Volume 81, No. 4 Winter 2018 Mississippi Libraries Vol

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Editorial Staff Contents President’s Page...... 77 Editor Tina Harry Legal and Medical Research...... 78 Catalog & Asst. Automation Librarian The University of Mississippi Stephen Parks, Tamara Nelson, Justin Huckaby [email protected] A Needle in a Haystack...... 80

David Salinero Assistant Editor Tracy Carr Breaking Barriers...... 83 Library Services Bureau Director Natalie Dunaway Mississippi Library Commission [email protected] Using Family Connections to Create Community Connections...... 85 Corinne Kennedy, Jennifer McGillan, DeeDee Baldwin

Copy Editor MLA Annual Conference 2018 Recap...... 88 Audrey Beach Resource Librarian Sarah Crisler-Ruskey Mississippi Delta Community College State of Mississippi Libraries...... 90 [email protected] Amanda Osborne, Lori Barnes, Joyce M. Shaw, Stephen Cunetto SLIS Notes...... 93 News Reporter Carol Green Teresa S. Welsh Serials Librarian University of Southern Mississippi News Briefs...... 96 [email protected] People in the News...... 98 Book Reviews...... 99 Book Review Editor Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi. Michele Frasier-Robinson Librarian for Education & Psychology Civil Rights Culture Wars: The Fight over a Mississippi Textbook. University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] Hidden History of Jackson The Past is Never MLA Reporter Volume 81 Index...... 102 Janessa Ullendorf Circulation/Media Specialist Univeristy of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast On the cover: Webb’s Landing by Rachel Williams, Gautier Middle School’s librarian. [email protected] Spotted the group of pelicans down at Webb’s Landing in Ocean Springs and took the picture on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. Image manipulated to mimic soft pastel water colors.

Indexer Kristin Rogers Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian Mississippi Libraries is a quarterly, open access publication of the Mississippi Library The University of Mississippi Association (MLA). The articles, reports, and features herein represent viewpoints of [email protected] their respective authors and are not necessarily the official options of the Association. In order to assure the widest possible audience for the works published in Mississippi Libraries, the work is added, by contractual agreement, to one or more EBSCO Publishing databases. Mississippi Libraries is also indexed in Library Literature and Information Science Abstracts. For more informaton, visit http://misslib.org/publications Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 77

2018 Executive Board President’s Page President Sarah Mangrum It’s hard to believe that 2018 is al- Access Services Librarian and most over! It has been an honor to Assistant Clinical Professor serve as the MLA President for 2018. University Libraries (USM) I want to thank all of the Board Vice-President members, section and roundtable Sarah Crisler-Ruskey chairs, and committee chairs for all Director Carnegie Public Library of their hard work and commitment to MLA. MLA relies on volunteers Secretary who are passionate about advancing Lori Barnes Director Mississippi Libraries through the Jackson-George Regional Library System development, promotion, and im- provement of library and informa- Treasurer Jennifer Wann tion services. We are always looking Director for more volunteers! If you are con- Bolivar County Library System sidering volunteering and are not is my hope that a central location will allow more of our members Immediate Past President sure where to start, contact me or Jenniffer Stephenson any member of the executive board. and supporters to attend. The an- Director Your 2019 MLA executive board nual conference also provides great Greenwood-Leflore Public Library System is already hard at work on plans beginning volunteer opportunities. ALA Councilor for the upcoming year. President, Working on a conference committee Ellen Ruffin Sarah Crisler-Ruskey, is working is a fantastic way to start becoming Curator, de Grummond Children’s more involved with the association. Literature Collection on committee chair appointments. McCain Library and Archives Vice-President, Mary Beth Applin, I am looking forward to remain- is beginning to plan the 2019 MLA ing active as Past President. 2019 SELA Councilor is already shaping up to be a great Ashley S. Dees annual conference, which will be Research & Instruction Librarian held at The Westin in Jackson, MS. year and I’m excited to see what’s University of Mississippi Libraries We are excited to bring our annu- in store. Best wishes for a safe and al conference back to Jackson. It Happy New Year! Section Chairs Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Section Chair Stephen Cunetto

Public Library Section Chair Antoinette Giamalva Mara Polk

School Library Section Chair Susan Bryant

Special Libraries Section Chair Joyce Shaw To join MLA, or to renew your membership: Trustees Section Chair Rickey Jones http://misslib.org/membership For more information, visit: http://misslib.org/Executive-Board 2018 MLA Executive Board Minutes: http://misslib.org/page-1860500 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 78 Legal and Medical Research Free Resources for the Public Librarian: A Workshop Recap

Stephen Parks good resources. Google Scholar in- which can be searched by keywords State Librarian cludes published opinions of all fifty and by a table of contents search. State Law Library of Mississippi states since 1950, federal appellate For research purposes, the online Tamara Nelson courts since 1923, and the United version provides the statute’s histo- Instruction & Research Librarian Rowland Medical Library, UMMC States Supreme Court since 1791. ry which is important to show how Justin Huckaby To search for court opinions, users the law has changed and provides Research, Instruction Services & must first select the state or federal how current the statute is. Howev- Circulation Librarian court in which they desire to search. er, a word of caution, this version of Mississippi College Law Library Users then can perform simple Goo- the online Code does not flag for the gle-type searches with certain key- user statutes that might have been The Central Mississippi Library words they have pulled from a legal deemed unconstitutional by a court Council, a group comprised of six- inquiry. Search results can be sorted as many subscription based services teen libraries in the central region by relevance or date. Google Scholar will. of Mississippi, held a workshop on provides the word-for-word court The Mississippi Legislature tack- “Legal & Medical Research: Free opinion and links to other cases that les many hot-button issues each Resources for the Public Librarian” the opinion cites to. Google Scholar year when it convenes in Jackson. at the Mississippi Library Commis- is a great resource, but users should Oftentimes, patrons will hear about sion on October 4, 2018. Earlier in be cautioned that it has no sure-fire proposed legislation and will want the year when discussing potential method of letting its users know if a to know more about what it might topics for workshop, librarians in case is still good law and being fol- do. Unfortunately, the Legislature the Council felt a topic such as this lowed by subsequent courts. neither records nor provides access would be beneficial as many public TheJudicial Data Project provides to its floor debate after each day’s librarians might hesitate when faced court opinions of Mississippi’s ap- session. So, if a patron does not at- with a legal or medical reference pellate courts since 2003. This site tend the legislative session or watch question. The good news is that allows searching by keywords, by the live-feed online, they would be there are free resources available to party names, by attorney names, out of luck. However, the Legisla- assist us all. Below is a condensed and much more. Even more useful, tive History Project provides a rem- version of the workshop in which the Project provides the court briefs edy for this. The project records the Stephen Parks (State Law Library) that attorneys filed in each case, Legislature’s live feed each day, di- presented on legal information, providing an even greater research vides each day’s video into smaller Tamara Nelson (Rowland Medi- tool for those interested. Being able segments based on each individual cal Library) presented on medical to see what attorneys have used on bill that is discussed, then provides it information, and Justin Huckaby a specific topic is useful in pointing all online for free. Users of the proj- (Mississippi College Law Library) users to other relevant cases. ect can search for videos based on presented on how to “DAVE it,” a If a patron is asking for “the law” bill number, bill author, and subject. useful tool for website evaluation. on any specific topic, it is best to On each individual bill’s page, users search for the statutory provision are given links to the text of the bill Free Sources of Legal within the Mississippi Code that fits and links to the bill’s official history. Information with the reference question being The project began with the 2012 leg- If needing to locate relevant Mis- asked. The Mississippi Secretary of islative session and is maintained by sissippi case law, Google Scholar and State provides free access to an on- the Mississippi College Law Library. the Judicial Data Project are two line version of the Mississippi Code, Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 79

Free Sources of Health all libraries. MedlinePlus is designed for pa- Information PubMed is one of the most wide- tients and their families to find easy There are numerous free sources ly used comprehensive biomedical to read and comprehensive informa- of health information available to literature resource covering over tion on health and wellness topics. Mississippi libraries. MAGNOLIA, 28 million citations with limited It also contains drug information the statewide consortium of da- non-subscription full-text access. and information on procedures and tabases funded by the Mississippi PubMed has several search features complementary medicine. There are legislature, contains several data- including MeSH which allows you useful tools such as games, a med- base useful for answering consumer to search for the medical subject ical encyclopedia, lab test informa- health questions. Alt Health Watch, heading used to index terms and tion bank, and health information Consumer Health Complete, Psy- also Clinical Queries which allows in multiple languages. Other useful chology & Behavioral Sciences Col- users to search by a specific etiolo- resources available through the Na- lection and Health Source: Nursing/ gy, prognosis, diagnosis, therapy or tional Library of Medicine include Academic Edition all provide access clinical guideline. PubMed Central the AidsInfo database and PillBox. to resources on topics related to all (PMC) contains over 5.1 million The National Library of Medicine areas of health and wellness with free full-text articles from biomed- also provides a database of free web many containing full-text coverage. ical and life sciences journals ar- resources designed for K-12 instruc- Natural & Alternative Treatments chived by NLM. tion. Topics ranging from Biology to provides users with information There are several sources for drug Genetics may be found and include on complementary and alternative information including the Drug In- lesson plans and tutorials. There are medicine. The database LexiPals formation Portal which contains also interactive games and digital provides patient education pam- over 49,000 entries. RXNorm pro- collections available. phlets written in an easy to follow vides the normalized or genetic and understand format. MAGNO- names for clinical drugs. LactMed DAVE: Web site LIA also contains Salud in Español, is a database containing drug inter- Evaluation which provides consumer health action information for breastfeed- The Google Generation has ar- information for Spanish-speaking ing mothers. DailyMed contains rived. Library patrons prefer re- patrons. over 99,000 prescription drug labels searching online. They consider The National Institutes of Health submitted by manufacturers. The themselves technologically savvy (NIH) provides free access to health Dietary Supplement Label Database and blindly trust commonly used information to the general pub- includes dietary supplement labels search engines. The problem we as lic through the National Library for on and off-market drugs. librarians are seeing today is that of Medicine (NLM). There are nu- TOXNET is a toxicology data patrons are not properly evaluating merous online resources geared to- network which contains several their web sources before relying on wards keeping the general public different databases related to toxi- the information. Because of this, I informed about health matters and cology, hazardous chemicals, envi- have developed a website evaluation to promote health literacy and work ronmental health, and toxic release. system that I teach to my patrons. I towards reducing health disparities. The Household Product Database call the system DAVE. The National Network of Libraries (HPD) provides safety and health Librarians are not new to this of Medicine is an outreach unit of information for products used in problem of authentication and in- NLM which provides health out- and around the home. The Hazard- formation literacy. We have tradi- reach funding, free online classes, ous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) tionally taught our patrons to verify access to free educational materials, provides comprehensive, peer-resources. Today, the issue presents traveling exhibits and newsletters viewed toxicology and environmen- itself because patrons are used to designed to keep network members tal data for chemicals and informa- finding answers quickly and having informed. Membership in the net- tion about safety and handling of them at their fingertips at all times. work is FREE and encouraged for those chemicals. Librarians have developed different Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 80 methods to evaluate websites such a police officer treating your case of evaluations. We must determine the as The CRAAP Test and The CARS the flu, so make sure you determine biases of the website. Is the website Test. DAVE is just a variation of the the author’s credentials.” If no au- strictly liberal, strictly conservative, similar models already developed. thor is listed, the patron will need to or does it provide viewpoints of the DAVE is simply Date, Authority, locate the owner of the website and different ideologies equally? One Verify, and Entirety. follow the same process. caveat to remember when complet- The D of DAVE simply refers to The V of DAVE refers to Verify. ing this point is that a website that Date. Date should be one of the eas- The researcher needs to determine if caters to a particular ideology is not ier pieces of information to locate the website is reliable. What is the necessarily an unreliable website. on a website. Patrons should at- domain of the website? Does the in- With that said, the research should tempt to determine when the web- formation come from a .gov or .edu? try to locate another website that site or webpage was last updated. These are questions the patrons will includes the opposing viewpoint Generally, this information can be need to answer in order to complete in order to make a more informed located in the date stamp or copy- this step of the process. decision. right information of the webpage. Finally, the E of DAVE refers to DAVE is not perfect. However, it However, with the recent popularity Entirety. This is probably the hard- is a step in the right direction. We of blogging, the dates of blog posts est step to complete because it re- as librarians must instill in our pa- can satisfy this requirement regard- quires an initial evaluation of one- trons the necessity of authentication less of the webpage’s last update. self. What are our biases going into and information literacy. Our pa- The A of DAVE refers to Author- the research? The goal of Entirety is trons trust popular search engines at ity. Patrons need to determine who to determine if the website or web- an alarming rate. The websites re- authored the information located on page is complete. This requires an trieved from them may not be trust- the website. Is an actual author list- objective evaluation. If the research- worthy, especially in this new age of ed? Once the author is determined, er is more liberal or more conserva- fake news, alternative facts, and Piz- the researcher needs to verify his/ tive, he or she must acknowledge za-gate. When in doubt, DAVE it. her/their expertise. I always tell that point going into the research. mu students, “You would not want Otherwise, our biases will cloud our

