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Editorial Staff Contents President’s Page...... 72 Editor Tina Harry Virtual Reference Services in Level VI Higher Education Institutions in Catalog & Asst. Automation Librarian the SACS Region: A Content Analysis...... 73 The University of Mississippi [email protected] Michael Mounce
2016 Annual Conference...... 79 Assistant Editor Mississippi Authors’ Awards Tracy Carr Library Services Bureau Director Keynote Speaker Mississippi Library Commission Poster Sessions [email protected] Conference Schedule at a Glance
Copy Editor News Briefs...... 85 Audrey Beach People In The News...... 88 Resource Librarian Mississippi Delta Community College Book Reviews...... 91 [email protected] The Jim Crow Routine: Everyday Performances of Race, Civil Rights and Segregation in Mississippi News Reporter The Littlest Bunny in Mississippi: an Easter Adventure Sarah Mangrum Access Services Librarian / Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Assistant Clinical Professor Jim Crow South, 1830-1977 University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] The Mississippi Secession Convention: Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861-1865 Book Review Editor Mark your Calendars...... 93 Michele Frasier-Robinson Librarian for Education & Psychology University of Southern Mississippi [email protected]
MLA Reporter Antoinette Giamalva On the cover: Nectar Drinking Bats of Arizona by Amanda Myers, McCain Library & Archives, Branch Manager University of Southern Mississippi. This 5-color relief print shows the Mexican long-tongued Ridgeland Public Library bat and the long-nosed bat, the two species of nectar drinking bats found in Arizona. These bats [email protected] pollinate various cactus species such as agave, saguaro, and the organ pipe cactus. You can find more works by this artist on Instagram at acmyers621 or at etsy.com/shop/admers
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2016 Executive Board President’s Page President Molly McManus “Mississippi Libraries: The Heart Systems Librarian U.S. Army Engineer Research and of Our Communities” is the theme Development Center of the Mississippi Library Associa- tion 2016 Annual Conference that Vice-President Jenniffer Stephenson will be held in Vicksburg, 18-21, Director 2016. Your vice president, Jenniff- Greenwood-Leflore Public Library System er Stephenson, and her committees Secretary have planned a great schedule of Jamie Bounds Wilson events. As always, there will be a Electronic Resources & wide range of programs and events Web Services Librarian Millsaps College that will be of interest to library staff from public, academic, school, or Treasurer special libraries. While profession- Blair Booker Assistant Librarian al development and continuing ed- Holmes Community College ucation are well-known benefits of our annual conference, perhaps one at 465. The membership commit- Immediate Past President Patsy C. Brewer of the most important parts is the tee recently conducted a survey to Library Director ability to network with colleagues see what current and former MLA Waynesboro-Wayne County Library across the state. The MLA executive members expect from and hope ALA Councilor board recently passed a conference to gain by MLA membership. In Ellen Ruffin cancellation policy to formalize pol- the survey, we were happy to see McCain Library and Archives icies and to clarify our procedures that ‘overall satisfaction’ with MLA Curator, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection for accepting purchase orders. You is high with 41% of respondents can find additional information ‘mostly satisfied’ and 35% of re- SELA Councilor about the conference in this issue spondents ‘extremely satisfied’. A Melissa R. Dennis Head of Research & Instruction Services of Mississippi Libraries and on our lack of communication outside of University of Mississippi Libraries association website at http://www. conference was an area of concern misslib.org. and some suggested regional or Hattiesburg is the location for our multiple events throughout the year. Section Chairs 2017 conference and our Vice Pres- Although 71% of those responding Association of College and Research ident-elect, Sarah Mangrum, will thought that their return on invest- Libraries (ACRL) Section Chair be soliciting the help of volunteers. ment of membership was fair, many Michele Frasier-Robinson Please contact her if you want to vol- lapsed and non-members men- Public Library Section Chair unteer to help with the conference. tioned the cost of membership as a Jennifer Wann The executive board is in the midst deterrent to joining. The executive School Library Section Chair of collecting RFPs for our 2018, 2019 board and membership commit- Venetia Oglesby and 2020 conferences. We hope that tees will continue to use the survey many locations throughout the state results to inform decisions. If you Special Libraries Section Chair Joyce Shaw will submit proposals. The confer- have any suggestions about MLA, ence site selection committee will the conference, or membership, Trustees Section Chair begin the review process after the please contact me or any member of Rickey Jones conference. the executive board. For more information, visit: I’m delighted to report that our http://misslib.org/Executive-Board association membership is currently Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 73 Virtual Reference Services in Level VI Higher Education Institutions in the SACS Region: A Content Analysis
Michael Mounce is to examine the extent to which librarians at Mississippi State “con- Reference and Instructional Services virtual reference services are avail- tinue to investigate effective ways Librarian, Professor of Library Services able in Level VI institutions in the to provide virtual reference services Roberts-LaForge Library Delta State University SACS region. In this study, the au- where our patrons are, when they thor presents data and information need us.” (Powers et al. 2010).
1 pertaining to those services in 107 Other articles in the literature Abstract Level VI institutions. These institu- included examples of institutions This study examines virtual ref- tions were located in eleven states in providing virtual reference services erence services in academic librar- the southeastern and south central via text messaging. For example, ies of Level VI higher education United States. Also, some institu- Brooks and Zubarev discussed the institutions in the SACS region. A tions were excluded from this study. implementation and use of those content analysis study was used to The institutions there were excluded services via text messaging at the analyze the web sites of the institu- were institutions at other levels (i.e. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, tions’ libraries. When analyzing the Level V), unaccredited institutions, a college within the City Universi- web sites, the author collected in- and institutions outside the SACS ty of New York. The authors men- formation pertaining to the librar- region. tioned that their institution’s library ies’ virtual reference services. The had used a Blackberry phone to pro- purpose of this article is to provide Literature Review vide those services. Sometime later, the results of the study. In addition, the library staff decided to make a Virtual Reference Services in this article also includes a review of change by switching to a software Particular Universities the literature, a discussion regard- interface instead of continuing to In the library literature, the au- ing the results, conclusions, and use a phone for providing the ser- thor found examples of academic recommendations. vices (Brooks and Zubarev 2012). libraries providing virtual reference Some articles in the literature fo- services to their patrons. Some of Introduction cused on changes or improvements the articles found in the literature Virtual reference services have that have been made to services discussed various academic librar- become more common in academic provided by librarians. For example, ies providing those services via live libraries in recent years. The librar- Nicol and Crook discussed some chat. In one article, Powers et al. ies of Level VI higher education in- improvements made to the virtual discussed librarians’ experiences of stitutions in the Southern Associa- reference services at the libraries of providing virtual reference services tion of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Washington State University – Pull- via live chat at the Mississippi State region have provided those services man. In the past, librarians at this University Libraries. Powers et al. via email, live chat, and other elec- institution had answered patrons’ discussed their participation in live tronic methods. Level VI institu- online questions, such as live chat chat with other libraries in a con- tions are the universities and other questions, in separate online loca- sortium from the fall of 2004 – early institutions in the SACS region that tions. However, a decision was made 2008, their transition to a local live grant four or more types of doctoral to centralize their virtual reference chat service in 2008, and the use degrees. The purpose of this study services. In 2011, the libraries im- of a local live chat service. The ar- 1 Peer-Reviewed Article. Received: March 3, 2016 plemented the LibAnswers service, Accepted: August 2, 2016 ticle concluded by stating that the Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 74 which become the location for all of reference services. Vecchione and links to virtual reference services those services. After implementing Ruppel discussed an anonymous and the terminology used in those LibAnswers, librarians began an- web based survey that they conduct- links to virtual reference services. swering patrons’ questions sent to ed on the topic of text messaging vir- Also, they found out the locations the library via email, texting, chat, tual reference services in libraries. of virtual reference chat boxes, how and Twitter in one location. After The survey was sent to various email chat services are provided (locally one academic