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February 2001, volume 3, no. 1 |
- A WORD FROM NCLA PRESIDENT AL JONES
- COMING EVENTS
- March
5 and 6 – “Food for Thought – New Energy Sources for the 21st
Century” – Tenth North Carolina Serials Conference
- March
19 – “Digital Dilemmas: The Politics of Information in an Information
Age” – Annual Conference of the Librarians’ Association at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- March
28 – “Security Issues in Libraries, Museums, and Archives” – North Carolina
Preservation Consortium
- April
27 – “Freely Given, Freely Received: Internet Resources to Support Our
Services” - NCLA Documents Section
- NEWS
- SECTION NEWS
- Children’s
Services Section
- Community and Junior College
Section
- Documents Section
- North Carolina Public Library Trustees Association
- Public Library Section
- ROUND TABLE NEWS
- COMMITTEE NEWS
- LINKS OF INTEREST
A WORD FROM NCLA
PRESIDENT AL JONES
My Sincere Thanks to All of You
Words cannot express the appreciation I feel for all of you and for your
outpouring of good wishes following my recent cardiac adventure! The bouquet from NCLA was absolutely lovely
and made me extremely grateful to be associated with such a class act as NCLA!
Just for the record, on Thursday afternoon, December 14th, I was admitted to Rowan Medical Center and immediately transferred to Presbyterian Hospital, after being diagnosed with a rapid, irregular heartbeat during a routine stress test in Salisbury earlier that morning. On Friday morning, December 15th, I had triple bypass surgery. Later, on Wednesday, December 20th, I had a defibrillator implanted in my heart to check any reoccurrence of the rapid or irregular heartbeat.
I was released from Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday, December 21st, and have been slowly, but surely, recuperating and regaining my stamina. My vital signs – blood pressure and heart rate – are better than ever before. I have lost 30 pounds and have vowed to never get above 200 pounds again!
Future of North Carolina Libraries
NCLA members have voiced their opinions and the Editorial Board of North
Carolina Libraries is taking them into account as we move into a new
publication year. The overwhelming
consensus of opinion expressed in the survey I sent to all NCLA members in
October 2000 is that North Carolina Libraries is a valuable part of
membership in NCLA. The majority of
members also responded that, while it is appropriate to begin to investigate
the possibility of an online journal in the future, the preference is to keep
receiving the journal in the print version.
The Editorial Board met in late November to discuss the results of the survey. To save money, the Board unanimously decided to cut back from four to three issues per year. To ensure that the content of the journal meets the needs of the various Sections and Round Tables of NCLA, the Board decided to ask the Chair of each Section and Round Table to be responsible on a rotational basis for submitting an article for the journal. The journal will continue to have about four major articles along with features such as the book reviews, the Lagniappe column, the NCLA President’s column, and the minutes of the NCLA Executive Board meetings. We will continue to have one issue devoted to the Biennial Conference during the year in which it occurs.
Since there are seventeen Sections and Round Tables in NCLA, each Section and Round Table will be responsible for submitting to North Carolina Libraries one article each biennium on a rotational basis.
Revitalization of School Librarians Section
I have on several occasions expressed the need for two school librarians to
volunteer to serve on the NCLA Executive Board as NCASL President and
Vice-President/President-Elect.
Together, these officers will need to fill the remaining positions on
the NCASL Section Board. To date no one
has taken the challenge to lead. The
NCASL funds will remain in the bank untouched awaiting the time when new
leadership is found.
On a more positive note, I have corresponded with Karen Gavigan, chair of the new North Carolina School Library Media Association, and Jackie Pierson, a member of the new organization’s board. I have reassured them that the NCLA Executive Board wholeheartedly supports the continuation of the North Carolina Children’s Book Award (NCCBA) Program as a joint effort of the Children’s Services Section, the North Carolina Association of School Librarians Section, and the North Carolina School Library Media Association.
New Initiative of the Endowment Committee
NCLA will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2004. In recognition of this momentous event in
NCLA’s history, the members of the Endowment Committee, under the leadership of
Elizabeth J. Laney, Chair, have accepted the challenge of building the NCLA
Endowment to $100,000 by 2004. Letters
have been written to the various constituencies of NCLA. Postage-free return envelopes for donations
have been supplied with the letters.
Revitalization of the Paraprofessionals Round
Table
I have been in contact with Meralyn Meadows of the Stanly County Public
Library, former chair and organizer of the North Carolina Library
Paraprofessional Association, to revitalize the round table. I am very excited about having Meralyn
return to a leadership role with NCLA.
