E-News
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"The official electronic newsletter for NCLA" |
June 2002, volume 4, no.3 |
- A WORD FROM NCLA PRESIDENT ROSS HOLT
- COMING EVENTS
- August
9, 2002 - Library Disaster Planning - New Bern, NC - sponsored by
Community and Junior College Section and North Carolina Preservation
Consortium
- North
Carolina Libraries
- Children’s
Services Section
- Public Library Section
- Reference and Adult Services Section
- ROUND TABLE NEWS
- Round
Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns
A WORD FROM NCLA PRESIDENT ROSS HOLT
When I learned that I had been elected NCLA Vice-President/President-Elect, I gathered my library’s North Carolina Libraries backfile and skimmed minutes of NCLA board meetings for about 15 years. Something that stood out was a lingering discussion of advocacy for library issues within North Carolina, particularly direct lobbying of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Each time this issue arose, it would be sidelined with comments about how difficult it might be to settle on a legislative agenda when we have so many “communities of interest” represented within NCLA. How would we choose among the range of issues in a way that would be fair to all our constituencies?
My answer to that: pick one. Lobbying for a given issue in a given year might not be of direct benefit to all types of libraries, but it puts our foot in the door. Thus, down the road, we would be in a position to support any constituency that needed our help.
The association had this opportunity in May when the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association, their libraries already hit with a “double whammy” of state and local budget cuts and facing another one in 2002-2003, came to us for help as the legislature’s “short session” got underway. The NCPLDA asked us for financial assistance to hire a Raleigh public relations and lobbying firm, Capital Strategies, to provide advice and advocacy in our efforts to preserve the State Aid to Public Libraries fund and NC LIVE.
The NCPLDA request fit closely with goals already set by the NCLA Governmental Relations Committee, which was planning a civic campaign to raise awareness about and increase support for NC LIVE. With the state’s budget crisis deepening, it appeared that both State Aid and NC LIVE could be in jeopardy.
I’m proud to say that NCLA chose to support NCPLDA. After a detailed discussion, the Executive Committee agreed to join the public library directors in this effort, a decision affirmed by all Executive Board members who responded to the request. With Capital Strategies, we hammered out a written agreement governing the efforts on our behalf, and are now at work for the libraries of North Carolina.
Taking this action has both short term and long term benefits for NCLA. In the short term, it enables us to provide significant assistance to libraries on two critical and immediate issues - one that affects us all and one which significantly affects one of our constituencies.
In the long term, it benefits NCLA by raising our profile as a leader for libraries in North Carolina. It will give us valuable contacts with legislators and other power brokers, and may result in recruitment of legislators who will act as “champions” for libraries. It will put us in a position of greater influence over matters that affect libraries in subsequent legislative sessions. It will be a learning experience as we seek ways to improve library service across the board. Finally, if we are successful, it will be a selling point for association membership, another reason for librarians to join and make NCLA a stronger organization.
--Ross A. Holt, NCLA President
Library Disaster Planning -
August 9, 2002
The Community and Junior College Section is pleased to co-host a workshop, “Library Disaster Planning,” along with the North Carolina Preservation Consortium. The one-day workshop will be held Friday, August 9, 2002, at Craven Community College, New Bern, North Carolina. The schedule is 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. with a one hour networking lunch. Cost for the workshop is $20.00 for NCLA and NCPC members and $40.00 for non-members, with the lunch price included.
The workshop provides information for developing institutional and cooperative disaster plans. Participants will leave the workshop with a template of a disaster plan designed for their library. Robert James, Director of Library Services at Wake Technical Community College, is the instructor.
A registration form was distributed via the
NCLA listserv on June 17, 2002, in a message from Robert James. If you have questions about
registration contact Sondra H. Oakley, oakley@vgcc.edu. Maps and driving directions are at www.craven.cc.nc.us/info.php?action=maps. Lodging information is at www.insiders.com/crystalcoast/quick-accommodations.htm. If you have other questions, contact
Peggy Quinn at Wake Tech, pgquinn@waketech.edu
or 919-662-3308.
--Peggy Quinn, Chair, Community and Junior College Libraries Section
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Culture Keepers V: Access - August 13-16, 2002
The Fifth National
Conference of African American Librarians will be held August 13-16, 2002 in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Visit www.bcala.org/conference for
registration and additional information.
--Gerald Holmes, UNC Greensboro
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Exhibits and Outreach - September 13 and
September 27, 2002
The Reference and Adult Services Section and the Round Table on Special
Collections are co-sponsoring a fall workshop on exhibits and outreach. Plans include presentations from
several speakers who will discuss internal marketing, relations with donors,
and creation of exciting library exhibits. The workshop will be held on September 13 in Hickory, NC,
and on September 27 in Kinston, NC.