year of using the cen- listservs, and 221 people responded or via consortiums), and all modes tralized method of virtual reference to the survey. Since the survey was of virtual reference services that are services, librarians at Washington anonymous, there was no informa- offered. In the results of their study, State University – Pullman noted a tion given about the respondents, the authors stated that most of the 61.03% increase in patron questions such as the types of libraries in examined institutions placed their received in their libraries (Nicol and which they worked. Approximate- links to those services on their main Crook 2013). ly 43% of the survey recipients re- library web pages. Other results of sponded. One of the results of the the study included the following: Studies in Virtual Reference study included a few findings from most of the examined institutions Services respondents. First, the respondents using at least one mode of virtual Some articles in the published indicated that ready reference and reference services, almost half of literature provide a broad picture circulation questions were the most those institutions providing those of virtual reference services by dis- common types of questions received services via live chat, and the insti- cussing those services in general. via text messages in their libraries. tutions with higher enrollments or Devine, Paladino, and Davis, for Second, the respondents reported more advanced degrees being more instance, discussed a comprehen- that various technological tools were likely to offer those services via live sive survey of academic libraries in used in their libraries for providing chat (Yang and Dalal 2015). the United States that focused on text messaging virtual reference live chat virtual reference services. services. Third, most of the respon- Methodology The survey was sent to 451 higher dents reported that they received education institutions and about This study focused on Level VI “10 or less questions per month” via 50% of the recipients responded. higher education institutions in the text messages. Fourth, a majority of The results of their study included SACS region. Therefore, the first the respondents indicated that the a few findings. First, 85% of the re- step of this study was to find a list of library staff in the respondents’ li- spondents stated that their libraries all of those institutions. The author braries received training to prepare provide live chat virtual reference conducted a search for those institu- them for providing text messaging services independently, instead of tions on the SACS Commission on virtual reference services (Vecchi- in consortiums with other libraries. Colleges web site. In the search, the one and Ruppel 2012). Second, institutions with doctoral author limited the search results to In the literature, the author also degrees have generally offered those Level VI institutions. After clicking found some articles that discuss vir- services via live chat longer than the search link, the author viewed a tual reference services in general. non-doctoral institutions. Third, list of all of the Level VI institutions, For example, Yang and Dalal wrote the methods of training library staff which included 110 institutions. an article about a content analysis to prepare them for providing those The institutions included universi- study they conducted which dis- services via live chat differed among ties, one college, and a few medical cussed those services in academic institutions. Some institutions pro- schools. libraries. The authors of that study vided their library staff with train- The second step of this study was obtained a list of 362 institutions ing sessions while others required to collect and record the data. Using via a random sample method. Af- on the job training (Devine, Paladi- the content analysis research meth- terward, they scanned the web sites no, and Davis 2011). od, the author collected data from of those institutions’ libraries to find Another article focused on the the web sites of the Level VI institu- out what library web pages have the topic of text messaging virtual tions and their libraries. The author Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 75 collected the data and recorded it in Table 1: Virtual Reference Services an Excel spreadsheet. For the study, Methods Number of Percentage of the author found the following vir- Institutions Institutions tual reference services data: modes Email only 18 16.8% of virtual reference services (such as Email and chat 28 25.9% live chat), the locations of links to those services on the web sites, and Email and texting 2 1.85% terminology used in those links, Email, chat, and texting 47 43.5% such as “Ask a Librarian.” Also, the author found the following demo- Email, chat, texting, and Twitter 8 7.4% graphic data: geographic locations, Email, chat, texting, and Skype 1 0.92% number of libraries at the institu- tions, number of library staff at the Email, chat, and Twitter 2 1.85% institutions, number of reference or Email, chat, and Facebook 1 0.92% research librarians/staff at the insti- tutions, and the institutions’ student Total 107 100% enrollment numbers. The author collected and recorded the data for institutions provided those services institution with one library linked to this study in March and April 2015. via Twitter. One institution used those services on the library’s home Also, it should be noted that two in- Skype and one used Facebook. In page. The institutions that had two stitutions were excluded from the Table 1, the methods of virtual refer- or more libraries placed their links study because of lack of data and ence services provided in the Level either on the “University Libraries” another institution was excluded VI institutions are listed. The num- home page or on the home page of because it was located outside the bers and percentages of institutions the main library. United States. Therefore, this study providing those methods of virtual actually focuses on 107 of the 110 Demographic Data reference services are also listed. institutions. The 107 Level VI institutions that In addition to discovering the were included in this study were lo- types of virtual reference services Results of the Study cated in several states in the south- used at these institutions, the author eastern and south central United Virtual Reference Services examined how the libraries con- States. Of all the geographic loca- For this study, the author exam- nected users with these services on tions, Texas had the largest number ined the web sites of the libraries of their web sites. The term “Ask a Li- of Level VI institutions that were in- the 107 Level VI institutions to find brarian” was used far more than any cluded in this study with 27 institu- out what methods of virtual refer- other term. Fifty-six of the 107 insti- tions (25.23%). The U.S. states of the ence services the institutions’ librar- tutions (52.3%) used “Ask a Librari- institutions and the numbers and ies provided. Eighteen institutions an” to market their virtual reference percentages of institutions in those (16.8%) provided those services via services. The term “Ask Us” was used states are listed in Table 2. email only. The remaining 89 in- by 19 institutions (17.75%) and the The institutions in this study var- stitutions (82.4%) provided those term “Contact Us” was used by 12 ied in regard to how many libraries services via email plus one or more institutions (11.2%). Several other they had. Twenty-nine of the insti- other methods. Besides email, the terms, such as “Ask a Question” and tutions (27.1%) had only one library other electronic methods included “Ask Us Anything” were used at the while 34 of them (31.77%) had five live chat, text messaging, Twitter, libraries of the other institutions. or more libraries. The remaining 43 Skype, and Facebook. In their pro- There was not much variation institutions (40.18%) had two, three, vision of virtual reference services, in regard to where the links to vir- or four libraries. The author was un- 87 of the institutions used live chat tual reference services were locat- able to determine the number of and 58 used text messaging. Ten ed on the libraries’ web sites. Each Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 76
Table 2: Geographic Locations were 15 institutions (14.4%) with States Number of Percentage of enrollments of 30,000 – 39,999 stu- Institutions Institutions dents. The remaining 10 institutions Alabama 8 7.47% (9.6%) had enrollments of 40,000 or Florida 14 13% more students. Georgia 9 8.4% Discussion Kentucky 2 1.86% In this study, the author examined virtual reference services offered by Louisiana 9 8.4% Level VI institutions in the SACS Mississippi 5 4.67% region. Also, this study analyzed possible connections between those North Carolina 9 8.4% services and the following factors of South Carolina 3 2.8% the institutions: number of libraries, number of library staff members, Tennessee 10 9.34% number of reference or research Texas 27 25.23% staff members, and student enroll- ment. A search of the published lit- Virginia 11 10.28% erature found no information sug- Total 107 100% gesting a connection between any of those factors and higher education institutions’ provision of virtual ref- libraries for one of the institutions staff members and 21 institutions erence services. However, some data in the study. (19.6%) had 20 or more. No exact gathered in this study suggests that The 107 institutions had various numbers of reference or research there may be a connection between numbers of library staff members. staff members were found for six of the factors and the virtual reference In this study, the term “library staff the institutions. services that are provided at SACS members” refers to all types of li- Student enrollment numbers accredited Level VI institutions. brary staff, including faculty. The were collected for 104 of the 107 Regarding the number of librar- author found that 38 of the institu- institutions. Three of the 107 in- ies, the author assumed that the in- tions (35.5%) had a staff size of less stitutions were excluded from the stitutions with two or more