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Cover Story Departments 28 New & Now 3 americanlibrariesmagazine.org 2012 Library Information Technology Design Showcase 26 internet Librarian BY Greg Landgraf A Hazy Shade of (Mid)winter By Joseph Janes 27 in Practice click Here to Engage by Meredith Farkas People 54 currents Professional Development Features 56 youth Matters it’s Always Time for CE-TV By LINDA BRAUN 36 Directions to library 57 outside/In wayfinding create a Library “Tech Shop” Directional and informational signs guide By david lee king and michael porter patrons into and around the library 58 librarian’s Library BY Donald A. barclay and eric d. scott The Librarian’s History of the Library By Karen muller The once and future library 59 rousing Reads 39 An architect’s perspective on designing science for the Nonscientist By Bill Ott for changing constituencies 60 solutions and Services BY Charles G. Mueller New Products and a Case Study Opinion and Commentary 44 Women in the White City 2 from the editor Lessons from the Woman’s Building Library of Design, Danes, and Daffodils at the Chicago World’s Fair By Laurie D. Borman BY Susan E. Searing 4 President’s Message Hot Issues Drive ALA By MOlly Raphael 48 MIDWINTER: A CONVERSATION 5 executive Director’s Message OF 10,000 Key Strategies Discussed BY Keith Michael Fiels Hot topics in Dallas 6 comment enabled Letters and Comments CAndidates STATEMENTS 24 Public Perception 52 2012–2013 ALA presidential candidates How the World Sees Us BARBARA STRIPLING AND GINA MILLSAP 25 on My Mind returning the Love By Sarah Prielipp Updates and Trends 64 will’s World The Coolness Factor By Will Manley 8 ala Jobs 12 Perspectives 63 career Leads from joblist 23 newsmaker: Jamal Joseph Your #1 Source for Job Openings

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3 ALA | President’s Message Hot Issues Drive ALA

Dealing with immediate library concerns by Molly Raphael

he focus on electronic During the past year, we have also on issues that dominate the imme- publishing and ac- seen real threats to school libraries diate concerns of libraries. Some cess through libraries as school districts identify options examples of ALA presidents and the to digital editions on how to reduce spending. Some issues that “chose” them are: T(ebooks) has been intense, have proposed that school libraries Ann Symons (1998–99), who particularly in recent months. be closed and school spoke out against fil- An ALA The policies and practices of librarians laid off. tering and in support of the “Big Six” publishers—Ha- Others propose that president unfettered internet ac- chette, HarperCollins, Macmil- library spaces be kept must be cess for libraries, a lan, Penguin, Random House, open but staffed with battle for which she prepared and Simon & Schuster—in rela- volunteers rather than was well prepared as a tion to access to ebooks through certified school librar- to lead on issues school librarian and a libraries (or lack thereof) have ians—not much of a that dominate the champion of intellec- elicited strong responses from library in the eyes of tual freedom; Carla immediate concerns across the library profession. many. These proposals Hayden (2003–04), an As this column was written, Pen- are dramatic and pose of libraries. eloquent spokesperson guin announced suspension of its a real threat to young on fundamental demo- sales to libraries through interme- people growing up in a digital envi- cratic rights and library-related is- diary OverDrive. Random House re- ronment where information literacy sues arising from the USA Patriot cently reaffirmed, to ALA and is essential. Act; and Roberta Stevens (2010–11), publicly, its commitment to make all These facts led to another ALA- who responded to a multitude of me- of its titles, including frontlist and wide presidentially appointed dia inquiries about the privatization backlist selections, available to School Libraries Task Force, with of library management. libraries, albeit with a price in- representatives from all types of ALA presidents can choose to ad- crease. HarperCollins shook up the libraries. The recent successful vance an ALA strategic priority by library world a year ago after an- White House Petition for School building on the work of former nouncing that its ebooks would be Libraries drive—the brainchild of presidents. But, in the end, what licensed for only 26 circulations. As ALA’s American Association of will probably be most important of early March, the other three pub- School Librarians President Carl during a presidential year are the lishers—Hachette, Macmillan, and Harvey that resulted in more than issues that have far-reaching impact Simon & Schuster—were still not 27,000 signatures in a month—is on the future of libraries—the issues permitting access for libraries to another example of high-visibility that “choose” us. ALA presidents 2012 march/april

| their digital editions. issues driving action. We must provide this leadership in partner-

These issues are a part of the identify approaches to address these ship with the executive director and focus of ALA’s new presidentially ap- ill-considered proposals. key staff, the Executive Board, pointed Digital Content and Libraries ALA presidents and division Council, and ALA division and Working Group. In addition, ALA presidents alike have the opportu- round table leadership. z leadership met January 30–February 1 nity to choose areas of focus during with major publishing executives to their time in office. I chose to focus MOLLY RAPHAEL is the retired director discuss libraries and ebooks (see page on advocacy and the development of of Multnomah County (Oreg.) Library and 12, this issue). We must find solutions diverse library leaders. Yet an ALA the District of Columbia Public Library in Washington, D. C. Visit mollyraphael.org;

americanlibrariesmagazine.org to improve the current reality. president must be prepared to lead email: [email protected].