A Needle in a Haystack Finding Popular Mississippi Statistics

David Salinero levels. Online sources are now the easily overwhelms users in just one Reference Librarian norm but stay in an almost tran- or two searches with the amount of Roberts-LaForge Library sitory state. Print staples such as retrieved information. Delta State University Mississippi Statistical Abstract and To provide some direction and Statistical data enriches and lends County and City Data Book are long shrink that haystack just a little bit, credence to any argument, but out of print. General compilations this article offers a current snapshot finding the right data can often be like Statistical Abstract of the Unit- of popular state statistics available as difficult as finding a needle in a ed States are great, but, they rarely online and in some standard print haystack. To make that haystack dig down into the county and local sources at local libraries. In the ab- even bigger and more imposing, levels. Numerous broken links litter sence of a centralized state portal for a number of problems currently overstuffed library web pages de- statistics, primary responsibility lies exists facing researchers wanting spite the creators’ good intentions. with individual agencies for provid- to find statistics at state and local Google, the undisputed search king, ing access to their own reports and Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 81 data; therefore, agency web sites are Census Maintained by the Mississippi the logical places to begin search- American FactFinder - https:// State University Extension Service, ing. After consulting the following factfinder.census.gov this site provides current economic, resources, search the agency web Gathers data from a number of health, poverty, and retail profiles sites for additional links referring to surveys and censuses to provide for the state, Congressional districts, DATA, RESOURCES, STATISTICS, straightforward data tables for cit- every county, and select cities. PUBLICATIONS, and particularly ies, towns, and counties. Topics in- ANNUAL REPORTS. Agency an- clude age, education, income, pov- Mississippi Department of nual reports are always rich sourc- erty, and more. The Census Bureau Revenue - https://www.dor.ms.gov/ es of information usually not found plans to move to a new dissemina- Statistics/Pages/default.aspx anywhere else. tion platform (https://data.census. Provides statistics for several cat- gov) as early as the summer of 2019. egories including Department of Agriculture Revenue transfers, sales tax, cash National Agricultural Sta- Census of Population and reports, gaming tax, petroleum, and tistics Service - Mississippi Of- Housing - https://www.census.gov/ motor vehicle title and registration. fice - https://www.nass.usda.gov/ prod/www/decennial.html Statistics_by_State/Mississippi While American FactFinder is Education Provides county estimates, a state the go-to resource for Census data, IHL Research and Planning- overview, and access to current and the Population and Housing site http://www.mississippi.edu/re- historical Census of Agriculture provides a great deal of background search/stats.asp data. The jewel of this site though is reference material on each decen- Focusing on the eight public col- the searchable Quick Stats database nial census including geograph- leges and universities in Mississippi, of several commodities produced ic reference maps, special reports, this site provides data on enroll- within the state. Users can limit and technical documentation. ment, degrees, faculty and student results by a number of geographic characteristics, and tuition. IHL units, and some data even goes back Selected Historical Decennial also includes a number of addition- to 1850. Census Population and Housing al factbooks and profiles dating back Counts - https://www.census.gov/ to 2010-2011. An “Interactive Data Casinos and Tourism population/www/censusdata/his- Portal” also allows users to manip- Mississippi Gaming Commis- cendata.html ulate and customize various data sion - http://www.msgamingcom- Provides population and housing elements. mission.com data for a wide variety of geographic The Reports section includes units dating as far back as 1790. Mississippi Public Reports - property and hotel data, tax and https://www.mdek12.org/OPR/ casino revenue, gaming device Corrections Reporting reports, and winning percent- Mississippi Department of Focusing on K-12 public educa- ages for slot machines. Archival Corrections - https://www.mdoc. tion, these reports provide access to data currently goes back to 2000. ms.gov/Admin-Finance/Pages/Re- graduation and dropout rates, en- search-Statistics.aspx rollment and assessment data, and Visit Mississippi - https:// Provides access to monthly fact the Superintendent’s Annual Re- visitmississippi.org/contact-us/ sheets, population reports, financial port which includes financial data, resources data, and recidivism statistics. safety reports, and characteristics Provides basic tourism data as of students and faculty/staff. Most well as economic impact reports Economics and Finance data goes back only to 2012-2013, dating back to 2008. Economic Profiles - http://ex- and many of the reports include tension.msstate.edu/economic only raw data. The Mississippi De- -profiles partment of Education helpfully Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 82 includes contact information for provides a labyrinth of interesting of print, these resources are invalu- questions and requests. and useful information on topics able for their breadth and especially such as diseases, tobacco use, vital for locating hard-to-find historical Government Oversight statistics (births, deaths, teen preg- statistics that are usually missing Mississippi Office of the State nancies, marriages, divorces), and from most agency web sites. As a Auditor - http://www.osa.ms.gov/ county profiles. The Office of Pub- supplement, the Mississippi Official reports lic Health Statistics (https://msdh. and Statistical Register (the “Blue Includes financial and perfor- ms.gov/phs) provides direct access Book”) provides very basic statisti- mance audits for state and local gov- to vital statistics, while the “Missis- cal information and has a long pub- ernment and public education. sippi Statistically Automated Health lication history. Resource System” (MSTAHRS) Although librarians fight the good PEER Reports - https://www. (http://mstahrs.msdh.ms.gov) al- preservation fight, the rapid dis- peer.ms.gov lows users to create customizable appearance of online data ensures Provides data-driven analyses of reports. only doubt about whether infor- state agency programs’ performance mation available today will be here and expenditures. Reports are ar- Labor/Business tomorrow. While digital reposito- ranged chronologically, so using the Labor Market Information - ries like HathiTrust and the Internet search feature is the best way to find https://www.mdes.ms.gov/ Archive, containing millions of full- information on a specific agency or information-center/labor-market- text sources, act as a remedy, local li- program. information braries remain the most dependable Covers all aspects of Mississippi’s sources of information. The print antecedents of many of the resourc- Transparency MS - https://www. workforce. Examples of data include es described here reside in state and msegov.com/dfa/transparency annual averages (labor force and in- federal depositories around Missis- Promoting complete government dustry level employment), commut- sippi, so all may not be lost if on- transparency, this site provides a ing patterns, wages, employment line searching proves fruitless. A wealth of data on the state govern- projections, occupations in demand, listing of all state depositories, run ment’s budget, expenditures, rev- trends, and unemployment rates. by the Mississippi Library Commis- enue, travel, and more. Data goes —◆— sion, can be found at https://mlc.lib. back anywhere from ten to twenty This list aims only to identify ms.us. To identify federal deposi- years. commonly requested statistics. Li- tories, run by the U.S. Government braries should retain (or obtain) Publishing Office, please visit the Health older copies of general compilations Federal Depository Library Directory Mississippi State Department such as the Census Bureau’s County available at https://www.fdlp.gov. of Health - https://msdh.ms.gov and City Data Book and the Missis- The Data and Statistics section sippi Statistical Abstract. While out Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 83 Breaking Barriers ESL and Continuing Education

Natalie Dunaway post-secondary credentials or em- 109,238 people reported speaking CE Coordinator ployment served as gauges to the another language besides English at Mississippi Library Commission level of success of an ESOL program. home. Of the 109,238, an approxi- However, as McHugh and Doxsee mate 41,942 people age five and over Abstract write, most ESOL classes range any- reported as speaking English less This short article discusses ESOL where from 120-160 hours, and of than “very well,” or in other words, (English for Speakers of other Lan- course, integrating into a new cul- less than proficient (Migration Pol- guages) and the population of ture and community can take much icy Institute, 2016). Throughout the non-native English speakers in Mis- longer. Additionally, this greatly un- state of Mississippi, there are nearly sissippi, specifically those identified dermines the importance of devel- 42,000 people between the ages of by the Migration Policy Institute’s oping and maintaining other qual- five and sixty-five who do not iden- 2016 “Language and Education” ities of solidifying personal agency, tify as proficient speakers of English. report. Contents also give a brief such as digital literacy, and the Divided evenly, that would be 750 look at English Language Learn- ability to pursue self-directed stud- people per Mississippi’s 53 library ers in Mississippi public schools, ies (McHugh, Doxsee, 2018). The system. The population of languag- and the overall population num- design of the WIOA prompted the es in Mississippi are also incredibly bers of non-native English speak- integration of another model, En- diverse. According to Data USA, the ers between the ages of 5-65 who glish Plus Integration (EPI), which three most common languages are identify as “less than very good” at is aimed at the inclusion of local Spanish, Vietnamese, and French. speaking English. This article also cultural and community resources Other prominent languages across discusses the role of ESL (English for expanding the elements of adult the state include Chinese, Native as a Second Language) services in ESL education. To quote, “Such a North American, German, Gujarati, continuing education and gives a model (the EPI) can be expected Arabic, Korean, Hindi, and Tagalog glimpse of upcoming ESL resources to not only make much more effec- (Data USA, 2015)1. provided by the Mississippi Library tive use of immigrant adult learners’ In 2016, Mississippi Today pub- Commission. time in a program, it should also lished an article on the number result in more effective use of other of English Language Learners, or —◆— local integration resources and the ELLs, in Mississippi public schools. With rising numbers of ELL’s in strengths of existing organizations In 2013, the number of non-En- the U.S., adult education policy, es- and institutions…an individual glish speaking students was 7,739, pecially concerning ESL, has experi- might delay applying for citizenship and as of 2016, a nearly 50% growth enced several shifts. In a policy brief due to uncertainty where to find En- occurred with the number totaling published by the Migration Policy glish-practice resources or afford- 11,404 (Royals, 2016). Currently, Institute, English for Speakers of able legal assistance, though free re- Mississippi has policy in place to other Languages (ESOL) classes, sources and advice may be available address the rising number of ELLs provided by state-led adult edu- at local libraries” (McHugh, Doxsee, in public schools through dual-lan- cation initiatives, have been con- 2018). guage learning (U.S. Department of tested due to flaws in instructional According to the Migration Pol- design (McHugh, Doxsee, 2018). icy Institute, as of 2016 the total 1 According to Data USA: “Due to sampling constraints, there is often a high margin of error As of 2014, with the passing of the household population age five and when looking at data for smaller geographies. Apply Workforce Innovation and Opportu- over for Mississippi was 2,796,802. caution when drawing conclusions from small geographic areas (for example: small counties, places nity Act (WIOA), the attainment of Of that number, approximately and particularly tracts).” https://datausa.io/about/ datasets/ Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 84

