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Collection development policies for electronic formats RASD program topic 4. LAMA preconference to focus on preventing violence in libraries 5. LAMA to offer telecommunications wiring for libraries preconference 6. Legislative Advocacy Workshop planned for ALA Annual Conference 7. May 1 EBSCO ALA Conference Sponsorship Award deadline 8. "Miami Hot Stuff" Swap and Shop theme 9. Multitype library networks and the Internet ASCLA program topic 10. 1994 National Library Week Power Programs planning Grants awarded 11. National School Library Media Program of the Year finalists announced 12. National Library Week highlights 13. YALSA preconference celebrates 25 years of Best Books 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ABC public service campaign directs public to libraries ABC Television will begin airing a new public service announcement this summer to increase public awareness of sexual harassment in the work place. The spot will direct viewers to their public library for a guidebook titled "Stop Sexual Harassment." The guidebook, which includes tips for identifying and dealing with sexual harassment and resource list, was developed by the Communications Consortium Media Center. Radio and magazine advertisements are also planned. A reference copy of the "Stop Sexual Harassment" brochure was mailed to directors of every public library when the campaign was launched in 1992. Additional copies of the brochure (two per branch) are available from: Ellen Teplitz, Director, Programs & Services, American Women in Radio and Television, 1650 Tysons Blvd., Suite 200, McLean, VA 22102. FAX: 703-506- 3266. The award-winning campaign was developed by ABC and the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT) in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA). Libraries are encouraged to contact local AWRT chapters about sponsoring joint programs and other cooperative efforts. -END- 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 BRASS Disclosure Student Travel Award recipient named Lisa J. McClain, a student at the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, is the 1994 recipient of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) Disclosure Student Travel Award. The award, $1,000 donated by Disclosure, Inc., enables a student in an ALA-accredited master's program who is interested in a career as a business librarian to attend a American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. "Lisa has demonstrated a strong interest in a career as a business librarian," said Dennis Smith, chair of the BRASS Disclosure Student Travel Award Committee. "She has shown accomplishments in her educational and work pursuits, success in community interaction, a strong professional awareness and the potential to be a leader in the field." In February 1993, McClain was hired by the Indiana Center for Global Business to provide assistance in starting the Global Business Information Network. The network assists small to medium-sized businesses in gaining information to make international business decisions. McClain continues to work for the center in the areas of collection development and reference. She also works part-time at the Indiana University Business School Reference Desk. As an undergraduate at Ohio State University, McClain was accepted into a competitive business program where she concentrated in international business. She was hired as a student assistant in one of the branch libraries where her interest in business librarianship was born. McClain has been a student at Indiana University since 1993, and serves as co-chair of the American Society for Information Science Student Chapter. She will graduate in May 1994. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, 4:30 p.m., at the RASD Awards Ceremony during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. - END - 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Collection development policies for electronic formats RASD program topic "Hammurabi and the Electronic Age: Documenting Your Electronic Information Collection Decisions" will be held on Monday, June 27, from 8:30 to 11 a.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The program is sponsored by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) Collection Development Policies Committee. The program will focus on writing collection development policies for electronic information formats. Featured speakers, representing academic, public and special libraries, include Sam Demas of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Laura Shelley, Northland Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Julia Peterson, Cargill, Inc. Information Center, Minneapolis. An opportunity will be provided for questions from the audience. The Collection Development Policies Committee has prepared a suggested list of elements which may appear on an electronic information statement. An annotated bibliography and copies of current policies developed by libraries will also be available. For more information, contact Kathleen Sullivan, Chair, RASD/CODES Collection Development Policies Committee at 805-496-3560. FAX: 805-373-6858. E-mail: tolibcol@class.org. RASD is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LAMA preconference to focus on preventing violence in libraries "Violence in the Library: Protecting Staff and Patrons" will be held on Friday, June 24, from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., as a preconference to the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The deadline for registration is June 3. Sponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Buildings and Equipment Section, the preconference will draw together a panel of experts who will address crime prevention, security and patron management problems in all types of libraries. Topics to be discussed include building design and safety, security equipment, liability issues and legal tools, personnel