbury was sitting his though they may overlap. “As long land elementary school, has seen her countless other novels, short stories and "friends" not only lined the book shelves as it’s a book of quality and there’s circulation figures rise dramatically screenplays, noted the obvious irony of behind him, but were stacked high all merit to it, and if it’s not purpose- since the arrival of these novels. Lyga the presentation. In Fahrenheit 451, over a table next to him. fully meant to harm, then there suggested several ways to convince written over fifty years ago, television The beginnings of Bradbury’s inter- should not be self-censorship,” she peers that graphic novels are valu- screens had grown to take up entire est in science fiction was also explored contends. able and worthwhile investments. walls, and here was the author himself, when Bradbury recalled that he had From a School Media Specialist’s Included on her list was the fact that sitting in his home in California, wired been sad to see buildings being torn perspective, Lyga stated that selec- these novels address the needs of vi- up like a sportscaster, but surrounded down at the end of the Chicago World’s tion needs to “reflect what’s good for sual learners, as well as those who by the loves of his life – books. Fair as young boy. He wondered, “How the community and its students.” need to expand their visual learning Weller, whose research has resulted can you tear down the future when it She believes that “every child should dexterity. Graphic novels have a in a new biography called The Bradbury shows you how to live forever?” He be able to find themselves on the higher vocabulary than those in Chronicles, moderated a conversation added, “If they’re going to tear down the shelves,” and that, by self-censoring, books typically given to elementary- with Bradbury, who he described as a future, I’m going to build it up.” you are taking away that child’s age children. Graphic novels also nostalgic visionary, and then relayed Hope and optimism ran through ev- chance to match themselves to a present current events faster than questions from the audience. ery word Bradbury spoke. He described book. typical novels. Bradbury told of graduating from high both the real-life experiences that provided “We must work together to edu- “In giving children the freedom to school in 1938 and not feeling like he the seed for beginning Fahrenheit 451, cate everyone in our communities read,” Pat Scales concluded, “we are could do anything until he began his own and pointed out that the book’s hopeful that libraries are comprised of di- also giving them the power to reject.” studies in the public library. Describing ending is one reason why it still has rel- verse communities and it’s impor- libraries and books in almost religious evance today. Later, when one audience terms, Bradbury told of the mystery he member mentioned being scared about found there and how he never knew what some of the things happening in libraries he was going to discover next. Weller related to the U.S. PATRIOT ACT, he echoed this, saying, “I can’t think of an- didn’t hesitate a moment before answer- other author who has had a more pro- ing, “Don’t ever be scared – get mad.” found love affair with the public library.” Librarians of course sought advice, He then read a short quote from and Bradbury provided it freely. When Bradbury’s National Book Foundation discussing how to design a library, Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Bradbury said, “There are too many American Letters acceptance speech. lights. There should be more shadows. “As a boy of ten years I could imagine A library should be full of intrigue. nothing finer than running to the library There should be spiral staircases. Above on a windy October night, pushed by the all, it should be fun.” cold wind and traveling with autumn Bradbury remains an active writer leaves to arrive at the wonderful place, and is working on the sequel to Dande- the library, where I would stand for a lion Wine and a book version of a radio moment in the wide open door and call play about Moby Dick in outer space. into the deeps: 'Are you there?' Bradbury believes strongly in the value "And all the silent voices of the ghosts of space exploration (“we were born to of my most loved authors would answer be the audience to the miraculous”), yet from buried years, naming themselves says he does not consider himself a fan- Poe and Hawthorne and Dickens and tasy writer or a science fiction writer. Past Spectrum Scholar recipients join (l-r) 2004-2005 ALA President Carol A. Brey- Verne and Burroughs and Wells, and their “I’m a magician,” he said. Casiano, Proquest Company CEO Alan Aldsworth, Chicago Defender Publisher whispering, promising answer was: 'Yes.' The interview ended and Ray Clarence Nixon, and President of ProQuest Information and Learning Ron And I would step in to join the shadows.” Bradbury’s face on the giant video screen Klausner, to cut the ribbon and begin the ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash at the Bradbury advised the audience to “fall faded away, but not before he had cast Museum of Science and Industry on June 25. To date, the Scholarship Bash has in love and stay in love,” which is how his spell over the conference crowd. raised over $500,000 to benefit library student scholarships. (Photo by David Held) 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Cognotes • Page 5
The western-styled performance of the Thousand Oaks Library Precision Drill Team of Newbery Park, CA, rounded up a second place finish (and a silver library cart) at the First Annual Book Cart Drill Team World Championship on June 26. First place and a gold library cart was awarded to Dewey, et al for my Baby from Madison, WI, while the bronze library cart for a third place finish went to Readin’ & Rollin’ of Batavia, OH. Bookcarts for the performances and awards were donated by DEMCO.
Amy Smith (left) and Hazel Walker (middle), both of Joyner Library, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC, talk about the Teaching Resources Center with Marilyn Hankel, Univ. of New Orleans Library, New Orleans, LA, at a poster session on the exhibit floor.
Spectators watch the bookcart drill teams through an upstairs glass wall on June 26.
Savannah Walker (left), a conference volunteer, hands Kathie Chavez, Conference package prize winner Diane Lockridge, Kildeer School, (left) and Alburquerque Public Schools, Alburquerque, NM an ALA conference t-shirt. laptop computer winner Diane Chen, Tennessee Association of School Librarians share the excitment after a prize drawing on SupERTuesday. Page 6 • Cognotes 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Outsourcing by Any Other Name: Federal Libraries, Meet ‘Competitive Sourcing’ By Adelaide Myers Fletcher Speakers at this session each had spe- ing more management and more skilled sions; Time for Reflection and Choice, Student, Louisiana cific suggestions for government librar- oversight. available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/ State University ians that would help them prevent or Objectives that outsourcing means to sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=488345 Does the term “A76” mean anything cope with being outsourced. tackle, such as increasing the flexibil- and Deloitte Consulting: Calling a to you? If you are a librarian for the Farley explained that she learned ity and scalability in an organization, Change in the Outsourcing Market: The Federal government it may make you how important it was to stay visible are often answered with the opposite: in Realities for the World’s Largest Orga- run screaming in the other direction. within her organization, no matter how this case, rigidity due to the inflexibil- nization available online at: http:// That was nearly the reaction of Yvonne stressful the A76 process became. ity of the contracts themselves. www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/ Farley when she heard the news be- “Know who your supporters are and For more about government us_outsourcing_callingachange.pdf. cause it meant that outsourcing was know who is making the decisions,” she outsourcing: Guttman, Dan. Gover- McDermott also suggests reading ar- coming her way. But she was lucky advised. By mobilizing support from her nance by Contract: Constitutional Vi- ticles at www.govexec.com. enough to save her library, the Techni- customer base and by educating people cal Information Center at the National above her in the hierarchy, she believes Mine Health and Safety Academy in she did more than simply outbid the Beaver, West Virginia, from being con- competition, which she is not even sure tracted out to the private sector. She she did. and others exchanged ideas about how “It is political, even if they say it is a she did it, and the implications of gov- fair process,” she said. ernment outsourcing in “Competitive She also recommended checking the Sourcing, The Federal Experience and “Fair Act Inventory” to find out whether What it Means for Citizens and Access one’s job has already been classified as to Information,” presented by ALA- “inherently governmental” or not. FAFLRT on June 25. Patrice McDermott, Deputy Direc- A76 is the section of the “President’s tor of ALA’s Office of Government Rela- Management Agenda” passed in 2002, tions had specific reading assignments which effectively attempts to downsize for the audience. the federal government by requiring She described two studies: a ‘Deloitte’ each federal job to be inventoried and study and an article by Dan Guttman classified as either “inherently govern- (see references at end of article), which mental” or “commercial.” In other effectively turn the reasons behind cor- words, what can be contracted out, will. porate and government outsourcing, re- A76 requires an organization, such as spectively, upside down. a library, to compete with the private sec- Instead of making the contracted tor by detailing its functions and costs in functions simpler and easier to man- Oak Park, IL Public Library bookcart drill team members Leigh Gavin terms of labor. If the price is too high the age, she explained, the opposite has oc- (front left) and Sharon Grimm (front right) get ready to roll out from job goes to a contractor and that’s that. curred, resulting in operations requir- backstage for the Library Bookcart Drill Team Championships on June 26.
