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The Official Journal Of FLORIDA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Florida LibrariesVolume 42, No. 3 March/April 1999

Articles Treasurer’s Report ...... 45 by Ruth O'Donnell Conference Preview: ...... 46 Programs you won’t want to miss Columns Calendar ...... 43 President’s Message...... 44 FLA News ...... 48 Student Voices ...... 52 Floridiana With A Twist .. 54 SIRS

42 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 Volume 42, Issue 3 Florida Library Association 1133 West Morse Blvd., Suite 201, Winter Park, FL 32789-3788 (407) 647-8839 • FAX: (407) 629-2502 E-mail: crowsegal.com; Website: http://www.flalib.org

Executive Secretary Marjorie Stealey, E-mail: [email protected] March 12-14 Library Services to Youth of Hispanic Editor Pro Tem Heritage Institute, Tampa; Kathleen de la Pena Lawrence Webster, CCLA, Phone: 850-92206044 E-mail: [email protected] McCook (813) 974-3520; SUNCOM 574-3520 Faye Howell, Graphic Designer, E-mail: [email protected] March 17-20 Music Library Association Annual FLA Staff Kim O'Dell, Advertising Director, E-mail: [email protected] Conference, Los Angeles, CA; (781) 828-8450; Editorial Sub-Committee [email protected] Marilyn Naito, Chair, Publications Committee Carol Ann Borchert, News March 25-27 Public Library Association Spring Sym- FLA Legislative Advocate posium, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago; Jody Fitzgerald 405 Coldstream Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32312 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA (850) 385-2751 • FAX (850) 644-9763 April 8-11 ACRL National Conference, Detroit, Officers & Board of Directors MI; 1-800-545-2433 Mary Jane Little, St. Johns County Public Library ...... President Madison Mosley, Jr., Stetson Univ. Coll. of Law Lib...... Vice Pres./Pres. Elect April 11-17 National Library Week; Sandy Newell, State Library of Florida ...... Secretary: 97-99 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5044/5041 Ruth O'Donnell, Independent Consultant ...... Treasurer: 98-00 Jane Robbins, FSU School of Library & Information Studies ...... Director: 97-99 April 21-23 Society of Florida Archivists, Winter Craig Stillings, SEFLIN ...... Director: 97-99 Park http://mailer.fsu.edu/~baltman/sfa.html Dorothy Field, Orange County Library System ...... Director: 98-00 Robert G. Melanson , Winter Park Public Library ...... Director: 98-00 April 29-30 SOLINET Annual Conference, Atlanta, John D. Hales, Jr., Suwannee River Reg. Library ...... ALA Councilor: 98-02 GA; Contact: Steve Baughman at Bernadette Storck, Pinellas Public Lib. Coop., Inc. ... SELA Representative: 98-00 [email protected] Patricia S. De Salvo, Seminole Community College Library ...... Past President Bernadette Storck, Pinellas Public Library Cooperative ...... Parliamentarian May 4-7 FLA 76th Annual Conference and Exhi- Josephine Terry, FLA Friends & Trustees Leader ...... Ex-Officio bition, St. Augustine; (407) 647-8839 Dawn M. Villano, Orange County Library System ...... Leadership Intern June 10-13 North American Serials Interest Group FLORIDA LIBRARIES is published bimonthly with one supplement. Articles and columns are placed two months after paper publication on the Florida (NASIG) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA; Library Association homepage at http://www.flalib.org. Copyright © 1999 by the Florida Library Association. Materials may not be reproduced without written http://nasig.ils.unc.edu permission. Indexed in Library Literature. Refereed articles are indicated. FLA does not render legal, accounting or financial advice. Byline articles and columns express the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily June 20-23 Association of Jewish Libraries 1999 reflect FLA policies or sentiments. Conference, Boca Raton, FL; [email protected]

MEMBER, Florida Magazine Association June 24-30 American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA; 1-800-545-2433 http://www.ala.org/events/ac99/index.html July 19-22 Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), Las Vegas, NV; Florence Send news items to arrive by February 1, April 1, June 1, August 1, October 1, or December 1 for inclusion in the issue of Simkins Brown (305) 787-6048 Florida Libraries following the date sent; i.e., June 1 sent for July/ August issue. Send articles, and columns in ASCII and paper for- mat at any time. Address to FLA Office, 1133 W. Morse Blvd., Suite 201, Winter Park, FL 32789, or e-mail to [email protected].

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 43 FLA Conference Promises Innovation and StyleStyle! I am so looking forward to seeing FLA back into America’s Gilded Age as Wiler has bid farewell as editor of our members out in force at the upcoming you tour Otto C. Lightner’s world journal. It is with enormous apprecia- Annual Conference in St. Augustine at famous collections exquisitely dis- tion that we thank Linda for the out- the World Golf Village. Pre-conference played within the lovely halls of one standing foundation she has provided activities are scheduled for May 4, with of the hotels that launched Henry us with her work on Florida Libraries. conference activities continuing May Flagler’s “American Riviera.” Her contributions will be evident for a 5-7. As you will see in this issue of Florida • “Cruising the Night Away,” the Schol- long time to come. Thank you Linda! Libraries, this year’s Conference truly arship Night fund-raiser, Thursday, Included in this issue of Florida Li- offers something special for everyone, May 6, 8-11pm. Sponsored by Pre- braries is a survey. I urge you to please both professionally and personally. send it back immediately. The FLA Ex- It is my hope that many of you will ecutive Board, Publications Committee, be able to take advantage of these spec- and Electronic Access Committee of tacular opportunities. Florida Libraries are examining the pub- The World Golf Village resort is a It is with enormous lication with an eye to making it even new facility, in my backyard, just north appreciation that we more responsive and valuable to FLA of St. Augustine! A warm welcome is thank Linda for the members. We need your input to make extended to you not only from me as it so! In addition to responding to the your FLA President, but also from outstanding foundation survey, we encourage and welcome your St. Johns County, a community rich in she has provided us general comments. If you would like heritage and embracing of libraries and with her work on to share thoughts, suggestions, and re- the people like you who make them flections about our journal, e-mail our special. Florida Libraries. interim editor, Lawrence Webster, at [email protected]. She will Some conference highlights pass comments on to the Association Leadership. • Our keynote address by Eugenie E. mier Cruises, an opportunity to en- Always eager to be responsive to Prime, whom you might remember joy the pleasures of cruising while our membership, I encourage each and from the September 15 issue of Li- staying on dry land. Help the Schol- every one of you to contact me and your brary Journal. Manager of Corporate arship Fund sail to success! The high- FLA Committee Chairs to keep us in- Libraries at Hewlett-Packard Company light of the evening will be a draw- formed of what FLA needs to do to be in Palo Alto, California, Eugenie has ing for a seven-day cruise for two truly representative of the Library Com- had a distinguished career and is the donated by Premier Cruises. munity of Florida. We want to work for incarnation of innovation and style. you and with you to maintain a dy- The keynote speaker at the SLA An- namic and pertinent Association. You nual Convention in Seattle in 1997, Florida Libraries: Help are FLA and it is my sincere pleasure Eugenie was recently the first recipi- create its future and great honor to have been chosen ent of the Dow Jones Leadership as your president. It is with so much While this issue of Florida Libraries in- Award: 21st Century Competencies joy that we look ahead to a bright fu- cludes some program highlights, your in Action, awarded by Dow Jones and ture for Florida’s Libraries. It is with conference registration packets will pro- SLA. Her address should be an in- extreme gratitude that I say thank you vide lots of information to insure your vigoration of the ideals of our pro- for being a part of the Florida Library interest in attending! Especially of in- fession! Association! terest to Library Friends is an afternoon • My President’s reception is at the with Representative Doug Wiles, Fri- Lightner Museum, “An Evening In day, May 6, at 1:30 p.m. Representa- St. Augustine,” Wednesday, May 5, tive Wiles will offer his insights into 7-9:30 p.m. Housed in the former the legislator’s viewpoint of dealing with Hotel Alcazar, the Lightner Museum library issues. will set an elegant stage for a night As you may have learned in the to remember, featuring a taste of the last issue of Florida Libraries, Linda Lou Spanish, English, French and Flagler eras of the Nation’s Oldest City. Travel

