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Dear NCLA E-News Readers,

Do you need any reminder that the Biennial Conference is less than a month away?  Surely you have registered and made your plans to be there.  I look forward to seeing you in Winston-Salem.  Al Jones and his Conference Committee have done an excellent job.  The conference will provide many wonderful learning opportunities and the chance to meet with others from across the state who do what we do but with whom we only infrequently meet.

Several times in the last few weeks and at the last Executive Board meeting, members have begun calling for NCLA to strengthen, or more appropriately, to rebuild, its plan for becoming politically active.  If I were to continue as president, I would make sure that NCLA renewed its state legislative agenda and built an action plan for developing friendships among the state legislators.  All of us know at least one legislator, I am sure.  Many of you know Marian McLawhorn, the Media Coordinator at New Bern High School and a North Carolina State Representative.  I am going to call her today and congratulate her, (though it is way overdue) for winning the election.  She will probably wonder why I have waited this long.  It is nearly inexcusable but it is never too late to call another librarian and say “congratulations.”  Before handing the gavel to Al, I want to do something to ignite a small NCLA legislative spark. We need our friends who are in the General Assembly.  The North Carolina Public Library Directors Association knows well the value of a strong state legislative agenda.  I challenge you, Al, and all the members of NCLA to do a better job than I did – and that is not much of a challenge.  It is time for NCLA to become politically active in North Carolina again.

With less than a month to be president of NCLA, my list of thank-yous is quite long.  Though I will not name here those who are on that list, topping it are the nearly 1,800 individuals who are the members of NCLA.  Thanks for all that you do for NCLA. With only four years before NCLA celebrates its 100th birthday, it is gratifying to know that NCLA is strong and well and important to so many people in North Carolina.  Thanks for the honor of being president of your organization.
 -- Beverley Gass, NCLA President
 

The 53rd Biennial Conference of the North Carolina Library Association will be held 21-24 September 1999 in Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center and the Adam's Mark Hotel.  The deadline for preregistration was 20 August 1999, so you must register in person at the Conference.  Make your arrangements for hotel rooms directly with the Adam's Mark Hotel, the official hotel for the Conference, or other local establishments.

Thanks to all the hard work and creativity of the program planners of NCLA's sections, round tables, and committees, plus the State Department of Public Instruction and other educational organizations, the Conference schedule is looking full and exciting!  School, academic, public, and special librarians are sure to find something tailored to their special needs.

To date, there are over 80 events and programs, sponsored by over 30 groups.  There are 4 breakfast meetings, 5 luncheon meetings, and 4 receptions.  Speakers for the General Sessions include Maureen Sullivan, Past President of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and Sally Helgesen, futurist.

The All Conference Breakfast will be held on Friday morning 7:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.  NCLA officers will be installed at this event, followed by the Storytelling Festival II, featuring North Carolina's finest storytellers.

Check the Conference Web Page frequently for updates:  http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bcchang/ncla.html.

Make your plans now to join the best and brightest library leaders of North Carolina at the last NCLA Biennial Conference of the millennium!
  --Plummer Alston "Al" Jones, Jr.,  NCLA Vice-President/President-Elect
 

The next conference of the Southeastern Library Association will be held at Jekyll Island, Georgia, October 11-13, 2000.

SELA conferences are held biennially, usually in conjunction with the conference of one of the state associations in the Southeast.  The Jekyll Island conference will be a joint meeting with the Georgia Library Association, which frequently uses that location.

In addition to the biennial conference, SELA conducts an annual planning session, called the Leadership Meeting, for officers, committee members and other interested SELA members.  The next Leadership Meeting has been scheduled for April 28 and 29 in Atlanta, immediately following the conclusion of Solinet's 2000 annual meeting.

The website for SELA is http://www.seflin.org/sela.  Membership information is available there, as are directions for subscribing to SELA-L, the organization's electronic discussion list.