Earn an ALA-accredited Is Intellectual Freedom A Casualty Of War? By Walter Bell Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedi- ONLINE Master’s in Lamar University tion Act of 1798 to the War on Terror- The threat war poses to intellectual ism as a framework for his analysis on Library and Information Science freedom and the role of libraries in pro- why Americans tend to forget the First tecting those freedoms was the theme Amendment in time of war. Designed for working professionals, Drexel University’s online of a program sponsored by the ALA In- Stone discussed the Alien and Sedi- tellectual Freedom Committee along programs offer students the opportunity to earn a top-ranked tion Acts of 1798, Lincoln’s curtailment with the Association of American Pub- of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War, degree without sacrificing quality for convenience. Courses are lishers and the American Booksellers the prosecution of dissenters during taught by the same world-class faculty as on campus and lead Foundation on June 27. The session fea- World War I, the excesses of the Joe to the same respected degrees. tured two leading scholars on civil lib- McCarthy period during the 1950s Cold erties and First Amendment law in the War, and the FBI’s COINTELPRO op- Key Program Features: United States – Geoffrey R. Stone, erations against radical leftist groups Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Pro- during the 1960s and 1970s as examples ALA accredited fessor of Law at the University of Chi- of how wartime conditions endanger free Ranked by US News and World Report cago, and Floyd Abrams, a distin- speech and the freedom to read. guished lawyer and currently William In his discussion of political condi- •among the Top 10 nationally J. Brennan Visiting Professor at the tions since 9/11 and the USA Patriot Act, •#1 in Information Systems Columbia University Graduate School Stone argued that conditions are not as of Journalism. Both speakers explored specialization bad in the present day largely because the history of intellectual freedom in of the actions of groups such as ALA to •among the “Best Online Programs” the United States in wartime, the ex- protect the rights and privacy of the tent to which the current “War on Ter- reading public. Career-oriented curriculum with courses ror” and the wars in Iraq and Afghani- Likewise, Abrams argued the neces- on collection development, cataloging, stan have impacted speech, and strat- sity of forcing the government to meet classification and more egies the book and information commu- the burdens of proof in its measures to nities can use to protect American civil investigate and pursue terrorists and No commuting, career interruption, or liberties during the current “perilous terrorist groups. He used the Pentagon residency required times.” Papers case of the Vietnam era as an Stone praised ALA for the positions example of “why government secrecy Discounted rates for partnering library it has taken toward government at- and national security concerns cannot association members; contact us to see tempts to restrict information access be used to give the government a blank and also to protect library patrons’ pri- check to censor the press or prosecute if your library association is a partner vacy. Wartime conditions, he pointed individuals who leak embarrassing in- out, are inherently conducive to attacks formation to the media.” Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2005. Apply Today! on individual liberties because of hyste- Both presenters agreed that there ria, the preoccupation with public was no need for a provision as severe as www.DREXEL-ALA.com safety, intense partisan politics, and Section 215 of the Patriot Act which au- [email protected] • 866-440-1947 “loose bearings in unsettled times.” thorizes federal investigators to access Stone used the book Perilous Times: records without having to show cause. 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Cognotes • Page 7 David Sedaris Engages Audience at PLA President’s Program By Julia Schneider Sedaris’ presented the uncensored trib- Salt Lake County Public Library ute he wrote about Terry Gross and an More than 1,500 Sedaris enthusiasts over-the-top description of how everyone converged to hear him speak at the PLA in his Parisian French class pitched in President’s Program June 27. Judging to help a Moroccan woman with no from the laughter that filled the room knowledge of the event understand the during his presentation, they were not significance of Easter with their rudi- disappointed by his unique mixture of mentary language skills. This had many wry, wicked and revealing humor. references to chocolate as “faced with the “I’m going to begin by reading a fable,” challenge of explaining the cornerstone Sedaris said. This parody of the service of Christianity, we talked about food.” industry and its roundabout way of tem- “I have always been a big library pering the truth to suit a client’s bias user,” he said. “Back in Raleigh I was Nancy Pearl speaks on the joy of books during the Auditorium Speaker Series. was followed by The Solution to desperate to find anything about homo- Saturday’s Puzzle, renamed Turbulence sexuality. But they didn’t have anything. by the New Yorker. Everyone appreci- They had books about cannibalism, but Nancy’s Pearls of Wisdom ated Sedaris’ crossword puzzle solution nothing about homosexuality.” By Kara Greenberg head did for me?” to the psychic blows inflicted by Becky, “When my own book came out and I Student, Westbury Library Pearl’s dedication to books has taken his malicious seatmate on a flight to saw it in the library I was just thrilled. Nancy Pearl, a rock star among li- on extraordinary shapes and forms. She Raleigh, as well as his mental retalia- My publisher would kill me, (for saying brarians, best-selling author, and action worked as the head of Seattle Public tion and ultimate transcendence of the this) but I see no reason to buy books. I’d figurine model, spoke at the June 25 Library’s Youth Services division, as problem. much rather go and find one at the li- Auditorium Speaker Series session about well as Washington’s Center for the Little things can mean a lot in Sedaris’ brary. I associate libraries with luck and her journey through a life filled with Book, before garnering nationwide ac- world, and the story he read about the with discovery.” Sedaris said he prefers books and the pleasures and perils she claim for her best-sellers, Book Lust and boil he developed on his “bustle-like” ex- libraries to bookstores. “Come on in, discovered along the way. its companion volume, More Book Lust. terior gave rise to reflections about death, we’ve got places to sit,” he said was the Pearl’s love of reading was fostered Pearl’s likeness and amazing shushing personal relationships past and present, sales’ pitch of the latter. “But it’s not a daily by Mrs. Whitehead, a librarian action can also be experienced as the dining out, sin, psychic baggage, medi- library because it’s not filled with home- at the Parkman Branch Library of her Librarian Action Figure. cal treatment in foreign countries, and less people, like a library should be.” hometown, Detroit. In order to escape Pearl concedes that her life of words “that theater of home surgery,” the bath- He concluded by saying, “When you an unhappy home life, Pearl became has not been without its perils, however room. That, by the way, is where the boil leave tonight, I want you to imagine an lost in the adventures of those charac- minor. According to Pearl, it is an un- ended, leaving Sedaris’ companion Hugh, underprivileged child standing near the ters she read about. “We are given only balanced life. “Do you cook or do you dubbed Sir Lancelot, doomed to sleep no cash register (near my books) saying ‘I one life to live,” she said, “but, through read?” asks Pearl. more in peace at night. wish I could read.’” books and reading, we are given the power to go anywhere and do anything.” At the age of 10, Pearl knew that she would dedicate her life to the promo- tion of reading. “I knew I wanted to do something good for the world,” said VISIT US AT Pearl. “What could be better to do for a child than to do what Mrs. White- BOOTH #1201 Cognotes Staff Alberta Comer, Editor Indiana State University H.W.WILSON
