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August Good Stuff 2010.Indd THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NORTH DAKOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION August 2010 NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info Volume 40 • Issue 3 2010 NDLA Conference Libraries: A Census September 29 - October 2, 20101 Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND W CConferenceonference PPreliminaryreliminary SSchedulechedule E W CConferenceonference PProgramsrograms aandnd PPresentersresenters D I W CConferenceonference RRegistrationegistration FFormorm aandnd LLodgingodging IInformationnformation S W NNDLADLA EElectionlection – CCandidatesandidates aandnd PProposedroposed N I INSIDE CConstitution/Bylawsonstitution/Bylaws CChangeshanges Table of Contents President’s Message .........................................................3 2010 NDLA Preliminary Conference Schedule ............4 Screening of the Hollywood Librarian ..........................6 The Joy of Censorship with Joe Raiola ..........................6 Continuing Education Credits Available at 2010 NDLA Conference ..............................................7 NDLA 2010 Annual Conference Registration Form .....8 Director’s Corner .............................................................9 Conference Auction ........................................................9 People Stuff ....................................................................10 NDLA Membership Report ...........................................11 Conference Programs and Presenters .........................12 Librarians Invited to an Open House and Tour ..........22 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award Winners .............23 On the DOCket .............................................................24 Welcome to The Good Stuff, Carrie Scarr .................24 Canoe Kudos Award ......................................................25 Published quarterly by the Conference Lodging ......................................................25 North Dakota Library Association Browsing in the Cyberstacks ........................................26 North Dakota in Print....................................................28 Editorial Committee Good Stuff from Around the State ..............................31 Marlene Anderson, Chair 2010 OLA/MPLA Annual Conference .........................34 Karen Anderson Joan Erickson Carrie Scarr Encouraging and Supporting Student Inquiry: Researching Controversial Issues ................................35 Production Artist NDLA Officer Candidates .............................................36 Clearwater Communications, Robin Pursley NDLA 3K Walk/Run .......................................................38 Subscription Rate Race Across the City ......................................................38 $25/year Serious Play: Get a Little Extra Education this Fall ....39 New Professional Development Opportunity Advertising Rates for NDLA Members .......................................................39 (per issue) NDLA Constitution and Bylaws Proposed Changes . 40 $100 – full-page ad MPLA Leadership Institute ...........................................42 $50 – half-page ad Get Out the Vote! How Libraries Can Help ...............43 $25 – quarter-page ad TechTips & More ............................................................44 Treasurer’s Report ..........................................................45 For information contact: NDLA Membership Form .............................................46 Marlene Anderson, Chair 2009-2010 NDLA Executive Board ...............................50 The Good Stuff Editorial Committee Editorial Policy The Good Stuff welcomes your comments and suggestions. We reserve the right to edit letters/articles for publication. Deadlines for Articles/News Submission Please include your name and address when writing. Issue Deadline Letters should be sent to Marlene Anderson, P.O. Box 5587, Bismarck, ND 58506-5587, The Good Stuff Editorial December 2010 Friday, October 29, 2010 Committee, or e-mail: [email protected] March 2011 Friday, January 14, 2011 Submission Guidelines & Deadlines June 2011 Friday, March 18, 2011 Consider submitting news and articles via e-mail! Send your articles/news to any of the following e-mail addresses: August 2011 Friday, June 24, 2011 [email protected] [email protected] Minutes and Reports are linked to [email protected] [email protected] www.ndla.info/exbdmin.htm The Good Stuff - Page 2 - August 2010 President’s Message By Laurie McHenry, NDLA President What has been happening is a grant that is automatically awarded to all since the last message I who qualify and apply! Seriously, if your library wrote? Annual conference qualifies and you fill out the application, you planning has been kicked into are awarded a grant. The current rounds of full gear and promises much. competitive grants began April 15, 2010, with The theme is “Libraries: A an application deadline of September 24, 2010. Census.” Where? Grand Forks The next grant round will begin September 1, Alerus Center and Canad 2010. The grant categories are: Participate in the Inns. When? September Statewide Online Catalog through WorldCat; 29-October 2, 2010. For the third year in a row, Innovative Partnership with a Non-Library continuing education credit for school librarians Entity; and Public Library Training Lab. For more will be offered. Read more about the conference information, check the North Dakota State Library elsewhere in this publication and keep checking web site, Librarian Resources, Coordinating the web site for the most current information: Council. One of the more creative competitive www.ndla.info/Conference/10conf.htm. grants is the Innovative Partnership with a Non- Library entity. This is your opportunity to think Are you in need of money to attend the outside the box. This grant is totally open-ended NDLA conference, or some other conference and provides a wonderful opportunity to partner or workshop? Don’t forget that NDLA offers with the community to enhance library services. professional development grants! Check NDLA’s web site for all the information you need to NDLA members who have ideas for future grant apply for a professional development grant: offerings should contact the NDLA President. www.ndla.info/profdev.htm. The President of NDLA sits on this council as a representative of the Association during the year At the March North Dakota Library Coordinating in which he/she presides. Council (NDLCC) meeting, Library Vision 2014 was adopted. Preceding the adoption was a As you enjoy your summer, keep in mind that the hearing which, in addition to oral testimony, North Dakota legislature will be meeting in 2011. included the reading of emailed comments with We will need to be in constant communication regard to the document. The testimony and and may be called upon to write letters or offer readings were important for the Council to hear testimony. While you are lounging in the sun, and provided stimulus for lengthy discussion think about the marketing you can do before the amongst the Council, not only with regard to legislature meets; tell everyone you meet how Library Vision 2014, but also with regard to future important libraries are. Gather your stories; these education concerning the role of the NDLCC and are powerful tools for informing policymakers. the North Dakota State Library. We must continually look for new ways to let the public and our government officials know that the After the adoption of Library Vision 2014, Internet has not replaced libraries, what they do, available at the North Dakota State Library’s and what they mean to people! web site, the Council looked at future grant opportunities. The mini-grant for resource sharing The Good Stuff - Page 3 - August 2010 104th 2010 ndla conference Preliminary Schedule Libraries: A Census Alerus Center – Grand Forks, ND September 29 - October 2, 2010 Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9 a.m. – 12 Noon NDLA Executive Board meeting 12 Noon – 8 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Open 12 Noon – 8 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up 1 – 5 p.m. Pre-conference: “RDA: an introduction” with Mark Ehlert, Minitex 1 – 5 p.m. Pre-conference: “Spinach Ice Cream” with Kyle Mewburn, Flicker Tale Award winner 1 – 5 p.m. Library Tours (Local Arrangements Committee) 5 – 7 p.m. Supper on your own 7 – 9 p.m. Opening night reception and screening of “The Hollywood Librarian” Thursday, September 30, 2010 6 – 8 a.m. Exhibitor Set-up 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Open 7 a.m. 3K Walk/Run 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Exhibits open 8:30 – 9 a.m. First General Session and welcome from Mayor Brown of Grand Forks 9:15 -10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions • Applying Information Literacy Continuously across K-20 - Panel discussion / Oriole • Library and Public Media Partnerships – Pam Rezac / Pheasant • If You Build It, Will They Come? – Karen Bjork / Hawk • SLAYS Business Meeting / Bluebird • NMRT Business Meeting / Finch 10:30 – 11 a.m. Break & Exhibits 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions • ESL in Public Libraries – Beth Postema & Lori West / Oriole • Free Games, Media, and Activity Resources for Children from PBS – Pam Rezac / Pheasant • You Say Dog, I Say Canine – Aubrey Madler / Hawk • Emergency Preparedness Planning – Ann Pederson / Bluebird • Social Networking for Libraries (and Librarians) – Kristen Northrup / Finch 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon and State Librarian’s Report 1:45 – 3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions • Intellectual Freedom Panel – Joe Raiola, Mike Jacobs, and Pam Rezac / Oriole • The Right Book – Bruce Hale / Pheasant • Cataloging a President – Krystal
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