4 Executive Director’s Message | ALA Key Strategies Discussed

A report on the Executive Board Midwinter Meeting sessions by Keith Michael Fiels

LA’s Executive Board New York City, co-chairs of the new Many vendors have not yet made discussions during ALA Digital Content and contributions to the drive that has the Midwinter Meet- Libraries Working Group, dis- enthusiastic support from the Ex- ing focused on some cussed the group’s progress and ecutive Board, Council, divisions, keyA Association initiatives. plans. The group has been charged round tables, chapters, affiliates, The ALA Strategic Plan outlines with exploring opportunities and caucuses, past presidents, Spec- Association goals and objectives issues related to trum alumni, and and provides a framework for plans, libraries and digital A Gates many individual strategies, and initiatives on a day- content as well as members. A Gates to-day and year-by-year basis. This various options for Foundation Foundation match- past fall, the board met with the expanding access to matching ing grant would leadership of ALA’s 11 divisions as digital content for grant would double the impact of well as round table representatives libraries and the vendor to begin “fleshing out” the Associa- public. double the impact of ­contributions. tion’s new strategic goal: “ALA pro- School Library vendor contributions Public Library vides leadership in the transforma- Advocacy Campaign to the Spectrum Association (PLA) tion of libraries and library services Task Force Co- Executive Director in an increasingly global and digital Chair Patricia Tu- Presidential Initiative. Barb Macikas re- information environment.” multy discussed that ported on the divi- At the fall session, leadership fo- group’s work. It is charged with di- sion’s work on the Public Access cused on a number of specific recting an Association-wide cam- Technology Benchmarks project. ­dimensions of transformation in paign to strengthen support for The Gates Foundation–funded proj- libraries of all types: physical school libraries at the federal, ect will create a series of bench- space; virtual space; collections state, and local levels. The combi- marks that could be used by public (including ebooks); user expecta- nation of the recession and No libraries of all sizes to assess their tions; community relationships; Child Left Behind legislation has internet and public access comput- services; library workforce; and created new threats to school ing services, including the critical library leadership. Materials from libraries. The task force is working health, employment, and educa- that session are now being incorpo- to help make the case for school tional services that are made possi- rated into the Transforming libraries and the essential role they ble by this access. Proposed bench- Libraries web portal, which brings play in the lives and success of the marks are expected to be released

together information on sources, 50 million children in American for testing this spring. PLA will play 2012 march/april

research, publications, standards schools. It has also led efforts to a central role in providing the face- | and guidelines, workshops and we- secure 25,000 signatures on a peti- to-face and online training that will binars, conference programs, com- tion sent to President Barack help libraries use the benchmarks munities and networking, and part- Obama in support of school effectively. ner organizations for each of the libraries. For more information, visit transformational ­areas. As the Spectrum Presidential ala.org. z Sari Feldman, director of the Initiative nears its goal of raising Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Library, $1 million for new scholarships, the KEITH MICHAEL FIELS is executive director and Bob Wolven, digital services board talked about its outreach to of the American Library Association,

librarian at Columbia University in the library vendor community. headquartered in Chicago. americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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“I saw in the news about Penguin pull- SUMMERS, “What You (Really) Need to that was the 20-something thing to do. ing ebooks. Why are publishers such Know,” based on a speech at the New I then realized I’d gained nearly 40 poopyheads to you guys?” York Times Schools for Tomorrow confer- pounds from my sedentary jobs. Four Los Angeles librarian SHAYERA TANGRI re- ence, New York Times, Jan. 20. years ago I applied to the library again, laying, via tweet, a statement by a patron, and though I’m now 32 in a part-time Feb. 13. “America’s librarians, in town for a big entry-level position at the library, being conference, had descended on the happy, healthier, and physically active “A library is not just a building full of downtown cantina in force, and the is much better than working full-time books. It is a garden to cultivate indi- waiting area was a dense sea of lov- on my butt.” viduals.” able nerd. The dining room was loud Ottawa, Ontario-based submitter to Secretary-General of the United Nations and packed, too, and the staff looked health-tip site IYamHealthy.com. BAN KI-MOON, at a January 30 ceremony like they’d been hit by a really well- establishing a school library in Addis Aba- read tsunami.” ba, Ethiopia, UN News Centre, Jan. 31. JOE TONE, reflecting on the scene at a “This place is a Dallas restaurant during Midwinter, in treasure trove.” “I wrote all my books at a library. Lately, “The Librarians of America Just about De- Actor and Scripter Award honorary dinner it’s been the New York Society Library. stroyed Wild Salsa Saturday Night,” Dallas chair HELEN MIRREN, describing the . . . I come out of the stacks and tell Observer, Jan. 23. University of Southern California’s Doheny [the librarians there] how poorly it’s do- Library, which hosted the event, Feb. 18. ing. They make me laugh and send me “I just wanted to find a place to feel back in.” safe. It is tough being a woman out JOE DRAPE, author of Our Boys: A Perfect there. Sometimes I read romance nov- “Today the Picture Collection remains Season with the Smith Center Redmen, els. Because they are telling stories open at the Mid-Manhattan branch speaking at the Towanda (Kans.) Public about love and being wanted.” nearby on 40th Street—and it’s still Library, Feb. 8. HOPE PITTS, 22, unemployed and home- easy to find images of anything from less, on why she comes to the Central abacus to zodiac—but the ravages of “Education will be more about how to branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, sustained use are apparent, and their process and use information and less Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 11. eventual disintegration is inevitable. about imparting it. This is a conse- Fortunately, the library’s vast citywide quence of both the proliferation of “For as long as anyone can remember, collection of prints, maps, posters, knowledge—and how much of it any Amelia wanted to be a librarian. Not a dust jackets, sheet music, menus, and student can truly absorb—and changes sexy choice because of those darned cigarette cards (the latter of which, in- in technology. Before the printing shoes, but Amelia loved to read, and terestingly, comprises 10 percent of press, scholars might have had to later, to knit.” the entire collection) is now available memorize The Canterbury Tales to MICHELLE ZIMET, department coordinator to the public online at the NYPL Digi- 2012 march/april

| have continuing access to them. This for Germanic studies at the University of tal Gallery. For designers who had

seems a bit ludicrous to us today. But Chicago, writing about her 21-year-old ­already migrated to other online in a world where the entire Library of daughter, Amelia, in “I’m a Hypocrite,” a sources anyway, this wellspring of cat- Congress will soon be accessible on a commentary in the Chicago Tribune, aloged riches may become one-shop mobile device with search procedures Jan. 25. sourcing for rare, unusual, and exotic that are vastly better than any card cat- references.” alog, factual mastery will become less “When I was a skinny girl in university, I Designer STEPHEN HELLER, writing about and less important.” worked as a shelver at the library: a job his experience finding Yiddish theater Former president of Harvard University I loved! Then I moved a couple of posters at the NYPL Digital Gallery, and former Treasury Secretary LAWRENCE times and worked in call centers since Salon.com, Dec. 25. z americanlibrariesmagazine.org