Education, 2015). However, ELLs are still graduating at much lower rate than their English-speaking counterparts (Sanchez, 2017). Ad- ditionally, these students are only a part of the thousands of residents who identify as less than proficient at speaking English. This is where local centers and hubs like the public library serve as an ambassador to their community. According to a Pew research study, 95% of Americans aged 16 and older agree that the resources offered at public libraries are inte- gral in not only shaping their communities, but also in providing opportunity for success for everyone (Zickuhr, et al.,2013). Historically, libraries have served as centers for the pursuit of non-traditional education, especially for adult learning. The impact of continuing education does not stop at broadening one’s knowledge. It results in the development of the learner’s personal agency (Ross-Gordon, Rose, Kasworm, 2017). The case for providing ESL resources is no different. In a short study published in the Journal of Urban Health, from a series of interviews with residents across south Philadelphia, the city’s most diverse area, many expressed desires for expanding opportunities for intercul- tural exchange, as well as increased access to ESL resources (Morgan, et al., 2017). The Free Library of Phila- delphia conducts an “Edible Alpha- bet” program, where attendees can participate in a class that combines ESL learning, cooking skills, and life training skills (Morgan, et al., 2017). Patrons leave with having exercised their language abilities, expanded their knowledge of American food culture, as well as having deepened Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 85 their understanding of fellow com- on the incorporation of ESL classes Success. Migration Policy Institute, 2018 Morgan, Anna Uma, et al. “‘Our Doors Are Open munity members (Morgan, et al., and resources into library program- to Everybody’: Public Libraries as Common 2017). ming. The Library Commission has Ground for Public Health.” SpringerLink, Springer US, 9 Jan. 2017, https://link.springer.com/arti- In Mississippi, libraries are a key also recently purchased two sets of cle/10.1007/s11524-016-0118-x resource for those looking to devel- beginner ESL textbooks, “English “Non-English Speakers.” Data USA, 2015, retrieved on October 1, 2018. https://datausa.io/profile/geo/ op their ESL skills. In fact, there are for Everyone,” for libraries across mississippi/#languages Mississippi library systems which al- the state to check out. Mississippi is Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.., et al. Foundations of Adult growing and globalizing. ESL edu- and Continuing Education. Jossey-Bass, 2017 ready host several computer-based, Royals, Kate. “Schools Struggle to Serve Non-English language learning programs. For pa- cation in the library, whether it be Speaking Students.” Mississippi Today, 2 Aug. digital literacy courses, cooking and 2016, https://mississippitoday.org/2016/08/02/ trons holding library cards, Central non-english-speaking-students-on-the-rise-in- Mississippi Regional Library Sys- life skills, conversation classes, or miss/ tem and Madison County Library traditional classroom style lessons, Sanchez, Claudio. “English Language Learn- ers: How Your State Is Doing.” NPR, NPR, System offer free access to Rock- not only leads to the development 23 Feb. 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/ et Languages for Libraries. Jack- of local communities through so- ed/2017/02/23/512451228/5-million-english-language-learners-a-vast-pool-of-talent-at-risk son-George Regional Library Sys- cialization and integration, but also “State Language Data - MS.” Migrationpolicy.org, 1 tem and Hancock County Library one’s own personal agency in their Oct. 2018, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/ state-profiles/state/language/MS System have Mango Languages for community. Zickuhr, Kathryn, et al. “How Americans Value Libraries, and Copiah-Jefferson Re- Public Libraries in Their Communities.” Pew Sources Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech, Pew gional Library offers not only trans- Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech, 17 Oct. Department of Education, Office of English Language 2018, http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/12/11/ lation services powered by Google Acquisition, Dual Language Education Programs: libraries-in-communities/ Translate, but also links to ESL and Current State Policies and Practices, Washington, D.C. 2015 education websites. The Mississippi McHugh, Margie, and Catrina Doxsee. English Plus Library Commission is currently de- Integration: Shifting the Instructional Paradigm for veloping a three-part webinar series Immigrant Adult Learners to Support Integration

Using Family Connections to Create Community Connections How a Genealogy Fair Can Benefit the Community and the Library

Corinne Kennedy genealogy isn’t easy. Successful ge- Developing & Hosting Humanities Librarian nealogical research can require ad- MSU’s Genealogy Fair Jennifer McGillan vanced research skills and a high Coordinator of Manuscripts Mississippi State University level of information literacy. The (MSU) Libraries began holding an DeeDee Baldwin Mississippi State University Librar- History Research Librarian annual Genealogy Fair in 2006. The Mississippi State University Libraries ies Genealogy Fair was founded to fair, named for E.O. Templeton Jr. in assist Mississippians with develop- 2013, is geared for a general public ing these skills; to encourage gene- Introduction audience, and features a variety of alogists to use resources held by the sessions, workshops, and research Genealogy has been touted as Libraries; and to create community opportunities for history and gene- one of the top hobbies in the Unit- connections that would support do- alogy enthusiasts. Attendees learn ed States by Time, ABC News, USA nations of historical material to the about genealogical resources held Today, and the Wall Street Jour- Libraries. in the MSU Libraries’ collections, nal. However, while it can be fun, Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 86 develop and improve genealogical how to use them, which is led by enormously successful results. Al- research skills, and pick up tips for MSU library faculty. Other topics most two dozen donations were preserving family history. have included identifying and using received, including a DNA test The E.O. Templeton, Jr. History & international sources, working with from Family Living, D/2 Biological Genealogy Fair is held the first week- family narratives and unreliable grave-cleaning solution, a Doxie end of June every year. The fair com- narrators, working with archival Flip portable scanner, ‘My Family mittee begins planning the event in materials in special collections, and History’ archival starter kits from November of the preceding year in preserving and organizing family Gaylord Library Supplies, books, order to ensure successful booking history materials. tote bags, t-shirts, and a mug - all of speakers and presenters, and be- Until 2017, MSU’s fair followed a genealogy themed. cause every part of the fair requires format of two speakers in the morn- Innovations for 2018 included time and careful consideration. ing, at one hour each with a break opting for a panel talk instead of a The committee, comprised of fac- between them, followed by lunch second single-speaker presentation, ulty from Special Collections and and library museum tours. In the giving away packets of information Research Services, strives to create afternoon there was one additional about the university and Oktibbeha a fair that features information on speaker and one to three workshops. County, and inviting the Barnes and popular topics in genealogy; that is In 2017, the committee added gene- Noble on campus to sell books at the accessible to all community mem- alogy and local history themed en- fair. bers; that draws on the expertise tertainment to the lunch time offer- The panel featured two MSU fac- available in the state and region; ings, and started giving away door ulty members and one independent and that reflects the diversity of prizes. researcher. The independent re- Oktibbeha County and the state of Lunchtime entertainment is pro- searcher was from Michigan, so as Mississippi. vided by students from the Missis- a library on a slim budget, MSU had Speakers are selected based on a sippi School for Mathematics and to get creative to find a way for him variety of criteria, including topical Science (MSMS) located nearby in to participate. The successful solu- expertise, the committee’s previous Columbus, MS. Students who par- tion involved setting up a screen in experience with their work, recom- ticipate in the nationally acclaimed the auditorium and arranging for mendations from colleagues, and “Tales from the Crypt” program at the panelist to Skype in. Trials were geographic proximity. Mississippi MSMS conduct extensive research performed before the event to make television personalities, represen- on an individual buried in Friend- sure everything was in working tatives from the Mississippi De- ship Cemetery in Columbus, MS, order. partment of Archives and History, and then write and perform a dra- The packets of information about the archivist from a local public li- matic monologue about the person. MSU and Oktibbeha County includ- brary, and faculty from Mississippi In addition to the student perfor- ed brochures for museums located State and the University of Missis- mances, attendees can use the lunch in Mitchell Memorial Library, infor- sippi have all been speakers at the break to conduct research in the mational brochures from vendors event. Members of the committee MSU Special Collections, or to tour who cater to genealogists, and flyers attend other genealogy fairs in the the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Li- for discounts on products from the region to identify possible speak- brary and the Frank and Virginia vendors who donated door prizes ers and get ideas for programming, Williams Collection of Lincolniana. for the event. The packets were as- and, of course, to learn more about Door prizes were first offered sembled by library events staff. genealogy. in 2017 and included books about Books donated for door prizes at The topics of the hands-on work- family history research. In 2018, a the 2018 fair were on the theme of shops vary, but usually focus on committee member solicited dona- understanding and using your DNA “hot topics” in genealogy research. tions of door prizes from organiza- test to trace your family roots. Due There is always at least one work- tions identified as having products to the number of books donated by shop about online resources and of interest to genealogists, with publishers, the committee arranged Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 87 for the first time to have the Barnes relationships with community or to have institutional displays can & Noble on MSU’s campus have a members, particularly with popula- lead to other collaborations in the presence at the fair to sell additional tions under-served by libraries and field of genealogy or other areas of copies of the books that were donat- archives. library practice. ed as door prizes. This provided the Furthermore, the fair is an op- attendants the option to buy books portunity to demonstrate to a com- Suggestions for Imple- if they did not win one as a door munity the benefits and purpose of menting a Fair at Other prize. donating family and other records Institutions The fair is promoted first via to academic institutions. For most institutions, funding “save the date” cards sent out in Possible donors can see a prac- will be a primary concern, and early spring to previous attendees. tical example of how their records many of these suggestions are made In the weeks before the fair, infor- could assist other family history re- with that in mind. mation about the fair is shared on searchers in addition to supporting Whenever possible, use your the Libraries’ website, Facebook and university faculty and students in own facilities. Not only does this Twitter pages, posters are distrib- their teaching and research. This is save money, but it invites first-time uted and posted on campus and in especially true of records of enslaved visitors to become familiar with local businesses, and flyers are sent persons, such as receipts, probate your library and feel “at home,” en- to all of MSU’s consortium partners. records, and plantation records, couraging future use. You probably In previous years, the event has been which are vital for African-Ameri- don’t need a huge space, especially if covered by the Starkville Daily News can genealogists as well as scholars you’re holding your first fair. and other local news organizations. of 19th-century America. Be realistic with your expecta- At the end of the fair, attendees Donors can also see how papers tions. Unless you have a huge bud- are asked to fill out a simple sur- are protected in a library, which of- get to throw around, you won’t ask vey about the event. The commit- fers secure, climate- and pest-con- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to be your tee uses those responses to assist trolled storage and professional keynote speaker. Local genealogy with the planning of future fairs. attention, ensuring that their trea- enthusiasts, fellow librarians, and The committee also considers in- sured records will be preserved community historians often make formation gleaned from their own for future generations. For some your best speakers. Attendees love conversations with attendees, and families, the library may qualify as personal, local stories that relate to feedback received from the library “neutral territory” where access to them and the people and places they administration. records is not affected by familial know. politics and disagreements. Attendees love variety. Fairs Why Should an Academic A genealogy fair is a perfect venue should include a mix of speakers, Library have a Genealo- where librarians and archivists can hands-on instruction at computers gy Fair? demonstrate to donors that their or with documents, panel discus- As a land-grant university, MSU’s papers don’t have to come from a sions, interviews, and even perfor- mandate and mission is to provide prominent or famous family to be mances. Try to offer something for educational resources to the people valuable for research. “Average” is everyone, from beginners to experts. often better, as those papers will of the state of Mississippi. The ge- Don’t be shy about contact- document and reflect a more com- nealogy fair supports this mission ing businesses and online sellers mon set of experiences. by offering research skills training for door prizes and flyers for your to the general public and introduc- Finally, the process of organizing guests’ information packets. Many ing attendees to research resources the event facilitates making connec- sellers are happy to promote their within the library. tions with other cultural organiza- products and their brand in this way, The genealogy fair also offers tions in the community, state, and and the worst they can do is say no. opportunities for library faculty region. Inviting colleagues and peers A handwritten thank-you card is al- to make connections and develop at other institutions to be speakers ways a nice touch when you receive Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 88 the item. In addition, follow up after the event on Instagram. Stream live records to libraries and other cul- the fair by sharing links to pictures video from your event on Facebook. tural institutions. Holding a geneal- or recordings of the event. If you Social media not only spreads the ogy fair is a way for a library – ac- make a good impression, they’re word leading up to your event, but it ademic or otherwise – to connect likely to donate again. can get people excited about attend- with their local community, and to Before the fair, test your set-ups ing in the future. demonstrate the value if library ser- and equipment. Make sure micro- If your library has the budget, it’s vices, such as instruction in research phones are in good working order. best to make this kind of event free skills and information literacy. It’s Get computers started and logged and open to the public. The idea is also a way to promote the library’s in before workshops begin. Always to bring in people who might not resources, and to encourage dona- have a back-up plan when it comes normally visit or use your library. tions of historical material to special to technology. collections. Take advantage of social media. Conclusion If you would like more informa- Make a Facebook event page; these Genealogy is a popular hobby that tion on hosting a fair at your own get shared, and people see when requires both advanced research institution or want to schedule a ge- their friends indicate that they’re in- skills and a high level of information nealogy workshop, you are invited terested in an event. Spread the word literacy, and depends heavily on in- to contact the authors. on Twitter, and post photos from dividuals and families contributing