libraries than 50 employees. Twenty-six of enrollment data because they were would offer more types of virtual the institutions (24.29%) had a staff medical schools that were within reference services than those with size of 50 – 100 employees, while 38 larger universities. Thirty-five of the only one library. Some data in the of the institutions (35.5%) had over 104 institutions (33.6%) had small study suggests that generally, the in- 100 employees. Also, the author was student enrollments with less than stitutions with two or more libraries unable to obtain the exact numbers 10,000 students. However, a large offered more types of those services, of library staff members for five of majority of the 104 institutions had although there were some excep- the institutions. large student enrollments of 10,000 tions. The author found that 65.5% The numbers of reference or re- or more students. As many as 69 of (19 out of 29) of the institutions search staff members at the institu- the institutions (66.3%) had more with only one library offered those tions in this study also varied. The than 10,000 students enrolled. More services via email and at least one author found that 39 of the 107 in- specifically, 23 of the institutions other method. In contrast, 89.6% stitutions (36.4%) had less than 10 (22.1%) had enrollments of 10,000 (69 out of 77) of the institutions reference or research staff mem- – 19,999 students and 21 of those with two or more libraries offered bers. Also, 41 institutions (38.3%) institutions (20.1%) had 20,000 those services via email and at least had 10 – 19 reference or research – 29,999 students enrolled. There one other method. The percentage Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 77 of institutions that had two or more at the institutions. The author’s as- found for 104 of the 107 institutions. libraries providing virtual reference sumption was that the institutions Regarding the smaller institutions, services in more ways than just with large numbers of reference or the author found that 65.7% (23 out email is about 24% higher than the research staff members offer more of 35) of the institutions with enroll- percentage of single library insti- types of virtual reference services ments of less than 10,000 students tutions providing those services in than those with small numbers of offered virtual reference services via more ways than email. those types of staff members. Some email and at least one other meth- In regard to the number of library data in this study suggests that the od. In contrast, 92.7% (64 out of 69) staff members, the author’s assump- author’s assumption is generally of the institutions with enrollments tion was that the institutions with true, although there were some ex- of 10,000 or more students offered large library staffs offer more types ceptions. Sixty-six percent (26 out those services via email and at least of virtual reference services than the of 39) of the institutions that had one other method. The percentage institutions with small library staffs. less than ten reference/research staff of “10,000 or more” institutions pro- Some data in the study generally members provided virtual refer- viding virtual reference services in supports that assumption, although ence services via email and at least more ways than just email is about there were some exceptions. The au- one other method. In contrast, as 27% higher than the percentage of thor found that 65.78% (25 out of 38) many as 95.1% (39 out of 41) of the “less than 10,000” institutions pro- of the institutions that had less than institutions with 10 – 19 reference viding those services in multiple 50 library staff members provided or research staff members provid- electronic methods. virtual reference services in more ed those services in more ways than ways than just email.. On the other just email. The percentage of “10 Conclusions and hand, 96.1% (25 out of 26) of the in- – 19” institutions providing virtu- Recommendations stitutions that had 50 – 100 library al reference services in more ways In conclusion, a large majority of staff members provided those ser- than just email is about 29% higher Level VI institutions in the SACS re- vices in more ways than just email. than the percentage of “less than 10” gion, 83.1%, were found to provide The percentage of “50 – 100 staff institutions providing those services virtual reference services in more member” institutions providing in multiple electronic methods. ways than just email. That high per- more than email virtual reference Also, 90.4% (19 out of 21) of the in- centage suggests that virtual refer- services is about 31% higher than stitutions with 20 or more reference ence services of most academic li- the percentage of “less than 50” in- or research staff members provided braries are no longer limited to the stitutions providing those services those services in more ways than email method. Also, the two meth- in more ways than just email. Also, just email. The percentage of “20 or ods that were used the most for pro- 92.1% (35 out of 38) of the institu- more” institutions providing virtu- viding those services in the Level VI tions that had over 100 library staff al reference services in more ways institutions besides email were live members provided those services than just email is about 24% higher chat and text messaging. Further- in more ways that just email. The than the percentage of “less than 10” more, the author found that other percentage of institutions that had institutions providing those services electronic methods, such as Twitter, over 100 library staff members pro- in multiple electronic methods. have started being used in the pro- viding virtual reference services in Regarding enrollments, the au- vision of those services in some aca- more ways than just email is about thor assumed that the institutions demic libraries of the institutions in 27% higher than the percentage of with large student enrollments offer this study. The use of live chat, text institutions with less than 50 staff more types of virtual reference ser- messaging and other methods in the members providing those services vices than the institutions with small libraries of Level VI institutions in- in more ways than email. student enrollments. Some data in dicates that academic libraries have A more specific focus of this this study supported that assump- and continue to branch out in vari- study was on the number of ref- tion, although there were some ous ways in order to provide virtual erence or research staff members exceptions. Enrollment data was reference services to their patrons. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 78
The author has a few recommen- viewing the web sites of other librar- References Brooks, Marvie, and Mark Zubarev. 2012. “Another dations for anyone who needs more ies which have already implemented Lane on the Information Highway? A Case Study information about virtual reference those services. Further research in of Experimenting with Text Message Reference.” The Reference Librarian 53(2): 170-81. services. The author recommends this area may expand beyond this Devine, Christopher, Emily B. Paladino, and John reviewing the document “Guide- study to consider how much users A. Davis. 2011. “Chat Reference Training After One Decade: The Results of a National Survey lines for Implementing and Main- are taking advantage of these vir- of Academic Libraries.” The Journal of Academic taining Virtual Reference Services.” tual reference services at these in- Librarianship 37(3): 197-206. Nicol, Erica C., and Linda Crook. 2013. “Now It’s This document, which was created stitutions. Other studies may need Necessary: Virtual Reference Services at Washing- by the Reference and User Services to explore any connection between ton State University, Pullman.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 39(2): 161-68. Association, provides helpful tips traditional reference services (face- Powers, Amanda C., David Nolen, Li Zhang, Yue Xu, for those who need to implement to-face help or phone calls) and and Gail Peyton. 2010. “Moving from the Con- sortium to the Reference Desk: Keeping Chat and those services at their libraries or newer services (virtual reference) Improving Reference at the MSU Libraries.” Inter- manage their existing services. For to determine if virtual reference net Reference Services Quarterly 15(3): 169-88. Vecchione, Amy, and Margie Ruppel. 2012. “Refer- those wishing to implement new services provided by larger academ- ence is Neither Here Nor There: A Snapshot of virtual reference services in their li- ic institutions are a fad or a good SMS Reference Services.” The Reference Librarian 53(4): 355-72. braries, the author also recommends investment. Yang, Sharon Q., and Heather A. Dalal. 2015. “Delivering Virtual Reference Services on the Web: An Investigation into the Current Practice by Academic Libraries.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 41(1): 68-86. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 79 2016 Annual Conference Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference Vicksburg October 18 - 21, 2016
