Special points of interest:

Bios of Candidates for 2015

elections

Voters Support Library Bonds

LIBROS Consortium Adopts OCLC’s

WMS

Inside this issue:

Candidates for NMLA

Board

2-4

NMLA Scholarship

Opportunities

4

NMSU Hosts Max Evans

Exhibit

4

Voters Support Bond

B

5,6

2015 Legislative Ses-

sion

6

Future Libraries Panel

Discussion

6

LIBROS Adopts WMS 7-9

NMLA Membership 9

NMLA Officers 10

Volume 45, Issue 1 Jan/Feb 2015

2015 NMLA Spring Mini-Conference Call for Program Proposals

We welcome your interest in presenting a program at the 2015 Mini-Conference to be held April 9-10, 2015, at Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. The conference theme is “Libraries United!” All submissions must be postmarked or date-stamped by February 18, 2015, for consideration. Generally, programs will be accepted on a first-come basis, to the maximum number allowed by the space constraints of the conference venue. A confirmation will be sent to you via the email you provide. To view the form, please see http://nmla.org/mini-conference/. Please complete and return (via mail or email) to: Mail: Program Committee 2015 NMLA Mini-Conference P.O. Box 26074 Albuquerque, NM 87125 Email: nmlaminiconference@gmail.com

2015 Legislative Session

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By Cynthia Shetter and Joe Sabatini

The 2015 Legislative session will begin at noon on January 20, 2015 for a 60 day session. The following are the known legislative requests being submitted:

Department of Cultural Affairs - New Mexico State Library

1) Library Depository Compliance - $75,000 Appropriation. The Department of Cul-tural Affairs has submitted a budget increase request of $75,000 on behalf of the New Mexico State Library. The State Librarian is required by statute to maintain a depository of all publications from every state department and agency for distribu-tion to our 21 State Publication Depository Libraries. It is clear that the state's de-partments and agencies now produce less in print and more in electronic formats, which changes how this program is managed and how we capture and save valu-able information from these agencies. For full compliance of this statute, additional

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Candidates for the NMLA Board

The Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to present the biographies of the candidates for openings on the NMLA Board. The membership will receive this information by email on January 15, 2015.

On February 1, 2015, members will receive e-ballots. Those who do not have email will be sent paper ballots. In ac-cordance with the bylaws, all ballots must be returned by March 1, 2015. Paper ballots must be postmarked by the same date.

