THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NORTH DAKOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION December 2014 NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info Volume 44 • Issue 4 2014 NDLA Conference: Providing Library Services for North Dakota for the Next 125 Years
2014 Librarian of Bismarck City Commissioner Nancy the Year Guy and First Lady Betsy Dalrymple Sandra Hannahs Christine Kujawa and Keynote Speaker Sen. Byron Dorgan
Flicker Tale Chair Linda Austin and Author Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Inspirare Sings at Welcome Social t NDLA Awards t Flicker Tale Awards t Midwest Chapter MLA Conference t Election Results INSIDE t NDLA Presidency 2014-15 Social Table of Contents President’s Message...... 3 NDLA Pre- and Post-conference Wrap-up...... 4 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award...... 5 2014 NDLA Awards...... 6 Louise Erdrich Wins Literary Peace Prize...... 8 Conference Resolutions...... 8 2014 NDLA Conference Exhibits...... 9 North Dakota Legislative Session and Libraries...... 10 Online Distance Cohort Opportunity...... 11 School Libraries Make the Difference...... 11 Medical Library Conference in Bismarck a Great Success...... 12 Published quarterly by the North Dakota Library Association See the Country – Join MPLA...... 14 On the DOCket...... 15 Editorial Committee Marlene Anderson, Chair Canoe Kudos Awards...... 15 Joan Erickson Eric Stroshane NDLA 2014 Election Results...... 16 Production Artist Information Literacy Awareness Month...... 17 Clearwater Communications, Robin Pursley Browsing in the Cyberstacks...... 18 Subscription Rate Nerd Up...... 19 $25/year NDLA Presidency 2014-15...... 20 Advertising Rates People Stuff...... 21 (per issue) NDLA Membership Report...... 22 $100 – full-page ad $50 – half-page ad Library Events and Conferences...... 22 $25 – quarter-page ad Professional Development Grant Report...... 23 For information contact: North Dakota in Print...... 24 Marlene Anderson, Chair Good Stuff from Around the State...... 28 The Good Stuff Editorial Committee Treasurer’s Report...... 30 NDLA Membership Form...... 31 NDLA Executive Board...... 32 Editorial Policy Letters should be sent to Marlene Anderson, Chair, The Good Stuff Editorial Committee, Bismarck State Deadlines for Articles/News Submission College, PO Box 5587, Bismarck, ND 58506-5587, Issue Deadline or e-mail: [email protected] March 2015 Friday, January 9, 2015 Submission Guidelines & Deadlines June 2015 Friday, March 20, 2015 Submit news and articles via e-mail to any of these August 2015 Friday, June 26, 2015 addresses: (pre-conference issue) [email protected] Minutes and Reports are linked to [email protected] www.ndla.info/exbdmin.htm [email protected]
The Good Stuff - Page 2 - December 2014 President’s Message By Greta Guck, NDLA President
Greetings to all of you I ask these questions of all of you. Whether you have throughout this fine state! I been a member of NDLA for years or recently joined, am delighted to have the what makes your membership in this organization opportunity to serve as your worth renewing from year to year? What motivates president this year. (or deters you) from actively participating in the Association, such as serving on the Executive Board, I’m fairly new to the state and becoming more involved with your section or this Association, so if I haven’t roundtable, or attending the annual conference? How yet had the opportunity to does your involvement in NDLA allow you to be more meet you, I’d like to tell you a effective and impressive in your position? And, in little bit about myself. I grew what areas does it fail? up in northern Minnesota and earned my bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Minnesota- My last question is a big one and serves as the basis Twin Cities. I spent some time substitute teaching in for my presidential agenda this coming year: Are you Minneapolis before deciding to get my MLIS. While ready to shake things up a bit? in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, I had the opportunity to spend time We are lucky to belong to a professional organization working in a variety of library settings. I spent time that has remained relevant for over 100 years, but working as a K-8 school librarian, in a special library in order for it to continue to do so, I think we need (a theological library at a seminary), staffing the adult to take a serious look at the way things are run and services reference desk at a public library, and as an ask ourselves if it’s still viable and necessary for the intern in the Collection and Resource Management way we are living and working today. We all know department at UWM’s university library. I wanted to that our profession is changing; not the underlying expose myself to the wide variety of library settings principles, but certainly the way in which we conduct available to those in our profession. I ultimately our day-to-day business and fulfill our professional decided that the best fit for me was in public libraries. duties. I firmly believe that in order for NDLA to My first position was as the Technology Coordinator at continue to serve its purpose of exercising professional the Minot Public Library, which I began in December leadership and promoting library services and of 2011. In January 2014, I began my current position librarianship, it must evolve as well. as director of the Leach Public Library in Wahpeton. Over the course of this next year, I encourage you Although I certainly am no expert in all of the to join me in identifying the areas in which we, as different fields of librarianship, the exposure I have an association, excel, and those that need some had has allowed me to at least get a taste for the revamping. Chat with your colleagues. Use the NDLA many challenges and rewards that each branch of listserv to ask questions and give your input. Please do our profession brings. To you hard-working school not hesitate to contact me and share your ideas. librarians, I salute you. Perhaps you are reading this in a (rare) moment of down time before the next batch I hope you are as excited as I am for this coming year. of students walks through your doors. To you, I pose It should be a good one! this question: How can we, as an association, best serve you? If you do manage to make it to our annual conference, how can we ensure that your trip was worth it?
The Good Stuff - Page 3 - December 2014 NDLA Pre- and Post-conference Wrap-up
By Al Peterson, Past President and Conference Chair NDLA Pre-conferences • Black Belt Librarians: The Essential Elements of a Real World Security Program • Common Core Standards and North Dakota Library Media Specialists • EBSCO Database Training: Literary Reference Center, NoveList and NoveList K-8, and More • Q & A with the New State Librarian
In planning the 2014 NDLA conference, I wanted to make sure that we offered pre- conferences that met the needs of our members. A couple of years ago, the North Dakota State Library invited Sgt. Pedro Armendariz, the former head of Capitol Security, to give a presentation on library security at our annual Spring Workshops. Sgt. Armendariz’s session was well attended and, from the comments made during the Q & A session at the end of the presentation, I realized that library security was on a lot of people’s minds.
After consulting Warren Graham’s book, The Black Belt Librarian, when we were revising the State Library’s patron behavior policy, I decided to see about bringing the author to the NDLA Conference as a pre-conference presenter. We had a packed house for his session on library security. Graham, a security professional for more than 25 years (17 as security manager of Charlotte Mecklenburg [Public] Library in North Carolina), brought a no-nonsense, real world library security presentation to our members. Attendees learned how to create a library security plan, how to implement the plan, and how to train other staff on security protocol. This workshop was sponsored by the Mountain Plains Library Association.
I also wanted to have a second pre-conference that focused on topics relevant to school librarians. I decided to offer several short presentations on a variety of topics.
• The first was a session about Common Core Standards presented by Kirsten Baesler, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Peg Wagner, Assistant Director of the Academic Standards division of DPI (Department of Public Instruction). Their presentation stressed the importance of the role school librarians have in meeting standards and educating our children. Judging from the comments by attendees, we could have devoted even more time to this topic. • Amanda Winseck from EBSCO presented on our newest EBSCO offerings, including NoveList and Literary Reference Center. • The last session was a chance for our new State Librarian, Mary Soucie, to get to know some of our school media specialists. Mary did a question and answer session and talked about new developments within the State Library. Post-conference • MetaMetrics: Applying the Lexile Framework for Reading
For our post-conference session, I brought in Jane Scott, a trainer from MetaMetrics, the developer of the Lexile Reading Scale. The focus of her workshop was on using the Lexile Reading scale to match readers with books while meeting the Common Core standards for literacy. Participants received instruction on using the Lexile scale not only for books that were found on the Lexile website, but also how to assign a number to books that are not on the list by using the Lexile Analyzer. Attendees were also shown how to create and store reading lists. If you missed the session and would like more information, visit www.Lexile.com.
I would like to thank the members who came to our pre-conference and post-conference sessions. Your attendance made them a success.
The Good Stuff - Page 4 - December 2014 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award
By Linda Austin, Flicker Tale Chair Picture Books Ribbit! by Rodrigo Folgueira Congratulations to the 2014 Flicker Tale Children’s Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid Book Award winners: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt • Picture Books: Pete the Cat and His Four The Iciest, Diciest Scariest Sled Ride Ever! by Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin Rebecca Rule • Intermediate Books: I Survived the Battle of the Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis Intermediate Books • Juvenile Books: Wonder by R.J. Palacio Sadie and Ratz by Sonya Hartnett • Non-Fiction Books: Dogs on Duty White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Stick Dog by Tom Watson Einstein the Class Hamster by Janet Tashjian Dorothy Hinshaw Patent of Missoula, Montana, winner in the non-fiction category, attended the NDLA Juvenile Books Conference in Bismarck to accept the award for Dogs The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friend on the Battlefield and Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby Beyond. In her luncheon keynote address, Patent Deadweather and Sunrise: the Chronicles of Egg, shared her journey as a non-fiction writer and also Book 1 by Geoff Rodkey talked about the changes that have taken place. While Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris visiting our area, she spoke to sixth grade students at Grabenstein Horizon Middle School in Bismarck and to fifth grade students at Red Trail Elementary in Mandan. Non-Fiction Books The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson 2015 Flicker Tale nominee Tom Watson of Chicago, Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Illinois, made a three-day visit to North Dakota, Lives by Elizabeth Rusch October 6-8, making stops in Bismarck, Mandan, Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin Minot, Beulah, Hebron, and Ellendale. Mr. Watson, The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) by author of Stick Dog, shared his story about the Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer creation of Stick Dog and led students in hands-on drawing sessions of each of the dogs in his books. You can also find ballots and voting instructions on the site. The deadline for voting is April 1, 2015. The 2015 Flicker Tale nominees have been selected by the nominating committee and are posted on the Seeking 2016 Nominees NDLA website. They include: The search is already on for nominations for the 2016 Flicker Tale Awards. It isn’t too early to submit suggestions for the committee’s consideration. Send your suggestions for any of the four book categories (Picture Book, Intermediate, Juvenile, and Non-fiction) to: Linda Austin, Flicker Tale Chair, [email protected].