We are hopeful that the Paraprofessionals will have exciting programming
available at the upcoming 2001 NCLA Biennial Conference in September.
Floyd Relief Continues
Since October 1999 gifts have continued to come into the NCLA office. Please
continue to send your contributions to NCLA and note “Floyd Relief Fund” in the
lower left-hand corner of your check. Send your checks to Maureen Costello,
NCLA, 4646 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4646. NCLA now has a FAX number (919-839-6253) in
addition to the regular line (919-839-6252).
Your Opinions Needed
If you have comments or suggestions dealing with any of the above or just
opinions on NCLA-related matters in general, please do not hesitate to e-mail
me: pajones@catawba.edu.
--Plummer Alston “Al” Jones, Jr., President, NCLA
The Tenth North Carolina Serials Conference will be held on March 5 and 6, 2001 at the William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Registration is $125. For complete agenda and registration information, click on the conference web site http://www.slis.nccu.edu/ce2001.htm.
The purpose of this conference is to build on the accomplishments of the last decade as we prepare for the challenges today and project future potentialities. Along with a host of presenters, keynote speakers include Katina Strauch, College of Charleston; John Shuler, University of Illinois at Chicago; Julia Gammon, University of Akron (Sponsored by NASIG); and Peter Young, Library of Congress. This conference is designed to offer clear discussions and considerations to enhance the work environment of Serialists, technical services librarians, information providers and all related support staff.
The Conference is co-sponsored by the North Carolina Serials Interest Group (NASIG), Blackwell’s Book Services, Bell and Howell Information and Learning, Bridgeport National Bindery, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO Subscription Services, FAXON, ROWECOM’s Academic and Medical Services, Gale Group, Heckman Bindery, ICI/Southeast Library Bindery, ISI Thomas Scientific, and Swets Blackwell.
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LAUNCCH Conference – Digital Dilemmas:
The Politics of Information In an Information Age – March 19
Every year the Librarians’ Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel (LAUNC-CH) has a spring conference. This year the conference theme is “Digital Dilemmas: the Politics of Information in an Information Age.” Dr. James Matarazzo, Dean and Professor, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science will be the keynote speaker. Ridley Kessler, Documents Librarian, UNC-CH, will also present a session entitled “Changing Access to Government Information.” Other conference presenters are: Larry Alford, Deputy University Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill; David Ferriero, Director, Duke University Libraries; Laura Gasaway, Director of the Law Library, UNC-Chapel Hill; Steve Hensen, Director for Planning and Project Development of the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University; and Maggie Hite, Assistant Director of the World Library Partnership.
Conference and registration information can be obtained at the following website: http://www.unc.edu/lib/launcch/conf2001.htm or by contacting Terri Saye, Conference Chair, CB #3385, Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3385, (919) 962-0836, tsaye@email.unc.edu.
---Terri Saye, Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, UNC Chapel Hill
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The North Carolina Preservation Consortium will hold its annual conference at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh on March 28, 2001. The theme of the conference is “Security Issues in Libraries, Museums, and Archives”. The speakers include:
Henry DuBois, Associate Dean, University Library, California State University,
Long Beach
Linda McCurdy, Director of Research Services, Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library, Duke University
Tom Steele, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
Mike Doughtery, Security Director, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Registration is $25 for employees of NCPC member institutions, $35 for nonmembers. The registration fee includes lunch and refreshments. Forms for registration will be available at the Triangle Research Libraries Network web site, http://www.trln.org/securityreg.pdf. For registration information contact Roger Loyd, NCPC Treasurer, Divinity School Library, Duke University, 103 Gray Building, Box 90972, Durham, NC 27708-0972.
--Robert James, President,
North Carolina Preservation Consortium
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NCLA Documents Section Spring Workshop - “Freely Given, Freely Received: Internet Resources to Support Our Services” – April 27
The NCLA Documents Section’s Spring Workshop, “Freely Given, Freely Received: Internet Resources to Support Our Services” will be held Friday, April 27, 2001 at McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University.
Increasingly,
resources which amplify or replace materials traditionally available in print
are available for free through the Internet.
During this workshop the group will explore such resources, focusing on
several specific areas including standards, business resources, and
international documents, as revealed through, but not limited to, documents
websites.
--Paula Hinton, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, Documents Section, NCLA
Project
Grants for Conference
Project Grants
are available for help with the funding of programs for the Biennial Conference. The Finance Committee encourages you to
consider this opportunity as you are finalizing your program plans. Additional information and applications can
be found at http://www.nclaonline.org/GrantPagesforNCLA.html.
