THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APLA BULLETIN August 2011 The APLA Bulletin (ISSN: 0001-2203) is the official organ of the Atlantic Provinces Library Association. Table of Contents Contents Join the APLA Discussion List............................................................................................................................................................. 2 APLA Executive .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 From the President's Desk ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 From the Editor’s Desk: Ideas on the APLA Bulletin ......................................................................................................................... 5 In Memoriam: A Tribute to Douglas Lochhead ................................................................................................................................. 7 Assessing Trends in Desk Reference at the Queen Elizabeth II Library ............................................................................................ 9 Hackmatack Awards ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Library Comes to the People ........................................................................................................................................................... 12 The Second Annual Games@theLibrary Event ............................................................................................................................... 12 News from Nova Scotia ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 News from Prince Edward Island .................................................................................................................................................... 18 News from the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University ................................................................................... 20 APLA First Timer's Report ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 APLA Merit Award: Introductory Remarks ...................................................................................................................................... 23 APLA Merit Award: Recipient Remarks ........................................................................................................................................... 25 New Submission Guidelines / Call for Articles ................................................................................................................................ 27 Looking to get involved in your professional association? ............................................................................................................. 28 VOLUME 74 Issue 5 1 THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APLA BULLETIN August 2011 Publication Information Fundy Library Region 1 Market Square The APLA Bulletin (ISSN 0001-2203) is the Saint John, NB E2L 4Z6 official organ of the Atlantic Provinces Ph: (506) 643-7233 Fax: (506) 643-7225 Library Association. email: [email protected] Frequency: The APLA Bulletin is published Bulletin Editor: Ian Gibson five times per year. 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Assistant Regional Director VOLUME 74 Issue 5 2 THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APLA BULLETIN August 2011 APLA Executive PRESIDENT B4P 2R6 Jocelyne Thompson Tel: 902-585-1723 Associate Director of Libraries (Collection Services) Fax: 902-585-1748 University of New Brunswick Email: [email protected] PO Box 7500 5 Macaulay Lane VICE PRESIDENT (New Brunswick) Fredericton NB Christin Sheridan E3B 5H5 Public Services Librarian/ Bibliothécaire des services publiques Tel: (506) 458-7053 York Library Region/ Région de bibliothèques York Email: [email protected] 4 Carleton Street/4, rue Carleton Fredericton, NB (N.-B.) E3B 5P4 VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT ELECT Tel: (506) 444-2603 Lou Duggan Email: [email protected] Librarian, Cataloguing & Metadata Patrick Power Library VICE PRESIDENT (Newfoundland & Labrador) Saint Mary's University Tina Murphy 923 Robie Street Assistant Manager - Central Division Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3 Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries Tel: (902) 420-5534 6 Bell Place, P.O. Box 3333 Email: [email protected] Gander, NL A1V 1X2 Tel: 709-651-5352 PAST PRESIDENT Fax: 709-256-2194 Sarah Gladwell Reference Librarian VICE PRESIDENT (Nova Scotia ) Saint John Free Public Library Sharon Haley-Mancini Saint John NB Manager, Bedford Public Library E2L 4Z6 15 Dartmouth Road Tel: 506-643-7224 Bedford, Nova Scotia Fax: 506-643-7225 Tel: 902-490-5828 Email: [email protected] [email protected] TREASURER VICE PRESIDENT (Prince Edward Island) Bill Slauenwhite Trina O'Brien Leggott Manager Chief Librarian Novanet - The Consortium of Nova Scotia Academic Libraries Confederation Centre Public Library 1550 Bedford Hwy. Suite 501 P.O. Box 7000 Bedford, NS Charlottetown, PE C1A 8G8 B4A 1E6 Tel: 902-368-4654 Tel: 902-453-2461 Fax: 902-368-4652 Fax: 902-453-2369 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SECRETARY VICE PRESIDENT Debbie Costelo (Membership) Public Services Librarian Ann Smith Nova Scotia Community College Academic Librarian Phone: (902) 491-1031 Vaughan Memorial Library Fax: (902) 491-1292 Acadia University Email: [email protected] Wolfville NS VOLUME 74 Issue 5 3 THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES LIBRARY ASSOCIATION APLA BULLETIN August 2011 From the President's Desk Submitted by Jocelyne Thompson I sit to write this column freshly inspired by the stories of two of our region’s great library pioneers, stories that are captured on the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library website. I urge you to have a look if you haven’t already. This attractive website also highlights the recent opening of the Antigonish Town and County Library, locally known as The People’s Place. The new library is a thing of beauty, as is the concept behind it, and I congratulate all those who had a hand in bringing this major capital project to fruition. Demonstrating value is a major challenge facing libraries today, and one that is much on my mind. As assistant director, then director, of the New Brunswick public library system in the 1990s, how often did I have to counter perceptions that physical libraries were becoming irrelevant. There was even a suggestion at one meeting I attended that Vancouver was wasting millions on a new public library when the world’s knowledge would soon be contained on a support no bigger than a floppy disk: silly notion, but tough to dispel among people of a certain mindset. Although my province doesn’t have the best track record in terms of library support (public, school, or otherwise), it does not have a monopoly on this attitude. Libraries are struggling everywhere. And