As NCLA's newly-elected representative to the SELA Executive Board, I am eager to facilitate two-way communications between the organizations.
  --John Via, SELA Representative for NCLA
 

College and University Section

The College and University Section will host a very important section meeting on Thursday Morning, September 23rd at the North Carolina Library Association. Following the business meeting an enlightening program will be presented by attorney Laura Gasaway on Copyright in the Digital Age.  Agenda for the important business meeting requiring 25% of the membership is :

1.  Election of Officers for the coming Biennium Slate. Nominees include:

Chair:
Bobby Wynn, Director of Libraries, Fayetteville State University
Bobby@lib1.uncfsu.edu

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect:
Jim Carmichael,  Professor of Library and Information Studies, UNC-G
Jim_Carmichael@uncg.edu
336-334-3478

Secretary/Treasurer:
Peggy Markham, Bluford Library's Collection Development Librarian, NCA&T
markham@ncat.edu
336-334-7158

Director:
Robert Dalton, Humanities Reference Librarian, UNC-CH
dalton@refstaff.lib.unc.edu
919-962-1151

Director:
Rodney Lippard, Technical Services Librarian, Catawba College
rlippard@catawba.edu
704-637-4212

Past Chair:
Shirley Gregory, Library Director, Barton College
sgregory@barton.edu
252-399-6501

2.  Proposed By-Laws Changes
Proposed Changes to College and University Section By-laws

Current:  Article VI.  Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, the immediate past Chair, the two Directors, and the North Carolina Libraries Editorial Board representative (appointed at the beginning of each biennium by the Executive Committee in consultation with the editor of North Carolina Libraries).

Proposed:  The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, the immediate past Chair, the two Directors, the chair of each Interest Group, and the North Carolina Libraries Editorial Board representative....

Current:  Article VII.  Interest Groups

3.  The Chair of each interest group must be a member of the College and University Section.  The Chair shall be appointed by the Executive Committee and shall become a non-voting member of the Executive Committee of the Section.

Proposed: The Chair's name must be selected by the interest group and submitted to the Executive Committee.  The Chair of the Interest Group shall become a voting member of the Executive Committee of the section.

Current:  Article IX. Elections

1. The Chair shall appoint a Committee on Nominations who will present the candidate for each elective office, consent being secured from the nominees.  Any member of members of the Section/Chapter may present a candidate or candidates for the elective offices of the Section provided that they notify the Chair of the Section/Chapter of such action, in writing, (2) the notification be signed by 10 members of this Section/Chapter, (3) the consent of the nominee or nominees has been secured and so indicated on the notification, and (4) in the case of nominees for Chair and Chair-Elect, the requirement of membership in ACRL has been satisfied.

2.  A majority vote of those attending a regular meeting shall constitute election.

Proposed:  In number one after nominees insert the following.  The Committee on Nominations will attempt to nominate a slate of officers that duly represents the various constituencies of colleges and university libraries including types of professionals: such as administrators, reference or technical services; and types of libraries including : private, public, two year, or graduate.
 --Shirley Gregory, College and University Section Chair

Documents Section

The Documents Section will be sponsoring a session at the NCLA Biennial Conference entitled "Government Statistics on the Web: Federal, International, State."  Three speakers will present major statistical sites, focusing on areas such as demographics, health, education, business and agriculture.  Mary Ellen Spencer, Public Documents Coordinator at NCSU will present the Federal portion of the program, while Catherine Shreve, International & State Documents Librarian at Duke, will cover International sites.  Mary Horton will present state information, based on material gathered by Alex Hess, Librarian at the Institute of Government.  Unfortunately, Alex can not be with us to present his information in person due to a scheduling conflict.  The session is scheduled for Wednesday, 22 September 1999, 3:30-4:45 p.m.  A brief business meeting will follow.
  --Mary Horton, Documents Section Vice-Chair/Chair Elect

Library Administration and Management Section

The Personnel and Staff Development Officers Special Interest Group has scheduled a lunch with round table discussions for the NCLA Biennial Conference in Winston-Salem. Mark your calendars now for Thursday, September 23, 1999 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.  It will be a great way to network and share ideas!
  --Deborah N. Lambert, Library Administration & Management Section

Public Library Section

The Audiovisual Committee of PLS cordially invites all NCLA conferees to attend Tea and (Celtic) Jam, a program featuring traditional Irish music by the North Carolina group, Celtic Jam. Date, time, location: Thursday, September. 23, from 5:00 - 6:15 p.m. in the vendor exhibit area.  In addition to rollicking music, there will be tea and cookies, collection development handouts and good company -- a perfect in-betweener before the evening's festivities.
-- Marie Spencer, AudioVisual Committee Co-chair

Reference and Adult Services Section

The Reference and Adult Services Section (RASS) invites you to our luncheon during the NCLA Biennial Conference in Winston-Salem on Thursday, Sept. 23. The price for the luncheon is $13.00, but you do need to pre-register.  Our speaker is Maggie Jackson, an Associated Press agent from New York.  She will be talking about the new generation of library users, hence the title, "N-Gen, Gen Xers, and Who's Next: Our Patrons in the New Millennium."  We look forward to an entertaining as well as informative talk.

