New Mexico Library AssociationNEWSLETTER

Volume 21, Nu'mber 2, June 1993

NMLA Looks To The Future

Retreat Delegates

Karen Watkins Kathy Matter

Allen Schwartz Rogers Barde

Virginia Seiser Gloria Trujillo

Barbara Billey John Brewster

Drew Harrington Clara Rey

Alison Almquist Charlene Money ,

David Null Marilyn Reeves

Kathy Flanary Joe Sabatini

'Cheryl Wilson Toni Beatty

Stan Ruckman Marian Levine

Ellanie Sampson George Marr

Betty Long Betty Reynolds '

John Bishop Sarah Henderson

Marian Veld

Thirty delegates have been cho­sen to spend a weekend at the Glo­rieta Baptist Conference Center inthe Sangre de Cristo Mountainswhere, as a group, they will makerecommendations.. on. three majorissues that concern- the future ofNMLA. The three issues to be dis­cussed are: 1) long-range financialplanning, 2) an executive director forNMLA, and 3) library networks. Theplanning retreat will take place Friday'evening, May 14th, through Sunday,May 16th.

At the recommendation of theexecutive board in January, DrewHarrington, Alison Almquist and Bar­bara Billey drew up a proposal forthe retreat, which was approved bythe board at the preconference boardmeeting in March. Board membersannounced the plans for the retreatto members of their divisions and .round tables during conference busi­ness meetings, and those who wereinterested in being delegates wereasked to make their interest known.Drew, Alison and Barbara then se­lected individuals to represent all.geographic areas and types of li-,braries in the state. NMlA will payfor the use of the conference centerand meals. but the delegates areresponsible for their travel expenses.

Prioi"' to the meeting, each dele­gate will have read and studied back­ground material on the tppics ofdiscussion.

A facilitator, Tommy Tho~as, hasbeen engaged to coordinate the dis­cussions. The goal of the retreat isto come up with specific

recommendations in each planning at the Annual Conference. The di­area. The recommendation will be rector would also serve as a perma­presented to the executive board at nent contact point for ALA,its June meeting. exhibitors, and the newsletter editor,

A special committee on a perma- and maintain the Association calen­nent executive director was estab- . dar. The committee anticipated thatlished in January, 1992, and is duties would grow: Although anchaired by John Brewster. Similar executive director would be able to

save some 'of NMLA's current opera-tional costs,. and could generate

.---------------, . some new income for NMLA, addi­tional funding would be necessaryfor the position. The special commit­tee has some ideas that will be pres­ented at the retreat.

The issue of library networks inNew Mexico has also been kickedaround for a long time but has notbeen resolved. A special committeeon automation and networking,chaired by Allen Schwartz, has up­dated the Long Range AutomationPlan, which was one of its tasks.The other task was to examine net­working in New Mexico. The com­mittee compiled a list of most of theexisting networks, automated andotherwise, and looked at the kinds ofnetworks other states' have estab­lished. The final report of the com­mittee states "The committeediscussed such subjects as resource

committees operated in 1972 and sharing, . communications, regional­1985. The latest committee has ism, p,riorities, bU,t could not reach alooked at the feasibility of creating c.onsensus on these various topics. n

such a position, and recommended in The planning retreat promises toSeptember that NMLA hire a half- be a,lively exchange of ideas as dele­time executive director who would gates look to ~he needs of the pres­be . responsible for coordinating the'. ent and the challenges of the futureworkflow to and from the mailing list of NMLA.contractor, to and among commit-tees, and would coordinate exhibits

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From the President's Pen 4

NMLA Soapbox 5

Annual Conference 7

Awards and Scholarships 12

Self Check Out in Albuquerque 14

NM Newspaper Project 15

FORQ III 16,

Gqals and Work Programs 19

Annou,ncElments and Updates 21

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1993. May 14- 16 .Long-range Planning Retreat

..June 11 2nd Board Meeting, Albuquerque

Budget adopted; annual conference theme adopted; sets conferenceregistration and exhibitor fees

June 18 Deadline for September Newsletter. (pre-miniconference issue)

September 18 3 td Board Meeting, Las CrucesConference planning meeting; approval of conference budget and ten­tative ·program. Division & round table nominating committees named.

October 8 Miniconference, Truth or Consequences'Working theme: "Libraries in the 90'S~

November 1 Officer nominees presented to membership byNominations & Elections Committee

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From the President's Pen

March 20th was the first day ofspring.· It was also the last day of the70th annual NMLA conference.Thanks to the hard work of the localarrangements committee, co-chairedby Ruben Aragon and George Wang,the entire conference flowed smooth­Iy. The weather was perfect, thefood was great, and the programswere well attended. This was thefirst time in 43 years that NMLA hasheld a conference in Las Vegas, NM.I hope we do not have to wait thatlong for our next conference in LasVegas!

The conference grand opening onWednesday evening was verysuccessful. There was a mariachiband to open the festivities, alongwith 62 exhibitors. Green chile chick­en enchiladas, natillas, tostadas, andtaquitos were just a few of the itemsavailable at the lavish buffet. Theexhibitors were pleased with the

-centrally-located, large exhibit areaavailable at Highlands University.

Marilyn Miller, ALA President,presented a dynamic keynote addresson Thursday. The New Mexico con­ference was one of the four statelibrary conferences she attended thisyear. Marilyn stressed the. impor­tance of librarians working together, .and the use of public relations toenhance our status. She stressedthat "Libraries Change Lives," and itis up to us to let· the public knowhow important we are.

Susan Silk, founder and presidentof Media Strategy, Inc., presented aworkshop on Wednesday and a key­note address on Friday. The purposeof her workshop was to empowerlibrarians and library advocates withthe necessary tools to effectivelydeliver their message to the mediaand the general public. A 64-pagetraining guide, created in cooperationwith the Idaho and Washington statelibrary associations, was distributedto participants at the workshop. Dur­ing . her . keynote address, .Susan

stressed the need for librarians tospeak up and speak out. She men­tioned the current ALA National Li­brary Week campaign, "Write ForAmerica's Libraries," as one way tobring attention to libraries and librari­ans. The theme for National LibraryWeek is "Libraries Change Lives."

The silent auct.ion was a hugesuccess. Thanks to everyone whobid on items; and contributed itemsfor the auction. This year's 9th annu­al silent auction was organized byBettina Romero, who arranged a spe­cial showcase of artists as a speciaiaddition to the· silent auction. Allproceeds from the silent auctionbenefit the Marion Dorroh Scholar­ship Fund. This year's recipient ofthe Marion Dorroh Scholarship wasJacqueline Etulain,a full-time studentat the University of Arizona. Jackie'smother is the librarian at GeorgiaO'Keeffe Elementary School in Albu­querque, and a recipient last year ofthe Community Service Award. Theywere both able to attend the AwardsBanquet Thursday evening whereJackie received her award. Congratu­lations to the Etulains.

Also at the Awards Banquet,Nancy Ebeling received Honorary LifeMembership. This is the highestaward the association can give. BenWakashige received the New MexicoLibrary Leadership Award; HowardMaddox received the Trustee of theYear Award; and Toni Beatty, JudyElstner, Barbara K. Garrison, andRichard Rumpf received the Commu­nity Achievement Award. Louis Sa­char was present to receive the 1992Land of Enchantment Book Awardfor "Wayside School Is .FallingDown."

Other highlights of the conferencewere the New Mexico LibraryFoundation's First Birthday Party.Everyone who attended enjoyedbirthday cake, punch, and a renditionof Happy Birthday by a musician whoplayed classical guitar music during

the reception. All charter donors inattendance received a gold imprintedbookin-ark with the NMLF logo.

The purpose of the NMLF is "tomake funds available now, and in thefuture, to support activities such asscholarships and awards, workshopsand seminars, research and publica­tions, . innovative projects, and toencourage library usage. The LasVegas Casino Night was an eventplanned to raise funds for NMLF.Everyone who attended enjoyed agreat buffet and an evening of 21blackjack, craps, and roulette. It wasso much fun, it was difficult to getall the gamblers to stop playing inorder to bid on the over 45 itemsavailable. Lora Montenegro, a mem­ber of the local arrangements com­mittee, was the lucky winner of thetrip for two toLas Vegas, NV.

The NMLA Executive Board meton Saturday for the first meeting of1993-94. It was a brief meetingwhere each committee, round table,and division chair made a conferencereport. The board also discussed anupcoming retreat planned for May14-16. The purpose of the retreat isto develop specific recommendationsin three different areas. The three

. issues are: long-range financial plan­ning, an executive dJrector forNMLA, and state library networks.

Barbara Billey, First Vice-Presidentand Conference Chair for 1994, isalready developing plans for nextyear's conference. The 1994 confer­ence will be held in Albuquerqueduring the last week of April. Makeplans now to attend.

We have a lot of work ahead ofus this coming year. By working to­gether, we will be able to accomplishour goals.

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Drew Harrington passes on the gavel to Alison Almquist,incoming President ofNMlA ,

NMlA Soapbox

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"lHIave You BecomeType-Cast?'"by Robert Pierson

One bad thing about being a ~ov­

ie or TV actor is that if you do reallywell in a part' you may be ever after'..ward assigned the same sort of role.Breaking out can be difficult. Mentalhealth specialists note the same kindof thing in families and othergroupings--victims and rescuers, forexample--their concern being lesswith how people behave occ~sionally

than with how they behave regularly.It happens in libraries too. Here's alist I've dreamed up of type~casting

phenomena in our work-places. First,some relating to work specialization:

Type of library: You ,may not real­ize you are type-cast as a schoollibrarian until this real great job

opens up in a college and you applyfor it, only to find that your yearsspent serving' high school studentsadd up to precisely nothing. Type-of­library permeates our professionalassociations too; and it may beworst in "academic" libraries: I nowwork in a high school library--aftermany years in a university--and thishas worried some of my former' col­leagues. I wonder: to what extent dolibrary schools' have track systemswith, e.g., special cataloging coursesfor types of librari,es?

