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Phone: 505/894~302fFax: 505/894-2068' - Gadsden High Sc~ool, 'Anthon'y , ,, ,torcpl@nm-us.carT;lpus.mcLneL, . ,. , Phone: 505/8.82-6322' Fax:' .;.

,'.Secretary: Beverly McFarlane!,; .". ,jhowa'rd@lib.nmsu:edu ... . .:Socorro Public,Library '. ,Member at L.arge': SteveHbllins, " .

, ".. .phone: 505/835-1956. Fax: 505/835-1182.;' -:·UNI\tl Lit;lrary, " '. ", ,',librarY@sc:lc:org' . .. . Phone: 505/277-640.1 .Fax:-!,05/277~6019'

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This cours~ is an introduction to the:conceptof benchmarking, designed specifically'for'. ': " . librarians. '.'

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'who ~ssiste(jthebenchmarkiI19.projecfat.'Los AI~mos National Laboratories Libra,ry .

confaqt: Mary Francis Campana (INTEL) ,, _ tel. 505/893~6670 . .

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from the. president's pen'

,For many of us it seems like NMLA has"always" given awards and has "always" hadan Awards Banquet. ' ,

Actually, the first Awards Banquet was'held in 1970 when four awards were given.Dorothy Jennings Watkins was honored with

, having a Dorothy Jennings Watkins Day atthe Annual Conference and was alsopresented an HONORARY LIFEMEMBERSHIP. Ms. Watkins was honoredas she retired from her position as-the NewMexico State Librarian.

Helen Field Redman, head librarian atLos Alamos Scientific Laboratory wasnamed LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR. Aquote from her honor says "This person hasgiven service of mind and heart to NewMexico iibrarianship. She has given valueto what we call professional."

Florence Martinez was honored asTRUSTEE OF THE YEAR f.or;her efforts in'

events calendar

" presenting the need for continued Federal.funding of library programs to Senators andCongressmen in Washington, D.C.

A SPECIAL FRIEND OF NEW MEXICOLIBRARIANS'Award was given to BernardW. Jester.

The current awards committee is working ,to continue the tradition started 27 years'ago and they need yOW help. Please reviewthe awards categories and criteria outlinedin this issue and if you know ,someone whomeets the criteria, nominate ,them. Yournominations are to be mailed no later thanFriday, November 19, 1997 to: Karen,Stabler, Awards Committee Chair, PO Box3516, UPB,'Las Cruces, New Mexico,88003. .

Betty Long

,leaving New Mexico

L&D, Associates

Contract Cataloging. Loose"leaf FIling Services.Consulting and Temporary Library Staffing Services

Oct. 22 - 24, 1997

Oct. 23 - ,25,1997

Nov. 14, 1997

Apr. 22 - 24, 1998

CHECS Conference,Las V~gas, NMIBBYConference,

, Albuquerque, NMNMLA Mini-ConferencEl 'Silver City i NMNMLA 75 Anniversary

, Conference,Albuquerque

Having received an offer only a fool couldrefuse (and I didn't), 'to join Hewlett Packardas an Information'Research Analyst(reference librarian) in their Corvallis,Oregon technical library, I will be leavingNew Mexico on October 2nd., While I'mlooking forward to life in a college town(Oregon State) and to exploring the PacificNorthwest, I,will miss New Mexico and all ofyou that I've been fortunate to meet, eitherin-person or on-line! Since I'll be in"temporary quarters" for a month, 'I plan tokeep my Calsbad "caverns.com" e-mail andweb addresses active for a while.

It's been an honor arid a privilege to co­edit the NMLA newsletter with Jackie Shane

-for the past year. And, since I'm still amember, I'll look forward to getting futureissues to remind me of the Land ofEnchantment. 'Bueno bye!