The Good Stuff - Page 5 - December 2014 2014 NDLA Awards
By Victor Lieberman, NDLA Past President to the Association with her time and energy. She has been an innovator and a real asset to the West 2014 Librarian of the Year: Fargo Public Library since becoming director Sandra Hannahs in 2006. Her contributions, skills, knowledge, time, and ability make her an individual worthy Editor’s note: The Librarian of the Year award to be selected as Librarian of the Year for 2014 is “given to an NDLA member who has made by the North Dakota Library Association. We are notable contributions to the North Dakota library proud to have her as a member of NDLA and as a profession, has furthered significant development recipient of the Librarian of the Year award.” of libraries in North Dakota, or has performed exemplary statewide service for an extended Congratulations to Sandra Hannahs, NDLA’s 2014 period of time.” Librarian of the Year! This year, it was an honor to present our President’s Awards 2014 Librarian of the Editor’s note: The President’s Award is given Year Award to Sandra at the discretion of the NDLA President for Hannahs, Director of outstanding service to the Association during his/ the West Fargo Public her administration. Two President’s Awards were Library. The following presented at the 2014 NDLA Conference. presentation was read at the awards banquet at Theresa Norton the annual conference: It’s a nice and polite fiction to imagine that the president of NDLA somehow steers our “As a child in Fargo, where she grew up attending vast organizational dreadnought through the story time in the old downtown Carnegie rocky, troubled shoals of library waters as a library, Sandra Hannahs was terrified of the heroic, magnificent solo effort of navigational librarians! Somehow, she became a librarian acumen and fortitude. One way of bursting this herself, but only after first pursuing two other delusional bubble each year and confirming to careers. She worked first in education, teaching one and all the clear reality of our collective, foreign language at high school and university cooperative effort (should anyone other than levels and in adult education, then moved on the president actually need this) is through the to the world of translation, where she worked privilege of presenting the President’s Award to with French, Spanish, and Dutch and managed some more than average, long-suffering NDLA a translation bureau specialized in computer- member who did not avert his or her gaze quickly assisted translation. Saving the best for the last, enough as I sought volunteers to make lemonade Sandra finally turned to a career as a librarian, out of Humpty Dumpty, or some other metaphor working in academic libraries before joining the for helping the president tidy up his many West Fargo Public Library, where she is currently puddles. director, in 2006. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and French from Moorhead That person this past year was former Membership State University, a master’s in translation from Chair, Theresa Norton. the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, and a master’s in When long-time Membership Chair Kathy Thomas information and library management from the stepped down from this task after many years, University of Northumbria at Newcastle in we were fortunate to have (now former) NDLA England. She has two lovely daughters, a dog, member Kalan Davis step into the position in and a cat. September 2013. Kalan served enthusiastically and, unfortunately for us, only briefly. New Sandra has been an active member of the North opportunities opened up, and in March 2014, Dakota Library Association and has contributed Kalan relocated to the Twin Cities area. So, yet
The Good Stuff - Page 6 - December 2014 another plea went out for someone to fill the position. Friendly Booth Award Theresa volunteered to help even though she knew The Friendly Booth Award is awarded to that time commitments would limit her involvement. an exhibitor at the annual conference and Her tenure for the remainder of the membership year is coordinated by NMRT (New Members through this conference was of enormous help to our Roundtable). This year’s award was given organization and its Executive Board, and truly helped to Library Loot, which is owned by Arlene us all as we sought to transition to new routines and and Leslie Gunderson. NMRT members strategies for tracking and receiving membership anonymously visited the conference exhibits information. and evaluated exhibitors and their booths on these criteria: friendliness, helpfulness, I am so very grateful to Theresa for serving and knowledge of the product or service offered, privileged to present her with a President’s Award. and attractiveness of the display.
Editor’s note: Theresa Norton was unable to attend the Membership Awards conference to receive her award. Each year NDLA acknowledges members for long time participation in and service to our Susie Sharp organization. This year’s honorees were: Another key position on the Executive Board is the Chair 10 Years of the Nominations, Elections, and Voting committee. It’s Holly Gabriel, Rural Assistance Center, impossible to state how UND, Grand Forks important this position is, as Elizabeth Jacobs, Bismarck Veterans the danger palpably exists Memorial Public Library that were it not, there would be no replacements for 20 Years the current inmates of our Karen Anderson, Cameron Medical Library executive offices. Myself (Minot) and UND NW Clinical Campus included. When we needed a new chair for this Librarian committee, I was feverishly interested in finding someone to scare up a new crop of victims – I mean, 30 Years prepare a ballot of new, eager candidates willing to serve in our many elected offices on the Board and in Mary Sand, Rural Assistance Center, UND, our sections and roundtables. Grand Forks Kathy Waldera, Bismarck Veterans Memorial With hundreds of librarian members in our Public Library organization throughout the state, you would imagine Bismarck State College Library (institutional the bulk of the time commitment for this office would member) be fending off the hordes of candidates seeking glory and emoluments of serving in some NDLA elected position. This, in any event, was precisely what I told Susie Sharp when she tentatively expressed an interest in the post, and served throughout the 2012-13 and 2013-14 membership years. It is a testimony to Susie’s patience and persistence that we were able to run another effective election this year. It is not easy to coordinate candidate checking, membership voting, and reporting. I greatly appreciate Susie’s willingness and good cheer as she successfully accomplished these tasks.
With the President’s Award, I am delighted to thank Susie for all her efforts in this office and recognize her service to NDLA.
The Good Stuff - Page 7 - December 2014 Louise Erdrich Wins Literary Peace Prize The Dayton Literary Peace Prize has named North Dakota’s Louise Erdrich the recipient of its 2014 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The Dayton prize recognizes “the power of the written word to promote peace” and the distinguished achievement award is given for a body of work. Erdrich’s work includes poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and children’s books. Her book, The Round House, won the 2012 National Book Award for fiction, and her first novel, Love Medicine, won the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award. The Plague of Doves was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Distinguished Achievement Award was presented to Erdrich on November 9 in Dayton, Ohio. Previous winners include Studs Terkel, Elie Wiesel, and Wendell Berry. In 2013, Erdrich was also honored with North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award.
Conference Resolutions
Editor’s note: NDLA adopted these resolutions at the 2014 NDLA Conference.
Section: Executive Board Chair: Victor Lieberman, NDLA President
WHEREAS, the meeting and events of the 2014 NDLA Conference were organized by NDLA Past President and Conference Chair Al Peterson, local arrangements committee members, especially Christine Kujawa, Marcia Francis, Linda Austin, and Traci Juhala; and
WHEREAS, the facilities and staff of the Ramada Inn in Bismarck, RSVP Volunteer Program, and the Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitor’s Bureau contributed to the success of this conference;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the North Dakota Library Association expresses its appreciation and extends its thanks to the Conference Chair, local arrangements committee members, conference facility staff, speakers, program presenters, and exhibitors for the 2014 NDLA Annual Conference, Library Services for the Next 125 Years.
Sections: School Library and Youth Services and Academic & Special Libraries Chairs: Amber Emery and Tina Grenier
WHEREAS, it is important to teach our students all the skills necessary to be successful in college or career; and
WHEREAS, the Common Core State Standards have been developed to raise the skill level of students in reading, research, critical thinking and creative collaboration; and
WHEREAS, the Common Core State Standards have been implemented in most North Dakota Pre-K -12 schools with initial success;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: the North Dakota Library Association endorses the continued implementation of the Common Core Standards for the purpose of developing our students’ skills to be successful upon graduation from high school in college and career.
The Good Stuff - Page 8 - December 2014 2014 NDLA Conference
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As the Chair of the 2014 NDLA Conference, I want to thank the vendors who supported our conference and displayed their products and services. Networking with vendors is important. I hope NDLA members took advantage of the opportunity to visit them at the conference and to develop new relationships and strengthen old friendships. Please take a moment to view the vendor websites.
