TRUSTEE the Newsletter of the Saskatchewan Library Trustees= Association Spring 2006
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TRUSTEE TheNewsletterofthe SaskatchewanLibraryTrustees=Association www.lib.sk.ca/slta Spring2006 What is SLTA? to understand their responsibilities for The Saskatchewan Library Trustees’ libraries. Association (SLTA) is a voluntary The annual brief presented to the association of library trustees from across the Minister responsible for Libraries (currently province who have joined together to help Minister of Learning, Deb Higgins) SLTA provide library services that will meet the strives to seek improvement to and foster needs of Saskatchewan people and thereby necessary changes in funding, provincial improve their quality of life. initiatives and legislation affecting SLTA is incorporated under provincial Saskatchewan Libraries. non-profit corporations legislation. SLTA Each year SLTA accepts nominations has a board of directors, referred to as the for its Life Membership Award to a current Executive, consisting of one representative or former trustee for distinguished service to from each of the seven regional library libraries. As an organization, SLTA has systems (Chinook, Lakeland, Palliser, initiated or facilitated projects for the Parkland, Southeast, Wapiti and Wheatland), common good of public libraries, such as two municipal library systems (Regina and CommunityNet, letter campaign expressing Saskatoon), and the northern library system concern over the postal rate, and lobbying for (PNLS). Executive members bring to SLTA fair changes to the Copyright Act. the knowledge, successes, concerns and Every library trustee in the province has issues of each library system in the province the opportunity to become a member of and together SLTA strives to develop plans SLTA and thereby lend their voice to the of action that address issues of commonality provincial initiatives and issues that affect and share collective successes. their libraries. By joining SLTA, trustees SLTA’s primary objective is to promote then become part of the provincial voice and foster the development of libraries and advocating for public libraries in the library services in the province of province of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan. Through the exchange of More information about SLTA can be ideas and experiences among library board found on-line at www.lib.sk.ca/slta. members, through library conferences and publications, and through co-operation with associations of library trustees outside the province, SLTA endeavours to assist trustees Your SLTA Executive the board in the preparation of its plan for Karen Basky, Palliser, President service. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Elaine Kivisto, Regina, Vice-President, and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), both from Maureen McGirr, Wapiti, Palliser the University of Saskatchewan, and a Janet Wilkinson, Chinook Master of Library and Information Science Louise Cochran, Lakeland from the University of Western Ontario. She Sharon Armstrong, Parkland was Chair of Alberta Public Library Donna Hartley, Southeast Administrators’ Council, her professional Kae Campbell, Wheatland association, from 2000-2005. Agnes Naytowhow (Henderson) PNLS In making the announcement, Board Bev Dubois, Saskatoon Chair Gordon Yarde noted that Louise Shah has just the kind of experience and education Around the Province’s Library Systems the board needs to provide the board with There are 10 library systems in assistance in the following key areas: board Saskatchewan. In this issue of The Trustee policies and governance; local board and we highlight recent events at five of them. council. Mr. Yarde went on to say, “The board of Chinook Regional Library directors of Lakeland Library Region looks Chinook Regional Library is pleased to forward to an exciting year and to providing announce that our Chinook Willow Awards the best possible service to our patrons in project submission for a Partnerships for 2006. The board would also like to wish Community Learning Resources Grant has Annmarie Hillson all the very best in her been approved. Chinook Regional library retirement and thank her for her service to will purchase and process seventy copies of Lakeland.” each of the Willow Award thirty nominated titles for 2006-2007. Ten copies of each title Palliser Regional Library System will circulate within Chinook branches with Palliser has focused this last few months on the other sixty sets of thirty titles travelling offering courses throughout the region on throughout the Chinook School Division. how to use databases. Sessions have been The goal is to have the book-sets boxed and held in several branch libraries and several ready to deliver with our first book exchange more libraries are waiting to hold these in the fall. training