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SCHOOL LIBRARY Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 80 Mississippi Authors’ Awards Kiese Laymon: Winner for Fiction – Long Division Kiese Laymon is a black southern writer, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon attended Millsaps College and Jackson State University before graduating from Oberlin College. He earned an MFA in Fiction from Indiana University and is currently a Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi. Laymon is the author of the novel Long Division and a collection of essays How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, the UK edition released in 2016. Laymon has written essays, stories and reviews for numerous publications including Esquire, ESPN the Magazine, Colorlines, NPR, LitHub, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony, New York Times, PEN Journal, Oxford American, The Best American Series, and Guernica. Long Division was named one of the Best of 2013 by Buzzfeed, The Believer, Salon, Guernica, Contemporary Literature, Mosaic Magazine, Library Journal, Chicago Tribune and the Crunk Feminist Collective. It was also short-listed for the Believer Book Award, the Ernest Gaines Award and the Morning News Tournament of Books. Long Division won the 2014 Saroyan International Writing Award on November 10th. Three essays in How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America have been included in the Best American series, the Best of Net award, and the Atlantic's Best Essays of 2013. He was selected a member of the Root 100 in 2013 and 2014 and Ebony Magazine Power 100 in 2015. Kiese Laymon has two books forthcoming, including a memoir called Heavy which will be released in 2017 and the novel called And So On which can be expected in the Spring of 2018, both from Scribner. Hester Bass: Winner for Juvenile – Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integra- tion of Huntsville, Alabama Hester Bass is the author of Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Hunts- ville, Alabama (NCSS Woodson Honor, Parents’ Choice Silver Honor, and Junior Library Guild) and The Secret World of Walter Anderson (NCTE Orbis Pictus Award and SIBA Book Award). She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but as a native of Georgia and former resident of Alabama and Mississippi, she often craves tur- nip greens. Suzanne Marrs: Winner for Non-Fiction – Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald Professor Emerita of English at Millsaps College where she taught for twen- ty-seven years, Suzanne Marrs received the 1998 Phoenix Award for Outstand- ing Welty Scholarship from the Eudora Welty Society, and she was Mississippi’s Humanities Scholar of the Year in 2009. Marrs is the author of Eudora Welty, A Biography, for which she won a Mississippi Author Award, and of One Writer’s Imagination: The Fiction of Eudora Welty. She is the editor of What There Is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and William Maxwell and the co-editor (along with Tom Nolan) of Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspon- dence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald (July 2015), which was a finalist for Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. Marrs met Eudora Welty in 1983, and they became good friends; once Marrs moved from the State University of New York – Oswego to Jackson, the two met on an almost daily basis, discussing literature and travel, exchanging anecdotes, and welcoming visiting writers and scholars to Mississippi. Though she has now retired from the faculty of Millsaps College, Marrs continues to serve as Welty Foundation Scholar-in-Residence at the Eudora Welty House and has a number of book projects in the offing. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 81 Keynote Speaker Zachary Benedict is a managing partner at MKM architecture + design, a firm dedicated to enhancing community health. As a son of a librarian, Zach grew up understanding the importance of libraries and has dedicat- ed his career to understanding the connection between people and places. With an appreciation towards the likes of Charlie Munger and Monty Py- thon, he has lectured internationally on various topics – discussions whose primary focus is to encourage communities to reevaluate the importance of inclusive civic space. At this year’s conference, Zach will be focusing on the evolving role of libraries and how their presence is critical for the fu- ture sustainability of the communities they serve. More importantly, he will share his work exploring why libraries are the hearts of every community.
Poster Sessions Wednesday Crafting Collections: Supporting the Student Success Initiative at Southern Miss By Elena Azadbakht, Tracy Englert, and Sarah Mangrum (University of Southern Mississippi) Searching for Answers: Using Student Searches to Determine Engagement By Jacqueline Reed and Ashley S. Dees (The University of Mississippi) Self-Published Books and Libraries: Should We or Shouldn’t We Buy? By Jennifer Culley (The University of Southern Mississippi) Keeping the Door Open – Ensuring Library Materials Are Accessible to All By Michael Paulmeno (Delta State University) Usage Comparison of Print and Electronic Theses and Dissertations at The University of Southern Mississippi By Sarah Mangrum and Elizabeth La Beaud (The University of Southern Mississippi) The Value of Oral History beyond Discovery and Preservation By Neil Guilbeau, Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara, Hillary Richardsons (Mississippi State University)
Thursday Fandom Hearts Unite By Antoinette Giamalva and Evanne Flanders (Madison County Library System) Serving Mississippi’s Communities Since 1914: An Exploration of Mississippi’s Extension Service By Denise A. Wetzel (Mississippi State University) Read Your Way Across Mississippi By Elisabeth Scott and Amanda Redmond (Mississippi Library Commission) The Impact of Academic Libraries’ Usage of Instructional Technology on Student Learning via Embedded Librarianship and Information Literacy By Vanjury “V” Dozier (Madison County Library System) Telling your library’s story: By the numbers By Joy Garretson (Mississippi Library Commission) Jumpstarting Creativity - Pinterest for Ideas By Megan Fleming (Bolivar County Library System - Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library) Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 82 Conference Schedule at a Glance Schedule at a Glance Tuesday, October 18th 1:00 - 4:00 PM Registration Open Pre-conference - Health & Retirement Fair for Mississippi Librarians - 1:00 - 4:00 PM Main Hallway 4:00 - 5:00 PM MLA Executive Board Meeting - Room 6 Dinner Dinner on your own. Find some friends and discover a new place to dine! Haunted Vicksburg Ghost Walk - Ticketed $ 8:00 PM (Tour begins at the southwest corner of the Old Court House Museum at the corner of (arrive by 7:45 PM) Monroe and Grove Streets at the small circular park.) Address is 1022 Monroe Street, Vicksburg. Wednesday, October 19th Coffee & Doughnut Social - Near the Registration Desk 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Sponsored by 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Open Welcome to the MLA Community: A Guide for New Members - Room 4 Southern Miss SLIS Alumni (New Members Roundtable) Breakfast - Room 7 MAGNOLIA Steering Committee Meeting - Ticketed $ 9:30 AM 9:30 AM
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Librarianship 101 & 201 Reunion - Ticketed Past Presidents Brunch - Ticketed $ Spread the Word - Room 5 (Limited to MLA Past Presidents) - Room 3 Off-site at The Nogalas House at Poster Session Lightning Round 1 Walnut Hills Restaurant 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 10:30 AM 9:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Room 4 9:30 AM -
Building a Bookmobile on a Shoestring Using the Framework for Everyday Advocacy - Room 5 Information Literacy for Higher Budget - Room 3 Education in Instruction Connecting the Branches - Overcoming Communication Barriers Using WordPress - 11:30 AM 11:30 AM ACRL Featured Speaker: 10:30 AM - Room 4 10:30 AM - Sharon Mader 11:00 AM Exhibits Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting 12:00 PM 10:30 AM - Integrating Southern Miss Public Library Section Luncheon Room 2 Gulf Coast Library Into Featured Speaker: the Local Community University Library Directors' Business Cal Shepard, State Librarian
Meeting - Room 4 12:30 PM Room 7 State Library of North Carolina 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM - Room 3 - Ticketed $ 1:00 PM 12:00 - PM 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pre-Ordered Boxed Lunches available for pickup at the Concession Stand (No outside food may be brought into the Vicksburg Convention Center per management.) MLA BUSINESS MEETING & GENERAL SESSION 1:00 - 2:30 PM Zachary Benedict, Partner at MKM Architect + Design Rooms 1 & 2 - Sponsored by a LSTA Grant from IMLS All That Glitters: The Southern Miss Advocacy with Friends - Sponsored by the Children’s Book Festival Approaches Friends of Mississippi Libraries, Inc. Its Golden Anniversary - Room 3 Room 4 The Jacqueline House African- American Museum - Room 6 Long Range Planning Committee Business 3:30 PM 3:30 PM 3:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Virtual Reality in the Library - Room 5 2:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Meeting - Room 6
Keep Mississippi Weird: Unusual "Jewels" Friends of Mississippi Libraries, Inc. in Special Collections - Room 3 Business Meeting - Room 4 Beta Phi Mu, Beta Psi Chapter Exhibits & Silent Auction Open 11:00 AM - & 5:00 PM! OpenExhibits Silent 11:00 AM Auction Public Library Section Business Meeting Business Meeting - Room 6 USM SLIS Focus Group - Room 5 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:30 PM
3:30 PM - 3:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Room 7 3:30 PM - Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival 50th Anniversary Celebration 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Exhibit Hall A - Ticketed President's Reception and Scholarship Bash - Ticketed $ 6:00 PM B'nai B'rith Literary Association (The BB Club), 721 Clay Street, Vicksburg Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 83
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5:00 PM Reception - Outside the Exhibit Halls - Cash Bar Mississippi Author Awards Dinner honoring Long Division by Kiese Laymon (Fiction), Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Macdonald by Suzanne Marrs (Nonfiction), and Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama by Hester Bass (Juvenile) Exhibit Hall A -- Ticketed $ Friday, October 21st 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM MLA Awards Breakfast -- Exhibit Hall A -- Ticketed $ Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 84
School of Library and Information Science presents the 50th Annual Fay B. Kaigler
COME CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WITH SOUTHERN MISS MEDALLION WINNER
April 5-7, 2017 ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE Kwame Alexander, Louise Borden, Bryan Collier, Pete Hautman, Pat Mora, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Andrea Pinkney.