Type of activity: Once a referencelibrarian, always- a reference librari­an? Many systems discourage inter­departmental transfers, and to makeone you may have to step back, soto speak, which may look bad onyour resume' later. Type-of-activitytype-casting is especially sad in thatmany libraries would give better ser­vice if their staff members partici~

pated in a variety of activities..

Type of material: Print and "ev­erything else" may be the most com­mon division. In large libraries it can

get worse, with serials catalogersseeing monographs maybe once ayear, at respectful distances.. Thereare probably other. divisions of labor ­which become ossified (I read some­where that it' can be very hard tobreak out .. of--or into?--work withchildren); but one thing you can sayabout such type-casting is that it isfairly obvious. You-can generallyidentify it, and you may therefore beable to do something about it--usingpotentiai service benefits as yourexcuse for change, though youLrealreason may be to get out of a rut.

In all fairness, let's admit thatthere are librarians who. typecast>themselves and never quite adjust tonew assignments; yes, I've seen thishappen--but I don't think it is as per­vasive as conventional wisdomholds. Let's remember, too, that peo­ple will tend to ask you to continuedoing what you have shown you cando well. It's onlY natural. An advan­tage of working in a "growing" liebrary (are there such things thesedays?) is that opportunities for

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career change are more likely to open attractive, e.g., translators and facili­up there than in non-growing ones. tators. But if you spend all your timeAnother is that your various talents playing such parts you may have nomay be exploited: you may get asked time or energy left over to play otherto take on special projects, which in parts. So how can we avoid or atmore stable institutions are perma- least minimize type-casting in deci­nentlyassignedto specialists--and sion making?this may lead to interesting career • By being aware of whatdevelopments. type-casting is and when it is

No, the big problem is getting happeningstuck in roles having to do with howwe participate in decision-making,· By resisting it: we do not have towhenever morethan one or two peo- behave as people expect us to;

nor do w.e have to fill every'pie are involved. Here are somestock char~cters, including pairs of vacuum (let's let others assumeopposites: ' this task now and then)

• Those who argue only asrepresentatives of type oflibrary/activity/material

• Optimists versus pessimists

• Altar-gardians versusicon-smashers

• War-makers versus peacemakers

• Seconders-of-motions who lackcourage to introduce motions

• Meanies who say what others aretoo nice to say

• Sweeties who dare not say whatneeds to be said

• Harpers on pet themes

• Objectors who never suggestalternatives

• Translators and facilitators

• Sadists who lay traps whilepretendin~ to imitate Socrates

• People who are angry at someoneelse but who vent their anger onyou

• Silent ones who wait to objectuntil after decisions arepromulgated

• People who play roles, e.g.,directive parent, possiblyappropriate in other situations

• Vacuum-fillers who play whateverrole no one else is playing

And there are others. Now someof these stock characters are

• By realizing that other people arestuck. We may not be able to .change their roles, but by

. realizing what roles they areplaying we may be able to reactmore constructively to theirbehavior (let's fight madness withsanity, not with contrarymadness)

• By changing roles at will: staffmeetings are not band rehearsalsin which we are assignedparticular instruments

And people in positions of authority:

• Should insist that those whopropose change study costs (thatway, others will not immediatelystart playing critic)

• Should discourage "argumentumad hominum" and encouragepeople to tell what they thinkinstead of always telling otherpeople what is wrong with theirthinking (people tend to defendtheir thinking when it is attackedinstead of trying to understandwhy others think differently)

• Should encourage discussionleading to consensus rather thandebate leading to victory anddefeat

These and oth~r tricks of supervi­sion will not only make for more pro­ductive planning at the moment, butwill also reduce type-casting andthus make for more productive par­ticipants in future situations.

. Believe me, speak fromexperience. In the late 1970's, Ifound myself in a situation where Iwas the only old-timer in upper man­agement. I was therefore assigned-­and I accepted--the role of "elderwho warns the young against rashaction"~-and I played it virtually non­stop until 1980 (actually, I played itrather well, but that's beside thepoint!)--at which time I moved onand played, for' two glorious years,creative spirit (my supervisor and Iwere like Carl' Sandburg's WhiteHorse Girl and Blue Wind Boy) . NowI am in a part-time job where, since Icatalog, I tend to play restrainer; butnot always, thank goodness! Occa­sionally, I play 'wild-eyed innovator,and often play eager apprentice (arole old people are seldom luckyenough to latch onto): six years ago Icreated my very first cross-referencenetwork, and now, nearing senility, Iam at last learning to catalog non­print media!

So, let's resist type-casting! Let'sbe what we want to be! Better still,let's not be anything (except perhapshuman beings) for longer than, say,an hour or two. Let's be guided sole­ly by our perceptions of what are, inparticular situations, sensible standsto take, sensible things to do. Andwhen our resolution fails us, as failus it will, let's turn for empowermentnot to conformists, but toindividualists--the Emerson of "Self­reliance" ("A foolish consistency isthe hobgoblin of little minds") andthe Thoreau of, well, maybe not"Civil Disobedience," but surelyWalden--and step. to the' music thatwe hear, however measured or, faraway.

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Annual ConferenceRoger Morris: "Neutralityis Irrelevant"by Molly Molloy

NREN: The_Harbinger ofthe Futureby Valerie J. Horton

"The only price of the informationage is the learning curve!"

This quotation by David Hughes,·speaker at the Online Round Tables'NMLA program, summarizes theneed for librarians to play an educa­tional role in the network of the fu­ture -- NREN. NREN, the NationalResearch and Education Network,'will replace the INTERNET· and BIT­NET.lt provides a high speed back­bone connecting universities and

·research labs across the >country.Librarians have a pivotal role to playin providing access and informationabout the NREN to the community.

Over the next few years, NRENwill reach into local communities andprovide the highway (or electronicbackbone) for the nets. Local enti­ties will have to fund the countyroads (or communication lines) andthe driveways (or individual connec­tions) to complete the network ac­cess. Each community has adifferent entity providing the localconnections, such as local govern­ments, private businesses, or col­leges and universities. Libraryfunding may be available from 'Sonof NREN' or Senate Bill 4. SenateBill 4 will extend funding for theNREN into K-12 schools, libraries,and health organizations. Hughessuggested librarians look for ways to

·support Senate Bill 4.

Hughes said librarians should notwait for universities or governmentsto provide access to NREN. Every-

·one can get access to the nets ­,NOW! All that's needed is a modem,a phone line, and an account with acommercial online vendor such as

·CompuServe, Prodigy, or Delphi.Further, there are numerous localbulletin board systems (bbs) in com­muniti~s around the. country thatcost nothing more than a local phonecall. Hughes started' a famous local

Beginning with Dickens' famousbbs in Colorado Springs. (For more paradox, "It was the best of times, itinformation, see "The Electronic was the worst of times," Santa FeView from Roger's Bar" by David author and television personalityHughes in MAIN (Media Arts In-formation Network), January/Februa- Roger Morris spoke to a standing-ry 1993, p. 1, 11-15). Costs can room-only gathering sponsored byalso be held down by gathering long the Legislation and Intellectual Free-

. distance messages into packets and dom Committee on Thursday, Marchsending them out once a day in a 18. State Senator Pete Campos, alsoshort burst taking only a minute or on the program, could not attend due

',' tvyo of long distance phone time. to legislative business.

Hughes sees the networks as a Considering the state and national,forum for creating and enhancing political scene, Morris pointed tocommunities. Art, poetry, and cul- both positive and negative possibili­'ture will be the driving force for net- ties for substantive constitutionalwork expansion. He gave examples reform that could radically changeof Native American art available from New Mexico's national and interna­his bbs in Colorado Springs. (For tional economic relationships. Newthose on the nets, FTP to oldco- Mexico seems to have escaped thelo.com then cd to pub). He cites current wave of military base c1os­tales of Western Americana as being ings, but as the 2nd largest per capi-

, extremely popular on the worldwide ta recipient of federal dollars, thenets., Local bulletin boards can pro- state faces future shocks as Wash­vide extensions of community culture ington continues funding cuts. Theand tools for democratic discussions. end of the Cold War means ~hat New.

According to Hughes, librarians Mexico's' national researchlaborato­ha~e four network' roles. 'First, li- ries can' focus on applications ofbraries should set' up community . technology 'for domestic economicbulletin boards 'if they aren't already development, but disturbing rem­available. Libraries will not need to nants of th'e. nuclear arms race lingerprovide technical knowledge, as local in unexplained cancer clusters ,in thecomputer users groups will do that. Los Alamos area and other environ­Second,iibrarians should provide the mental time bombs. The scandals inpublic with free access to electronic, New Mexico's Catholic Church mayresources' such as local bbs or theNREN. Third, librarians, should pro- cause many to lose their faith, whilevide information about' what is on at the same time they. provide anthe nets, (i.e., How do I access the opening for increased tolerance andlibrary collection in Kiev?, or Where forgiveness.is census data online?) Finally, we Librarians cC!n play an imp,ortantshould store and save the wisdom of role in '"peeling away'the layers" inthe community as' it is dynamically order to expose the "various'truthscreated', on' community bulletin that underlie the "apparent reality" ofboards. current issues and events. It is not

But for now, Hughes sees the possible to remain morally, politicallyNREN as analogous to Moby Dick. or intellectually neutral; rather, weIt's big, it's mostly a myth, and no must recognize the subjectivity Ofone has caught it yet. Clearly, it's the "apparent authoritative facts."time for librarians to start sharpening Much of the information available toharpoons. legislators and· citiz,ens comes

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"'Share T.he Vision:'N~ew :MexicoLibraries Workln.g T:ogethet"

Anne Scott, IBM consultant,demos the "Multimedia Knowledge System"

MavisNan.c.e,retired;NMHU librarian,Bt.the regis.tration,desk

• ·41:8 ,peqple .attended

• Ab().ut -2:50 members .and tS.Qnonmembers :Corifer,encepl;lotos;!:>y Arnold Trujillo

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70th Annual Conference Las Vegas, New MexicoMarch 17-20, 1993

Ruben Aragon, local arrangements committee co-chair,hands out money to Joe Sabatini, an anxious gambler

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Quiet bidders at the silent auction. . . . . : ,_.':

laura Montenegro, las Vegas librarian,. was the winner of the gra.ndprize at

the Casil1,o Nite·:t,-tri; for tiNo tolas Vegas, Nevada .