CANDIDATE FOR NMLA VICE PRESIDENTT/ PRESIDENT ELECT

I am Lynette Schurdevin, Library Director of the Rio Rancho Public Libraries. My career as a librarian began in Febru-ary 1999 in Moorhead, MN. In 2004 I received my Master’s Degree in Library Science from Texas Woman’s Universi-ty. In December 2005 I moved to Las Cruces, NM as the Circulation Supervisor and became the library director in April 2010. My previous careers were in banking for twenty years. I have been a member of the New Mexico Library Associa-tion since 2005. I have been the NMLA secretary, site selection committee member, and am currently member-at-large. I have participated in the Bonds for Libraries committee and the Legislative committee. I am passionate about libraries and the importance they have in the community. I work tirelessly to promote the library as a place for infor-mation gathering, learning and community. I often tell people their library card is the most important card in their wallet. As the vice-president elect of the NM Library Association I look forward to partnering with various library entities; profes-sional librarians and the state library to bring professional development programming to the mini and annual confer-ences. CANDIDATES FOR NMLA TREASURER (1 position available – vote for 1) José Aranda is an Assistant Professor who teaches for the Library Science Program at Doña Ana Community College of the New Mexico State University and has fourteen years of experience working in libraries. Before this role, he was that school’s first Outreach Librarian. Other jobs José has had are Young Adults Librarian, Circulation Supervisor, and Virtual Reference Librarian. José has worked for libraries in New Mexico, California and Florida. He has been an active member of ALA since 2002, ACRL since 2005, REFORMA since 2002 and is currently involved in the re-establishment of the state’s chapter (REFORMA de Nuevo México), and NMLA since 2006. He has served and co-chaired on two Lo-cal Arrangement Committees for the NMLA Annual Conference in Las Cruces (2008 & 2012), and was a member of the Planning Committee for the Library Orientation Exchange’s (LOEX) Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM (2009). Jo-sé is a member in good standing with Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society since 2004 and earned his Master of Arts degree in Library & Information Science from the University of South Florida in 2003. I believe in libraries and their ability to change people’s lives. I also value the benefits NMLA offers its members such as networking and support. I have a proven record of dedication, passion, and integrity. If elected to the NMLA Board as a member-at-large, I will be completely committed to this role as well as to those I’d represent and work for. I will work hard to make NMLA the best it can be. Lisa Pate is a librarian at the Erna Fergusson branch of the ABC Library system. Lisa began her library career when she was 13 years old when she became a library aide at her school. With this one step, she discovered that she loved working in libraries. Lisa went on to get an associate's in Library and Information Technology from Doña Ana Branch Community College in 2004 after receiving a bachelor's in English from New Mexico State University. During this time, she volunteered and completed an internship at Albuquerque Public Schools. Lisa worked for the Phoenix Public Library as a Page and Circulation Attendant before returning to school. She complet-ed her master's degree in Library and Information Science from Drexel University in 2011 with a second master's degree in Information Systems. Lisa returned to New Mexico libraries in the Spring of 2011 when she began a job at the UNM Valencia Library as a Library Information Specialist and joined NMLA. In the Fall of 2013, she began her current job as a librarian for the ABC Library system.

In between her library work, Lisa worked for a small transportation company in Phoenix, Arizona. During this time, she was in charge of the office operations and learned a lot about balancing the funds for a business. Lisa used QuickBooks to log all of the company's revenue and expenses. Besides working in libraries, Lisa's second passion in life is working with numbers. The New Mexico Library Association is an important group for library lovers and workers and Lisa is proud to be a part of this terrific association. Lisa would like to use her number skills and library knowledge to bring

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something new to the NMLA treasurer position.

CANDIDATES FOR NMLA MEMBER-AT-LARGE (2 – Positions available – vote for 2)

Lillian Chavez is the Library Director at Mescalero Community Library with the responsibility of all operations of the Mescalero Community Library. She also serves as Chair of ASCLA Tribal Librarians Interest Group; where she is responsible for informative and productive sessions on Tribal Librarians nationwide. Lillian Chavez is outspoken, open minded, fun and loves to laugh and listen to music. Lillian Chavez earned her Master’s degree from NMSU, Las Cruces, New Mexico and is a certified librarian with the New Mexico State Library. Lillian Chavez has developed the first tribal public library in the Southwest of New Mexico for her tribe in Mescalero, New Mexico. Prior to her work with the Mescalero Community Library, Lillian Chavez worked as the elementary librarian at the Mescalero Apache School for 10 years. Lillian Chavez is a Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache; she is direct decedent to Victorio and Shanta Boy and has lived all her life on the Mescalero Apache reservation. Lillian Chavez is proud to serve her fel-low tribal members and her neighboring communities as well through her work as a Librarian; Lillian loves her job as librarian and strives every day to build more resources for her community.

