ALANEWS (June 6, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/alanews/alanews-94066 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 June 6, 1994 This batch contains: 1. AASL/ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant recipient announced 2. AASL/Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship winner announced 3. AASL National School Library Media Program of the Year Award winners named 4. Booklist Publications to host forums during ALA Annual Conference 5. Freedom to Read Foundation announces Roll of Honor recipients 6. Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship/BRASS winner named 7. LITA/Gaylord Award recipient named 8. LITA/Library Hi Tech Award recipient named 9. Top issues revealed in ACRL member survey 10. Gail and Moon Zappa to speak at ALA Annual Conference 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL/ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant recipient announced The Alaska Association of School Librarians is the 1994 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)/ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant. The grant, $1,750 donated by ABC-CLIO, is awarded to an AASL affiliate to plan and implement a leadership program at the state, regional or local level. The Alaska Association of School Librarians received the award for a 30- hour, five-day, two-credit graduate level course, "Alaskan School Librarians' Institute: Real Issues, Real Problems, Real Solutions." The course, to be offered in conjunction with the Alaska Department of Education Staff Development Network, will include instruction, dialogue and idea sharing about national, state and local school library concerns focusing on the implementing of Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (American Library Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1988), the school library media specialist as a catalyst for change, technology, programming and other issues of concern to Alaska school librarians. "The Alaska Association of School Librarians submitted a clear plan for their leadership development program," said M. Elspeth Goodin, chair of the 1994 AASL/ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant Award Committee. "Their goals were well- defined and their evaluation procedures were reasonable and appropriate. Other state associations should have no problem duplicating this program." Roslyn (Roz) Goodman, media specialist for the Bering Strait School District in Unalakeet, Alaska, is the contact person for the project. Marilyn Clark, media specialist at Dryden Middle School in Juneau, Alaska, is president of the AASL Alaska Affiliate organization. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at 12:30 p.m. during the AASL Awards Luncheon at the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. Members of the 1994 selection committee were: Goodin, chair, of Newton, N.J.; Diane Biesel of Haworth, N.J.; Marylynn Boatright of Lebanon, Ind.; Elizabeth F. Howard of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Andrea L. Miller of Clarion, Pa. AASL is a division of the America Library Association. - END - 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL/Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship winner announced Linda de Lyon Friel, supervisor of media services at the Methuen (Mass.) Public Schools, is the 1994 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)/Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship. The award, $500 donated by Information Plus, is given to a school library media specialist, supervisor or educator for attendance at an American Library Association (ALA) or AASL continuing education event. De Lyon Friel will use the scholarship to attend the AASL National Conference, "Shape the Vision," November 9-13 in Indianapolis. Sally L. Myers, chair of the AASL Information Plus Continuing Education Scholarship Committee, said the committee was impressed by de Lyon Friel's multiple professional goals and desire to access information by attending a professional development opportunity. Myers said de Lyon Friel plans to return home and share that information with others. De Lyon Friel has worked as unified media specialist at the Shawsheen Elementary School in Wilmington, Mass. She is a member of the New England Library Association, the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA), the Children's Issues Section of the MLA and the North Shore School Library Media Association. She has a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Boston, a master's degree in library science from Simmons College in Boston and is a doctoral candidate in educational leadership in schooling at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. The award will be presented on Friday, November 11, at 6:30 p.m., at the Author Banquet with Jon Scieszka, author of the 1993 Newbery Honor Book "The Stinky Cheese Man," during the AASL Seventh National Conference in Indianapolis. Selection committee members were: Myers, chair of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Marie Harris Aldridge of Washington, D.C.; M. Jean Greenlaw of Denton, Texas; Jean E. Lowrie of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Selene Meeks of Lake Forest, Ill., and Donna Pohl of San Angelo, Texas. AASL is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL National School Library Media Program of the Year Award winners named The Duneland School Corporation in Chesterton, Ind., the Lakeview Elementary School in Neenah, Wis., and the Providence Senior High School in Charlotte, N.C., are the 1994 recipients of the National School Library Media Program of the Year Awards presented by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). The awards, up to $3,000 donated by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, are given to school districts and/or single schools for excellence and innovation in outstanding library media programs. Duneland School Corporation won the small district category (enrollment less than 9,999) and will receive $3,000. Lakeview Elementary and Providence Senior High Schools tied in the single schools category and will receive $1,500 each. There are eight schools in the Duneland School Corporation, serving nearly 5,000 students. The district has 10 full-time library media specialists. The 1993-94 per pupil expenditure for library