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August 2006 NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info Volume 36 • Issue 3 North Dakota Library Association Centennial Conference Celebrating our Past, Embracing our Future September 20 - 22, 2006 Fargo, North Dakota Doublewood Inn Editorial Policy The Good Stuff welcomes your comments and suggestions. We reserve the right to edit letters/ articles for publication. Please include your name and address when writing. Letters should be sent to Marlene Anderson, P.O. Box 5587, Bismarck, ND 58506-5587, The Good Stuff Editorial Committee, or e-mail: Marlene.Anderson@bsc. nodak.edu Submission Guidelines & Deadlines Consider submitting news and articles via e-mail! Send your articles /news to any of the following e-mail addresses: [email protected] Published quarterly by the [email protected] North Dakota Library Association [email protected] [email protected] Editorial Committee Marlene Anderson, Chair Karen Anderson Joan Erickson Erin Smith Deadlines for Articles/News Submission Production Artist Issue Deadline Clearwater Communications March 2007. .January 12, 2007 Robin Pursley June 2007 . .March 16, 2007 Subscription Rate August 2007 (Pre-conference issue). June 22, 2007 December 2007 . October 26, 2007 $25/year Advertising Rates (per issue) $100 – full-page ad Minutes and Reports are linked to $50 – half-page ad www.ndla.info/exbdmin.htm $25 – quarter-page ad For information contact: Marlene Anderson, Chair The Good Stuff Editorial Committee The Good Stuff - Page 2 - August 2006 President’s Message By Jeanne Narum, NDLA President This past year has certainly laws relating to privacy and how you can develop gone fast. It seems like a library privacy policy. At the request of the such a short time ago I was Executive Board, Secretary Laurie McHenry busy planning for the NDLA has taken the lead and compiled a separate file conference in Grand Forks. of all the motions made at its meetings. This And now we are preparing will help the Board conduct more organized a celebration of 100 years business meetings. These are just a few of the of North Dakota Library ways members of NDLA lead with vision and Association history as an integral part of library dedication. service to the citizens of North Dakota. As an association, we still have many challenges It has been an honor to serve as president and I ahead in the next year. Among them is the am thankful for all of the time, effort, and talents introduction of a bill in the next legislative session of the Executive Board members. Their capable to change the wording of the North Dakota work has made my job a lot easier. Century Code for reinstatement of state aid to public libraries as it has been in the past. It will There were five Ghost Ranch Leadership take all of us to stay in the lead and contact our Institute applicants this summer. This is a great local legislators when we are asked to do so. advancement over the previous year when we had one lone applicant. I think it shows that Incoming president Beth Postema will lead us into librarians in our state are committed to using the next 100 years of NDLA with a celebratory their leadership gifts and talents in positive ways conference in Fargo on September 20-22 at the for our profession and service to North Dakota Doublewood Inn. Because of her organized citizens. For the past four years, NDLA has leadership, we will be privileged to hear both profited from the education our leaders have the President and President-elect of ALA speak received at this institute. We thank the Mountain in addition to two pre-conferences and one post- Plains Library Association and Sirsi/Dynix for their conference. The theme is “Celebrating our Past, dedication to this project. Embracing our Future” and there will be a full slate of programs! You will find lots of conference As a result of Marlene Anderson’s capable information in this issue -- a preliminary leadership, she and her committee will have a schedule, registration form, lodging information, Centennial Cookbook available for sale at this description of conference highlights, and more. I fall’s conference. Included are your own recipes am looking forward to seeing you at conference plus many historical tidbits about the Association. in September. Christine Kujawa has agreed to lead in her role as archivist this year. She will use her artistic When I evaluated my leadership strengths and abilities to create a pictorial representation of challenges three years ago at the Ghost Ranch the first 100 years of NDLA in DVD and poster Leadership Institute, I promised I would take more format. As Intellectual Freedom Chair, Paulette professional risks. Because I took those risks and Nelson spent a week in Chicago at the Law for ran for NDLA president, I have been granted the