OLA Hotline Volume 5, Number 7 — February 1, 1999 Update Your Bookmards to olaweb.org On January 22, the OLA web site moved to its new location! Please update your bookmarks and web pages to reflect the new address; here's a list of the most popular URLs: • OLAweb, http://www.olaweb.org/ • CSD, http://www.olaweb.org/csd/ • ACRL-Oregon, http://www.olaweb.org/acrl/ • OYAN, http://www.olaweb.org/oyan/ • Oregon Libraries on the Web, http://www.olaweb.org/oregon-libraries.shtml • OLA Hotline, http://www.olaweb.org/hotline/ • Annual Conference, http://www.olaweb.org/conference/ Watch for announcements of even more changes in the future. Association News A NOTE FROM THE OLA PRESIDENT Library Legislative Day was January 27 at the State Capital. We had a poor showing of representatives of libraries in the State. I think people were afraid to come talk to their Legislators because of all the "hostile" news reports we have been hearing. However, this was not the case. We felt very welcome. Legislators know how well we work with the READY TO READ money, how well we account for it, and the successes we have had. As we discussed the Internet with the legislators, they listened. It was a good feeling and I regret only a few of us witnessed this! OLA is planning to introduce a bill to: 1. Increase READY TO READ money from 75 cents to $1.00. 2. Appropriate funds for automated shared catalog and interlibrary system for libraries in colleges and universities. OLA supports $500,000 for this purpose. 3. Appropriate funds for the Oregon School Library Information System(OSLIS). OLA supports $500,000 for this purpose. This is the first time OLA has presented a bill that has projects for public, school and academic libraries! We believe that this will broaden and enhance the level of support for all libraries. This is a goal we should be proud of. This is a good beginning to either increase or begin funding for these projects. The entire 1999 Legislative Agenda is included in the HOTLINE. I am encouraging another Library Legislative Day for April when we have a better view of how events are progressing and I also encouraging all of you to contact your legislator, inform them of what your library does. Oregon Libraries have a many projects to be proud of and we need to show it! -Sara charlton PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IN OREGON PUBLIC LIBRARIES: A SURVEY During the months of October and November 1998, the Oregon Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee conducted a phone survey of 128 of Oregon's 130 public libraries to document how libraries are handling patron access to the Internet. For the results of the survey, see . SOLF CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS Enter to win a $200 Scholarship Award sponsored by the Southern Oregon Library Federation to attend either The Oregon Library Association Conference (March 31 - April 2, 1999, Seaside) or the OLA Support Staff Division's 5th Annual Gateway Conference (July 16, Eugene Hilton). Scholarship entry forms due by Thursday, February 4, 1999. Entries will be placed into a drawing, to be held at North Bend Public Library February 5th. Winners will be notified asap. Eligibility: You do not have to be a member of the Southern Library Federation to enter. Open to any support staff member (who does not have an MLS degree) currently employed in a public or academic library in the SOLF region: Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake counties. Open only to support staff who have not previously attended the OLA Conference or the OLA Support Staff Division Conference. Two $200 scholarships (one for each conference) will be awarded. Each winner will be given a check for $200 in advance of the conference. Winners are responsible for registering for either the OLA Conference or the OLA SSD Conference, and for making their own arrangements for accommodations. No additional funds will be provided by SOLF for mileage, meals, etc. It is hoped that the awards will cover most or all of conference fees and travel-related expenses. If you win but cannot attend the conference, return the award so it can be offered to a runner-up winner. SOUTHERN OREGON LIBRARY FEDERATION CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIP ENTRY FORM: Indicate which scholarship are you applying for (select one only): OLA Conference, March 31 - April 2, 1999 _________ OLA Support Staff Division Conference, July 16, 1999 ________ Your Name Library Library Address Phone Fax No. Email address FORMS DUE BY Feb. 4. Send to: Gary Sharp North Bend Public Library 1800 Sherman North Bend OR 97459 541 756-1073 (voice or fax) or by e-mail to [email protected] Sponsored by the Southern Oregon Library Federation NEW STATE ORGANIZATION SEEKING LIBRARY PARTICIPATION Genetic technology of the 21st century promises to revolutionize the decisions people make about their lives and lifestyles, the way doctors practice medicine, how scientists study biology, and the way