materials is $99.11 -- a 69 percent increase over 1992-93. The funding increase was earmarked for computer equipment, software and teacher training. The current ratio of library materials to student enrollment is 28 to one. "The Duneland School Corporation demonstrates both a commitment to using technology in the instructional program and to having quality library media programs," said Pamela Parman, chair of the AASL National School Library Media Program of the Year Award Committee. "Their district level services are outstanding for a system this size." John A. Corso, Sr., is director of media and technology at Duneland and Kenneth Payne is the superintendent of schools. Providence Senior High School serves 1,548 students in grades 10-12. The school was built in 1989 with a commitment from the school system to equip the media center with cutting-edge technology. "A world class media center demands that both material and technical resources be firmly in place," said Providence Superintendent John A. Murphy. "The key to our success is that we have a highly effective and innovative media staff who function as an integral part of the school's instructional program." Parman said, "The library media staff in this school works 150 percent of the time and is held in high regard by the faculty and students." She said Providence's media center is "student-centered." Students are encouraged to utilize the resources and produce their own research. Collaborative instruction includes a daily television program produced by a class taught by a drama teacher and a library media specialist. The media specialist works to facilitate use of the library media center by both faculty and students. A library media handbook produced by the library media specialist for each member of the school's faculty is used as a model in library training institutions. Constance Pawlowski and Patsy Troutman are media coordinators at Providence. Gregory Clemmer is the principal. Lakeview Elementary School serves 465 students in grades kindergarten through sixth. The school was built in 1859, but was closed for renovation in 1983 and reopened in 1988. Community outreach and the leadership skills of the principal and library media specialist were considered to be two of Lakeview's strengths. "The Lakeview Elementary library media specialist provides leadership at both the school and district level and the result is a team approach to library utilization and instructional planning by teachers, the principal and the media specialist," Parman said. The school's community outreach activities include reading programs and "computer moms," a community volunteer group. "It is obvious that the library is considered the heart of the school and an important part of the community," Parman added. Marion B. Mueller is the media specialist at Lakeview. Robert Lindler is principal and Richard L. Carlson, superintendent of schools for the Lakeview/Neenah Joint School District. The awards 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. Members of the AASL selection committee were: Parman, chair, of Sevierville, Tenn.; Dale D.Buboltz of Los Angeles; Carolyn L. Cain of Madison, Wis.; Constance J. Champlin of Indianapolis, and Aileen Graham of Manhattan, Kan. 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 Booklist Publications to host forums during ALA Annual Conference Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association (ALA), will present two forums during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The 1994 Books for Youth Forum, "What's Happening! Spanish-language Books/Que sucesco! Libros in Espanol," will be held on Friday, June 24, from 8 to 10 p.m. A panel of experts will discuss what's new in Spanish-language books for children and young adults. Panelists will include Alma Flor Ada, author, translator and consultant to Libros Colibri, Antheneum's Spanish-language publishing program; Christopher Franceschelli, president and publisher of Dutton Children's Books; Lucia Gonzales, Miami librarian and author of "The Bossy Gallito"; Marta Lindner-Garcia, head of the Children's Department at West Dade Regional Library in Miami; Teresa Mlawer, senior vice president for Lectorum Publications, and Isabel Schon, director of the Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents at California State University, San Marcos, and Booklist columnist. Sally Estes, editor, Books for Youth for Booklist, will serve as moderator. "Not South of the Border: Hispanic American Writers in Literature Today," is the title of the 1994 Adult Books Forum to be held on Sunday, June 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A panel will discuss and debate the literary, publishing and cultural issues faced by Hispanic American writers as individuals and as members of the Hispanic community. Panelists will include Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents"; Danilo Figueredo, consultant on Latin American Studies and director of the Bloomfield (N.J.) College Library, and David Unger, writer and East Coast coordinator of the Guadalajara Book Fair. Brad Hooper, associate editor, Adult Books for Booklist, will serve as moderator. - END - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Freedom to Read Foundation announces Roll of Honor recipients Musician Frank Zappa and the partnership of the Juneau, Alaska, school board, superintendent and school library media specialists are the 1994 recipients of the Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Awards. The Roll of Honor Awards, established by the Freedom to Read Foundation in 1988, honors those who have taken a courageous personal stand against censorship and who have contributed substantially to the Freedom to Read Foundation's mission. "Frank Zappa was known not only as a visionary and gifted musician and composer, but also as an uncompromising defender of First Amendment rights," said Gordon Conable, president of the Freedom to Read Foundation. "Zappa's unique ability to expose the absurdities of censorship and his willingness to confront government officials made him a hero among librarians and supporters of intellectual freedom everywhere." Zappa's widow, Gail, and daughter, Moon, will accept the award on his behalf. The partnership of the Juneau, Alaska, school board, superintendent and school library media specialists is being honored for the unified