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Non-essential library duties such as by outsourcing services and downsizing was that core assignments such as cata- Outsourcing companies such as Li- conducting building tours and assistance their work staff. Such measures are loging should not be outsourced since brary Systems & Services, Inc. (LSSI) rendered for a few hours a week to regu- being enacted in the U.K. and in Canada there are hidden financial burdens such and Baker & Taylor provide less in re- lar staffers can be performed by volun- as well as in the U.S. In a panel spon- as the frequent need to redo or upgrade tirement benefits for their employees. teers or friends of libraries. But Fay re- sored by ALA’s Allied Professional Asso- the records. Initially appealing low-cost Thus, they are often able to offer ini- counted a scenario in a small library ciation (APA) Diane Fay, chair of ALA’s contracts are often subject to re-negotia- tially lower costs for particular services. entirely run by volunteers that posted a Committee on the Salary and Status of tion upward. But since technical services And privatization is often employed as “closed for today” sign when all of the Library Workers (and a recently retired are often identified for sending out, the an anti-union measure since unions unpaid volunteers decided to take the librarian at the Boston Public Library) speakers contended that some employers demand these benefits for the workers same day off. The clientele and the repu- joined Ellen Reich from the American may create backlogs of uncataloged items they represent. tation of the library were the losers. Federation of State, County, and Mu- deliberately or otherwise by not filling va- Fay did admit that outsourcing of a For more information on privatization nicipal Employees (AFSCME.) Both cant positions. sort can reasonably occur within a con- access the websites : www.afscme.org expressed grave misgivings about li- Such projects in particular become sortium of libraries. In such a case, or www.dpeaflcio.org/policy/factsheets. braries that lose control of their staff by likely candidates for outsourcing. But passing direction of some of their func- some managers are more willing to con- tions to outside agencies. But both Fay tract out maintenance and food services and Reich used the session to solicit sto- if they are not identified as essential to ries and experiences from the members the library’s functions. Some adminis- of the audience. trators present said that they were sat- The panel participants began by pro- isfied doing so. Fay asserted, however, viding important definitions. Privatization that even these are more safely kept is the shift of services from a government under the immediate direction of the li- Googling a Better Mousetrap By Michael Byrnes question.” John Dove, President, Embry Riddle Xrefer, added, “Search engines can add Aeronautical University value to a search by adding meta-data.” A distinguished panel gathered on Search engines should be able to at- Sunday June 26 to discuss the RUSA tach subject headings to scholarly sponsored, Googling a Better Mousetrap: works that aren’t necessarily as rigid Cyber Resources on the Front Lines of as LOC but subject headings that are Reference. more likely to be used by average Jimmy Wales, Founder and Presi- searchers. Marilyn Parr, Library of dent, Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation Congress, admitted “We use Google told the audience that although bold, even to find our own stuff.” Needham U.S. Senator Barack Obama addesses the ALA Opening General Session. Wikipedia’s mission is to “allow every also added that Google became success- tics, Obama said that there was a lot of person on the planet free access to a ful because they have been committed Obama work to be done to improve literacy rates quality encyclopedia in their own lan- to speed and comprehensiveness in the Continued from page 1 and to prepare Americans to be more guage.” Wikipedia is an online ency- garden of the open Web. individual books or burning of entire li- competitive in the world. He went on to clopedia that allows anyone the capa- One librarian pointed out that braries, such as the Library of Alexandria. describe some of the disparities in these bility to copy, distribute and most im- Wikipedia and Google are successful Obama described his teenage behav- rates, with regard to both race and portantly, manipulate entries. To help because they have “fun names” that are ior in libraries and made a public apol- ethnicity and to rich and poor. combat vandals tampering with popu- attractive to the younger generation. ogy to several librarians who often had “Everyone talks about the federal lar entries Wikopedia is installing time When an audience member asked if to discipline him in Hawaii – librarians budget deficit, but I think what we have delayed software for quality control to it is possible for Websites to offer differ- who obviously made quite an impres- is an empathy deficit in this country,” scan a contributor’s entry before post- ent interfaces for different learning be- sion on him, because he acknowledged Obama said. ing it on the Web. haviors, Scott Smith, Thompson Gale them all by name. “But I did make some- However, despite what government When asked how Google Scholar in- Group, said “We’ve come full circle.” thing out of myself, contrary to their can do, Obama placed responsibility tends to rank its findings, John Lewis This is what users wanted when expectations,” he added, eliciting a roar firmly in the hands of every citizen, im- Needham, Strategic Partner Develop- Websites first came out, and then they of approval from the audience. ploring everyone to do what they must ment Manager, Google, said, “Appro- wanted a uniform interface, now it’s Obama served up a quote from his do on a family level to get books into the priate ranking of formats is a tricky back to customization. speech to the 2004 Democratic Conven- hands of children at an early age and to tion – one that proved to be red meat help promote the value of reading, a for the throngs of librarians in atten- “gateway skill.” dance. “We worship an awesome God Obama made it clear that his love of in the Blue States, and we don’t like reading came from his upbringing, and federal agents poking around our li- he described how his birthday presents braries in the Red States,” Obama said from his mother were often books – “al- then – adding, “or the Blue states ei- though at the time I think I was hoping ther” in his keynote speech to ALA. for a basketball or a bicycle,” he added. Obama declared that it should be pos- When it comes to his family, he is pass- sible to for congress to work together ing along this love of books to his chil- to fight terrorism “without trampling dren, describing his bedtime story times on our civil liberties.” as “a little bit of heaven every night.” Obama then returned to his main Noting that promoting reading is often theme for the night, describing literacy difficult due to our culture being full of dis- as “the most basic currency in the new tractions (television, video games, etc.), economy of the 21st century.” He said Obama suggested one change that may that the United States is still using 20th help. “What if instead of a toy inside of a Conzuelo De Vay (left), Spanish Peaks Library, Walsenburg, Colo. gets a century and sometimes 19th century happy meal, there was a book,” he said. comforting hug from her library director, Monica Kirby, as Amy Rosenbaum, tools to compete in the modern global Obama stressed how libraries are the ERT President presents De Vay with the $5,000 grand prize check during the workplace, and is simultaneously not critical tool to help in this fight to encour- SupERTuesday event. providing the kind of support libraries age and to improve reading. “We need to need. Citing alarming literacy statis- make sure we’re not closing any of them.” 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Cognotes • Page 9
Avery Anderson, 5, hugs the Emery-Pratt Robot after the ribbon cutting of The Stacks. Avery is the daughter of Chicago Convention Bureau Convention Sales Director Mark Anderson.