concerns, crisis management and dealing with the aftermath of violence. The program will also feature poster sessions and exhibits of security equipment and services. Presenters will include Randall L. Atlas, AIA, CPP, Atlas Safety & Security Design, Inc.; James H. Clark, CPP, Clark and Associations; Thomas M. Steele, librarian and professor of law, Wake Forest University; Robert L. Willits, associate director, University Personnel Services, University of Florida; Stevan Layne, CPP, Layne Consultants International; Susan Hildreth, deputy library director for Management Services, Sacramento Public Library; Roy Jones, university librarian emeritus, University of Florida Library, and Daniel P. Keller, director of Public Safety, University of Louisville. Registration fees, which include lunch, are $95 for LAMA members, $140 for ALA personal members and $180 for nonmembers. Support has been provided by Gaylord Bros., and Checkpoint Systems. For more information and registration, contact: LAMA/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 5038. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LAMA to offer telecommunications wiring for libraries preconference "Getting Wired: Planning for Telecommunications in Libraries" will be the topic of a Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) preconference on Friday, June 24, from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., preceding the American Library Association (ALA) in Miami Beach. The registration deadline is June 3. Sponsored by the LAMA Buildings and Equipment Section, the preconference is designed to provide librarians in all types of libraries with a working knowledge of the language and physical aspects of telecommunications and to enable participants to work more effectively with consultants, architects, engineers and other technicians in planning telecommunications wiring systems for new or existing buildings. Topics to be addressed include the future of telecommunications in libraries, wiring basics (with examples for people to touch) and planning flexible library buildings. Frequent opportunities will be provided to ask questions and participants are encouraged to bring current practical problems to discuss. Speakers will include Clifford Lynch, director, Division of Library Automation, University of California; Marvin Pollard, project development specialist, College Center for Library Automation, Tallahassee, Fla.; Samatha Hastings, library program specialist, The State Library of Florida, and Phillip Crannell, Gee and Jensen Architects, West Palm Beach, Fla. Case studies will presented by Bart Clark, University of Illinois; Richard Sweeney, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Lehman, Miami-Dade Community College, and Dan Walters, Spokane (Wash.) Public Library. Registration is $115 for LAMA members, $160 for ALA personal members and $200 for nonmembers. For more information, contact: LAMA/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 5038. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Legislative Advocacy Workshop planned for ALA Annual Conference "Legislative Advocacy at the State and Local Levels" will be held on Friday, June 24, from 1 to 5 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The deadline for registration is June 1. Hosted by the ALA Chapter Relations Committee, the program will provide information on how nonprofit associations can successfully and legally lobby. A legislator will offer advice on effective means of lobbying. Participants will have the opportunity to break into groups and share information on maximizing the impact of Legislative Day, the role of federal relations coordinators, political action committees, ways to use the state legislative network effectively and motivating citizens to lobby for libraries. Tickets are $10 in advance. Attendance is limited to 50 participants. Checks, payable to the American Library Association, should be sent to: ALA Chapter Relations Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. - END - 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 May 1 EBSCO ALA Conference Sponsorship Award deadline Applications are being accepted for the 1995 EBSCO American Library Association (ALA) Conference Sponsorship. The deadline is May 1, 1994, for funds to attend the 1995 Midwinter Meeting, February 3-9, 1995, in Philadelphia. The award, up to $1,000 in actual expenses donated by EBSCO Subscription Services, allows librarians to attend ALA's Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences. Five awards are given for Midwinter and five awards for Annual Conference. Applicants must be ALA members and must submit an essay of no more than 200 words on the question, "How does attending an ALA Conference contribute to your professional development?" The award to attend the 1995 Midwinter Meeting will be presented to an ALA member who has been assigned or appointed for the first time to any committee of ALA or any of its units. A person may receive this award only once. Application forms are available from: Peggy Barber, ALA Associate Executive Director, Communications, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 3217. Send applications with essays to: Blanche W. Anderson, Public Services Division Chief, Arlington County Department of Libraries, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22201. Telephone: 703-358-6334. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 "Miami Hot Stuff" 1994 Swap and Shop theme Librarians from across the country are asked to share their best public relations materials at "Swap and Shop: Miami Hot Stuff" on Sunday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. Materials must be received by June 15. Swap and Shop, the annual display and give-away sponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations Section, showcases library creativity and provides free samples of materials to conference participants. Libraries of all types are encouraged to send 100-300 copies of posters, newsletters, service brochures, materials lists, annual reports, library guides and other publicity materials to: Miami Hot Stuff '94 - Swap and Shop, c/o Mary Somerville, Miami-Dade Public Library System, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130-1523. In addition to the public relations materials display, Swap and Shop will offer mini-sessions on creating a John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award winner and quick tips on public relations problems from public relations experts. John Cotton Dana 1994 award-winning scrapbooks will also be exhibited. For more information, contact: Carol Walters, Director, Montgomery County Public Library, 215 West Main Street, Troy, N.C. 27371. Telephone: 919-572-1311. - END - 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes March 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Multitype library networks and the Internet ASCLA program topic "Dinosaur or Phoenix?: The Multitype Library Network and the Internet" will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The program is sponsored by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Multi-LINCS Section and cosponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA). The program will explore the negative and positive ways in which the Internet may have an impact on multitype library networks and their members across the country. It is designed for state and regional network library and system staff and staff of libraries that are members of such consortia. Features speakers include John N. Berry III, editor-in-chief, Library Journal; Nancy M. Bolt, deputy state librarian for Colorado and assistant commissioner; Jean Currie, acting director, South Central Library Resources Council, N.Y.; David W. Lewis, head of public services, Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis, and Barbara Stites, executive director, Tampa Bay (Fla.) Library Consortium. For more information, contact Keith E. Washburn, Executive Director, Central New York Library Resources Council, 763 Butternut, Syracuse, N.Y. 13208. Telephone: 315-478-6080. Fax: 315-478-0512. RASD and LAMA are divisions of the American Library Association. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 1994 National Library Power Program Planning Grants awarded The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a total of $100,000 in National Library Power Program planning grants to local education funds in five U.S. communities. Recipients of $20,000 grants are: APPLE Corps, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.; Forward in the Fifth, Berea, Ky.; Mon Valley Educational Consortium, McKeesport, Pa.; New Haven (Conn.) Public Education Fund, Inc., and San Francisco (Calif.) Education Fund. The five local education funds will use their grants to lead community- wide efforts to develop implementation plans for making school library media programs a focal point for teaching and learning activities in their elementary and/or middle schools. Each local education fund could receive a three-year grant of up to $1.2 million should the Fund's board approve its proposal which must be submitted by June 1994. Library Power is a $45 million national initiative of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. It is a collaborative effort of the Fund, local education funds and public school districts. Implementation grants are used to support staff development, to match city and state funds for school library materials, to physically refurbish school library media centers and to hire project staff. "The chance to be a Library Power implementation site offers these five communities a tremendous opportunity to change teaching and learning for children," said Ann Carlson Weeks, coordinator of the national program and executive director of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). "Rethinking school libraries is helping people rethink schools." The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund started the National Library Power Program in 1988 in New York City Schools. In the first three years of the program, more than 100 school library media centers were renovated and improved. By the end of 1993, the Fund had expanded Library Power to 13 communities throughout the country. In addition to New York, current sites are Providence, R.I.; Cambridge and Lynn, Mass.; Rochester, N.Y.; Tucson, Ariz.; Paterson, N.J.; East Baton Route, La.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Miami, Fla.; Lincoln, Neb.; Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colo. National Library Power sites receive technical assistance from AASL, a division of the American Library Association, and the Public Education Fund Network. AASL also provides administrative support for the program. The mission of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund is to foster fundamental improvement in educational and career development opportunities for all school-age youth and to increase access to those improved services for young people in low-income communities. - END - 11. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 National School Library Media Program of the Year finalists announced Three finalists have been selected for the 1994 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National School Library Media Program of the Year Awards. The awards, donated by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, honor excellence and innovation in school library media programs. Two schools have been selected as finalists in the single school category -- Lakeview Elementary School in the Neenah (Wis.) Joint School District, Marion R. Mueller, media specialist and Richard L. Carlson, superintendent, and Providence Senior High School in the Charlotte- Mecklenburg (N.C.) Schools, Patsy Troutman and Constance Pawlowski, media coordinators and John A. Murphy, superintendent. One school has been selected in the small school district category (enrollment less than 9,999 students) -- Duneland School Corporation, Chesterton, Ind., John A. Corso, Sr., director of media and technology and Kenneth Payne, superintendent. There were no applicants this year in the large school district category (enrollment greater than 10,000 students). Committee members will make site visits to each of the finalists. Each finalist will be judged on how well its program achieves the mission and challenges identified in "Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs." (American Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1988). Members of the 1994 committee are: Pamela Parman, chair, Sevierville, Tenn.; Dale D. Buboltz, Los Angeles; Carolyn L. Cain, Madison, Wis.; Constance J. Champlin, Indianapolis, and Aileen Graham, Manhattan, Kan. Winners will be announced in April. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at the AASL Awards Luncheon during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The luncheon will feature Laurence Yep, author of the 1994 Newbery Honor Book "Dragon's Gate" and the 1976 Newbery Honor Book "Dragonwings." Tickets are $30 by advance registration only. For more information, contact Marie-Louise Settem, AASL Office, at 800- 545-2433, ext. 4381. AASL is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 12. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 National Library Week highlights "Libraries Change Lives" is the theme for this year's observance of National Library Week, April 17-23, sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA). At the urging of ALA President Hardy R. Franklin, hundreds of libraries are expected to conduct customer satisfaction surveys as part of the first- ever attempt to take a national "snapshot" of library customer satisfaction. The Association is also continuing its campaign to secure increased funding for libraries by asking library users to share how the library has changed or made a difference in their lives. This year library supporters can send statements by electronic mail via Internet to: sup-lib@uicvm.uic.edu and Bitnet to: sup-lib@uivcm. Messages can also be sent via Prodigy Services to FMWC060A; Compuserve to 76657,1315; and America Online to CHARLIEWVT, subject: Support Libraries. Library supporters can also send messages of support "the old-fashioned way" by taking them to their local libraries or mailing them to: Rally for America's Libraries, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The deadline is May 15. On Wednesday, April 20, Barney, the purple dinosaur of public television fame, will kick-off this year's Great American Read Aloud/Night of a Thousand Stars at the District of Columbia Public Library. ALA President Franklin, who is also director of the library, will proclaim Barney a "Library Hero" for his efforts to encourage reading and library use among children. More than 1,000 school, college and public libraries are expected to host similar read alouds as part of what is believed to be the nation's biggest pro-literacy event. Other highlights: On Monday, April 18, at 10 a.m., the Education, Arts and Humanities Subcommittee of the Senate Labor and Human Relations Committee will hold a hearing on "Libraries and Their Role in the Information Infrastructure." ALA leaders representing all types of libraries will present testimony on the impact of new technology and the importance of libraries being connected to the electronic information superhighway,. Author Sidney Sheldon and Senator Paul Simon are expected to attend a National Library Week reception in honor of ALA's "Libraries Change Lives" exhibit at the Library of Congress. Sheldon and Simon are among the notables featured in the exhibit. The exhibit and reception are being underwritten by Microsoft Corporation. The event, hosted by ALA and the Center for the Book, for state librarians and other leaders in the library and book communities, is by invitation only. On Tuesday, more than 500 library supporters from across the country are expected to gather in the Capitol for the annual Library Legislative Day visits to federal legislators. The day will wrap up with a gathering of supporters on the Capitol steps at 4:40 p.m. for a group photo. - END - 13. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes April 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 YALSA preconference celebrates 25 years of Best Books "Here We Go Again....25 Years of Best Books," a preconference hosted by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), will be held on Thursday, June 23, and Friday, June 24, in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The deadline for registration is June 1. Selections from the Best Books for Young Adults from the last 25 years will be recognized. Participants will learn about the impact of a Best Books for Young Adults listing as well as the state of young adult literature today. Presenters include Betty Carter, author of "Best Books for Young Adults: The Selections, the History, the Romance," and Michael Cart, freelance author and retired director of the Beverly Hills (Calif.) Public Library. A panel of publishers will be moderated by Sally Estes, editor of Books for Youth, Booklist magazine. Several Best Books authors will attend a reception on Thursday June 23. They include Cindy Bonner, Bruce Brooks, Orson Scott Card, Russell Freedman, Walter Dean Myers, Gary Paulsen, Kathryn Lasky, Carolyn Meyer, Theodore Taylor and Laurence Yep. The registration fee, which includes a copy of Carter's newly-released book chronicling 25 years of Best Books, is $110 for YALSA members, $145 for ALA members and $180 for nonmembers. For registration information, contact: YALSA, Professional Development Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4389. Preconference program coordinators are: Michael Cart, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mike Printz, Topeka, Kan.; Pam Spencer, Alexandria, Va., and Barbara Lynn, Topeka, Kan. YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. - END -