ABDO Publishing http://abdopublishing.com// Library Loot [email protected] (email) Baker & Taylor http://www.baker-taylor.com/ Minitex https://www.minitex.umn.edu/ Bound to Stay Bound http://www.btsb.com/ North Dakota State Library http://library.nd.gov/ Capstone http://www.capstonepub.com/library/ Online Dakota Information Network (ODIN) Alexandria http://www.odin.nodak.edu/ http://www.goalexandria.com/ Perma-Bound Datrue Process https://www.perma-bound.com/library/ http://www.datrue.com/index.html Prairie Public EBSCO http://www.prairiepublic.org/education http://www.ebsco.com/ QBI: Quality Books Inc. EERC at UND http://www.quality-books.com/ http://www.undeerc.org/ Rough Rider Industries ExLibris https://www.roughriderindustries.com/ http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/ SirsiDynix Findaway World http://www.sirsidynix.com/ http://www.findawayworld.com/ World Book Inc. Follett School Solutions http://store.worldbook.com/ http://www.follett.com/ Julie Miller (Author) Gumdrop Books [email protected] (email) https://www.gumdropbooks.com/ Mountain Plains Library Association Innovative http://www.mpla.us/ http://www.iii.com/ American Library Association Learning Opportunities http://www.ala.org/ http://learning-opp.com/
The Good Stuff - Page 9 - December 2014 North Dakota Legislative Session and Libraries By Kelly Steckler, Legislative Chair
The 64th North Dakota Legislative Assembly organized December 1-3, 2014, and will convene in regular session on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. As active members of NDLA, we need to network with legislators now, thus promoting the services we provide to our communities’ libraries. In preparation for the new year, NDLA has hired JM Strategies for assistance with message development, strategy, and management of a grassroots lobbying effort. This project will be in lieu of the traditional bill tracking contract previously expended in past years.
Why JM Strategies instead of an official lobbyist?
• There are criteria for hiring traditional lobbyists, mainly cost. • Secondly, technology. Bill tracking has become very easy through online services. We no longer need someone on the floor at the Capitol to check calendars for hearing dates. • Finally, a huge intangible factor is perception. After years of networking with legislators, the sense is that they prefer grassroots testimony rather than a paid lobbyist who may be working for several entities during the session. Our legislators want what’s best for their communities and they want to hear from those users.
As librarians, we can easily email a short testimony about a funding need. Making the proper contacts and sending a unified message is key. JM Strategies will help NDLA with common material development, thus providing the same message across North Dakota libraries and about their needs. These pieces will be in the form of fact sheets, action alerts, email alerts, social media strategy, and other correspondence to selected key legislators.
The November election set the tone for the 2015 session. Property taxes are a hot button once again, and may dramatically affect public libraries with their board makeup and funding. An increase in State Aid is being sought through the State Library, which is part of the DPI (Department of Public Instruction) budget. JM Strategies and the legislative committee will tie these pieces together to provide common material development for NDLA.
Now is the time to introduce yourself to your local legislators. Send a quick email wishing them well in the session and reminding them to support all types of North Dakota libraries.
If you want to be an active member receiving NDLA legislative emails, please send me (Kelly Steckler; [email protected]) your email address, so we have a strong Legislative Committee in place by January.
The Good Stuff - Page 10 - December 2014 Online Distance Cohort Opportunity Knowledge River at the School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona Knowledge River (KR) is now accepting applications for the 2015 Fall Semester Cohort 14 program and is offering the opportunity for an online distance cohort.
Knowledge River is an educational experience within the School of information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) at the University of Arizona that focuses on educating information professionals who have experience with and are committed to the information needs of Latino and Native American populations. KR fosters understanding of library and information issues from the perspectives of Latino and Native Americans and advocates for culturally sensitive library and information services to these communities.
The KRSTREAMS program exceeded the goals articulated in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Library grant. KR will continue with three more years of support and funding from IMLS. Project partners include University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections, Arizona Health Sciences Library, Pima County Public Library, and the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science. The chief goal of the KR program remains and that is to increase the number of librarians who have a documented interest in serving the major under-served populations of Arizona, the southwest and the nation – Latinos and Native Americans.
Visit http://sirls.arizona.edu/programs/masters to find out more about applying for the Master’s of Arts in Library Information Science, and http://sirls.arizona.edu/kr for the current application for Knowledge River.
If you have questions or want additional information, email Assistant Professor Gina Macaluso at [email protected].
School Libraries Make the Difference “More than 60 education and library research studies have produced clear evidence that school library programs staffed by qualified school librarians have a positive impact on student academic achievement. education levels. Facts about student success, lifelong learning, and college and career readiness, as well Yet, many students are returning to school without a as infographics and videos produced by state school resource essential for success: a strong school library library associations, help illustrate the importance program led by a certified school librarian.” of quality school library programs. Tips for getting involved range from visiting a school library to writing To find out more, check out the School Libraries op-eds for local publications. Make the Difference section of I Love Libraries, ALA’s website for the public. School Libraries Make the Difference was created in consultation with the American Association of School School Libraries Make the Difference focuses on Librarians (AASL), and complements AASL’s School the importance of quality school libraries and Libraries Transform Learning, a digital supplement certified school librarians for student success at all produced by American Libraries magazine.
The Good Stuff - Page 11 - December 2014 Medical Library Conference in Bismarck a Great Success
By Dawn Hackman (UND), them. The last time North Dakota Laura Trude (NDSU) , and Kelly hosted the conference (Fargo Thormodson (UND) in 2005) was to rave reviews; highlights included watching the In collaboration with NDLA’s movie Fargo in the Fargo Theatre. Health Science Information Nine years later, attendees still talk Section, the Midwest Chapter of about the Fargo conference being the Medical Library Association a favorite. That’s a lot of pressure! hosted its annual conference in Bismarck, October 10-14, 2014, to Since North Dakota is the furthest great success. west of all nine states in the chapter, planners chose the theme Keynote speakers included: “Come West & Explore.” Attendees Betsy L. Humphreys, Deputy and presenters alike were Director of the U.S. National encouraged to dress casually. For Library of Medicine; Sally Gore, a bit of fun, colorful bandanas and an embedded research librarian fake mustaches were distributed and informationist at the Lamar opening night. Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School; A highlight for many attendees and Mark Graber, MD, a national was the reception at the newly leader in patient safety and renovated North Dakota Heritage advocate on the use of librarians to “I loved the location, the speakers Center. The venue’s wide open help prevent diagnostic errors. and most importantly - the spaces and various fossils and attendees! Midwest is such a historic artifacts were enjoyed by Another favorite of the conference tight knit group and I always feel everyone. was the “Oil Boom Impact on so recharged getting the chance Healthcare” panel discussion. The to network with colleagues from panelists included experts from around the region. Bismarck the North Dakota Department of was a lovely city and the perfect Health and St. Joseph’s Hospital setting. Great job to Mary in Dickinson. They addressed the [Markland, Co-Chair of the various effects of the oil boom in Planning Committee] and all of the western North Dakota, including conference planners.” the difficulties of providing medical and emergency services. Conference planners had high expectations to live up to and met “The oil boom panel and Dr.
The Good Stuff - Page 12 - December 2014 “All the presenters were Attendees praised the posters as informative and thoroughly some of the best they had seen at a prepared and made the classes chapter conference. Topics ranged fun.” from disciplinary differences in e-journal metrics to using student Something new this year that will feedback to renovate study spaces be continued in future conferences to using a quality improvement was “Campfire Conversations.” process to enhance library services Moderators led small groups in for clinic providers. Paper topics discussions on a variety of topics, addressed the impact of the new such as working with nurses and medical school on the University Graber’s talk were especially nursing students, the future of of North Dakota’s health science enjoyable. It was great to hear a libraries, embedded librarianship, library, using active learning to physician’s perspective on the role and advocacy for the profession. teach pharmacy student literature that medical librarians can play in searching skills, redesigning a the diagnostic process, and the oil “The hour-long campfire library website, and more. boom panel was very surprising conversations portion of the - great to learn something about conference was something I had In the end, attendees deemed the N.D. and the panel was an very much been looking forward event “one of the best conferences interesting mix of viewpoints on to, as a way to meet other in the last five years.” the issues with the Bakken.” librarians and to hear about their successes and difficulties regarding Find out more about the MW Of the five continuing education various aspects of medical MLA 2014 Conference at http:// sessions offered, the bioinformatics librarianship. It definitely didn’t midwestmla.org/conference2014/ course proved the most popular. disappoint! My only regret was Other continuing education that I could only attend one.” sessions addressed informatics, systematic reviews, using visual The conference also tried communication in teaching and something else new this year – presenting, and adapting and going green. Instead of printing growing as a librarian. 100+ copies of the full program, conference planners encouraged Finding people to teach the attendees to look at the program sessions proved especially online and use the one-page challenging because most printed reference sheets. Rather of the MLA chapters west of than handing out bags, they held the Mississippi held a joint a contest encouraging people to conference concurrent with the reuse their bags from previous Midwest Chapter Conference. Midwest Chapter conferences. Thankfully, due to the hard work Most conference attendees of the conference planners and appreciated having less to carry a generous grant from the North around and the effort to go green, Dakota Library Association that although a few missed the memo. helped cover instructor travel “Over communicating is probably Winner of Oldest Conference Bag Contest expenses, the conference was able necessary on this,” as one attendee to attract great instructors. commented.
The Good Stuff - Page 13 - December 2014 See the Country – Join MPLA
By Paulette Nelson, MPLA Representative
With conferences in Las Vegas, Tahoe, Phoenix, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Denver, Cheyenne, Billings, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Albuquerque, Jackson Hole, Big Sky, and Shangri La, who wouldn’t want to join this vibrant, fun, and educational organization?