24 On My Mind | OPINION Returning the Love

Isn’t it about time for librarians to reciprocate? by Sarah Prielipp

an’t you just see a group tomer appreciation.” Libraries need Some of us even become slightly of- of librarians gather- to get the message out that we do all fended when our patrons turn to ing around the pro- of our work out of devotion to those Google over us, even as we acknowl- verbial water cooler we serve. edge that our libraries need to rei- eachC morning to profess their magine our services in order to love for their patrons? “We love Tokens of affection meet the needs of this technologi- our patrons. Yes, we do. We love A common interview question for cal, rapidly changing society. our patrons. How about you?” library jobs asks the prospective em- So how do we go about letting our Okay, maybe not, but the senti- ployee what he or patrons know we ment remains. Librarians love their she likes about Librarians have a good love them? We’ve patrons; it’s why we do everything library work. May- already shown how we do. But do our patrons really be you have even feeling when they help we add value to know that our efforts to save been asked some other people—even if their lives. Now we libraries, to maintain (and increase) variation of this. those people don’t ever need to let them funding, and to reevaluate our role What is your an- feel the library in society as a common good do not swer? Why do you know they are being love. It could be as stem from a purely selfish desire to choose to follow a “helped.” That’s what simple as creating save our jobs and paychecks, but somewhat under- librarians do every day a button, hanging a from honestly wanting to continue appreciated, un- banner, or adding providing them with these services, derpaid (at least for for perfect strangers. a “We love our pa- programs, and classes? comparable mas- trons” slogan to Recent marketing campaigns ter’s-level careers), and increasingly our email signatures. Or it could be show how libraries boost their com- overworked profession? The ALA a full-blown customer appreciation munity’s economy. You’ve seen ban- Code of Ethics explains it well; we event. ners on the web and in your email; choose our field to protect our pa- However we do it, let’s make sure maybe you’ve even put a return-­ trons’ right to intellectual freedom our patrons—any library’s most on-investment calculator on your and to serve people. Librarians have valuable asset—never question why library’s website. For those who a good feeling when they help other libraries still exist. Maybe if they prefer numbers, such a tool is great: people—even if those people don’t valued their library as more than a It quantifies the library as a viable, ever know they are being “helped.” service that saves them money, but fiscally responsible, and valuable Think about the last time a friend also as an intangible civic display of

asset. But do hard figures really or family member had a question love for the community and the in- 2012 march/april

reach patrons who just need a little about a health problem, needed a tellectual rights of the individuals | library love? job, or was concerned about some living there, we wouldn’t have to I propose a new marketing cam- issue. I’d hazard a guess that you fight so hard to preserve, protect, paign for libraries: We Love Our Pa- sought additional information on and defend our libraries. trons! We already have campaigns that person’s behalf because you Because we love our patrons. Yes, for patrons to express their love of cared. That’s what librarians do ev- yes, we do. z libraries and librarians, yet how of- ery day for perfect strangers. We gift ten do we demonstrate that the love them with information, however it SARAH PRIELIPP is the tribal librarian for the is returned? For-profit businesses is packaged, as a token of our appre- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. do it all the time; they call it “cus- ciation and concern for their needs. americanlibrariesmagazine.org

25 26 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 A whirlwindofmeetings,ideas,andconversations—FTW! A Hazy Shade ofA Hazy (Mid)winter necessary step. It’s also a toe in the the in toe It’sa also step. necessary and important an seemed it that but is) anything if (as controversy out with wasn’t dark go to decision the me told who member, board media Wiki and student former a Davis, California, of University the from Ayers Phoebe into ran I bus the on behold, and Lo difference. a made ly actual have to seems which protest, SOPA Wikipedia-goes-dark the of heels the on came it enough, enting profession shouldapply. tributing tofutureeducationfor the soanyoneinterestedincon- portant, panels, whichislessworkbutim- for good peopletoserveonreview informative. They’re alwayslooking veryfulfilling,andextremely work, which washard on Accreditation, of theCommittee years asamember four fascinating ence. 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27 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 2012 LIBRARY DESIGN By Greg Landgraf SHOWCASE New Now

&he following pages contain excerpts from the 2012 TLibrary Design Showcase. See more new and renovated buildings at americanlibrariesmagazine.org/ librarydesign12. Also, watch for an American Libraries digital supplement in April that will showcase 16 more libraries with features on modern library architecture.

University of The Shape of Things Chicago, Joe and Rika Mansueto Library

The Mansueto Library, located adjacent to the University of Chicago’s main Regenstein Library, houses 3.5 million volumes underground, accessible via a high-density automated storage and retrieval system. An elliptical glass dome encloses the Grand Reading Room, and the library also houses conservation and digitization labs.