Linda Morgan Davis

5510 Amigo Way, NE. Albuquerque. NM 87111 '505/856-2539 or 73552. 100@compuserve.com

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internal or external world wideweb home pages. It's not ~t all unu~ual for these,same people"(and many other~fto place personal home pages up ,on the YJeb, ,sometimes 'hoste9bytheiremployers bufoften, hosted by the internet.service provider$ they use fromhome:' :, '.,. ". 'Following is a ''webliography" of sOlT\e NMlAmembers'web,pages- some persona(som~"workplace. Take a lOOk! H's fun.to see how different p'ages are setup, and you,'l1 firidlinl<stoall

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Miriam BobkQffj Santa Fe Public Librarymbopkoff@ci.santa~fe.nm.us '

'Santa J=e' Public. Library:http://www.cLsanta.fe:nm.us/sfpl; ""My,own page: http://www.rt66:.com/-mbobkoff/.: ' .

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news hereis'our catal9g is now internet-accessible: http://catalog.ci.san'ta-fe.pm.u~'' '

Cori, Cap~to, N.MSUA at Alamogordo' ','"cori@nmsua.nmsu.edu' '

, 'Lib~arY home page:·http://abcc.nmsu,edu/library;lib~ary.ht~I'', ' " ., Personal ~orne page: http://ab.cc.nmsu.edu/-ccap,uto ,:

~II actually have tWo"home'pages'that I work ~ith sinc'e oneoflT1Y duties [ahvork]is W~bmaster.", The Alamogordo, Branch CornmLJnitY College' page was completelyredo,ne recertly by' me; ,.I'also'

'have ~ personal home page that I usetOlearn. web authoringwith and have done many '. . ', ,revisions. I like what I 'am using now thOljghitwill continue to improve,as' my s'killsimprove. ,It's

,ttl,eme is traditional/old time recipes frorrdamily, friends, and mysslfwith a hint of "kitty cat" Jones. 'It vilorks togetherreally weil.l also,u~e myhome website as a teaching tool for studerits and staff '

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'Gwen G're'gory,New Mexico,State University" ':'pgregory@lib.nmsu.edu' ,',. .

; Work page: http://lib.nmsu.edu:80/aboutlib/detinfo/depts/techsvs/postcatt'"Fun"pa~e::.h~p://rever.nmsu.edu/7ggregoryl'

, "I haye a work'page.and a "fun" page.' The workpage 'talks abqut myUnit"at ttl'e NMSULibr<;iry ,a'nd wlJat we.do.l,falso has awork-typebioofme; my resume. publications:li$t,etG.The'"fun~'page is'a light-hearted page with)inkstointeresting arid wa.ckystuff, incl.uding a bunch ofthe

,funniest things I have gotten,over email. I started it whEml was first learning to write HTML2years~go,andhave just kept it around since thEm":, ,,' , ','

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..You might want to list my "home page" which has nothing on it but the 1987 bibliography ofcriticism of children's literature: Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism, which although it isnow dated can still be very useful."

Mary Lee Smith, Lovington Public Library10vingtonpl@nm-us.campus.mcLnet (work) ; megsmith@carlsbadnm.com (home)

Lovington Economic Development http://Iovington.leaco.netLovington Lodger's Tax http://visitus.leaco.netLovington Public Library http://lovington.leaco.neVlplhome.htm

"Thanks in part to New Mexico State Library's project to connect New Mexico's libraries and to anAMIGOS workshop on Web Publishing, I was ableto persuade both the Lovington EconomicDevelopment Committee and the Lodger's Tax Board to fund home pages. I co-authored both ofthese pages, and was able to post my library's home page free of charge, in exchange for thework I did on the Economic Development pages."

Nora K. Stoecker, Sandia National Laboratoriesnksinfo@caverns.com

My page: http://www.caverns.com/-nksinfo/nksinfo.htm

"I created a home page, in part to develop HTML skills and in part for fun. It has links to somethings I've written, and to subjects that interest me. I've been wanting to start a list of Librarianprotagonists in mystery novels -- email me your favorites and that might get me started!"