Jackie Dean - I have been employed in public education for 40 years, 21 years as a Home Economics teacher and 19 as a school librarian. I have been an elementary librarian, a high school librarian, and am currently the librarian at Mesa Middle School in Las Cruces. I am the chair of the Children's Literature Study Group, a SIG of the Border Re-gional Library Association and was recognized as the Border Regional Library Association's Librarian of the Year in 2012. I am serving a term as NMLA Member at Large and, as a retired Texas librarian, am a member of the program committee for the Texas Library Association's 2015 annual conference. I take involvement in my profession serious-ly and make every effort to attend and present at library conferences throughout the state. As a school librarian, I am fortunate to have opportunities every day to connect students to books, to learning, and to both academic and per-sonal success. Marian Frear – Since receiving my MLS from the University of Washington, I have alternated between medical and public libraries. While I maintain an interest in the health sciences and medical literature, I feel that public libraries are the dynamic forefront where library services struggle with emerging issues. After moving to Albuquerque in 1999, I worked briefly for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County system before taking a job at the St. Joseph Medical Center where I stayed for eight years. I rode out the transition to corporate ownership and for-profit medicine until my library was finally downsized out of existence. In 2011, I started work as the director of the Placitas Community Library, a small, rural nonprofit that until then had been run entirely by volunteers. This position provides plenty of challenges, but much satisfaction too, and the community of Placitas displays a fierce devotion to its library In a state as sparsely populated and widely spread out as New Mexico, many librarians are running solo operations in isolated areas, coping with complex problems on their own. NMLA is a vital lifeline, providing information, advice, political awareness, and continuing education. I would be happy to contribute what I can to making sure New Mexico’s librarians have the support and connection that they need. Stephanie Wilson is a Law Librarian Senior at the Supreme Court Law Library in Santa Fe, where she started as a Library Assistant in 2001. At the Supreme Court, she serves as the technical services librarian and the government documents coordinator, and she also works at the reference/circulation desk. She has worked for over 20 years in libraries, primarily in academic and special law libraries, but with short periods in a public and a community college library. She grew up in Florida and has a B.A. in History from the University of South Florida. In 2001, she moved to New Mexico, and in 2005, she obtained a M.L.S. via the online program offered by Texas Woman’s University. She is a member of NMLA and the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). She served on the NMLA Intel-lectual Freedom Task Force and as the Co-Chair of the NMLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. She is also a co-founder of the Santa Fe Librarians Group, a local group of librarians and library staff that was developed to provide professional development and collaborative opportunities several times per year.

I am currently serving my second year as Member-at-Large, with this term of service due to end in 2015. It is an honor to be asked to run for a second term for the Executive Board position of Member-at-Large of the New Mexico Library Association. This worthwhile organization provides opportunities for networking, public service, and profes-sional development. I have valued participating on a broader scale as a Board member during my term as Member-at-Large. During this term, I helped to organize the mini-conference in Los Alamos, and I have been the Board liai-

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son for several Special Interest Groups, including Local & Regional History and Advocacy for School Libraries, as well as facilitating the creation of new SIGs for Digital Collections, Technical Services, and Government Information. If elect-ed for another term, I will continue to support the efforts of NMLA’s Special Interest Groups, and I will strive to increase membership by promoting the value of the association and by working to develop a mini-conference program that ad-dresses the needs and interests of library professionals throughout the state. Thank you.

NMLA 2015 Scholarship Opportunities

The New Mexico Library Association will once again offer the Marion Dorroh and College Scholarship programs for 2015. Applications must be received by May 1, 2015. Program descriptions and application procedures are available on the NMLA Website at http://nmla.org/scholarships-grants/ If you have questions, please contact Kevin Comerford, Education Committee chair at kevco@unm.edu.

The NMSU Library is showcasing a Max Evans exhibition that displays a portion of his extensive portfolio of short sto-ries, novels, novellas, and non-fiction works from the Special Collections Department in Branson Library. Max Evans’ work features characters that embody a love affair with New Mexico and the West. The exhibition was made in conjunc-tion with a Library event honoring Max Evans’ honorary doctorate from NMSU.

The Max Evans Exhibition will be on display on the first floor of Branson Library on the NMSU campus until February 1st, 2015.