44 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 Treasurer’s Report Chart A: Historical Over/Under Budget

So . . . have you been lying awake nights thinking about the graphs and charts I promised? Well, I have and here they are! The first is a recap of FLA’s end-of-year year status for the last nine fiscal years. It makes pretty clear our recent inability to stay on an even keel financially. First we are up, then we are down! Unfortunately, we were down for 1998 – overspent our income by $3,756.64. Please consider, however, that at the beginning of 1998 the Executive Board had approved a budget that anticipated overspending income by $8,662.50. So, while we didn’t live within our income, we didn’t spend beyond income as much as anticipated. Chart A shows how much FLA went over or under each year’s income from 1990 through 1998. At the January 22 Executive Board meeting, board members discussed ways to assure that we stay within the 1999 budget. The two charts below give an idea of where our 1999 projected revenue stands and how we plan to spend it. Chart B: Sources of Income First, check out our sources of income on Chart B. We are taking $3,152 from our reserves to balance the budget – to make anticipated revenue match anticipated expenses. That means we are not living within our income again in 1999, but I hope this is the last year we will have to dip into reserves to balance the budget. Our reserves, by the way, are $73,268.33 and are held in a Merrill Lynch Ready Assets account (money market). Now, let’s look at planned expenses on Chart C. Our biggest costs are the FLA office and the conference. The conference is actually the largest expense if you consider that not only is the “conference” category spent on that activity, but also most of the money for sections/ interest groups/discussion groups. That makes anticipated conference costs in the neighborhood of $74,000. That expense is offset by a planned conference income of over $115,000, including donations. We plan to make money on the conference each year to help support our other activities. The charts indicate we plan to make $9,000 in income from FLA publications, the annual Florida Library Associa- tion Membership Directory and Florida Libraries (our journal), from advertisements and sponsors. The expense bud- Chart C: Planned expenses for 1999 get for publications for 1999 is $23,300. In years past we have earned more income from ads in Florida Libraries. There is a pattern of decreasing ad revenue each year; it’s down from about $14,000 in the early 90s to its current level of almost $4,500 last year. Revenue from directory sponsors has increased slightly. Projected expenses for Florida Libraries are down from the 1988 costs because the Executive Board made a decision to reduce the number of pages from 20 per issue to 16. You have an opportunity to express your opinion about how we are spending your money on Florida Libraries. Fill out the enclosed survey to give the Publications Committee your opinion on the future of this publication. Next issue, another exciting lesson in money stuff — the financial aspects of planning conference programs — to get you ready for the 2000 conference!

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 45 Conference Preview Programs You Won’t Want to Miss