Details will follow as the dates get closer.
--Joline Ezzell, Chair, Reference and Adult Services Section
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The Sky Is Not the Limit! - September 22-24,
2002
The South Atlantic Regional Conference of the Special Libraries
Association will meet September 22-24, 2002, in Asheville, NC. Registration information can be found
at www.sla.org/conf/conf_sar/index.html.
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Effective
Presentations to 1 or 1,000 - September 27, 2002
The Round Table on the Status of Women in
Librarianship will present a workshop entitled “Effective Presentations to 1 or
1,000” on September 27, 2002, 10 am to 4 pm, in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Arabelle Fedora, business
consultant (and former librarian), will be the leader. More information and a registration
form for downloading are available on the website at www.nclaonline.org/rtswl.
--Laura Weigand, Chair, Round Table on the Status of Women in Librarianship
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NCLA 2002 Leadership Institute
The North Carolina Library Association’s 2002 Leadership Institute will be held October 14-18, 2002, in Brown’s Summit. Approximately 30 participants will be invited to attend the five day seminar. The content of the institute will focus on development of individual leadership skills and the creation of a leadership network. Potential candidates for the institute will be nominated (or may nominate themselves) and will be selected based on their demonstrated interest in being a leader and their commitment to development of library service in North Carolina.
For more information, go to http://www.nclaonline.org/leadership/information.htm. Deadline for application is August 1, 2002.
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SELA/SCLA Fall 2002 Conference
Manuscripts still needed for the new electronic version of North Carolina Libraries! We hope to have the first issue ready sometime this summer, hopefully in July.
Articles on any topic of
interest to libraries are welcomed.
The articles for any given issue will no longer have to reflect a common
topic or theme. Articles to be
considered for publication on the North
Carolina Libraries Web site should
be sent on disk or via e-mail attachment (Word format) to:
Al Jones, Editor
North Carolina Libraries
LTDI, School of Education
East Carolina University
122 Joyner East
Greenville, NC 27858
252-328-6803
The Editorial Board is composed
of the following NCLA members, all of whom have volunteered to continue as the
transition from print to electronic is underway:
Al Jones, Editor
Joline Ezzell, Associate Editor
Mike Van Fossen, Associate
Editor
Dorothy Hodder, North Carolina
Books Review Editor
Ralph Scott, Wired to the World
(Web Site Review Editor)
Michael Cotter, Indexer
Paula Hinton, Assistant Editor
for Academic Libraries
Page Life, Assistant Editor for
Academic and Special Libraries
Joan Sherif, Assistant Editor
for Public Libraries
Suzanne Wise, Lagniappe/North
Caroliniana Editor
Diane Kester, Assistant Editor
for School Libraries
Terry Brandsma, NCL Webmaster/Consultant
Bao-Chu Chang, NCLA
Webmaster/Consultant
North Carolina Libraries’ greatest strength has been the quality of
articles it has published and made accessible to the library community
worldwide. The journal will continue to be indexed by H. W. Wilson Company.
Articles will be juried or refereed, that is, every article must pass the
approval of at least two editorial board members and myself, as Editor.
Articles approved for publication will be proofread and edited by board members
online.
The electronic version of North Carolina Libraries will be available at http://www.nclaonline.org/NCL. NCLA will maintain an archive of all
electronic issues of North
Carolina Libraries, beginning with
the first issue for 2002.
--Al Jones, Editor, North Carolina
Libraries
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Does your digital history site include digitized fiction, such as UNC-Chapel Hill’s Documenting the American South includes? Do you know of one that does?
Please
send information to Nancy Shires, East Carolina University Library, North
Carolina Collection, shiresn@mail.ecu.edu.
--Nancy Shires, North Carolina Collection, East Carolina University
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National Humanities Center Director Alan Tuttle Retiring
The
Director of the Library of the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle
Park, NC will retire July 31, 2002.
Walter Alan Tuttle joined the new institution on July 1, 1978, beginning
an uninterrupted 24-year relationship between the National Humanities Center’s
Fellows and the surrounding libraries, in North Carolina and beyond. The present Associate Librarian, Eliza
S. Robertson, will become Acting Director of the Library.
--Walter Alan Tuttle, National Humanities Center
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NC Health Info has just launched the first phase of a new project in development--a Web site, http://www.nchealthinfo.org, that will feature local health resources for communities across the state of North Carolina. This first phase focuses on the collection of electronic health related resources and links from across the state. With the help of health care workers, public health professionals, librarians, and individuals experienced in finding local health resources, NC Health Info hopes to build the most comprehensive electronic collection of existing local health related Web resources available to North Carolinians.
