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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NORTH DAKOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION March-June 2017 NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info Volume 47 • Issue 1-2 NDLA Launches New Website ndla.info Save the Date! 2017 NDLA Conference, October 4-6, Grand Forks t Day at the Capitol t Conference Update t Star Libraries t 2017 Flicker Tale Winners INSIDE and 2018 Nominees Table of Contents President’s Message ........................................3 2017 NDLA Conference ..................................4 2017 Flicker Tale Winners & 2018 Nominees Announced .........................5 Summer Summit ..............................................6 2017 Research Methods ..................................6 Canoe Kudos Nomination Form ....................6 National Network of Libraries of Published quarterly by the Medicine - Not Just for Medical Libraries ..7 North Dakota Library Association Day at the Capitol ...........................................8 Editorial Committee Congratulations to Our 2017 Marlene Anderson, Chair Joan Erickson Tina Nygard North Dakota Stars .......................................9 Eric Stroshane Take Pride in Learning about LGBT Production Artist Information Sources ...................................10 Clearwater Communications, Robin Pursley Calling New & Future Librarians ..................11 Subscription Rate $25/year 2017 Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Advertising Rates (per issue) Books Awards ..............................................12 $100 – full-page ad It’s Time to Renew (or Join) MPLA ...............13 $50 – half-page ad $25 – quarter-page ad Browsing in the Cyberstacks ........................14 For information contact: On the DOCket .............................................15 Marlene Anderson, Chair People Stuff ....................................................16 The Good Stuff Editorial Committee Membership Report ......................................17 Editorial Policy Letters should be sent to Marlene Anderson, Chair, North Dakota in Print ...................................18 The Good Stuff Editorial Committee, Bismarck State Nerd-Up .........................................................23 College, PO Box 5587, Bismarck, ND 58506-5587, or e-mail: [email protected] Good Stuff from Around the State ..............24 Submission Guidelines & Deadlines MPLA Seeking Awards Nominations ...........27 Issue Deadline 2017 ASRL Conference ..................................27 March 2017 Friday, January 13, 2017 June 2017 Friday, April 7, 2017 Library Events and Conferences ..................28 August 2017 Friday, June 30, 2017 (pre-conference issue) Treasurer’s Report .........................................29 December 2017 Friday, October 6, 2017 NDLA Membership Form .............................31 Submit news and articles via e-mail to any of these NDLA Executive Board ..................................32 addresses: [email protected] [email protected] Minutes and Reports are linked to [email protected] www.ndla.info/ [email protected] The Good Stuff - Page 2 - March-June 2017 President’s Message By Lesley Allan, NDLA President Are you getting excited? I am! As this year’s conference begins to take shape, I am excited about the plans coming together, the adventures being planned, and the opportunities opening up for everyone. Our theme – “Libraries Transform” – reflects the ALA initiative designed to increase public awareness. ALA’s campaign was created to showcase the transformative nature of libraries today and the critical role we play throughout our nation. If you haven’t done so already, I urge you to look at the Libraries Transform website via ilovelibraries.org. Under the Trends section, there are some excellent ideas for you to try in your own library. If you’re already doing one of these trends, that will be available for members on our new consider sharing your experiences at the NDLA website. conference. Help transform our libraries across the state with your ideas! Speaking of the new website, have you visited it yet? It is growing all the time! NDLA updates, membership Out of all the ideas buzzing around for the information, benefits, and advocacy are all in one conference, one thing I am especially excited spot. Once new conference details become available for (it really is the simple things in life) is our – that will be the place to find it first. Need to know Libraries Transform wall. The ALA campaign has about legislative issues? Head to the website. If you some wonderful statements about why libraries are have not visited yet, please stop by and see how easy transforming: “because the best search engine in it is to navigate and find what you are looking for at the library is the librarian”, “because access equals www.ndla.info. equality”, and, one