New Construction Murphy/Jahn, www.murphyjahn.com Size: 61,719 sq. ft. Cost: $81 million Photo: Tom Rossiter Photo: Tom Arban Cost: $31.6million 41,750 sq.ft.library Size: 103,500sq.ft.total, Diamond SchmittArchitects, dsai.ca New Construction costs. environmental impactandreduce operating for reuse inwashrooms lowerthe auditorium andarainwater-collection system interior, whileagreen roof atopthebuilding’s certification. Naturallightreaches 75%ofthe Academic Facility, which istargeting LEED Gold quality inCentennialCollege’s Libraryand A four-story livingwallimproves indoorair Toronto, canada and AcademicF Centennial CollegeLibrary Photo: Dominhotography Cost: $10.6million Size: 19,151sq.ft. oncinaarc.com Manuel OncinaArchitects, New Construction hosts events. overflow entertainmentspacewhenthelibrary offers outdoorseatingforpatrons aswell for passersby. A500-square-foot Poet’s Patio cooling costswhilecreating anappealingview Southern foot green roof, the buildingmaterialschosen.A3,500-square- exceeds baselinestandards by21%becauseof The Fallbrook Branch’s energy performance San DiegoCountyLibrary

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29 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 Building forAccessibility 30 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 Super chools Columbus HighSchoolCampus,Bronx,NewYork Photo: Bartelstone Cost: $600,000 Size: 5,200sq.ft. di Domenico+PartnersLL Renovation technologicalneeds. modern ormeetings,andmeets suitable forperformances encourages group work,includesflexibleareas its useofcolorandmaterials.Thenewlibrary Photo: SallyNeal Cost: $25million Size: 64,000sq.ft. HFKS Architects Inc.,hfksarchitects.com New Construction second floorincludesapopularfireplace lounge. school-agechildren,learners, andteens,whilethe mobility challenges.Separateareas target early improve visibilityandaccessibilityforpatrons with used anoutdated,barelySchool Campustransformed The renovation ofthelibraryatColumbusHigh features a rangeofusergroups. Theseniors’livingroom two floors,offer servicesandmaterialstargeted to Eleven “livingroom” spaces,sprinkledthroughout Canada ood P Sherw Strathcona CountyLibrary space custom into one shelving ark, Alberta, that invites with , ddp-ny.com angled students lower in through , racks to Group Photo: SaltLakeCounty LibraryServicesandBurgeon Cost: $320,000children’s area, $8.1milliontotal Size: 20,000sq.ft. Children’s Area: Burgeon Group, burgeongroup.com CRSA, crsa-us.com New Construction LEED Goldcertified. community’s previous facilityandisdesignedtobe building asawholeisdoublethesizeof features animalsoundsandastoryaboutacrobats. The the Sbenchincludesasewingactivity, andtheletterA the alphabet, while includes awheeltotwistandturn with thelettertheyare associatedwith:theletterT educational, withactivitiesthatare oftenalliterative Magna Library. Every elementisdesignedtobe ofthechildren’sLandscape isthecornerstone area at With more than100interactiveelements,theAlphabet Photo: MichaelMoran/ottoarchive Cost: $30million Size: 22,000sq.ft.expansion,275,000total 1100 Architect, 1100architect.com Expansion space. and outofthelibraryallownaturallightinto stacks. Inhabitablenicheswithwindowsoffer viewsinto plazas throughout thespaceandintegratedinto literacy, science,technology, andmath are ondisplayin Central Library. Interactiveexhibitsdesignedaround the a hybridchildren’s libraryandsciencemuseum,isoneof The creation oftheChildren’s LibraryDiscoveryCenter, Queens (N.Y.) CentralLibrary first phases in the master plan to modernize Queens Ser Salt LakeCounty(Utah) Library vices, MagnaLibrary Youth Sp aces

31 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 Service Flexibility 32 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 Technology enabled problem-based andmultimodalinstruction. learning technology, studiosupports learning whilethetechnology-enhancedformal emerging technologylabhouseshands-onexhibitionsofthelatest provides through easieraccesstoinformation theuseoftechnology. An commons thatfacilitatesinteractionbetweenstudentsandstaff and Bierce Library’s renovation isintendedtocreate acontemporarylearning University ofAkrn,Ohio,BierceLibrary San Angelo,Texas Angelo State University rter HendersonLibrary, Porter Photo: Maguire Photo Cost: n/a Size: 45,000sq.ft. 4points.net /DesignGroup, designgroup.us.com Four PointsArchitectural Services,Inc., Renovation , Photo: aulBardagjy Cost: $4.4million 83,000 sq.ft.total renovated, Size: 20,000sq.ft. www.shwgroup.com SHW Group, LLC, Renovation groups. lectures, orsmallstudy be modifiedforspeakers, 32 studentsbutcanalso computer connectivityfor Classroom spaceprovides reconfigure libraryzones. meeting spacesand allow userstocreate with movablefurniturethat students, aswellareas each housingonetosix throughout thebuilding, created anumberofniches Porter HendersonLibrary The renovation ofthe Photo: Brent Brafford Cost: $910,000 340,000 sq.ft.total Size: 13,600sq.ft.renovated, jhyatthammond.com Hyatt HammondAssociates, rndpa.com; Creamery: J. Terrace: RNDArchitects, Renovation and snacks. Creamery offering icecream reading room, anda computing tools,asilent display andgesture-based Sandbox withlarge-scale created aTechnology space. Therenovation also outlets throughout the lounging chairs,withpower 54 seatsattablesor for decades,nowprovides Terrace, whichhadsat vacant wing oftheHillLibrary. The NCSU torenovate thewest One-time fundsallowed stained-glass window, rescued from achurch thatwasdemolishedinthe1970s. facility’s solarproduction andusage.Thebuildingalsoincorporatesa107-year-old building’s electricalneeds,whilealobbykioskoffers patronsaboutthe information views ofthearea’s mountainvistas.A53-kwhsolararraysupplies35%–40%ofthe as wellaterraceadjacenttothesecond-floormeetingroom. Plenty ofwindowsoffer Rifle Branchpatrons cantakeadvantageofapairreader’s gardens onthefirstfloor, Garfield County(Colo.)PublicLibrary District D. H.HillLibrary h CarolinaStateNort University , Raleigh , RifleBranch , The OutdoorLibrary Photo: MichaelShopenn Cost: $6.7million Size: 28,000sq.ft. brsarch.com Baker, Rinker, SeacatArchitecture, New Construction

33 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 Reuse and Restoration Jackson (N.H.) Public Library

Jackson Public Library partnered with the local historical society to reerect the 1850s-era Trickey Barn, which was dismantled in 2008, for use as the new library building. It replaces an 800-square-foot facility that lacked plumbing. The new structure offers plenty of seating, Wi-Fi, and is accessible to people with disabilities.