We’re
collecting local health web sites from around the state, such as websites for
clinics (public, private, etc.), health care providers (dentists, counselors,
and physical therapists), organizations with a health focus (local chapters of
the Red Cross) and much more! Does
your library handle questions about local health resources? Do you know of health websites in your
community? Please tell us about
them! There’s an easy way to
“Suggest a Site” at the NCHealthInfo website: http://www.nchealthinfo.org/suggest.cfm.
--Peggy Hull, NCHealth Info, Health Sciences Library, UNC
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News from Central Carolina
Community College
The Library and Information Technology program at Central Carolina Community College begins its third year in August 2002, with 70+ students. Credential options currently include an Associates Degree in Applied Science in Library and Information Technology and a Diploma in Library and Information Technology. Additional options: Certificate in Public Services; Certificate in Cataloging; Short-Term Cataloging Course (MARC).
In response to inquiries from throughout the state from both library employers and employees, CCCC will be offering a Certificate in Public Services in the fall. A Certificate in Cataloging will be available in Spring, 2003. Each of the certificates requires four specific courses for twelve semester hour credits. The Certificate in Cataloging will include two cataloging courses. In addition, a short-term cataloging course is being developed with an emphasis on original cataloging in MARC.
For
further information, please contact Ellen Dickey, Lead Instructor at edickey@cccc.edu.
--Ellen Dickey, Central Carolina Community College
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News from Cumberland County Public Library
Nicholas Sparks, best-selling author of The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, Message in a Bottle, The Rescue, A Bend in the Road, and other novels, will speak at the Library’s 3rd Annual Guest author lecture to be held at the Cape Fear Regional Theatre on Monday, October 14, 2002, at 7:30 pm. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Library Endowment Trust of the Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.
Tickets will be required for admittance to the lecture at a cost of $10 per person (tax-deductible), and will go on sale in the fall of 2002.
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The Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center unveiled its new logo on May 16, 2002, at the monthly Board of Trustees meeting at the North Regional Branch Library. To view the new logo, go to http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/Events.htm.
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The Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center now offers library users e-mail notification for hold and overdue notices as the result of a generous donation to the Friends of the Library by an anonymous donor in memory of Jerome B. Clark., Jr.
Library customers with e-mail accounts can automatically receive e-mail notices in seconds from the library’s automation system when the materials they have requested are available for pick-up. The new service reduces the current mailed notification system that takes a minimum of five days and saves valuable postage, mailing supply costs, and staff time. Customers without e-mail will continue to receive their printed notices through the mail.
The system also generates overdue notification by e-mail automatically to borrowers who have not returned their library materials on time. This expanded service also expedites the return of materials for other borrowers.
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A sampling of June and July programs at the Cumberland County Public Library:
Monday, June 24, 2002, 7:30 pm, Headquarters - Momik by David Grossman will be discussed by the Great Books Discussion group. Text and discussion questions are available from the Headquarters Library Information Desk.
Friday, June 28, 2002, 7:00 pm, Headquarters - Folktales from Around the World - Youth Services staff presents charming puppet shows, stories, and autoharp music in a trip around the world.
Wednesday, July 3, 2002, 1:00 pm, Headquarters - Children 5-12 years old are invited to meet a ranger from Clark Park Nature Center who will show various snakes and share facts about our slithery friends - Registration is required for groups of 6 or more.
Thursday, July 11, 2002, 11:00 am, Spring Lake Branch - What’s YOUR name? Is your name long or short, new or old? Was it passed down or made up, silly or serious? Children 5-12 years old will enjoy great name stories, jokes and riddles, and we’ll play the name game!
Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 7:00 pm, Bordeaux Branch - Join us for a special After Hours Garden Party! Learn the basics of home landscaping from Nancy Anderson of the NC Cooperative Extension.
The
Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center also sponsors recurring
programs on Internet Basics. a
Summer Reading Club for all ages, and other programs each week for children,
teens, and adults.
--Susan Parrish, Cumberland County Public Library
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News from New Hanover County Public Library
Summer Reading Club dates are May 23 - August 8 at all branches of the New Hanover County Public Library. Kids ages two to sixteen may sign up, set a personal reading goal, and read for prize coupons donated by local businesses.
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The
library will offer weekly summer storytimes for children of various ages,
beginning the week of June 3 and running through the week of July 26. All programs are free and open to the
general public.
