ALA News Releases (August 25, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/alareleases/alareleases-950825 NEWS RELEASES August 25, 1995 This batch contains: 1. ALA Washington Office moves to new facilities 2. ALA announces library card "Sign Me Up" contest winners 3. ALA offers research grant of up to $7,500 4. Applicants sought for Loleta D. Fyan Grant 5. Dallas Public Library site of 1996 Arbuthnot Lecture 6. LITA/LSSI scholarship winner named 7. Nominations sought for Distinguished Education/Behavioral Sciences Award 8. Nominations sought for 1996 EBSCO Community College Learning Resource Award 9. Nominations/applications sought for 1996 K.G. Saur Award 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Washington Office moves to new facilities The American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office and the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has moved to a new and expanded joint offices. The new address for both offices is 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. The new telephone numbers are: Washington Office: Telephone: 202-628-8410. FAX: 202-628-8419. OITP: Telephone: 202-628-8421. FAX: 202-828-8424. E-mail addresses, including individual staff addresses remain the same. The move is part of the expansion of the association's presence in Washington as called for by ALA Goal 2000. The new office suite incorporates an upgraded computer and local area network, electronic communications and voice mail systems. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA announces library card "Sign Me Up" contest winners The Security Public Library in Colorado Springs, Colo., and St. Mary Elementary School in Westfield, Mass., were the big winners in the fifth annual American Library Association (ALA) Library Card "Sign Me Up" Contest. Each will receive two $1,000 gift certificates from World Book Educational Products. The libraries received first place prizes in the school and public library divisions for libraries signing up the highest percentage of new users between September 1, 1994, and June 1, 1995. They also won a bonus prize of a $1,000 gift certificate for signing up the most new cardholders. The Security Public Library increased its cardholders by nearly 25 percent, a total of 2,603 new users, by holding a contest with nine area elementary schools. The school with the most new applicants received copies of the 1995 Newbery and Caldecott award- winning books. Youth services manager Erma Gallob visited each of the schools to hold storytimes and speak to children about the public library. Gallob says it's important to go out and have personal contact with the kids. "I just know they go home and tell their parents 'Take me to the library!'" St. Mary's Elementary School increased its cardholders by more than 15 percent -- a total of 30 new users. School librarian Patricia Schweitzer encouraged the children to apply for a library card by taking each class to the public library and introducing them to its resources. Children drew pictures about their visit to the library and entered a drawing to win posters. Schweitzer says the secret is positive reinforcement and enthusiasm for the library because then children get excited, too. "It's satisfying to have students come to me and say 'Look now I have a library card!'" A second prize of a $500 gift certificate from World Book was awarded to the Papillion (Neb.) Public Library with a 24 percent increase in cardholders. The John Bosshard Memorial Library in Bangor, Wis., was awarded the third place prize of a $250 gift certificate for a 16 percent increase. There were no second or third place winners in the school library division. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA offers research grant of up to $7,500 Application materials are available for the 1996 Carroll Preston Baber Grant presented by American Library Association (ALA). The deadline for applications is January 2, 1996. The grant, in an amount of up to $7,500, is awarded to the winning proposal for innovative research that could lead to an improvement in library service to a particular group of people. The grant is funded annually from an endowment established at ALA by Eric Baber of Newton, Kan., in memory of his father. Carroll Preston Baber was library director at Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University) for 27 years and an active ALA member. During the first 10 years, Baber grants have been awarded to researchers in public, school and academic libraries, the Department of Instruction Technology in a university and two schools of library and information science. Projects have focused on such topics as the online catalog, public library information service to small businesses, the use of databases by high school students and the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) software to study public library service patterns. Applications will be judged during the ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 19-25, 1996, in San Antonio. The recipient will be announced before the 1996 ALA Annual Conference, July 4-10, in New York. The Baber Jury is chaired by Peter Watson-Boone of the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. For application materials, contact: ALA Headquarters Library and Information Center, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 6. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Applicants sought for Loleta D. Fyan Grant Application materials are available for the 1996 Loleta D. Fyan Grant presented by the American Library Association (ALA). The deadline for applications is January 2, 1996. The $10,000 grant, now in its fourth year, is for a project that will develop and/or improve public library services that are innovative and responsive to the future. The project should have the potential for broader impact and application beyond a specific local need and should be capable of completion within one year. Applicants can include, but are not limited to: local regional or state libraries; associations or organizations including ALA units, library schools or individuals. Fyan, former ALA president (1951-52), bequeathed funds to ALA with the intent that "these funds be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide." State librarian of Michigan for 20 years, Fyan believed that every individual, regardless of residence, is equally entitled to high quality library service and that librarians must be adept in using the political process to acquire this "right of citizenship." She was a pioneer in extending library service to rural areas and small communities and was a driving force behind Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funding. The 1994 winner was the Middle Country Public Library in Centereach, N.Y., for a proposal titled "The Development and Field Testing of a Public Library Quality Review Initiative." The 1995 winner was Judith J. Senkevitch, assistant professor, School of Library and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her project is designed to provide practical assistance to public libraries in improving services to those with special needs and in successfully implementing grant-funded projects. Applications will be judged during the 1996 ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 19-25, in San Antonio. The grant recipient will be announced before the 1996 ALA Annual Conference, July 4-10, in New York. For application materials, contact: ALA Headquarters Library and Information Center, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 6. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Dallas Public Library site of 1996 Arbuthnot Lecture The School of Library and Information Studies of Texas Woman's University in Denton will host the 1996 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture to be presented by Zena Sutherland on April 13, 1996, at the Dallas (Texas) Public Library. The Arbuthnot Lecture is administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the lecturer, is announced during the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting. The lecture will be held in cooperation with the Texas Center for the Book and the Texas State Library. It will be scheduled in conjunction with an exhibit of original art from children's literature which is being developed by the Texas Center for the Book. In selecting the site for the 1996 lecture, the committee considered the commitment to children's literature in the institutions and population of the area. Texas Woman's University devotes 50 percent of its faculty and course offerings to youth services. Forty percent of all course offerings stress some aspect of children's literature. The committee added that the Dallas Public Library has kept children's services in the forefront of the literary community. Betty Carter of the School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman's University, submitted the winning application. Sutherland, a reviewer, anthologist and children's literature teacher, was editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books for more than 27 years, a professor at the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago, and editor and coauthor of four editions of Children and Books. She is known for having raised the standards for studying and reviewing children's literature. Admission to the lecture is by ticket only. Tickets may be obtained free of charge until March 23, 1996, from: Betty Carter, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman's University, P.O. Box 425438, Denton TX 76204-3438. Telephone: 817- 898-2602. Or, Jan Moltzan, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Dallas Public Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201. Telephone: 214-670-1636. The Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award was established in 1969 with funding from the ScottForesman Company to honor the late May Hill Arbuthnot, an authority on literature for children. The committee selects an outstanding author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature to speak. The text of the lecture will be published in the Journal of Youth Services in Libraries. Members of the 1995-96 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Committee were: Pat Cianciolo, Michigan State University, East Lansing, chair; Beverly Bagan, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond; Glenn E. Estes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Barbara Kiefer, Columbia University, New York, and Mary D. Lankford, Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LITA/LSSI scholarship winner named Melanie R. Moon, a student at the College of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, is the first recipient of the Library Information Technology Association (LITA)/Library Systems & Services, Inc. (LSSI) Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology. The $2,500 scholarship, donated by LSSI of Gaithersburg, Md., is given to a master's degree student of a principal minority group, with a strong commitment to the use of automation in libraries, to pursue library automation as a career. "We are honored and pleased to be able to offer, in partnership with LITA, the LITA/LSSI Minority Scholarship," said Frank and Judy Pezzanite, founders and owners of LSSI. "Knowing that the scholarship will help dedicated and deserving individuals like Ms. Moon further their education gives us great pride, both as LITA members and as a library automation company committed to information technology." Moon is choosing librarianship as a second career, after a decade of working in the Princeton School System in Cincinnati, Ohio. When asked what she would say to others pursuing funding for graduate work, Moon said, "I was honored when selected first alternate for the 1994 LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship, but not satisfied...so I tried again. This year I was blessed to be selected first alternate for the Giles Scholarship and winner of the LITA/LSSI Scholarship." Moon has a bachelor's degree in Spanish/secretarial science. She has completed additional course work in Spanish. "We are pleased to see this award go to such an outstanding and sincere candidate as Ms. Moon," said LITA President Nancy K. Roderer. "We look forward to many years of collaboration with LSSI in furthering information technology in libraries." The 1995 scholarship jury was chaired by Francis Miksa of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas in Austin. The LITA/LSSI Scholarship is one of three scholarships sponsored by LITA. For further information, contact the LITA Office, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4269. Internet: . LITA is a division of the American Library Association. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Nominations sought for Distinguished Education/Behavioral Sciences Award Nominations and applications are being accepted for the Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)/Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS). The deadline is December 1, 1995. The award honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and service to the profession. Nominees should have demonstrated achievements in one or more of the following areas: service to the organized profession through ACRL/EBSS and related organizations; significant academic library service in the areas of education and/or behavioral sciences; significant research and publication in areas of academic library services in education and/or the behavioral sciences, and planning and implementation of academic library programs in education and/or the behavioral sciences disciplines of such exemplary quality that they could serve as a model for others. Nomination forms are available from: Laurene E. Zaporozhetz, Chair, ACRL/EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award Committee, Louisiana State University, Noel Memorial Library, One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115. Telephone: 318-798-4131. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Nominations sought for 1996 EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Awards Nominations and applications are being accepted for the EBSCO Community College Learning Resources/Library Achievement Awards presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The deadline is December 1, 1995. The awards, two at $500 each and citations donated by EBSCO Subscription Services, recognize significant achievement in the areas of program development and leadership. Individuals or groups from two-year institutions, as well as the two-year institutions themselves, are eligible to receive the awards. Nominees for the program award should demonstrate significant achievement in development of a unique and innovative learning resources library program. Nominees for the leadership award should demonstrate significant achievement in advocacy of learning resources/library programs or services or leadership in professional organizations that are associated with the mission of community, junior or technical colleges. Nominations information is available from: Charles P. Peguese, Harrisburg Area Community College, One HACC Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17110-2999. For additional information, contact Jack Briody at ACRL, 800-545-2433, ext. 2516, or 312-280-2516. E-mail: jack.briody@ala.org. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes August 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Nominations/applications sought for 1996 K.G. Saur Award Nominations and applications are being accepted for the K. G. Saur Award for the best article in College and Research Libraries presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The deadline is December 1, 1995. The award, $500 and a citation donated by K. G. Saur, recognizes the most outstanding article published in College and Research Libraries during the preceding volume year. The winning article will be selected on the basis of originality, timeliness, relevance to ACRL areas of concern and quality of writing. Articles for Colleges and Research Libraries may be submitted to: Glorianna St. Clair, Assistant Dean for Access Services, Editor, College and Research Libraries, E506 Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. For more information, contact Jack Briody at ACRL, 800-545- 2433, ext. 2516, or 312-280-2516. E-mail: jack.briody@ala.org. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Rob Carlson ALA Internet Coordinator 50 E. 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