Restoration and Renovation Dennis Mires PA, The Architects, thearchitects .net Size: 4,800 sq. ft. Cost: $1.3 million Photo: Tom Eastman/Conway Daily Sun

San Francisco Public Library, Park Branch

A sensitive restoration of the 1909 Park branch returned the building to its neoclassical glory while meeting LEED Gold standards. Historic tables and chairs were refinished, wood shelving was refurbished, and the library added an energy-efficient heating system, two accessible restrooms, and state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment.

Renovation Field Paoli, fieldpaoli.com; Joseph Chow & Associates, Inc., jcaarchitects.com Size: 8,825 sq. ft. Cost: $2.9 million Photo: David Wakely

Fayetteville (Ark.) Public Library

The new Otwell Teen Library at Fayetteville Public Library incorporates major increases in shelving for teen materials, seating for teens, and computing resources, which grew from five PCs to 25, plus three collaborative workstations. A project room accommodates eight people and has modular furniture, a whiteboard for brainstorming, and easily cleanable linoleum floors. Fabrics, countertops, and decorative panels all incorporate recycled content, and all post-construction materials were recycled.

Renovation and Expansion Kohler Design Office, Inc., kohlerarchitects.com; Missi Walker Interiors Size: 2,350 sq. ft. expansion, Small-Scale Wonders 88,000 sq. ft. total Cost: $286,500 Photo: Philip Steele, Novo Studio LLC Spartanburg (S.C.)HighSc hool Photo: Victoria Heiduschke Cost: $167,000 335,000 sq.ft.total Size: 1,475sq.ft.renovated, SmithCFI, smithcfi.com Renovation to theirneeds. students tocustomizethespace chairs, andscreens thatallow monitors, andmobiletables, to sixlaptopsonlarge-screen that allowstudentstodisplayup erase surfaces,twomediascapes inches offixedandmobiledry- more than160,000square Commons. Amenitiesinclude adjacent totheLearning workspaces onthemainfloor room forcollaborative reference stacksin2009,making The Valley Librarydismantledits attendees. monitor area forcollaborationandsocializationthatcanalsohosteventsupto50 itslibrary.opportunity tomodernize Thenewfloorplanincorporates aneasy-to- graders intotheschool’s studentbodyforthefirsttime,administrators tookthe When Spartanburg HighSchoolunderwentaconstructionproject toincorporate9th wooden veneerceilingswere usedtoaddvisualinterest. low ceilingswere raisedinmanysections,andaccentlighting,corkflooring, Offices that lined the exterior Valley Library Oregon State UniversityL ibraries, wall were eliminated , Cor to improve v allis daylighting, COllaborative learning Photo: Fred MartinPhotography renovations) Cost: $4.4million(libraryandother Size: 3,180sq.ft. mcmillanpazdansmith.com McMillan PazdanSmith,LLC, Renovation

35 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/april 2012 americanlibrariesmagazine.org march/april 2012 36 | S Y R A R B I L 2012 N G I S E D W to Directions HO and EricD.Scott By DonaldA.Barclay WCASE

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43 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | march/arpil 2012 Women in theBy Susan E. Searing White City Lessons from the Woman’s Building Library at the Chicago World’s Fair

Designed by Chilean-born architect Sophia Hayden when she was just 21 years old, the Woman’s Building at the 1893 Columbian Exposition was a marvel of intricacy and grace that featured a library of books by women on the second floor.

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n In January Chris Ash- n Christina Clark has more became director at joined the Covington Jacksonville (Ill.) Public Branch of St. Tammany Library. Parish (La.) Library as n Shawn Averkamp has youth services librarian. Bill Connors Tom Dillard Holly Mercer David Miller recently become data ser- n January 23 Emily Clark vices librarian at the Uni- became librarian at the n In March Ruth Libraries in Eugene. versity of Iowa’s Digital West Branch (Mich.) Pub- Dukelow became execu- n In February Leslie Mc- Research and Publishing lic Library. tive director of Cooperat- Donough was appointed department. n Anna Coats recently ing Libraries in director of Mansfield n Effective in June Sher- became children’s librar- Consortium in St. Paul, (Conn.) Public Library. rie Bergman will retire as ian at East Rutherford Minnesota. n In January Holly Mer- director of Bowdoin Col- (N.J.) Memorial Library. n Katie Dunneback has cer joined the University lege’s Hawthorne-Long- n In January Bill Con- joined the National of Tennessee, Knoxville fellow Library in nors returned to Sojourn- Library Service for the Libraries as associate Brunswick, Maine. er Truth Library at the Blind and Physically dean for scholarly com- n January 17 Josh Berk State University of New Handicapped at the munication and research was appointed director of York in New Paltz to serve Library of Congress in services. Memorial Library of Naza- as interim dean. Washington, D.C., as a se- n February 20 David reth and Vicinity in Penn- n January 1 Mary Frances lection librarian. Miller became library di- sylvania. Cooper became president n February 6 Laura Eck- rector at Farmville (N.C.) n Connie Beverly is re- and director of the Carne- ley became director of Public Library. tiring as head librarian gie Library of Pittsburgh. Larchmont (N.Y.) Public n Effective April 2 Jacob from Munford (Ala.) Pub- n In January Tom Dillard Library. Nadal will join Brooklyn lic Library. retired as head of the spe- n January 1 Patricia Gil- Historical Society in New n March 5 Lisa Carr be- cial collections depart- leland was appointed York as director of library came director at Seymour ment at the University of central administrator of and archives. Library in Auburn, New Arkansas Library in the Wilderness Coast Pub- n In January Adam Novitt York. ­Fayetteville. lic Libraries Cooperative was appointed director of in Monticello, Florida. Sunderland (Mass.) Pub- n Jenny Goodemote was lic Library. recently named interim n Jackie Nytes recently director of Wood Library became chief executive of- cited in Canandaigua, New ficer of Indianapolis Pub- York. lic Library. n Anner Gray has been n Effective August 1 Mi- n Jane Martellino promoted to assistant di- chael P. Olson will be- 2012 march/april December 8 , librarian at Con-

