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IN THIS ISSUE: Libraries are the Opposite of Artificial Intelligence Evidence Based Practice for School Libraries: A Practical Guide Rural Library Transformation Nothing Passive About Passive Programming TLA 2019 Exhibitors Directory B TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 TexasLibraryJournal CONTENTS

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t has been a busy spring at TLA, On the legislative front, it has been a busy and productive with the Texas Legislature in session. I’m happy to say we have had some big successes so Isession, and the 2019 Annual far. It’s too early to call a victory as we go to press but we have Conference just a few weeks away. much to celebrate. We have been hard at work on both Reauthorization of the Texas State Library and Archives fronts on behalf of our members. Commission (TSLAC), the state agency that supports Texas In April, approximately 7,000 library libraries, is a huge endeavor for this session and one we’ve professionals will convene in Austin been working toward for more than a year. With member input to connect to inspire, innovate, and and testimony, the bill is moving forward successfully and impact at the TLA 2019 conference. we should continue with another 12 years of resources like I am so excited about the work we’ve been doing—staff as well TexShare, TexQuest, broadband, and professional development. as the amazing Program Planning and Local Arrangements TLA members have also spoken in support of budget requests Committees—and cannot wait to share it with you. to continue and to expand existing programs TSLAC. As we look to all of the fun and professional learning to Advocacy efforts paid big dividends in February when the come in April, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect school library community rallied with a consistent, positive on one of the TLA 2019 goals established when planning message to their state senators that school librarians are began 18 months ago. The committee wanted to emphasize teachers. This campaign, fought in social media, through that conference is a place where civil discourse should be phone calls, emails, and traditional media with radio and championed, and individuals would feel supported in their newspaper articles, made clear that school librarians teach professional work and during the conference when interacting in the largest classroom in the school every day. As a result, with others. To that end, we have planned a number of Senate Bill 3 author Sen. Jane Nelson amended her bill as it programs that will provide attendees with opportunities to was taken to vote by the full Senate to include school librarians do just that—from the Pantsuit Politics Podcast program on along with teachers in a $5000 raise. School librarians—what grace-filled political conversations to sessions such as how to a huge win! We will have to wait to see how things play out Engage Young Readers in Discussions of Diversity, Ethnicity, from here, but I’m elated that we accomplished this—it was and Inclusion. so affirming to be recognized for the valuable role school librarians play in instruction. TLA membership dollars support Along that same topic, the ever-changing political and cultural advocacy for our profession—but none of it would be possible climate prompted a review of the TLA Code of Conduct. without your grassroots work in building relationships with Although it had just been a few years since it was adopted, your representatives. we wanted to reaffirm our implementation and commitment to all participants’ safety and experience when attending our Special thanks to TLA Legislative Chair Susan Mann and those events. The Executive Board held a virtual meeting in February who have joined me in Austin to testify on these important and formed a subcommittee which reviewed the existing issues as of this writing—Eddy Smith, Leah Mann, Cindy document. Based on their work, we voted in March to make Buchanan, Linda Stevens, Gretchen Pruett, Nancy Jo Lambert, some edits to strengthen the language of the Code of Conduct. and Roosevelt Weeks. Stay tuned as this session continues! We also made some powerful improvements in how visible Finally, I would just like to close with a thank you to TLA it will be at conference and throughout our association work members and staff who have worked tirelessly to make in the future, including clearly defined reporting procedures. this year a successful one! Several initiatives have been Both conference planning committees provided feedback accomplished—aligning the TLA reading lists to be more and suggestions as we want everyone who attends a TLA consistent in practice, developing resources for community conference to have a safe, welcoming experience. “See engagement, and a thorough study of our membership Something, Say Something” will be our mantra throughout reach. Through much change and growth, we are all working conference. I’m very pleased with our efforts and I hope you toward the same goal for our association—to empower library will see this renewed commitment reflected in the conference personnel and supporters to develop library excellence for the experience in April and moving forward. In our efforts to be people of Texas. better and do better, we have to be purposeful. I hope you will join me in this important work.

Texas Library Association 4 EDITORIAL BY WENDY WOODLAND Library-Related Bills Begin to Move Through the Legislature he March 8 bill filing deadline has passed, and members of the Legislature are turning Ttheir attention to moving their bills. It’s a long, convoluted process, with many obstacles along the way. And just when you experience success, that joy is tempered by the realization that you have to go through everything again when the bill moves to the other chamber. Here’s a brief update on several bills which TLA is working on: SB 1 and HB 1 – Appropriations TLA members testified in support of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) budget at the Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations Article I subcommittee hearings. We asked that the Legislature approve the agency’s budget request, and include the $4.2 million exceptional item request to increase access to affordable eBooks. We also submitted testimony in support of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Open Education Resources (OER) exceptional item requests. Both committees are finalizing decisions on which, if any exceptional items will be added to the final HB 703 – Extends the length of time before birth budget. Once those decisions are made, the bills must records enter the public domain from 75 years to 125 be approved by the committees, then by the full House years. We oppose this bill and provided testimony to or Senate – and then one version will end up in a the Public Health Committee expressing our concerns. conference committee. HB 1960 – Creates a governor’s broadband council. SB 3 – Provides a $5000 pay raise for classroom TLA supports the creation of the council, but currently teachers and school librarians. Thanks to outstanding libraries are not included on the council. We contacted advocacy by countless school librarians across the the bill’s sponsor to ask that libraries be included, and state, Senator Jane Nelson, the bill’s sponsor, offered an provided information on the important role libraries amendment on the Senate floor which added school play in broadband access. librarians to the bill. The Senate unanimously voted in HB 1962 – Reauthorizes the Texas State Library and favor of the bill. TLA and TASL testified in support of the Archives Commission for another 12 years. This is bill. the bill which came out of the TSLAC Sunset process. HB 700 – Expands the types of organizations that can TLA members testified in support of the bill at a apply for grants from the Texas Workforce Commission recent hearing and we expect the bill to pass out of Skills Development Fund to include public libraries, committee in the next couple of weeks. local workforce development boards, and school Find all of the latest information on these and other districts. TLA supports this bill and provided testimony bills at www.txla.org/advocacy. at the March 18 committee hearing.

