ALANEWS (May 27, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/alanews/alanews-940527 Note: conversion from a BITNET transmission format not suitable for mail delivery was locally attempted. This type of conversion may sometimes require "choices" to be made by the conversion program, based on the (lack of) support for various file formats on the target operating system. The "choices" made by LISTSERV may not be the ones you expected, since it does not know anything about the system you are using. However, you would not have been able to use the file at all if it had not been converted. If you have trouble using the file as you received it, please contact the person who sent it and arrange for an alternate delivery method. *------------------------------ Cut here -------------------------------* NEWS RELEASES May/June 1994 This batch contains: May 27, 1994 1. Former ALA President Robert Vosper dies at age 80 2. AASL Emergency Librarian Publication Award recipient named 3. AASL "Meeting in the Middle" teams selected 4. AASL offers early-bird registration for seventh national conference 5. Action for Children's Television founder to speak during ALA conference 6. ALA Annual Conference jewelry purchases to benefit Freedom to Read Foundation 7. "Ethics 'R' Us" to be presented by the ALA Committee on Professional Ethics 8. College Library Director Mentor Program to continue 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Former ALA President Robert Vosper dies at age 80 Robert Gordon Vosper, who served as president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 1965-66 term, died May 14 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80 years old. "Robert Vosper devoted his professional life of more than a half century to the advancement of librarianship, particularly through the administration of research libraries and service to the profession by his active participation in professional associations throughout the world," said ALA President Hardy R. Franklin. "By creating an environment in which people grow and serving as a mentor, he was responsible for the development of many of the profession's leaders." Vosper began his career as a librarian in the Accessions and Reference Departments of the University Library at Berkeley in 1940. In 1942, he moved to Stanford to work in the Reference Department. He came to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 1944 as head of the Department of Acquisitions. He also served as the university's first assistant librarian at UCLA and the first associate librarian. Vosper retired as university librarian at UCLA in 1973, but continued to teach in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Vosper continued as director of the off-campus Clark Memorial Library. He fully retired from university service in 1983. He was president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (1955-56) and president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 1971 to 1977. Vosper served as a member of the U.S. Commission to UNESCO from 1968-73, as a member of the Government Advisory Committee on Overseas Book and Library Programs of the U.S. Department of State from 1970-75 and as the leader of the Association of Research Libraries Farmington Plan Survey in 1957-59. Vosper received the ALA J.W. Lippincott Award in 1985 and the UCLA Medal in 1988. An Honorary Fellow of IFLA, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1969 and honored as "UCLA Man of the Year" in 1968 by the Franklin D. Murphy Associates, an organization composed of some of the university's most distinguished alumni and friends. Vosper was decorated as an officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium in 1977. He received a bachelor's degree in classics from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in classics and a certificate in librarianship from the University of California, Berkeley. Vosper is survived by his wife, Loraine; his children, Ingrid McCarroll, Kathyrn Katz, Elinor Charles and Stephen Vosper; and eight grandchildren. Contributions in Robert Gordon Vosper's memory may be made to UCLA Research Library Special Collections, or to the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90024. - END - 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL Emergency Librarian Publication Award recipient named Medium, the journal of the Washington Library Media Association (WLMA), is the 1994 recipient of the Emergency Librarian Publication Award presented by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) . The award, $500 and a certificate donated by the publishers of Emergency Librarian, is given to one of AASL's 56 affiliate organizations for an outstanding publication in the field of school librarianship. "The committee commends the Medium for a business-like approach, fully developed purpose and goals and well-defined audience," said Judith Gray, chair of the AASL Emergency Librarian Publication Award Committee. "The Medium has a well- arranged table of contents which allows easy access to the articles, a good mix in graphics utilizing photos, drawings and charts and a full range of authorship which includes student teachers, grassroots librarians and professors." Medium, published three times annually, is the primary means of communication between the association and its members. The publication includes library media and technology news from Washington state. Staff members include an editor, an advertising manager, two copyeditors and a technical support person. Sue Weiss, the editor, is a library media specialist at Ballard High School in Seattle. She was an elementary classroom teacher before earning her master's degree in librarianship from the University of Washington. Since then, Weiss has been an elementary, middle school and high school librarian as well as a district curriculum specialist for library services and instructional technology. She is a member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the Washington Library Association. Weiss is also a member and served as secretary of the University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association. She also served as an advisory board member of the university's Library Management Certificate Program. Marilyn Camp, a member of the Spokane Public Schools library media office, and Cathy Butler, an elementary school library media specialist, are copyeditors. Jean Streinz, owner of Jean Streinz Graphics, is technical adviser. Susan Baker, library media specialist at the Bremerton (Wash.) High School is WLMA president. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at 12:30 p.m., at the AASL Awards Luncheon during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The 1994 selection committee members were: Gray, chair; Winona Jones of Palm Harbor, Fla.; Diane D. Kester of Greenville, N.C.; Virginia B. Moore of Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth M. Rosen of Urbana, Ill. AASL and YALSA are divisions of the American Library Association (ALA). 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL "Meeting in the Middle" teams selected Fifteen teams of middle school library media specialists, science/math/geography teachers and school administrators have been selected to attend the Higher Education Act Title IIB training institute, "Meeting in the Middle," sponsored by the American Association of School Librarian's (AASL) on August 7-12, in Kansas City, Mo. The institute, funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, is designed to help team members overcome anxieties in subject areas which historically have had little contact with library media programs and to assist in the development of collaborative planning skills. The workshop was developed by AASL in response to the National Education Goals that call for U.S. students to be first in the world in science and mathematics achievement. Selected teams are Marjorie Burns, Bernie Schreck, Barbara Shapiro, Lyle Farmar and Ann Radamacher of St.Charles, Mo.; Mary Morris, O. Lavell Owens, Jalyn Gerlich, Joan Fox and William Zangle of Show Low, Ariz.; Virginia Rankin, Ian Armitage, Karen Gosney, Karl Holzeheimer and Judith Gray of Bellevue, Wash.; Paulette Frazer, Don Gilbertson, Pat Pitsch, Mel Sargent and Kathy Sternerson of Hardin, Mont.; Karen Douse, Linda Sayers, Marie Burr, Susan Trzuskowksi and Margaret Bean of Nashville, Tenn.; Gail Froyen, Victoria Robinson, Cathy Oates, Lyn Le Countryman and Mary Beth Kueny of Cedar Falls, Iowa; Ellen D. Correll, Frank Sanders, Patricia Hamlin, Mary Walls and Henrietta Taylor of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Shereen West, Sara Ford, Dan Urban, Georgina Hagedorn and Cindy Convington of Siloam Springs, Ariz.; Mary Ellen Shiflett, Juanita Haydel, Joette Sirmon, Denise Hillburn and Lucy DeHarde of Paradis, La.; Cathleen Freidmann, Mark Kelly, Diana Powell, Adelaide Diaz and Jo Gwen Shelby of Metairie, La.; Patricia A. Skeham, Amanda Rubins, Les Leibovitch, Terry West and Dorothy Phillips of Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Rebecca D. Jones, Betsy Hansen, Theresa Pavlik, Sonya Jackson and Ann Becker of Tucson, Ariz.; Caradith Craven, Linda Everett, Cathy Strother, Nancy Ward and Linda Hale of Edmond, Okla.; and Jacqueline Plourde, Sally Pentecost, Janice Hill, Janet Mandell and Janet Reed of Naperville, Ill., and Helen Earles, Linetta Onyeani, Philip St. Jacques, Patricia Landon and Jacqueline Willians of East Orange, N.J. Members of the AASL Institute Selection Committee were: Jane P. Klasing, chair, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Kim Carter of Amherst, N.H.; Barbara Jeffus of Clovis, Calif.; Judith M. King of Damascus, Md.; Celeste D. Nalwasky of McMurray, Pa., and Dick Sorenson of Madison, Wis. AASL is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL offers early-bird registration for seventh national conference The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is offering an early-bird registration for its seventh national conference, "Shape the Vision: Focus on Learning," scheduled for November 9-13, in Indianapolis. AASL is also offering a discounted registration rate for school administrators who will attend the conference with a school library media specialist. Administrators can register for $45 when they register on the same form as the school librarian. "AASL recognizes the importance and necessity of administration support for school library media programs and the collaborative relationships they require," said Valerie Wilford, chair of the Conference Planning Committee. "This special registration rate is an opportunity for administrators to show support for the school library media program and to learn more about the role the library has in changing schools." More than 100 concurrent sessions, tours and special events will highlight the conference. Featured speakers will be Susan Kovalik and Alan November. Kovalik is founder/president of one of the largest in- service training organizations in the United States. Her presentation will focus on Integrated Thematic Instruction (ITI), a proven model for implementing brain-compatible learning. November, a nationally-known author on technology as a catalyst for changing schools, will focus upon extending the learning environment vision. A Christa McAuliffe educator, November's expertise extends to video production, teacher training and school/business partnerships. Those registering by August 1 will save 55 percent over the regular registration. The early-bird registration fee is $125 for AASL members and $233 for nonmembers. Free copies of the AASL conference preliminary program are available from: AASL Seventh National Conference, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4389. AASL is a division of the American Library Association. - 30 - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Action for Children's Television founder to speak during ALA conference Peggy Charren, the founder and former director of Action for Children's Television, will speak at a program, "Zap! Crash! Kerpow! -- Children's Materials and Violence in Society," on Monday, June 27, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The program is sponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Association of American