---Catherine Wilkinson, Chair, Finance Committee, NCLA
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ASERL
Launches Kudzu Linking 13 Research Libraries Across Southeast
The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries announces the launch of Kudzu, a system of linked online catalogs at 13 research libraries across the Southeast, connecting more than 180,000 students and faculty to more than 23 million volumes. The system allows users to browse the participating catalogs using a single search interface, and to submit interlibrary loan requests directly to the source library. Using existing systems at each participating site, most documents can be delivered within two days. Visitors can preview the Kudzu system at http://www.aserl.org.
The initial system utilizes OCLC’s SiteSearch software, running on a server based at Vanderbilt’s Heard Library; related systems and services are being considered for future phases of the system. Marshall Breeding, Library Technology Officer for Vanderbilt’s library system, is leading the technical development. John Burger, ASERL Project Manager at SOLINET, is coordinating project logistics.
The participating institutions in this phase of the Kudzu project are Wake Forest University, NC; Tulane University, LA; University of South Carolina; Clemson University, SC; Auburn University, AL; University of Mississippi; Virginia Commonwealth University, Mississippi State University; University of Kentucky; University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Vanderbilt University, TN; University of Alabama at Birmingham; and University of Louisville, KY. Additional ASERL member libraries will likely join the system in the future.
ASERL, founded in 1956, is the largest regional academic library cooperative in the country, with 35 research libraries and seven state libraries. ASERL was a founding member of SOLINET and established SOLINET’s licensing program.
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NC Live Training Spring 2001
The NC Live
training schedule for Spring 2001 has been released. One session of the subject-focused workshop “NC Live Medical and
Health Sciences Resources” will be offered April 25, 2001, at the UNC-Chapel
Hill Health Sciences Library. One
session of “NC Live Trains the Trainer” will be offered June 6, 2001, at
Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown. Three “NC Live Basics” sessions will be offered: March 28, 2001,
at the State Library in Raleigh; May 17, 2001, at AB Technical Community
College in Asheville; and May 23, 2001, at College of the Albemarle in
Elizabeth City. The NC Live training
calendar and a workshop registration form are available at http://www.nclive.org/inside.shtml#libstaff. If you have questions about NC Live training workshops, contact
Elaine J. Christian, State Library, email: echristian@library.dcr.state.nc.us or call 919-733-2570.
---Lovenia Summerville, UNC Charlotte
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New NC Consumer Health Listserv
A new listserv has been created for discussion of consumer health information issues in North Carolina. This list was started as a by-product of work at the UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library on development of a state-wide web-based resource for local consumer health information. It is hoped that this list will be a place for wide-ranging discussion of ANYTHING to do with consumer health in North Carolina – such as:
Where are there consumer
health libraries in the state?
How do you handle
requests for information on finding local clinical
trials?
What are some good
web resources in Spanish for AIDS?
… and anything
else related to consumer health issues in North Carolina.
The list is called CHINFO (Consumer Health INFO). If you would like to subscribe to the list, the easiest way is to sign up on the web. Just go to http://listserv.unc.edu/ and use the Search function to find CHINFO. Then you’ll get a screen with the option: Join CHINFO. The next screen has all the options you can specify.
If there are
other questions about the list, Peggy Hull is the listowner and you can contact
her directly at peggy_hull@unc.edu.
---Peggy Hull, Project Coordinator, NC Health Information Online, UNC Health
Sciences Library
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Ask a
Librarian LIVE at NCSU
Library users at North Carolina State University have a convenient and exciting new way to receive reference help from their offices, dorms, homes, or anywhere they have access to a computer with a Web browser. By simply clicking on a link, patrons can “chat” online with a librarian and receive answers to their reference questions immediately. Librarians can send Web pages to users to engage them in a process known as “collaborative browsing.” By allowing the librarian to escort the patron through a series of Web pages, collaborative browsing provides a means for showing, rather than merely telling, how to find materials on the Web or in the library’s catalog, databases, or electronic books and journals. The software also allows the librarian to share files of all types over the Web and to conduct online meetings and training sessions.
To see the Ask
a Librarian LIVE Web page, go to http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref/. For information about implementation, e-mail
Karen Ciccone (Karen_ciccone@ncsu.edu) or Josh Boyer
(josh_boyer@ncsu.edu).