5 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Advocacy Sessions at TLA 2019 Monday, April 15 | 9:30am – 2:30pm Wednesday, April 17 | 9:45-10:45am Use Your Library Voice: Personalizing Advocacy 86th Texas Legislative Session Update We’ll be more than halfway through the Texas With just over one month left in the current session, Legislative Session and attendees will learn how legislators are working feverishly on issues that will libraries are faring with the latest news straight from impact libraries of all types. Get the latest information, the Capitol. Nationally recognized speaker Seth fresh from the Capitol, on key bills and how you can Turner, director of Citizen Engagement, Congressional advocate for positive results. The TLA Legislative Management Foundation, Washington, D.C., will share Committee meeting follows this session at 11am and is proven tips, tricks and tactics for building relationships open to all TLA members. with elected officials. This is a not-to-miss opportunity to gain valuable skills See you in Austin! that will help you build influence with local, state and national lawmakers; and with your administrators, supervisors, and Board members. Register by March 31 $25 TLA members; $50 nonmembers (Lunch included)

Texas Library Association 6 Libraries are the Opposite of Artificial Intelligence BY MITCHELL DAVIS

was invited to speak at Rob McGee’s and Geoff librarians trying to solve are more fundamental and Payne’s President’s Summit at the 2019 ALA rooted in what has always made libraries important: I Midwinter. Four years ago, Rob’s invitation to be connection, inspiration and serving their community. part of this event was one of the first times anyone I walked away from the panel convinced that in 500 had shown interest in what we had to say about the years what libraries will be remembered for is building future of libraries. And for a group with a big vision authentic local community. Creating and sustaining that inspiration is invaluable. This year the session was strong local communities is a human problem, about Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Libraries. requiring a human solution (and yes, software can For those not familiar, the President’s Summit has gone help). on for almost 20 years and is a panel of about 10-12 Even the masters of Silicon Valley need human library thought leaders - an impressive collection of connections to happen on their pervasive platforms for CEO’s and other big thinkers from major players in the them to have any meaning (or shareholder value). As public, cultural and higher ed library markets. we crave more authentic connections, the library can The vendor panelists talked about the impact AI is meaningfully provide the digital and physical spaces having on their own businesses (mostly automating for this to happen. Everyday I see libraries fulfilling their to reduce labor costs). And of course the discussion purpose as catalysts in building local community as steered into an intellectual examination of the societal they have always done but in ways the world has never impacts that surround any conversation about creating seen before. machines that are smarter than us and the potential We have witnessed first-hand over the past few years outcomes from having done that. To be honest, I felt how libraries can take simple steps to engage their completely out of place. local creative community (writers, artists, musicians, historians, other cultural organizations) and start building sustainable programs that resonate. We are helping libraries tell these success stories to their stakeholders and it works. But the key to sustainability is libraries committing to success, framing that success to their own communities and treating these initiatives as core to the mission of the library. The problems I see passionate librarians trying to solve are more fundamental and rooted in what has always made Perhaps, I felt out of place because we are not one libraries important: of the big companies thinking about how these technologies may improve shareholder returns, connection, inspiration and strategic position or other corporate driven priorities. serving their community. On the ground, the problems I see passionate

7 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Indie Texas Project to Launch Statewide in April 2019 Our work with the Indie Author Project has networked Without the support of our community building tens of thousands of independent authors with partners at BiblioTech (Bexar County), Brazoria County, thousands of librarians across North America. This Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library (Brenham), Tye work to build friendly, community-driven programs Preston Memorial Library (Canyon Lake), Cozby Library for independently published books and the authors and Community Commons (Coppell), Helen Hall Library who write them, connects the library mission to (League City), and Roanoke Public Library we would not engage local community with its traditional role of be able to do this work statewide, and we look forward finding and sharing great books. to working with more libraries as this year’s contest From high profile success stories like librarians within starts in April. We have already had dozens of librarians the Black Caucus of the ALA fueling L. Penelope’s from across Texas offer to be judges and consultants. meteoric rise to publishing stardom, to smaller impacts And we are exploring ways to work more closely with on the lives of the writers and readers in their own the Texas Library Association, the Texas Center for the communities, these programs are working. Book and the Texas Book Festival ahead of the launch. In 2018, we cooperated with hundreds of librarians Libraries have always had a DIY spirit and a across eight states to identify and make available commitment to discovering and elevating unheard through libraries the best indie-published books with voices — and this effort is becoming a catalyst for that the first winners announced late last year. At DPLAFest to happen at a new scale in the world of ebooks. We are in April, we will be announcing the first Indie Author of happy to be a part of the movement and look forward the Year. to many great accomplishments alongside the creative community and librarians in the state of Texas. In 2019, the Indie Author Project is expanding to eight Mitchell Davis is the founder and CEO of BiblioBoard, more states - including Texas - and Canada. We could Charleston, SC. not be more excited. We are working with libraries to find the best indie published book in the state and would love to work with every Texas librarian or library that wants to be part of this important project.

Texas Library Association 8 Evidence-Based Practice for School Libraries: A Practical Guide BY ROBIN HENRY

espite the widespread adoption of evidence gathering outcome related data. Part of the solution based practice in education and a plethora may be to change the way school librarians use data. Dof library standards, technology standards, Rather than advocating for librarian jobs, perhaps educational standards, and guidelines of all shapes data, even usage statistics, might be used to measure and sizes, school libraries have lagged behind in using the ways in which libraries and librarians provide data to make decisions about programs, collection the conditions under which student learning and development, and educational practices. The call for professional educational practice can flourish. school librarians to embrace evidence based practice dates back at least to Ross Todd’s 2003 School Library Part of the solution may be to change the Journal article, Irrefutable evidence: how to prove you way school librarians use data. boost student achievement. (Todd 2003, 52-54) Librarians have spent years collecting circulation In Making Evidence-Based Practice Educational, John statistics, counting the number of visitors, and tallying Elliott writes that the “primary role of educational up the number of books added and weeded every year, research is...to investigate the condition for realizing but these data points don’t mean much in terms of the a coherent educational process in particular practical effectiveness of libraries or librarians. Numerous studies contexts.” (Elliott, 2001, 564) School libraries are a by Keith Curry Lance tout school libraries’ effectiveness, particular context in which a coherent educational and he has done an excellent job of replicating his data process - inquiry based learning - takes place. If school across multiple states. (Lance 2018) Librarians know librarians approach evidence based practice from the that school libraries matter; the more difficult task is standpoint of using research for practice, (Todd 2015, to find a way to measure the effectiveness of various 9) and then add a layer by evaluating progress toward aspects of school library practice in order to make professional goals related to their school library informed choices about the directions individual library programs and using the evidence they collect to direct programs need to move. decision making, they would be using evidence based practice to facilitate the educational process rather In What’s a school librarian’s favorite preposition? than measuring student outcomes. Evidence in, of, and for practice, Jennifer Richey and Maria Cahill conducted a survey to determine the Since it is very difficult to demonstrate a causal extent to which school librarians apply the tools of relationship between the library and student evidence based practice and communicate their outcomes, shifting the focus to the educational findings with stakeholders. Richey and Cahill asked process would allow school librarians to use data to school librarians how they used the same old data assess their programs in meaningful ways by attaching and usage statistics to advocate for school library measurements to the library’s mission and goals in a programs and “validate [the] need for funding and recursive process to promote growth, while avoiding [the school librarian’s] position.” The authors reported, the trap of seeming to advocate for jobs rather than “Disappointingly, few respondents indicated the data students. shared was related to student learning outcomes,” Assessment, or evidence based practice, is a recursive (Richey, Cahill, 2015, 19) but the authors offered no process which school librarians could use to evaluate practical advice for how a librarian might go about their programs and make informed decisions