MLA Annual Conference 2018 Recap Everyone Belongs @ Mississippi Libraries

Sarah Crisler-Ruskey Sixty vendors exhibited, and Office, and Kristin Pekoll, Assistant MLA Vice-President Ebsco, Biblionix, and Sirsi gener- Director of ALA’s Office of Intellec- ously sponsored conference events tual Freedom. They provided a con- Our 2018 Annual Mississippi Li- this year. We are also grateful for a crete action plan for advocating for brary Association Conference took federal LSTA grant administered by our libraries. Forty-five participants place this at the MSU Riley Cen- the Mississippi Library Commission attended the Bootcamp. ter in Meridian, MS October 16-19 for the Institute of Museum and Li- Tuesday evening, conference-go- with the theme “Everyone Belongs brary Services that allowed us to ers enjoyed a screening of Desk Set @Mississippi Libraries,” celebrating present the ALA Advocacy Boot- and a live theater organ demonstra- how all of our various libraries and camp Pre-Conference. tion at the unique Temple Theater in library staff work to ensure access to The silent auction supporting downtown Meridian. information to all Mississippians. our Virgia Brocks-Shedd and Peggy There were 362 registered partici- May Scholarships raised $916. In Wednesday, October 17 pants, including attendees, speakers addition, the President’s Bash raised The opening General Session fea- and authors, and 60 vendors. 48 at- $1,078 to help Mississippi librarians tured a conversation with librari- tendees earned 60 CEUs. further their education. ans representing Academic, Public, Librarians of all types from School, and Special libraries, as well around the state shared research Tuesday October 16 as Hulen Bivins, Executive Director and ideas at 65 panels and events Our Pre-Conference this year fea- of the Mississippi Library Commis- and 10 poster sessions and lightning tured and Advocacy Bootcamp led sion. The panel focused on the state rounds. by Megan Cusick, Grassroots Spe- of Mississippi Libraries and our out- cialist from ALA’s Library Advocacy look for the future. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 89

Organization President, Lauren serves on the Joint Committee on Peggy May Scholarship - Kath- Pressley, was the ACRL featured Printing and the Library that over- erine Dutro speaker. She presented on “The Fu- sees the Library of Congress. Virgia Brocks-Shedd Scholar- ture of Academic Libraries: Creat- The Black Caucus Luncheon fea- ship - Juana Harris ing, Supporting, and Responding to tured authors Zion McThomas and Past President’s Award - Lacy El- Change.” LaDonna Marie. linwood, MLC The Technical Services Round The YPSRT hosted author Linda Peggy May Award - Richard O. Table hosted Lynn Burris and James Jackson at their Thursday luncheon. Greene, Former Director of the Dunaway of the Mississippi Library Stephen Parks, from the State Mid-Mississippi Regional Library Commission for a talk on RFP’s. Law Library, spoke on the history of System Berlinda Williams-Strong’s talk, the institution to the Special Librar- Mary Julia Anderson Award - “Icebergs DO Melt!” discussed ies Section. Selena Swink, Central Mississippi transformation as the featured Author Al Ainsworth discussed Regional Library System speaker for Beta Phi Mu. storytelling with the School Library Library Development Director Section. Library Champion Award (2 at MLC, Lacy Ellinwood provided Thursday evening conference-go- WINNERS) ways to think outside the box when ers gathered at the beautiful City INDIVIDUAL - Rebecca Lewis dealing with local Friends Groups Hall Auditorium to honor Missis- Bolivar County Library System for the Friends of Mississippi Li- sippi Author Award Winners at an ORGANIZATION - Excel by 5 – braries, Inc. panel. Awards Banquet sponsored by Bib- Hancock County The newly-formed Gaminglionix. Jessmyn Ward won the Fic- Outstanding Achievement Round Table sponsored a well-at- tion Award for Sing, Unburied, Sing. Award - Sharman Bridges Smith – tended gaming room with board The two-time National Book Award Former Executive Director of the games set up for drop-in gaming winner was not able to attend but Mississippi Library Commission and discussions and planning for send a video message. future events. Angie Thomas received the Juve- Friends of the Library New members had the opportu- nile Audiences Award for The Hate Awards nity to learn more about MLA and You Give, which premiered as a Chapter One Award - Friends of meet officers during the conference, major film in October. She was also the Dorothy J. Lowe Memorial Li- thanks to the efforts of the New unable to attend but addressed at- brary, which is part of the Tombig- Member Round Table. tendees via a video as well. bee Regional Library System The President’s Bash, sponsored Dr. John Marszalek, David S. Ruby Assaf Presidential Award - by SirsiDynix, took place at the out- Nolen, and Louie P. Gallo won the Michelle Parker with the Friends of standing MAX museum. Attendees Non-Fiction Award for their editing the Jones County Libraries, which enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and music of The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses is a part of the Laurel-Jones County by Daniel Houze on the terrace and S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Library System had the opportunity to visit this Edition. Carroon Apple Award - Bruce exceptional new venue that docu- Golden, Jackson Public Schools ments Mississippi’s rich musical, ar- Friday, October 19 Public relations awards tistic, and literary heritage. Friday’s Awards Breakfast, spon- Best Newsletter Submitted by a sored by EBSCO, concluded the Library Group - State Law Library Thursday, October 18 conference and celebrated achieve- of Mississippi Congressman Gregg Harper gave ment by Mississippi libraries, staff, Best Effort by an Individual Li- the General Session address Thurs- and supporters. brary to Publicize Library Services day in the beautiful Theater at the Winners of this year’s MLA Around a Single Theme or Event - Riley Center. A longtime friend Awards: Hancock County Library System for of libraries, Congressman Harper Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 90 their HCLS Comic Con a Single Theme or Event - First Re- Effort by a Group of Libraries to Best Year Round Coordinated gional Library System for their Win- Publicize Library Services in Gen- Effort by a Group of Libraries to ter Reading Challenge eral - First Regional Library System Publicize Library Services Around Best Year Round Coordinated

State of Mississippi Libraries Opening General Session of the 2018 MLA Annual Conference