--Dorothy Hodder, New Hanover County Public Library
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News from North Carolina State University
Crystal L. Hardison and Plato L. Smith, both NCSU Libraries’ Fellows, were recently invited to participate in the Training Institute for Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups at the University of Minnesota, September 28-October 5, 2002. This year the University of Minnesota Libraries, which funds the week-long event and pays most participant expenses, selected twenty librarians from a large pool of applicants. NCSU Libraries is particularly pleased that two of the librarians come from its staff.
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The North
Carolina State University Libraries appointed William J. Wheeler to the
position of Assistant Head of Collection Management for the Humanities and
Social Sciences, effective 1 August 2002.
In the Collection Management department, Wheeler will be a member of the
management team, providing leadership for the development of the humanities and
social sciences collection. In
addition to responsibilities in his own subject specialty areas, he will
supervise the work of collection managers in related disciplines and manage the
planning, policy development, funding, evaluation, and use of the collections
in these subject areas. He will
also work collaboratively with counterparts from each of the university
libraries in the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN).
--Vanessa Marchetti, North Carolina State University
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Beginning this fall, UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Library and Information Science, in conjunction with the School of Education, will begin offering on-line courses designed to meet the certification requirements for lateral entry prospective and provisionally certified school librarians. The courses are also an excellent way for prospective students to explore a career in school library media.
Courses will be delivered through no more than three face-to-face weekend meetings in Chapel Hill, NC. The remainder of course assignments and materials will be delivered totally over the Internet. While the course work is at the graduate level, the courses are designed to accommodate persons working full time. A number of different registration options will be available.
For more
information please contact Dr. Evelyn Daniel at Daniel@ils.unc.edu. More information about the program will
be available on the SILS website at www.ils.unc.edu beginning in
July.
Lesley Whedbee, UNC Chapel Hill School of Information Science
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The Rare
Book Collection in UNC’s Wilson Library is currently hosting “Walker Percy:
From Pen to Print,” on the UNC alumnus and major American novelist. The exhibit will be there through
August 15, 2002. The display
includes manuscripts, first copies of Percy’s novels, correspondence with his
lifelong friend, Southern author Shelby Foote, and photographic material provided
by Percy’s wife.
--Libby Chenault, Rare Book Collection, UNC Chapel Hill
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Project Grant Application Information
The
guidelines and forms for applying for Project Grants are available at http://www.nclaonline.org/GrantPagesforNCLA.html. These are revised and updated forms at
this location, so please do not use the forms found in the NCLA Handbook.
--Catherine L. Wilkinson, Chair, Finance Committee
· High Hopes
· Exercise your Mind
· Teen alert - Battle of the Books
· North Carolina Children’s Book Award press release
· Once Upon a Time Children’s Lock In!
· El Dia de los ninos / El Dia de los libros
· E-Review
·
StartSquad seeks sites
--Diane Kester, East Carolina University
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Community and
Junior College Libraries Section
The Community and Junior College Section is pleased to co-host a workshop, “Library Disaster Planning,” along with the North Carolina Preservation Consortium. The one-day workshop will be held Friday, August 9, 2002, at Craven Community College, New Bern, North Carolina. The schedule is 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. with a one hour networking lunch. Cost for the workshop is $20.00 for NCLA and NCPC members and $40.00 for non-members, with the lunch price included.
The workshop provides information for developing institutional and cooperative disaster plans. Participants will leave the workshop with a template of a disaster plan designed for their library. Robert James, Director of Library Services at Wake Technical Community College, is the instructor.
A registration
form was distributed via the NCLA listserv on June 17, 2002, in a message from
Robert James. If you have
questions about registration contact Sondra H. Oakley, oakley@vgcc.edu. Maps and driving directions are at www.craven.cc.nc.us/info.php?action=maps. Lodging information is at www.insiders.com/crystalcoast/quick-accommodations.htm. If you have other questions, contact
Peggy Quinn at Wake Tech, pgquinn@waketech.edu or
919-662-3308.
--Peggy Quinn, Chair, Community and Junior College Libraries Section
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In business session on May 17, 2002, the section authorized a $250 scholarship for the NCLA Leadership Institute.
Following Vice-Chair Laura West’s resignation as
she prepares to move to Mississippi, the Documents Section has welcomed Eileen
G. Brown, Assistant University Librarian Directing Government Research and
Regional Studies, William Madison Randall Library, UNC-Wilmington, to complete
this year as Vice Chair in Laura’s place and then to be Section Chair next
year.
--Paula Hinton, Chair, Documents Section
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Library Administration and Management Section
Wanda Brown and Mary Ellen Chijioke attended ALA. Wanda was on a panel sponsored by LAMS and Mary Ellen gathered information about possible LAMA workshop ideas for the conference.
The Section has
met and is discussing potential workshops for the off-conference year. Public Relations During Hard Economic Times
and Quality Customer Service are potential topics.