9 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 about how to structure their library spaces, events, The ratings may be used to set goals or measure collections, and more—all for the benefit of the progress on goals within the domains. By using students and their educational processes. Librarians the spreadsheet, Texas school librarians may take a would measure how school libraries positively impact baseline measurement of their programs and decide the educational environment on their campuses and upon goals to maintain or grow in one or more of the identify both areas of excellence and areas for growth. domains - they can engage in evidence based practice In Texas, school librarians recently received updated in order to create and maintain a positive environment Texas School Library Program Standards from the for educational processes. I included only those Texas State Library and Archives Commission. (Steering variables which are at least partially under librarian Committee 2018) The Texas School Library Program control and would impact library programs. Not all Standards provide librarians with a framework based libraries will excel in all domains, but the tool makes it on research and best practices to build, maintain, possible to make good decisions about which areas to assess, and grow an effective school library program. grow. The standards include an appendix which outlines The following is an example of the school library ways to quantify the terms used to differentiate evaluation tool as applied to a Middle School. There between the levels of service a school library provides: are two versions, one for elementary and one for Distinguished, Accomplished, Proficient, Developing, secondary, since there are different measurements for and Improvement Needed. It is no accident that these each type of library. descriptors match the terminology used in the new teacher evaluation tool for Texas, the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System, or T-TESS. One of the best ways for librarians to show administrators their value to students is by evaluating their programs using the same vocabulary administrators’ use when evaluating classroom teachers. These new standards also provide guidelines to school librarians in each domain with quantified measurements to determine which rating a school library should receive for each indicator in the domains. I have created an interactive spreadsheet for librarians to use to assess library programs by using quantifiable evidence and assigning ratings in each domain: Information Literacy, Inquiry, Reading, Digital Learning, Safe and Nurturing Environment, and Leadership. School librarians can use the spreadsheet to rate their programs by entering the answers to questions; the tool then calculates the percentages, etc. and produces a rating for each domain as well as an overall rating for their program. By looking at the snapshot provided by the assessment form, I could easily see that the domain I would want One of the best ways for librarians to show to target for the following year is Inquiry. I knew this already, based on my experience, but having the hard administrators their value to students is data, in quantifiable categories, made it easy to use this by evaluating their programs using the rating in my goal setting with my principal and also in my summative evaluation meeting. same vocabulary administrators’ use when The data allowed me to see where I had made evaluating classroom teachers. progress on my 2018 goals - one of which was to increase circulation and build the collection to support

Texas Library Association 10 reading. When I compared the rating from 2018 to data and using the ratings generated by the formulae the rating I would have received using the previous help to provide school librarians with the evidence year’s numbers, the improvement was startling - a 25% they need to show their effectiveness individually jump in circulation and a two year improvement in on their own campuses in the language used by the average collection age. Circulation and collection stakeholders. It also helps the librarian to use evidence age are not new metrics, but by putting them in the for and in practice as Dr. Todd has encouraged. The framework provided by the new standards, I was able assessment form is not a final destination, but it is a to quantify the library support for Reading, which was chance to apply the standards in a meaningful way and a campus focus. Using the vocabulary of T-TESS made it to put theory into practice. easier for my principal to see the library as supportive Robin Henry is the librarian at Leander High School in of teaching and learning; providing an environment to Leander ISD. support effective educational processes. Below is a snapshot of the Digital Learning section of Bibliography the assessment form for secondary libraries. I created Elliott, John. “Making Evidence-Based Practice Edu- formulae based on the Texas School Library Program cational.” British Educational Research Journal 27, Standards and the suggested measurements in the no. 5 (December 2001): 555-74. www.jstor.org/sta- appendix. When a librarian enters the information into ble/1501951. the green cells, the spreadsheet makes the necessary Lance, Keith Curry. “School Library Impact Studies.” Keith calculations and assigns the rating as called for in the Curry Lance. Accessed December 20, 2018. keithcurry- standards. lance.com/school-library-impact-studies/. Enter a number from 1-5 for the following Richey, Jennifer, and Maria Cahill. “What’s a school conditions: 5-separate interactive library web page by librarian’s favorite preposition? Evidence in, of, and for librarian practice.” Knowledge Quest 43, no. 3 (February 2015): 4-separate static library web page by librarian 3-separate library web page by webmaster 68-74. link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A398629409/ 2-library presence on school site by webmaster GPS?u=j246913001&sid=GPS&xid=7c43f488. 1-no library web presence Steering Committee to Revise School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas, comp. School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas. Austin, TX - Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 2018. Todd, Ross J. “Evidence-Based Practice and School Libraries.” Knowledge Quest 43, no. 3 (2015): 8-15. link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A398629401/GPS?u=- j246913001&sid=GPS&xid=7765e754. “Irrefutable evidence: how to prove you boost student achievement.” School Library Journal 49, no. 4 (April 2003): 52-54. link.galegroup.com/apps/ doc/A100608794/GPS?u=j246913001&sid=GPS&x- id=71b07786. The Texas School Library Assessment form is available online. Librarians will need to copy the form to their own Google Drive. The Elementary version is on a separate tab found at the bottom of the spreadsheet. It is important to fill in ONLY the green fields and to follow all the instructions on the sheet for it to calculate the ratings accurately. There are formulae embedded in the form; entering information in the incorrect cell will likely result in errors. Using the Texas School Library Assessment Form will give librarians a place to start in using evidence based practice when setting goals, making decisions, and participating in the conversation about not only their own evaluations, but about creating environments for effective educational processes. Filling in the form with