Seven Steps to ‘Synthesizer’ Leader- and Annual Convention meetings. She for public library directors, consultant ship, President’s Program (Reference and was a keynote speaker at the SLA An- librarians, business/reference librarians, Library Administration interest groups, nual Convention in Seattle in 1997. She local government officials, and Friday, May 7, 10:30 – 12:30) Presenter has also given presentations businesspeople. Whether you work in Kare Anderson, Emmy- and has lectured across a small town, suburban, or big city public award winning broadcaster North America, Canada, library, this is the workshop for you if and Wall Street Journal re- Europe, Japan and South you want to support the business com- porter is widely known for Africa. An interview with munity and economic development in her lively style. You can Eugenie appeared in the your area! expect to learn how to get inaugural issue of Informa- more done through oth- tion Outlook (January 1997) Open For Business, Take 2—An ers by emulating the be- in which she discussed the Instant Replay Of The Preconference, haviors that work today importance of a vision for (Wednesday Morning, May 5 , 8:00 – better than the Kennedy libraries and the process 9:30 a.m., see above) Bleiweiss will re- style of “Charismatic for developing that vision, cap and highlight her workshop pre- Leader” that often worked and another interview by sentation for those who couldn’t make in the past. Unlike War- Barbara Quint. “Retool- it on Wednesday morning, 8:00 to 9:30 ren Bennis, Stephen Covey Kare Anderson ing the Information Pro- AM in her program, “Boosting Busi- and others who offer valu- fessional: The Librarian as ness: A Crash Course in Introducing able insights into what Winner” – Eugenie Prime Business Services in Any Size Library.” leadership should look like, gut instincts of Hewlett-Packard was published in Don’t miss this one! expert Anderson, describes the some- “SEARCHER: The Magazine for Data- times surprising traits that today’s most base Professionals” (October 1997). The View from the Florida Legis- effective leaders actually do have in com- Eugenie received a Bachelor’s degree lature - An Afternoon with Represen- mon-regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, in History and Sociology from the Uni- tative Doug Wiles and His Staff (Pub- education or even physical size. This versity of the West Indies, and a post- lic Relations Committee). Friday, May columnist, nine-time author and co- graduate research schol- 7, 1:30. Library advocates founder of nine political action com- arship in History from the are encouraged to stay for mittees uses her reporter’s keen eye, University of London. this one! Representative trailblazing work experience, and unique Ms. Prime also holds a Doug Wiles (D, District research to deliver a compelling mes- M.A. in History from 20), will provide all of us sage of news-you-can use ideas and in- Andrew’s University, an with insights and tips on spires people to become more compel- M.S. from Drexel Univer- effective ways to approach ling, thoughtful communicators. http:/ sity, and an M.B.A. from legislators — and the de- /www.sayitbetter.com • Kare Anderson’s University of California mands they face every new book is Resolving Conflict Sooner: at Los Angeles (UCLA). day. Insight into the daily The Powerfully Simple 4-Step Method Prime was the first recipi- work of our legislators will for Reaching Better Agreements More ent of the 1998 Dow Jones help FLA advocates de- Easily in Everyday Life ($10.95, The Leadership Award. velop the library message Crossing Press, ISBN 0-8954-976-8) so it can be heard loud Open for Business: Rep. Doug Wiles and clear. Wiles will also Keynote Speech with Eugenie E. The Library’s Role in comment on the role of Prime, Wednesday, May 5, 9:45 a.m. Community Economic Development, “everyday PR” in our libraries. Rep. Prime is manager of Corporate Librar- (Preconference, Tuesday, May 4) pre- Wiles is a third-generation Florida public ies at Hewlett-Packard Company, head- sented by Maxine Bleiweiss, author of servant—both his father and grandfa- quartered in Palo Alto, California. Be- Helping Business – the Library’s Role ther were St. Johns County commis- fore joining HP in 1987, Eugenie was in Community Economic Development, sioners. He serves on the House Edu- President of CINAHL Corporation, a published by Neal-Shuman in 1997. In cation Committee and is an enthusias- publisher and database producer of the her book, Bleiweis notes, “Whatever a tic library supporter. Index to Nursing and Allied Health Lit- library’s size, it can take a leading role erature. Eugenie speaks extensively in in providing information to businesses Putting it into Practice: The Pasco the areas of Information Management, and becoming a principle player on an County Public Library Initiative for Mi- Digital Libraries, Strategic Planning and economic development team. What gives grant Farmworkers. (Service to Span- Knowledge Management, and has been libraries the edge? Information. Busi- ish Speaking Interest Group, Thursday, an invited speaker at ASIS, ASIDIC, ness today is driven by it.” This 10:00 May 6, 10:30 – 12:00) Following up on Online, MLA and SLA Regional Chapters AM to 5:00 PM workshop is intended their participation in the University of

46 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 South Florida Library School Institute will speak on the history of her site, day, May 5, on Library Services to Migrant and Sea- how she manages such an enormous 3:30 - 5:00 sonal Farmworkers, Carolann Abramoff site with an amazingly small staff (es- p.m.) and Lorraine Cors will share a successful sentially, all by herself), and how ge- Audrey example of putting the Institute into nealogy librarians can create success- Gorman, practice. ful Web sites to meet the needs of their Director of own patrons. The session should prove ALA’s Telephone Service With Innovation of interest not only to genealogy and “Roads to And Style (Telephone Reference Dis- local history librarians, but also to any Learning” project, will focus on how cussion Group, Wednesday, May 5, 3:30 librarians who are or will be managing libraries can serve people, especially kids, – 5:00) A panel of experienced telephone Web sites for their own libraries. who have hidden disabilities like learning reference folks will lead a discussion disabilities. You will learn about tools and sharing session on innovative ways Anger—Yours, Mine, and Theirs and resources for choosing LD materi- of handling homework, contest, legal, (Bibliotherapy Discussion Group, Thurs- als, tow and high tech ways to improve medical and E-mail reference questions. day, May 6, 10:30 – 12:00). Program will library service, and options for com- Policies and procedures, in place and focus on the issue of anger and how it munity partnerships. wished-for will also be discussed. affects us in our everyday life and career. Program materials will be from Educating The Public On Electronic Change Your Script with That Chal- angermgmt.com. Services (Public Libraries Section, Thurs- lenging Person (Reference Interest day, May 5) Librarians from Leon, Group and Library Ad- Now that You’ve Broward, Columbia, Martin, and Pinellas ministration Interest Got Them, What Do Counties will share their expertise. In- Group, Friday, May You Do? Managing formation literacy is the public library’s 7, 1:30 – 3:00) Kare Electronic Serials (Se- new assignment – don’t miss this chance Anderson of the rials and Technical to get some good ideas and ask your Compelling Commu- Services interest questions. nications Group will groups, Wednesday, help us say it bet- May 5, 2:00 – 4:00) Su- “It’s OK Lady, I’m Just Washing ter next time. Keep san Davis, Head of the My Hair. Security And How To Handle cool while under fire or Periodicals Section Those Tough Problems Keeping Your time pressure. Become SUNY-Buffalo spon- Library Safe And Comfortable For Ev- more effective in dealing sored by NASIG; Les eryone” (Public Libraries Section, Thurs- with challenging people and Hawkins, serials cataloger day, May 5, 2:00 - 4:00) Ruth O’Donnell, diverse situations. Don’t let others from the Library of Con- Library Consultant, and Lyn Hopper, determine your behavior. Understand gress; and representatives Director of the Chestatee Regional Li- the situational “pivot points” where from EBSCO and SOLINET will lead a brary in Dahlonega, Georgia, present people instinctively form likes, dislikes panel discussion on handling electronic a program especially for library staff and make decisions so you can relieve serials from acquisitions/cataloging to who do not have access to on-site, pro- tension and bring out the better side providing access for patrons. fessional security personnel. There’s lots in others. Learn the powerfully simple of time for audience discussion and three-step method to forging better daily The Virtual Library: Innovative In- horror-story sharing. The Section also agreements and five “yes” triggers to formation Access (Automated Resources hopes to have legal counsel available persuade others, from the author of two and Networks & Consortia interest for questions. books on conflict resolution. groups, Thursday, May 6, 10:30 a.m.) Speakers for this event include: Annette Literacy Planning Projects At Two Using Technology to Turn Chaos Milliron, Administrator of the North Florida Public Libraries (Public Librar- into Order (Genealogy and Local His- Bay Cooperative (NBCLS) Library ies Section) time and date TBA. The tory Interest Group) Wednesday, May System’s Virtual Library program, Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund has 5, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Cyndi Howells, “SuperSearch,” and Patricia Wallace of granted planning funds to literacy pro- internationally known for her Web site, Maryland’s “Sailor” network. grams at Jacksonville Public and the “Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Li- Internet,” will be the speaker. Cyndi’s Kids, Your Community, and Learn- brary. Representatives from the librar- List (http://www.cyndislist.com) now ing Disabilites: Learning Disabilities And ies will discuss their planning projects consists of over 40,000 categorized links ALA’s “Roads To Learning” Project (Pub- and ongoing literacy programs. to sites of potential interest to geneal- lic Libraries Section, School Libraries ogy librarians and their patrons. She and Media Centers Section, Wednes-