Each spring or fall (yes, sometimes the conferences are in the spring), a different state hosts the MPLA (Mountain Plains Library Association) conference and attendees can see some of the most beautiful places in the United States. If you travel with an adventuresome director, you can see some really neat, out-of-the-way places on the way to the conference. For example, seeing the home of Lawrence Welk and the church in Strasburg were added bonuses on the way to Oklahoma City. And, what about the birth place of Johnny Carson, learning about Laura Ingalls Wilder, visiting the pheasant capitol of the world, and seeing the beautiful paintings in the Terry Redlin Art Gallery? All added bonuses on the way to MPLA.
In addition to traveling adventures, MPLA provides excellent programming for librarians from all types of libraries. National and regional authors and presenters are often speakers at MPLA. New and innovative ideas are unveiled and shared among colleagues. A wide variety of vendors are on hand to show off their newest products. New friends are made and old friendships are renewed, and attendees are often invited to area libraries to see what is offered in a particular state.
As an added benefit, first time MPLA members can join the organization for half price, which is a great deal to join this dynamic organization. New members who join after September 1st will be members for 2015 in addition to the remainder of 2014. If you have questions or would like to join MPLA, feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or visit the MPLA website for more info.
The Good Stuff - Page 14 - December 2014 On the DOCket
By Alicia Kubas, GODORT Chair weeds we have in North Dakota, ranging from milkweed to a variety The GODORT (Government Documents Roundtable) of thistles, and also provides weed booth was front and center at the NDLA Conference control recommendations as well this year. As a result, we received many votes for the as indicators of toxicity to animals 2014 Notable Document Award. Thank you to all or humans. that stopped by the booth and voted. Six documents, covering topics from family health to flood recovery, Finally, the third place winner was were nominated for the award, but only three could Liberty Memorial Bridge: Proudly Honoring Veterans move on to the ALA Notable Document competition. since World War I, a DVD published by the North Dakota Department of Transportation. This DVD The 2014 winner of NDLA’s Notable Document Award chronicles the history of the Liberty Memorial Bridge was the accompanying CD to Sundogs and Sunflowers: from 1922 through its 2006-2008 redesign and to its Folklore and Folk Art of the Northern Great Plains, legacy today. The bridge connects the communities of issued by the Council on the Arts in partnership with Bismarck and Mandan in North Dakota. Prairie Public. The compiled book of the same title won the 2011 Notable Document Award. Since then These top three winners will be forwarded to the the publication has been adapted for radio and issued American Library Association as nominees for the ALA as a CD. Sundogs and Sunflowers is a collection of Notable Documents Award. Winners of the ALA award folklore narratives collected by an NDSU professor and are announced each year in the May issue of Library his students that includes ghost stories, blizzard stories, Journal. Wish our North Dakota documents luck! and tall tales about hunting and fishing to name a few. Nominations for the 2015 Notable Documents Award In second place was A Guide to North Dakota Noxious are open, so please start nominating your favorite state and Troublesome Weeds, co-published by the North documents published in 2014 or 2015! Send your Dakota Department of Agriculture and North Dakota nominations to [email protected] with the title State University’s Extension Services, and written by and publishing information. Perhaps they will show up Rodney G. Lym, North Dakota State University Plant on next year’s ballot! Sciences Professor. The guide explores the numerous
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The Good Stuff - Page 15 - December 2014 2014 Election Results Submitted by Susie Sharp, Chair SECTION & ROUNDTABLE OFFICERS Nominations, Voting & Elections Committee Academic & Special Libraries Section NDLA NDLA Officers Chair-elect: Samuel Stover, User Services Librarian, Valley City State University
Technical Services Roundtable President-elect No candidates Greta Guck, Director, Leach Public Library, Wahpeton School Library & Youth Services Section Chair-elect: Aaron Stefanich, Children’s Librarian, Grand Forks Public Library
Secretary: Traci Juhala, Head of Children’s Services, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public
Secretary Public Library Section Mary Lorenz, Reference Librarian, Chair-elect: Steve Hammel, Library Director, Valley Grand Forks Public Library City Barnes County Library
New Members Roundtable Chair-elect: Megan Richardson, Reserves & Evening Supervisor, NDSU Libraries, Fargo
Treasurer Government Documents Roundtable Mike Safratowich, Bibliographic Chair-elect: Alice Kubas, Stacks Supervisor, NDSU Control Librarian, Harley E. Libraries, Fargo French Library of the Health Sciences, UND, Grand Forks Health Science Information Section Chair-elect: Dawn Hackman, Reference Librarian, Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, UND, Grand Forks Secretary: Merete Christianson, Health Sciences ALA Councilor Librarian, NDSU Libraries, Fargo Laurie McHenry, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, Thormodsgard Archives/Records Management Roundtable Law Library, UND, Grand Forks No candidates
Bylaws Change
The proposed NDLA Bylaws change (as detailed in the August 2013 issue of The Good Stuff) to Article III, Section 2B, passed. A total of 147 votes were cast with 146 votes in favor of the change and one opposed.
The Good Stuff - Page 16 - December 2014 The Good Stuff - Page 17 - December 2014 Browsing in the Cyberstacks
By Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member
acronym [ak-ruh-nim] noun Other Common Library Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms 1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of AASL – American Association of School Librarians words and pronounced as a separate word, as ACRL – Association of College & Research Libraries Wac from Women’s Army Corps, OPEC from ALA – American Library Association Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, ALCTS – Association for Library Collections & or loran from long-range navigation. Technical Services 2. a set of initials representing a name, ANSI – American National Standards Institute organization, or the like, with each letter ILL – Interlibrary Loan pronounced separately; an initialism. IMLS – Institute of Museum & Library Services 3. an acrostic. ISBN – International Standard Book Number ISSN – International Standard Serial Number verb (used with object) LC – Library of Congress MPLA – Mountain Plains Library Association 4. to make an acronym of: The committee’s name NLM – National Library of Medicine has been acronymed MIKE. OIF – Office for Intellectual Freedom PLA – Public Library Association Acronyms are a commonly used “shorthand” in RDA – Resource Description & Access both writing and speaking. Why say “Government RUSA – Reference and User Services Association Documents Roundtable” when you can shorten it to SAA – Society of American Archivists GODORT instead? Every profession has developed its own acronyms and the library world is no different. Selected Online Sources
Here is a brief, very brief, guide to library acronyms, Abbreviations.com - abbreviations, and initialisms, including online Libraries sources for more information. www.abbreviations.com/ acronyms/LIBRARIES NDLA & North Dakota Library Acronyms, From the STANDS4 Network, Abbreviations, and Initialisms “Abbreviations.com is the world’s largest and most comprehensive A & SL – Academic and Special Libraries Section directory and search engine for acronyms, CDLN – Central Dakota Library Network abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. GODORT – Government Documents Roundtable Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of HSIS – Health Science Information Section entries organized by a large variety of categories from ND-MB ACRL – North Dakota-Manitoba ACRL computing and the Web to governmental, medicine Chapter and business and it is expanding daily.” NDLA – North Dakota Library Association NMRT – New Members Roundtable ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science ODIN – Online Dakota Information Network / edited by Michael Levine-Clark and Toni M. Carter. PLS – Public Library Section 4th ed., 2013 SLAYS – School Libraries and Youth Services Section www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3306 TECHSERT – Technical Services Roundtable The title pretty much says it all. You can buy this in a print or ebook format from the ALA website.
The Good Stuff - Page 18 - December 2014 The Information Professional’s Glossary LISWiki (Library and Information Science Wiki) - http://sirls.arizona.edu/node/963 Abbreviations Compiled by the School of Information Resources & http://liswiki.org/wiki/Abbreviations Library Science at the University of Arizona A Wiki is “a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.” The Library Network – Acronyms http://tln.lib.mi.us/acronyms/ ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and The Library Network is a Information Science public library cooperative www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_A.aspx serving 73 libraries in Created by Joan M. Reitz, Associate Librarian for southeast Michigan. Instruction at the Ruth A. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, CT. Library-related Acronyms Now also available in print from Libraries Unlimited. and Initialisms (ALA) www.ala.org/tools/library-related-acronyms-and- initialisms Created by ALA.
By Eric Stroshane
Calibre e-book Management (Freeware) December is once more upon us and that means book formats like .epub. If it’s officially annual tablet-buying time. For many you aren’t sure what format that also means its upgrade time. When the time you need for a particular comes to get your second (third, fourth, etc.) e-book device, don’t worry— device, you may wish to try something new instead Calibre will handle the of remaining brand-loyal. Chances are that you are conversion for you. concerned about vendor lock-in—that is, you’re unsure if you’ll be able to read the books you’ve Handily, you can also use Calibre to manage your purchased on your current device on your next one. e-book collection. You can even set up a home While many platforms have allowed other vendors content server with it, so you can access your books into their market (you can download Kindle and Nook from anywhere you have internet access. apps on an Android or Apple device, for example), you may still not relish having to use different reading Using Calibre now is easier than ever—if you’d like to apps depending on where you originally bought your learn more, I’d encourage you to watch one of their book. Fortunately, there is a solution for both of these video tutorials or explore the additional information problems and it’s free and easy to use. they have on their site.
Calibre is an e-book management program that can Calibre will run on Windows, OS X, and Linux, and convert e-books from one format to another (you can even be run portably (from a flash drive). You can may not realize it, but there are a ton of different file download whichever version you need here. People formats that e-books have been published in over have developed a wide variety of easy-to-install plug- the years). This is ideal for converting things from ins to extend the usefulness of Calibre, as well, and proprietary formats into more universally accessible you can find those indexed here.