• The silent auction raised abo-ut ·$3,0()0 for ·scholarships·

• The casino night raised about $900 for the New Mexico Library Foundation" I .

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GU$ Co.nference Progr~m

by Garmen Ward Laura Kimberly Speaks on

The CUS Division held its annual USMARC Formatbusin~~s m~etin~ o~' Friday, 'M~rch,- Integration1~th. Jennie ,Mintl;lr, the o~tgoinQ by Gary MayhoodGhair, cCllled th~ meeting to order' .and passed the gavel to Carmen For technical servic~s personnel,WiJrd,i~Gorning qlair. ' L!J.rry 'Comp.- ' the hot topic of the (lay is the pro­t()n was ~Iected Vic~-Gha.ir, App'roxi,~; ,pgse,d USMARC fQrmat integrationmately 85 ' p~ople '.attended the' a.nct· how thi~ will affect records onbu.~ine~s meetin~ a~d pr~Q~~~' ., natiQna,1 bibliograp'hic.utiliti~s such as

This y~ar's prQgr~rn vva,S c9!!p.Qn- OCLC and BibliQFile, and on localsored by' New Mexico Consortium ofonli.n~ ~ystems. Laura Kimberly, ofAca(~le~ic libr~ries' (NMCALI' , an'd the AMIGQS Bibliographic Council,S.R~c.i~1 ~i~ra.r'l:!S" A~~Q'~i~tiqfl ($tA': gave a' presentation' )on format in~The I;Ir.Qgr~rn VlfCl~. t~tl.eg "Th~, Libr~1y tewaticm to a grQup of over 35 par­~~ryi~,~~' A,IJianc;~: Th@S,hClre,ct Vi- tic;ipants during the annual pusinesssion." Barbara Newton, Library Direc- m~eting of the Technical ServiCeSto~ at 'P'tli'llips L~borato,.y, 'was' the' ROllnd Taple at the NMLA Annual. _.. .".-,'. ., .." ", ..... '. .- _. -.. . ,,- . .fir~t ~p~Clker. l3arpClra gave ~ome Conferenc~ in> La$ V~Q()$.

.bClckgrol!f1Q in.f.Qrm~tion an(l the hi§- What is format integration? Q~qt,

t9ri~a'l dev~lqp'ment Qf th~ AIli,anG.e. . inQ • from·' jhe Libr~ry' of C;ongres$M~rilyn. VQI1 $eggern, Washingtqn public.ation, FQrml!.t I~tegratic,n ~nd

~t,~te Ul1i'~i~rsity,talkec:t a~ol,lt l.,iQrClry·lts -Effec.f o~· fhf! I.!$MARC IJiblio- .eooperatives and the Alliance's stra- grllphir; FQrmat (199~), Ms. Kimberlyt~Qic RI~·~:"h. ~a..ne.l- di~G~'s$,iQn ~i_th s~Cltec:t, "Formatln~egrCltion is th~

Roger Morriscontinued from page 7

packaged by the special interest lob­byists. Librarians should strive topromote diversity of opinion by mak­ing alternative press materials avail­able, often at the risk of engenderingopposition and criticism. Librarianscan also provide packaged informa­tion to legislators in order to make"informed dissent" possible.

L,ibrarians must forget aboutneutr~lity and openlY,even loudly,promote their cau!ies by lobbyingfederal and state lawmak(!rs to main­tain arid increa!!e fund!n~for

librarie~.

Rogll!r Morris has authored !!!:lver~1

books including: The Devil's ButcherShop: The /Ve'!! Mexit;Q .Prison IIpris­ing, New York: Franklin Watt~,

1983; 'and Richard Milhoys /V;xo/J:The Ris," of an American, Politician,New York: Holt, 1990. He. is cur­rently the producer/moderator of thl:!KNME weekly news program~"AtWeek's End."

several distinguished library leadersrounded out the program. The panelmembers commented on their par­ticular libraries' strengths and oppor­tunities. Specifically, they outlinedwhat unique resources each memberbrought to the Alliance, what theyhoped to gain from their partnershipin the Alliance, and' what concernsthey had about participation in theAlliance.

Panel members:

Theresa Connaughton, Los Ala­mos National Laboratories Tech-nic:al Library ,

Jeanne Howard, NMSU Library

Sally Landenberger; SandiaNa­tional Laboratory TechnicalLibrary

Harry Jlull, l,JNM, Centennial Sci­ence & Engineering Library

Barbara, Newton, Phillips Labora­tory Technical Library

Betty Reynolds, New MexicoTech Library

validation of data elements for allforms of material, thus' removing therestrictions on data elements thatcurrently make them valid only forspecific forms of material. The resultis a' single bibliographic ,format thatcontains data elements that can beused to describe many forms of ma­terial." How this will affect the vari­ous formats in the differentbibliographic utilities was demon­strated through the use of variousexamples. While the utilities hammerout the fine details as to screen dis­play, proposed added fields to anygiven format will be used to reflectan item's true character. As an ex­ample, a music score or video cas­sette which might also be a serialpublication, will still be cataloged ona scores format or a video format,bl)t through the use of additionalfields it will now be able to reflectother aspects of its nature hitherto­fore restricted by format. So thecataloging record would reflect prop­erties of both score/video and serial.Ms. Kimberly concluded her presen­tation with a listing of issues yet tobe resolved by the national biblio­graphic utilities, such as:

../ What will the new screenslook like?

../ How will these new fields bevalidated, searched orindexed?

../ What kind of documentationand training will there be?

For those with local systems,there was a 'list of questions whichmay be important to ask of your ven­dor. These included:

How will these new data in re-cords affect:

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../ importing cmd exporting

../ indexing and searching

../ screen displays

../ filE! comparison

../ formatting

../ specific functionality

../ reporting

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j "1*e, Winged 1ig~; and G/oba/literacyPhi/ Yeh, presenter

For most of us, this was our firstglimpse at these soon-to-be-imple­mented changes. Many, Questionswere raised as we prepare to moveinto a new phase of cataloging. TheTechnical Services Round Table isgrateful to Ms. Kimberly for giving usthis introduction to integratedformats.

A Tiger Takes Wingsby Betsy McGuckin

Move over, Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles, here comes the Winged Ti­ger. If you are not acquainted withthe latter, you apparently missed PhilYeh's presentation at the Public li­braries Division/Library InstructionRound Table luncheon Thursday,March 18 at the 1993 NMLA confer­ence. Cartoonist Phil Yeh sharedwith the librarians there the story ofhis personal commitment to promot­ing global literacy.

President of Cartoonists AcrossAmerica, Phil Yeh travels and s'peakshere and abroad as part of his mis­sion. He also creates murals in com­munities across the country, and

writes/draws stories about charac­ters ranging from the Winger Tiger toFrank the Unicorn. His message in allof these projects is succinct, "READ,AVOID EXTINCTION."

If your students or library patronsare intrigued by contemporary car­toon characters, such as the Turtles,Waldo or Bart, they will Quickly bedrawn into Phil Yeh's high originalworld of flying tigers and cartooningrabbits. Besides The Winged Tiger,Mr. Yeh's books include Th80 theDinosaur, Frank the Unicorn, andSecret Teachings of a Comic BookMaster. Sweatshirts and T-shirtsemblazoned with dinosaurs and themessage, "READ, AVOID EXTINC­TION" in languages ranging fromEnglish to Japanese are also avail­able. Contact Cheryl Navratil, Vice­president, Cartoonists Across Ameri­ca, P.O. Box 670, Lompoc, CA93438-0670, (805) 735-5134 forordering information.

The Library Instruction RoundTable unanimously elected Kris Wy­sick, Reference Librarian at Albuquer­Que T-VI (Montoya), Round TableChairperson for the 1993-94 year.

"Maps for Everyone: EveryLibrary's Map Collection"Article by Kay Krehbiel

Dr. Charles Seavey, University ofArizona School of Library Scienceand formerly map librarian at theUniversity of Northern Iowa and atthe University of New Mexico, spokeon map collecting for small librariesduring the Documents Round Tablemeeting at the NMLA 1993 confer­ence. After illustrating the widerange of information available onmaps, from rural culture to the flowof commerce on U.S~ waterways, hedeclared that every library shouldhave a map collection, and everylibrary can have a Il')ap collection at arelatively 19w cost.

Since over 90% of maps are gov­ernment publications, 'maps are inex­pensive; Seavey's, favorite map onland acquisitions by the U.S. costsaround $6. To begi l1 a small collec­tion, he suggested purd,asil)g'-UnitedStates Geological Survey]: 5 minutetopographic _maps, ,sometimes calledQuadrangle maps';' for the library'slocal area. While-one', topographicseries, scale '1 -to-24,OOO, ,containsroads, forests" 'bGi,ldings,and: other~'surface feat~res of a 'srhall - area,another us'cis' series" stale 1 to1,000,000, covers'}ttiEi'entire 'UnitedStates with :abou{ 450 ,'sheets. To

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State m'apping agencies •. for NewMexico include the '~"TClu;'ism andTravel Division" the State, HighwayDepartment in Santa .Fe,' ~nd theBureau of Mines and Mineral Re­sources in Socprro. '

When, S'eaveywas ,a 'map,librarianhe found th~It' a topographic ;"ap ofthe local area displaye,d unQer Plexi­glas attracted' the attention, of pa­trons, anQ,' answered,:many' ~e,ferenceQuestions. For"':some~~ people, andsome types of" ' 'information,

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.Nancy,Ebeling',eceilled,thet993Honora1;y,life;MembershipAward

Awards & Scholarships'

serving NMLA for over 20 years inelected and volunteer positions, origi­nating and sustaining support for theLand of Enchantment Children'sBook Award, encouraging increasedmembership in NMLA by "schoollibrarians throughout the state as ameans for professional growth andnetworking, serving on State Libraryand State Department of Educationcommittees, and working with otherassociations and institutions promot­ing reading and library support forchildren.