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 47 Statewide Reciprocal and receive documents of all kinds - Committee on Accreditation academic articles, reports, and other Borrowing a Reality in research materials - with each other and Continuing Accreditation Florida; with libraries around the nation and for FSU All 38 Public Colleges and Universi- the world. Developed by the College The Committee on Accreditation (COA) ties Endorse Agreement Center for Library Automation (CCLA), of the American Library Association has A student in any one of Florida’s 38 the LINCC workstation comprises a PC; announced it will continue accredita- publicly-funded institutions of higher monitor; printer; and scanner. The soft- tion of the program for Master of Sci- education may freely borrow materi- ware includes the Research Libraries ence and Master of Arts, School of In- als from the libraries of any of the other Group, Inc. document transmission formation Studies at Florida State Uni- colleges or universities under an agree- product, Ariel; Netscape; and a fax pro- versity in Tallahassee, in addition to five ment endorsed by the presidents of gram. The LINCC DDW project comple- other programs. A complete list of pro- Florida’s 28 community colleges and 10 ments the document delivery compo- grams and degrees accredited by COA public state universities. Developed as nent of the Florida Distance Learning can be found at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/ a part of Florida’s Distance Learning Library Initiative, which includes a state- oa/lisdir.html. Library Initiative (DLLI), the recipro- wide ground courier service and recip- cal borrowing agreement went into ef- rocal borrowing components. Grant to Miami-Dade fect in December 1998. “We applaud the vision and coop- Joint-Use Public/Academic A $65,000 grant to the Miami-Dade Public Library, FL, from the Florida Depart- erative spirit of Florida’s library lead- Library Approved in ers in this step to open the resources ment of State will create a Born to Read of all our libraries to Florida’s students,” Seminole reading program targeted at families with commented Dr. J. Richard Madaus, di- After two years of planning, Seminole newborns. Partnerships with local rector of the College Center for Library Community Library and St. Petersburg hospitals and other community health Automation (CCLA) and chair of the Junior College (SPJC) have agreed to and service centers will help expose DLLI Steering Committee. DLLI, mid- build a new joint-use library on the SPJC parents to the joys of reading. A spe- way through its second year in opera- campus. City Council members approved cial collection of books will be distrib- tion, has provided several statewide ini- the idea earlier this month, and prom- uted to parents as they wait for health tiatives to broaden and strengthen li- ised not to raise taxes to pay for the care and librarians will visit to provide brary services in support of higher edu- new facility or take money away from monthly story times. cation, including coordination of state- other projects. SPJC trustees agreed wide acquisition of electronic resources to the plan on December 14, including Reference and Referral such as Britannica Online and 60 OCLC the assumption of construction costs, Center FirstSearch databases, coordination of estimated at $6 million, and maintenance The Florida Distance Learning Refer- a statewide courier service, and sup- costs. The city will provide most of ence and Referral Center (RRC) was a port of a reference and referral center the staff, expected to cost $600,000 a featured presentation in the distance for distance learners. year, and move in existing library fur- learning track at Internet Librarian ‘98, Funded by the Florida legislature, nishings and collection, worth at least held in November in Monterey, CA. DLLI has five components—borrowing $1 million. A committee comprised of The collaborative presentation was based privileges, reference and referral, elec- personnel from both libraries will be on a paper by Todd Chavez, Access tronic resources, user training, and docu- involved in the design and construc- Services Librarian at USF Tampa Cam- ment delivery. As with all DLLI pro- tion process of the new facility. State pus Library, Anna Perrault of the USF grams, data-gathering and assessment and federal grant opportunities will be School of Library and Information Sci- is part of the project design. pursued. ence, and Stephanie Race and Rhonda The present public library has 17,500 Smith, both of the RRC. The presen- square feet and is open 52 hours a week. LINCC Provides “Virtual tation provided background about the The joint-use library will be in a 54,000 RRC and an independent assessment Courier Service” with Ariel square foot building with 25,000 square of RRC user satisfaction. The assess- for all Community Colleges feet set aside for library services and ment was organized by Chavez and the remainder reserved for classrooms, LINCC Document Delivery Workstations conducted by Perrault’s students. (DDW) have been delivered to the 61 meeting rooms, and a coffee shop. The campus libraries of Florida’s 28 com- new library will be open 72 hours a week. munity colleges. The workstation al- The city is now considering whether lows library staff to instantaneously send to turn the present library building into a new city hall, at a cost of $375,000.