FEATURING THE EZRA JACK KEATS NEW WRITER AND NEW ILLUSTRATOR AWARDS The Magnolia Award winners will be announced at the festival. USM.EDU/CHILDRENS-BOOK-FESTIVAL THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX. Text copyright © 2003 by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrations copyright © 2003 by Timothy Basil Ering. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA
AA/EOE/ADAI UC 75100.5146 10.16 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 85 News Briefs
Sarah Mangrum and experiences.” husband was “a walking encyclope- Access Services Librarian / Sid Salter, MSU chief communi- dia of knowledge and fantastic Triv- Assistant Clinical Professor cations officer and public affairs di- ial Pursuit and Scrabble player who University of Southern Mississippi rector, knew Hood for many years. knew sports, history, literature, art, and anything about World War I or MSU LIBRARIES ADDS HOOD’S Salter noted that Hood was a big PAPERS TO COLLECTION fan of MSU basketball legend Bailey World War II.” Colleagues, family, and friends Howell, whom Hood referred to as “Orley never really stressed about gathered Thursday, July 14th, at “my first hero” in a column he wrote writing. It seemed to come easy to Mississippi State to celebrate the life in October 1997. him,” she recalled. “He had such a and accomplishments of a beloved Hood wrote, “All these years, passion for writing, for telling peo- Mississippi journalist whose papers I’ve kept that windbreaker stored ple stories and getting it right. That will be housed at the university’s in plastic. Last year, I gave it to my was so very important to him—get- Mitchell Memorial Library. 10-year-old. I told him how import- ting it right. Spelling peoples’ names “Orley was very special to jour- ant it was to me. I told him about right. Getting the score in the first nalism work in the state of Missis- Bailey. I told him it was the only au- paragraph, and expressing his opin- sippi and even beyond,” said MSU tograph I’ve ever gotten. That it was ion, of which he had many.” Dean of Libraries Frances Cole- the only one I ever wanted.” In addition to being a talented man, who officially welcomed the To read this and other Hood journalist, Hood said her husband family of late Vicksburg native and columns, visit http://msfame.com/ was great at relating to people. award-winning newspaper colum- category/orley/. “Many of the things he wrote nist Orley Mason Hood Jr. to Missis- Hood’s wife and fellow Mississip- about -- our family and the expe- sippi State. “One of our main goals pian, Mary Ann Hood, also shared riences we were having -- readers here at Mississippi State University fond memories of her husband. She were having, too. He just made it is not only to preserve Orley’s pa- said he remained a strong, commit- a lot funnier for them,” Mary Ann pers, but we want to share them on ted family man up until his death on said. “Orley loved talking to people. behalf of teaching and research, and Feb. 21, 2014 at age 65 from compli- A simple trip to the grocery store for especially on behalf of our students.” cations of acute myeloid leukemia. a gallon of milk could take an hour MSU President Mark E. Keenum “The only thing missing today is because he would run into some- also expressed joy, pride, and honor Orley, but I know what he would say body that he had to talk to.” in welcoming the Hood family into if he were here,” Mary Ann said. “He She said along with loving sports the MSU Bulldog family, as well as would flash that grin, and he would -- especially soccer, which sons accepting the papers of one of Mis- say, ‘Isn’t this great?’ ‘Great’ was one Hunter and Tucker played -- her sissippi’s accomplished writers and of his favorite words. I know Orley husband was an avid walker. Even storytellers. would be very happy.” after being diagnosed with leukemia “Over the course of his very ac- Hood wrote for The Meridian Star, in 2011, Hood maintained a walking complished career, many thousands Memphis Commercial Appeal and diary he began nine years prior. He of Mississippians would get up Jackson Daily News as a sportswrit- ultimately recorded 22,176 miles, or in the morning and read his col- er, columnist, sports editor, South- a little more than 2,000 miles a year. umns and start their day with Orley ern Style editor, senior editor and “Orley loved Hunter and Tucker, Hood,” Keenum said. “Everyday features editor. He later joined The and they loved him back,” Mary Ann Mississippians could get a sense and Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, where he said, choking back tears as she com- feel about how everything rang true wrote features and a general interest mended her sons for being “standup and was real to them and their life column. guys” during their father’s illness. by reading through Orley’s stories Mary Ann Hood said her beloved “Orley got to see Hunter get into Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 86 medical school and Tucker graduate You could see the genuine respect with input from library staff. It has with honors from Ole Miss. Both that other writers from other states been placed close to the Parks and of them got to spend a year at home had for him,” Watkins recalled. Recreation office and members of after graduation, and those were two Even so, Watkins emphasized their staff are going to be the “stew- great years that Orley had.” that “writing is what Orley did; it’s ards” to make sure it is stocked with Billy Watkins, features columnist not who he was.” books. and storyteller for The Clarion-Led- First Regional Library received a ger in Jackson, also praised Hood Submitted by grant from First Book Mid-South for his kindness toward others and Angela Patton to stock the Little Library with new Library Associate ability to “paint pictures” with his Mississippi State University Libraries books for the first few months. The writing. Little Free Library will be registered “I loved Orley Hood. The man —◆— on the national Little Free Library changed my life. Whenever I fin- HORN LAKE LITTLE FREE site soon. Since this project has ished reading his columns, I would LIBRARY been such a success, First Regional say ‘I wish I’d written that,’” Watkins A new Little Free Library is now Library plans on doing more collab- said. “I worked with him in sports open in Horn Lake, MS! This is the orations around the 5 counties to in- and features every day for more than result of a community partnership stall more Little Free Libraries. 25 years, but I never got over being project between First Regional Li- in awe of Orley. I’m still in awe of brary, The City of Horn Lake, and Orley. He’s my hero.” Career Tech West High School. Orley Hood knew more than First Regional Library provided the journalists’ bylines; he knew them materials for the library, the city of as people, Watkins said. Horn Lake approved the library to “It was like traveling with a rock be placed in the city park, and the star because everywhere you went, construction students at Career Tech people would want to talk to him. designed and built the Little Library
Savannah Sheley, daughter of Amy Lay, from the Horn Lake Board of Alderman, and Car- olyn Hobbs, Friend of the Horn Lake Public Library, choose a book from the new Little Free Library.