The Good Stuff - Page 19 - December 2014 Interpretation (1): NDLA current President- NDLA Presidency 2014-15 elect shall immediately fill the office of President and serve out this term.
On September 18, 2014, then NDLA President-elect Interpretation (2): A vacancy now existing Stephen Banister, who was due to assume the 2014- for the position of President-elect will now 15 President’s position the following day, tendered his be filled by appointment by the Executive resignation due to unforeseen personal circumstances. Board. After a review of NDLA’s bylaws and policies, the Executive Board determined that the new President-elect, 2. [The Executive Board] fills vacancies on the Greta Guck, would assume the 2014-15 presidency Executive Board as appropriate. (Executive immediately. Board Policy Manual, p. 5)
On October 3, 2014, President Greta Guck sent this 3. [The Executive Board] approves the message to the membership via the NDLA listserv: appointment of standing committee chairs and other Presidential committee chairs NDLA membership, or other office appointments. (Executive Board Policy Manual, p. 5) I am sending out this message on behalf of the NDLA Executive Board. We welcome any discussion/ Because there is the immediate and ongoing comments/concerns you may have. Our aim is to need for the Executive Board to conduct the address and resolve this issue as quickly as possible business of NDLA, this appointment will so that we may move on with the business of the be made as quickly as possible based on Association. expressions of interest and a vote of the Board via its listserv, in advance of its first quarterly NDLA Executive Board Vacancy meeting later this fall. Other Board vacancies Interpretation of Bylaws & Policies (currently 4 open committee positions) and continuing business (annual budget, legislative Due to the resignation of our (then) NDLA President- session concerns, etc.) make it seem prudent elect on September 18th of this year, the Executive that this should be sorted out as soon as we can. Board now has a vacancy in its position of Board President for 2014-2015. As indicated in the This message is being sent out to all NDLA position responsibilities, our current NDLA President- members so everyone may review the bylaws & Elect, Greta Guck, will take over immediately, this policy interpretation of the Board, and discuss membership year, as President. She will then continue and respond as desired. It also reflects our on to serve out the remaining one year of her duties concern and desire that this and other processes as Past President during the 2015-2016 membership be conducted with candor and transparency. year. Board minutes – in-person and electronic – are posted and available for anyone to review on the This leaves a vacancy in the office of President- NDLA website. elect. It is the interpretation of the Board that an appointment should be made to fill this vacancy, The above reasoning and approach represents and this appointment shall serve for the full three- the consensus of the Board to the current year term as President-elect, President, and Past situation. President. It does not seem to be the case that a special election should be held to fill this office. Thanks, Greta The relevant policies, bylaws, and interpretations, are: On October 17, 2014, a motion to appoint Wendy 1. Vacancies in office will be filled for the duration Wendt as President-elect was approved by the of an unexpired term by appointment made Executive Board. Wendt is the director of the by the Executive Board, except the office of Grand Forks Public Library and is currently the president which will be filled by the president- Past President of MPLA (Mountain Plains Library elect. (Bylaws. Article IV, Sec. 3: Vacancies) Association).
The Good Stuff - Page 20 - December 2014 people Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member Stuff Janet Anderson, who has been the adult services Julie Petersen, librarian at Washburn Public Library, librarian at the Minot Public library for two years, retired at the end of November. The library is part of has been selected as the new director of the library. the McLean-Mercer Regional Library. She will take over the reins when Jerry Kaup retires in December. Before deciding to pursue a master’s Congratulations to Eric Stroshane, the new Vice- degree in library science in Indiana, Anderson worked President/President-Elect of MPLA (Mountain Plains as a manager at Waldenbooks and also taught high Library Association). Eric is the manager of Library school English. She was the branch manager of Development for the North Dakota State Library the Prince George Library, part of the Appomattox as well as a member of The Good Stuff Editorial Regional Library System, in Prince George, Virginia, Committee, writing the “Nerd Up” column for each for two years before returning to Minot. issue. Eric served a three-year term as NDLA’s MPLA Representative (2010-2013). North Dakota is well- Karen Anderson, Director of the Angus L. Cameron represented at MPLA. Wendy Wendt, director of the Medical Library in Minot and UND’s Northwest Grand Forks Public Library, is now serving as MPLA’s Clinical Campus Librarian, is retiring. Her last day at Past President. Her term ends in November 2015. work will be January 15, 2015. Karen plans to “paint pictures (not walls), learn more about my camera, take lots of photos, travel, learn a foreign language and READ, READ, READ.” She also says, “I may even write a book! J” Karen was a member of The Good See what’s new! Stuff Editorial Committee for several years and wrote at DakotaBookNet.com the “TechTips & More” column. Congratulations and Journal of a Mountaineer – By Medora historian Doug Ellison, this book best wishes for your retirement, Karen! offers an authentic view of the life of a mountain man in the 1800s. The Brothers Krimm, The Bank Robber and the Hero – Crosby journalist Mary Henderson is now the Outreach Services Cecile Wehrman tracks the life of a modern-day bank robber. Coordinator at the Morton Mandan Public Library. The library is currently looking to fill the assistant Life Album: The Frank and Doris Kubik Story – The story of a classic director position, which Mary previously held. For Western North Dakota ranching operation. more information, visit the City of Mandan website Guardians of the Frontier – Joseph Gavett follows a man’s journey (choose the Library from the City Departments menu). westward in the 1850s, with stops at Forts Pierre, Union, Randall and Abercrombie.
Jerry Kaup, who has been the director of the Minot Sundogs and Sunflowers: Folklore and Folk Art of the Northern Great Public Library since 1977, will soon retire. His last Plains – A collection of folk heritage representing all of North Dakota as well day at work will be December 19, 2014. Kaup has as the region. been a leader in North Dakota libraries and the Memoirs of An Unknown Sportswriter (Except in North Dakota) – region. He served as president of NDLA from 1983- Legendary sportswriter Abe Winter relives many sports memories, from high 1985 and as president of MPLA (Mountain Plains school tournaments to college hockey. Library Association) from 1988-90. In retirement, Kaup Mr. Wheat: U.S. Senator Milton R. Young – The first-ever biography of plans to spend some time in Arizona and go hiking North Dakota’s longest-serving U.S. Senator by Andrea Winkjer Collin and every week. He also plans to help with Minot’s Great Richard E. Collin. Tomato Festival next August. Thanks for all you’ve Also available! Dakota Stories I and Dakota Stories II by Lauraine done for libraries and library services, Jerry. Best Snelling; Perseverance in Faith, a Centennial History of the Catholic wishes for your retirement! Church in North Dakota; From the Sideline by Mike Schatz; Small Town Soldiers documentary by Watford City native Cody Shimek; On Divine Janelle Michels became the director of the Garrison Assignment by Virginia Dohms and a large selection of Germans from Russia books. Public Library in August 2014. The previous director, Mercedes Sayler, left in May 2014. Michels is Order online at originally from Iowa and has lived in Garrison for www.dakotabooknet.com three years. She previously worked in the museum Take a Look at our Books! * 701-222-0947 industry for nearly ten years. Welcome, Janelle!
The Good Stuff - Page 21 - December 2014 Welcome to NDLA! Library Events and New members since the last issue of The Good Stuff are David Anderson, Mandi Clausen, Peggy Conferences Kopp, Stacy Olson, Gina Phillips, Jessica Lynn Robinson, Lora Rose, Barb Sandstrom, Aaron • January 9, 2015 - Lake Superior Libraries Severson, Misti Werle, and Jane Wolf (Bismarck), Symposium Mid-Winter Unsymposium Colleen Marsh, Heather Miller, Paula Nelson, and Beth Twomey (Fargo), Anna Blaine, Allyson Drees, • January 30 – February 3, 2015 – American Nichole Martin, Carmen Shannon, and Emily Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Stenberg (Grand Forks), Dawn Seopa (Minot), Chicago Brenda Schaefer and Kelly Voth (Turtle Lake). • March 13, 2015 – Digital Learning Day • March 4, 2015 – World Read Aloud Day Help us increase our membership in 2015 — tell your co-workers about NDLA and consider an • March 8-14, 2015 – Teen Tech Week institutional membership for your library! If you’re • March 16, 2015 – Freedom of Information at a public library, please consider memberships Day for your trustees or board of directors. Membership • March 18-19, 2015 - Library Technology information and forms can be found on our web Conference, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN page at www.ndla.info — click on “Membership.” Dues can be paid by check or PayPal. NDLA’s • April 2015 - School Library Month membership year is January to December. • April 10, 2015 - 14th Annual Information Literacy Summit (Illinois) Membership Report • April 12, 2015 – National D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything and Read Day) (as of October 8, 2014) Submitted by Theresa Norton, • April 12-18, 2015 – National Library Week Membership Chair • April 15, 2015 – National Library Workers Academic & Special Libraries Section 83 Day Health Sciences Information Section 29 • April 16, 2015 – National Bookmobile Day Public Library Section 108 School Library & Youth Services Section 99 • April 16, 2015 – Celebrate Teen Literature Day Archives/Records Management Roundtable 29 • April 18-25, 2015 – Money Smart Week Government Documents Roundtable 23 New Members Roundtable 32 • April 23, 2015 – World Book Night Technical Services Roundtable 32 • April 26-May 2, 2015 – Preservation Week Associate members 8 • April 30, 2015 - Children’s Day/Book Day Institutional members 10 (AKA El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros) Student members 8 Trustees 14 • May 1-7, 2015 – Choose Privacy Week New members 2014 43 • May 4-5, 2015 – National Library Legislative Total 2014 members 307 Day
The Good Stuff - Page 22 - December 2014 Professional Development Grant Report
By Bonnie Krenz, Griggs County Public Library
Thank you to NDLA for granting my request for a Professional Development scholarship to attend the Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference. This conference was filled with programs for libraries that are staffed by five people or less (with many staffed by one hired librarian and volunteer help), that have limited space to hold programs, and are on small budgets.