48 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 Online Buyers’ Guide tion by the Mary Ellen LoPresti Award mer, covers fireproofing your property, for Excellence in Art Publishing. The surviving nearby fires, evacuation pro- The Librarian’s Yellow Pages, the popular catalog was written by Bienes Center cedures, personal protection measures, library buyer’s guide, is now available librarian Jim Findlay and designed by and salvage of collections and facilities in an enhanced web edition. The site Mary Ann Stavros of Maswel Group, after a fire. allows visitors to do keyword or ven- Inc. The second publication provides a dor-specific searches for products and “The WPA: an Exhibition of Works list of public funding agencies, corpo- see announcements of new products Progress Administration Literature and rate sponsors, foundations, and asso- in particular subject categories. Librarians Art” was given a Worldwide Books Pub- ciations that support preservation ac- can also communicate instantly with publication Award for 1999 by the Art Li- tivities in the Southeast. Annotations lishers and vendors via “hotlinks” and braries Society of North America Re- provide background information on each LYP’s Email Express service. They can search Committee. The catalog was writ- organization and an overview of the also sign up to receive a FREE copy of ten by Bienes Center librarian Jim Findlay types of projects each tends to support. the print edition of this handy direc- and cataloger Peggy Bing and designed For the online version of these pam- tory. Designed by librarians for librar- by Mary Ann Stavros of Maswel Group, phlets, go to http://www.solinet.net/ ians, LYP has been published annually Inc. presvtn/preshome.htm. For a free printed since 1993 and is distributed free of charge For more information, contact: Jim copy, contact Alicia Riley at to over 50,000 library and information Findlay, (954) 357-8692. [email protected]. professionals nationwide. Visit the LYP web site at: http:// www.LibrariansYellowPages.com. New Library Advocacy Department of State Web Workshops from ALA Pages Have Moved FL Regional Library Links ALA is sponsoring three new advo- The Department of State web sites have to Keystone cacy-training workshops that are avail- moved to a new server. Users going able to state and regional library groups to the old addresses will receive a message The Florida Regional Library’s Bureau for use at seminars and conferences. with the new URL and in most cases, of Braille and Talking Book Library Ser- The programs are part of ALA Presi- the browser will connect with the new vices has contracted with Keystone Sys- dent Ann Symons’s intellectual-free- address within seconds. tems Inc. for the installation of its KLAS dom leadership initiatives, and are de- The following pages have been af- system. Rather than house the hard- signed to help libraries educate their fected: ware at its Daytona Beach facility, the communities about the Internet and library has opted to outsource the equip- • Division of Library & Information Ser- related issues. The programs are titled vices (follow links to the bureaus’ ment, which will be located at Keystone’s as follows: Raleigh, NC, headquarters. Keystone pages, etc.): asserts that running the equipment at • Public Internet Access: What About http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us its homebase will allow its experts to Filtering? better make adjustments as well as freeing • A Perfect Match: Children and the • Florida Government Information Lo- up the Florida staff from performing Internet cator Service: these tasks. In addition, the Pinellas • Speaking Out: Libraries, Intellectual http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/fgils County Talking Book Library, one of Freedom, and the Internet Florida’s 11 subregional libraries, has The purpose of advocacy training also contracted for a KLAS system. • Legislative Library Service: is to create a broad umbrella that al- Pinellas ultimately will link its system lows all kinds of libraries the oppor- http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/leglib to several of the other regional library’s tunity to design and implement activities talking book operations to form a near to meet their needs. Each workshop statewide network. can stand alone or work in conjunc- State Library Cracking tion with the other two. Down on Overdue ILLs Broward County (FL) Details are available at http:// Library’s Bienes Center www.ala.org/news/v4n5/v4n5b.html The State Library, in response to a re- Wins Awards For Exhibition cent audit, is strictly enforcing their long- SOLINET Preservation standing policy of not loaning materi- Catalogs als to delinquent borrowers. When pay- Leaflets Available Online Bienes Center for the Literary Arts: The ment is not received on materials 58 or Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Col- Two preservation leaflets are available more days overdue, a library is con- lections and Rare Book Library at Broward from SOLINET on the Web: “Protect- sidered delinquent and will not be able County Library in Fort Lauderdale, ing Your Institution from Wildfires: Plan- to borrow other materials. For ques- Florida has received two prestigious ning Not to Burn” and “Learning to tions, contact the Lending Services unit awards for two exhibition catalogs. Recover and Funding Resources for at (850) 487-2651; SUNCOM 277-2651; “ZYX: An Exhibition of Selected Preservation.” or by email at [email protected]. Books from the Jean Trebbi Collection” The first publication, published in was named Outstanding Art Publica- response to the severe wildfires plaguing portions of the country this past sum-

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 49 SOLINET Workshops: EVALUATING ELECTRONIC RE- Groundbreaking for New SOURCES For more information about these Library in Sumter County SOLINET workshops contact: March 26 9AM-4PM SOLINET SOLINET, 1438 W. Peachtree St. NW, The Lake-Sumter Community College Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30309-2955 broke ground for a new library in a cer- OCLC BOOT CAMP ATTN: Continuing Ed. & Training emony attended by retired State Sena- March 29 9AM-4PM tor Clark Maxwell, Jr., Representative Amy Bernath – Department Manager SOLINET 1-800-999-8558, ext. 226 Everett Kelly, and many other community [email protected] leaders. Bookfest ‘99 The $1.8 million library is just a Florida The Palm Beach County Cultural Council part of the new and expanding Lake- is sponsoring “Bookfest ‘99" on March Sumter Community College campus in WE DO JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER Sumterville. The library will serve the March 16 9AM-12NOON 19-21, at the South Florida Exposition information needs of the students and SOLINET Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. Events will in- faculty of the campus and will also pro- CATME FOR WINDOWS clude book sales, children’s events, vide office and work space for the Sumter March 17 9AM-4PM workshops, entertainment, and author County Public Library System. The new Valencia Community College - East meetings. Over 20 famous authors will library will open in the fall of 1999. Georgia; be in attendance, including James Patterson, Robert Parker, Jane Heller, New ALA publication WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER and many others. edited by USF Library March 16 1PM-4PM For more information, contact Robin SOLINET Spillias at (561) 471-2901 or e-mail School Faculty member [email protected]. The American Library Association (ALA) OCLC BOOT CAMP recently released Women of Color in March 18 9AM-4PM New Websites and Librarianship: An Oral History, the SOLINET stories of eight women from ethnic Online Systems minority groups, edited by Kathleen de ILL FOR NEW & SELECTIVE USERS la Pena McCook, director of the School March 19 9AM-4PM • The Lee County Library System de- of Library and Information Science at SOLINET buted its new website in October 1998. Available on the site are a selective the University of South Florida. DATA GATHERING FOR DUMMIES list of ready reference links to sites A decade in the making, the vol- March 22 9AM-4PM on the Web, programming informa- ume features interviews with the late SOLINET tion for children and adults, library Augusta Baker, Clara Stanton Jones, locations and hours, and details on Virginia Mathews, Lillian Lopez, Lotsee MEASURING LIBRARY PERFORMANCE materials and services available at Patterson, Lourdes Collantes, Ching- March 22 9AM-4PM the library. The new site can be found Chih Chen and Elizabeth Martinez. Each SOLINET at http://www.lee-county.com/library. of the women’s stories unfolds a unique path to success in the world of Ameri- EVALUATING CHILDREN’S SERVICES • Florida’s Lake County Library Sys- can libraries. The women represent Af- March 23 9AM-4PM tem, TavaresTavares, has launched a new rican-Americans, Native Americans, SOLINET website designed both for children Latinas and Chinese-Americans. Their and adult patrons that features ac- histories relate struggles against both COLLECTION ASSESSMENT cess to its online catalog, a page of sexist and racist barriers in society and March 24 9AM-4PM items just for children, and links to the profession and their eventual paths SOLINET education facilities throughout Florida, to success. search engines, an Internet directory, To order “Women of Color in EVALUATING ILL SERVICES and reading lists. The address is http:/ Librarianship: An Oral History” (ISBN: March 24 9AM-4PM /www.lakeline.lib.fl.us/. 0-8389-7993-9. 173 pp. Paperback, $20), SOLINET call the ALA Office of Library Person- • Jacaranda Public Library has launched nel Resources at 800-545-2433 and en- EVALUATING TECHNICAL SERVICES a new computer system on the Web. ter extension 4282. Write to OLPR, 50 March 25 9AM-4PM The new system is called SUNCAT SOLINET E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611. The $20 and can be accessed at: http:// price per copy includes shipping and suncat.co.sarasota.fl.us handling.