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and founder of Yes, Grace Rocks, Inc., received (Ala.) Public Library. the J. Edgar and Louise S. the Heart of Women Award by the Women’s Busi- n Effective in April Kay Monroe Library at Loyola ness Council of the Greater Danbury Chamber Iversen will retire as di- University New Orleans. of Commerce. Yes, Grace Rocks, Inc., supports rector of Spencer (Iowa) n January 16 Susan Riley families of children diagnosed with brain tumors Public Library. became director of the or brain injury. The award symbolizes the inspira- n February 13 David Ket- Mamaroneck (N.Y.) Public tional commitment made by someone on behalf chum became resource Library. of less fortunate individuals. sharing librarian at the n May 1 Ken Roberts will

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Hamilton (Ont.) Public obituaries Library. n In January Tony Ross was named administrative n Glenn Anderson, 63, assistant n Kathleen B. Hegarty, 81, died af- librarian for neighbor- dean for collections development at ter a short illness January 28. Hegarty hood libraries at the Dis- Auburn (Ala.) University Libraries, served at the Boston Public Library trict of Columbia Public died January 21. for 46 years as coordinator of adult Library. n Philip Miller Boord, 101, librarian services, staff officer for programs n Jodi Russ has become emeritus of Randolph-Macon Wom- and public relations, and staff officer head of the Bedford an’s college in Virginia, died Decem- for special programs and services. Branch of Monroe County ber 27. Boord had also served as Hegarty established the Access Cen- (Mich.) Library System. adjunct professor at Southern Illinois ter for people with disabilities at the n Roberta Shaffer has University in Carbondale, public library and was a longtime member of been appointed associate librarian at Mason City (Iowa) Public ALA’s Reference and User Services librarian for library ser- Library, and librarian with the Illinois Association and the Association of vices at the Library of State Library in Springfield. Specialized and Cooperative Library Congress in Washington, n Cecilia Elaine Cline, 65, died after Agencies Libraries’ Serving Special D.C. a long battle with breast cancer Janu- Populations Section. n February 1 Caroline ary 16. She was a college librarian at n William McDermed, 88, died due Shepard became North the University of Michigan in Ann Ar- to complications related to a fall Janu- Carolina State Librarian. bor; Georgia State University in At- ary 3. McDermed served as president n Tom Sloan has been lanta; and Hope College in Holland, of the boards of the Thomas Ford Me- appointed manager of Michigan. Cline completed her career morial Library, LaGrange Library, and library services at Boca as chief librarian of the Ralph J. Suburban Library System in Illinois Raton (Fla.) Public Bunche Library at the US State De- for several years. Library. partment in Washington, D.C. n Nina V. Siegel, 76, former librar- n Ruby Smith recently re- n James M. Ethridge, 90, executive ian for 33 years in the Plattekill and tired as reference librarian vice-president and editorial director Leptondale Elementary Schools in at Public Library of John- of Gale Research Company until his New York, died January 12. ston County and Smithfield retirement in 1985, died December 13. n Thomas Sutherland, 71, who in North Carolina. Ethridge was responsible for launch- served as director of the Paducah-Mc- n February 13 Camille ing some of the company’s flagship Cracken County (Ky.) Public Library Steinfeld became director publications, including Contemporary from 1968 until his retirement in of the Emerson (N.J.) Authors and Directories in Print. 1995, died January 17. Public Library. n February 10 Walter Stitt retired as director of Attleboro (Mass.) Public will become undergradu- Walter will become uni- n Joshua Youngblood re- Library. ate services librarian at versity librarian at DePaul cently became the re- n Penny Taylor recently the University of Oregon University in Chicago. search and outreach n

became librarian at San Libraries in Eugene. January 31 Jim War- services librarian at the 2012 march/april

Diego County Library’s n In February John Un- wick retired as director of University of Arkansas |

Poway Branch. sworth became vice pro- St. Clair County (Mich.) Library in Fayetteville. n April 2 Ngoc-Yen Tran vost for library and Library System. technology services and n January 3 Emma Wei- At ALA chief information officer ler was appointed youth n January 9 Ronald at Brandeis University in librarian at Flint Memori- Jankowski joined ALA as Waltham, Massachusetts. al Library in North Read- membership development n Effective April 30 Scott ing, Massachusetts. director. z

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55 Professional Development | Youth Matters It’s Always Time for CE-TV