Ebeling told those gathered at theAwards Banquet that when sheopened the NMLA envelope with theletter informing her of her award,expecting a routine association flyer,

Friends and colleagues of NancyEbeling, Dennis Chavez ElementarySchool librarian, have been planningfor the past several years to nomi­nate her for NMLA's highest award,Honorary Life Membership. So manypeople across the state have beentouched by Ebeling's professionalattention that organizing them alltook some effort, but this year theydid it. The Awards Committee re­ceived more than 20 letters substan­tiating Ebeling's "outstandingcontributions to the purposes of theNew Mexico Library Association."

Among Ebeling's many accom­plishments noted by supporters are:

Nancy Ebeling Honored

cartographic format is more readilyunderstood than hundreds of words.To interpret maps, and to help othersuse maps, librarians must educatethemselves. Among the publicationshe recommended is Morris M.Thompson's Maps for AmtNica: Car­tographic Products of the U. S.· Geo­logical Survey and OthtNs, 3rd ed.,1987, Government Printing Office,$25, which explains the symbolsemployed on USGS topographicmaps. Seavey hopes that librarianswill assist in reversing the currenttrend of decreasing~map skills amongschool children and the general'public.

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1993 Marion Dorroh Scholarship Awardrecipient,Jacqueline ftulain

she was stunned. She could not ab­sorb that she had received the awardand could not talk about it until thenext day. To help her appreciate thatthe many people supporting hernomination value the way that shehas indeed enriched their lives--andchanged libraries in New Mexico--hersupporters presented her with a bookof all the letters submitted to theAwards, Committee.

Etulain Receives MarionDorroh Scholarshipby Jeanette Smith, EducationCommittee

Jacqueline Etulain, a student atthe University of Arizona School ofLibrary Science, was presented withthe 1993 Marion Dorroh MemorialScholarship at the Awards Banquet,during the Annual NMLA Conferencein Las Vegas. A straight"A" student,Jackie expects to g~aduate in De­cember 1993,. She received a B.A. inliterature from Point Loma NazareneCollege in San Diego, and' isa gradu­ate 'of Albuquerque 'High School.

Jackie's mother, Joyce Etulain, is thelibrarian,'at Georgia O'Keefe Elemen-tary School of Albuquerque. '

A former student assistant at theCenter for the American West at theUniversity of, New Mexico, Jackie isthe coeditor of Women and Family inthe Twentieth-Century AmericanWest: A Bibliography (the Center,1990), the editor of Mexican Ameri­cans in the Twentieth-CenturyAmerican West: A Bibliography (theCenter, 1990), and the coeditor ofThe Twentieth-Century AmericanWest: A Bibliography (University ofOklahoma Press, forthcoming).

The Marion Dorroh MemorialScholarship, named for Marion Dor­roh, a former NMLA President, is a$1 500 grant awarded to a full-timestudent at an ALA accredited libraryschool. The primary considerationsin selecting the scholarship recipientare scholarship and potential contri­bution to the profession, especially inNew Mexico. The scholarship isfunded' by the proceeds from theSilent Auction' at' the AnnualConference.

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1993 NMlA leadership Awardrecipient,' 8iJR W~kashiiJe

Award Winners Honored,at Banquet

"Libraries Change Lives", is this:year's National Library "Yeek theme.Nearly 200 people at the conference·awards ,banquet in Las VegC!son:March 18th celebrat~d·seven indi~

viduals who changed libraries.

Benjamin J. Wakashige, recipientof the' New, Mexico Library Leader~ship Award; has enriched Iibra.riesthroughoufhis 'career, serving inmany different capacities in many,·kinds of institutions.' From the bor­ders of New Mexico and beyond,librarians' attested to the' help andsupport he has given. His contribu­tions reach, beyond libraries to suchactivities as coaching cross countryand serving on institutional boards.Wakashige himself modestly demursthat, as a library director, he is oftengiven credit for work done by others.

, Trustee of the Year Howard Mad­dox has contributed materially tochanging' the Bosque Farms. libraryby dir.ectly lending a hand in thebuilding's construction, by dedicatinghis salary as Municipal Judge forfour years, and at ,present by makinghimself available to fix anything fromleaks to balky computers. In accept­ing the award, Maddox told the audi­ence that he did~'t do all he hasdone in order to win the award--he

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did not even know the New MexicoLibrary Association existed--but hewas proud to accept the honor

, nonetheless.

The 21 nominations consideredfor the Community AchievementAward indicate that communitiesaround New Mexico are graced byhardworking individuals--and thatthey. appreciate the contributions ofthese people. The four who receivedthe award exemplify "outstandingservice in their local communities":

Toni Beatty, Director of Rio Ran­cho Public Library, was supported bycommunity leaders, staff, volunteers,and library users for her unflaggingefforts which, despite initial set­backs, ultimately resulted in a newlibrary building and, more recently, inincreased staff to support expandedhours of service.

Judy Elstner was accompanied tothe banquet by the Mayor of Estan­cia t,Jnd .. other town staff who weream<;>ng the· many who supported hernomin~tion for the aw.ard. Membersof thi~ ~.mall community (Ie~~ thcm800) crE!dit Elstner with making it"PQ~~ible· for peqple frOm sm.aII.t~\II{ns to ~l,Icceed (!nd excel."

l:Iar~ar~ K. G~rri~Qr'! had the sup­P9rt o.f the princill~1 cmd mt,Jny fac~l­

ty members at L~ GUElv~ High Sc.hoolin Albuquerql,le fOr bringing the li­brary, in ~ few short years, frqminadequacy to a fully automated andindJspensable service, valued by stu­dents and faculty for its contributionto the curriculum. Garrison was alsorecognized for her direct contributionto students' lives outside the library.

The Edgewood community nomi­nated Richard RlImpf for his takingthe library from an idea to realizationin less than one year. Rumpf galva­nized. community efforts and "almostsingle handedly· was able to getdonations of books, shelves, materi­als, furniture, and most of all finan­cial support. " The EdgewoodCommunity Library opened in Sep­tember 1991 with 800 books, andby June 1992 had 8500 books.

Nancy Ebeling wt,Js presentedwith Hono.r~ry Life Membership (seepage 1~). . .

NMLA Scholarships forEmporia Students

This year a special $1,000 schol­arship was made available to fivestudents enrolled in the EmporiaState University MLS program inAlbuquerque.

The recipients are:

Kathleen LeFebre, Socorro

.Bettina Romero, Las Vegas

John Kemp, Albuquerque

Alicia "Rhen" Busch, Rio Rancho

Harriett Meiklejohn, Santa Fe

Children's author, loui~ Sa.~har,

receiving the. t993 LandofEnchantment Book Award

Features

Self Checkout MachinePioneered at AlbuquerqueMain Libraryby Joe Sabatini and Susan Keller

The Albuquerque/Bernalillo CountyLibrary system is installing chargeterminals which enable patrons withcurrent cards to checkout their ownbooks. The terminals use a laserscanner to read the bar codes onlibrary cards and books, and a printerto generate date due receipts. Similar.in concept to a bank automated tellermachine, it allows patrons to bypasslines of borrowers at the circulationde~k.

Albuquerque will be among thefirst libraries in the V.S. to insta.1Iself-charge mac;hine~. The conceptwas first tes.ted last year, when aproto.type model was developed byst~ff to connect with the library'sGEAC integrated system. The librarycontracted with the Fisource Compa­ny, an AlbuquerqLJe manufacturer ofal,ltomated teller machines, to buildthree machines, The first of thesewas installed at MClin Library in Feb­ruary, and the other two will be in­stalled in brCilnches. Meanwhile, the3M Company has developed a self­charge machine ·compatible with itslibrary book security system which isalready operational at a library inAustralia. Albuquerque will be pur­chasing 3M machines for most of itsbranches, and hopes to have theminstalled within a year. In anticipationof the conversion to the 3M self­charge system, book bar codes arebeing transferred from the front flyleaf to the front cover of every Circu­lating volume. Volunteers and tempo­rary help. are .supplementing staffefforts. to transfer over 700,000 barcodes.

The MClin Library self-chClrge unit,nic;knart;led "Betsy" by the circulation

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overwhelming at first was handledwithout any undue problems. A spe­cial thanks to the Kit Carson Mu­seum's Victor ,Grant for his help.

At about ~he same, time, as theresult of an article in the Albuquer­que Journal, the Project received itsfirst call from a private individual. A

'gentleman living in Rio Rancho had a,small collection of papers from turn'~

of-the-centu,ry Albuquerque whichyielded several gems such as neverbefore filmed issues of La Hormig deOro. The most exciting find'in thisgentleman's Gollection was a hi,thertounknown Albuquerque newspaper, EIImparcia/, founded by the peripateticeditor Manuel Salazar y Otero who'had previously edited EI Sol de Mayoin Las Vegas, New Mexico and be­gan the famous La Bandera America­na in Albuquerque.

These papers were filmed bySouthwest Micropublishing which"has been contracted to do the film­ing. Southwest has set up a filminglab in the basement of' ZimmermanLibrary, and the camera ope.rator,Joan Blair, has been very helpful inhelping us to prepare papers for film­ing, a laborious '.proGess of gentlyironing the papers flat to removecreases and using archival tape tomend tears. Jim Parke, the owner ofSouthwest Micropublishing, has

locations and holdings of these pa­pers for researchers. The program isjointly operated by the National En­dowment for the Humanities and theLibrary of Congress. Currently, 28states have active newspaper proj­ects and 17 states are already com­pleted. In 1993, three new stateprojects were approved.

In late 1991, after several yearsof submitting unsuccessful propos­als, the New Mexico NewspaperProject finally received a $300,000grant from the NEH for Phase I ofthe Project: identifying, inventoryingand cataloging New Mexjco's ap­proximately 2,600 newspapers. Thegrant also covers the costs of emer­gency microfilming those newspa­pers in extremely fragile conditionand in danger of being lost complete­ly. Phase II of the project will consistof filming those papers which,though not in immediate danger ofdisintegration, have not been micro­filmed. Proposals for the funding forthis portion of the project will' besubmitted to NEH in December1993.