School Libraries: visits, and other student/teacher special needs customers; we are not Amanda Osborne services as needed. It is challeng- in a position to do add that position Librarian, Oxford High School ing to function in so many different because of the cost, even though it ways. might be warranted at times in some Public Libraries: of our libraries. Lori Barnes —◆— Director, Jackson-George Regional —◆— Library System LB — Funding – It sounds cli- ché, but I would be surprised if any JS — Special libraries must prove Special Libraries: library of any type doesn’t consid- themselves to be of value every day. Joyce M. Shaw er funding to be a big challenge. We must ensure our services always Head of Gunter Library, Gulf Coast JGRLS has, this recent budget peri- include “value-add.” Doing this Research Laboratory od, experienced the most challeng- means setting a high bar for excel- Academic Libraries: ing time as far as securing funds… lence in everything we do. Going Stephen Cunetto most all of our municipalities are the extra mile, taking ownership of Associate Dean, Mississippi State having a difficult time from a finan- every inquiry and process, and rec- University Libraries cial perspective. This funding prob- ognizing that our success is judged lem filters down to all governmental by how we help our library users be After the conference, the panel- agencies. We are grateful that our successful—those challenges pro- ists representing the four types of counties, primarily Jackson Coun- vide the inspiration for why and libraries submitted replies to the ty – which has the largest employ- how we have to prove our value to questions they had discussed on the er in the state of Mississippi – are the administrators who are putting state of Mississippi libraries. in a position to adequately fund us, a dollar and cents on everything we thanks to the support of our elected do. Funding, always funding. Fund- What are your libraries’ officials. ing for people, services, collections, biggest challenges? Adequately serving special needs and access. AO — The biggest challenge as customers – While we have dealt —◆— a school librarian is meeting the with this for a while, our efforts in diverse needs of my school com- this area do not seem to be enough. SC — Academic libraries contin- munity. Serving as a source of in- I have collaborated with our coun- ue to face flat or dwindling budgets formation is only one of the many ty’s sheriff, and we now realize that and rising journal costs. One of if services the library provides. The li- the opioid crisis our country is see- not the largest expenditures for ac- brary also offers curricular support ing is indeed contributing to our not ademic libraries continues to be the in the areas of media and technolo- being able to adequately serve users cost of supporting journal subscrip- gy, printing services including 3D, affected by this crisis. I know some tions in support of our academic and makerspace opportunities, wellness library systems in other states are se- research missions. Most academic events, speaker programs, author curing social workers to assist with libraries are having to identify ways Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 91 to support their current subscrip- a wide variety of technology that Drone Usage – I am intrigued by tions by realigning other budget advance teaching, research and the idea of using drones for home lines or discontinuing subscrip- learning. While these services pro- delivery of library materials! tions. This creates access issues for vide great opportunities for libraries —◆— faculty, researchers and students as and provide their constituents with well as impacts faculty recruitment access to the technology, they are JS — In the past, library users en- and retention. also require startup and ongoing gaged with the physical space in the Many academic libraries are also funding. library by browsing the print col- finding it difficult to fill open posi- lections. Now they engage, but via tions because applicant pools are What new developments all kinds of electronic access. The slim. This is especially true of fac- in library services are physical space has become more of ulty positions that require more you most excited about? a place of respite, escape, and infor- mal gathering. experience or a unique set of skills AO — I am most excited about The most exciting change in ser- for the position. IT positions are the growing number of makerspace vice is the library providing work- increasing challenging to fill not to opportunities available in the Ox- shops, seminars, training, and mention retaining the employees ford High School Library. 3D print- programs. Traditionally academic in those positions as they can gain ing is the newest addition that is and public libraries have provided some experience and then work for changing the culture of the library educational opportunities and pro- a corporation for more money. into a creation and innovation hub. gramming, and now these activities Academic libraries are having to To date, I have collaborated with the are gaining popularity in special li- provide more specialized services to AP Biology teacher to create molec- braries. Educational opportunities meet the growing needs of our Uni- ular models on the 3D printer. The and programming for library users versities. This requires the academic American history teacher is recre- will look beyond how-to-use da- libraries to either utilize open posi- ating the Civil War with 3D print- tabases or other resources kinds of tions to hire employees with differ- ed artillery, cavalry, and soldiers training, and focus on helping to ent skill sets related to data curation, representing Union and Confeder- build skills for better speaking and management and visualization; dig- ate troops. Currently, an English II presenting, understanding data ital scholarship; scholarly commu- class and I are working to print 3D management, learning to negotiate nication, etc. Academic libraries are houses that will be displayed at the author’s rights, and using standard being asked to support a variety of Ford Center’s annual Gingerbread and alternative metrics to measure advanced services including devel- Village. I’m looking forward to ex- and describe research impacts. opment of grants; development and panding makerspace opportunities management of institutional and in the areas of virtual reality, wide —◆— data repositories; support of digital format printing, cricut designing, SC — One of the continuing de- scholarship; identifying, manipulat- and green screen productions. ing, storing and managing data; and velopments in academic libraries hosting online journals. Likewise, —◆— that I think is exciting is the expanded use of technology in the library. academic libraries are supporting LB — Pop-Up Libraries – This is a Over my 20+ year career, I have seen faculty and students by providing spin on the traditional book-mobile the addition of personal computers, access to a variety of technologies in many ways, but it serves as not CD-ROM indices, online databases that assist in advancing the teaching only an outlet to check out books, and the Internet all of which were and research missions of the univer- but also serves as a PR tool to pro- embraced by libraries. Today, we are sities. Digital Humanities/Digital mote library services, issue library seeing even more technology being Scholarship Centers, Virtual Reality cards, etc. The pop-up library ap- adopted by academic libraries in- Labs, and Maker Spaces are popping pears at various events in the com- cluding 3-D printers, 3-D scanners, up in academic libraries to provide munity on demand. I want one of virtual and augmented reality, gam- students and faculty with access to these! ing facilities, and data visualization Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 92 studios to name a few. These are all programs or more each month on a nonfiction texts with multi-user ca- very specialized technologies and variety of topics for a diverse group pability and simultaneous access for services that provide students not of library users. students and teachers is crucial to only with access to the technolo- keeping the library relevant in the —◆— gy that may be cost prohibitive for school community. them to purchase on their own but JS — Special libraries occupy a —◆— also provides them with staff that unique ecological niche in the world can assist them in exploring the use of libraries. They focus their ener- LB — More attention to self-ser- of the technologies. gy on ensuring their primary user vice in libraries…more ways to group has the resources and services streamline processes and proce- What changes in library they need to do their jobs. This in- dures with fewer staff as we learn to services have you experi- cludes the entire spectrum of special do more with less. More intuitive enced in your career? libraries—medical, legal, business, apps will be utilized to be compat- museums, governmental agencies, ible with circ and catalog functions. AO — Technology has changed research, etc. A growing number of our customers library services the most during my I have spent nearly 40 years work- may never come into our buildings. career. With greater emphasis on ing in special libraries—one the big- I also believe there will be more STEAM initiatives in the curricu- gest changes is the speed at which attention on outreach services…we lum, the need for tech tools like 3D we can provide materials requested will need to place even more empha- printers, VR headsets, and produc- by our library users. What used to sis on going out in our communities tion equipment is growing. Mak- be paper forms sent back and forth to promote new services and tech- ing these tools available in the the by mail to acquire a photocopy are nologies. Libraries will continue to library is building new knowledge submitted completely electronically place more of an emphasis on devel- and encouraging creation among for pdfs that are delivered within a oping electronic collections, maybe teachers and students. few minutes. at the cost of a significant amount of —◆— At my first library job in 1976, we print collections. LB — Technology - I am in my all used manual typewriters. I had to —◆— 30th year of Librarianship. When take a typing test as part of the hir- JS — Special libraries will con- I first became a library profession- ing process. tinue to adapt to a rapidly changing al, there was no thought of having information landscape. They will a computer in a library. Then we What changes do you be flexible, engaged, and focused. received our first fax machine from see in how libraries They will have to collaborate more the state library agency to use for function (in the next 3 with users and be involved though Interlibrary Loan purposes, and years)? the entire life cycle of research in- not long after, the Gates grants were AO — The biggest change I fore- cluding providing supporting data initiated that changed everything… see in how the school library func- for grants, collecting reports and from how we manage our collections is the evolution of the library research outputs for inclusion into tions, to the clientele we serve…our from its traditional role as a place institutional repositories, data missions became technology driv- to get information into a place that management, documenting im- en at that point. And we still must encourages the creation of infor- pacts, and promoting scholarly adapt to new technologies every mation and innovation through the communication. day…it never ends! library’s collection of things. I also Programming used to consist of a see the library becoming more mo- —◆— storytime, maybe a summer library bile in terms of expanding ebook SC — Over the next several years program or two, and maybe a book and database collections. Redefin- I believe academic libraries will con- club for adults. Now we are accus- ing information services to include tinue to identify their unique collec- tomed to offering as many as 100 current and reliable reference and tions and find ways of providing free Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 93 digital access to these collection. scholarly research and open educa- students and teachers in the school Libraries have been digitizing their tional resources. community. collections for many years but as the Finally, libraries will continue to —◆— technologies continue to evolve and identify ways to maximize the use of the demand for open/free access their facilities to meet the growing LB — By planning a variety of to content rises I think we will see request to provide more spaces for programs to serve the needs of a more libraries making their unique students to study, work collabora- multitude of customers. and rare collections available online tively, and utilize and experiment By making certain the library’s and, we will see more reuse of this with technology. This will require collections are diverse and that you content in ways we never imagined. libraries to repurpose existing spac- have something for most everyone. Like so many industries, I think es and identifying ways to house By listening to the needs of all li- academic libraries will make greater their collections. brary users. efforts to hone and customize their By selecting and hiring a diverse services to meet the needs of its How do libraries ensure staff to assist the customers in their users. This will require a better un- “everyone belongs” at various needs. derstanding of our user’s needs es- Mississippi libraries? —◆— pecially as it relates to online access AO — By expanding the library’s to content and will require libraries JS — Outreach, outreach, out- collection to include emerging tech- to collect and analyze patron data. reach! If we want to ensure everyone nologies and digital texts, the library belongs, then then we need to let We will also continue to see li- is working to democratize idea cre- them know who we are and what we braries investing more time, fund- ation and mobilize information can do for them. We have to forge ing and effort in supporting all of services providing more equality mutually beneficial partnerships the functions found within the re- in terms of access to information that build relationships. When we search lifecycle as well as a contin- and innovative opportunities to all ued push for more open access to engage, we enlarge our impact.

SLIS Notes Teresa S. Welsh www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/ outstanding books written in En- Professor and Director notalists glish for children or young people School of Library and Information Science www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The University of Southern Mississippi • Bachelder Award for outstanding books originally published carnegie.php Greetings, dear scholars. Win- in a foreign language then trans- • British Kate Greenaway Medal ter is a time of gift-giving and lated into English for publica- for distinguished illustration in a book-reading and librarians know tion in the U.S. www.ala.org/ children’s book www.carnegiegre- that books are the best gifts. alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ enaway.org.uk/greenaway.php batchelderaward/batchelderabout • Caldecott Award for most dis- Book Recommendations • Belpre’ Award for best book by a tinguished American picture for Children Latino/Latina writer and illustrator book for children www.ala.org/ Some of the best books for gift www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/ alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ giving or for collection develop- bookmedia/belpremedal caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal ment are award-winning children’s • Jack Ezra Keats New Writer Awards • Coretta Scott King Award for books: www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/ outstanding African-American • ALSC Notable Lists of best chil- ezra-jack-keats-book-awards/ authors and illustrators www.ala. dren’s books, audio, and video • British Carnegie Medal for org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 94

