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The Good Stuff The official magazine of the North Dakota Library Association March 2004 NDLA Web Site – http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/ndla Volume 34 • Issue 1 A Children’s Room with a View - Edgeley Public Library Inside.... Grant Monies Available The Coffee Closet Marketing Your Library Ghost Ranch Leadership Institute ontents President’s MessageC . .3 The ALA Midwinter . .4 Grant Monies Available . .6 The Coffee Closet . .8 Good Edgeley Public Library Trainee Program . .10 2004 Conference: Making a Case for Libraries . .11 Browsing in the Cyberstacks . .12 Stuff Marketing Your Library . .13 Ghost Ranch Leadership Institute . .14 TechTips & More . .16 Published quarterly by the Good Stuff from Around the State . .19 North Dakota Library Association Transitions . .21 Membership Report . .21 Law Library Renovation Project . .22 Editorial Committee North Dakota in Print . .23 Marlene Anderson, Chair Karen Anderson Summer Courses at MaSU & VCSU . .27 Joan Erickson 100 years . .28 Jeanne Narum Teen Reading . .29 Call for Candidates . .29 Production Artist Clearwater Communications Minutes . .29 Treasurer’s Report . .30 Subscription Rate NDLA Membership Application . .31 $25/year Editorial Policy Advertising Rates The Good Stuff welcomes your comments and suggestions. 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Send your articles /news to any of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] • [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Deadlines for Articles/News Submission Issue . .Deadline June . .April 23, 2004 Pre-Conference (Aug.) . .June 18, 2004 December . .Oct. 29, 2004 The Good Stuff - Page 2 - March 2004 President’s Message By Pamela Drayson, NDLA President Recently, I attend- As part of the dedication ceremony, and be able to tell the library’s story. ed the dedication the Library Board and staff proudly The first step in being able to tell of the new public acknowledged the private financial that story is to visit with people library building at contributions that made the con- about what they like about the Devils Lake. The struction of the new building a reali- library and what they’d like to see event was a cele- ty. What they didn’t say (but you different. Ask them to share their bration with many and I both know), is that money for favorite library story. Invite them to members of the community, young a new building or furniture or books participate in an upcoming library and not-so-young, participating. The doesn’t just happen one magical day event. Invite them to think about new facility is an inviting space when a check comes in the mail. how the library might be improved filled with natural light, comfort- When someone writes a check for and ask them to help create that able furniture, as well as the eclec- $20 or includes the library in their future. Use every opportunity you tic mix of books, videos, audio will, the financial gifts that make a can to educate, inform, and entertain books, and other materials so difference for libraries happen people about what’s happening at the important in a busy public library. because the library has found ways library. Talk about how your library to be successfully involved in a makes a difference. Explain how On the drive home, I thought about long-term relationship with the com- donated funds are used to expand how much fun I’d had at the recep- munity. It happens because the the collections and services. Speak tion, visiting with people I’d never library is an active part in the life of to groups and individuals, formally met before and finding out more many segments of the community. It and informally. about their community. Everyone I happens because the library has talked with answered questions for made a difference to the individuals, Whether you work in an academic, me about the Devils Lake area or businesses, and organizations of the public, school or special library, if told me more about their library. community. you build a relationship with the They all had something special to members of the community your say about the importance of the If we want the libraries we work in library serves, you will be working library’s collections, services and to be more successful, it is vital that together to create the future of your programs. we be involved in our communities library. Continuing Education Courses Available Are you interested in current library science are two credit courses, they meet for two week- program courses, but don’t need college credit? ends. The cost for taking courses as continuing If so, Emporia State University, School of Library education is $60 per credit. A cataloging course, and Information Management invites you to con- Organizing Information (LI814), will be offered sider taking their elective courses as Continuing this spring on April 2-4. Other courses will be Education. Most courses are held at the Fargo announced through the NDLA list as they Public Library on weekends. The weekend time become scheduled. For more information, contact frame is Friday, 6-9pm; Saturday, 8-5; and Char Myhre at [email protected], or call toll Sunday, 8-12 noon. Since the majority of courses free evenings and weekends 1-800-234-4005. The Good Stuff - Page 3 - March 2004 ALA Midwinter, San Diego, January 8-14, 2004 By Phyllis Bratton, ALA Councilor The ALA Midwinter conference in San category, that of Library Support Staff, combat them. Diego provided many things: a welcome with annual dues of $35. The break from winter, great food, and Association recognizes that many of the The current public printer is vigorously above all, lots of learning experiences. support staff in libraries have chosen moving government documents, which Many of the efforts of the Association their positions as their profession, and had been free, into a pay-for-access are bearing fruit and we were given a would like to involve them more at a environment. ALA accepted a report, number of extremely interesting reports. national level. Key Principles on Government Information, which pulled together ALA The work of the Task Force on Rural On the subject of the ballot, ALA will policies on access to government infor- School, Tribal, and Public Libraries is use electronic balloting for the first time mation; this should soon be available on almost through its preliminary stage. in this spring’s election. Paper ballots the website. This report will give the The task force sent a questionnaire to will still be available for the asking to Washington Office additional support in rural libraries and expected to get a few those who do not wish to vote electroni- discussions with the printer. hundred responses. Instead, they cally. Paper ballots will also be sent received nearly 1,200 replies with an automatically to anyone whose email The decision by Jenner & Block, which additional compiled list of comments bounces so this is a good time to check represents ALA in legal matters, to running to 21 pages! This unexpected that ALA has your correct email accept divine, Inc. as a client was seen response caught the attention of ALA address. as a conflict of interest by many coun- leadership and has shown them that cilors and generated much passionate there are a large number of libraries Council adopted the International discussion over the course of three days. whose problems are different from Relations Committee and Intellectual Despite the clarification that ALA is those in urban centers. The task force is Freedom Committee’s joint Report on represented by the firm in civil matters preparing a full report for the annual Cuba, which brings together ALA’s poli- and that the divine, Inc. case is being conference in Orlando and the March cies on human rights and freedom of handled by Jenner & Block’s criminal issue of American Libraries will be expression and supports IFLA’s actions branch, many councilors were outraged devoted to rural libraries. relating to Cuba. The full report may be by the decision. ALA is now reexamin- found at: ing the criteria for retaining counsel. The initiative to provide health insur- ance to ALA members had a setback www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Ne The Core Values Task Force II held sev- when the first selected provider was ws&template=/ContentManagement/Co eral meetings with lively discussions of sold, but another company, Marsh & ntentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=53695 the ten principles which they identified McLennan, has been found. An as possible core values. The members announcement about the availability of The previous paragraph illustrates have taken the results back to commit- the insurance will be made this spring. another effort of ALA – to reduce the tee for additional work. very long URLs on the website to some- Nann Blaine Hilyard, who was once thing more manageable. The “tiny” The ALA Allied Professional director of Fargo Public Library, was URL initiative should shrink many of Association (APA) is about six months elected to ALA’s Executive Board, along these long addresses. old and has its first director, Jennifer with long-time councilor Janet Swan Grady.