The project is located in Zimmer­man Library at the University of NewMexico and project members are:Marilyn Fletcher, Project Coordinator;Henry Guenther, Senior Cataloger;Dave Rixse, Cataloger/Field Repre­sentative and Anne McGoey, StaffAssistant. The 'project 'began gettingup to speed beginning in January of1992. The early months were takenup with the necessary Library ofCongress CONSER (Cooperative On­line Serials) cataloging training' toreceive full OCLC 'CONSER authoriza­tion for the catalogers, and with es­tablishing procedures, designing an'dpublishing a Newspaper Project bro­chure for statewide distribution,' andplanning of initial travel schedules.

In the spring of 1992, large-scalecataloging of titles' in the UNMcollection began. On September 8,1992 we undertook our first fieldtrip, with a visit to the Kit CarsonHistorical Museum where a largecollection of 'papers aVliaited us.Daunted by the size of the task athand we quickly settled into our pro­cedures, and what seemed

"try the Express Checkout" by con­ducting quick demonstrations. Aborrower places the library card on aplatform with the bar code facing up,and a laser light scans it. Next, theborrower places the book on theplatform and scans the bar code. Anaudible signal alerts the borrowerthat the transaction is successful. Aprinted slip is generated for eachtransaction, showing the book andpatron bar code numbers and duedate. If there is a problem with thecard or with the book (e.g., sus­pended cards, returned mail, at­tempted charge of a reference book,etc.) the borrower is directed by ascreen graphic to see an operator atthe circulation desk. The great major­ity of patrons seem pleased with thisinnovation, and many express enthu­siasm that the library has offered it.Once patrons learn to work it, theyoften use it on subsequent visits,whether or not there is a line at cir­culation. It is not uncommon to seeborrowers (especially children) show- ,ing other patrons how it works. Al­ready, the self-charge machineaccounts for half of the books circu-lated at Main. ;

Self-charge is an important steptaken by the Albuquerque/BernalilloCounty Library system to enhanceproductivity. In the wake of signifi­cant staffing reductions during thelast two years, staff librarians andparaprofessionals hav~ been obliged,to spend excessive hours coveringcirculation desks, to the detriment ofreference service and children's pro­gramming. Self-charge will enableagencies to handle borrower trafficwith the existing clerical staff.

New Mexico Newspaper'Projectby Henry J. Guenther '

The United States NewspaperProgram (USNP) is the largest singlebibliographic project ever undertakenin the United "States and aims toidentify and preserve' thousands ofU.S. newspapers, while at the sametime creating an' online union list of

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been both supportive and knowl­edgeable, being particularly patient inshowing us how to identify a masternegative. Our thanks to both Joanand Jim.

Our first lengthy trip was to SantaFe to catalog and inventory the largenewspaper collection at the NewMexico State Library. We thank BettySerna and Norma McCallan for theirassistance. This was but the firstpart of our immediate goal of cata­loging and inventorying the threemajor collections in the state, theothers being the University of NewMexico's collection and the NewMexico State University collection atlas Cruces. During one visit to SantaFe we also visited with Orlando Rom­ero at the Museum of New MexicoHistOry Library who assisted us incompiling a list of the Museum'sholdings for a larger statewide listcurrently in preparation.

In February 1993 we traveled toNew Mexico State University at lasCruces to catalog the large Amadorcollection of newspapers which con­tains many unique titles. Everyonethere was very kind and extended usevery courtesy. Our gratitude to allthe wonderful people we met thereand special thanks to Cheryl Wilsonand Pete Kinnas in Special Collec­tions for their assistance..

At the end o'f April we travel toWashington, D.C. to give a presenta­tion and slide show at the annualU.S. Newspaper Program Conferenceat the Library of Congress.

Those of us working on the NewMexico Newspaper Project are ex­cited to be a part of preserving ourstate's history. Please notify us at277-8898 if your library has any oldNew Mexico newspapers that havenever been microfilmed or need to berefilmed. We win- mend an'd filmthese papers at no charge, and thelending institution will receive a freepositive copy of the film.

NEW MEXICO NEWSPAPERP~OJECT STATISTICS FOR 1992

./ New records entered on OClC:234

./ OClC records replaced: 109

./ local data records created:223

./ Pages filmed: 11,530 (5,765frames)

Partial list of titles and dates al-ready filmed:

Deming Headlight 1890-1901

The Eagle (Silver City) 1894-98

Ft. Sumner Index 1909-11

New Mexico Ruralist 1918-20

Santa Fe Sun 1936-37

Red River Prospector 1901-07

Mosquero Monitor 1939-41

The Golden Retort 1883-84

Grant County Democrat 1897-98

Revista lIustrada (Santa Fe) 191 7

Santa Rosa Star 1902

EI Faro del Rio Grande 1914

FORO IIISeveral delegates from New Mexi­

co attended the 3rd FORO Binacionalde Bibliotecarios (Transborder LibraryForum) at the University of Texas atEI Paso February 25-27. The follow­ing two accounts give impressions ofsome of the official and unofficialactivities of New Mexico librarianswho were there. Although they at­tended many of the same events,Barbara and Rita have focused ondifferent aspects, and have includedtheir personal responses.

FORO Notesfrom Barbara King

Bob Seal, Director of UTEP Li­brary, deserves an award for a well­planned and executed, not to men­tion enjoyable, conference. Therewere 225 librarians in attendancefrom all types of libraries, and

fourteen exhibitors. New Mexico wasrepresented by delegates from theState Library, UNM,Central Correc­tional Facility, Alamogordo PublicLibrary, Deming Public Library, Wool­worth Library in Jal, Thomas Brani­gan Public Library in las Cruces,New Mexico State University Library,Southern Correctional Facility, andthe Gadsden School District.

The theme of the conference was"Libraries and Education in theAmericas," so it was fun to havehigh school and college students aswell as school librarians in atten­dance. Mtra. Estela Morales Campos,Director of Library Research at theUniversity of Mexico, opened thefirst day's deliberations in which sheexhorted us to attend to the educa­tion of individuals and groups, theirsocial and information needs, whilecontinuing to produce and protectknowledge. She was followed bylaura Gutierrez-Witt who describedthe Benson latin American Collectionat the University of Texas, 'Austin.Discussion groups consumed theafternoon: I attended the sessions on"Children's Services and CollectionDevelopment: obtaining Mexicanimprints in the U.S.," and got lots oftips on purchasing Spanish languagematerials.

The evening was spent in theUTEP Library where jazz, champagneand delicious food vied for our atten­tion with the beautiful and interest­ing library itself. Of course, therewas also lots of bilingual friend­making going on. I was happy to seeagain sortie of the librarians I firstmet in Guadalajara in December. Thisevent was sponsored by the Dutchperiodical subscription service,SWETS, one of the exhibitors. In ourinfancy as a group, we transborderfriends need social time as well aseducational time to understand eachother's problems and needs.

Saturday's session opened withan ovation for a sterling address byDr. Manual T. Pacheco, President ofthe University of Arizona. He spoketo us of "borders" in our lives, in ourcommunities, in our world. Since heis an academician speaking to numer­ous college and university librarians,

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he was challenged in the questionportion by various persons in theaudience not to forget that the poorand uneducated need libraries too.After particularly fervent remarks bya politically active librarian, therewas another spirited ovation.

A panel discussion followed re­garding the impact of the NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement onlibraries. That, too, brought muchspirited exchange, and is sure to be atopic of further work in the year tocome and in FORO IV, 1994, to beheld in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,Mexico.

The workshops on Saturday con­centrated on types of libraries: I at­tended the one on public librarieswhere we shared the differencesbetween Mexican and U.S. servicesand talked about ways of helpingeach other. Several people therewere interested in the lack of ser­vices in rural Dona Ana Countywhere so many Mexican Americansare. living, working, and going toschool.

On Saturday afternoon, RamirioS. Salazar, Director of the EI PasoPublic Library, took us on a tour ofhis main library and the newestbranch library. What a contrast. Mainis small, crowded, an ADA night­mare, but also full of people of allages using all the departments. Allsignage and information is bilingual;the Spanish language collections arelarge and recent; lots of people werereading periodicals. There I found LizArrambide (a friend from Anthony)who is a temporary children's librari­an, and Ivonne Jimenez (also a friendfrom Anthony and a helper' on ourTitle V Grant application) who is incharge of the ten city branches. Bothwere at the conference, as weremost of the staff at one - time oranother. Mr. Salazar plans to requestfunds this year to enlarge and reno­vate Main library. EI Paso gives li­brary cards to residents of Ciudad deJuarez, a meaningful example oftransborder cooperation.

Discussions about other possibili­ties of cooperation revolved aroundinterlibrary loan and programming

materials. The Mexican librarianswere excited at the prospect of re­ceiving any assistance. Although theestablishment of public libraries isdone centrally (Mexico City), theupkeep and staffing are by the localcommunity, which, in may cases, arepoor and unused to providing libraryresources.

At the planning meeting for FOROIV, it was also decided to hold FOROV in Las Cruces, New Mexico, andFORO VI in Ensenada, Baja Califor­nia, Mexico. There was competitionto be the designated sites!

The final event was the banquetand presentation of reports from allthe discussion groups. The entireconference was dedicated to thememory of Carlos Salas, former di­rector of Sonora State Library andoriginator of the FORO concept. Mr.Salas died last year, and his absencewas keenly felt by the participants.

Thanks to Karen and Scott forpermitting me to attend. I hope thatlibrarians throughout New Mexicowill attend future meetings.

FORO Impressionsby Rita Pino Vargas

Through an NMLA educationgrant I was fortunate to participate inthe Third Transborder Library Forumin EI Paso. The opening ceremoniesincluded the introduction of digni­taries by the organizer of this forum,Bob Seal, Director of the UTEP Li-.brary. EI Paso Mayor Tilney gave apassionate welcome in both Englishand Spanish. Before the first key­note address there was a moment ofsilence to remember the late Lic.Carlos Salas Plascencia, who dedi­cated his life to libraries in Mexicoand who tirelessly organized FOROII.