--Jinnie Y. Davis, North Carolina State University
Wake Library History Booklet
A booklet entitled “Wake County Public Libraries: A Souvenir Centennial History, 1901-2001,” by Roy C. Dicks, has been produced as a centennial project. If you are interested in a copy, you can contact Dale Cousins at gcousins@co.wake.nc.us or (919) 856-6726). Dale indicated he would gladly share as long as his supply lasts.
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IFLA Conference Coming to Boston in August 2001!
For the first time in 15 years the United States has the honor of hosting the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Council and General Conference. IFLA’s 67th meeting will be held in Boston, August 16-25, 2001. IFLA 2001 provides a chance for librarians in the United States to meet, interact, and learn from librarians from around the world, as well as an opportunity to showcase your library and library services to the global library community.
“Libraries and Librarians”: Making a Difference in the Knowledge Age” is the theme for IFLA 2001, and programs and workshops will explore how libraries and librarians become effective players in the Knowledge age of the 21st Century.
For more information on IFLA 2001 (including
registration, housing, and volunteering) please visit the IFLA 2001 website at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla67/index.htm. If you have other questions about IFLA
2001, please contact the ALA International Relations Office at intl@ala.org, or 800-545-2433,
ext. 3201.
--Lovenia Summerville, UNC Charlotte
The
Children’s Services Section has two new board members. Loree Pennock will serve as a Director on
our Board. She is from the Cumberland
County Library System. Marian Lytle
will also be joining our Board as our NC Libraries Representatives. She is from the Rowan County Library System.
We are
currently in the process of planning for the Biennial Conference.
---Ann
Burlingame, Chair, Children’s Services Section, NCLA
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Community &
Junior College Section
The
Community & Junior College Section will sponsor a workshop May 18,
2001. Web Page Design for Libraries
will consist of two sessions:
Technical
Aspects will include discussion of software packages.
Content
will include web page critiques and applications to Distance Learning.
Each session will be offered both morning and
afternoon, allowing participants to come for one or both.
More details later!
---Carol
Freeman, Chair, Community & Junior College Section, NCLA
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The Section’s Fall Workshop in November saw a changing of the guard in leadership. Mary Horton of Wake Forest University completed her term as section Chair, and Frank Molinek of Davidson College moved into that position for the current year. Paula Hinton, Social Science Reference Librarian at UNC-CH, agreed to serve as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. Catherine Shreve of Duke University who has served since 1999 as Secretary/Treasurer, decided to move on to other volunteer positions, and Karen O’Keefe, a cataloger at the State Library of North Carolina, agreed to serve as Secretary/Treasurer.
The Section’s Spring Workshop, “Freely Given,
Freely Received: Internet Resources to Support Our Services” will be held
Friday, April 27, 2001, at McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina
State University. Increasingly,
resources which amplify or replace materials traditionally available in print
are available for free through the Internet.
During this workshop the group will explore such resources, focusing on
several specific areas including standards, business resources, and
international documents, as revealed through, but not limited to, documents
websites.
--Paula
Hinton, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, Documents Section, NCLA
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North Carolina Public Library Trustees
Association
At
present, the date for Legislative Day in Raleigh has not been announced, but
all Public Library Trustees are encouraged to attend this important event. If ever Public Libraries needed support, it
is definitely NOW! It is important that
Public Library Directors encourage Trustees to attend or, at least,
write/call/e-mail their legislators in order to show their support for
libraries.
In
planning for the NCLA Conference in October, it seems a program on Trustee
Duties and Responsibilities would be helpful.
Any additional suggestions for programs or speakers would be
appreciated.
Public Library
Trustees across the state are volunteers who love libraries, know that
libraries are an integral part of education, and are willing to voice their
opinions in order that libraries may remain THE VERY BEST PLACE TO START!
---Theron
K. Bell, North Carolina Public Library Trustees Association, NCLA
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The Public
Library Section of NCLA met at the Southern Pines Public Library on December 4,
2000. The section plans to try and get
Jan Karon or Barbara Kingsolver to speak at the luncheon on Wednesday, October
3, 2001 at the NCLA Conference. The
section also plans to work with the Friends of Libraries USA to help line up
the speaker and to possibly co-sponsor a Friends program along with the North
Carolina Friends for Wednesday afternoon (October 3, 2001). A suggestion was to have some friends group
members come and speak at the program.
This could be in the form of a panel discussion of friends’ members and
their librarians moderated by the USA/State friends’ chairmen.