Grow your skill set online, 24/7 by Linda W. Braun

ave you heard of Khan badges, which allow people to dem- run a mock Printz Award program, Academy? Sal Khan onstrate to current and prospective and much more. Each video is 3–7 started the project in employers that they’ve learned a minutes long and relevant for the belief that people skill. library staff members not specifi- couldH learn by watching short, YALSA is collaborating on the cally tasked with working with teens targeted videos online. Subjects Badges for Lifelong Learning proj- and those new to teen services. run the gamut: from algebra to art ect, an initiative of Mozilla, the John n In mid-January Apple an- history to the principles of bank- D. and Catherine T. MacArthur nounced an update to iTunes Uni- ing to taking the SAT. He began Foundation, and HASTAC (Humani- versity, a resource for locating and by remotely tutoring his cousin ties, Arts, Science, and Technology downloading courses from a wide in 2004 and Advanced Collaboratory). Its goal is array of educational institutions. At least created videos to connect education-focused orga- The current catalog includes such some to help other nizations with technology compa- courses as social science, teaching cousins, and nies so they can develop and education, and fine arts. I of the now the acad- badge-learning systems together. If downloaded to my iPad what had people emy catalog YALSA receives funding, it will been a face-to-face 2011 Stamford who use YouTube includes more launch a curriculum that awards course on iPad and iPhone app de- than 2,700 badges in order to encourage and velopment. I now have access to are not just recordings. facilitate professional development videos, lectures, and slides, and can watching cats Khan Acade- for those working with teens. The learn something I haven’t had a getting stuck in my exemplifies curriculum is based on YALSA’s chance to learn previously, all in the one new option Competencies. comfort of my office or home. ceiling fans. librarians can YALSA’s proposed badge-earning n P2PU (Peer to Peer University) consider for activities include, one, creating a takes an informal, collaborative ap- professional development. It is also Pinterest board to market a collec- proach to learning. Anyone can start a good example of the positive ef- tion and, two, publishing a survey a course or a discussion group there fects the web, video, and interactive that uncovers the specific needs and and invite others to join as a student content are having on learning in interests of a community’s teens. or instructor. It’s also possible to the second decade of the 21st centu- Learners who earn badges as a part join courses and discussions already ry. In other words, at least some of of this project can embed them in under way. The course list is grow- the people who use YouTube are not social profiles, in email signatures, ing, and there is an education area just watching cats getting stuck in on résumés, and so on. with archived courses from 2011. 2012 march/april

ceiling fans. Using the web and other interac- |

What else is out there? tive resources makes professional Get out your sash If you are interested in web-based development much easier than in Remember Girl Scout and Boy Scout professional development, you may the days when Scouts were the only badges? Now it’s possible for adults consider the following: ones collecting merit badges. z to earn badges for learning a skill or n The newly launched YALSA gaining a particular knowledge set. Academy. This YouTube channel has For example, Codeacademy, a web videos that help those working with Linda w. Braun is educational technology resource for learning how to code teens learn how to use Twitter, pro- consultant for LEO: Librarians and Educators Online and a past president of ALA’s Young (primarily in Javascript), awards vide good teen customer service, Adult Library Services Association. americanlibrariesmagazine.org

56 Outside In | Professional Development Create a Library “Tech Shop”

Digital media labs, hackerspaces, and coworking by David Lee King and Michael Porter spaces put tools in customers’ hands

es, libraries have books expertise to build things. Hacker- day a week for part of 2011. She started about how to create a spaces tend to be public spaces with a “genius bar” with rotating commu- graphic novel, how to learn tools and teachers—tools such as 3D nity experts on a variety of topics, a musical instrument, and printers, drill Turn your helping start-ups Yeven how to set up a small busi- presses, electron- with market re- ness. Why not take it one step ics equipment, library search needs. further and supply the tools neces- and computers. from a Finland’s Hel- sary for your community to design The teachers are content sinki City Library the artwork for that graphic novel, usually people also created co- record that song, and launch that from the area with collector to a content creator working spaces. start-up business? Some libraries an interest in as- by incorporating digital According to clerk are already doing just that, and here sembling things. media labs, hackerspaces, Roberto Corsini, a are three different but connected Some hackerspac- large part of its areas we have seen libraries create. es focus on com- and coworking spaces. clientele “consists munity projects, while others simply of mobile knowledge workers who Digital media labs provide tools and space. For two ex- don’t have their own ­offices—from These spaces have content-creation amples, check out Fayetteville (N.Y.) students to C-level executives who tools that allow people to produce Free ­Library’s Fab Lab—short for have spare time between meetings.” and share video, music, photography, fabrication laboratory—and Allen David’s library has been brain- and design projects. Not only do cus- County (Ind.) Public Library’s part- storming ways to create a coworking tomers have access to software that nership with nonprofit TekVenture. space for Topeka and is investigat- enables editing videos, images, and ing ways to add a digital media lab. audio, they can also often use—and Coworking spaces He has also met with an organiza- sometimes check out—equipment Coworking brings together indepen- tion interested in partnering with such as camcorders, musical instru- dent workers, freelancers, small the library to create a hackerspace. ments, mikes, and digital cameras. business owners, and others who Content creation is much more The best examples of digital me- need workspace. These folks regular- than a fad, and it’s not just for teens, dia labs we have seen are Skokie ly gather to brainstorm ideas, team up either. Offering these tools can draw (Ill.) Public Library’s Digital Media on projects, and work in a more social in small businesses and nonprof- Lab and Chicago Public Library’s setting. It’s an alternative to meeting its—groups that normally can’t af- YOUmedia lab. Skokie’s lab includes at home or at a coffee shop. ford equipment, software, services, a painted chroma-key greenscreen Although libraries have unofficially and space. Email us if you know of 2012 march/april

z wall to aid in video production proj- provided this type of service for years, other similar spaces. | ects; CPL’s YOUmedia lab offers a some are now becoming more for- small studio space for teens to re- mally involved by embedding librar- DAVID LEE KING cord podcasts and music projects. ians in existing coworking spaces or is digital branch and services manager for setting aside space. Meg Knodl, who Topeka and Shawnee Hackerspaces recently moved from community County (Kans.) Public Library. MICHAEL A hackerspace is a place where do- management work with Hennepin PORTER is currently it-yourselfers with an interest in County (Minn.) Library to doing sim- leading the effort of the e-content–centric nonprofit Library Renewal computers, technology, science, or ilar work in county government, was and has worked for more than 20 years as a librarian, presenter, and consultant for libraries. digital art can share resources and an embedded coworking librarian one americanlibrariesmagazine.org