11 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Texas Library Association 12 Three Questions to Engage Donors, Stakeholders, and the Community BY DREANNA BELDEN

ibraries do a stellar job of collecting data about we receive responses, we pull out a compelling quote gate counts, circulation, instruction, attendance from their story and create a graphic that combines at events, and the wealth of other services we this with their quote. provideL every day to our patrons and community. These quantitative metrics share critical information and are necessary, but when we try to communicate our value, data holds scant ability to grab the imagination. No one is going to open their wallet or increase the city budget for the library based on any of these numbers alone. The most powerful way to demonstrate impact, make an impression, or touch hearts is by telling someone a story. In 2015, University of North Texas Libraries staff were looking for an effective way to gather and share meaningful stories from our students, faculty, and the UNT community, and we came up with a straightforward way to do this - we would ask people three questions about how the libraries helped them: 1. How important are unique collections or services in your teaching, learning or research? The stories we’ve collected have been fascinating and represent the breadth of the services and research 2. How have unique collections or services changed the collections we provide to the UNT community. We’ve way you approach your research, teaching or learning? featured several authors, like Linzee Kull McCray, 3. What do you want others to know about your who shared how the Portal to Texas History provided research, teaching or learning? access to rural historic newspapers which revealed sources subsequently used in her book, Feedsacks: the These questions represent what we’re trying to capture Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric. We also featured for an academic library, but can be easily adapted UNT students, such as Blerim Elmazi, who discussed for public and other types of libraries. For example, how Special Collections enabled his research on the you might ask, how has the library helped you in Mansfield desegregation crisis of 1956. your everyday life? What’s the most fun thing you’ve discovered at the library? What do you love most Doctoral student Karen Wisely explained that her about summer reading? The options are endless. Since dissertation on the development of the Dallas gay starting this initiative, we’ve published over 30 stories community would have been impossible without the illustrating how we’ve helped people who use the UNT extensive research materials we hold in the Resource Libraries, and we distribute these stories on multiple Center LGBT Collections. John Murphy, professor of platforms to a broad audience. Jazz History, illustrated how he uses special collections from the Music Library in every class that he teaches. These stories primarily live on the Three Questions Other stories featured an 8th grader who obtained a page on our website which describes Three Questions Texas historical marker and an educator at the Alamo as, “an initiative to share the value that our faculty, who used our online resources to train teachers across students, and others in the broader community derive the state. from using the Unique Collections and Services at UNT Libraries.” When we solicit these stories, we These powerful stories directly demonstrate the value inform people that their stories will be featured on that our community receives from using our services the Libraries’ website, newsletters and social media, and unique resources, and how we support research and also request a brief bio and a photograph. When and learning for students and scholars in Texas and 13 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Three Questions to Engage Donors, Stakeholders, and the Community BY DREANNA BELDEN

beyond. After placing the stories on our website, letters, or impact reports, we like to focus on the they are featured in newsletters, on social media, and story we’re trying to tell, and augment those pieces in print. We include these in thank you notes and with infographics that bolster our case for value and cultivation pieces to donors, and have even attached relevance. The Three Questions initiative has been them to funding requests and reports to federal successful with engaging our donors, stakeholders and agencies and private foundations. community. Dreanna Belden is the Assistant Dean for External Relations The most powerful way to at the University of North Texas Libraries. demonstrate impact, make an impression, or touch hearts is by telling someone a story. One donor noted that he appreciated receiving handwritten notes and emails with recaps of student research successes based on the Portal as a way of keeping him connected. It’s working - instead of his usual donation; he increased his annual contribution significantly, by twenty times what he’d given the previous year. So, is there a place for the numbers to come in? Yes - an effective way to share the data is in our communications pieces as supplements to the stories we are telling. In annual reports, solicitation

Texas Library Association 14 Rural Library Transformation BY GWIN GRIMES I inherited a mess in July 2016. furniture, created a flexible space community room, With only a couple of years of library experience wrote a policy manual, applied for and got a grant under my belt, and that was almost 20 years ago at an from the Tocker Foundation for a new integrated academic library, I was hired as the director of the Jeff library system, solicited donations and installed new Davis County Library. lighting in the dim and dark community room, started keeping statistics, bought materials that patrons wanted, started offering programs for children and adults, repaired a broken relationship with the Friends of the Library group, started reporting to the county commissioners monthly, reached out to potential partners in the community, started to cover book jackets and properly prepare materials for cataloging and shelving, started a summer reading program, fixed thousands of incorrect catalog records and spine labels, bought a printer for spine labels, moved the A 1910 photo of the Union Mercantile electric typewriter to circulate in our Library of Things, began contacting patrons about overdue books, When I started, the 6,000-square-foot library, which installed a filter on the children’s computer, installed is housed in the historic 1873 Union Mercantile time management and partition software on the public building in Fort Davis, had been a book museum, a free computers -- and that was just the beginning of the bookstore, an unlicensed day-care center, a wanna-be process. antique shop, a craft fair, and more. Stuff for sale and In short, we turned the facility into a functioning free stuff was mixed in with the materials that were library. available to check out. Materials had no due dates and the staff didn’t know how to turn on the receipt printer. The collection included only one book on the New York Times bestseller list and DVDs were sourced from the town thrift store. Every nook and cranny was stuffed with old encyclopedias, dead computers, random craft supplies, out-of-date magazines, and dust-catching decorations. We implemented a lot of changes in my first year on the job and continue to refine the results. In one year, from April 2016 to April 2017, the library’s door count and circulation doubled. Two and a half years in The library retains its classic charm with a pressed tin ceiling and and these numbers continue to grow - circulation has original wood floors. Photo by Gwin Grimes tripled, and the door count continues to slowly creep up. What I faced three years ago was a series of problem- solving events. Now, I’m not going to tell you that Did I mention that I’m the only full-time library everything I did was a success, and some things, employee? like programming, are always going to be a work in With the help of two part-time library assistants and progress. a cadre of enthusiastic volunteers, many from the If you are faced with a seemingly insurmountable list of Friends of the Library group, we weeded or recycled problems and projects, here are my thoughts on how almost 20,000 items, rearranged all the materials and to get started.