And from New Mexico Tech ...

"Here are the homepages of all librarians at New Mexico Tech Library. Some are NMLAmembers, some are not..." [well but they should be, so we'll list 'em --ed.]

http://www.nmt.edu/-breynold/--Betty Reynolds, Library Directorhttp://www.nmt.edu/-kkrehbie/ --Kay Krehbiel, Public Services Librarian;http://www.nmt.edu/-mjonas/--Martha Jonas, Circulation Librarianhttp://www.nmt.edu/-joy/-~JoyThompson, Acquisitions/Automation Librarian;http://www.nint.edu/~ttelles/--TonyTelles, Periodicals Librarianhttp://www.nmt.edu/-Idano/--Louise Dano, Government Publications Librarian;http://www.nmt.edu/-sscotV --Sharon Scott, Government Publications Assistant;http://www.nrnt.edu/-fhsu/--Flora Hsu, Cataloging Librarian;http://www.nmt.edu/-nmtlib/ILUjbacal--Jeannette Baca, Interlibrary Loan Librarian

Nor should we overlook the New Mexico Library Association, hosted by New Mexico StateUniversity. For information about the association go to http://lib.nmsu.edu/nmla.

And if you missed the e-mail request for information about the home page(s) you've developed,perhaps you aren't subscribed to the NMLA Iistserv. This listserv provides a 'place to share orrequest information of interest to librarians and libraries in New Mexico. NMLA announcementsare also posted here, as are job openings. To subscribe, send a message tolistproc@nmsu.edu. Do not include a "subject" header. In the body of the message type SUBnmla yourfirstname yourlastname That's it! Once subscribed, send messages to the list atnmla@nmsu.edu.

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· 14th:Annual Mini-Conference Offers' a Variety of Opportunities for Learning.

The themeforthe 1997 Mini-Conference, "People @ Libraries: 'Literacy, Learning'&. Logging.On" reflects the wide variety of programs and information that will be available to all who attend.

· The Mini-Conference is scheduled for Friday, November 14, 1997 from 8:30a,m. ~ 4:00 p.m.' atWe'stern New' Mexico University in Silver City. The program for'the day is: " .'

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. Opening Session,Wefcome" .. . Remarks by Lana Porter, Presldent

Ameritech Library Services

Tours of WNMU Library

· 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. ,Break-out. Sessions:

1. ProjectLl.F.T.: Literacy involves Fam'i1ies TogetherProject LIFT is a family literacy program of the Tucson-Pima Public Library targeting'teenage parents in Pima County, Arizona. ' .

2. Searching Medline for Free via the Web: PubMed and Internet Grateful Med .In June 1997" the National Library of Medicine announced that itwill make its databasesavailable, without charge" through its two Web applications-'-PubMed and Grateful Med.Both of these applications' for searching'MEDLlNE will be demonstrated and disCussed.

,3. Cornucopia of Library Ideas ,.,' , " , , '.Harvest a variety of stories, games and activities appropriate for use in.an elementary orpiJbliclibrary setting. Walkaway with handouts and ideas to renew youtchildren's library. '. '- ,.' .program.

4. Resource Sharing: ILL Issues in the 90's'Interlibrary loan policies and, procedures, as 'with everything else in ,libraries, arechanging. rapidly. Join u{5 in a discussion of what's working and what's not working inILL, from the ifldividuallibrary to statE!wide practices.

12:30;' 2:00 p.m., . Lunch with Don Kurtz, author of South of, the Big Four

Don Kurtz was born in Urbana, Illinois and raised in the farm country'of Illinois 'and Indiana. Hisnovel, South of the BigFour, was published by Chronicle Books in 1995 and is now available inpaperback from Avor.' He has recently finished a collection, of short fiction, and' has storiesforthcoming in' Esquire and Epoch magazines: ,'He is a recipient of a Fellowship in Creative

· Writing from the,National Endowmentfor the Arts, an,d has'taughf:at NMSU since 1981.'