57 Professional DEVELOPMENT | Books Librarian’s Library

The Librarian’s History of the Library by Karen Muller

hen I think of his- books on demand. The role of a major feature. In tory, two quotations Along the way, Lyons libraries fact, 75%–80% of the come to mind. One, includes essays on the nation’s 9,225 public throughout by Marcus Cicero, rise of literacy; the libraries serve popula- Wsays history illuminates the pres- evolution of the pub- history tions under 25,000 ent; the other, by Henry Ford, lishing industry; the shows how far people. In Main Street says we must live in the present: growth of the book Public Library, library we’ve come—and trade; the history of historian Wayne A. “History is the witness that testifies censorship; and the where we could go. Wiegand selects five to the passing of time; it illumines re- development and community libraries ality, vitalizes memory, provides guid- growth of libraries, both private and for an in-depth study, reviewing ance in daily life, and brings us tidings public. While much of the coverage each one’s history using such source of antiquity.” is European and American, Lyons materials as —Marcus Cicero, Pro Publio Sestio also refers to cultural developments trustee reports such as ancient Buddhist texts, and accession “History is more or less bunk. It’s ­Mesoamerican codices, and books. Wiegand tradition. We don’t want tradition. We ­Japanese manga. examines how want to live in the present, and the Indexed. J. Paul Getty Museum. 224 p. $34.95. these particular only history that is worth a tinker’s 978-1-60606-083-4 libraries re- damn is the history we made today.” Stuart A. P. Murray’s The Library: An sponded to resi- —Henry Ford (1863–1947), interview Illustrated History is a bit older than dents’ distrust of in Chicago Tribune, May 25, 1916 Lyons’s the new, changing book (2009) but a public tastes in reading, and the Libraries have been shaped by nice complement ­societal impact of the Depression history, and providing historical nonetheless. and World Wars I and II on those sources is merely one way they serve Murray follows tastes. In the end he concludes their communities, either to the progression of libraries are public spaces for ­research specific events or to pursue libraries from ­community acculturation as well as something more personal, such as their beginnings literary spaces leading to social genealogy. as repositories for ­harmony. clay tablets to their role in the Mid- Indexed. University of Iowa Press. 284 p. dle Ages and present day. He in- $25.95. pbk. 978-1-60938-067-0

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58 management specialist fortheALALibrary. karen mullerislibrarianandknowledge Publishng. 336p Indexed. Neal-Schuman,animprint ofALA donors. cultivating of issue development collection necessary the with along collection, the of vision and mission the defining on chapters includes Purcell ­formats. digital” “born current also and formats paper-based traditional for archives— maintaining of how and why the both covers It series. shelf Book Manager’s Records vist’sand Archi the to addition newest the Collections, versity Books Own My Places, Reading particular In themselves. libraries without possible be would history their and libraries about books these of None Role Our Press. 325p Indexed. UniversityofMassachusetts today. undertake libraries ones advocacy an despite support equal program the give to failed counties the but eracy, lit and education adult for services library of principles on founded was demonstration The counties. neighboring diverse ethnically Archives, Records, and Special Special and Records, ­Archives, . $28.95.pbk.978-1-55849-822-8 Main Street Public Library, Library, Public Street Main by Aaron D. Purcell, is is D.Purcell, Aaron by campaign not unlike unlike not ­campaign . $95.pbk.978-1-55570-769-9 (see p. 44–47 ) rely rely ) 44–47 p. (see and and of College and Uni and College of Generation Next the Managing Archives: records. source the ­include that archives on also but libraries on only not services to two two to services library provide to 1952 to 1950 from an Demonstration, Library ­Regional state’s the Pawley ­Commission. Right Here I See See I Here Right experiment ­experiment focuses on on ­focuses Academic Academic

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63 COMMENTARY | Will’s World The Coolness Factor

Hipness rarely ages gracefully by Will Manley

ge among librarians few times and my track record superseded in quality and compact- used to be fairly easy proves it; as a librarian I have dealt ness by DVDs and then Blu-ray. to determine, but no with an embarrassingly wide variety Some obsolete resources made longer in our era of of obsolete resources. No, I never brief comebacks because of the Anips, tucks, Botox, and hair col- had to catalog a clay coolness factor. oring. And you can’t just come tablet, scroll, illumi- No, I never LPs were popular out and ask someone his or nated manuscript, or had to catalog for a while because her age; such a question today wax cylinder, but I of the movie High is not only impolite but pos- have dealt with LPs, a clay tablet or Fidelity, and bebop sibly even discriminatory. reel-to-reel tapes, a wax cylinder. fans still covet vin- If you’re really curious about how 8-tracks, audiocas- tage 1950s jazz mu- old a librarian is, the safest and settes, 16 millimeter films, 8 mm sic on reel-to-reel tapes. But of the most effective approach is to start films, Super 8 mm film loops, and six endurance factors, coolness is talking about an obsolete library Betamax and VHS tapes. the most fleeting. (See: Palm pilot.) format. Here’s a good icebreaker: Why did all these formats become Which brings us to the old cur- “Weren’t phonograph records the obsolete? Basically there are six fac- mudgeon itself, the glue-and-paper biggest pain to process and main- tors involved: usability, quality of book. How does the traditional book tain? No patron ever scratched an presentation, durability, ease of hold up against the six endurance LP; it was always the patron who storage, cost, and coolness. factors? Although it’s not nearly as borrowed it immediately before who Reel-to-reel tapes delivered a cool as the new and improved e- did the damage.” If the librarian re- wonderful sound and were the audio reader, it’s still easier to use. Cost? plies, “What’s an LP?” he or she is medium of choice by cool people, It depends on the title, the publish- not nearly as old as you thought. but they were a pain to thread, er, and the e-reader. Storability? Yes, I’ve been around the block a splice, and play. LPs had cool album The e-reader wins hands down. covers, sounded okay, and Quality? That depends on one’s were easy to play—but they taste. The e-reader has the advan- scratched easily. Sixteen tage of backlit pages and scalable millimeter films projected print. Durability? Glue and paper sharply on a big screen but lasts longer than electrons, espe- were difficult to thread, cially when they are programmed to broke easily, and were very dissipate after 26 circulations. expensive. Eight-tracks ALA Annual Conference is being 2012 march/april

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