Mtra. Estela Morales Camposfrom UNAM Centro Universitario deInvestigaciones Bibliotecolgicas wasthe first keynote speaker. Her ad­dress centered around viewing thelibrary as "education in action. ~ Thelibrary not only "opens windows tohumanity and culture," but is a tool

of continuing education of themasses in an environment of equal­ity. The next speaker, LauraGutierrez-Witt, Director of the Ben­son Latin American Collection inAustin, presented a historical over­view of this collection and its use inthe study of Mexico.

After lunch, we broke up intodiscussion groups, where we wereafforded the opportunity to shareideas not only with American librari­ans, but also with our Mexican coun­terparts. I found that the sameconcerns about libraries and theirrole in society were shared by all.The library was viewed as anythingfrom a temple in which we preserveour cultural values~ to a spaceshipwhere humanity is transported.However, everyone agreed that .thelibrary could provide lifelong educa­tion beyond formal schooling.

After an intense day of presenta­tions and discussions we weretreated to a reception at the UTEPLibrary, where we ate, listened tojazz, and exchanged ideas in a veryrelaxing atmosphere.

The keynote speaker the secondday was Dr. Manuel Pacheco, Presi~

dent of the University of Arizona. Inan ever-changing world, institutionsof higher learning are challenged tbprepare students to live in a diverseworld. Libraries play an importantrole in this process, since the libraryis not only an information center, butalso a cultural center and a teachingcenter. It is also "uniquely posi­tioned to encourage lifelong learningand to provide individuals and com­munities with the skills and re­sources needed to thrive in aninformation-based society." He· wenton to say, "Our new global aware­ness offers transborder opportunitiesbetween the United States and Mexi­co for active participation in a globalsociety," and concluded that librari­ans can take. a leadership role in.meeting the challenges of a diverseworld.

Due to a last-minute cancellationby the final speaker, an impromptupanel was organized to discuss theimpact of the Free Trade Agreementon libraries. Participants includedDora Biblarz, Arizona State Universi­ty; Jesus Lau, ITESM in Durango;

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Lou Wetherbee, a library consultantfrom Dallas; and Adolfo Rodriguez ofUNAM in Mexico City. The informalnature of the panel encouraged livelyparticipation from the audience andresulted in a fruitful exchange ofideas. Even though this agreementaffects Canada, most of the discus­sion focused on' Mexico. Thereseemed to be a consensus that li­braries would be affected in a posi­tive way. Librarians from Mexicohope that books from the UnitedStates will be less expensive to buy.One participant pointed out that theU.S. is viewed as an information­producing country while other coun­tries are seen as information con­sumers. With the new agreement,

such ideas must be put aside'QUICKLY.

Saturday's discussion groupsfocused on different types of libraries--academic, school, special, and pub­lic. The public library discussion wasvery well attended by an equal num­ber of librarians from Mexico and theUnited States. Some of the librari­ans from Mexico were very vocal insharing their experiences, and we allrealized that we had much in com­mon. I learned, for instance, thatMexico's public library system wasnot started until 1984. It was men­tioned that Mexico will look at theAmerican system as a model.

The conference closed with abanquet during which results of the'

discussion groups were presented.As we left the conference, planswere already underway for FORO 'IV,which will probably be held in Mon­terrey, Mexico.

This exchange was very produc­tive and an eye opener about oursouthern neighbors. Basically, it wasan affirmation of libraries and theopportunities that are open to us at.the international level. We can makea positive difference, but we musttake a leadership role in this globalsociety. I am hoping that because ofour proximity to Mexico, NMLA willbecome more visible in the futureFOROs.

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An exciting novel of conflict and change setin the rugged Apache homeland in southernArizona during the time of Cochise andGeronimo. Orphaned when he is only twodays old, Son-of-Thunder, named for thestorm raging on the night of his birth, iscaught up in the desperate struggle of hisadopted family to maintain their way of life.A stpry for our times, as we compete forresources in an ever-shrinking natural world.Ages 12 and up.

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Do you have nightly visitorscrawling across your bedroomwall? Ken and Debby Buchanando, and with delightful verse andsuperb artwork, we are brought toshare in the wonder, complexity,and beauty of these desertdwellers. Sure to become a lastingfavorite with kids. Ages 4-8.

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Goals & Work Programs

NMLA Goals and WorkProgram, 1993-94

Continuing Goals1. Promote collaboration and

cooperation among all types of li­braries in New Mexico.

2. Support the 'New Mexico StateLibrary's efforts to increase the .per .capita funding for State Grants-in-Aidfor New Mexico's public librariesfrom the present 13 cents to at least25 cents per capita by the year2000.

3. Support the implementation ofthe resolutions adopted by the dele­gates assembled for the Second NewMexico Conference on Libraries andInformation Services.

4. Support the Legislation andIntellectual Freedom Committee andNew Mexico State .LibrarY'sl~gis­

'Iative ·efforts.

5. Support the development ofthe New Mexico Library Foundation.

·WorkPro.gram1. Have the 'Public Relations Com­

:mittee solicit additions to the Pro­gram Ideas section .of the P-ublic .'Relations Handbook for New .Mexlco.Librariansfromtheuriits .of 'NewMexico Library Association. Distrib­ute results to libraries in ·NewMexico.

and by contacting. them regardingmembership.

2. Promote and support profes­sional activities within the state' foracademic and special librarians byannouncing programs or workshopsof interest in the NMLA News/etter.

3. Initiate an "information ex­change" among CUS librarians toshare innovative or unusual ideas

. and projects by surveying membersand publishing findings in the NMLANews/etter.

Public Library Division1. Sponsor a program to acquaint

New Mexico librarians with the vari­ous forms and possibilities for re­source sharing.

2. Cosponsor with Public Rela­tions Committee a program on ,publicrelations in libraries aimed at alltypes of libraries and lib.rarians.

3. In conjunction with the Ser­vices for 'Youth .and 'School LibrariesDivision, support the Battle of the;Books.

Ser-vicesfor Youth and School:Libraries Division

1. :Participate ,in the ;minicoRfer­'ence by sponsoring ·one ·or more.speakersand/or .programs.

2. Continue to work for the estab­lishment of new state standards forschool libraries (ongoing committee).

3. Continue to support the Landof Enchantment Book Award in con­junction with International ReadingAssociation.

4. Continue to support the Battleof the Books in conjunction with thePublic Library Division.

5. Research, compile, and dis­seminate a directory of all public,private, parochial, Indian, ~nd ot.herK-12 schools in New MexIco to In­clude the following:

a. school name, address, andtelephone number

b. principal or administrator

c. librarian, clerk, aide, or personproviding library service.

6. Support coordination of ser­vices between public and schoollibraries and work for greater coor­dination and cooperation with allundergraduate college ·Iibraries.

7. Establish committees to assistin accomplishing the work programof the Division.

8. Increase :communication andawareness between the Division andthat portion ·of the :Iibrary ,community"we represent to ,determine needs and.futuregoals.

9 ..Encourageand support effortsfor .continuing education of library.personnelthroughoutNew Mexico.

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Division and 'Round TableWork :Programs19.93-1994

College, University and Speciallibraries Division

1. Increase active participation of;paraprofessional staff in academic.andspecial libraries in .theNMLA/CUS Division .b.y cosponsorin:gwith Technical Services a work~

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Documents Round Table1. Continue to promote the use of

state and federal documents withinthe library community and the publicby submitting articles of interest to.documents librarians to the NMLANews/ettsr.

2. Continue to promote member-'ship in the Documents Round Tableby:

a. Submitting newsletter articleson topics of interest to documentslibrarians and others interested indocuments.

b. Contacting non-members whoattend the round table meeting at theannual conference.

3. Solicit suggestions from roundtable members and others on thework program for the following yearby:

a. Contacting representativesfrom each depository library in thestate..

b. Contacting representatives'from the Public Library Division andfrom the Services for Youth and~chool Libraries Division to discuss·use of government. documents byschool and p.ublic library--patrons.

. --" c. Forming a program committee

ofthree or. more PElrsons to pr~parespecific activities or programs whichthe round table will discuss at theannual conference. ;

Educational'Technology Round'Table

1. Promote awareness, appreci­ation, application and evaluation ofnew innovations, including hardwareand software, that will improve ser­vices or provide useful sources ofinformation.

2. Provide programs and work­shops that foster professionalgrowth and development oflibrary/media personnel.

3. Provide a forum for the discus­sion of problems and solutions ofcurrent issues.

Library Instruction RoundTable

1. Sponsor a workshop on tech­niques for motivating and instructingthe learner in library use.

2. Use the NMLA ias a forum forcollecting information and bibliogra~

phies on library instruction, and com­pile such in a notebook or file fordistribution to interested persons.

3. Continue to focus on the roleof the library in helping others learnto read by cooperating with the NewMexico Coalition for Literacy.

Local and Regional HistoryRound Table

1. Increase knowledge and ap­preciation of local history by encour­aging libraries to display andadvertise materials available on theirspecific local history.

2. Encourage special programsemphasizing local history' and how itfits in with state history, beginningwith th'e NMLA Annual Conferenceprogram.

3. Continue to increase aware­ness of new materials relating toNew Mexico history by submittingbook reviews and/or publication an~

. nouncements to the NMLA News/et­tsr and/or articles for the NewMexico .State Library publication, TheHitchhiker.

LUISARQund Table1. Present a program that ex­

amines the role of language, learningand literacy.

2. Explore through presentations,book reviews, and newsletter articlesthe recent writings of Hispanicauthors.

3. Submit articles to the NMLANews/et~sr.

4. Continue to promotemembership.

Native American LibrariesRO!Jnd Table

1. Recruit Arizona' libraries andlibrarians as members ofNMLA/NALRT.

2. Contact New Mexico Indianlibraries not listed in the New MexicoLibrary Directory to join. Targetedlibraries:

a. BIA school libraries

.b. contract school libraries

c. mission school libraries

d. rural "unknown" libraries.