The
Technical Services Committee of PLS has lined up Bin Lin, Training and Support
Librarian of SOLINET to present a program on cataloging electronic/internet
resources at NCLA in October, 2001. The
Board proposed the possibility of the Technical Services Committee working with
the AV Committee and having a program discussing electronic resources relating
to acquisitions and cataloging and processing the electronic resources. There was also discussion about the North
Carolina Preservation Committee co-sponsoring a free program in February on
disaster preparedness with an emphasis on public libraries.
Board
meetings are scheduled for March 9, 2001 at Reynolda Manor Branch in Winston
Salem; June 1, 2001 at the Knightdale Branch (Wake County); and August 24, 2001
at the Lexington Library (Davidson County).
---John
Zika, Chair, Public Library Section
Round Table for
Ethnic Minority Concerns
The NCLA Round Table for Ethnic Minority
Concerns (REMCo) is currently recruiting members to serve on the Spring Program
Committee, NCLA Biennial Conference Program Committee and two members to serve
as REMCo representatives to North Carolina Libraries. You must be a member of REMCo to serve. Student members of NCLA are invited to join
REMCo and serve also. If you are
interested or need more information, please contact Gerald Holmes, email: Gerald_Holmes@uncg.edu. The
REMCo Webpage can be found at http://ww2.integrityol.com/jlc/remco.html.
--Gerald Holmes, UNC-Greensboro
Project Grants are
available for help with the funding of programs for the Biennial
Conference. The Finance Committee
encourages you to consider this opportunity as you are finalizing your program
plans. Additional information and
applications can be found at http://www.nclaonline.org/GrantPagesforNCLA.html.
---Catherine
Wilkinson, Chair, Finance Committee, NCLA
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Intellectual
Freedom Committee
The following resolution was passed by the
NCLA Executive Board on January 26, 2001.
A
Resolution Supporting ALA Legal Action Against CIPA
WHEREAS the recently enacted Child Internet Protection
Act (CIPA) mandates that libraries and schools install and use filtering
software on public Internet computers as a prerequisite for receiving federal
funds, including LSTA and E-rate funds; and
WHEREAS no filtering software successfully
differentiates constitutionally protected speech from illegal speech on the
Internet; and
WHEREAS the federal commission appointed to
study child safety on the Internet concluded filters are not effective in
blocking all contact that some may find objectionable, but do block much useful
and constitutionally protected information; and
WHEREAS the North Carolina Library
Association does not recommend the use of Internet filters in libraries, and
emphatically oppose attempts by federal and state governments to set local
policy; and
WHEREAS the American Library Association has
resolved to challenge CIPA in federal courts;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the North
Carolina Library Association endorses and supports this legal action by the
American Library Association.
Mandates:
ALA
President
ALA
Washington office
ALA
Intellectual Freedom Committee
ALA
Chapter Relations listserv
Passed by NCLA Board on January 26, 2001
---Jerry Thrasher, Chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee, NCLA
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HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP???
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The North Carolina Library Association (NCLA)
announces annual awards of two scholarships and a student loan fund. The NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP is a $1,000 scholarship.
The QUERY – LONG SCHOLARSHIP for work with children or young adults is a
$1,000 scholarship. The MCLENDON
STUDENT LOAN FUND provides a $400 loan at 1% interest.
Either scholarship or a student loan may be
awarded for original or continued study in library science:
1.
To a student
entering library school for the first time;
2. To a student currently enrolled in a library
school program;
3. To a practicing librarian who wishes to
continue his or her studies.
To be eligible for either scholarship or a
student loan, the applicant:
1. Must currently be a legal resident of North
Carolina with a minimum residency of two years.
2. Must hold an undergraduate degree.
3. Must have been accepted by a library
school. (Persons whose library school
applications are pending may apply for the scholarships.)
Major factors to be considered in making the
awards are (not necessarily in this order).
1. Academic excellence.
2. Potential for leadership and/or commitment to
service.
3. Potential for evidence of commitment to a
career in librarianship in North Carolina.
4. Financial need.
Submit application and up to 3 references for
scholarships and loans by May 15, 2001 to:
Mr. Gerald Holmes, Chairman
NCLA Scholarship Committee
UNC at Greensboro, Jackson Library
P.O. Box 26175, Greensboro, NC 27402-6175
Fax: (336) 334-5097
Copies of the application and reference form
are available via PDF file at http://www.nclaonline.org/.
Click on Awards and Scholarships.
--Gerald Holmes, UNC-Greensboro
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published six times a year. Please submit news, conference or workshop
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EDITOR:
Marilyn Schuster
Local Documents/Special Collections
UNC Charlotte
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ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Margaret Foote
Interim Associate Director
East Carolina University
footem@mail.ecu.edu