15 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Identify the problem or problems Use your ILS stats Go online and print out the Texas Library Association’s This information is valuable for more than just Public Library Standards. These voluntary standards for weeding - look at circulation stats in general. are intended as an assessment and guide to levels of DVDs account for more than 30 percent of our total service for public libraries in Texas. circulation, but they had the least amount of space in Study the minimum criteria for accreditation by the the library and were stuck in a dark back corner next Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC). to the janitor’s closet. I learned that we had more large print fiction than regular print fiction, but the large The TLA standards and TSLAC accreditation criteria are print was jammed into half the space of regular fiction. different. I didn’t know that at first but meeting all the voluntary TLA standards puts your library in a good Analyze and synthesize the data position to be accredited. In other words, think about what the numbers are Print the TLA standards, and put them on a clipboard saying. You might have a huge large print collection, you can carry around and mark them up with notes. It’s but the only thing that circulates is Christian romance a checklist and will serve as a physical reminder of what large print fiction. Is that because of the genre or the needs to be done. format? You might have to dive a little deeper. It’s also very satisfying to mark them off as they’re Share with your board or governing body done! My library started at about 20 achieved out of Don’t share your ideas before you’ve had time to work 136. Some months we’d meet 10 or more. By the time I through the complete process, or you’ll be second- filled out the forms for accreditation after my first year, guessing yourself. Prepare your reasons for change but we met all that were applicable to us. be open to improvements on your ideas. Be prepared The standards are ranked minimum, enhanced, and to answer stakeholder questions and have back-up exemplary. I don’t know about you, but I’m not happy materials to support your requests. meeting the minimum requirements - make exemplary Gather feedback and add to your analysis your goal, even if you have to work in stages. When you’ve got a plan, ask for input from your board Gather information or governing body, staff, volunteers, and Friends of the What will it take to meet the minimum standards? What Library. Use patron surveys, focus groups, a suggestion kind of budget do I have to work with? Can I find more box - whatever method works to reach the widest money? Do an Edge assessment to identify technology audience. This is not my library to make changes that needs. Start doing surveys after your programs (ALA’s please me. It belongs to the taxpayers and changes Project Outcome is a good resource). Become familiar need to benefit the patrons who use it. with Texas laws related to libraries. Seek solutions Do research This can mean more research, talking to vendors, Go online and subscribe to appropriate listservs (I reaching out to consultants at the state library or like the ones from CTLS.net, arsl.info, and the Texas professional association, or asking your peers at the Library Association’s Public Libraries Division). Ask library in the next town. It could mean changing a questions. Look at industry publications, like American timeline to apply for a grant or making do with old Libraries and the Texas Library Journal, especially those furniture in order to afford new bookcases. This is part featuring new construction or remodeling of libraries. of the refining process. Peruse library supply catalogs or websites, like Demco, Follow best practices Brodart, or The Library Store. Ask peers on list-serves, librarians in neighboring towns, or on some of the many library Facebook groups, like Bossy Librarians, Library Facilities & Maintenance, Programming Librarian Interest Group, Solo Librarians Network, and Tiny Library Think Tank.

Texas Library Association 16 Volunteer Elaine Harmon introduces local performer Washtub Jerry at closing event for “Lonesome Dove,” a traveling exhibit by the Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University, in partnership with Humanities Texas. Photo by Vicki Gibson 2018

Again, use the consultants at the state library – they are Embrace change - but only when the change is for the a tremendous resource! better. Upon reflection, I can say that my outsider status Accept that you are not going to make everyone helped me in several ways. I was new, and open- happy, but you can make the library function better, be minded patrons, the county judge and commissioners, more welcoming, and make it easier for patrons to find and the Friends of the Library expected improvements and use the resources they need. even if they didn’t always realize that improvements Patrons may resist change, or at least the idea of meant change. change, but if the library is more comfortable and Be warned: Most patrons hate change. Most staff fear easier to use, they will come in more often and use it. change. Gwin Grimes is the director of the Jeff Davis County Library in You will be blindsided by criticism or complaints, Alpine, Texas. seemingly out of the blue. It may or may not be a timely attack — you may think a project was complete and, all of a sudden, you’ll be dealing with an unhappy patron. Do not take it personally!

17 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Nothing Passive About Passive Programming BY KIMBERLY CLUTTER Customer engagement through programming is a Now, sixteen months later, passive programs are as key priority for public librarians. We are constantly much a priority for the staff and the community as assessing how programs fit community needs, active programs, and we have come to recognize incorporating the latest trends, collecting stats and that there is nothing passive about them at all. These customer feedback, and reinventing an entire schedule programs which fully engage children and allow them of programming when the old ways grow tired. This to learn and be creative at their own pace, are more is the story of how one library noticed a significant accurately called self-directed programs. programming gap and nearly doubled the number of We are fortunate to have a large Children’s Area Children’s programs offered in sixteen months. and a Children’s team of eight staff members, but The Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library is self-directed programs are scalable for all libraries, a partnership between Harris County Public Library regardless of size, demographic, or budget. The self- and Lone Star College-Tomball that serves both directed programs we coordinate fall under four community members and college students. The library categories: toys for in-house checkout, early literacy is a destination library, not a neighborhood library to kits, make and take crafts, and programs that promote which customers can walk. Sometimes individuals drop community engagement. by on their way somewhere else and only have twenty Toys for In-House Checkout minutes to spare, while other times whole families This was one of the first long-term self-directed spend several hours at the library. programs we introduced to offer more advanced toys When we considered these two very different usage for kids. The Toy Box contains twelve toys that range patterns, we quickly realized that, by focusing only on from geometric sorters and blocks, to a construction set active programs, we were not reaching all our library and magnetic tiles. Kids “check-out” the toys by asking customers. In October 2017, the Children’s department for them at the Children’s Desk and giving a librarian started an initiative to focus on passive programming their name. These toys are especially popular with for children toddlers and preschool-aged kids. to engage Early Literacy Kits all our Known as Busy Bags, these kits also “check-out” at the customers. Children’s Desk. Each kit contains six to seven different Until that activities on a theme (i.e., shapes, colors, farm animals, point, we holidays), all of which support early literacy skills and had offered building blocks. The activities, all created in-house, a few passive focus on skills such as story recall, pattern recognition, programs a color matching, numbers and letters and encourage month, but collaboration between parent and child. The Busy Bags they simply are most popular with preschoolers. were not a priority.