On Wednesday, Sept. 22, we are co-sponsoring "Managing Electronic Resources" with the Resources and Technical Services Section.  John Webb, Assistant Director for Collections and Systems from Washington State University Libraries, will talk about library issues and librarians' roles in the management of electronic resources.

As always, RASS is looking for reference librarians, from any type of library in North Carolina, who are interested in planning workshops to help serve the needs of our section.  Contact Philip Banks, incoming Chair, at pbanks@ncsl.dr.state.nc.us or (828)255-5203, or myself at c_price@forsyth.lib.nc.us or (336)727-8456 if you need more information.
  --Carolyn Price, Reference and Adult Services Section Chair

Resources and Technical Services Section

John Webb, Assistant Director for Collections and Systems, Washington State University Libraries, will talk about library issues in managing electronic resources in a program offered Wednesday, September 22nd, from 2:00 until 3:15 p.m. at the NCLA Conference.  The program is cosponsored by the Reference and Adult Services Section (RASS) and the Resources and Technical Services Section (RTSS).  NCLA members considering attending the program may wish to read Webb's article, "Managing Licensed Networked Electronic Resources in a University Library," Information Technology and Libraries vol. 17, # 4 (Dec. 1998), p. 198+ (available in full text through NC LIVE Bell & Howell Proquest).

Webb's library experience includes six years as Assistant Director for Systems at Washington State University Libraries, seventeen years of experience at the Oregon State Library where he was Head of Technical Services and then Deputy State Librarian, and five years of experience at Wright State University in positions as Head of Archives and Special Collections and then as Assistant Dean for Public Services.  Prior to working in libraries Webb worked at the University of Dayton Research Institute for five years where he developed and operated computerized technical information retrieval systems for the Air Force Aeropropulsion Lab and then served as Assistant to the Director of the Institute.  Webb is currently "steward" of a Pacific Northwest OCLC FirstSearch group of 50-60 libraries, and has just finished a term as a member of the Editorial Board of LITA's journal, Information Technology and Libraries.  Webb is currently on the LITA Publications Committee and the ACRL Government Relations Committee.  He has served on and chaired a number of  ALCTS and RTSD committees, served as RTSD Section Chair, as a member of the OCLC Users Council for six years, and as a member of the OCLC Oxford Advisory Committee and the Serials Control Advisory Committee.

Please join RASS and RTSS in welcoming John Webb to North Carolina, and come hear his presentation entitled, "Managing Electronic Resources." Handouts will be provided, and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.  An RTSS Business meeting is scheduled immediately prior to the presentation at 1:45.
  --Teresa McManus, Resources and Technical Services Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect

RTSS AWARDS

The RTSS awards' presentation during the NCLA conference will be held during the all-conference breakfast on Friday morning, September 24 (this is a schedule change).  The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. and the awards presentation should begin at 8:45, followed by installation of officers at 9:00, and Storytelling at 9:15.  RTSS is presenting three awards this year:  The Best Article in North Carolina Libraries, The Significant Contribution Award, and the Student Award.
 

Administrative  Office & Personnel Advisory Committee

The Administrative Office & Personnel Advisory Committee was an Ad Hoc Committee formed by NCLA President, Beverley Gass, to provide guidance to the Association's Administrative Assistant and the activities going on in her office. Liz Hamilton was Chair of the Committee; other members were Dale Gaddis, Diane Kester, Debbie Lambert and Teresa McManus. The committee has completed its work and dealt with these issues:

1.  Moving NCLA's office from the State Library to the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - This move is ready to proceed as soon as State Library renovations are completed, other offices have been vacated, and the Association's new quarters are available.