2:00 -3:00 p.m. B;eak-out SessIons:

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Project L.!.F.T.: Literacy Involves Families Together Repeat of the morning session.'Native American Health History Database: How It Happenedaild How to Use.lt ,.,Parchment to Paper to PC:'Learning Format Transitions Throughout the Ages,ThiS presentation is a two-part discussion comparing historic transitions in writing media.

. Lefs' All Get On The Same Pagel: 'America Reads and Other Initiatives for Kids and ' "Reading . ' ,

. Brief presentations of national and state reading initiatives, as well asp(ograms available,for library and reading advocacy. . .

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. . SpeciallnterestqroupiSIG) meeting!!,

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· Registration Form

, "People @ Libraries: Literacy, Learning & Logging On"

Friday, November 14, 1997 ,8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Western New Mexico State UniversitySilver City, New Mexico

Registration is $25.00 for NMLA members and $35.00 for non-members*, and i~c1udestheconference, morning and afternoon refreshments, and a buffet lunch. ,

Please pre-register by Friday, October 31, 1997!

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Vegetarian meal preferred? '_ (check here)

Return this form to: NMLABox 26074Albuquerque, NM 87125 ,

If you have questions, contact Carol Brey at (505)-528-4032 or carobrey@lib.nmsu.edu

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Hotels and motels in Silver City (Please contact hotel directly):

Bear Creek Motel & Cabins Ltd. Co. /Pinos Altos(6-10 miles north of Silver City on Hwy. 15)

Bear Mountain Guest Ranch' Cottage San Rd.The Carter HouseB&B Inn 101 N. Cooper St.The Cottages (guest houses) 1037 Cottage San Rd.

Cooper Manor Motel

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24. Fleming Hall Museum.25. Ritch' Hall·,26. Centenrimll;laU ; ,'27. Glaser Hall,is. Sechler HaU

1. Admlnmtratlon Bldg.2. cafeteria .3: Cooler/Game'Room4. Bookstore5. Juan Chacon Bldg. '6. Eckles Han· ".'7. Regent's Row .~. Muir Heights "

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, NMLA: 75 Sparkling Years! Call for Papers

The 1998 New Mexico Library Associationconference is in the works, and is lookinggood! Tentatively scheduled speakers

.include Lois Lowry, recipient of the Land ofEnchantment Book Award, Pat Wagner ofPattern Research, and Barbara Ford; ,President of the American Lib'raryAssociation. There will be an ALAlNMLAforum, uninterrupted time with exhibitors,and tours.

Program ideas are still welcolTle; see the"Gall for Papers" below, Special InterestGroups are encouraged to submit program

,or presentation ideas to Ellanie Sampson as 'soon as possible. Please include your SIGcontact person information, the presentername, the program title and length, and a

" brief description of the program. If thepresenter is willing to the program twice, ormore than program, include that information,as well. Send your ideas to: Ellanie'Sampson, Truth or consequences PublicLibrary, 325 Library Lane, Truth orconsequences,. NM, 87901-2375. Fax:505/894-2068; email:torcpl@nm­us.campus.mci.net. .

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New Mexico library Association 75th Annual Conference, Albuquerque,New Mexico '

April 22-24; 1998

Call for Papers

If you have an interesting and informative presentation, you may submit an application forconsideration. Special Interest Groups are encouraged to submit proposals. The followingprogram topics are of special interest, although other topics are also welcome: children and,youth services, services to small libraries, technology and the internet, strategic planning or otherlibrary management techniques, and predictions on the future of libraries.

Presenter(s) names and titles:

Contact person:

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Active Learning in Library Instruction ~. '$ubmitted by Kay Krehbiel· .