Submitted by David Brown Public Relations Specialist First Regional Library Photo by: Megan Bean, Mississippi State University —◆— MSU President Mark E. Keenum officially accepts papers of legendary Mississippi newspa- per columnist and Vicksburg native Orley Mason Hood Jr., who died in 2014. Making the donation are wife Mary Ann Hood, and two sons, Tucker and Hunter Hood. The papers are becoming part of the Mississippi Journalism Collection housed in Mitchell Memorial Library’s Special Collections Department Manuscripts Division. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 87
REMEMBERING MARSHA into the position of Assistant Direc- impressive. Do you remember the CASE tor for Technical Services. At her re- record breaking year that the Schol- tirement party at the Eudora Welty arship Committee had a few years Library not quite two years ago, so back on the Silent Auction? Mar- many of her coworkers throughout sha volunteered to get items donat- the years were there to help cele- ed to the cause; it was Marsha and brate her career and her life. her crew that got that pearl necklace It seems that she entered into donated. the library field by accident like so Marsha believed in the future many of us and stayed because she of librarianship. Through her long enjoyed it. Marsha began her library association with Beta Phi Mu that career as a Student Assistant at the began in 1995, she tried to identify Mitchell Memorial Library at Mis- and develop leaders. Her work and Mississippi lost a librarian and a sissippi State University. Marsha and her time helped ensure that Beta Phi staunch advocate Saturday, August I didn’t meet until years later at the Mu had a program at conference 6, 2016. Let’s choose to celebrate her MLA annual conference in 2000 or and gave back to the profession. I life and the impact she had on so so when our mutual friend Jennifer know that she delighted in giving many lives. Smith introduced us. Jennifer Smith scholarship checks out to deserving Marsha A. Case was born March remembers that Marsha helped her MLIS students – she really liked to 1, 1957 and as far as I know, lived all get a better job at Jackson/Hinds. surprise them. It was one of the joys of her years in her home state. She Jennifer was all set to be a Shelver of being Secretary/Treasurer since passed from this sphere in the same at the Northside Branch and Marsha 2003. home in which she grew up in Jack- helped her get the Children’s Librar- Marsha was more than a librar- son, MS. Marsha leaves behind fam- ian job at Byrum instead. Speaking ian, she was a real person who en- ily, numerous friends, and Hershey of jobs, Elisabeth Scott remembers joyed life and valued personal re- and Beau, her two “fur babies.” Her that her first paying job was working lationships. Kim Corbett, Branch parents, James and Zora Case; and in Technical Services at Welty for Manager of The Quisenberry Li- two brothers, James Case, Jr. and Marsha. Elisabeth’s memory of Mar- brary, had this to say: “Marsha was John Albert Case, preceded her in sha is being amazed at her ability to one of my favorite people to work death. She is survived by her broth- pack up and move a library and how with because she always told you ex- ers, Charles Fredrick Case and Mi- years later that Marsha would make actly what she thought. She was one chael Anderson; sisters, Peggy Case an effort to speak to her whenever of the most genuine people I have Mott and Jeannine Case Schneider; she happened to be visiting at MLC. ever met. When I had a health issue 5 nieces, 8 nephews, their fami- Her impact on MLA speaks for earlier this year, she was constantly lies, and many great-nieces and itself. At the time of her death, she checking on me and sending cards -nephews. was serving as Parliamentarian, she and notes. That support meant a Jackson/Hinds Library System, held Lifetime membership, and she great deal. She will be missed.” the Mississippi Library Association, was on both the Legislative and the So this October in Vicksburg, I and the Beta Psi Chapter of Beta Nominating Committees. She twice know we’ll be missing our friend Phi Mu have all benefited greatly served as MLA Secretary, Public Marsha. I’m so glad that she always from her energy and talent. Marsha Library Section Chair again twice had time for me. worked for 37 years for the Jackson (word to the wise: always attend Metropolitan Library System and the business meeting lest you get Submitted by the Jackson/Hinds Library System appointed to things!), and Public Mac Buntin beginning as a Clerk in Technical Relations Awards Committee chair. Consultant Services; by the time of her retire- This is just a snapshot of her service; Mississippi Library Commission ment, Marsha had worked herself her list of participation in MLA is Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 88 People In The News
Sarah Mangrum —◆— since 1989. She earned her associ- Access Services Librarian / ate's degree from Hinds in 1989 and Mariah West Grant was recent- Assistant Clinical Professor began working at one of the Hinds' University of Southern Mississippi ly named the Public Services and libraries shortly after. She began Instruction Librarian at the Mill- as a library technical assistant and Tom Henderson, College Librar- saps-Wilson Library, Millsaps Col- in the late 1990s, went back and ian and Associate Professor at Mill- lege. Ms. Grant joined the faculty earned her BA. In early 2000, she saps College, retired in June 2016. at Millsaps College in 2015 as the continued graduate work earning Mr. Henderson joined the faculty at Acquisitions and Serials Librarian. her MLIS from USM in 2003. Be- Millsaps College in 1997, and he has Ms. Grant was previously employed cause of her knowledge and qual- served as the College Librarian since with the Mississippi Valley State ity service, she was immediately 2000. He now holds the rank of University Library as the University assigned an administrative library Emeritus College Librarian at Mill- Archivist and as the Collection De- position at Jackson ATC where she saps College. He previously worked velopment and Reference Librarian. at the Mississippi Library Commis- has worked since. Besides running —◆— sion, Mississippi State University Li- ATC's library, Ms. Quinn has taught braries, and the Mississippi Depart- Jamie Bounds Wilson was re- Developmental classes for Hinds ment of Archives and History. cently named College Librarian at many semesters. She continues her education working on her doctor- Mr. Henderson earned his MSLS the Millsaps-Wilson Library, Mill- ate in Library Science. She is well from Florida State University in saps College. Ms. Wilson had pre- loved by faculty and student alike at 1975 and his BA from the Univer- viously worked as the Electronic ATC where she was heavily involved sity of Southern Mississippi in 1971. Resources & Web Services Librarian with her faculty and campus helping Mr. Henderson served as the and as the Acquisitions Librarian with M2M, ASG, campus registra- Treasurer of Mississippi Library at Millsaps College. Prior to join- tions, and Black History programs. Association in 1993-1994. At var- ing the faculty at Millsaps College, Ms. Quinn has also been involved ious points, he chaired the follow- Ms. Wilson was employed with the in many professional organiza- ing MLA committees and round- Biloxi Public Libraries, Harrison tions through the years including tables: Internal Audit Committee, County Library System as the Local WHEM, ACRL, ALA and MLA (the GODORT, Special Collections History & Genealogy Librarian and state library association) including Roundtable, Library Instruction as the Branch Manager of the Mar- The Black Caucus and Two Year Roundtable, Conservation Com- garet S. Sherry Memorial Library. College Roundtables. mittee, Education Committee, and —◆— Northeast Region. He coordinated —◆— Jackie the Private Academic Libraries of Jennifer Todd Mississippi (PALMS) group for ten Quinn, Ad- ministrative joined Hinds years. He was also active in many Community Col- other professional organizations. Librarian for the Jackson lege Libraries July Please join the Millsaps College 18, 2016 as the community in congratulating Mr. ATC Campus, has been se- Circulation Li- Henderson on the occasion of his re- brarian at the Mc- tirement. We thank Mr. Henderson lected to be the director of the Lendon Library for his dedication and contributions on the Raymond to the field of librarianship, and we Copiah Lincoln Community Col- lege Library beginning August 1st. Campus. She comes from the Mis- will always appreciate his leadership sissippi Library Commission where and guidance. Ms. Quinn has worked for Hinds Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 89 she previously served as the Digital and Associate Dean of Smathers Community College’s Jackson Aca- Services Consultant for over four Libraries. She received her Master demic and Technical Center. years. Aside from the state agency, of Library and Information Science —◆— she has previous experience work- degree in 1986 