Photo by Lone Star College - Tomball Community Library Texas Library Association 18 When done correctly, self-directed programming still requires staff work to prepare, sometimes as much as hosting an active program. But the positive outcomes more than compensate for staff time spent on coordinating them. Most of the self-directed programs we offer encourage interaction between parent and child while also reinforcing early literacy and fine motor skills. Participation in self-directed programs also gives children a sense of ownership of the library while encouraging them to be an active member of the library community. Perhaps the greatest positive outcome we have seen is that self-directed programs offer alternatives for families. Working parents might not be available to attend a story time with their child, but Busy Bags still offer them a chance to take part in the early literacy experience. Extracurricular activities might keep some children away from afterschool programming, but there are still crafts and engagement programs for them to do when they are at the library. Some children Photo by Lone Star College - Tomball Community Library are not ready for the high energy of a story time room, Make and Take Crafts but the Toy Box, Busy Bags and crafts allow them to At any given time, a simple paper craft is prepped participate at their own pace. Families may not have and ready to complete at the Craft Station, an empty an hour to spend at an active program, but they might computer desk in the Children’s Area. These crafts can have 15 minutes to spend picking up books and voting be leftovers from a previous story time or prepared in the Question of the Week. No matter the reason, a specifically as a self-directed program. Several times library with strong self-directed programming always a year, we also host a week of self-directed programs has activities to keep families engaged. on a theme (i.e., Holidays Around the World, Dr. Seuss Once we began thinking of passive programs as self- crafts for Read Across America Day, etc.) which often directed programs and as equally important to active ties in with an active program happening that same programs, there was a major shift in staff attitude week. Make and take crafts are time-consuming to towards them. Programs became more creative and prepare, but they are popular with kids of all ages. engaging, which led to an increase in participation Programs that encourage community engagement and in the overall quality of customer interaction in This type of self-directed program is a branch favorite the library. Since beginning this initiative, we have because it requires some initial prep but minimal offered 612 self-directed programs over sixteen maintenance, and encourages engagement in the months, with 14,700 children participating. This library. Some of our most successful programs of this represents 46% of all Children’s programs offered at nature include a New Year’s Wish Tree in January and the branch during that time. a Candy Cane Hunt in December. Our longest-running It is not hyperbole to say that self-directed programs example is the Question of the Week. Each week, we have revolutionized Children’s programming at our display a new question on a poster near the Children’s library. The addition of self-directed programs almost Desk, and kids are encouraged to add a sticker to the doubled our programming numbers each month chart to vote. Questions range from serious (“Do you and engaged children and parents in ways active have a library card?”) to funny (“Can you hop like a programs do not. This reinvention of programming is bunny?”) and the results are posted the next week. one example of how Harris County Public Library is We have found that this style of self-directed program breaking library stereotypes to address community engages parents and kids alike and, since many are a needs. month long, gives them something to look forward to each week. Kimberly Clutter is the Assistant Branch Manager, Children’s Services at the Lone Star College-Tomball Community Library, a branch of Harris County Public Library.

19 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 Texas Library Association 20 A Day in the Life of a Hospital Librarian BY DANIEL E. BURGARD AND TIM KENNY

hile there aren’t many typical days for a hospital 9am – Kalei Malczon, library assistant, will check librarian, staff from the John S. Marietta the library’s email for overnight and early morning WMemorial Medical Library in Fort Worth share requests. She will fill article requests and secure highlights from one day’s schedule; and why they enjoy articles as needed through interlibrary loan. Literature their unique jobs. search requests will be routed to one of the librarians’ 7am - Librarian Kellie Boyd is waiting for the start of queues in the tracking system. She will assist a walk-in morning review with the patient care team in the Labor patient visitor in photocopying personal documents and Delivery Department at John Peter Smith Hospital they need for a visit to the health records office and in Fort Worth. During rounds she will listen, jot down another who is having difficulty navigating their way notes, ask questions, provide answers, and begin to through a website on the public access computer plan her approach to answering the flurry of questions station. that can arise from a single patient visit. Librarian and “I enjoy the variety that Library Manager Tim Kenny will do likewise, taking his comes along with my computer on wheels to the 3rd floor to begin room to position. On a daily basis, room rounds with the Intensive Care Unit residents and I assist nurses, physicians, attending faculty. clinical research, and many “I enjoy that each day at the other departments in the hospital we are included by hospital as well as patients clinicians and staff to help and visitors to the hospital. impact the patient care It is a fulfilling and rewarding process. The library plays position and I feel as though I am truly making a a unique and critical role difference.” – Kalei Malczon in finding and providing 10am – Tim departs rounds to attend the Obstetrics evidence-based information and Gynecology Department meeting. He will provide for our busy decision a brief update on library resources and programs makers. I love the challenge of note for the month. Much like rounds, Tim will of searching the medical databases and appraising listen for topics that need further review and field on the medical literature for the best available evidence. demand questions from the OB/GYN team. Each day I learn something new and I appreciate the opportunity to work alongside and help team members from all throughout the hospital. It is rewarding to go home at the end at the day and know that I helped play a role in improving my community’s healthcare.” – Kellie Boyd

21 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 “I love the close connection 3pm – Tim heads to a meeting with the Clinical between the informational Research Department to discuss options for tracking support and direct impact publications by hospital faculty and staff as well as on patient care. We get options for a faculty profile system. Kalei has two such a wide variety of nurses stop in to pick up advanced cardiovascular requests in the hospital life support (ACLS) review books for their upcoming environment. While clinical certification exams. Kellie completes the search for the support definitely leads the physician with the pressing presentation and circles way, we still get to support back to her remaining searches from the morning. research efforts, academic 4pm – Tim will catch up his emails, submit an Elsevier outcomes, as well as providing informational support contract to legal for approval, and send accounts the business side of the hospital administration. There payable sign offs for PsychiatryOnline and New are some many areas of focus that touch a hospital England Journal of Medicine invoices. Kellie will environment. Definitely, never the same day twice.” continue to work through her searches from the day – Tim Kenny and return an email to a physician asking for her help 11am – Kellie and Tim begin reviewing notes from in developing a search strategy for a systematic review. their morning visits, check for any additional searches Kalei will wrap up her day letting a staff member know that Kalei may have routed to them, and start their their ILL book is now available for pick up as well as respective search processes. They also spend time the procedures for submitting a request to add that responding to emails and returning phone calls from particular title to the library’s holdings. As the day the night before and morning. winds down, Tim will receive a call about an articles 1pm – As the search process continues Tim and Kellie covering presentation of intimate partner violence for a will compile selections of articles on each topic. Each care provider who will be testifying in court next week search will generate an annotated list with their and Kellie has received a request to present in a session corresponding full text to be sent to the requestor or with the nurse residents later in the month. relevant audience. With some special requests, Tim and Kellie will scour the full text for sections of particular relevance. They will highlight the information in the PDF and note the section of interest in the filename as well as on the annotated list. Kalei will request and gather full text articles not available in the library’s current holdings through the interlibrary portal. 2pm – Kalei receives a call from physician needing supporting literature for a presentation tomorrow afternoon. Kalei will make sure Tim or Kellie get Daniel E. Burgard is the Executive Director, Library and the request and let them know the particular time Information Services, and Director, National Network of constraints. Searches will be prioritized accordingly. Libraries of Medicine, Sounth Central Region, Gibson D. Anything with immediate patient care impact always Lewis Heath Science Library, University of North Texas Health stays at the top of the list. For today, there is an Science Center at Fort Worth. He serves on the TAL Executive opening to get this physician’s request to the front of Board. the line. Tim Kenny is the Clinical Library Manager and Senior Medical Librarian at John S. Marietta Memorial Medical Library at JPS Helath Network in Fort Worth.