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, '."'Nant to'improve your librarY instriJction .. . " sessions? Learn how active learning can' , ,

, enhance your-classes. Learn'aboutaetivity:" ,. '. types'com,monly used in library instrudion ...' and examples ,of activities ~Iready tested in', the classroom. '. . .• .. ' . :'

, '.. New Mexico Academic and.R~search', Librarians (NMARL)is sponsoring apre- .'.

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.' New Mexico Highlands University; The pre­confe'r~nc~'willbeWednesday;'Oct.22 j ,~ '. ,1~97, '1 ;30~'4;00 pm, and registration is' , .'limited to io'" :,' .. ' ..' ':.' •

, TheJeetoregister for only the pre- •conference is $25.· If you Wi~h to attend; ,both pre-conference and t~e conference .SeSSiOi'lS;the fee fs' $50 which also covers 'cOntinental br'eakfaston fhursdayand .•,' .

, Friday and lunch and dinner on Thursday~, . NMARL ,and the Council of Higher' .'Education Computer/Communications ,Services (CHECS) have jointly sporisored' a , .fall conference, since 1994. ' ,

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To register co~tacLPar:rrMiraba!, ' .... '_. CHECS conference registratiori:lncluding' ,

·'pre-conferen~e" . .' ,,:. '" .. " ...UNM-CIRT, 2701 Campus Blvd. NE; . . ,

Albuqu'erque, NM87131 ; . .'pmiraba@unm"edu' ,",

..···Pre-conf~renceparticipants are invited.' " •and encouraged to send in one 01: more' 'i, '.. , .

..' active .Iear,ning tec~niques and/or activities' .',. whic~ will be cOfTlpiledand distributed anhe". pre-conference. Pleaseinclude the "", follo~ing information' and send your ."

contribution to Norjce Lee·.. by e-mail· (preferr~d)nlee.@lib.nmsu.eduor by regul~r' ,·:inail, Noric;e Lee, ' Dona Ana Community' ";', ,"',Colleg~lil:mlry,MSC~3DA,:NMSU, P.O.Box, ..

30001; Las CrLiCes, NM 880Q3-8001 b~fore" ", 'Oct. 10, 1~97.' , '. . . , '

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· YoUI' narhe, 'library, address,e-mall,:; ..type/level ofciass Qrcourse,time·reqi,ii'red" .' .

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'The'~MLAEduc~tionComrriittee Invites.. " .applicants for the fbi lowing scholarships:

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COLLEGE .SCHOLARSt"IIP FUND·

GRANT: .'Recipients Will receive up t6' .::$500.00 persemestf3r.· Candidates. mayt~apply qnce for,a total of $1000.00 in

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. QUALIFICATIONS: To qualitY, applicants ,,'must be a resident of New Mexico and must :

.be accepted or curreintly enrolled in eitheran uridergraduate college'program

.culminating in an'associate's degree, in. ... '.' library scienceleading·to certification or ; .. undergraduate or graduate study towards'.school libr.ariari certifications: . .

CRITERIA: Primary consideration ,in'· :selectingrecipie!1ts'will,be scholarship and ." .potential contribution.'to librarianS!'lfp,,' . '.

, '. especially in New Mexico. Preference will" "· :be give to thOse currently employed in a'

, ~ .,. New Mexico library and to 'members of the'.', New ~exico library AssoGiatfol1. :

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·APPL..ICAtION~:The~om~ltteechair must.receive.tne fol,lowing items:, application (

, .torm;resume; statement of professionalgoals, not toex~eed'one page; proof of

: ., acceptance in.a~college 'prograr)'l :or, ipthe ,·Case of an' appliccmt who has ,completed

.. college cours~:ls, an official transcript ,direct .., . , from~onege(s).. ,., '. .'

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CONTINUING EDUCATION GRANTS:

NMLA awards these grants to promoteprofessional development and supportrequests to attend workshops, conferences,and related activities.