Publishers Freedom to Read Committee. An advocate for quality children's programming, Charren is adamantly opposed to censorship. She believes there are ways, other than government control, to improve the quality of television for children. "Peggy Charren is an acknowledged expert in the field," said Candace Morgan, chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee. "More and more librarians are receiving demands to remove or restrict access to library materials based upon depictions of violence. We are eager to hear Charren's thoughts on how librarians might confront censorship while striving to provide quality children's materials." A panel of students from the Miami area will respond to Charren's remarks. An opportunity will be provided for questions from the audience. - END - 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Annual Conference jewelry purchases to benefit Freedom to Read Foundation Kinetic, playful jewelry designs for kids and adults, will be offered during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference by Carolyn Forsman of Bead Weaver in New York. Proceeds from the sales, June 25-28, in Miami Beach, will benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation. The jewelry, most of which sells for under $10, includes "double helix" medal bracelets, miniature eyeglass pins, cycle- chain pendants, optic-art acrylic rings, silk flower chokers and hand-tied barrettes. Forsman, a former librarian and ALA Council member, has been designing and selling jewelry for 14 years. She has offered her designs during ALA Annual Conferences for nine years. Forsman's jewelry is also being sold at more than 50 museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Bead Weaver will occupy booth #2057 in the exhibits area at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The Freedom to Read Foundation is a separate organization working in close liaison with ALA. The Foundation promotes and protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press, protects the public right of access to libraries, supports the right of libraries to collect and make available any creative work they may legally acquire and supplies legal counsel and other support for libraries and librarians suffering injustices due to their defense of speech and freedom of the press. - END - 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 "Ethics 'R' Us" to be presented by the ALA Committee on Professional Ethics The American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Professional Ethics will once again use role plays to probe ethical issues of concern to librarians on Sunday, June 26, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. Returning by popular demand for the seventh consecutive appearance, the Not-Quite-Read-For-Prime-Time-Players will present "Free v. Fee" dealing with the charging of fees. The group will also present "Don't Tell Me You Can't Tell Me," a skit on confidentiality of library records and "Caught in the 'Net," which follows the implementation of a new Internet policy at St. Hyapatia College Library. Written and performed by present and past membrs of the ALA Committee on Professional Ethics, the short plays are designed to explore these issues in an entertaining and thought-provoking way. Following the performance of each skit, there will be audience participation discussion of the ethical issues the play raises. - END - 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 College Library Director Mentor Program to continue The College Library Director Mentor Program, based at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., has received a $24,000 grant that extends the program for an additional two years. The announcement was made by the Council on Library Resources on behalf of the Leadership Committee, College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). "The Council is pleased to be able to continue support for this mentoring program under our human resources program area," said W. David Penniman, president of the Council on Library Resources. "It has been a cost-effective means of providing the guidance and support needed by new college library directors and benefits mentors as well. The positive support for the program from academic deans also cannot be overstated." The program is designed to enhance the leadership capabilities of newly-appointed library directors at small colleges by matching them for mentoring purposes with experienced college library directors. Prior to an ALA conference, the first-year directors participate in a two-and-a-half day seminar led by two experienced college library directors. The program started in 1992 with a $24,000 grant from the Council on Library Resources. One first-year director said, "[The Mentor] has been wonderful, providing me with some insights into how to handle different situations and offering advice, as requested. Being a library manager. . .means not to have a peer group, per se. Although I am a member of the faculty, our schedules and responsibilities are very different. "I have had great support from the faculty and the administration for the changes I have implemented and the services we offer. Yet, none of them really understand the internal working of the library or the nuances of the library faculty versus teaching faculty. Having a person in a similar situation to bounce ideas off and just understand the perplexity of the situation is really wonderful." A college library director said, "[The first-year director's] questions have required me to find answers that I had not always thought out clearly." Another mentor reflected on his experience in the program. "I've felt that I was doing something of real value to the profession through the program." During the first two years of the program, 29 first-year college library directors and 26 college library directors have participated. For additional information and to nominate first- year college library directors for the program, contact: Dr. Larry Hardesty, Director of Library Services, Eckerd College, P. O. Box 12560, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-2506. - END -