--Dale Cousins, Chair, Library Administration and Management Section
North Carolina Association of School Librarians
Ross Holt has appointed me chair of the Section for the 2001-2003 biennium. I would like to have a school librarian work with me this biennium as Vice Chair and be able to assume leadership of the section during the 2003-2005 biennium. Together the two of us can appoint a board to resume activities of the Section. I will not be able to do this alone, but I will do all that I can to rejuvenate the section if there is interest among our NCLA members who are school librarians.
Diane Kester,
NCLA Treasurer, and I attended the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Affiliate Assembly at the annual conference of the American Library Association
in Atlanta on June 14th and June 16th.
--Al Jones, Chair, North Carolina Association of School Librarians Section
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On behalf of the
NCLA Public Library Section, I am pleased to announce that the PLS Planning
Board has voted to grant $600 for scholarship(s) to attend this year’s
Leadership Conference. The NCLA
Leadership Conference has done a great job in helping prepare librarians for the
new roles they must assume if the profession is to advance. Those wishing more information should
consult http://www.nclaonline.org/leadership/index.html.
--Patrick Valentine, Chair, Public Library Section
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Reference and Adult Services Section
The Reference and Adult Services Section and the
Round Table on Special Collections are co-sponsoring a fall workshop on
exhibits and outreach. Plans
include presentations from several speakers who will discuss internal
marketing, relations with donors, and creation of exciting library
exhibits. The workshop will be
held on September 13 in Hickory, NC, and on September 27 in Kinston, NC. Details will follow as the dates get
closer.
--Joline Ezzell, Chair, Reference and Adult Services Section
Round Table for
Ethnic Minority Concerns
Gerald Holmes will
participate on the panel for the program, “Your Article Has Been Accepted …,”
during the 5th National Conference of African American Librarians in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida. The program
will feature the editor of the journal, College & Research Libraries. Gerald, along with one other librarian,
will discuss how they were able to use practical ideas and networking as
vehicles that led to success in publishing. Held from August 13-16, 2002, the conference is sponsored by
the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Gerald Holmes is Assistant Reference Librarian at Jackson
Library, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
--Sherwin Rice, Chair, Round Table for Ethnic Minority Concerns
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Round Table on
Special Collections
Jan Blodgett, Chair of the Round Table on Special Collections, attended the Rare Books and Manuscript Section Pre-Conference at ALA June 11-14. The pre-conference was entitled: New Occasions, New Duties: Changing Roles and Expectations in Special Collections.
See the Reference and Adult Services Section for
news about a co-sponsored workshop on exhibits and outreach. The workshop will take place on
September 13 in Hickory, NC and on September 27 in Kinston, NC.
--Jan Blodgett, Chair, Round Table on Special Collections
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Round Table on
the Status of Women in Librarianship
The Round Table
on the Status of Women in Librarianship will present a workshop entitled
“Effective Presentations to 1 or 1,000” on September 27, 2002, 10 am to 4 pm,
in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Arabelle
Fedora, business consultant (and former librarian) will be the leader. More information and a registration form
for downloading are available on the website at www.nclaonline.org/rtswl.
--Laura Weigand, Chair, Round Table on the Status of Women in Librarianship
Intellectual Freedom Committee
On May 31st, the Federal Court in Philadelphia ruled that CIPA was unconstitutional. Those who rely on the E-rate discount will not have to filter the Internet. However, it did not strike down all the law. Under NCIPA, libraries must review their existing Acceptable Use Policies to make sure that they conform to the Internet Safety Policy requirements of the Act. If you have specific questions about this, contact Grant Pair at the State Library.
We learned that the Henderson County Library banned the movie The Blair Witch Project and it made the News & Observer on May 15th. However, we have been informed that it has been placed back into the collection.
The IFC is currently working on a form for the
librarian to use on challenged material in NC libraries.
--Michael Sawyer, Chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee
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The
negative impacts of the difficult financial times we are experiencing are also
visible in the library association.
Awards are made for the NCLA Memorial Scholarship, the Query-Long
Scholarship, and the McLendon Student Loan based on the amount of interest
earned. In 2002 the news is not
good. The Memorial Scholarship can
be funded at $750 not $1000; there are insufficient funds to award the
Query-Long Scholarship at any level.
The Committee will be able to consider offering a couple of low interest
loans.
Due to the
unfortunate set of circumstances that resulted in inaccurate and conflicting
deadlines for the receipt of applications, the window of opportunity was
expanded by a month. Announcements
are anticipated by July 2, 2002.
--Sue Williams, Chair, Scholarships Committee
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