effort to defend their students freedom to read when pressure groups attacked the availability of the children's picture book "Daddy's Roommate," a book about an nontraditional family. "Uniting to protect the principles of intellectual freedom, the concepts of tolerance and diversity and the rights of students to have access to information from various points of view, the partnership successfully warded off demands that 'Daddy's Roommate' be removed from school library collections," said J. Dennis Day, vice president of the Freedom to Read Foundation. "The partners of the Juneau schools set an important example for their students -- they made it very clear that a free society depends upon tolerance in the interest of preserving freedom and dignity for all. Board member Alan Schoor, superintendent Robert Van Slyke and librarians Ann K. Symons and Marilyn Clark will accept the award. The awards will be presented on Saturday, June 25, at 4:15 p.m., at the Opening General Session during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. 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 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 in defense of free speech and freedom of the press. - END - 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship/BRASS winner named Judith May Nixon, Krannert librarian at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., is the 1993 recipient of the Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Business References and Services Section (BRASS). The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by Gale Research, Inc., is given to an individual for distinguished activities in the field of business librarianship. "Judith Nixon has shared her knowledge and enthusiasm for business reference with practicing librarians, faculty, students and colleagues through her inspirational leadership and dedication within the Business Reference and Services Section," said Kelly Janousek, chair of the Gale Research Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship Committee. "She has given direction and insight to those in pursuit of business information, primarily in the hotel and restaurant field." Utilizing computer technology, Nixon started the Lodging and Restaurant Index, a periodical index of more than 50 trade and scholarly publications in the hospitality industry. The Index is sold to other university libraries and businesses in print and electronic format. Nixon was head of the Consumer & Family Sciences Library at Purdue before assuming her current position. Prior to coming to Purdue, she was business librarian at the University of Arizona, reference coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and reference librarian at the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library. She is the author of several books in the business field -- "Industry and Company Information: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources" (Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1991), "Hotel and Restaurant Industries: An Information Sourcebook" (Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1988) and "Hotel and Restaurant Industries: A Bibliography and Information Sourcebook," 2nd ed. (W. Layfayette, IN: RHIMI Purdue University, 1993). Nixon is also the author of the "Labor Contracts" section of the "American Labor Directory" (Detroit, MI, 1992). Nixon received the John H. Moriarty Award for Excellence in Library Services in 1989. She is chair of the American Library Association (ALA) Business Reference and Services Section Planning Committee and a member of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Nixon was chair (1987-1993) of the ALA Home Economics/Human Ecology Librarians Discussion Group and Book Review editor (1986-1989) for the Newsletter, a publication of the ALA Law and Political Science Section. She has a bachelor's degree in education/history from Valparaiso (Ind.) University and a master's degree in library science from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Nixon will receive the award on Monday, June 27, at 4:30 p.m., at the RASD Awards Ceremony during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. RASD and ACRL are divisions of the American Library Association. - END - 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LITA/Gaylord Award recipient named Davis B. McCarn, retired associate director for plans and programs at the National Library of Medicine, is the 1994 recipient of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology. The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by Gaylord Bros., recognizes achievement in library and information technology. "Davis McCarn has been a leader in the field of information technology from his early days of developing MEDLARS through the development of 'Grateful MED,'" said Dan Iddings, chair of the LITA/Gaylord Award Committee. "He has shown tireless support for public libraries as a member of the PUBLIUS." McCarn has served as a leader in library and information technology for more than 20 years and led the way in developing online database retrieval systems. His leadership and management at the National Library of Medicine helped to create the first nationally available online services, Abridged Index Medicus and MEDLINE. After 1978, McCarn developed systems for computerized publishing and online services for the H.W. Wilson Company. His work for Wilson changed the way "The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature" and the "Cumulative Book Index" are produced today. He began the development of WILSONSEARCH and Grateful Med. A member of the Montgomery (Md.) Library Board, McCarn has been a delegate to the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services, a member of the Network Coordinating Committee for the Maryland Library Network and has organized PUBLIUS, a state political action committee for the promotion of libraries in Maryland. He has a bachelor's degree from Haverford College in Philadelphia, Pa. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at the LITA President's Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. LITA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award recipient named Ching-chih Chen, professor and associate dean in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, Mass., is the 1994 recipient of the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA)/Library Hi Tech Award. The award, $1,000 donated by Pierian Press, is given to an individual or institution for a work that shows outstanding communication for continuing education in library and information technology. "Dr. Chen has been selected for this award based upon her very impressive body of published works in print and nonprint formats within the last five years to educate practitioners on a worldwide scale," said Lynne Lysiak, chair of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award Committee. "Her high quality and voluminous publications truly embody the essence of this award. "During the last five years, she has written three books, edited and published four conference proceedings of international conferences on new information technology and written literally dozens of journal articles, all while serving as editor-in-chief and columnist for Microcomputers for Information Management." As the founding editor of Microcomputers for Information Management, Chen contributes full-length articles, editorials and the MicroWatch column to that publication. She is the author of more than 40 articles and has 30 other contributions to proceedings and other publications to her credit. Chen is the author of "Hypersource on Multimedia/Hypermedia Technologies," (LITA, 1989); "Hypersource on Optical Technologies," (LITA 1989, and "Optical Discs in Libraries: Use and Trends," (Learned Information, 1991). Chen is the recipient of the Distinguished Award (1992) from the Asian Pacific Librarians Association and received the LITA Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology (1990). She has a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University, a master's degree in library science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at 2 p.m., at the LITA President's Program during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. LITA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Top issues revealed in ACRL member survey Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) members have identified top issues of concern as a result of a fall 1993 survey sent to a sample of ACRL members. The top issues are keeping current with technology, assisting faculty and students in using information resources, using electronic communications effectively, obtaining access to electronic communications and information, coping with shrinking library budgets and rising journal prices and finding quality professional staff. Survey results show that nearly 45 percent of ACRL members are employed in a research/doctoral granting university, 20 percent in an undergraduate/masters degree university, nearly 14 percent in a four year college, 10 percent in a community/technical/junior college and 11 percent in other environments. ACRL members hold a wide variety of jobs and responsibilities -- nearly 50 percent in the areas of public/information services, 44 percent in administration, 37 percent as collection development specialists, 31 percent in bibliographic instruction and 21 percent in systems/automation/online services. The average length of membership is 10 years. Almost 13 percent of those surveyed have been members for 20 years or more. Ninety percent of the members sampled have access to Bitnet or Internet. These networks are used for electronic mail, participation in listservs and to telnet to remote computers. The highest ranked ACRL activities and programs included publishing College & Research Libraries News and College & Research Libraries, developing standards and guidelines, the availability of employment opportunities information, networking with other higher education and information-related associations, ongoing legislation monitoring and the variety of programs during American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conferences and ACRL national conferences. More than three-fourths, or 78 percent, said they were interested in taking part in ACRL educational activities in the future. The majority wanted these activities to help them in the updating information on existing and emerging networks, networked resources and services, providing increased understanding of how various disciplines are developing and using networked information and planning services for the networked environment. A similar member survey in 1989 identified the top issues as rising journal prices, access to information, preservation of library materials, recruitment and retention of library staff and maintaining security of collections and users. ACRL commissioned Research USA to conduct the survey in the fall of 1993 to find out more about ACRL members, their libraries and their involvement with ACRL. A total of 600 names were selected at random from the ACRL membership list. Seventy-eight percent, or 459 questionnaires, were completed and returned. A summary of the membership survey is available free by contacting ACRL at 800-545-2433, ext. 2522, or 312-280-2522, E-mail: phyllis.a.fair@ala.org. ACRL, the largest of 11 divisions of the ALA, serves as a resource for academic, research and special libraries and represents those interests to the higher education community. Its primary purpose is to foster the profession of academic and research librarianship and to enhance the ability of academic and research libraries to serve effectively the library and information needs of current and potential users. Members of ACRL include more than 11,000 academic librarians, libraries and associations. - END - 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Gail and Moon Zappa to speak at ALA Annual Conference Gail Zappa, widow of musician Frank Zappa, and their daughter, Moon, will speak at a program, "Keeping Out of Mischief: Fending Off Censorship Pressures," on Saturday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. The Zappas will briefly address the censorship battles fought by Frank Zappa and their own feelings about intellectual freedom and the role of libraries in a free society. After the program, they will be presented with a Freedom to Read Foundation Role of Honor Award, posthumously presented to Frank Zappa, during the Opening General Session at 4:15 p.m. 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 public 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 in defense of free speech and freedom of the press. - END -