50 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 People David ReichReich, city librarian of Lakeland of the four largest under-represented Public Library (LPL), FL, retired in Janu- groups: African Americans, Asian/Pacific Derrie Perez has been appointed as in- ary after 36 years in the profession. At Islanders, Hispanic/Latinos, and Native terim director for the USF Tampa Campus LPL, Reich raised the materials bud- Americans in the library profession. Library. Dr. Perez is a facuty member get substantially, built branches, and Any staff member who has in in- in the USF School of Library and In- established the special collections di- terest in pursuing a Master’s degree at formation Science. Prior to joining USF, vision. He was also first commissioner one of the ALA recognized library schools she was the Associate Vice President of the Chicago Public Library and served may apply for the 1999 Spectrum Ini- of Learning Resources Services for as deputy director/associate director for tiative scholarship. The application dead- Hillsborough Community College, a public services of the Dallas Public Li- line is April 1, 1999. Call multi-campus district serving 45,000 brary. 1-800-545-2433 for information. An ap- students in six sites. plication is available at http://www.ala.org/ Glen TripplettTripplett, director of learning re- work/awards/scholars.html. Samuel FustukjianFustukjian, the USF Tampa sources at Okaloosa-Walton Commu- Library’s director died in March following nity College has been elected to a three- heart surgery. The family has asked ALA and Library of Congress year term on the board of directors of sponsor Photo Contest for that there be no flowers, but a dona- the Panhandle Library Access Network tion of some type to the Library. Plans (PLAN) and was elected vice chair by National Library Week are that Sam will be buried in Califor- the board. Tripplett has actively par- The photo contest is titled “Beyond nia and a small private service held at ticipated in PLAN since its inception Words: Celebrating America’s Libraries”. their church in St. Petersburg. A USF in 1989. Amateur and professional photographers memorial service will take place sev- are invited to capture the spirit of our eral weeks after the funeral. nation’s libraries and how they touch Scholarships our lives. Libraries of all types are en- Ned Stewart of the Florida Center for couraged to sponsor local contests in Library Automation (FCLA) recently won and Contests: early 1999 and to announce local win- a 1998 Davis Productivity Award com- ners during National Library Week. Local memorative plaque. The Davis Produc- National Leadership Grants The Institute of Museum and Library winners must be forwarded for national tivity awards Program recognized and judging by May 1, 1999. The contest rewards Florida state government’s Services has announced the availabil- ity of grants under the National Lead- is underwritten by Ingram Library Ser- “productive unsung heroes”, those vices. Tips for celebrating National Li- employees whose work measurable ership Grant Program. The National Leadership brary Week, applications for the Grolier increases productivity and promotes National Library Grant, and photo contest innovation. Grants are intended to en- hance the quality of library guidelines are available on the ALA Web University of Florida’s E-Reserve Task site at http://www.ala.org/celebrating. Force nominated Ned for his “Processing services nationwide and to provide coordination be- Software for Electronic Course Reserve C.S. Hubbard Scholarship Service.” On his own initiative, Rich- tween libraries and The Georgia Library Association ard E. “Ned” Stewart developed a graphi- museums. Proposals Scholarship Committee requests ap- cal computer program for Windows95 may be submitted under plicants for the 1999 C.S. Hubbard and NT which guides the staff through the following four catego- Scholarship in Library Science. The the entire process and automates many ries: 1) Education and $3,000 award is presented each year of the procedures, saving many hours Training; 2) Research and to recruit excellent librarians for Geor- of staff time. Demonstration; 3) Pres- ervation or Digitization; 4) gia and provide financial assistance to- wards the completion of an ALA ac- Cecil Beach received the Southeastern Model Programs of Coop- credited degree in library science. Library Association (SELA) Rothrock eration. Deadline: May 1, 1999. Contact: Betty Award in October 1998. Mr. Beach was The application deadline is March Goeters, Chair, Georgia Library Asso- Florida’s State Librarian from 1972-1977 19, 1999. For the full text of the guide- ciation Scholarship Committee, 305 and directed the Broward County Di- lines please go to the IMLS website at: Brandenburgh Cir., Roswell, GA 30075. vision of Libraries. The award is given http://www.imls.fed.us/guidelines/ (770) 993-5677. FAX (770) 551-3201. Email: every other year to a librarian that has natlead.pdf [email protected]. contributed substantially to the further- ance of librarianship in the Southeast ALA Spectrum Scholarships during a career. The Spectrum Initiative, a major ALA project beginning its second year of Lou Paolilli has been named director operation, is providing scholarships of Palm Harbor Library, FL, as of mid- worth up to $5,000 to library staff mem- December. Paolilli has worked for the bers who are interested in becoming Orange County Library System, FL, for professional librarians. The goal of this the past thirteen years. project is to increase the membership