David Nisbet (standing left) and Carol Sites joke with the audience during a cooking show at ProQuest's booth.
Kelly Drath (left), Carpets for Kids, Portland Ore., hands Dennis Franczak, RDW Group, Boston, Mass. some Bash Cash at The Stacks.
Colleen Venable (left) of the Children's Book Council, New York City and Marilyn Hollinshead, author from West Tisbury, Mass. prepare to hang After speaking as part of the Auditorium Speaker Series on June 25, author Erik artwork for the Silent Auction, which benefitted the ALA Scholarship Fund Larson signed his book, Devil in the White City, at the Random House booth and the Children's Book Council. (2716) on the busy exhibit floor. Page 10 • Cognotes 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Over $1.3 Million in Federal Grants to Improve Library Service for Native Americans 237 Native American tribal communities of library services. This year library can Library Services grant programs. service in 176 tribal communities and In addition to the Basic grant, the In- and Alaska Native Villages will benefit Native villages will benefit from the stitute also administers the Native The federal Institute of Museum and current/062805NatBindex.htm. Education/Assessment supplement, 117 American Library Services Enhance- Library Services awarded Native Ameri- Each $5,000 Native American Li- more than last year. ment grant program. Enhancement can tribes across the country $1,361,000 brary Services Basic Grant supports “These grants provide opportunities grant recipients may receive up to in grants to improve library services. In general operations and core library for improved library services to a very $150,000. Those awards will be an- all, 229 grants will strengthen library services. important but often underserved part nounced mid-September. service for 237 Native American tribal Applicants also have the opportunity of the nation’s community of library us- The Institute of Museum and Library communities and Alaska Native villages. to apply for an additional $1,000 supple- ers,” said Dr. Robert S. Martin, Direc- Services is an independent federal grant- For a list of grant recipients organized by ment that can be used for staff develop- tor of the Institute. making agency dedicated to creating and state, access www.imls.gov/whatsnew/ ment and/or professional assessments “The Institute’s Native American sustaining a nation of learners by help- Library Services Grant programs are ing libraries and museums serve their designed to help indigenous communi- communities. The Institute fosters lead- Authors Share Stories at FOLUSA Tea ties overcome many challenges. The ership, innovation, and a lifetime of grants will not only strengthen core li- learning by supporting the nation’s By Alberta Davis Comer guage. Her latest novel revolves around brary services and lifelong learning, but 15,000 museums and 122,000 libraries. Indiana State University the friendship of two women who com- will also help preserve Native languages The Institute also encourages partner- Friends of Libraries U.S.A. municated through this secret lan- and lifeways.” ships to expand the educational benefit (FOLUSA) hosted an Author Tea fea- guage. Indian tribes and Alaska Native vil- of libraries and museums. To learn more turing Arthur Frommer, Tess Laura Lippman explained that as a lages and corporations are eligible to about the Institute, please visit http:// Gerritsen, Laura Lippman, Lisa See, young girl she pretended to be Lois Lane apply for the Institute’s Native Ameri- www.imls.gov. and Ilene Beckerman. Munching on fin- and needed to be “rescued,” but that in ger sandwiches and chocolate dipped her novels she puts the women as the strawberries, the audience listened to center of their own stories. She wants the authors share their personal sto- her characters to show other young Lois ries. Lanes that they can remove their own Joint-Use Library Partnerships Citing the ease of travel thanks in bonds and gags. part to the jet and the explosion of col- Tess Gerritsen grew up as a reader Worth the Work, Panelists Say lege educated Americans who are com- and discovered Nancy Drew stories at fortable with international customs, her public library. She started as a By Kara Greenberg use partnerships can be a resound- Frommer, whose travel guides have writer of romantic suspense but found Student Westbury Library ing success.” A shared vision that information Jane Light, Martin Luther King been available for 50 years, said that she had an affinity for writing medical access and literacy are cornerstones Jr. Library, a partnership of the San travel guides have become more popu- suspense novels, in part because she is of educational advancement and in- Jose State University and the San lar. “Travel guides,” he said, “have be- a medical doctor. dividual improvement are driving Jose Public Library, views her part- come more authentic. They are no Ilene Beckerman had many in the forces behind the development of nership as an epicenter for lifelong longer filled with dry statistics, but are audience laughing with her stories joint-use library partnerships. learning. All public library material written by authors who feel free to deal about growing up female. She said that A June 25 Real Life Joint—Use is open to the University community, with a range of issues.” women equate looking good with being Partnerships seminar, a distin- while all University materials and Lisa See talked about growing up in happy and that even Cinderella had a a traditional Chinese way. Recently she makeover by her fairy godmother. She guished panel of librarians, library events are open to the community at learned that for 1000 years Chinese stated, “Beautiful people don’t necessar- directors and college administration large. spoke of the journeys they have taken All panel members concede that women, illiterate and with bound feet ily have wonderful lives.” For her being to form joint use partnerships and there are many obstacles to forming that prevented travel, communicated happy is having good health for those the unexpected hurdles they over- and maintaining joint-use partner- with one another through a secret lan- she loves and having a few good friends. came along the way. ships. Molly Morris and Norice Lee, According to Dr. Richard Rhodes, Sunland Park Community Library El Paso Community College (Texas), (N.M.), which serves three states and which works hand in hand with the two countries, spoke of the financial El Paso Public Library, there are burdens and the ramifications of many motivating factors in the for- such issues on their ability to prop- mation of library-university partner- erly serve their community and stay ships. Included in his list is expanded true to their original mission. access to resources benefiting an Monica Wang, El Paso Community underserved population, leveraged College, noted that those entering into budgets formed by combined re- partnerships should be prepared for sources, and the creation of open av- them to be lifelong efforts. “With flex- enues of communication between ibility, open mind, and good commu- community members as well as in- nication, joint-use partnerships can stitutions. “With passion, persever- open doors for your library and for ance, and trust,” Rhodes said, “joint- your community,” concluded Wang.