GRANT: Any amount up to $200.00

APPLICATION: Applicants must be amember of NMLA. To facilitate speed indecision making; applications can be madeby electronic mail, with a written request tofollow. Applications cannot be made after aparticular event. The application shouldinclude written documentation of costs. A

copy of the workshop brochure orregistration form should accompany acompleted application:

Submit all applications to:

Nancy Turner, NMLA Education CommitteeChairThomas Branigan Memorial Library .200 East Picacho AvenueLas Cruces, NM 88001

Phone: 505.528.4034E-mail: nturner@lib.nmsu.edu

Apply for the progressive school lib~ary media awardby Kate Clarke

To all school librarians/media specialists:

Winnebago Software Company andNMLA are sponsoring a $400 cash awardfor the best implementation of innovativeideas by librarians/media specialists toenhance the lifelong learning of students.

The award must be used to purchasetechnology that will give students greateraccess to information, such as on-line publicaccess catalogs, CD-ROMs, etc. It is up tothe recipient to select the type and brand oftechnology he/she feels will be mostbeneficial.

NMLA will ask the winner to write a letterto Winnebago Software Co. indicating howthe cash award was used and how itbenefited the library. Winnebago will beallowed to write a follow-up feature articlehighlighting the winner, to be published in

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the NMLA Newsletter as well as Winnebagonewsletters, after the announcement of theaward.

The NMLA Awards Committee will selectthe winner who will receive the $400 and aplaque at the NMLA Annual Conference inApril.

Entry deadline is Nov. 14,1997. Allentries must be received by this date. Thewinner will be selected by Dec. 12. Anapplication form follows. Send completedapplications to:

Karen StablerNMSU Library Reference Dept.P.O. Box 30006, Dept. 3475Las Cruces, NM 88003505-646-6172kstabler@lib.nmsu.edu

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McClellan's

One sign of the new mood was a follow-upstory in the Albuquerque Journal. David

. Steinberg, the Arts Editor, visited MainLibrary on February 5th. He interviewed·several patrons, other staff members andme. This story, illustrated with pictures oftwo patrons using reference materials,ranon the Books page (C-12) of the Sunday,February 16th Journal. Under the headline,"Library welcomes "street scholars",Steinberg described positive utilization ofthe library by retirees, the unemployed andstreet people who regularly used thebuilding.

Even though the environment inside thebuilding was more secure, we were stillhaving incidents outside the building. A setof benches surrounding the flagpole nearthe building entrance became a gatheringpoint for public drinking, panhandling andlittering. This was brought home in anextraordinary way on Friday, March 14th.As the building opened at 9:00 a.m. thatday, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez andan associate were seen picking up trasharound the flagpole and putting it into aplastic sack. They then entered the buildingand requested to see the Director. Mr. Clarkwas not in the building, so Mayor Chavezasked Assistant Director Wayne Bower tolocate him to meet with him directly. Heemphatically suggested that we needed todo a better job keeping the Library clean,and left the trash sack to illustrate his point.(A pair of jeans was the most notable itemamong the more predictable cups andbottles.) When Mr. Clark returned from theMayor's Office, he asked me to arrange forour contract custodial company to provide a

. regular groundskeeper. When Clark,Bower,Ida Mazzoni and I met later to discuss theincident, we sought new ways to change theentire culture of building usage inside andoutside. It was clear that our maintenancecrew was outnumbered by the litterbugs,"the same people who would not walk fiftyfeet to use our restroom would not walk fiveor ten feet to use the litter barrel." Theflagpole bench was one of five sets ofbenches around Main, but it was on themost heavily traveled path to the Libraryentrance. I proposed removal of the flagpolebenches. We consulted with Suntran, theCity's Bus company,' and determined therewould be no impact on bus riders. When we

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removed the benches we heard from regularpatrons who appreciated not having to walka gauntlet while entering the building.