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 51 The St. Petersburg Junior College, Seminole Campus CyberLibrary— or When is a Library Not a Library”

The St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC) hold full-time positions. Full-time fac- filter-free access to: could be a poster child for successful ulty at the institution includes Burkhart, • Ready Reference junior and community colleges. With a counselor, and two subject instruc- • Internet Search Engines-annotated the addition of the Seminole Campus tors, with the hope of adding a third by Burkhart Technology Learning Center (SCTLC) to teach computer technology. just this fall semester, SPJC now boasts The Information Commons houses • Best Web Sites for Research-listed by six locations in Pinellas County, as well the majority of the SCTLC's “lectures.” subject, several courses have their as a significant distance learning popu- A multitude of courses is communicated own “webilographies” lation. Last year over 17,000 students in this room. A component of SPJC’s • Distance Learning Help Desk took classes for credit, combining with curriculum is the use of Academic Sys- • SPJC Libraries-includes a password audit and non-credit students to total tems, a product package including a protected online database for research over 50,000, broken down as follows textbook, outline and CD purchased from and links to additional research links 77.2% full-time, 61.4% female, 83% white, the Mediated Learning Company. This and information 8.3% African-American, 3.8% Asian, and system is used to teach basic courses 33.3% Hispanic. The pride of the SCTLC on the computer network. The CD is • Seminole Community Library — which was recently specially com- only usable in the Information Com- • LINCC Web mended by the Southern Association mons. Students can choose from a va- • SIRS-not online yet. Will provide of Colleges and Schools when it received riety of time slots for their attendance. access to news and magazines its accredit accreditation — is its new A number of instructors oversee the • Ebsco Full-Text Magazines computer lab, called the Information sessions with a “team lab” approach, Commons, and birthplace of the so the students do not always work with • Britannica Online CyberLibrary website that provides a the same instructor. • OCLC FirstSearch starting point for online research for Another technology-enhanced re- • UMI News-provides access to The all of the SPJC campuses. The “Com- source at SPJC is the CyberClassroom. St. Petersburg Times mons” looks like a giant glass alpine Every Seminole Campus course is re- • Writing Aids-includes guides to writ- lodge, minus the fireplace and plus 120 quired to include a technology compo- ing styles, grammar, Internet research, computer and media stations. Currently nent. The classrooms at the SCTLC are, and research paper topics, ideas, and there are 75 PCs and 6 Macintosh sta- as one would imagine, equipped with help. tions, but the goal is to have 100 com- computers and feature devices called There are currently no sites aimed puters up and running. The Informa- “smart boards,” which function as larger at non-native speakers, a question raised tion Commons also owns 24 laptops than life touch screens on which the by both another visitor and the author for classroom and faculty use. As some instructor’s finger acts as a mouse click Ms. Burkhart pointed out, as an alter- courses are taped for distance and Internet button. Even the conference room has native, the search engine AltaVista’s classes, there is an inventory of video Ethernet ports at every seat. website translation program, which does equipment, as well. Naturally, the main aspect of the its work admirably. Non-native students Because of the structure of the Information Commons is not physical, are not a major factor at SCTLC right SCTLC, it is hard to separate classroom but electronic. The CyberLibrary now. It is not certain how well the from library. The CyberLibrary is both homepage [http //www.geocities coni/ CyberLibrary will do attracting non-native more and less than a traditional aca- -burkhart/virtual.html] provides users speakers and the technologically chal- demic library. It does not, however, claim lenged, but it is likely that getting the to be a library, and neither its direc- system up and running was priority one. tor, nor its professional staff are con- Perhaps SPJC and the CyberLibrarians sidered librarians. The part-time week- will begin to address such issues as they end staff of MLS professionals has gain confidence. Another concern with recently been replaced with instruc- an entirely electronic collection is the tional assistants for about half the lack of anything but current research. cost of the librarians. Joyce Burkhart, The Internet does not have a lot to say “Instructor-in-Charge,” does not feel about anything that happened before it is necessary to continue to hire President Clinton took office. A fear is librarians exclusively to work in the that electronic research also fosters aca- lab. In fact, few of the instructors demic laziness. Even MLIS students have