PLA President Carla Bohrer talks with author David Sedaris before his speech U. S. Poet Laureate Addresses ALA at the PLA President's Program. By Frederick J. Augustyn, Jr. from his poems and answered questions. The Library of Congress Quite the opposite of an austere, ivory- Closing Session dren are grateful to librarians for be- Ted Kooser, 2004-2005 Poet Laure- tower figure, Kooser suggested that the ing in their lives. He quoted a librar- ate Consultant to the Library of Con- nation might be better off if everyone Continued from page 1 ian who said, “We are a sales force, gress, a voice from America’s heartland wrote poems rather than primarily those Winkler currently writes we sell reading. We are in the front- of Nebraska (via his birthplace in Iowa), who did so for a living. He gladly signed childrens books about Hank, an un- line of making America literate.” is the first U.S. Poet Laureate ever to copies of his books. Kooser also appeared derachiever. Winkler read from one Winkler has met many librarians speak at an ALA function. At this con- on a panel sponsored by the RUSA/ letter he had received from a young during this convention and believes, ference Kooser spoke at several events. CODES program Literary Tastes: A fan, “Mom couldn’t get me to read; “It’s a gift you exist and that you’ve cho- On Sunday, June 26, Kooser com- Notable Books Breakfast held on June now she can’t get me to stop.” And sen to do this. It benefits your commu- municated directly with the audience 26 at the Palmer House. More informa- from another letter, “I’m so glad the nity, your state, your world.” The meet- assembled at the LC booth about the tion on the Poet Laureate Consultancy librarian showed me your books.” ing concluded with a standing ovation personal experiences that provide much can be accessed at www.loc.gov/poetry/ Winkler said that millions of chil- for the Fonz. of the basis for his writings. He read laureate. 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Cognotes • Page 11 The Googilization of Everything: A Threat to the Information Commons By Julia Schneider libraries, and companies fail. In his Google has been very successful in reason they would feel obliged to keep the Salt Lake County Library Googilization of Everything session June promoting its image through word-of- confidentiality of nonpaying patrons.” The ubiquitous nature of Google 26, New York University professor and mouth, and in projecting a “good guy” Though he said he felt that a scan- makes us forget that companies are not commentator Siva Vaidhyanat asked an image to the world. Its mission state- ning project to preserve books was a good overflow audience the leading question: ment, “to organize the world’s informa- thing, he was not sure about the “copy- “Are we willing to trust our cultural heri- tion to make it universally accessible and right melt-down” that could precipitate. tage to a company that has been around useful,” fits in with this democratic im- “In ten years we might not have an iden- Librarians and the less time than Brad Pitt and Jennifer age and leads one to believe it can do no tifiable copyright system,” he said, be- PATRIOT ACT: A Aniston were together?” wrong. Vaidhyanat, however, said “If you cause “Google library is apt to unravel Five major libraries are trusting think Kazaam infringes copyright, then everything that is good about copyright.” Report from the Front Google with the scanning of large por- you’ve got to figure that Google does too.” Will this project ultimately help or tions of their books in the mammoth “The damage it has done to the world hurt libraries? Vaidhyanat said he did By Brad Martin Google digitalization project. For so far is small,” said Vaidhyanat, but that not know, but that he felt it was impor- ABC News Vaidhyanat, this project raises many he feared that might change. “How will tant not to “over determine the technolo- Preliminary findings from a survey questions related to privacy, copyright we be able to make sure Google will not gies of the future.” of academic and public libraries and and professionalism. “The credibility and hand over our records to the FBI? There “I am a fan and a user of Google,” he their experiences with law enforce- long term viability of Google should give is nothing in Google’s privacy policy that said, “but I just happen to think that ment related to the USA PATRIOT us pause,” he said. would keep them from doing this and no libraries are a lot cooler.” ACT were the highlight of the ALA Washington Office information update session June 25. The purpose of the study, which in- cluded both surveys and structured in- terviews of librarians and library lead- “Morningstar.com Library Edition is a happy ers, was to find out about the kinds of contact libraries have had with law en- blend of sophisticated capabilities and forcement and how this contact may affect their management and operation. useful information in an easy-to-use product.” Abby A. Goodrum pointed out that —Library Journal “at least a total of 137 legally executed requests by federal and state/local law enforcement in both academic and pub- lic libraries have taken place since Oc- tober, 2001.” Goodrum went on to point out that “respondents often indicated that they felt strongly about educating the public about privacy and intellec- tual freedom issues.” Attorney Tom Sussman addressed how provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT. “There’s still a chill out there,” said Sussman, who also described how the survey and interviews could be con- ducted and still comply with the law. The final report is due by the end of summer, but Goodrum said that she thinks this first comprehensive study of this subject already indicates “an op- portunity for ALA to provide additional support to libraries” as they continue to deal with this difficult issue. 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3CHOLARLY #OMMUNICATIONS'OVERNMENT 2ELATIONS 3PECIALIST 4HE !SSOCIATION OF #OLLEGE 2ESEARCH ,IBRARIES !#2, A DIVISION OF THE !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION SEEKS A 3CHOLARLY #OMMUNICATIONS'OVERNMENT 2ELATIONS 3PECIALIST TO MANAGE !#2,S SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS INITIATIVES 0ROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT INCREASES KNOWLEDGE RAISES AWARE NESS AND ENCOURAGES ACTION ON THE PART OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS FACULTY AND HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS IN REFORMING THE SYSTEM OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION 3ERVE AS AN ADVOCATE TO HELP SHAPE NATIONAL POLICY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT AFFECT HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACADEMICRESEARCH LIBRARIES 3TRENGTHEN !