Librarians workshop learning about all aspects of opportunity to share my vision of information intellectual freedom in the library environment. access in North Dakota. And for that, I give you She is using her leadership talents to put together my heartfelt thanks. a pre-conference on first amendment and state The Good Stuff - Page 3 - August 2006 NDLA Election 2006 Submitted by Donna Maston, Nominations and Elections Committee Chair The following NDLA members have consented to run for office and the slate of candidates has been approved by the Executive Board. Every NDLA member votes for the President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Members also receive ballots for the specific sections and roundtables to which they belong. As required by the North Dakota Library Association Bylaws, the ballots, which will provide for write- in votes, will be mailed to the voting membership at least thirty days prior to the annual conference. Thanks to all those who consented to run for office. President-Elect Georgia Library Association and the Arizona Library Association. I believe that state library Mary Hegle associations are the foundation from which Drewes libraries and librarians can promote their services and information access while continuing to Current Position advocate for improved and expanded outreach Head of Collection to their communities. I am honored to be Development and Information considered as a candidate for the position of Vice- Access Services, Chester Fritz President/President-Elect. Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks Donna V. James Education MLS - University of Arizona; MS - English Current Position Education, Minnesota State University, Moorhead; Director, Allen Memorial BS - English, Minnesota State University, Library, Valley City State Moorhead; Ph.D. candidate - Dept. of Teaching & University Learning, University of North Dakota Education Professional Development MLS, Emporia State University; NDLA member since 1998; Chair, New Members BS in Education, Valley City Roundtable; Secretary, Academic & Special State University Libraries Section; Chair, Academic & Special Libraries Section; ACRL - ND/MB Chapter Professional Involvement member since 1999; ACRL-ND/MB, Treasurer, NDLA - Chair-elect, A&SL; MPLA - Nominating 2000-06; ALA - member since 1984 committee; ALA, School Library Standards Writing Team; NDEA-LMA; ND Aleph Implementation Vision Statement Team Member; VCSU Library Education Program I have been a member of NDLA since returning Director to North Dakota in 1998. Prior to 1998, while employed as an academic librarian in both Vision Statement Georgia and Arizona, I was a member of the A positive public perception of the librarian as The Good Stuff - Page 4 - August 2006 information specialist is essential to the growth of Education our profession. Librarians who serve all library MLS, Southern Connecticut State University, types – public, school, academic, and special 2003; Minor in Library Science, Valley City State – must work tirelessly to develop relationships University, 1995; BA, Elementary Education, which support funding for libraries and library Oregon State University, 1974 personnel, encourage others to become librarians, and advocate for libraries as essential services in Professional Involvement a community. Member ALA, MPLA; Secretary of NDLA, 2005-2006; Chair, Technical Services Roundtable, I would like to lead this state’s librarians in 1) 2005-06; Past Chair, New Members Roundtable, developing programs for recruiting new members 2003-04; Organizer: ODIN Acquisitions Work to the library profession; and 2) seeking ways Group to provide accessible, affordable professional development and training opportunities for all. Vision Statement The management of an organization’s official records and documents is a fundamental Secretary component to preserving the history of an organization as well as a useful tool in future Deborah Igoe planning. I would continue to make every effort to provide the same quality of accurate records Current Position and documents as previous secretaries of NDLA Civil Rights Program Manager, and as I hope I have this past year. North Dakota Department of Transportation, Bismarck Treasurer Education BS, Criminal Justice, Minot Mary Jo Lorenz State University; Masters, School of Library and Current position Information Science, University of North Reference Associate and Texas, Denton, Texas Children’s Aide, Grand Forks Public Library Professional Involvement NDLA, MPLA, ALA; Minority Business Advocate Education of the Year, State Sector, Minority Contractors MLS – Emporia State Association; Small Business Advocate of the Year, University; BS – Elementary Small Business Administration Education with Kindergarten Endorsement

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