from the University ing in both academic and public li- of Texas at Austin. Mona Vance- braries as a circulation assistant, ref- Ali was elected to —◆— erence assistant, and cataloger. She a three-year term received her Master’s Degree in Li- Cecelia Parks on the Mississippi brary and Information Science from started at the Uni- Historical Society the University of Southern Missis- versity of Missis- Board of Direc- sippi in May 2012. She is currently sippi Libraries in tors at their 2016 pursuing a Computer Network de- July as a research conference this past March. She gree from Hinds. and instruction currently works as the archivist over librarian with the Local History Department at the —◆— liaison responsibilities to the de- Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Amanda Clay partments of history and political in Columbus, MS. Powers is the new science. Originally from Harrison- —◆— Professor and burg, Virginia, Cecelia received her Dean of Library MLS from the University of Mary- Jessica Perkins Services at Mis- land, College Park, in 2016. Smith joined sissippi Univer- Mississippi State —◆— sity for Women. University Librar- Dean Powers has Travis Cowart is the new Collec- ies in May 2016, a Masters in Library Science from tion Application Developer at the as Manuscripts Archivist in the Simmons Graduate School of Li- University of Mississippi Libraries. Mitchell Memorial Library Special brary and Information Science, and Travis previously served as a net- Collections department. Bachelors from Wellesley College work design engineer and project Jessica received a B.A. in Histo- in English Literature. Prior to join- manager for AT&T in Texas. He ry from Millsaps College in Jack- ing MUW, she was the Coordinator received his Bachelor of Science in son and an MLIS with an Archives of Research Services at Mississippi Electrical Engineering in 2012 from concentration from Louisiana State State University. Dean Powers has the University of Alabama. University. She comes to MSU from the Amistad Research Center in served as President and Treasurer of —◆— the Mississippi Library Association New Orleans, where she was a pro- and is currently the Convener of the Lakesha Smith cessing archivist working primarily Association of College and Research is the 2016 recip- on African American Science, Tech- Libraries (ACRL) Public Services ient of the Peggy nology, and Mathematics (STEM) Discussion Group. Her research May Scholarship. collections. interests include reference assess- Lakesha graduated Jessica’s research interests include ment, virtual reference, and the use from Hinds Com- Mississippi Civil Rights, African of social media in academia. munity College in American history, and improving May 2007 with an Associate’s Degree access to archival collections. Jessi- —◆— in General Studies, earned a Bach- ca is from New Orleans but has Mis- Cecilia Botero is the new Dean of elor’s degree in History at Jackson sissippi roots, with family from the Libraries and Professor at the Uni- State University in May 2010 and Delta and Golden Triangle areas. versity of Mississippi. For the past is currently pursuing a Master’s in Her grandfather graduated from seven years, Cecilia has served as the Library Science at the University of Mississippi State, so cheering for the Director of the University of Flori- Southern Mississippi. She is acting Bulldogs is in her blood. She also da Health Science Center Libraries Administrative Librarian for Hinds Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 90 enjoys running, is an avid Saints fan, Bibliographer, and Head of Online of Mississippi (OFFM), which was and is having a great time exploring Search Services, before becoming held in Natchez. The morning Starkville with her husband and the Regional Depository Librarian welcome party was held at one of two-year-old daughter. in 1988. She holds a B.S. in Second- the well-known historic homes of ary Education (1968) and an M.L.S. Natchez, The Elms. A luncheon, —◆— (1969) from Louisiana State Univer- program and business meeting fol- Jennifer sity. Before moving to Mississippi lowed at the Carriage House, with Jones is the new in 1971, she was a public librarian in Governor General Barbara Gilbert graphic design- her hometown of Monroe, LA. Haigh presiding. er for the Mis- Over the years, Laura has been Brewer was nominated for the sissippi State an active member of MLA, serv- award by OFFM member and University Li- ing as chair of the Automation & Waynesboro resident Becky Rhine- braries. Born in Networking Roundtable (1983), of hart. She described Brewer as a vi- Columbus, Mississippi, she moved MLA-ACRL (1992), and of MLA- sionary who is always willing to give with her family to Alabama in the GODORT (1991, 2003, 2008, and of her time and talents. The presen- fourth grade. Jennifer received her 2012). She was also active in ALA tation was made by OFFM Registrar degree from the University of Ala- as a member and chair of several General and 2013 award recipient bama in 2001. After graduation, she ACRL, RASD, and GODORT com- Virginia Brickell of Indianola. moved to Mobile, Alabama, where mittees. From 2007 to 2011, she Brewer is a graduate of the Uni- she worked at an advertising agency served on the inaugural Steering versity of Southern Mississippi. She for five years before taking a job at Committee for ASERL’s Collabo- currently serves as the Director of the University of South Alabama in rative Federal Depository Library the Waynesboro-Wayne County Li- the Publications department where Program. In 2011, she was honored brary and served in 2015 as the state she worked as part of a team that as the recipient of the Bernadine president of the Mississippi Library was responsible for the design and Abbott Hoduski Founders Award by Association. printing of most of the University’s ALA-GODORT. Under her leadership, a Gene- marketing communication pieces. Laura says she knows she will alogy Room was planned to house Jennifer is excited for this new op- miss her colleagues at the library research materials, family histories portunity to support the Library and and in the depository community in and displays of historical items at the University and is looking forward Mississippi but is looking forward library. As a member of the Wayne to spending time with her family to participating in volunteer activi- County Genealogy Organization, cheering on the Bulldogs and mak- ties in retirement and continuing to Brewer realized that there was only ing herself a part of the Starkville serve on the board of Friends of the one small book written on the his- community. Library. tory of Wayne County. She worked with this organization to compile —◆— —◆— information and publish three Laura Harper, Patsy Brew- books — History of Wayne County Associate Professor er was given the 1809-1909, History of Wayne Coun- and Head of Gov- Award of Merito- ty Volume 2 and a Pictorial History ernment Publica- rious Leadership of Wayne County. She is working tions at the Univer- in Mississippi with the Wayne County Genealogy sity of Mississippi’s J. History and Ge- Organization to identify and record D. Williams Library, nealogy for 2016 forgotten cemeteries in the county, retired on August 31, 2016 after 45 during a recent event. working to clean and preserve them. years of dedicated service. She held Brewer was honored during the Under Brewer’s leadership, a Mis- various positions during her career June 11 Spring General Assembly sissippi Country Music Trail Mark- at the University, including Inter- of the Order of the First Families er was dedicated to Jimmie Roger’s library Loan Librarian, Reference Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 91 cousin Jesse Rogers. The Wayne Life committee. She shares her mu- Leadership in Mississippi History County Genealogy Organization sical talent playing the piano at her and Genealogy was established by worked with the Mississippi De- church. the Order of the First Families of partment of Archives and History to Brewer has had a life-long inter- Mississippi in 1994 to honor per- complete this project. est in history. She is member of the sons who have made significant Brewer also serves as Treasurer Daughters of the American Revolu- contributions to the preservation for the Wayne County 4-H Advi- tion and the Cameo Society. She is of Mississippi history. Members of sory Council and is a member of also active in the Fine Arts Club of the organization have the opportu- other civic organizations, as well Wayne County and TEAM W, which nity each year in March to nominate as a lifetime member of the USM stands for Together Energizing and persons who have been leaders in Alumni Association and a member Motivating Waynesboro. TEAM W preserving Mississippi history. of the JCJC Alumni Association. sponsors the Whistle Stop Festival Past recipients of the award who She currently serves as the Chair- each year in April. are also members of the organization man of the Wayne County Relay for The Award of Meritoriouscomprise the selection committee.