• Geisel Award for most distin- booklists/bbya Upcoming Event: Kaigler guished American book for be- • YALSA’s Great Graph- Children’s Book Festival ginning readers www.ala.org/ ic Novels www.ala.org/yalsa/ Early bird registration is still alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ great-graphic-novels open for the 2019 Fay B. Kaigler geiselaward • YALSA’s Teens Top 10 picks Children’s Book Festival to be held • Horn Book Awards for best by teens www.ala.org/yalsa/ April 3-5 at the Thad Cochran Cen- picture book, fiction and poetry, teenstopten ter on the Southern Miss campus. and nonfiction www.hbook.com/ www.usm.edu/childrens-book-fes- boston-globe-horn-book-awards/ Book Recommendations tival/2019-registration-rates • Newbery Medal for most distin- for Adults The mission of the Fay B. Kaigler guished contribution to American • National Book Founda- Children’s Book Festival is to rec- children’s literature www.ala.org/ tion Awards for 2018, Fic- ognize excellence in the field of alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/ tion & Nonfiction www.na- children’s literature and to provide newberymedal/newberymedal tionalbook.org/awards-prizes/ librarians, teachers, researchers, • Odyssey Award for best audio- national-book-awards-2018/ and community members the op- book for children or young adults • New York Times 100 Notable portunity to learn about and appre- www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/ Books of 2018 www.nytimes.com/ ciate children’s literature through bookmedia/odysseyaward interactive/2018/11/19/books/re- presentations, workshops, and per- • Schneider Family Book Award view/100-notable-books.html sonal interactions with people of for best book that depicts a dis- significance in the field. Many of the ability www.ala.org/awardsgrants/ Free e-Books authors and illustrators on the best schneider-family-book-award books lists above have been key- • Project Gutenberg www.guten- notes at the USM Children’s Book berg.org/ebooks/ Book Recommendations Festival. The stellar keynote lineup • Open Culture www.openculture. for 2019 includes: for Young Adults com/free_ebooks Award-winning books for young • Tamora Pierce, Southern Miss • Internet Archive https://archive. adults have great new books to spark Medallion Winner org/ a teen’s interest: • Sophie Blackall, Ezra Jack Keats • ManyBooks.net https://many- • Alex Awards for ten books writ- Award winner books.net/ ten for adults but that appeal to • Brian Floca, author and • LibriVox audiobooks https:// young adults www.ala.org/yalsa/ illustrator librivox.org/ alex-awards • Erin Entrada, 2018 Newbery Medal winner for Hello, Universe • National Book Award for Donations for Early Lit- young people’s literature for • Bweela Steptoe, designer of best book by an American cit- eracy Initiative wearable art izen www.nationalbook.org/ Would you like to give the gift • Javaka Steptoe, illustrator winner national-book-awards/ of reading to young children in for In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall need? If so, donate to Council on • Printz Award for excellence in • Margarita Engle, National Young Community Literacy and Reading young adult (YA) books www.ala. People’s Poet Laureate (CCLR). Each dollar will purchase org/yalsa/printz high-quality, hard-cover books • William Joyce, winner of Coleen • William C. Morris Young Adult from firstbook.org that CCLR will Salley Storytelling Award. Debut Award for impressive new donate to young children in need. Two of our 2019 Kaigler keynotes voice in YA literature www.ala. If you wish, you can donate online are in talks to present to local school- org/yalsa/morris at https://support.firstbook.org/ children. So far Caldecott Medal • YALSA’s Best Books for Young fundraiser/1791847. winner Brian Floca is confirmed to Adults www.ala.org/yalsa/ speak to Lillie Burney S.T.E.A.M. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 95

Academy and each student has been provided a copy of Floca’s Locomo- tive, winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal. Brian Floca was born and raised in Temple, Texas, and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His books include Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, Lightship, and The Racecar Alphabet. Brian illustrated Avi’s Poppy Stories series, Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, Princess Cora and the Croc- odile by Laura Amy Schlitz, and Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari. In addition to the Caldecott Medal, Brian’s books have twice been selected for the New York Times’ annual 10 Best Illustrated Books list, received four Robert F. Sibert Honor awards for distinguished informa- tional books as well as a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. For more information about the Children’s Book Festival, see www. usm.edu/childrens-book-festival or contact: Karen M. Rowell, MLIS (karen. [email protected]) Children’s Book Festival Coordinator

Feedback and suggestions are welcome – send to [email protected] or [email protected] Visit www.usm.edu/slis for additional information, email slis@usm. edu or call 601.266.4228. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 96 News Briefs

Carol Green local elected officials, key busi- Submitted by Serials Librarian nesspeople, etc. Gwen Spain University of Southern Mississippi Librarian • Sponsors of the Children’s Iuka Public Library FRIENDS OF IUKA LIBRARY Christmas Party and Easter Egg CELEBRATE 30 YEARS Hunt for 30 years —◆— The Friends of Iuka Library • Hosts of the Northeast Regional UPDATES FROM THE STATE (Tishomingo County) celebrate Library System annual staff meet- LAW LIBRARY OF MISSISSIPPI their 30th birthday this year! ing once every five years, provid- The State Law Library of Mis- Formed in 1988, the group has over ing breakfast and lunch (meetings sissippi has signed a Preservation 300 members on the roll with some rotate among the largest branches) Steward Agreement with the Unit- ed States Government Publishing of the original members still active • Replaced all ten of the 20-year- Office. Under this agreement, the in library events. old chairs at the public computer Library pledges to permanent- Accomplishments of the Friends stations with comfortable new of- ly preserve its print collections of of Iuka Library include: fice chairs • Instrumental in getting a library the United States Reports, Statutes at addition built in 1994-1995 plus Large, and Public Papers of the Pres- an outbuilding to hold excess ident. The Preservation Steward used book inventory and yard sale Program was developed by GPO to items support continued public access to historic government documents in • Primary sponsor of annual Sum- print in the digital era. All depos- mer Reading Programs and Na- itory libraries are invited to partic- tional Library Week ipate in the Preservation Steward • Bi-monthly Lunch Break pro- Program. GPO also welcomes the grams that are free to the com- opportunity to discuss possible munity with an optional $2 sack partnerships with non-depository lunch prepared by the Friends libraries. For more information on • Fund raising activities such as this and other preservation oppor- used book sales, yard sales, beans tunities, visit https://www.fdlp.gov/ & cornbread lunches, and other preservation/preservation-at-gpo. merchandise sales such as the Friends of the Library Cookbook, Iuka Public Library The Southeastern Chapter of the “I love books” tote bags and sim- American Association of Law Li- ilar items. A steady monthly in- braries (SEAALL) has selected Jack- come stream is generated from son, MS as the host city of its 2020 the Friends’ Book Store book Annual Meeting. Stephen Parks, sales inside the branch thanks to State Librarian at the State Law Li- an incredibly dedicated volunteer brary of Mississippi, submitted (retired public school librarian) the proposal in late 2017 with the who single-handedly manages the announcement of Jackson’s selec- Book Store. tion being made in early 2018. The • Bi-monthly newsletter mailed to SEAALL Annual Meeting was last all active members as well as com- in Mississippi in 1990 when Ox- plimentary copies to legislators, SRP 2018 group photo ford hosted the program with the Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 97

theme of “An Anthology of Issues Skybound and Image Comics cel- Submitted by Facing Law Librarians.” Compris- ebrated the 15th anniversary of “The Phillip Carter ing over 500 individuals from elev- Walking Dead” #1 with the first-ev- Director Lamar County Library System en Southeastern states and Puerto er global Walking Dead Day on Sat- Rico, SEAALL is an official chapter urday, October 13. The Jesse Yancy —◆— of the American Association of Law Memorial Library in Bruce, MS GPO NAMES UNIVERSITY OF Libraries with its members coming celebrated with a costume contest, MISSISSIPPI LIBRARY THE from court, law firm, corporate, and trivia games, video clips, and some BEST IN THE NATION academic law libraries. The three creepy refreshments. There was The U.S. Government Publishing day conference, to be held in April also a zombie makeup tutorial and Office (GPO) names the University 2020, will involve education ses- demonstration. of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library sions, workshops, library tours, and as the 2018 Federal Depository Li- receptions. Submitted by brary of the Year. The library was Janice Vaughn selected for its creative promotion Submitted by Branch Manager of Government documents through Jesse Yancy Memorial Library Stephen Parks campaigns, exhibits, and events. State Librarian —◆— The J.D. Williams Library became a State Law Library of Mississippi LAMAR COUNTY LIBRARY member of the Federal Depository —◆— SYSTEM ELIMINATES FINES Library Program (FDLP) in 1883. WALKING DEAD DAY HOSTED FOR OVERDUE BOOKS The library is the Regional depos- BY JESSE YANCY MEMORIAL The Lamar County Library Sys- itory library for Mississippi, serv- LIBRARY tem (LCLS) Board of Trustees re- ing ten selective depositories in the cently voted to eliminate overdue state. materials fees for all patrons in the To coincide with its 135th an- four branches of the Lamar County niversary in the FDLP, the library Library System. This change took ef- hosted a year-long Government fect on October 1, 2018. documents campaign. As part of LCLS Director, Phillip Carter, the campaign, the library created a says “the board and I realized that Government documents coloring the punitive nature of library over- book and bookmark and hosted an- due fines were contrary to the mis- niversary-related events featuring sion of the Lamar County Library various librarians and scholars as System.” guest speakers. It produced seven Library fines for LCLS made up new LibGuides on Government less than 1% of the library’s overall information and displayed six ex- budget annually. This new policy hibits throughout the library that does not affect the fees associated pointed users to the depository. with lost or damaged materials. For children, the library developed For more information, contact educational materials and engaged Phillip Carter, LCLS Director at middle-school students with direct 601-794-3220 or email at pcarter@ programming. lclsms.org. “I congratulate the staff at the The Lamar County Library Sys- J.D. Williams Library for its in- tem is a public library system serv- novative and steadfast efforts in ing all citizens of Lamar County and Keeping America Informed on the Photographs of zombies by Janice Vaughn the surrounding area with branches three branches of the Federal Gov- and Miranda Vaughn in Sumrall, Oak Grove, Purvis, and ernment since 1883,” said Acting Lumberton. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 98

GPO Deputy Director Herbert H. of Mississippi free public access to Jackson, Jr. “The library has demon- these vitally important government strated a rich legacy of service and documents is a responsibility we learning. It serves as an example of take seriously. We are honored to be the critical relationship GPO has chosen as the 2018 Federal Deposi- with the library community in pro- tory Library of the Year.” viding the public free access to Gov- This article was originally posted on the GPO ernment information in digital and website by Gary Somerset, Chief Public Re- print formats.” lations Officer at the U.S. Government Pub- lishing Office. Reprinted with permission. “UM Libraries are proud to be Federal Depository Library of the Year 2018 included among Federal Deposi- Submitted by tory Libraries,” said Cecilia Botero, Melissa Dennis Dean of Libraries at the University Head of Research & Instruction of Mississippi. “The ability to offer University of Mississippi Libraries the UM community and the people