sessions. All the doctors within the Five Hills Health Region have received New Director for Lakeland Library Region information on how to use the Cochrane With the retirement of Annmarie Hillson at database via letters and an information the end of February after 15 years of pamphlet. dedicated service to Lakeland, both as the Working together with the new Prairie Librarian at North Battleford and Director at South School Division, Palliser has Lakeland, the board of Lakeland Library developed a co-operative working Region announced the appointment of relationship in two specific areas: first, Louise Shah as Regional Director, effective Palliser is acting as a courier service for the January 9, 2006. division’s school library deliveries; and, Ms. Shah was formerly the Head second, age/grade appropriate information is Librarian at Leduc Public Library in Alberta, being included in school newsletters for where she worked to overhaul the staffing student and parent information. structure, revamp board policies and assist Promotion of library services has been the Saskatchewan Library Association and the main goal these past few months. The the Saskatchewan Writers Guild to sponsor Palliser website is just one example as it lists this exciting centennial tour. new/informative database links, seasonal Southeast Regional Library information links and a link to the provincial January 1, 2006 marked the 40th anniversary Gateway. of Southeast Regional Library. Celebrations Saskatoon Public Library will be held at the Spring Annual Meeting Saskatoon Public Library has hit the 4 April 1st in Weyburn. Branch libraries will million mark, anchoring the library’s celebrate during Saskatchewan Library consistent ranking as one of the most Week in October. well-used libraries in Canada. For the past 15 years, Saskatoon Public Wheatland Regional Library Library has consistently ranked as one of the The Books for Babies project for the entire top three large urban libraries in Canada in region was launched in February. This terms of our circulation statistics. Saskatoon project is in co-operation with the West Public Library hit the 4,000,000 record Central Health Division. It provides every circulation number on Wednesday, newborn baby in Wheatland Library Region December 28, 2005. The library hit the with a complementary reading kit that 3,000,000 mark in 1993. includes a board book, literacy and library On Tuesday, October 11, 2005, information, a book mark and a picture frame. Saskatoon Public Library was pleased to host A virtual library is being implemented in the the Lieutenant Governor’s Celebration of the village of Elstow as a one-year pilot project. Arts: Libraries and Authors Centennial Tour. Her Honour Dr. Lynda Haverstock attended Note: we will feature the remaining five the Saskatoon portion of the tour, which was library systems in our next issue of The held in the evening at the Frances Morrison Trustee. Library, and involved a three-part author reading by Lee Gowan, Gary Hyland and The Multitype Database Licensing Barbara Sapergia. After the readings, Dr. Program (MDLP) is a province-wide Haverstock continued to engage and delight program in which libraries pool funds to the audience of nearly 100 with an informal purchase access to electronic information and humorous talk. She remained for the resources — magazines, journals, light reception which followed. newspapers, directories, reference books, As part of the celebration of the arts, all and other information resources. Access is staff at Saskatoon Public Library also via the Internet through partner library web received a Celebration of the Arts Centennial sites. The program provides access to almost Pin developed by Dr. Haverstock as part of 7,000 unique journal titles in full text. her final legacy to the province. In 2005/06, 40 libraries and all K to 12 The Celebration of the Arts Provincial schools participated in the program. Literary tour began in May of 2005 and Participants included all ten public library wrapped up in the fall. It covered small and systems; all K to 12 schools through large communities throughout the province Saskatchewan Learning; the two university and was extremely successful in not only library systems, libraries on the four showcasing writers, but also celebrating campuses of SIAST, and five small colleges; public libraries. Her Honour partnered with plus twenty special libraries and the Provincial Library. Provincial Library takes in these two sessions which are hosted by responsibility for the administration and SLTA: co-ordination of the program. The MDLP has significantly enhanced Governing Best Practices for Regional access to reliable electronic information Libraries, S1 Saturday May 6th 9:00 a.m. resources for Saskatchewan residents (Part 1) — an overview of the core duties of through their Saskatchewan libraries.