3. Organize a reunion of pastmembers, past chairmen, past pre­senters, with current members todiscuss library issues and humanservices issues.

Online Round Table1. Promote knowledge and under­

standing of library automation by:

~ a. Publicizing Online Round Tableprograms in The Hitchhiksr and theNMLA News/etter.

b. Encouraging informational ar-'ticles on automation~related topics inNMLA publications.

c. Sponsoring programs whichpromote knowledge of new technolo­gies and automated services at both

the NMLA miniconference and theannual conference.

2. Investigate the possibility/desir­ability of merging with the Educa­tional Technology Round Table.

Technical Services RoundTable

1.. Plan programs and workshopsthat foster professiorial groWth for alltechnical services librarians and staffby: " .

a. Conducting a survey of initialmembers as to ideas, needs anc:lin-·terests in all'areasof technicalservices.

b. Planning a program for therannua.1 c~nference and mini-conference.

2. Send letter of petition to ALAto affiliate with ALA-ALCTS

3. Promote the Round Table'throughout the state to increase.membership by developing apubiici­ty campaign.

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Trustees and FriendsRound Table

1. Improve the Trustees andFriends of the Library public relationswithin the communities in the state.

2. Encourage submission of ar­ticles on activities of Friends of the

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Library to the NMLA News/etter andThe Hitchhiker.

3. In conjunction with the Legis­lation and Ititellectual Freedom Com­mittee, educate Trustees and Friendsof the Library members on how best

. to approach city, county and stateofficials about library funding.

4. Prepare informational sheetwhich addresses the duties of thechair and vice-chair and explains theround table's' affiliation with NMLAand how it works.

5. Promote membership in Trust­ees and Friends Round Table.

Legislation and IntellectualFreedom Committee

J. Inform and educate legislatorsand policy makers about issues ofintellectual freedom and the impor­tance and needs of libraries.

2. Improve the working of theLegislative Network in cooperationwith Friends of New Mexico Librariesand the Trustees and Friends RoundTable.

3. Work to amend the New Mexi­co statute that currently excludeslibraries as donative institutions.

4. Work to increase the stategrants-in-aid line item of the StateLibrary budget. '

Public Relations Committee1. Solicit additions from the units

of NMLA to the Program Ideas sec­tion of the Public Relations Hand­book for NeVIl Mexico Librarians. Theresults will be distributed to librariesin New Mexico.' . . . .

. 2. Work with the Legislation andIntellectual Freedom Committee toimprove the working of the Legis-lative Network. ..... '. -',

3. Complete NMLApromotionalvideo. .,

4. Conduct an Electronic.Newsletter Delivery workshop to beheld at the 1994 NMLA conference,bringing in a nationally knownspeakerIleader.

5. Refine Calendar of Activities,adding specific dates and workwhere possible.

6. Consider revising and review­ing the completed work on the NewMexico Literary Map and its use as apromotional item.

7. Continue to work with andpromote the idea of press releasesfrom Divisions, Round Tables, andCommittees.

8. Investigate the possibility ofhaving all NMLA publications avail­able in multiple formats.

Announcements & Updates

committee. Please contact Serena atBelen Middle School (864-2422) if'you would be willing to serve on the .committee. This is not a commitment

I would like to begin my first ar- to run for office.ticle as Chair of Services for Youthand School Libraries Division by Some new committees were es-thanking Serena Douglas for her con- tablished at our business meeting intribution over the past two years as an attempt to get greater participa­vice-chair, and chair, and for her tion in the planning for this division.work with the School Standards If you would be willing to serve on aCommittee. This committee has al- ~ committee, please. contact the com­ready accomplished much, but they mitt~e' ~hair: Anita. Estrella, Chil­have found that there is still much dren s Llbranan at RIO Rancho, willmore that needs to be done~ Serena .chair the Public Relations Committee,and the other members of the.com- Dinah Jentgen will chair the Planningmittee have agreed to continue for Committee, and ,I will chair the Pro­another year. An article on, their gram Planning Committee.work will be prepared for the. next. This year's 'work program looks'NMLA News/etter;' ambitious; however, several of these

I would also like to introduce and activities' are ones which we' have ."thank Dinah Jentgen who agreed to been doing for some time. :now andrun for vice-chair/chair-elect. Dinah is some are· carryovers from last year'librarian at 'White Sands Elementary (see SYSL Work Program, page 21 I.School. Children's' and young adult librari-

Serena Douglas has also agreed, ,ans at the public librarie's,' pleaseas immediate past chair, to serve as cont~ct me, Jerry. Klopfer at: Newthe Chair of the Nominating Commit- MeXICO Military Institute, Paul Hor-' ,tee. Two additional division members gan Library, 101 West College, Ros­are needed to serve on this well, NM 88201, 624-8382, with

NMLCA Mourns Passing ofLongtime Member'

The New Mexico library CatsAssociation heard recently of theuntimely demise of longtime mem­ber Angel Sonflieth. Angel livedwith Susie Sonflieth for· manyyears and the .NMLCA. shares Su­sie's grief. . We suggest· thatNMLCA members, wishing to re­member. Angel make a donation ofa catly book to their local libraryand ask that it' be dedicated inAngel's name. The Multitude in Tor C have given the child~en~s

boo1<, "Tom's Cat" by Voake, totheir local library in Angers name.For more information on theNMLCA, please write to:

The Multitude918 Kopra

Truth or Consequences, NM87901

and volunteer. help is almostnon-existent.

• Ourfunds come from many andinconsistent sou·rces. Many of ushave NO school-provided money.What money we do have is oftengranted at the whim ofadministrators, arid few of usknow much about school financeor the accounting codes thatgovern library/media purchases.(By tne way, the code numberswill change this year!)

Where is this taking us? With thesupport of the Sta'te Lib~arY andthrough a growing network of stateagencies and professionalorganiza­tions, we will eventually put togethera legislative' package to supportschool library media centers. To dothis, we need to be able to providerational proposals '. with statisticalbackup. This is where your help isneeded. '

Please get in the habit "of 'keepingrecords ,even.· if .' it means startingsmall. Have students help you with .counts and copyrights. Our survey is

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.Only about 30% of our facilitieshave small group spaces; 25% of

.our libraries have. no separatestqrage; 15% of us have .classroom space available for.patrons. '

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• Dated reference books (> ter:'years) make up anywhere from1% to 100% of our collections..

• Almost none of us. can hold classand meet the needs of individualsor sl)1all groups which come to

. ,the library unscheduled--clericaJ

• Our elementarY collections rangef'rom 2 to 105 items per pupil.Schools in the same town mayvary by 500% in the number ofper-pupil items.

ONLINE ROUND TABLECHANGES ITS BYLAWS

It's Not 'Too Late For YourSYSL Surveyby Judy Crocker

ideas on how this division can betterserve your needs. I would love tohear from anyone who is involvedwith programming which they wouldlike to share with others as a pre­senter at the miniconference, a work­shop, or at the annual conference.

Finally, we need a volunteer toserve a two year term as· a delegateto the AASL Affiliate Assembly.Please contact me.· if .you areinterested..

by Valerie J. Horton

What do we know so far? To ourcredit, many of us feel we can gothe extra milE! to help students andstaffs, some of us have supportiveadministrators and faculties, havebeen able to implement technology,'have wonderful story times, 'haveintegrated the library' into the curricu­lum, and are working hard to provide'welcoming libraries. Some of us canprovide collections that meet needsand interests. Thankfully,. we havepositive attitudes.

For all the good we do, the sadnews is that we seem to be runningschool libraries mostly on love andbook fair money in the state of NewMexico. We are physically and emo­tionally isolated, and we hunger for

On March 19th, the members of training to help us do our job better.the Online Round Table voted to Many of us feel that NMLA is notchange the bylaws. The new bylaws meeting the needs of poorly paidexpand the mission of the Online library staff who cannot leave theirRound > Table from basic online buildings. And for every school li­searching to include, broader techno~ . brary with a usable collection, staff­logical issues. Article 2 now states ing, facilities, equipment, andthe object of the Online Round Table. funding there are ten times that num­is to provide "a forum for those in-' ber which have 'little or none of theterested in online searching, network basic elements of educationala,ccess', aryd other librarY applications excellence.of technoiogy an.d information stor~ An initial, cursory analysisage ·and. retriev~l." The new bylaws . indicates:

codify a change that had been occur- • Our facilities range from 1.41ring over the years as Online Round .square feet to 52 square ,feet perTable programs have been including student (and 32% of ourtopics such· as the. Internet, NREN,' respondents don't know whatand CD"ROM applications. size their facilities are).

School librarians who 'have need-ed "just a little more time"' to com- .plete their SYSL statistical survey arestill. invited to return them for com- .•pilation or request another. The sur­vey, circulated in August by the,School L,ibrary Standards Committee,will ultimately help us develop a leg­islative pa~kage to support schoollibrary facilities, materials, and staff­ing. But it will'take cooperative effortand a lot mo're time' thaniniti~I'yp~nned. '

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only the first of many that will crossyour desk in the next few years.Next, find out something about fund­ing. There are many potential fundingsources, but it may take time andfinesse to work your way throughthe ,politics involved in accessingthem. Finally, consider networking tohelp make your job easier.

If you are able to complete a sur­vey, contact Serena Douglas at BelenMiddle School, 314 S. 4th Street,Belen, NM 87002, or Judy Crockerat Chamisa Elementary School, 301Meadow Lane, Los Alamos, NM87544, and a copy will be sent toyou. We also welcome commentsand requests for help.

Miniconference PlannedFor October in T or Cby Ellanie Sampson

The annual NMLA Miniconferenceis scheduled for Friday, October 8,1993, in Truth or Consequences.Units wishing to present programsshould have their budget and pro­gram requests to Ellanie Sampson assoon as possible, or call Ellanie at894-3027 or 894-6575. Tentativelyscheduled programs include a pre­sentation by the New Mexico Coali­tion for Literacy on the use of LSCAfunds.