#2,S EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS AND LIAISON RELATIONSHIPS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM OF SCHOLARLY COM MUNICATIONS $OCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION CRISIS ON ALL TYPES OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION INTO THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS TOOL KIT AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS 3ERVE AS !#2,S LEGISLATIVE ADVOCATE $EVELOP STRATEGIES TO INmUENCE LEGISLATION AFFECTING ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES #OORDINATE LEGISLATIVE MESSAGES WITH !,!S 7ASHINGTON /FlCE STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS HIGHER EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS CAMPUS LEGISLATIVE OFlCERS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE AFlLIATES AND ALLIES "UILD SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATIVE ISSUES AMONG !#2, MEMBERS AND SUPPORT ALLIANCES AND COALITION GROUPS THAT WORK ON ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST #OORDINATE !#2,S ,EGISLATIVE .ETWORK AND KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED ON THE PERTINENT ISSUES #OORDINATE THE !#2, SCANNING EFFORT AND WRITE AN ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN AND MEGA IS SUES WHITE PAPERS FOR THE !#2, "OARD -ONITOR ISSUES AFFECTING ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION TO DEVELOP NEW INITIATIVES SEEK OUTSIDE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS NEEDED 3ERVE AS MEMBER OF !#2, SENIOR STAFF AND STAFF LIAISON TO MAJOR !#2, COMMITTEES 2%15)2%-%.43 +NOWLEDGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND 7ASHINGTON MILIEU KNOWLEDGE OF SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION ISSUES A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF HOW ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES FUNCTION THE NEEDS OF LIBRARY USERS AND ADVOCATES AND THE VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ACADEMICRESEARCH LIBRARIANS 3TRONG PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS ORAL PRESENTATION WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC ARE A MUST ! GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE ATTITUDE IS $IRECTOR (OUSTON 0UBLIC ,IBRARY REQUIRED TO NAVIGATE BETWEEN DIVERSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND DEVELOP GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF -UST POSSESS THE ABILITY TO HANDLE MULTIPLE PRIORITIES AND MULTIPLE 4HE "OARD OF $IRECTORS OF THE (OUSTON 0UBLIC ,IBRARY IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS AND AP DEADLINES WITH EASE 4HIS POSITION REQUIRES ATTENTION TO DETAIL mEXIBILITY GOOD JUDGMENT MATU P L I C A T I O N S F O R A N I N N OVA T I VE A N D E N E R G E T I C EXE C U T I VE D I R E C T O R (0, CURRENTLY SERVES OVER RITY AND EVIDENCE OF A MANAGERIAL DEMEANOR 3OLID COMPUTER SKILLS ARE NECESSARY PARTICULARLY MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH A CENTRAL LIBRARY AND BRANCH LIBRARIES WITH A LIBRARY STAFF OF -ICROSOFT 7ORD %XCEL !CCESS EMAIL AND )NTERNET RESEARCH -ASTERS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE -,3 OR INCLUDING LIBRARIANS A COLLECTION OF OVER MILLION BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES AND A -,)3 FROM AN !,! ACCREDITED PROGRAM OR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE 0RIOR EXPERIENCE IN AN ACADEMIC BUDGET OF OVER MILLION #ANDIDATES NEED A MASTERS DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND INFORMA LIBRARY WRITING ANDOR EDITING FOR PUBLICATION IS A DElNITE PLUS 4RAVEL REQUIRED TION SERVICES FROM AN !,! ACCREDITED PROGRAM A MINIMUM OF YEARS OF PUBLIC LIBRARY !NNUALLY RENEWABLE CONTRACT POSITION WITH BENElTS )NITIAL CONTRACT NEGOTIABLE FROM EXPERIENCE AND A MINIMUM OF YEARS OF PROGRESSIVELY MORE RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE #OMPENSATION 3IX lGURES AND COMPETITIVE lNAL SALARY WILL BE DEPENDENT )NTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD FORWARD THEIR RESUME AND LETTER OF APPLICATION INCLUDING SALARY UPON EXPERIENCE AND QUALIlCATIONS WITH AN EXCELLENT BENElTS PACKAGE HISTORY TO !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION (UMAN 2ESOURCES $EPT 2EF 0ROG/FlCER!#2, (OW TO APPLY OR OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION #OMPLETE DETAILS INCLUDING THE % (URON 3T #HICAGO ), FAX EMAIL MPULLEN ALAORG 2EVIEW OF JOB ANNOUNCEMENT JOB DESCRIPTION AND COMMUNITY LINKS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW APPLICATIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL POSITION IS lLLED GOSSAGESAGERCOMHPLHTM )NTERVIEWS FOR THIS POSITION WILL BE HELD DURING THE 4HE !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER !,! !NNUAL #ONFERENCE IN #HICAGO *UNE 4O SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW OR !PPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM WOMEN MINORITIES VETERANS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT $ON 3AGER AT OR BY E MAIL AT DSAGER GOSSAGESAGERCOM 4HE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS *ULY !PPLICANTS SHOULD SEND A MEANINGFUL COVER LETTER AND A CURRENT RESUME TO THE EXECUTIVE SEARCH lRM OF 'OSSAGE 3AGER !SSOCIATES PREFERABLY AS 7ORD ATTACH $IRECTOR $EVELOPMENT /FlCE MENTS VIA EMAIL TO DSAGER GOSSAGESAGERCOM VIA FAX OR BY 53 !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION MAIL TO 'OSSAGE 3AGER !SSOCIATES 4OWN 0LACE #IRCLE 3UITE "UFFALO !S A MEMBER OF THE !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM THE $IRECTOR OF THE 'ROVE ), $EVELOPMENT /FlCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING COORDINATING IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING ALL 4HE #ITY OF (OUSTON 4EXAS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS PROJECTS AND EVENTS -AJOR FUNCTIONAL DUTIES INCLUDE GRANTS BEQUESTS SPONSORSHIPS ENDOWMENTS DONOR RELATIONS AND ,IBRARY #HAMPIONS 4HIS INDI ING MANAGEMENT REQUIRED -INIMUM SALARY LIC ,IBRARY )NDIANA !VE ,A 0ORTE ). VIDUAL REPORTS TO THE %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR $/% WITH EXCELLENT BENElTS #ALL FOR OR PRINT OUT 2%30/.3)"),)4)%3 DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION lNANCIAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCHES FOR PO 3END COVER LETTER RESUME AND REFERENCES REQUIRED APPLICATION AT WWWLAPCATORG TENTIAL DONORS CULTIVATES RESOURCES AND MATCHING FUNDING SOURCES COORDINATES AND SUPERVISES A BY !UG T O #ATHY 0IEKARSKI 3EARCH #OM OR EMAIL BRENT LCPLLPCOLIBINUS #LOSES BOARDSTAFF GIFT RAISING PROGRAM 4HIS INDIVIDUAL WILL OVERSEE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSO MITTEE #OORDINATOR 7ASHINGTON #OUNTY WHEN lLLED CIATION AS THEY RELATE TO DIRECT MAIL PHONE AND E MAIL APPEALS FOUNDATION PROPOSALS GOVERNMENT 0UBLIC ,IBRARY &IFTH 3T -ARIETTA /( GRANT PROPOSALS SPONSORSHIPS SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANY OTHER ACTIVITY OR PROGRAM INITIATED FOR THE E MAIL PIEKARSKIC AOLCOM &OR ,)"2!2)!. )6 " 6OLUSIA #OUNTY ,IBRARY 3ALARY #LOSES PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING !,!S DONOR BASE AND WILL MAINTAIN SYSTEMS 4HIS INDIVIDUAL WILL ALSO COMPLETE POSITION DESCRIPTION SEE WWW WCPLIBLIBOHUS %/% /PEN UNTIL lLLED -).)