Texas Library Association 22 Libraries Transform TLA 2019 BY JANE STIMPSON

f you’re attending TLA 2019, be on the lookout Want something more personal? You’ll also have the for a transformation the size of Texas! The Public chance to create your own Because statement and add Relations & Marketing Committee is using TLA 2019 it to your photo. PR & Marketing committee members asI an opportunity to roll out its new public awareness and volunteers will be on hand to help you get camera and advocacy campaign, Libraries Transform Texas. ready and craft the perfect Because statement. Photos Building on the success of the Powered Libraries / Ideas will be shared in the TLA 2019 conference app, on the Powered campaign and leveraging the strength of Powered Libraries Transform Texas Facebook page, and ALA’s national Libraries Transform campaign, Libraries on the Libraries Transform Texas webpage on the TLA Transform Texas will help library supporters across the site. state recognize and articulate the transformative power Stop by the photo booth anytime we’re open. Your first of libraries in their communities. opportunity is Monday, April 15 from 5 - 7 pm: perfect TLA 2019 attendees have lots of opportunities to if you’re planning on attending the Exhibit Hall Grand learn about and engage with the new campaign at Opening or TLA After Hours! You can also pop in on conference. Read on for information about the Libraries Tuesday, April 16 from 10 am - 5 pm and Wednesday, Transform Texas photo booth, a panel discussion April 17 from 9 am - 5 pm. The more, the merrier in the program on Tuesday, April 16 about using the Libraries photo booth, so don’t forget to bring your conference Transform toolkit and resources to advocate for besties with you! your library, and the chance to record a quick video The PR & Marketing Committee is also seeking interview about all the ways your library transforms volunteers to help out at the photo booth. If you’re lives in your community. interested in helping conference attendees document Libraries Transform Texas Photo Booth the many ways Libraries Transform Texas, you can sign The first big change you’ll see will be near Registration up for a 2-hour shift online. and Exhibits. You might remember the Powered Libraries Transform Panel Discussion Libraries kiosk at past conferences: maybe you entered The photo booth is just one opportunity to learn about your library in a raffle to win a maker bundle, or shared the new Libraries Transform Texas campaign at TLA what your #poweredlibraries were doing on the 2019. The PR & Marketing Committee is also sponsoring Ideas Powered board. This year, the Public Relations & a panel discussion on Tuesday, April 16 from 3:15 - 4:15 Marketing Committee is turning the Powered Libraries pm titled, “Power Your Library to Transform Texas.” kiosk and Ideas Powered board into the Libraries Transform Texas photo booth. You’ll hear from speakers of all library types who are already using the national Libraries Transform Look for the new photo booth somewhere near the campaign to spread awareness and advocate for the Registration area. You’ll be able to pose in front of a transformative power of libraries and librarians. Learn step-and-repeat bearing the bold Libraries Transform how to use Libraries Transform tools and resources to Texas logo and get your photo taken to show your share your library’s story and help your library’s users reasons why Texas libraries are essential. Hold up a share their own using interview techniques the panel colorful Because statement customized for Texas, will model. like “Because Texans speak over 160 languages” or “Because Texans know preserving history is so The panel brings together library leaders Dorcas Hand important, we fought an Archives War” and show your (Strong School Libraries), Kendra Harrell (Texas A&M Texas library pride. University - Texarkana), and Linda Stevens (Harris

23 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 County Public Library). Look the panel up in the conference app and add it to your schedule now! School Administrators Conference and Teacher Day @ TLA But that’s not all! Librarians attending School Administrators Conference or Teacher Day with administrators and teachers will have the opportunity to sit down and record a quick video interview about how their library transforms their community. Sign up for a 15-minute time slot to record a 2-3 minute video: you’ll be guided to share powerful testimony to advocate on behalf of Texas libraries. School Administrator Conference video interviews take place on Tuesday, April 16 from 1 - 3 pm: you can sign up for a slot here. Teacher Day @ TLA video interviews take place on Wednesday, April 17 from 10 am - 2 pm: sign up for a slot here. Be sure to sign up by Friday, March 22, for your first pick of time slots. The Public Relations & Marketing Committee is thrilled to bring the Libraries Transform Texas campaign to TLA 2019, and we can’t wait to see you there! If you’d like more details about signing up for a video interview or volunteering in the Libraries Transform Texas photo booth, email Wendy Woodland at TLA. We’ll see you in Austin! Jane Stimpson is chair of the TLA PR & Marketing Committee, and a reference librarian at Lone Star College-CyFair.

Texas Library Association 24 A Letter from the State Librarian:

Dear Texas Library Colleagues, I am very pleased to introduce Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion, the 2019 theme for Read Across Texas, a project of the Texas Center for the Book. We intend for this exciting project, which suggests four profoundly moving books in each of four genres, to provide the basis for a series of community conversations about how to encourage civility, compassion, and stronger communities. We hear much nowadays about the divisions in our society that keep people from coming together and interacting as neighbors and fellow citizens. Libraries are key elements of a social infrastructure that provide a valuable place for social engagement and interaction. The titles we are encouraging communities to read in this year’s statewide reading program explore ideas of how to overcome our divisions and connect with our neighbors on a sustaining, human level. I have read all four books and I can personally recommend all of them. Tattoos on the Heart by Father Gregory Boyle is a sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking memoir of his work helping gang members in Los Angeles to gain employable skills—and the best book on compassion I’ve ever read. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman is a heartwarming and funny story about how people are so much more than our first impressions.The Strange, a graphic novel by Jérôme Ruiller, uses animal-like figures to explore the plight of strangers in a strange land. And Dreamers by Yuyi Morales is an award- winning picture book in which an immigrant mother and her son find a welcoming and enriching place in their local public library. I hope you will consider participating in Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion to use these books to bring your community together in a discussion of our shared values as Texans and Americans. Our Center for the Book Coordinator Rebekah Manley will be providing book sets, made possible by our Friends of Libraries & Archives of Texas, to as many libraries as possible as well as a toolkit including questions that you can use to spark quality discussions. Please visit www.tsl.texas.gov/readacrosstexas to apply for books and peruse the resources. Thank you for what you already do to cultivate compassionate communities. I look forward to hearing your success stories as you participate in this worthwhile program. Respectfully,

Mark Smith State Librarian

25 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 A Letter from the State Librarian: NEWSNOTES

VAN CAN’T WAIT FOR TLA 2019! ARE YOU READY?

CELEBRATE LONE STAR DÍA IN APRIL For more than 20 years, Children’s Day/Book Day, or El día de los niños/El día de los libros has emphasized the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. It is a national celebration of children, families, and reading that culminates each year on April 30.

Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures.

“Literacy is essential in democracy and what a diverse country we are,” said Día founder Pat Mora. “Those of us lucky enough to be readers and wanting to share book joy can help link all children to books, languages and cultures through Día, day by day, día por día.”

Start planning your Día programming now! You’ll find resources on theTLA website; and on the Texas State Library and Archives Commission website.

