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Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009 Susan Cooley Scooley@Romelibrary.Org Georgia Library Quarterly Volume 46 | Issue 2 Article 21 April 2009 Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009 Susan Cooley [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Cooley, Susan (2009) "Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009," Georgia Library Quarterly: Vol. 46 : Iss. 2 , Article 21. Available at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol46/iss2/21 This Complete Issue is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Georgia Library Quarterly by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009 Volume 46 Number 2 Spring 2009 Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2009 1 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 46, Iss. 2 [2009], Art. 21 https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol46/iss2/21 2 Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009 The Official Journal From the President by James C. Cooper 2 of the Georgia Library Association Letter to the Editor 4 Volume 46, Number 2 Spring 2009 We Love Libraries by Wally Eberhard 5 Subscription Rates: $25.00 per year free to GLA members My Own Private Library by Stacy L. Brown 6 Microfilm copies of back issues may be purchased from: Employee Development University Microfilm 8 300 North Zeeb Road Using WebCT Vista Ann Arbor, MI 48106 by Jennifer Link Jones Editorial correspondence and advertising inquiries: Susan Cooley Academic Librarians and Faculty Status: 12 Editor, GLQ Mountain, Molehill or Mesa Sara Hightower Regional Library 205 Riverside Parkway by Alan Bernstein Rome, GA 30161 [email protected] American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: 16 Author submission information: How It Pertains to Georgia Libraries Accepted style guides include Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, by Diana J. Very and APA. Please indicate the style guide used with your submission. Papers may be submitted in Word In the News 20 2003, Word 2007, WordPerfect, RTF and plain text formats. If graphics or charts are included, attach as separate, individual files. Photos and graphics should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, in JPEG, TIFF or EPS format. Deadlines for articles and papers are the 10th of February, May, Atlanta Thrashers hockey mascot Thrash (left) takes time out to read to Little August and November. Deadlines Thrash at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System’s East Point branch. Georgia for news items and advertising are Public Library Service, along with the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers, will kick the first of March, June, off their fifth annual Check-it-Out Reading Challenge on June 1. The popular September and December. program encourages young readers to spend part of their summer’s free time reading — and earn basketball- and hockey-related rewards in the process. Change of address: GLA Administrative Services Any child enrolled in grades pre-K-12 in the state of Georgia may participate P.O. Box 793 by having a parent or guardian log on to www.checkitoutreading.com, either Rex, GA 30273 on a home computer or a public-access computer at the library. (Photo by [email protected] Jason Duignan) Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2009 3 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 46, Iss. 2 [2009], Art. 21 Can you believe that we already have finished the first This group consists of library and information students quarter of 2009? Time does seem to move quickly when and new graduates, and their meetings have attracted up we are busy, and GLA certainly has been filled with a lot to 75 participants. of activity this year! On Jan. 15, these enthusiastic members hosted an Our annual Georgia Library Day was Feb. 26 at the informal meeting at Manuel’s Tavern, where they were Capitol, and as usual, we had great attendance at this able to meet with a variety of local library administrators. event. Almost 300 library advocates met to discuss issues I was privileged to participate in this occasion, and I must involving Georgia libraries before visiting the “Gold say that I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the Dome,” where they visited with legislators and voiced evening. Many thanks to Shelly Rogers, current chair of their concerns. School libraries, public libraries, and NMRT; Sarah Steiner, previous NMRT chair; and all of the academic libraries continue to see annual use increases of members of the Atlanta Emerging Librarians for their well over 10 percent, and during times of economic dynamic leadership in our profession! recession, the role of libraries in the lives of our citizens is more important than ever. And although the use of Finally, as president of Georgia Library Association in computers as a library service is more important as an 2009, I also serve as chairman