-5- 15!,)&)#!4)/.3 BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUING ANNUAL FUNDRAISING AND PLANNED GIVING PROGRAMS - A S T E R S D E G R E E I N L I B R A R Y S C I E N C E F R O M A N ! , ! 15!,)&)#!4)/.3 "ACHELORS DEGREE AT LEAST YEA RS OF SUCCESSFUL EXPER IENCE IN FUNDRAISING $)2%#4/2 /& ,)"2!29 3%26)#%3 4HE ACCREDITED PROGRAM AND YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL FOR A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION INCLUDING RESEARCHDONOR DEVELOPMENT MAJOR GIFTS AND PLANNED GIFTS #ITY OF $E3OTO IS SEEKING A DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY LIBRARY EXPERIENCE AFTER THE DEGREE INCLUDING CAMPAIGN EVIDENCE OF STRONG MANAGERIAL SKILLS DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN OBTAINING COMPETITIVE SERVICES -).)-5- 15!,)&)#!4)/.3 !N RESPONSIBLE SUPERVISORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS FROM GOVERNMENT ANDOR FOUNDATIONS OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION -,3 -,)3 -"! 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FROM AN ACCREDITED WORK PREFERABLY AS HEAD OF A LIBRARY WORK UNIT SKILLS EXCELLENT ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS EVIDENCE OF CREATIVITY AND SELF DIRECTED INITIATIVE AND THE INSTITUTION IS REQUIRED ALONG WITH A MINIMUM OR AS ASSISTANT HEAD OF A BRANCH 0OSITION IS ABILITY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RAPPORT AND EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS IN A COLLABORATIVE OF YEARS OF PROGRESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE LOCATED IN THE $ELTONA 2EGIONAL ,IBRARY !PPLY ENVIRONMENT +NOWLEDGE OF LIBRARY ISSUES AND TRENDS ARE DESIRABLE %XPERIENCE IN NURTURING THE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE INCLUDING SUPERVISION OF 0ERSONNEL $IVISION 7 )NDIANA !VE GROWTH OF NEW PROGRAMS IS STRONGLY DESIRED !N ADVANCED DEGREE IS DESIRABLE OTHER LIBRARIANS (IRING RANGE IS FROM $E,AND &, !PPLICATIONS AVAIL 3ALARY .EGOTIABLE FROM #LOSE DATE *UNE OR UNTIL POSITION IS lLLED ANNUALLY $/1 0OSITION WILL CLOSE ABLE IN 6OLUSIA #OUNTY LIBRARIES WEBSITE &OR CONSIDERATION SEND A LETTER OF APPLICATION WITH SALARY HISTORY TO ON *ULY AT WHICH TIME RESUME REVIEW WILL VOLUSIAORG OR CALL % / % ! ! BEGIN 0LEASE VISIT WWWCIDESOTOTXUS TO 6ETERANS PREFERENCE PURSUANT TO STATE LAW !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION VIEW THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION %/% (2 $EPT 2EF $$%6 % (URON 3T $)2%#4/2 /& 05",)# ,)"2!29 IN HIS ,)"2!2)!.3 3AN $IEGO #OUNTY ,IBRARY #HICAGO ), TORIC COUNTY SEAT 0ENNSYLVANIA PROFESSIONAL 3$#, IS HIRING 3$#, HAS BRANCH LIBRARIES AND BOOKMOBILES AND SERVES &AX %MAIL DRAGSDAL ALAORG PUBLIC LIBRARY CERTIlCATION OR EQUIVALENT AND SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED "ASE SAL THE #OUNTY OF 3AN $IEGO ONE OF THE LARGEST 4HE !MERICAN ,IBRARY !SSOCIATION IS AN AFlRMATIVE ACTION EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ARY WITH MEDICAL BENElTS VACA COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY 7E HAVE CURRENT !PPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM WOMEN MINORITIES VETERANS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TION SICK LEAVE AND RETIREMENT AND HOUR OPENINGS AT ALL LEVELS ,IBRARIAN ) 3ALARY WORKWEEK 3END RESUMES TO "USINESS RANGE 4HESE ARE OUR /FlCE &RANKLIN #OUNTY ,IBRARY 3YSTEM ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS FOR LIBRARIANS )N THE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY STRONG COMMUNITY OF WITH BRANCHES AN ADMIN CENTER . -AIN 3T #HAMBERSBURG 0! BRANCHES THESE POSITIONS ARE REFERENCE SUPPORT FOR YOUTH EVENTS AND A CHARMING FAST AND AN EXCEPTIONAL LOCAL HISTORYGENEALOGY BCROUSE FCLSPAORG LIBRARIANS OR CHILDRENS LIBRARIANS AT LIBRARY GROWING COLLEGE TOWN SURROUNDED BY NATURAL RESOURCE CENTER &4% STAFF AND A HEADQUARTERS THESE POSITIONS WORK IN PRO BEAUTY 0ICTURE A WORK ENVIRONMENT WHERE MILLION BUDGET !,!-,3 AND YEARS OF (%!$ /& 2%&%2%.#% $%0!24-%.4 GRAM SERVICES COLLECTIONSCATALOGING AND IMAGINATION CREATIVITY AND KNOWLEDGE ARE EXPERIENCE INCLUDING MANAGEMENT REQUIRED 2%30/.3)",% &/2 ALL ASPECTS OF RUNNING ACCESS SERVICES ,IBRARIAN )) 3ALARY RANGE REWARDED 7E SEEK A VIBRANT INNOVATIVE INDI -INIMUM SALARY WITH EXCELLENT FRINGE THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING ADULT COL 4HESE POSITIONS ARE VIDUAL WHO WILL HELP US EXPAND YOUTH SERVICES BENElTS 3END COVER LETTER RESUME AND LECTION DEVELOPMENT 3UPERVISES FULL TIME USUALLY BRANCH LIBRARIANS OR HEAD A UNIT IN INCLUDING PROGRAMMING READERS ADVISORY REFERENCES BY *ULY TO *OHN 7ALLACH PROFESSIONALS 3ERVES ON COMMITTEES WORKING PROGRAM SERVICES COLLECTIONSCATALOGING OR C OLLEC TION DEVELO PMENT AND MORE !C CREDITED )NTERIM $IRECTOR 0REBLE #OUNTY ,IBRARY ON FOR INSTANCE TRAINING AND WEB SITE DEVELOP ACCESS SERVICES ,IBRARIAN ))) 3ALARY RANGE -,3 REQUIRED 3ECOND LANGUAGE mUENCY A 3 "ARRON 3TREET %ATON /( &OR MENT !,!-,3 AND SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE 4HESE POSITIONS PLUS 3END RESUME TO , COMPLETE POSITION DESCRIPTION SEE WWW REQUIRED 0UBLIC LIBRARY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED ARE THE lRST STEP INTO MANAGEMENT 4HESE 'REENWOOD &0, 7 -OUNTAIN 3T PCDLLIBOHUSDIRECTOR %/% 15!,)4)%3 .%#%33!29 4/ 35##%%$ ). POSITIONS EITHER SUPERVISE MULTIPLE LIBRARIES OR &AYETTEVILLE !2 4()3 0/3)4)/. $EMONSTRATED EXCEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR A DIVISION IN PROGRAM SER $)2%#4/2 4HE 7ASHINGTON #OUNTY 0UBLIC LENT SUPERVISORY AND LEADERSHIP ABILITIES VICES 7E ALSO HAVE OPENINGS FOR OUR ,IBRARY $)2%#4/2 4HE 0REBLE #OUNTY ,IBRARY ,IBRARY SEEKS AN ENERGETIC ADMINISTRATOR TO /UTSTANDING TACT AND SOCIAL SKILLS AND ABILITY 4ECHNICIAN ) )) AND ))) POSITIONS 0LEASE STOP SEEKS A DYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED PRO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND VISION FOR A MEMBER TO WORK WITH PATRONS 7ILLINGNESS AND ABIL BY "OOTH AT THE #AREER #ENTER AT THE FESSIONAL TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AND VISION BOARD AND STAFF 4HE DIRECTOR WILL MANAGE ITY TO BE A TEAM PLAYER 0ROGRESSIVE LIBRARY !,! !NNUAL #ONFERENCE TO PICK UP AN FOR A PROGRESSIVE BOARD STAFF AND COUNTY STRATEGIC PLANNING FUNDRAISING TECHNOLOGY LOCATED IN FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ONE HOUR FROM APPLICATION AND FOR AN INFORMAL INTERVIEW 4HE DIRECTOR WILL MANAGE ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERSONNEL 7#0, SERVES A #HICAGO ONE HALF HOUR FROM ,AKE -ICHIGAN OR CONTACT 2ICK .EEDHAM $EPARTMENTAL LIBRARY INCLUDING STRATEGIC PLANNING lNANCIAL POPULATION OF WITH BRANCHES INCLUD $UNES ETC (IRING RANGE 0ERSONNEL /FlCER AT 9OU MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ING A LOCAL HISTORYGENEALOGY BRANCH &4% DAYS OF VACATION lRST YEAR BENElTS #ONTACT CAN ALSO ACCESS THE APPLICATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMMING PERSONNEL COLLECTION DEVELOP STAFF AND A MILLION BUDGET !,!-,3 AND -AIL COVER LETTER RESUME AND REFERENCES TO POSITIONS ONLINE AT WWWSDCOUNTYCAGOV MENT AND FACILITIES 0#, SERVES A POPULATION YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUD "RENT 3TOKESBERRY ,A 0ORTE #OUNTY 0UB THEN CLICK ON h*OBSv 2005 Annual Conference Highlights Cognotes • Page 15