As the weeks went on C&RS Securitywas unable to sustain the double coveragethey had provided during January crisis. ByMarch, they often could only post oneofficer, often on mandatory overtime. Withfewer City officers, the remaining contractsecurity guards were more visible and nomore effective than before. In order forMain Library to be a permanent post forC&RS Security, positions were needed in aline item in the City budget. When theMayor's FY 1997-98 Budget proposal wassubmitted to the City Council on April 1st,the Library staff was amazed and angeredto learn that no new funding for Main Librarysecurity was included. Several avenues ofprotest were employed. Georgia Simeri, theLibrary steward for the City's clerical union,put out a statement and requested supportfrom union officials. Ida Mazzoni prepared aletter to C&RS Director Kathryn HarrisTijerina, signed by 45 Main Library staffmembers, deploring the omission of securityfunding and requesting that Mrs. Tijerinameet with staff. The Library's managementand paraprofessional staff associationcommittee met and determined to send outa letter to fellow library workers and LibraryFriends.

On Saturday, April 5th, incidents at Mainemphasized the need for effective security.On a cold and stormy day when C&RS wasunable to provide coverage beyond a half­hour visit by one sergeant, vagrantsreturned, undeterred by an elderly contractsecurity guard. When one staff member tolda man to put away and remove the picniclunch he was eating in the Serials ReadingRoom, his vile replies earned him aneviction, which she had to accomplish byherself; She later took advantage of theCity's Internet capabilities to describe thisincident to the Mayor and other publicofficials, criticizing the failure to fundsecurity. The Mayor forwarded thismessage to Mrs. Tijerina, who replied thatshe was working with Mr. Barela about thestaffing gap and suggested that library staffshould have additional training in utilizingavailable security staff. The picnic incidentwas observed by Mrs. Sue Callaway, apatron who then had themisfortune to beharassed by two gang members as she

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walked down the stairs, following which shecame upon a smelly man with a bedroll ­using the public telephone. She left a letterdeploring the lack of 'security for patrons andfemale' employees of Main Library.

During ttie week of April 7th Pat Haber,'Elaine Shannon' and I worked ,on-a

, communique for the Staff Association.,A ,, colledion among staff members raised

almost $300.00 to pay for printing and'. mailing costs tor a letter asking felloW

, " librarians to contaCt their City Councilors _" before the budget hearing on April,24th. , ", Twenty-two Main and branch staff attended '

a work party on Sunday, April 13th,:toprepare 600 copies of this letter. 'I did apersonal letter to e'ach councilor, which

, included Mrs. Callaway's note and Ida'spetition. OnApril16th, Ida and I a$ked the,

" Board 6f the FriendsJor the Library forsupport.' The Boarcf decided to contac~ :,

,Councilors 'ihdividually and have their: 'President represent them at the budgetHearing. ',' '

, Ida Mazzoni called Mrs. Tijerina's office, several times to arrange a meeting,-: emphasizing the importance of t1aving her,

meet with staff :before the budget hearing." 'This meeting was held on Tu~sday, April

22nd" attenp,ed by 35 staff. Mrs. Tijerina''described thepolitical environment in whichshe 'worked: She stated that she ~ad baena

,strong advocate for the library's security ", enhancement-during the developrnentofthe, budget. She reminded us that whena,City

Administration made its final choices,sheanq' herDivision heads were obliged to' "'support it publicly. Sh,eacknowledgedthat'any employee could exertisetheir rightto -

, communicate with elected officials, andhoped thi:lt we would give accurateinformation if we did so. She maintainedthat the Department was committed to ' ,provide'some level of security staffing at theMain Library regardless of the budget,outcom~. ' Many staff members asked'question,S and,madecomments about the

• ~ituation. Staff came away with a better, understanding of the budget process, andMrs. Tijerina was impressed with the leve(of'staff, concern onthe issue., 'The pressures on Council during the

: budget process are intense, and several' .,major issues were in the spotlight. It was ",

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, s~curityasa result of o,ur inform~tiori 'campaign. The'Staff Association~ the- "Friends, and several individua,l patrons were

- ready to makepublic statementstothe 'Council meeting on April 24th. At 2:00 p.rn:,with the Council scheduled to begin at 5:QOp.m., Ida andi Were sum'moned'to- Mr.Clark's office to meet with'Mrs. Tijerina. She

,told Lis' that the.Mayor hadreconsit;tered, ''qnd would nowsu'pport an amendment to .