NMSU Library Hosts Max Evans Exhibition Event

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Voters Support Bond B and Other Library Bonds by Large Margins

Volume 45, Issue 1

By Joe Sabatini and Olivia Baca

Library bond issues were successful statewide in the 2014 New Mexico General Election. State General Obligation Bond B, providing $10.8 million for public, academic, public school and tribal libraries passed by an unofficial margin of 115,211 votes. With 280,177 yes votes and 164,966 no votes, Bond B won with 62.9% in favor, 0.9 percentage points higher than attained by library bond issue B in 2012. This progress was accomplished through higher margins in all but ten counties, with the greatest margin gains in Lincoln, Taos, Santa Fe, Mora, Valencia and Los Alamos Counties. Only two counties, Catron and Union, rejected the measure. Taos was once again the banner county for support at 77.2% yes, followed by Santa Fe County at 70.8% and McKinley County at 69.8%

Bond B showed the second-highest level of support among the three state bond issues; the $17 million senior citizen facilities bond (A) received 64.9%, with library bond (B) at 62.9%. Bond C, providing $141 million for higher education facilities, passed with a 59.8% yes vote. These are unofficial totals, which will be updated when the State Canvassing Board meets later this month.

In Bernalillo County, library bonds providing $1.8 million to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library System passed by a vote of 114,683 yes to 40,313 no, a 74% margin. This margin exceeded the 2013 City of Albuquerque library bond margin of 72% and the 66.3% margin for the 2012 County library bond. Voters in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County have now passed fifty-five consecutive library funding questions dating back to 1892, with an average margin of 68.3% favorable, and totaling $120 million in funding. The drop-off in support in Bernalillo County between the County Library Bond and State Bond B is 7%. The Bernalillo County library bond ranked second highest in voter support among the six bond issues proposed to county voters in 2014.

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In Sandoval County, library bonds providing $3.25 million to 15 public and tribal libraries passed by a vote of 20,910 yes to 14,245 no, a 59.5 % margin. The drop-off in support in Sandoval County between the County Library Bond and State Bond B was only 3.4%. The county library bond also ranked second high-est for Sandoval County among the four bond issues proposed in 2014. Two of the other Sandoval County bond issues were defeated.

The library community was mobilized to sup-port Bond B through the activities of the Bonds for Libraries Special Interest Group (SIG). Under the chairmanship of Olivia Baca, the SIG met periodically to promote the legis-lation, raise funds, prepare and distribute campaign materials and place advertising. The SIG used a variety of media to promote passage of Bond B to both library allies and voters who may not use libraries. The SIG website, bondsforlibraires.org, provided up-dates on the status of the legislation and out-reach projects. A radio spot ran on KMGA and KANW leading up to Election Day, in September and October 2014. Other out-reach efforts included bookmarks, window clings, buttons and “shelfies”, photos of library supporters taken with a library card or library book. The photos were distributed through social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

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2015 Legislative Session (continued from page 1)

The Future of Libraries Panel

Discussion

scanning and increased database capacity as well as ongoing maintenance is needed. The requested $75,000 will help fund this compliance.

2) The State Library bookmobile - $825,000 Capital request. Bookmobiles travel to the most remote areas of New Mexico, bringing libraries services and books to those who would otherwise not have the opportunity. These traveling libraries are specially-outfitted, carrying thousands of books, home-schooling texts, reading materials and information periodicals to rural New Mexicans. Support the DCA capital request for new bookmobiles.

3) Museum Mobile Education Program - $150,000. DCA’s Mobile Museum is 300 square feet of arts, culture, histo-ry and science that in partnership with PED will be on the move to schools throughout New Mexico. The Mobile Museum is an outreach program housed in a 38 foot RV that carries the rich and diverse resources of the muse-ums and historic sites of the NM Department of Cultural Affairs statewide to remote, underserved, and rural are-as of New Mexico focusing on delivering curriculum-based museum studies to elementary schools.

The New Mexico Library Association and the New Mexico Library Foundation are laying the groundwork for a statewide needs assessment which will culminate in a proposed Governor's Conference on Libraries in the second half of 2016. There will likely be a joint memorial to study this.

What you can do: Librarians and Library supporters are being asked to contact your local New Mexico representatives by letter, email or phone to urge them to fund these requests.