4EEN 3ERVICES ,IBRARIAN -// Ê ,,9 #ENTRAL /REGON $ESCHUTES 0UBLIC ,IBRARY $ISTRICT ,A 0INE AND 3UNRIVER !REA ,IBRARY 3TATE ,IBRARIAN ,OVE WORKING WITH TEENS )F SO AND YOU WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LIVE IN A THRIVING AREA FULL !RKANSAS 3TATE ,IBRARY OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND A WONDERLAND OF ENDLESS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLEASE CONTACT #HIEF EXECUTIVE OFlCER RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPING STATEWIDE LIBRARY US 9OU CAN JOIN A PROGRESSIVE STAFF IN #ENTRAL /REGON AND BUILD SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS SERVICE ADMINISTERING FEDERAL AND STATE AID TO LOCAL LIBRARIES AND FOR SERVING INFORMATION SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR TEENS IN THE ,A 0INE AND 3UNRIVER !REA COMMUNITIES 2% NEEDS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY LIAISON TO GOVERNORS OFlCE STATE LEGISLATURE OTHER 30/.3)"),)4)%3 ).#,5$% DESIGN PROMOTION AND DELIVERY OF TEEN LIBRARY PROGRAMS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIBRARY TRUSTEES LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT $UTIES ALSO INVOLVE ONGOING CONTACT WITH SCHOOLS AND STATE 3TATE LIBRARIAN REPRESENTS STATE IN LOCAL STATE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR RELEVANT COMMUNITY AGENCIES IN SOUTHERN $ESCHUTES #OUNTY LIBRARY SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT !RKANSAS 3TATE ,IBRARY SEEKS VISIONARY PROFESSIONAL ,IBRARIAN IS MEMBER OF DISTRICT WIDE TEAM OF INNOVATIVE PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE LIBRARIAN WITH APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE TO DIRECT COMPLEX COMPONENTS OF BRANCHES IN WELL FUNDED DISTRICT %XCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS NEEDED AND EXPERI MULTI FACETED h,IBRARY FOR ,IBRARIESv AND ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH STATE ENCE WORKING WITH TEENS STRONGLY DESIRED .EED -,3 2EQUIRES VARIED WORK SCHEDULE GOVERNMENT LIBRARY COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SO AS TO PROMOTE SUPP O R T F O R L I B R A R Y P R O G R A M S AND SOFTWARE SKILLS -ONTHLY SALARY RANGE %XCELLENT BENElTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL MEET THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF !RKANSAS CITIZENS !00,)#!.43 -534 (!6% AT LEAST MASTERS DEGREE FROM !,! ACCREDITED GRADUATE PROGRAM OF LIBRARY !PPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR WEBSITE AT WWWDPLSUS%MPLOYMENTASP OR SCIENCE AND HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION IN ACADEMIC PUBLIC SCHOOL BY CALLING ! COMPLETED APPLICATION AND QUESTIONNAIRE ARE REQUIRED ANDOR SPECIAL LIBRARIES 3HOULD EXHIBIT THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF MANY CONCEPTS OF LIBRAR Y AND MUST BE RECEIVED VIA MAIL FAX OR DELIVERY AT .7 7ALL 3TREET "END /2 PHILOSOPHY MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND PROJECTION AN APPLIED UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICAL BY PM ON -ONDAY *ULY %/% AND LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES AND RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCE IN AGENCY MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLANNING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION OF STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMMING AND DIVERSITY OF SERVICES AND USES OF RESOURCES AS WELL AS AT LEAST YEARS OF PROGRESSIVELY MORE RESPONSIBLE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 3ALARY lXED BY LAW IN &9 IN &9 IN &9 3UBMIT LETTER OF APPLICATION RESUME CREDENTIALS AND LETTERS OF REFERENCE TO *AMES "RAZEEL #HAIRMAN 3TATE ,IBRARY "OARD /NE #APITOL -ALL TH &LOOR ,ITTLE 2OCK !2 "ASIC APPLICATION MAY BE COMPLETED ONLINE AT WWWARSTATEJOBS COM 3TATE APPLICATION FORMS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST #OMPLETE APPLICATION MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN AGENCY CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON !UG
TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION !,!-,3 REQUIRED FRONT DESK PERSONNEL AND COLLECTIONS AND (IRING RANGE DAYS OF CATALOGUING STAFF REPORTING TO THE DIRECTOR VACATION BENElTS #ONTACT -AIL OR EMAIL !N EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITY FOR RECENT LETTER RESUME AND REFERENCES TO "RENT -,3 GRADUATE WITH EXPERIENCE VISION AND 3TOKESBERRY (EAD2EFERENCE $EPT ,A ENERGY 3END RESUME AND COVER LETTER TO 0ORTE #OUNTY 0UBLIC ,IBRARY )NDIANA %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR 4HE -ERCANTILE ,IBRARY !VENUE ,A 0ORTE ). % TH 3T .EW 9ORK .9 EMAIL E MAIL BRENT LCPLLPCOLIBINUS #ALL FOR NOREEN MERCANTILELIBRARYORG .O PHONE OR DOWNLOAD REQUIRED APPLICATION AT WWW CALLS OR FAXES LAPCATORG #LOSES WHEN lLLED -// Ê ,,9 2%')/.!, ,)"2!29 350%26)3/2 -AN AGE THE BUSIEST PUBLIC LIBRARY IN .ORTH #AROLINA ,)"2!29 4%#(./,/'9 #/.35,4!.4 RESPONSIBLE FOR A REGIONAL LIBRARY AND SEVERAL 3%.)/2 ,)"2!2)!. 2ESPONSIBLE WORK BRANCHES WITHIN THE REGION PLAN ORGANIZE ING WITH OTHERS FOR PLANNING COORDINATING AND DIRECT REGIONAL AND SYSTEM PLANS FOR THE AND PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY RELATED TRAINING AND COUNTYS PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM SUPERVISE ALL CONSULTING ACROSS THE STATE FOR LIBRARY STAFF STAFF FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN A REGION VOLUNTEERS AND LIBRARY TRUSTEES 0RIMARY FUNC DEVELOP COMPLEX AND DETAILED BUDGETS AND TIONS OF THE POSITION INCLUDE $EMONSTRATING EXPENDITURES FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND SERVE AND EMPLOYING WELL DEVELOPED ANALYTICAL AND ON LIBRARY LEADERSHIP TEAM WHICH IMPLEMENTS PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS RELATED TO 0#S INCLUD SYSTEM DIRECTION 2%15)2%3 AN -,3 FROM ING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ISSUES EG LOCKED UP AN !,! 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