,his budget which includedfunding'for two, O&RSsecurity officers for Main Library: She:" sugge'stedthat w.e might wa'nt toioform our

" colleagues and supporters.of this decision in, ',advance of-the Council meeting, which we '

did. At the, meeting Pat Haber made a brief' '"statement on behaif of the Staff Association,

, '., expressing appreciatiQn that Main security, '.',' was being, funded. No other public', '

,comments were made on the'subjecLWhen, '~he: budget amendment came:up, several" Councilors commented on its necess.ity, ., " .During'a break 'in the CounCil meeting I, : was approached by KOAT~TV political,.. 'reporter Karen McDani~!, who asked how,

things ,were going at Main Library: Icommented that it was just like a real library

, again, and noted that our security concerns,'were beingaddress'ed' in the budget. " ,

, , Circumspection was, the ord~r ofthe qay, .:. 'just as great<;ietail-had been essential in .

January. The original press coverage put,• the City A9ministratipn in theaw~~arg ,

position of haVing to deal immediately with ' ', an unanticipateq crisis. Without the budgetamendment, the'press coverage would'

, probably have beenvery,different. Instead of. ",, : managers working withinlhe system to

remedy the-situation, the press would havebeen featLJringfrontline ::;taff protestirig theirabandonment and denouncing thoseres'ponsible. " , " ,

, ,What lessons did we lean1 from our -­" ,-'ver.itureinto politicai activism? Duringilie, crisis, we tried to m(iintain, communications

with all the participants, to focus on ' ,:solutions ratlier than personalities. Bimaintaining arespectful and positive, ' .

,attitude towards elected and appointedofficials, we avoided the kind of,. ,

,- confrontational politics whichcoufd damage,, " our long, term support. Even ,though CaRS ,, . Security,got only two new security officers .

(really needing four and eventually seven),.. , this provided the basis forrestoririg the Mqin'Library to its rightful users. We~hou!dbe;

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ready to acknowledge and'give political credit, to those officials who came to our assistance,however modestly or belatedly. It was a sign ofour desperation that we welcomed the pressspotlighting the lurid aspects of our crisis. TheLibrary staff is glad to have our building more

secure and our credibility with the publicimproved. Yet the problems of socialdeterioration represented by McClellan's Armyremain on our streets. Winter will come again,with no obvious solution either nationally or,locally to reducehomelessness or vagrancy.

,NMLA newsletter .contributions sought

Your editor wants to hearfrom you!' Pleasesend in news of interest to NMLA. Goodideas, interest groups, research, updates ...be creative and don'.t be shy. The deadlinefor the December/January 1997 issue isNovember 14, 1997, firm. That issue should

arrive in yoUr mailboxes by mid-December:Send submissions to Jackie Shane (UNM)at jshane@unm.edu ; fax.505/277-0702;phone 505/277-5410. Electronicsubmissions (e-mail or disk) are preferred.

New Mexico Libra'ry Association newsletter

The New Mexico Library AssociationNewsletter (ISSN 0893-2956) is publishedsix times a year (February, April, June,August, October, and December)

Submissions' can be sent via e-mail(preferred), on disk ascii (text) format, orprinted (double spaced). Electronic format ishighly preferred. ,

Send' Ne.wsletter submissions to:

Jackie Shane, Newsletter EditorCentennial Science and EngineeringLibrary .University of !\lew MexicoAlbuquerque, NM '87131-1466

.e-mail: jshane@unm:edufax: 505/277-0702phone: 505/277-5410

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