2.  An updated Job Description and Personnel Manual for the Administrative Assistant were written. These items clarify the duties of the position, the administrative procedures governing the position, and how the person will be evaluated.
  --Liz Hamilton, Administrative Office & Personnel Advisory Committee Chair

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee will proceed with the purchase of two table-top displays for use at career fairs, workshops, and other travel.  The three-panel displays should be a valuable marketing and recruiting tool for the Association.

Expertise needed:
The NCLA membership brochure has been updated and revised, but is missing an important component - front cover art! It has been suggested that the brochure display photographs.  If you have expertise in this area (graphic arts) - or great photos - or a keen eye or creative ideas, please help us put the finishing touch on this project.

The Membership Committee is proud to submit to the NCLA Executive Board the names of six individuals as recipients of two NCLA's Awards,  The Life Membership Award, and the Honorary Membership Award.  The recipients have been nominated by fellow NCLA members in recognition of their service and contribution to the development of libraries and library programs in the state.  The presentations will be made at the September conference.
  --Peggy Quinn, Membership Committee Chair
 

Round Table on the Status of Women in Librarianship

Get that Friday Morning VERVE! Join us at NCLA Biennial Conference:

September 24, 1999, 10:30am - 11:45am

LAURA McLAMB-HAMILTON will bring her energy and enthusiasm to Imagine the Future - Women in Charge or Superwoman: The Graduate Course."  A program co-sponsored by the Round Table on the Status of Women in Librarianship and the Public Library Section.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
A graduate of UNC-G, Laura is an active member of the National Speakers Association and serves on the Board of Directors of the North and South Carolinas Speakers Association.  She has received the coveted CSP, Certified Speaking Professional designation, presented to only 325 professional speakers in the United States.  She is president of her own speaking, training, and consulting business and numbers among her clients, Chevrolet, GMC Truck, Home Depot, and IBM.
  --Elizabeth Grey, Round Table on the Status of Women in Librarianship

Technology & Trends Round Table

A mailing is going out to all members of the Round Table, highlighting our activities at the Conference, presenting our slate of officers for the next biennium, and detailing a minor by-laws change we wish to make.  Watch for this in your snail mail if you are a member - or read about it on our web site.

WHO SAYS THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH?
If you are a member of Technology & Trends Round Table, there is! Come to our luncheon and business meeting, Friday, September 24, 12:00-1:30 pm, Benton Convention Center (Room TBA).  RSVP to Eleanor Cook, cookie@appstate.edu or 828-262-2786 BY SEPTEMBER 13, 1999.
  --Eleanor Cook, Technology & Trends Round Table Chair
 

Takedown, by E.M.J. Benjamin, is a YA novel about a high school wrestler who thinks the state championships will be the big battle of his senior year, until he begins having seizures.  Over the course of a difficult year he learns that a takedown in life can be handled with the same grace and determination as a takedown on the wrestling mat.  The book is the first title in a series for mature teens to be called "Transitions," and will be followed this fall by paperback reprints of Sue Ellen Bridgers's award-winning YA novels, All We Know of Heaven and Permanent Connections.  E.M.J. Benjamin is a pseudonym for Wilmington author Ellyn Bache and her husband, Terry, a high school wrestling coach.  Like Safe Passage, an earlier book by Ellyn Bache, Takedown reflects the Bache's experience raising teenage boys.  Banks Channel Books, PO Box 4446, Wilmington, NC  28406, October 1999. 204 pp., $9.95, ISBN 1-889199-04-4.   E-mail: bankschan@aol.com

Search for the Flaming Chalice, by Robert Shaw Kesler, is a fantasy about the long journey of three martens through the land of Toveria, with adventure, humor, and magic throughout.  The author/publisher is a media coordinator at Githens Middle School in Durham and a former middle school English teacher, and his first novel has met with enthusiastic reviews from many of his students.  He hopes to continue publishing a book a year.
Thatcher Forest Publishing, PO Box 3358, Durham, NC  27702.  151 pp., $9.95, ISBN 0-9670504-4-8.  E-mail:  ThatcherForest@juno.com
 
 

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East Carolina University
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East Carolina University
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Local Documents/Special Collections
University of North Carolina Charlotte
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