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Carol Green is one of her passions, and she plans provide research consultations with Serials Librarian to work with all disciplines in her students and plans to participate in University of Southern Mississippi area to spotlight services offered. community service. Currently she is working with public Hali Black is the First Year Ex- The University of Southern Mis- librarians to continue the successful perience Librarian at Cook Library sissippi Libraries welcomed three Science Café on the Coast program, on the Southern Miss Hattiesburg new librarians this fall. and is revamping a 20th century campus. She received her BS in En- Jamie Stanfield is the Science, warfare graphic novel collection to glish from the University of North Technology, Nursing, and Allied highlight works focusing on medi- Alabama and her MLIS from the Health Librarian at the Gulf Coast cine and medical fields. University of Alabama. She plans Library on the Southern Miss Gulf Justin Easterday is the Educa- to complete an MA in English from Park Campus. She received her tion and Human Sciences Librarian, the University of North Alabama in bachelor’s and master’s degrees in also at the Gulf Coast Library. He May 2019. Black serves as the pri- history from West Texas A&M Uni- received his BA in history from the mary contact between the Libraries versity, and her MLIS from Texas University of Colorado at Colorado and the Office of New Student and Women’s University. Stanfield pro- Springs and his MLIS from Empo- Retention Programs and the First vides research services to ensure ria State University. In his new posi- Year Writing Program in the De- students are able to obtain relevant tion, Easterday functions as part of partment of English supporting the information for their research. She a team that establishes and improves research and instructional needs of also develops library collections to library services, allowing the library first-year students. Black will also best meet the needs of faculty and to effectively assist students. He participate in outreach initiatives to students and provides instruction provides assistance with research, build awareness of library resources and workshops on topics ranging library instruction, collection devel- and services and actively cultivate from citation to research methods. opment and additional support for relationships with University facul- Stanfield hopes to increase aware- faculty and students in the College ty, staff, and students. Black plans ness of what the library offers all of Health and Human Sciences on to collaborate with the First Year students, faculty and staff. Outreach the Gulf Park campus. He also will Writing Program to reevaluate the Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 99 instructional needs of first-year stu- very fortunate to have Amy working community, and to find new and ex- dents and consider how the Librar- for First Regional Library’s Como citing ways to provide the absolute ies can better meet those needs. She branch,” said Barbara Evans, FRL’s best library service to the people of also hopes to work with the Office Assistant Director for Public Ser- C om o.” of New Student and Retention Pro- vices. “She’s hit the ground run- Amy Henderson may be reached grams to develop a series of student ning by scheduling monthly family at [email protected]. success workshops to help students movie events at the request of pa- —◆— improve their time-management trons, and a series of pottery classes skills and maintain a healthy school/ will start soon. Amy has over 8 years Brian Corrigan joined the Uni- life balance. Additionally, she has of library experience, and was most versity of Mississippi Libraries in an ongoing collection development recently a Library Assistant at our October 2018 as a Library Special- project in collaboration with the Southaven Branch.” ist for Continuing Resources and Southern Miss Allies organization Mrs. Henderson holds a B.A. in Acquisitions. In May, he earned his to expand materials on diversity Psychology from the University MA in Public History from the Uni- awareness in Cook Library’s Student of Mississippi and has experience versity of North Alabama, where he Success Collection. in programming for children and worked as a graduate assistant in Archives and Special Collections. —◆— adults, conducting outreach, bud- geting, and many other qualities Over the past year, he served as the The Emily Jones that library officials say made her Music Preservation Consultant for Pointer Public Li- the best candidate for the job. the Muscle Shoals National Heritage brary in Como has a “I’ve enjoyed my time here in Area, revising and maintaining its new Branch Manag- Como very much,” said Henderson. Roots of American Music Trail weber. Amy Henderson “The staff and patrons have been site (http://musictrail.una.edu) and has been with the li- so welcoming. I am looking for- assisting in the production of video brary a little over a month. “We feel ward to meeting more people in the interviews for the site.

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Michele Frasier-Robinson pace of recovery and its geographic with background information about Librarian for extent [along with] the role of in- the Mississippi Gulf Coast. For ex- Education & Psychology equalities in the recovery process ample, they investigate the founding University of Southern Mississippi and those conditions that could give of the coast and how past hurricanes Cutter, S.L., Emrich, C.T., Mitch- rise to a ‘recovery divide’” (preface). have affected the area. Details about ell, J.T., Piegorsch, W.W., Smith, The authors are forthcoming about past hurricanes, such as Camille, M.M., Weber, L. aspects of recovery that are easier to are included to provide informa- quantify than others and that they tion about the recovery that laid the Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten base their research on the ability to groundwork for the information the Coast of Mississippi. “see” changes in the community and authors wish to present about Hur- United Kingdom: Cambridge environment. To do this they take ricane Katrina. They dig into the University Press, 2018. 194 pp. $50 a multidisciplinary, sociological to demographic makeup of the Gulf (paperback) geographical, approach to looking Coast, illustrating the diverse popu- The goal of Hurricane Katrina and at what occurs during recovery after lation of the area, and how the focus the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi is a natural disaster. of the recovery efforts to different to “further our understanding of the The organization of this book is demographics lends itself to creat- important in that the authors start ing what the authors call a “recovery Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 100 divide.” They also include a chapter textbook published in 1974. Authors Tougaloo College and Millsaps Col- about how power, politics, and the James Loewen of Tougaloo Col- lege. They contributed a great deal economy had a hand in furthering lege and Charles Sallis of Millsaps to Conflict and Change, with Loe- the “recovery divide.” College set out to remove the bias wen and Sallis playing major roles This book is filled with informa- from history textbooks in the state in the coordination effort. Eagles tion that is beneficial to the future of Mississippi. The result of their rounds out his work with a chapter study of natural disaster recovery efforts was Mississippi: Conflict and that focuses on the reception of the and the pitfalls of which to be aware. Change, a textbook unlike any other work from students, teachers and The book, however, does have a few that had come before. It examined state educational entities and moves minor issues. One such issue is the economic depression and violence towards a conclusion with a discus- feeling of starting and stopping with in the state and included a number sion of the controversy that sur- topics which occur throughout the of topics on race and gender that rounded the book and the fight that book. A topic is addressed in one had previously been ignored. Eagles ensued to determine if the textbook section of the book, only to be dis- effectively details Loewen and Sal- would be adopted by public schools missed and then re-visited in a later lis’s intent to create and encourage a in the state. Conflict and Change was chapter. This could have been allevi- dialogue that considered the state of eventually approved for state adop- ated with either a timeline that spans Mississippi’s turbulent past as well as tion, and as a result of this victory, throughout the book or by simply its future. The state funded adoption education and civil rights were for- adding a note in the text indicat- of this textbook was pivotal during ever altered in Mississippi. ing that this topic will be discussed a time when printed textbooks were Civil Rights Culture Wars is rec- more in later chapters. Another the cornerstone of the American ommended for public and academ- issue is that the authors fail to touch classroom. The print textbook fun- ic libraries. It is also appropriate on how other natural disasters had damentally determined what was for Mississippi history collections an effect on prolonging the recovery taught as well as learned. and African American studies from Hurricane Katrina. The immense differences between collections. This book is beneficial to the study the Loewen and Sallis text and ear- of natural disasters and the recovery lier texts is a primary focus of this Chameka Robinson process that follows. It is recom- work. Eagles examines the history Associate Professor/Head, Access Services mended for academic libraries and behind this significant textbook as Rowland Medical Library University of Mississippi Medical Center public libraries that have an interest well as the challenging road that in natural disasters, especially those was travelled by those fighting for —◆— libraries that are in hurricane-prone its adoption. Prior to the textbook’s Foreman, Josh, and Ryan Starrett areas of the country. adoption, Loewen and Sallis joined Hidden History of Jackson in a federal lawsuit challenging a Charleston, South Carolina: The Kathryn New ban after the book was initially re- History Press, 2018. 160 pp. $21.99 Arts and Humanities Librarian jected by the state textbook commis- (paperback) University of Southern Mississippi sion. In addition, Eagles provides a —◆— general historical view of textbooks There are many long-forgot- and their place in education and he Eagles, Charles W. ten stories about people or events includes useful information on text- Civil Rights Culture Wars: The Fight throughout Mississippi’s history. In book production, marketing and an effort to record these stories for over a Mississippi Textbook. sales. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The future generations, authors Fore- Eagles provides a detailed history man and Starrett have compiled a University of North Carolina Press, of the group of the writers that were 2017. 298 pp. $34.95 brief compendium of local history involved in the Mississippi Histo- stories about Jackson, Mississippi. ry project. They included a diverse Civil Rights Culture Wars is an in- While there have been many books mix of faculty and students from teresting chronicle of a controversial written about Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 101 they typically focus on the Civil War Maya Berry Blending elements of bildungs- or the civil rights movement. What Digital Librarian roman, mystery, and fantasy, Tyson makes Hidden History so refreshing Northwest Mississippi Community College has created a deceptively complex is that it includes stories that are not —◆— novel. She finds ways to incorporate so well-known, such as the story of themes as varied and far-reaching Tyson, Tiffany Quay Camp Clinton, a prisoner of war as abortion, racism, conspiracy the- camp which housed high ranking The Past is Never ories, and family dynamics and se- Nazi generals during World War II; New York: Skyhorse Publishing, crets. Bert, Willet, and their mother the founding of our state capital as 2018. 275 pp. $24.99 (hardcover). each seem to deal with Pansy’s dis- a trading post in the 1700s; and the appearance in their own way. In the In her second published novel, history of Malaco Records, home literal absence of their father and the Tyson returns to the fictional delta of southern soul, blues, and gospel figurative absence of their mother, town of White Forest, Mississippi to music. Bert and Willet find themselves fac- tell the story of a missing young girl As native Jacksonians, both au- ing more responsibilities than their named Pansy and the plight of her thors have conducted extensive re- peers. Bert makes it her mission to family in her absence. Bert, Willet, search on the stories that they tell, keep her mother alive and take care and Pansy had been told by their using many primary sources, includ- of things at home, while Willet takes wayward father not to swim in the ing a number of Mississippi newspa- on the role of provider, taking con- old rock quarry, as he insisted that pers such as the Clarion-Ledger, ar- struction jobs throughout the state. the devil would find them there. Not chival records, and interviews. The In the midst of these new tasks, their heeding his advice, the strong-willed book contains many illustrations hope to find their younger sister children do just that. Leaving Pansy and photographs throughout each never leaves their minds. to swim while they go off in search chapter, some of which were taken While the novel’s principle setting of food, the elder two return to find by Foreman, along with others is the Mississippi Delta, the action that their sibling has disappeared. from sources such as the Library of shifts to other locations throughout When search efforts yield noth- Congress. The authors also include the story. The attitudes and charac- ing, their mother seems to lose all notes, a bibliography, and a helpful ters may have a wide appeal in the will to live, and their father, whom index in the back matter. South, but the themes of the novel they most suspect, is nowhere to are universal and could be relatable Although Hidden History of Jack- be found. Everyone seems to have to almost anyone. Although it may son is not a comprehensive look a theory about what happened to not top any awards or best sellers at Jackson or Mississippi history, Pansy. it serves as an invitation to learn lists, Tyson has put together an en- Alternating between two paral- more about Jackson’s history from joyable, thought-provoking novel lel narratives, one set in the present its beginnings to the present day. As that is worth picking up by anyone and the other in the past, Tyson uses someone not native to Mississippi, I who would like to add just a pinch of magical realism to paint a vividly think that the book’s twenty stories the supernatural into their literary haunting picture where the reader are highly informative, as they have fiction. This book is recommended is led to believe that truly anything introduced me to people and events for public libraries. is possible. Tyson masterfully eases I had not discovered before. her past narrative forward, eventu- This book is a quick, enjoyable Jeffrey Martin ally culminating in the two stories Library Manager read, but it may not garner much molding together as one. This uni- Itawamba County-Pratt Memorial Library interest in libraries outside of the fication of the past and the present Jackson area. This book is recom- is a wonderfully symbolic represen- mended for Jackson area libraries or tation of the Faulkner quote that libraries that have extensive Missis- serves as the book’s epigraph. sippi history collections. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 102 Volume 81 Index