N.M.L.A. LEGISLATIVE DAY IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th

Everyone should plan to attend Library Legislative Day at the State Capitol in Santa Fe to advocate for these items and for local capital outlay requests. Librarians representing types of libraries and geographical areas will be introduced dur-ing opening ceremonies in the Senate by Senator Bill Soules of Las Cruces and in the House by Representative Debo-rah Armstrong of Albuquerque. Library supporters should gather in the galleries for these ceremonies, which occur soon after the session opens, typically between 10:00 am and 11:00 am. These times are posted on information kiosks around the Capitol. Legislation Committee members will be available near the Governor David Cargo sculpture in the west end of the Rotunda to provide attendees with yellow "Support Libraries" buttons and general information on library legislative issues. Bring with you any information about your library and its needs, which you can leave off at individual legislative offices. Senate and House member offices are shown at

http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/lcsdocs/office_assignments.pdf

Participants who arrive early have a better chance of actually visiting with their legislators in their offices or as they at-tend their 8:00 am committee meetings. There will be regular updates on the progress of library legislation in the NMLA Legislative Bulletin, which is sent electronically to various librarian e-lists.

Voters Support Bond B

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Please join us for a panel discussion, The Future of Librar-ies, on Saturday, February 7, 2015, from ten a.m. - noon in the Great Hall at St. John's College, with a reception imme-diately afterward. The panel discussion will be moderated by author, columnist, and radio show host James McGrath Mor-ris. Panelists will include: Michael Delello, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Cultural Af-fairs and Acting State Librarian Sarah Heartt, Former Librarian, Santa Fe Public Schools Patricia Hodapp, Director, Santa Fe Public Library Tomas Jaehn, Archivist, NM History Museum Jennifer Sprague, Library Director, St. John's College

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Fe

Public Library and St. John's College.

A display ad was also placed on the state’s leading political blog, “New Mexico Politics with Joe Mo-nahan.”. Bond B was endorsed by the Albuquerque Journal and other newspapers around the state. Our increased level of support in a generally conservative and low turnout election demonstrates that New Mexi-co citizens understand and value what libraries do for their communities.

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Volume 45, Issue 1

By Sever Bordeianu and Laura Kohl, University of New Mexico

In 2014 the LIBROS consortium migrated its cataloging operations from the standalone Innovative Interface system (III)

on which it had run for over 25 years to OCLC’s cloud-based WorldShare Management Services. LIBROS is a consortium

of 16 academic and research libraries in New Mexico which have shared an online integrated library system (ILS). The

consortium was anchored at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. As a standalone system, it ran on a dedicated

server which was maintained and administered on UNM’s main campus. The consortium grew organically over this quar-

ter century, with libraries joining as recently as 2011. In this sense, LIBROS was unique, because it was not designed as

a consortium from the outset. As libraries continued to join, various guidelines had to be implemented in order to maintain

smooth operation. The management of the consortium was divided between the administrative and the operational. The

administrative side was concerned with the technical and the financial side of the consortium. The operational side ad-

dressed all aspects of record maintenance and operations, including cataloging and circulation. By 2013 the Consortium

had well established rules and the libraries and librarians involved had a long and successful history of cooperation.

MIGRATION

Several factors led to the decision to migrate from the old LIBROS system to a new platform. ILS’s, like other computer

platforms, have a useful server life of about six years. The current server was reaching the end of

its cycle and would need to be replaced. And just as importantly, all major ILS vendors, including

LIBROS Consortium Adopts OCLC’s WMS System

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III, began introducing new cloud-based systems, which provided many advantages in terms of efficiency and scalability.

The old standalone ILS, while not completely dead, started to look more like a relic of the past, than cutting edge. These

two factors combined gave the libraries the opportunity to consider new options. After some serious discussions, it was

decided to send out an RFP for a new ILS. The RFP process took over six months, and gave all consortium members

the opportunity to participate. Several vendors responded and provided detailed presentations. Ultimately, the consorti-

um chose OCLC’s WMS. The contract was finalized in October 2013 and preparations for migration began right away.