52 Florida Libraries 42: 3 March/April 1999 been known to have to force themselves tegrity of sources. In his “Top Ten Reasons to seek materials not presented in full- the Internet Will Not Replace Public Li- text on Ebsco or other databases. Full- braries” [http://www. pilot, infi.net/~cwt/ text articles are extremely handy, but top-ten.txt], Andy Barnett points out there is a vast number of high quality “Due to persistent security problems, articles that are not available in full- nothing on the Net is authentic. The text, and therefore likely to be over- Congressional information on the much Harms, John II. The Saving of Valiant looked. heralded THOMAS is not official, only Blue Heron. Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The Technology Learning Center is the paper copy is.... Documents on the Frederick Press, 32 p., 1997. (ISBN 0- the Seminole Campus. The only building Net may or not be actually written by 9653871-7-8, $18.95). Children’s Nature other than the SCTLC, is a recreation the person whose name is at the bot- (Yr. 7-12, Gr. 2-5). center a few hundred yards away. The tom.... a file that could have been modi- This is Harms’s second story about techno theme even continues outside fied as a prank." SCTLC students do a boy named Buster and the animals the SCTLC building with a covered out- have access to the nearby Seminole Com- he encounters in Florida’s natural en- door technology patio where students, munity Library, which has been bol- vironment. In this story, Buster goes about 50% of whom own computers, stered by the college, with $20,000 of out in a small boat to fish, spots a manatee can use their own laptops. Burkhart is academic research material. Unfortu- and pilots the boat slowly around it. hoping that the patio also will begin nately the computer link from the In- Next he checks on an armadillo he res- to serve as a social area. There are as formation Commons is such that it is cued in his first adventure. While watch- yet no clubs or organizations at the Semi- easier for students to cross the street ing herons fish, Buster notices a great nole campus, but she is anticipating their to the library to find out whether its blue heron with an arrow in its wing. eventual emergence holdings suit their purposes. There have Concerned about the bird’s welfare, he For now, the CyberLibrary is a great not been any requests for print mate- tries unsuccessfully to catch it. With great success. It has strong support from SPJC rial, and most of the reference ques- patience and ingenuity he pursues the administration, particularly from James tions are of the “change for the copier” heron, and finally captures it. He takes Olliver the Provost (to whom Burkhart and “Where is the bathroom?” variety. the bird back home and enlists his father’s reports), whom I met when I visited The fact that SCTLC students do not help in transporting it to the animal hospital. the site. There are, however, a great pursue books and periodicals is at least There the wildlife officer and the veteri- number of questions about the valid- as disturbing as the CyberLibrary’s not narian remove the arrow and keep the ity of an entirely technological library. having any. Perhaps the students are heron for a six week recovery period. For instance, John Berry wrote of the seeking their reading materials elsewhere, When the heron is completely well, Buster Bloomsburg University’s Harvey A. and conducting some of their research assists in releasing him back to the wild. Andruss library in LJDigital [October at others of the SPJC libraries, or per- The story is both interesting and 1, 1998], “In short, the Bloomsburg plan- haps they are not seeking at all. The informative, sparking a child’s curios- ners did not go whole hog and create Information Commons cannot be held ity and demonstrating the patience as some others advocate, a building so to blame for today’s students apparent needed to observe and interact with ani- dependent on digital technology and lack of academic zeal, but if libraries mals in their natural environment. The remote access that scholarship would (officially called such or not) and edu- detailed descriptions of Florida wild- cease when the systems shut down. They cators do not take responsibility for the life and habitat are enhanced by color- did not bet the university’s future on old-fashioned written word, who will? ful illustrations. The book contains a glos- the Internet and its successors. . ." SPJC, • Joyce Burkhart, Instructor-in-Charge of sary of terms and three pages of addi- on the other hand, has certainly wa- the Information Commons was most tional information on great blue herons. gered a substantial amount of time, effort, helpful, giving a tour and lengthy ini- Frederick Press specializes in pub- and money — $3.5 million for Phase I, tial & follow-up interviews to the au- lishing books that encourage children and $16.5 million for Phase II, to be thor to take an active role in caring for their completed by January 2000 – accord- • Jenna Freedman, a student at the Uni- local natural environment, and donates ing to Ms. Burkhart. She presides over versity of South Florida’s School of Li- brary and Information Science and a Re- a portion of its revenue toward the re- machines, which were state-of-the-art search Assistant to Dr. Derrie Perez, works habilitation of sick and injured wild- at the time of the interview, but the in the Library Media Center at the Tampa life. The press’s books are worthwhile 266MHz computers may be obsolete by Campus Library. This article was origi- additions to any Florida library. the time this article is published. Will nally written for Bernadette Storck’s Foun- Reviewed by Tristan A. Mor, Li- the school be able to keep up with the dations of Library & Information Science course at USF. brary Technical Assistant, Wilderness demand for more money and better tech- Coast Public Libraries in Crawfordville, nology? There’s also the question, es- • “Student Voices” Editor Lyssa Oberkreser will graduate from USF’s School of Li- Florida. pecially relevant here in lightning cen- brary and Information Science in May Florida Reads is edited by Cheryl tral, of what happens when the power 1999. She is a graduate assistant in the Turner at [email protected]. She is goes out. The current back-up plan is Reference Department of the Tampa Cam- looking for candidates to take over this a recommendation that the college pro- pus Library and interns at the Tampa column. Send credentials/email to her vide the Seminole Community Library Tribune News Library for consideration by March 19. Or, tele- with a basic academic collection, for use phone (850)926-4571. The address is Wil- in dark times. Also of concern for an derness Coast Public Libraries, P.O. Box electronic academic resource is the in- 1538, Crawfordville FL 32326.

March/April 1999 Florida Libraries 42:3 53 “Captured by an Orchid” world for species, returning with thousands, most of which died in transit. Michael Tyler Whittle re- By Nancy M. Pike counts such adventures in The Plant Hunters (Lyons Has the Orchid Show come to your town & Burford, 1997). For another version, try The Orchid yet? If not, it will probably be there soon. Thief by Susan Orleans (Random House, 1998). Generally, your local Orchid Society and She tells the story of John Laroche, a modern day some community sponsors bring together plant dealer so enamoured of orchids that he tramps growers from around the state who show the Fakahatchee Strand, illegally bring- off their prize blooms. It is at such dis- ing out the rare plants he found. But plays that many people first encounter more than the tale of an obsessive ec- the incredible variety of species avail- centric, The Orchid Thief also describes able. All it takes is one small purchase the fascinating orchid hunters of the and an avid orchid hobbyist may be born. past. Victorian orchid hunters plun- In the beginning, it may be a Phalaenopsis dered the forests, jungles, and moun- with those amazingly perfect waxy white tains, bringing out tons of plants. The blossoms that unfold one after another down Fakahatchee was one of those places. the long slim stem. The next thing you know Thousands of orchids went to New York you have a Dendrobium, too. First, you just and other cities. The Indiana Jones-type own an orchid plant; next you are a hobbyist, orchid hunters of the past became the plant smug- then an enthusiast, and finally a full-fledged orchid glers of today simply because the job became ille- addict. gal. Orchids are not a new enthusiasm. In the 19th Century, Did you know that orchids could live forever? There orchid fever reached such a pitch that hunters combed the are orchids in existence more than 100 years old; should you become a collector, you may have to designate an heir to them in your will. Orchids grow wild in every state in our country. They grow in some odd places. Once a Dendrobium was auctioned off in London “still attached to the human skull on which it had been found,” according to Orleans. The first orchid books were written in the 13th Century so, as you might imagine, by now there are some excellent ones: The Native Orchids of Florida by Carlyle A. Luer from the New York Botanical Garden (1972) and Taylor’s Guide to Orchids by Judy White (1996). Many other titles cover individual species. Internet sites abound, as well: from eco-tours to see orchids in their native habitat (www.naturetour.com), a bib- liography of books useful to the study of Florida orchids UNC ad (www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/bib/biborch.htm), and a personal web page devoted to Florida orchids (www.fl- orchid.com), to photographs of various orchid species with a Florida map showing their habitat (www.usf.edu/~isb/projects/ atlas/mono-or.html), the Florida Wildflower Showcase where you can see gorgeous photos of Florida wildflowers with a whole section on orchids (www.flwildflowers.com) and the American Orchid Society homepage, which includes grow- ing advice and selected book titles for beginners, as well as membership information (orchidweb.org). So the next time an Orchid Show comes to your area, don’t miss it! Who knows what exotic changes an orchid may make in your life!

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