Kristin Rogers Dunaway, Natalie. Breaking Barriers: Share Your Community’s Story Through Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian ESL and Continuing Education. (81:4, Digitization. (81:1, pages 6-8) The University of Mississippi pages 83-85) MSU Holds First Undergraduate Stu- Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Recipients dent Book Collection Contest. (81:3, 2018 Science Boot Camp for Librarians Recognized at Children’s Book Festival. page 70) Southeast. (81:3, pages 71-72) (81:2, pages 43-44) MSU Opens Ulysses S. Grant Presiden- Azadbakht, Elena. MOOCs as Pro- Gibson, Amy, Discovering Black History tial Library and the Frank and Virginia fessional Development for Librarians. Month as Library Outreach. (81:2, Williams Lincolniana Gallery. (81:1, (81:1, pages 4-6) pages 28-32) pages 19-23) Baldwin, DeeDee. Using Family Con- How Has Madison County Library My Library Story. (81:2, 33-34) nections to Create Community Con- System Influenced Their Patrons? The A Needle in a Haystack: Finding Pop- nections: How a Genealogy Fair Can Importance of My Library Stories. (81:2, ular Mississippi Statistics. (81:4, pages Benefit the Community and the Library. pages 33-34) (81:4, pages 85-88) 80-82) Huckaby, Justin. Legal and Medical Nelson, Tamara. Legal and Medical Barns, Lori. State of Mississippi Librar- Research; Free Resources for the Public Research; Free Resources for the Public ies: Opening General Session of the 2018 Librarian: A Workshop Recap. (81:4, Librarian: A Workshop Recap. (81:4, Annual Conference. (81:4, pages 90-93) pages 78-80) pages 78-80) Breaking Barriers: ESL and Continuing Kennedy, Corinne. Using Family Con- News Briefs (81:1, pages 15-16) (81:2, Education. (81:4, pages 83-85) nections to Create Community Con- pages 34-36) (81:4, pages 96-98) Brooks, Amanda. More than Boxes and nections: How a Genealogy Fair Can Bags How to Share Your Community’s Benefit the Community and the Library. Osborne, Amanda. State of Mississippi Story Through Digitization. (81:1, pages (81:4, pages 85-88) Libraries: Opening General Session of the 2018 Annual Conference. (81:4, 6-8) Legal and Medical Research; Free pages 90-93) Crisler-Ruskey, Sarah. MLA Annu- Resources for the Public Librarian: A al Conference 2018 Recap: Everyone Workshop Recap. (81:4, pages 78-80) Parks, Stephen. Legal and Medical Research; Free Resources for the Public Belongs @ Mississippi Libraries. (81:4, Library Legislative Day (81:1, page 3) pages 88-90) Librarian: A Workshop Recap. (81:4, McGillan, Jennifer. Using Family Con- pages 78-80) Cunetto, Stephen. MSU Opens Ulysses nections to Create Community Con- People in the News (81:1, pages 17-18) S. Grant Presidential Library and the nections: How a Genealogy Fair Can (81:2, pages 36-38) (81:3, pages 68-70) Frank and Virginia Williams Lincolni- Benefit the Community and the Library. (81:4, pages 98-99) ana Gallery. (81:1, pages 19-23) (81:4, pages 85-88) President’s Page (81:1, pages 2-3) (81:2, Cunetto, Stephen. State of Mississippi McPhaul, Adrienne R. Connecting on pages 27-28) (81:3, pages 49-50) (83:4, Libraries: Opening General Session of Campus: An Academic Writing Group page 77) the 2018 Annual Conference. (81:4, Pilot. (81:1, pages 8-13) pages 90-93) Reed, Braley. How has Madison County MegaResource School Librarian Work- Library System Influenced Their Pa- Davidson, Karen, MegaResource School shop. (81:2, pages 41-42) Librarian Workshop. (81:2, pages trons? The Importance of My Library 41-42) Mississippi Library Association Annual Stories. (81:2, pages 33-34) Conference Information (81:3, pages Rogers, Kristin. Discovering Black His- Discovering Black History Month as 54-65) Library Outreach. (81:2, pages 28-32) tory Month as Library Outreach. (81:2, MOOCs as Professional Development pages 28-32) DuBose, Joy. Virtual Reality Services for Librarians. (81:1, pages 4-6) Offered in Public University Libraries in Salinero, David. A Needle in a Hay- Mississippi. (81:3, 50-53) More than Boxes and Bags: How to stack: Finding Popular Mississippi Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 103

Statistics. (81:4, pages 80-82) Brown, Carolyn J. The Artist’s Sketch: review by Tamara D. Blackwell. (81:3, A Biography of Painter Kate Freeman page 73) Shaw, Joyce M. 2018 Science Boot Clark, a book review by Sheila A. Cork Camp for Librarians Southeast. (81:3, Ginn, Linka K, book review by (81:3, (81:2, page 45) pages 71-72) pages 73-74) Bush, Roberd D., ed. Surveying the Shaw, Joyce M. State of Mississippi Li- Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Early Republic: The Journal of Andrew braries: Opening General Session of the Race, and the Gothic South, a book Ellicott, U.S. Boundary Commissioner 2018 Annual Conference. (81:4, pages review by Elena Azadbakht. (81:1, page in the Old Southwest 1796-1800, a book 90-93) 24) review by Maya Berry. (81:1, pages SLIS Notes (81:1, pages 13-14) (81:2, 23-24) Gussow, Adam. Beyond the Crossroads: pages 38-40) (81:3, pages 66-68) (81:4, The Devil and the Blues Tradition, a Catflish Days: From Belzoni to the Big pages 93-95) book review by Shellie Zeigler. (81:2, Apple, a book review by Caroline Bar- page 46) Smith, Dawn. Ezra Jack Keats Book nett. (81:1, page 25) Award Recipients Recognized at Chil- Henderson, Mantra, book review by Cherry Bomb: A Novel, a book review dren’s Book Festival. (81:2, pages 43-44) (81:1, pages 24-25) by Audrey Beach. (81:2, pages 45-46) Smith, Fred. MSU Holds First Un- Hidden History of Jackson, a book Civil Rights Culture Wars: The Fight dergraduate Student Book Collection review by Maya Berry. (81:4, pages over a Mississippi Textbook, a book Contest. (81:3, page 70) 100-101) review by Chameka Robinson. (81:4, State of Mississippi Libraries: Opening page 100) Hideout, a book review by Linda K. General Session of the 2018 Annual Ginn. (81:3, pages 73-74) Cork, Sheila A., book review by (81:2, Conference. (81:4, pages 90-93) page 45) Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Using Family Connections to Create Coast of Mississippi, a book review by Cushman, Susan. Cherry Bomb: A Community Connections: How a Gene- Kathryn New. (81:4, pages 99-100) Novel, a book review by Audrey Beach. alogy Fair Can Benefit the Community (81:2, pages 45-46) Jackson, Linda Williams. Midnight and the Library. (81:4, pages 85-88) Without a Moon, a book review by Cox, Karen L.. Goat Castle: A True Volland, Phillip. My Library Story. Mantra Henderson. (81:1, pages 24-25) Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic (81:2, 33-34) South, a book review by Elena Azad- Key, Watt. Hideout, a book review by bakht. (81:1, page 24) Linda K. Ginn. (81:3, pages 73-74) BOOK REVIEWS Cutter, S.L, Emrich, C.T., Mitchell, J.T, Majorettes are Back in Town! And The Artist’s Sketch: A Biography of Piegorsch, W.W., Smith, M.M. Weber, Other Things to Love about the South, Painter Kate Freeman Clark, a book re- L. Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten a book review by Rachel McMullen. view by Sheila A. Cork (81:2, page 45) Coast of Mississippi, a book review by (81:3, page 75) Azadbakht, Elena, book review by Kathryn New. (81:4, pages 99-100) Making Friends with Billy Wong, a (81:1, page 24) Eagles, Charles W. Civil Rights Cul- book review by Linda June Owens. Barnett, Caroline, book review by ture Wars: The Fight over a Mississippi (81:3, pages 74-75) (81:1, page 25) Textbook, a book review by Chameka Martin, Jeffrey, book review by (81:4, Robinson. (81:4, page 100) Beach, Audrey, book review by (81:2, page 101) pages 45-46) Fannye Cook: Mississippi’s Pioneering McCall, Mike. Catflish Days: From Conservationist, a book review by Na- Belzoni to the Big Apple, a book review Berry, Maya, book review by (81:1, dine Phillips. (81:2, pages 26-27) pages 23-24) (81:4, pages 100-101) by Caroline Barnett. (81:1, page 25) Foreman, Josh, and Ryan Starrett. Hid- Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and McMullen, Rachel, book review by den History of Jackson, a book review (81:3, page 75) the Blues Tradition, a book review by by Maya Berry. (81:4, pages 100-101) Shellie Zeigler. (81:2, page 46) Midnight Without a Moon, a book Gilbert, Troy and Matthew Mayfield; Blackwell, Tamara D., book review by review by Mantra Henderson. (81:1, art by Billy Solitario. On the Coast: pages 24-25) (81:3, page 73) Mississippi Tales and Recipes, a book Mississippi Libraries Vol. 81 No. 4 • Winter 2018 Page 104

New, Kathryn, book review by. (81:4, pages 99-100) On the Coast: Mississippi Tales and Recipes, a book review by Tamara D. Blackwell. (81:3, page 73) Owens, Linda June, book reivew by (81:3, pages 74-75) The Past is Never, a book review by Jeffrey Martin. (81:4, page 101) Phillips, Nadine, book review by (81:2, pages 46-47) Robinson, Chameka, book review by (81:4, page ) Scattergood, August. Making Friends with Billy Wong, a book review by Linda June Owens. (81:3, pages 74-75) Shawhan, Dorothy. Fannye Cook: Mis- sissippi’s Pioneering Conservationist, a book review by Nadine Phillips. (81:2, pages 46-47) Surveying the Early Republic: The Jour- nal of Andrew Ellicott, U.S. Boundary Commissioner in the Old Southwest 1796-1800, a book review by Maya Berry. (81:1, pages 23-24) Tarabella, Leslie Anne. The Majorettes are Back in Town! And Other Things to Love about the South, a book review by Rachel McMullen. (81:3, page 75) Tyson, Tiffany Quay. The Past is Never, a book review by Jeffrey Martin. (81:4, page 101) Zeigler, Shellie, book review by (81:2, page 46)