My library is in the process of trying to create a library that does not look like a library of the 1950s – shelves that are so full you can’t get any more books on them, shelf after shelf with little or no seating space, a very small computer area, and plain white walls and a for the future, it was stated that libraries need to dull, blue-gray carpet. The pre-conference session create spaces that not only provide for usual library I attended was “Rooms that Rock: Practical Tips for needs, such as reading the newspaper, but to also Library Space Planning” led by WebJunction. We create spaces that allow staff to plan programs that are were asked to bring pictures and a floor plan of our outside the box, such as offering chalk art classes. library. With a partner, we were led through a step- by-step process for improving the appearance of our The Strategic Planning for Small Library session will library. We shared our dreams for how to change help me formulate my strategic plan as required by the appearance of the library and the partner could the new library standards. This session stressed setting make suggestions on areas that could be changed. I plans for the short term -- five years out at most. Set gained several ideas for improving the looks of library. small, attainable, clearly stated goals. The goals One of the simplest changes suggested for giving any should include areas that will be improvements for library a new face was adding paint to one area, such staff, for patrons, and for the community that doesn’t as primary colors in the children’s area. The session visit the library. One question to ask when setting leaders stressed that we should “Make the changes goals is “How will the library help the community over time; don’t expect to return to the library on grow?” After setting goals, develop the steps to Monday and have all the changes accomplished by accomplish them. The session leader shared a flow Friday.” chart for accomplishing goals.
In other sessions on library appearance, the principle Other sessions I attended were on incorporating of less is more was given. In a session on decluttering, STEM activities in programs from pre-school through the less is more principle was stressed – especially for adult audiences; suggestions for teaching computer books on the shelves (don’t be afraid to weed) and programs for adults from the simple “How do I use a in changing signage. One suggestion was to remove mouse?” to how to teach programs such as Microsoft all signs and only replace them when more than two Office; and ideas for delivering excellent customer patrons ask where something is located. Another service. method of generating ideas for giving the library a face lift would be to form a group with four or five nearby When this conference comes to Fargo, slated in 2019 libraries, then tour each library and make suggestions and maybe earlier, make plans to attend. As I stated for changes. I would suggest taking pictures of your before, every session and speaker brings information library to see what changes are needed. I didn’t and ideas that can be used in North Dakota small realize how cluttered our circulation/reference desk libraries. Yes, my patrons had to accept some changes looked to patrons walking in the door until I looked at in the hours we were open so I could attend the the pictures I took to the conference. conference, but I feel the information I gained and the improved service our library offers is of greater value During another session related to creating the library than the open hours lost.
The Good Stuff - Page 23 - December 2014 North Dakota in Print Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member
… And All Our Yesterdays and Nine and back pain and to rid herself of the insecurity she Other Stories ($15.95, 216 p., pbk. felt because of her breast size. After looking in vain $3.99, ebook) is a collection of short for another woman’s story about going through this stories by Kenneth C. Gardner, Jr. of kind of surgery, Priebe decided to tell her own story Drayton, North Dakota. The stories are in The Big-boobed Bridesmaid ($9.99, 242 p., pbk.; set in the fictional town of Menninger, $7.99; ebook). The book details the pre-op process North Dakota, from the 1940s through and the surgery itself, recovery, as well as the author’s the 1960s. Gardner, who taught high journey to a healthier body and state of mind. She school English and history classes in Drayton for 46 writes, “Through losing this weight and a chunk of the years, has three other books to his credit: The Song chest, I feel more able to see what I want in the world, Is Ended, The Dark Between the Stars, and Meatball and what I can do to help others. We all want to feel Birds and Seven Other Stories. All of his books are acceptance, but we have to accept ourselves first.” available from iUniverse, Amazon, and Barnes and The book is available online from Amazon and Barnes Noble. His latest book is also available at Ferguson and Noble. Books & Media in Grand Forks. Building a House, Making a Home: a History of the Book three of The Messiah Trilogy, North Dakota Governor’s Residence ($19.95, 115 Armageddon, Texas ($14.95, p., pbk.) by First Lady Betsy Dalrymple was unveiled 250 p., pbk.), was released on at the Former Governor’s Mansion on October 22, November 4, 2014. Tommy 2014. The book “offers a look at the home’s public Zurhellen’s quirky trilogy began and private spaces, the lives and experiences of the with Nazareth, North Dakota families who have lived there, and the history of the (2011; winner of the 2012 house from conception to renovation to its present Independent Public Book Award appearance.” Proceeds from sales of the book will Gold Medal for Best Fiction benefit the Friends of North Dakota Governor’s from the U.S. Midwest Region) Residence, a non-partisan, non-profit foundation and Apostle Islands (2012). whose purpose is to raise funds to offset the on-going Armageddon is a blend of “mythology, scripture, and costs of updating and maintaining the residence. The classical literature” and also funny. The Summerset house, which is now a state historic site, was built in Review dubbed it, ‘’One hell of a read.” Armageddon 1884. NDLA held a social there as part of the 2014 is available online from Atticus Books and Amazon. NDLA Conference in Bismarck.
The Bakken Magazine is “focused on exploration & Cathy L. Hanson of rural Fortuna production, logistics, infrastructure & construction, has published her first book of and products & technology in and around the poetry, The Butterflies Dance Bakken region. Readers gain knowledge on the most ($23.99, 136 p., hardcover; important industry & community news, data, events $14.95, softcover; $3.99, ebook), and policy affecting companies doing business or through AuthorHouse. The book looking to do business in the Bakken region. The is illustrated with black and white Bakken’s readership incudes oil & gas executives, photographs taken by Hanson’s drilling contractors, legislators, industry suppliers, daughter. When Hanson isn’t organizations and key-decision makers working in writing, she works as a licensed the Bakken oil play.” Subscriptions are available free practical nurse as well as on the of charge in print, digital, or print + digital formats. family farm. The Butterflies Dance is available online For more information and to subscribe, visit www. from AuthorHouse, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble, thebakken.com. A full-text archive of all issues (April and in Crosby at Crafts 4-U. 2013 to present) is also available on the website. Evidently, people have enjoyed doing fun things with Sybil Priebe of Wahpeton literally got something off cats long before YouTube cat videos came on the her chest when she had breast reduction surgery in scene. This fun book is purrfect for holiday giving! March 2013. Priebe always felt like her breasts didn’t Cattitude: the Art of Cool Cat Photography ($14.95, really belong on her body and longed for less chest 96 p., pbk. ; $5.99, ebook) has been published by
The Good Stuff - Page 24 - December 2014 Jessica Rockeman of Richardton and Kim Jondahl environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit of Bismarck. The book features “a collection of mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in whimsical cat photography from the 1920s and 30s North Dakota?” Peters investigated the stories behind by Nancy Hendrickson, a pioneer North Dakota the leases her mother now holds. She learned about photographer born in 1886, three years before her grandfather’s land purchases near Williston, statehood.” Rockeman is a writer and graphic explored the ties between frac sand mining on the St. designer for “Lackadaisy” and has won several Web Croix River and the development of North Dakota’s Cartoonists’ Choice Awards. Jondahl is the author oil shale, and learned about “immediate connections of The Frontier Missionary, a book about the life between the development of North Dakota oil and of missionary Charles Hall and his work with the [her] own life in Minneapolis.” Fractured Land was Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara in Dakota Territory. published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Cattitude is available at www.historiccats.com and on It is available in bookstores and online from Amazon Amazon. You can also buy a copy at Celebration ‘n’ and Barnes and Noble. Crafts in Dickinson. If I Were a Bee ($9.99, 24 p., An inspirational memoir by North pbk.) is the second children’s Dakota native Chelsea Berler is book by Bismarck’s Kari L. available in small bookstores in Kadrmas, who experienced North Dakota and online from misfortune in her own life Amazon. The title says it all -- The when she was severely injured Curious One: from Food Stamps in an automobile accident in to CEO: One Woman’s Journey 2006. If I Were a Bee is about through Struggle, Tragedy, Success being yourself. Kadrmas said, and Love ($19.95,192 p., pbk.; “I want to inspire kids and their families. I don’t want $9.99, ebook). Berler grew up them to think less of themselves, and I don’t want in a family struggling to make them to limit themselves.” Kadrmas also penned ends meet. Her father passed away when she was 11 Dracon Finds a Friend ($9.99, 24 p., pbk.) in 2013. and both of her brothers died in car accidents while It is about losing friends and also making new ones she was in high school. After her second marriage as you grow older. Her books are for sale at Prairie ended in divorce at the age of 23, Berler decided Creek in Bismarck, Moe Moe’s Baby Boutique in that following a traditional path wasn’t working. She Dickinson, and online from Amazon and Barnes and regrouped, started following a new interest, crafted Noble. a business plan, and is now the CEO of a boutique marketing firm, Solamar Agency. Berler leads a staff of Minot, North Dakota and Area War Years and 22 and her company is headquartered in Birmingham, Wars Heroes ($42.95, 480 p., hardcover) shares the Alabama. For more information, visit the author’s story of Minot through a focus on the military and website at http://mostlychelsea.com/. the men and women of Minot who served in the military from World War I through the Cold War. Fort Sisseton — Dakota Territory ($9.45, 228 p., pbk.) The book by Bruce Anderson is available at www. by Gregory L. Heitmann is a fictional story about minothistorybooks.com and Home Sweet Home in Sergeant Bryan Sipe, a U.S. cavalry solider in Dakota Minot. Anderson previously produced two DVDs Territory in the 1860s. “The Western Tale is told in on Minot history, The Story of Minot, 1880 to 1990: parallel to a modern story of ten-year-old Jake and the Birth of the Magic City and 2011 Return of the his Lakota friend, Dominic Little Crow.” For more Monster Mouse. information about the author and all of his books, visit the website at http://gmannproductions.com/. The When two young men working in the oil fields of book is available online from Amazon and Barnes and North Dakota disappear, their mothers “form an uneasy Noble. alliance” to find them. In The Missing Place ($16, 384 p., pbk.; $34.95, large print, hardcover; $11.66, In Fractured Land: the Price of Inheriting Oil ($17.95, ebook), Sophie Littlefield weaves a suspenseful story 240 p., pbk.; $12.99, ebook), Lisa Westberg Peters about their search. Littlefield also wrote Garden of confronts an important question: “What does an Stones, which was nominated for an Edgar award.