of my current favorites, “because fake news can have real-world consequences.” There are so many reasons to get excited about our libraries across the state. Be sure to mark your On NDLA’s Libraries Transform wall, we want YOU calendar and come to the NDLA Conference in Grand to come up with our own ‘because’ statements. Make Forks. Changes are made by those who show up! them local, make them personal, and get creative. Your ‘because’ statement may become a bookmark Thank you for ALL you do. The Good Stuff - Page 3 - March-June 2017 Save the Date! 2017 NDLA Conference, October 4-6, Grand Forks The North Dakota Library Association annual conference will be held at the beautiful Alerus Conference Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, October 4-6, 2017. What can you do to help? Our theme is Libraries Transform, which we know • Donate a hand-made product – everything from food is true in so many ways. Regardless of the types of to knitting to sewing to bookmaking to building a little libraries in which we work, we transform the lives free library. Let your creativity shine! of our patrons, transform frowns into smiles, and • Donate a tastefully re-purposed item – something old transform ourselves and our services to meet the given new life to bring it into this century’s decorating changing needs of our communities. Even NDLA trends and the NDLA conference continue to transform. • Buy! Buy! Buy! It is NDLA’s goal to make this our best conference Facebook Auction so far. The 2017 conference will kick off on The Facebook auction will be “new school” for us and Wednesday, October 4, with a morning NDLA allows everyone to participate regardless of whether or Executive Board meeting, two afternoon not they can attend the conference. pre-conferences, and an opening reception Wednesday evening. The Basics • Like or follow the NDLA Facebook page. On Thursday and Friday, the conference will • Find the Facebook photo album of donated auction feature inspiring keynote speakers, educational items. Look through it … often. sessions, and exhibits that are sure to transform • Place your bids by “commenting” your bid on the attendees and their libraries. photo of the item. • Bidding opens September 17 and ends Help us spread the word. Share this information September 30. with people you know. We would love to • Payments must be made by October 6. see librarians from Minnesota, South Dakota, • Delivery Montana, Manitoba, and beyond at our ~ If you attend the conference, pick up and pay for conference. the item at the conference. ~ If you submit the winning bid, but cannot attend Visit the NDLA Conference website for information the conference, we will try to arrange to have about registration, lodging, and other updates. the item(s) delivered to you by someone who attended the conference. Otherwise, we will We look forward to seeing you in Grand Forks! ship it to you. • Note to donors: Items in the Facebook auction will be Conference Auctions things that are easy to ship. If your item is selected for We’re going “old school” and “new school” to add the Facebook auction, we ask that you also cover the to the excitement of NDLA’s annual fundraising shipping costs as part of your donation. auction. Auction Committee Members Silent, live, AND Facebook auctions will give you Mary Soucie, North Dakota State Library three different ways to spend and raise money Paulette Nelson, Minot Public Library for NDLA’s professional development funds. The Brenda Fischer, Raugust Library, University of Jamestown money we raise helps NDLA support you (and Sandi L. Bates, Bismarck State College, along with your fellow librarians) as you pursue professional Diane Lindseth, Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, development opportunities. Grand Forks Public Library The Good Stuff - Page 4 - March-June 2017 2017 Flicker Tale Winners & 2018 Nominees Announced SUBMITTED BY AMBER EMERY, FLICKER TALE COMMITTEE CHAIR Thanks to all the children across North Dakota who read the 2017 Flicker Tale Children’s Award nominees and voted for their favorites and to the librarians who submitted the votes, it’s time to announce the winners: Picture Book Goodnight Already by Jory John NonFiction Book Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic by Leslie Kimmelman Intermediate Book The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems Juvenile Book The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier The winning authors will be notified and invited to attend this fall’s NDLA conference in Grand Forks. 2018 Flicker Tale Nominees Picture Books Intermediate Books Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins Clover’s Luck (Magical Animal Adoption Agency) The Black and White Factory by Eric Telchin by Kallie George Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie Adventures with Waffles by Maria Parr Mango, Abuela, and Me by