we think of ourselves as individuals and as a species. Geneforum.org is a new non-profit, public-interest organization officially incorporated in Oregon that seeks to build an informed citizenry for the Gene Age by linking the public voice with the scientific and policy making process through grassroots community education and Internet dialogue. In order to get the dialogue started in Oregon, geneforum.org is looking for three OLA member libraries interested in hosting a four- part discussion series of public forums in their communities concerning bioethical issues raised by emerging genetic technologies. Designed to help participants explore their own values in the context of the public policy process, the forums will be designed for the non- expert. The four-week series will consist of two-hour sessions each building on the other and focused on exploring "community values" associated with a selected sampling of bioethical issues arising from current advances in genetic research. These may include such topics as: the regulation of cloning research and uses; protection of individual genetic privacy; national genetic screening; the regulation of genetic patents; regulating the application of information generated by the Human Genome Project; and policies regarding the manipulation of the human germ line. Interested libraries should contact G. Fowler no later than Monday, February 10, 1999: Geneforum.org, 238 E. Main, Suite E, Ashland, OR 97520; phone: (541) 488-5490; fax: (541) 552-0749; email: . A preliminary application for project funding will be submitted to the Oregon Council for the Humanities by February 20. For more information, visit the geneforum.org web site at http://www.geneforum.org/. Happenings BUY TICKETS FOR PATRICIA POLACCO TALK NOW Tickets are on sale February 1st for the Multnomah County Library's 1999 Children's Author Lecture with noted children's author and illustrator Patricia Polacco. Polacco's talk, entitled "Teachers are Heroes," will be March 10, 1999 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave., Portland, Oregon. A dessert reception follows the lecture and books will be available for purchase. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and will be on sale February 1-March 7 at the Friends' Store at the Central Library, Library Administration, Hillsdale Branch Library, Hollywood Branch Library and Midland Regional Library. Tickets can also be ordered by mail. Call (503) 248-5402 to request a mail order form. Tickets are also available at the following bookstores: A Children's Place, Annie Bloom's Books, B. Dalton Bookseller at Vancouver Mall, Looking Glass Book Store and Twenty- Third Avenue Books. Tickets are also available at Jackson's Books in Salem. Polacco is the author of nearly 30 unique and lavishly illustrated books for children influenced by her experience growing up among people of many ethnic groups and her won rich heritage including great-grandparents from Soviet Georgia and other family members who were Irish and Jewish. Her books often feature intergenerational themes and are noted for their themes of hope, resilience and tolerance and her gentle treatment of painful issues such as discrimination and death. Polacco's illustrations combine watercolor, collage, photographs, black-and-white pencil sketches and detailed decorative patterns for strong child appeal. Patricia Polacco is the recipient of numerous literary awards including the 1989 Internatinal Reading Association's Children's Book Award for "Rechenka's Eggs," "Just Plain Fancy," "My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother" and "Pink and Say" were each named Children's Notable Book of the Year by the American Library Association and "Chicken Sunday" was winner of the 1992 Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. The Multnomah Country LIbrary 1999 Children's Author Lecture is co- sponsored by the Friends of the Library, Multnomah County Library, Oregon Public Broadcasting, the Riverdale School District, and by gifts to The Library Foundation. ORDER YOUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM MATERIALS NOW There is still time to send in your library's Summer Reading Program Materials Order form! To view samples of the artwork for the ReadQuest theme or to download an order form visit the Oregon Library Association's Children's Services Division webpage at http://www.olaweb.org/csd/index.html. If you would like an order form faxed to you contact Rachel Martin by phone 541- 757-6794 or email [email protected]. MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY'S CAPITOL HILL BRANCH TO REOPEN FEB. 16 Multnomah County Library's newly remodeled and updated Capitol Hill Branch Library unit will reopen February 16 after a seven-month closure. The 6,060-square-foot library has been closed for extensive renovations, including installation of a new roof, new plumbing, new windows, new exterior doors and a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.