The Good Stuff - Page 25 - December 2014 For more information, visit the author’s website at which the world has been destroyed except for two http://www.sophielittlefield.com/. The Missing Place small districts. The author is a 2014 graduate of is available from bookstores and from online sellers, Dickinson High and spent the summer working at the including Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Dickinson Area Public Library. She is now enrolled at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Carlson North Dakota Curious: a New Guide to the State School of Management. Both books are available ($6.79, 132 p., pbk.; $2.99, ebook) has been penned from several online sellers, including Barnes and by Sylvia Wendel. Billed as a comprehensive guide Noble, Smashwords, and Kobo. for the general traveler, it “describes hidden gems and popular destinations, always with an eye for the Randy Rasmussen, a library associate who does the unusual.” The book is available online from Amazon binding at UND’s Chester Fritz Library, has written and Barnes and Noble. his 4th book, Psycho, the Birds, and Halloween; the Intimacy of Terror in Three Classic Films ($37.95, 312 Documentary filmmaker Jesse p., pbk.). Rasmussen’s other books include Stanley Moss wanted to explore the darker Kubrick: Seven Films Analyzed (2005), Children of side of the North Dakota oil the Night: the Six Archetypal Characters of Classic boom story. In The Overnighters Horror Films (2006), and Orson Welles: Six Films ($29.99, Blu-Ray; $24.99, DVD), Analyzed, Scene by Scene (2006). All of his books Moss followed a Lutheran pastor were published by McFarland and are also available in Williston over the course of a from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. year and a half. Pastor Jay Reinke allowed migrant workers, some “Description: Punk of whom were registered sex Archaeology is a [sic] offenders, to sleep in the church, irreverent and relevant the parking lot, and his own home, which led to movement in archaeology, tension in the church and in the community. The and these papers provide Overnighters won the Special Jury Award for Intuitive a comprehensive anti- Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival in January. manifesto.” Punk Archaeology: In October, it opened in New York City and it was the Book is the first book screened at the Grand Theatres in Bismarck in early published by The Digital Press November. The Blu-Ray and DVD versions of the film at the University of North Dakota. With a push of will be available on February 3, 2015, from Barnes a button on September 30, 2014, Punk Archaeology and Noble. became available for free! Interested? To download your copy, visit https://mediterraneanworld.wordpress. On August 12, 2014, Fargo writer Merry Helm com/2014/09/30/punk-archaeology-the-book/. The launched Prairie Boys at War ($22, 512 p., softcover), book is a collection of papers that came out of the the first book in a projected three-volume series about first Punk Archaeology Unconference and was edited the experiences of Korean War veterans. Prairie Boys by William Caraher, Kostis Kourelis, and Andrew at War covers June to October 1950 and focuses on Reinhard. Note: You can also purchase a print copy the personal stories of veterans from North Dakota, from Amazon ($30, 232 p., pbk.). South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana. Helm also wrote Woodrow Wilson Keeble: North Dakota author Paula Winskye has had a busy the Man Called Chief (2009) and was the original year. Her latest book, Right Hand Man ($12.99, 184 writer for Prairie Public Radio’s “Dakota Datebook.” p., pbk.; $2.99, ebook), was released on November For more information about the book and the author, 22, 2014. It is a story about Cody Pfeiffer, who visit www.prairieboybooks.com. The book is available cares for and trains horses for Karlea Johnson. When from the website and at local bookstores. she asks him to move with her from North Dakota to Arizona, “it takes them in a direction he never Lindsey Bakken of Dickinson has published The intended.” The Reverend Goes Home ($14.99, 176 p., Promise of Stars ($3.99, ebook), which is a sequel pbk.) was released on May 28, 2014, and is the latest to her first book, When the Sun Goes Down ($3.99, installment in the Tony Wagner Mystery series. The ebook). The books are about a dystopian future in other titles in the series are The Reverend, Meth, and
The Good Stuff - Page 26 - December 2014 Murder (2011), The Reverend: Murder in Medora from 1994 to 2014 and how his opinions of the films (2012), The Reverend Finds His Calling (2013), evolved, as well as his view of life in North Dakota. The Reverend Delivers (2013), and The Reverend Ford grew up in southern California and moved to North Down East (2014). Winskye’s books are available Dakota in 1994 from Seattle. Ford’s passion for cinema from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For more began with an intro to film studies course at UC Santa information, visit the author’s website or Facebook Barbara. Ford’s film reviews were originally published page. in a variety of local publications, including the Open Forum, River’s Edge, Prairie Independent, and The Fargo artist Ellen Jean Diederich has written Bismarck Tribune. He is a member of Bismarck-Mandan’s and illustrated a new children’s book called Cinema 100 Film Society and serves on the board of Samson’s Gift ($19.95, 32 p., hardcover). In directors and the film selection committee. The book is the book, Samson is a lamb who is afraid to get available online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble as his wool sheared until “one star-lit night” when well as at the Bismarck Barnes and Noble store. “he shares his most precious gift.” Visit www. ellenjeandiederich.com for more information and You can take a tour of what is now North Dakota from to preview eight pages from the book. Diederich 12,000 years ago to the present day. A new edition also wrote and illustrated Where’s Petunia? (2003) of A Traveler’s Companion to North Dakota State and Progressive Painting (2006). Historic Sites ($23.95, 3rd ed., 215 p., spiralbound) is now available. The guide showcases 68 historic In the `North Dakota in Print’ locations, including state, local, and federal historic column in the December 2013 sites and parks, and features new full-color maps and issue of The Good Stuff, we photographs, as well as brief histories of each site. The profiled Hot Dish Heaven: new edition includes seven new sites, additional text a Murder Mystery with related to Sibley’s and Sully’s campaigns of 1863 and Recipes. At the time, author 1864, and a list of places to visit in North Dakota by Jeanne Cooney was working county. A Traveler’s Companion is available in the on a sequel, which is now North Dakota Heritage Center Museum Store, the available. A Second Helping Pembina State Museum Store, and state historic site of Murder and Recipes: a Hot stores at the Chateau de Morés, Fort Buford/Missouri Dish Heaven Mystery ($14.95, Yellowstone Confluence Center, Fort Totten, Gingras, Fort 272 p., pbk.) is set in the Red River Valley of Abercrombie, and Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile northwestern Minnesota, but includes much that is State Historic Sites. To order by mail, contact the State familiar, e.g., a blizzard and a fish fry, to those who Historical Society of North Dakota’s Museum Store at live on the North Dakota side of the Red River. A 701.328-2879, email [email protected], or visit the Second Helping is available from North Star Press agency’s website at www.history.nd.gov. of St. Cloud and local bookstores, and online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. In her review in Books Inspired by the Oil Patch the Thief River Falls Times, April Schneinoha said, “The sequel is as flavorful as its predecessor – The activity in the Bakken oil patch has inspired several whether it’s the recipes or the colorful characters, new books. Among them are these titles: The Bakken: whose oddball phrases made me laugh and then a Mike Reardon Novel by L. J. Martin ($7.99, 228 p., wonder about their origin. I also continue to pbk; $2.99, ebook) ; Bakken Trucking: What You Need marvel at Cooney’s ability to instill local flavor in to Know by Jesse Roberts (.99, 30 p., ebook); Murder her books, including the use of nicknames and on Cyclone 18: and Other Tales from the Bakken Oil fictitious gossip columns from the local paper.” For Field by Adam Sampson ($2.99, 17 p., ebook); Rockin’ more information, visit http://www.jeannecooney. the Bakken: the Time Is Now by Mike Lowry ($7.95, 150 com/. p., pbk.; $2.99, ebook); and Williston by Eldritch James ($8, 111 p., pbk.; $2.99, ebook). All are available from See You in the Dark: Two Decades of My Amazon. Cinephilia in North Dakota ($17.95, 390 p., pbk.) has been penned by Todd Ford of Mandan. The book is an anthology of Ford’s best film reviews
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Adams County Library has joined Author and poet Weston Rudel recently donated 35 Library2Go, a consortium of North volumes of his work to the Eddy-New Rockford Public Dakota libraries providing ebooks Library. Rudel began his life in rural Wells County, and audiobooks to users powered by North Dakota, and began farming at the age of 21. OverDrive. He retired at the age of 56 and now spends his winters in warmer climates and his summers in North Dakota. Bismarck State College Library You can find out more about Weston Rudel and his is hosting its annual BookTalk at writings on his website, www.westonrudel.com. BSC book discussion series on Sundays during the months of January, February, and March. This year’s On September 25, 2014, Mary Soucie, North Dakota theme is “Road Trip” and participants will discuss: State Librarian, was a special guest reader for story Blue Highways: a Journey into America by William time at Garrison Public Library. Least Heat-Moon (January 4; discussion leader: Clay Jenkinson); Wild: from Lost to Found on the Pacific October 11, 2014, was Star Wars Reads Day at the Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (February 1; discussion Grand Forks Public Library. The event featured leader: Dr. Janelle Masters); and On the Road by activities for all ages, including a costume parade, Jack Kerouac (March 1; discussion leader: Dr. Brian crafts, a special appearance by ND Mandos, and a Palecek). The discussions are held at the BSC Library drawing for movie passes. The Force was definitely from 1-3 p.m. and are free and open to all. there.
The Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library hosts its annual Reader’s Voice book discussions in the Library’s Missouri River Room the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. The 2014-15 selections include: My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor (October 7), Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (November 4), Destiny of the Republic: a Tale of Madness, Medicine In conjunction with St. Joseph’s Church, the Grand and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard Forks Public Library sponsored an “Empty Bowl” (December 2), Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks project on October 15, 2014. Patrons were asked to (February 3), Death Comes for the Archbishop paint a bowl to be auctioned off at St. Joseph’s with by Willa Cather (March 3), Operation Paperclip: proceeds going to their food bank. 100 plus painters the Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi showed up at the library to share their artistic talents Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen (April 7), and and help the hungry of Grand Forks. Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West (May 5). Registration is not required and everyone is welcome The Grand Forks Public Library opened its doors to attend. to the ghosts and goblins of Grand Forks when the Unveiled Paranormal Society gave a presentation The Dickinson Area Public Library and Stoxen Library on October 30, 2014. Attendees learned about the at Dickinson State University partnered up to celebrate ghosts of Grand Forks and how to search out the the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, paranormal. On October 27, the library was also the September 21-27, 2014. A showing of the 2009 film, place to find the spooky and ghostly in the haunted Watchmen, kicked off the public events planned for stacks. Attendees of the family-friendly event were youth and adults. Other events included a showing invited to put on their best Halloween costumes of James and the Giant Peach; read-outs at both DSU and were treated to haunted mazes, a ghoulish evil and at DAPL; a discussion of graphic novels and laboratory, creepy treats, stories, and some music censorship led by Cindy Thronburg, DSU librarian, to lighten the dark mood. Games were in every and local artist Jessica Rockeman; and a discussion shadowed corner and prizes flew out like bats in the of The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak led by Caitlin night. Meyer, assistant circulation librarian at DAPL. Banned Books Week began in 1982 and is an annual event Planning for a new Grand Forks Public Library celebrating the freedom to read. building is chugging along. Five possible locations
The Good Stuff - Page 28 - December 2014 have been identified, but full recommendations for for cookies, stories, a Christmas carol sing-a-long, and a new library will probably not be presented to the photos with Santa (courtesy of Awesome 2 Products). Grand Forks City Council until the fall of 2015. The The Friends of the Library sponsored the cookies Library Board has hired JLG Architects to work on the and cider. The library will also host Wii games on project. Tuesdays in January from 1 to 8:30 p.m. Wii games is open to all ages and participants can register at the door on game days.
Through the State Library, North Dakota was invited to join with nine other states to participate in the 2015 installment of ILEAD USA (Innovative Librarians Explore Apply and Discover). ILEAD USA focuses on solving a problem through the use of participatory technology. Over a nine-month span, library workers can “band together and tackle a common problem.” The Rugby Lions Club held its seventh annual “Tables All North Dakota library workers are encouraged to Envisioned” fundraiser at Heart of America Library, participate. To learn more about it or apply, visit http:// July 30 and August 1. Area dish collectors created ileadusanorthdakota.wordpress.com/. Applications are 25 beautiful tablescapes for viewers to enjoy. Mary due January 15, 2015. Bell’s “Table by the Sea” garnered the People’s Choice award. The funds that were raised will be used to The first ever North Dakota librarian twitter chat was purchase large-print books for the library and to held on November 16, 2014. The topic of the chat support the Lions Eye Bank of North Dakota. was teacher collaboration. Future chats will be held on the first and third Sunday of every month from 9-10 The future of a new building or renovated building p.m. CST. While the topics will be geared towards for the James River Valley Library System remains school library media specialists, anyone is welcome to a question. A measure to create a quarter-percent join Maggie Townsend of Bismarck Public Schools and sales tax was defeated at the election on November Allison Radermacher of Ellendale Public School on 4, 2014. The sales tax, along with private donations, Twitter using #ndlibchat. If you’re not on Twitter, you would have funded a $9 million expansion and can follow the conversation with www.tagboard.com. renovation of Alfred Dickey Library in downtown Jamestown. Voters first voted to combine the First Lady Betsy Dalrymple visited the Underwood Stutsman County and Alfred Dickey Public libraries Library on November 18 to read to children and make in November 2008. At a post-election meeting on a presentation about the Imagination Library program, November 19, the Board of Directors directed library one of her initiatives. The local Imagination Library staff to begin developing a two-fold strategic plan program is being funded by North American Coal that will look at how best to use the existing space at Corporation and the McLean-Mercer Regional Library Alfred Dickey and Stutsman County libraries while Board. Great River Energy also recently donated also working toward the long-term goal of finding a $1000 to help cover the cost of a new carpet for the building to support the library system and its needs. library.
Lake Region Public Library in Devils Lake has joined A National Park Service Historic Preservation Grant the Library2Go consortium. The group is now 28 helped fund repairs to deteriorated mortar between the members strong. The Shakespeare Club of Devils brick and stone work at the Valley City Barnes County Lake, first organized in January 1895, also recently Public Library. The grant is being administered by the presented the library with a gift of $100. The club North Dakota Historical Society. The Friends of the has always been an active supporter of the library and Library also recently hosted their annual Chocolate, was a major promoter of the Carnegie Library in 1908 Chocolate Day fundraiser for the children’s library. It during its construction. featured a bake sale of donated chocolate desserts and other goodies as well as pudding finger painting On December 11, the public was invited to join Santa (imagine!) and a cooking demonstration. and Mrs. Claus at the Morton Mandan Public Library The Good Stuff - Page 29 - December 2014 TREASURER'S REPORT As of September 30, 2014 (End of 3rd Quarter) Treasurer's Report By Michael As of Safratowich, September 30, 2014 NDLA (End Treasurerof 3rd Quarter) Editor’s note: Approved byBy electronic Michael vote Safratowich, of the Executive NDLA Board Treasurer on October 3, 2014
Beg. Balance Receipts Disbursements End. Balance CHECK BOOK 1/1/2014 $9,878.98
NDLA Funds $9,878.98 Annual Conference 2014 $32,170.25 $6,160.73 $26,009.52 Book Sales $1,318.42 $35.00 $409.96 $943.46 Otto Bremer Grant $17,460.00 $17,460.00 Centennial Cookbook -$2,928.34 $74.00 -$2,854.34 Dues $9,505.00 $122.17 $9,382.83 HSIS Partner Account $0.00 $0.00 Investment Account Transfers $1,609.93 $1,434.01 Other receipts/disbursements $1,670.00 $14,762.70
NDLA Funds Subtotal $62,524.18 $22,889.57 $49,513.59
Check Book Balance 09/30/2014 $49,513.59 ******************************************************************************************************************** MONEY MARKET AND CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS Beg. Balance Receipts Disbursements End. Balance NDLA Bank Money Market Ready Cash $9,439.79 Interest $0.65 Deposits Transfers $9,440.44 Professional Development Bank Money Market RC $5,084.52 Interest $0.32 Deposits Transfers $1,434.01 $1,609.93 $4,908.92 NDLA CD $20,310.46 Interest $242.65 Transfers $20,553.11 Professional Development CD $20,035.09 Interest $222.93 Transfers $20,258.02 TOTAL investment accounts $54,869.86 $55,160.49
TOTAL EQUITY 09/30/2014 $104,674.08
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Work Phone 701.852.5388 Grand Forks ND 58202-9000 edu School Library & Youth Fax 701.837.4960 Work Phone 701.777.4638 Services Section E-Mail kerrianne.tyler@wardnd. Fax 701.777.3319 MPLA Representative Melissa Lloyd com Email [email protected] Paulette Nelson Valley City Barnes County Public Minot Public Library Library 516 2nd Ave SW 410 N Central Ave. Minot ND 58701-3792 Valley City ND 58072 Work Phone 701.838.0606 Work Phone 701.845.3821 Fax 701.852.2595 Email [email protected] Email [email protected]
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