of this year’s COMO information tool, the demand for books continues to Steering Committee. We are looking forward to this increase as well. year’s COMO XXI Conference, to be held Oct. 7-9 in Columbus. This year’s theme is COMO XXI: Connect, Many thanks for Chris Huff, systems librarian at Ingram Collaborate, Communicate. Every GLA member has Library at the University of West Georgia and chairman of expertise that is of interest to other librarians, and I want the Legislative Committee of GLA, for coordinating this to ask each of you to submit a program proposal when year’s Library Day. In recognition of the importance of the “call for proposals” is issued soon. We need your help libraries to our economy, Chris distributed fortune cookies to make this COMO Conference the very best ever! to all attendees and all legislators that included the message, “Libraries Bring Good Fortune to All We’re off to a great start in 2009. Thanks to all of you for Georgians.” What an important message to convey to being actively involved in Georgia Library Association! our elected officials! — James C. Cooper One noteworthy area of activity within GLA this year has President been a new group called the Atlanta Emerging Librarians, Georgia Library Association operating as a part of the New Members Round Table. 2 Spring 2009 Georgia Library Quarterly https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol46/iss2/21 4 Cooley: Georgia Library Quarterly, Spring 2009 Front row, from left: Laura Burtle, Susan Cooley and Julie Walker. Back row, from left: Jeff Heck, Lora Mirza, Karen Odom, David Baker and Sarah McGhee. Not pictured: Sarah Steiner and Ann Vidor. Jeff Heck Editorial Staff / Assignments Editor Reese Library Sarah Steiner Susan Cooley Augusta State University Editorial Staff / Advertising Manager Editor [email protected] Georgia State University Library Sara Hightower Regional Library [email protected] 205 Riverside Parkway Sarah McGhee Rome, GA 30161 Co-editor, Book Reviews Ann Vidor 706-236-4609 Chestatee Regional Library System Editorial Staff [email protected] [email protected] R.W. Woodruff Library Emory University David Baker Lora Mirza [email protected] Designer Editorial Staff Georgia Public Library Service Dunwoody Campus Library Julie White Walker [email protected] Georgia Perimeter College Associate Editor 770-274-5091 Georgia Public Library Service Laura Burtle [email protected] [email protected] GLA Web Site Manager Georgia State University Library Karen Odom Joanne Lincoln [email protected] Co-editor, Book Reviews Editor Emeritus Houston County Public Libraries [email protected] Visit the Georgia Library Association on the Web! gla.georgialibraries.org Georgia Library Quarterly Spring 2009 3 Published by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2009 5 Georgia Library Quarterly, Vol. 46, Iss. 2 [2009], Art. 21 Dear Editor: Thank you for your many years of hard work and for making sure our profession has a written voice in Georgia. I appreciate the opportunity to voice my opinion through such a professional journal. The 2009 Library Day at the state Capitol was a very productive one for my library, and I hope it was equally so for many others. I have attended so many Library Days that I may have a slight advantage over newer librarians in how to make the most of it. I always bring some of my library board trustees and, often, a few members from our Friends organization. I feel an obligation to make a strong showing at the Capitol, because we are geographically close, and many other library supporters are not. Our senators and representatives have come to expect us there, and they look for us. The first Library Day at our state Capitol was held in the late 1970s, and it was sponsored by trustees from around the state. When the Georgia Council for Public Libraries was founded, it helped continue Library Day at the Capitol. For many years, Georgia Council sponsored and organized the event. Over the years, several different meeting and lunching places were used, and the day was structured a little differently from time to time. We even called it Library Legislative Day at one point. Around 1999, I recommended to the Georgia Council that the responsibility for Library Day be shifted to GLA, because I consider it a larger and perhaps more inclusive organization. My staff and I planned and implemented Library Day for a few years during this transition until GLA worked it into a rotating responsibility. The purpose of Library Day, I believe, was — and is — to ADVOCATE to our state lawmakers for libraries across Georgia. For many years, it was just public libraries, but especially after the birth of GALILEO, we saw the value and strength of ALL libraries working together with and for each other. Media specialists and academic librarians and their legislative needs are now included among the day’s topics and in the information that is distributed.
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