The Truth or Consequences areaoffers many recreation possibilitiesfor those who may wish to stay overafter the miniconference. Watch yourmail in the summer for miniconfer­ence mailings.

Bylaws Changedby Cher,yl Wilson

The following ,change in theNMLA 'Bylaws was ;passed _by themembership during the Business'Meeting ,h~ld'durin.g ,th,e .conference.The change is needed to reflect the:dissolutionof ,the Publications,Committee.

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Section ,9. Public RelationsCommittee.

A. The Public Relations Commit­tee shall publicize library activities,especially New Mexico Library As­sociation activities, throughout thestate; be responsible for notifyingnational library publications of meet­ings and newsworthy activities ofthe Association; and implement aprogram publicizing all types of li­braries in New Mexico in conjunctionwith the American Libr,ary Associ­ation's National Library Week pro­gram and theme.

Section 10. PublicationsCommittee.

[A.I B. The [Publications] PublicRelations Committee shall make rec­ommendations to the ,ExecutiveBoard .on the format and frequencyof the official periodical, its content,and the method of publishing; rec­ommend other official publications ofthe Association, including directo­ries; and recommend a candidate forEditor and the amount of the Editor'shonorarium to the Executive Boardfor approval.

[B.I C. The Editor of the officialperiodical of the New Mexico LibraryAssociation shall be an ex-officio,nonvoting member of the Committeeand of the Executive Board.

Invitation to JoinREFORMAfor LUISAMembers and .othersby Edward Eraz.o

What is REEORMA? It':s ·the Na­"tional Asso,ciation ,to Promote LibraryServices to the Spanish Speaking.,Founded in '19.11 ,REFORMA is .anALA affiliate ..withthirte.en state,.chapters and over 6.00m.ember.s. Aswould ,be expected, most of ,thechapters are in areas of the 'countrythat ·,have the highest '~panish­

.~peakiQ,gpopulations, California,Texas, Illinois and 'New Yo_rk--the

newest chapter is in 'Puerto ·Rico.The REFORMA Newsletter is pub­lished quarterly and shares informa­·tion with the membership on avariety of events and issues ,of, inter­est to libraries with Spanish-speakingpopulations.

REFORMA meets at both Annualand 'Midwinter Conferences andhosts programs for public, academic,special and school librarians.

This year's conference in NewOrleans has tentatively scheduled thefollowing events and meetings:

Saturday, June 26, 19938:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

Children's Services Committee

10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.Book Awards Committee

8:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.REFORMA Evening Reception

Sunday, June 27, 19932:00 P,M. -4:00 P.M.

REFORMA Conference Program."Lobbying for Minority Concerns: How to

Be Effective in a Political World:Florangel Mendez, Presenter.

Monday, June 28, 19938:30 A.M. - 10:30 A,M.Executive Board Meeting

10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.General Membership Meeting

Annual dues range from $10.00to $20.00 per year and include asubscription to the REFORMA News­letter. For more information or amembership application form pleasecontact me:

Edward ErazoREFORMA Newsletter Editor

New Mexico State University Library.sox 30006 - Dept. 347:5

Las Cruces, NM 88003"0006

Phone: '505/646-,693.0 (Voice-mail)',or

FA)( '505/64.6-694,0Internet: ,.ederazo@lib.nmsu;edu

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.1993-94 Division, Round Table, and Committee ,Officers

Divisions

College, University and Special Libraries. Division

Carmen Ward, Ch.air,Larry Compt<.>n,·Vice~chair

Public Libraries Division

Bambi Adams, Chair.LuCie Olson, Vice-chair

Services for Youth and Scho~1 Libraries Division

Jerry Klopfer, ChairDinah Jentgen, Vice-chair

, Round Tables

Documents Round Table

Kay Krehbiel,' ChairKaren George, Vice-chair'

Educatio'nal Tect:mology Round Table

Richard Bell, ChairJennifer Marquardt, Vice-chair

Library Instruction Ro~nd Table

Kris Wycisk, Chair

Local and Regional History Round Table

Cheryl Wilson, ChairPeter Ives, Vice-chair

LUISA'· Round Table

Claire Odenheim, ChairAdriana Ortega, Vice-chair.

Native American Libraries Round Table

Lee Platero, ChairMars' Chalan; Vice-chair

Online Round Table

.Roger Steeb, Chair"Harold Bogart, Vice~chair

Technical Services Round Table

Barbara Spivey, ChairMary Grathwol, Vice-chair

Trustees and Friends Round Table

Carol King, Chair

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Committees

Awards

Linda Avery

Bylaws and Procedures

Cheryl Wilson

Conference Site

David Null

Education

Gary Mayhood

Legislation & Intellectual Freedom

Marilyn Reeves, Joe Sabatini (cochairs)

Library Development

Betty Long

Local Arrangements

Robert Martinez, Cherrill Whitlow (cochairs)

Membership

Clara Rey

Nominations & Elections

Drew Harrington

Pubiic Relations

John Brewster

Special Committee onExecutive Director for NMLA

John Brewster

Special Committee onFunding Roles of NMLA/NMLF

Kathy Flanary

NMLA Liaison to theNew' Mexico Coalition for Literacy.

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Regional Literacy .. FamilyReunions"

Regional literacy "Family Reuni­ons," each with its own focus, willbe hosted by four New Mexico li­brary sites during the month of May.

The Thomas Branigan MemorialLibrary, Las Cruces, will host thefirst of the four day-long trainingsand workshops on Friday, May 7,from 8:30-5:00. As a permanentresidual of the literacy project, eachlibrary will receive a core collectionof materials chosen to enhance theliteracy focus of each library site,along with a rich collection of materi­als designed for new adult readersand English speakers. These materi­als will be distributed through the'New Mexico Coalition for Literacy aspart of a cooperative training projectinitiated by the New Mexico -StateLibrary through a Library Servicesand Construction Act, Title 6 Grant.

Future trainings will be in:

• Farmington. May 15, focusing onFamily Literacy-

• Carlsbad. May 21, with con­centration on the needs of DisabledLearners

• Gallup, May 28, with emphasis onProgram Development.

Computer Assisted 81Questionnaire

The ALA Library InstructionRound Table (lIRT) Computer Appli­cations Committee is conducting asurvey to identify libraries which aredeveloping or using computer as­sisted instruction (CAl) programs toprovide instruction in the use of li­brary and information resources.Personal computers and customiz­able software are enabling all sizesand types of libraries to experimentwith creating programs geared to theneeds of their clientele. lIRT is seek­ing to identify these libraries and willcompile the results in a directory tofacilitate communication betweenlibrarians who are interested in CAlprograms. If your library uses CAland you would like to fill out lIRTsquestionnaire, contact Anne Lynch,Access Services, Doheny Library,University of -Southern California,University Park, Los Angeles, CA90089; FAX (213) 749-1045; AN­NELYNC@USCVM.EDU; or phone(213) 740-3393. Completed sur­veys should be returned by June -1,1993. The committee will begincompiling results at the ALA AnnualConference.

Hispanic LibraryEducation to be

DiscussedThe Trejo Foster Foundation

for Hispanic Library Education(TFF) and the University of Arizo­na will co-host a three day nation­al institute on July 29-31 todiscuss issues concerning Hispan­ic library education in this coun­try. It will provide a uniqueopportunity for participants fromacross the country to discussissues and possible solutions to ­improve the status of libraryeducation and information ser­vices pertaining to Hispanics.

Dr, Arnulfo Trejo, President ofHispanic Books Distributors,lnc.,and co-founder of TFF, believesthat -the institute will have a posi­tive and long lasting impact onLatino librarianship. The title ofthis year's institute will be: "Sta­tus of Hispanic Library and In­formation Services: A - NationalInstitute for Educational Change."For more information, pleasewrite:

National Institute for'Hispanic Library Education, TFF

P.O. Box 6021Tucson, AX 85703-2021.

(from the Hitchhiker,March 22, 1993)

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1992 Annual Report ofthe New, Mexico libraryFoundation

tion Com'1lission. Application wasmade for a federal employer identifi­cation number, and application for a

'nonprofit 501 (c)(3) status was com­pleted and ,mailed to the" InternalRevenue Service, with IRS response

Creation of th'e New Mexico Li- ,e~pectedin early 1993. A post officebrai"y'Foundation began in 1990 with box was,obtained and a bank ac­informal discussions with Gloria Tru- count opened. The Foundation logo'jillo, New Mexico Library Association was designed, and stationery andpresident at the time. In' 1992, by- solicitation brochures were printed.laws and articles of J incorporation Solicitation brochures were mailed towere approved by NMLA 500 ' Booktalk ,subscribers, 500membe,rship'. NMLA members, 250 library ven-

, The Foundation's first fund raising dors, and' 30 library friends, groups.effort was ungertaken during Plans were made fo(~ 1st year birth~NMLA's 1992 conference. Librari- day party and a "Las Vegas" night

, d d d fund, raiser,' as part of the' 1993ans, ven ors, an frien s donatedclose to $4,000. NMLA conferel1ce.

An ir,lterirn Board ofTrustees was Original trustees were Georgeappointed for the period from mid-, Marr (chair); :James Dyke (vice­June to December 31, 1992, and chair), Karen' Watkins' (secretary),

Carol Myers (treasurer), Daryl Black,officers elected. During the balance Kathy Flanary, Sidney Margolis, Ali-a! 1~92, truste~sfocused on orga- son Almquist, and David Giltrow.n1Zatlon",al reqUirements for the EI t" h Id' D ' b',. .., ec Ions were e In ecem erFoundation. ,Nonprofit incorporation' 1992 . d . h .. b' I" . In accor ance Wit yaws

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Marketing plans are being de­signed to, secure additional, fundingwith the understanding that it, willtake several years of hard' work bythe trustees and other supports tomakf;l ,the Foundation, a significantcontributor to New Mexico libraryactivities.

For ,the' fiscal year 1992~$5,019.83 was, received in income,Expenses totaled '$1,290.08. Thebalance at the end of 1992 was$3,729 ..15. ~

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