Book Reviews
Michele Frasier-Robinson South. The physical performances the state post Jim Crow. Berrey con- Librarian for highlighted in the book emerged cludes by once again using narrative Education & Psychology any place where blacks and whites performances to provide a concise University of Southern Mississippi interacted. The narrative perfor- discussion regarding race in the civil mances mentioned are stories that rights era. Berrey, Stephen A. individuals shared in regards to Additional photographs would The Jim Crow Routine: Everyday Per- their experiences regarding race. have greatly assisted in the visual- formances of Race, Civil Rights and Through extensive research that ization of the subtle as well as the Segregation in Mississippi included examining over 600 in- blatant performances in the Jim Chapel Hill: The University of terviews, the author provides a Crow routines. North Carolina Press, 2015. 331 pp. thorough and effective study of $29.95 (paperback) segregation and desegregation in Chameka Robinson Mississippi as well as the South. Head, Access Services The Jim Crow Routine focuses on Berrey begins with an exploration Rowland Medical Library University of Mississippi Medical Center race relations in Mississippi over of how these routines developed several decades. This work steps based upon the existing laws and —◆— away from the typical approach of then shifts to an examination of the Jacobs, Lily historical research on how race af- stories that provided the significant The Littlest Bunny in Mississippi: an fected the daily lives of Mississip- narrative performances which are Easter Adventure pians during these time periods. central to the work. He then pro- Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks The author focuses less on dramat- ceeds to provide insight into the so- Jabberwocky, 2015. 32 pp. $9.99 ic events and more on simple, daily cietal transformations that occurred (Hardcover). exchanges. Berrey utilizes interra- in light of the Civil Rights Move- cial interactions from everyday life ment and the end of legal segrega- Written by Lily Jacobs and illus- as well as public narratives to illus- tion. Attention is then placed on the trated by Robert Dunn, this book trate the racial performances that increased prominence of the police was fun and colorful. The main frequently occurred in the Jim Crow as well as the passage of new laws by character is a small white bunny Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 92 named Flop who was adopted by Indians in the state of Mississippi in the state and kept the support of two children, May and Joe, from a resisted removal. For those who staunch segregationists because of pet store in Mississippi. On the eve resisted, it was more important to their own desire to be separate. Os- of Easter he escapes his cage, be- live in their sacred homeland than burn makes the case that the Choc- cause he has a secret identity. He is to go with the larger group and re- taw and other southern tribes repre- the Easter Bunny and must go hide ceive land west of the Mississippi sent a “third race” in the historically eggs all over Mississippi for the kids River. They relied on Article 14 in biracial region. Osburn argues that to find Easter morning. He hops and the removal treaty which allowed the Choctaw Miracle of the 1970s jumps all around the state identify- any Choctaws who remained in the in which the Choctaw were able to ing several city stops as he goes, fi- state the right to apply for land al- create a strong economy in the Phil- nally stopping by your house, before lotments. After removal of the main adelphia area is “part of a broader he rushes Easter morning back to portion of the tribe to Oklahoma, Choctaw history…of adroit political his new home with May and Joe. the government refused to grant the activism in which Choctaw lead- This book is colorfully illustrated allotments which left the Mississippi ers…and communities successfully by Dunn and it was exciting to see Choctaws without land and without lobbied for their interests at all levels recognizable Mississippi city names a way to make a living. of government.” (p. 213) that could be educational for chil- Osburn tells the remarkable story This work is useful for academic dren. He also hid eggs throughout of how the Choctaw managed to libraries and for local history col- the book as the story went on in maintain their Indian identity and lections. It is well researched with hopes that readers would find them eventually gain significant resourc- extensive use of tribal documents, among the illustrations. The back es for themselves. She paints a pic- letters and minutes of various meet- of the book contains hints to where ture of how the Choctaws identified ings, and other primary documents. they are hidden to help out those themselves as both citizens of the This title is an entry in the series In- that could not find them all. state of Mississippi and as a sover- dians of the Southeast. This is a good book for all librar- eign nation negotiating with the fed- ies that have children’s collections, eral government in order to receive Caroline Barnett the benefits offered to each group. Head Librarian or purchase children’s books about M.R. Davis Public Library rabbits, Mississippi or Easter. It was For example, when the government Southaven, Mississippi a delightful story sure to entertain did not give them the promised land children ages four to seven years old. allotments, 67 Choctaws filed suit in —◆— 1833, as citizens of Mississippi, to Smith, Timothy B. Jennifer R. Culley receive redress. They also had sup- The Mississippi Secession Conven- Collection Management and port from the Choctaw Nation in tion: Delegates and Deliberations in Acquisitions Librarian filing federal suit. Over time, from Politics and War, 1861-1865 The University of Southern Mississippi the 1830 treaty through the Civil University Press of Mississippi, —◆— Rights Movement of the 1960s and 2014. 296 pp. $60.00 (hardcover) Osburn, Katherine M.B. 1970s, the Choctaw consistently used both their identity as Indians, Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: The Mississippi Secession Con- as Americans and as Mississippians Race, Class, and Nation Building in vention is a thoroughly researched to achieve their economic and polit- the Jim Crow South, 1830-1977 historical reenactment of the three ical goals. week convention that led to the se- Lincoln: University of Nebras- The Choctaw received support cession of Mississippi from the Unit- ka Press, 2014. 323 pp. $65.00 from white Mississippians because ed States of America and ultimately (hardcover) of their history of military service, led to membership in the Confeder- Despite plans for removal as dic- both to the United States and to the acy, the onset of the Civil War, and tated by the 1830 Treaty of Danc- Confederacy. They resisted iden- years of reconstruction. Timothy ing Rabbit Creek, some Choctaw tification with African Americans Smith is a well-regarded historian, Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 3 • Fall 2016 Page 93 having written several other texts with the text that should be consid- Mississippi today--those that Smith related to Mississippi and the Civil ered. Mr. Smith states that this text attributes to the secession conven- War. He states that his text is unique is not about the secession crisis but tion. But aside from a brief con- because most other histories of the its consequences and how it effects clusion, the promised connection time refer only to the period lead- Mississippi even now. Be that as it was lacking. The extra material in ing up to the Convention and to the may, over a third of the book does the back of the book was extreme- secession decision, which actually detail the beginning of the conven- ly valuable and includes pictures took place on the third day of the tion and what different delegates and brief biographical information convention. He further argues that and newspapers reporting on the about many of the key players at the no other text goes into such detail convention thought about seces- convention, the Ordinance of Seces- about who the delegates were, what sion. The text does offer a very de- sion and the Declaration of Causes. their arguments were at the conven- tailed review of each day of the rest The book also contains over forty tion, what happened during the two of the convention, however, almost pages of notes and a bibliography so weeks after the declaration of seces- every day was taken up by debates that readers can follow the author’s sion and the follow up session later and arguments that led to them ta- research trail and presumably take it that year. bling almost every decision until the even further. I believe that academic libraries very last day. I was disappointed in should purchase this title as a histor- the end of the text, because I thought Anne Hudson the book would consider the eco- Assistant Professor, Librarian for the College ical reference book; however, there of Arts and Letters were a few disappointing issues nomic, political, and social issues of University of Southern Mississippi
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