ADVOCACY ALERT: #FUNDLIBRARIES 2020 On March 11, the White House released its budget proposal for FY2020. Once again, the administration has proposed to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which provides approximately $189.3 million in direct funding to libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). The proposal also cuts the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program administered by the Department of Education. Contact your U.S. Representative and ask them to preserve more than $210 million in federal funding for libraries.

Texas Library Association 26 Continuing Education CONNECT TO KNOW All webinars are recorded – a link to the recorded version is sent to everyone who registers. Presentation times are central time. Visit www.txla.org/webinars for more information.

MARCH 27 APRIL 3 MAY 1 MAY 22 12 – 12:30 PM 12 – 12:30 PM 12 – 12:30 PM 12 – 12:30 PM TASL LUNCH & LEARN: TASL LUNCH & LEARN: TASL LUNCH & TASL LUNCH & LEARN: TECH INTEGRATED GETTING THE MOST LEARN: GAME-BASED WHAT CAN TASL DO BOOK CLUBS OUT OF THE TLA 2019 LEARNING IN THE FOR YOU? Marry love of literature CONFERENCE SECONDARY LIBRARY Join Richelle O’Neil, Chair with higher-level learning TLA’s annual conference is Learn how you can use of the Texas Association of which incorporates one of the largest library Google tools such as Sites, School Libraries (TASL) to technology. Learn structures conferences in the nation. Sheets, Docs, and more to hear what the division offers and strategies on how Join us for tips on how to create a gamified learning its members and what vision to successfully start and make the most of your time experience for students. Mrs. O’Neil has planned in the run book clubs. See how and reap the full benefits of This gamified process can next year as the Chair. book clubs allow students this amazing event. be used for on-demand to have voice and choice learning of google tools, in literature responses. information literacy, digital MAY 29 Understand how to APRIL 24 literacy, summer reading, incorporate SAMR into and more. You will get 12 – 12:30 PM books clubs. 12 – 12:30 PM a quick overview of the TASL LUNCH & TASL LUNCH & possibilities with links LEARN: SHARE IT IN MARCH 27 LEARN: CONNECTING shared to resources that A SNAP: NEXT-LEVEL STUDENTS WITH “JUST- will help you learn how to ANNOTATING implement a structured 1–2 PM RIGHT” BOOKS How often do you come system for creating your own AZ: INTRODUCTION Join us as we explore online across a line that you can’t game-based modules. TO PROJECT tools that help teacher, wait to share? Or maybe MANAGEMENT parents, and librarians you want to get students’ connect students to good-fit reactions to something Project management MAY 8 books. they’ve read. It’s a snap to skills are great additions share. Try booksnaps using to any resume. Learn 12 – 12:30 PM Snapchat, or check out some to identify and select TASL LUNCH & LEARN: other options. Also consider project templates, designs, WHAT CAN CRT/YART how snaps can be used in timelines, strategies, and DO FOR YOU? other curricular areas to allow techniques. A typical project Join the Chair of the students to engage with will be used as an example. Children’s Round Table and content. the Young Adult Round Table to hear what each round table offers its members and what they are planning to do in the next year as the Chair.

27 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 TLA 2019 Don’t Miss These Outstanding Keynote Speakers

TLA After Hours Kick-Off with Thomas Lennon Monday, April 15 | 7:15 – 7:50pm Writer, comedian, and actor Thomas Lennon has worked on a number of TV shows and movies you probably love, including Reno 911! and Night at the Museum. His recent release Ronan Boyle and The Bridge of Riddles is a middle school aged Irish fantasy about “rule-breaking leprechauns and deadly monsters.” At 7pm, follow the band from the Exhibit Hall up the esca- lator to the keynote presentation. Stay for exciting programming, and favorites like Battledecks and the Lip Sync Battle. There will be a cash bar and a more ca- sual pace. If you are in the Austin area and can’t make it to the full conference, purchase an Exhibits Only pass for access to TLA After Hours, and entrance to the Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Welcome.

Sylvia Acevedo GENERAL SESSION I Tuesday, April 16 | 8:15 – 9:45am Sylvia Acevedo has worn many hats: engineer at IBM, rocket scientist at NASA, award-winning entrepreneur, businesswoman, commissioner on the White House Initiative for Education Excellence for Hispanics, and, currently, CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA. In Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, Sylvia’s memoir aimed at young readers, she retraces her journey from a young girl in an underprivileged New Mexico neighborhood to becoming one of the most accomplished and insightful women in modern history.

As Sylvia struggled with the aftermath of loss, the difficulties of her home life, and the poverty in her neighborhood, the trajectory of her young life changed when she joined a local Brownie troop. The Girl Scouts taught her how to take control of her world and nourished her love of numbers and science. With new confidence, Sylvia navigated shifting cultural expectations at school and at home, forging her own trail to become one of the first Latinx to graduate with a master’s in engineering from Stanford University and going on to become a rocket scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Sylvia’s absorbing story of overcoming obstacles with confidence, hard work, and education is an inspiration to people of all ages.

Texas Library Association 28 TLA 2019 Don’t Miss These Outstanding Keynote Speakers

Scott Pelley GENERAL SESSION II Thursday, April 18 | 8 – 9am The impeccable reputation, record-breaking accolades, and incredibly storied broadcast career of Scott Pelley have made him a standout figure in the world of journalism. His memoir, Truth Worth Telling (Hanover Square Press, an imprint of Harlequin) is a sensitive, detail-rich account filled with poignant stories that create a powerful tapestry forming a bigger picture behind the news today. Ulti- mately this is a collection of inspiring tales that reminds us of the importance of values in uncertain times.

Scott Pelley has been a reporter and photographer more than 45 years. He is best known for his work on 60 Minutes and as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. Pelley’s work has been recognized with three duPont-Co- lumbia Awards, three Peabody Awards, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excel- lence in Journalism, and 37 Emmy Awards. Pelley is the most awarded corre- spondent in the history of 60 Minutes.

Meg Medina CLOSING AUTHOR SESSION Thursday, April 18 | 11:45am – 1:15pm Meg Medina is the author of the Newbery Medal–winning book Merci Suárez Changes Gears, which was also a 2018 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her young adult novels include Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which won the 2014 Pura Belpré Author Award; Burn Baby Burn, which was long-listed for the National Book Award; and The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind. She is also the author of picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, which was a Pura Belpré Author Award Honor Book, and Tía Isa Wants a Car, illustrated by Claudio Muñoz, which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. The daughter of Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Queens, New York, and now lives in Richmond, Virginia.

29 TEXAS LIBRARY JOURNAL SPRING 2019 TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CODE OF CONDUCT

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