The consortium’s database was massive. It consisted of over 4 million bibliographic records as well as many more item,

checkin, and patron records. These records were shared among the 16 libraries, which in turn had many branch loca-

tions, internal notes, and despite efforts of standardization over the years, many incongruities. The data had to be

cleaned up before migration. Simultaneously, the systems support staff at OCLC and LIBROS began preparing transla-

tion and loading tables for migration. Smooth operation was ensured by an incredibly well designed timetable set out by

the WMS migration managers at OCLC, which consisted of frequent web meetings, augmented by almost constant

communication via email and phone. As a result the migration stayed on schedule through completion. This reflects well

on the professionalism and dedication of all involved: the LIBROS managers and the WMS migration managers.

The specifics of data cleanup and the various stages of the migration process are described elsewhere. What is note-

worthy here is the great degree of cooperation among all the librarians involved. The migration occurred in stages, with

UNM main campus going live on July 1, 2014 and the other libraries being brought in over the next six months. By Jan-

uary 9, 2015, all member libraries had successfully migrated and were operating in WMS.

THE NEW ENVIRONMENT

There are two aspects that make the new environment different. WMS, being a cloud-based system, means that it is not

run on a locally maintained server. This feature frees up large resources in terms of system personnel and shifts the

responsibility of maintenance to the vendor. It also obviates the need for hardware purchases and upgrades. Another

benefit of working in the cloud is that upgrades happen dynamically and do not require scheduled downtimes. The sec-

ond factor that makes WMS different is that it is owned by OCLC. This means that the library works directly with

OCLC’s master bibliographic records in OCLC’s WordCat database and does not require downloading and mainte-

nance into a separate system. For catalogers, this is like coming home. Working directly in the OCLC database also

eliminates the need for separate authority control, which was another time-consuming maintenance task in the local

ILS.

There is another module integrated in WMS which makes it different from the previous standalone ILS, the Knowledge

Base (KB). This is where the electronic resources and the electronic collections reside. The KB is fully integrated into

WMS and provides a license manager and all the requisite tools for maintaining electronic resources. While these are

not fully shared among the consortium members, it does allow for some sharing in instances where resources are pur-

chased collectively. Previously, each library handled its electronic resources independently.

REDEFINING THE CONSORTIUM

One of the major implications of the migration was that it changed the nature of the consortium. In WMS, each member

library has its own OCLC symbol and it has sole access and control of its local data (local holdings records, local biblio-

graphic data, circulation data, reserve records, and patron records). The records are no longer shared and they are no

longer centrally maintained by the LIBROS system administrators on behalf of the consortium. This means that each

library is free to make its own rules because their practice does not affect the other members’ records. So in effect, the

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NMLA Membership

Honorary Life Members

Paul Agriesti Alison Almquist Thaddeus P. Bejnar Dr. David R Giltrow Charlene Greenwood Martha Liebert Betty Long Elinor McCloskey Carol Myers Linda O'Connell Elise Orell Calla Ann Pepmueller Dr. Earl H. Phillips Joseph Sabatini Ellanie Sampson Ben Wakashige Cheryl Wilson Tina Glatz

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Sustaining Members

Barbara VanDongen Bradley Carrington Cecilia D. Stafford David Caffey Dianna Rhine-Valdez Elizabeth Egelhoff Elizabeth Titus Frederick Walter John Sandstrom L. Scott Sheldon Lorrie Stepetic Mary Alice Tsosie Paulita Aguilar Susan Sheldon These members give extra each

year because they believe in

NMLA. Thank you, sustaining

members! Your confidence is

contagious.

New Members

Carrie Ackerson Todd Baker Angelita Benally Harold M. Burnett Jennifer Duff Jeanne Favret Heather Hunter Laurie Kastelic Jennifer Lonjose Sonya Quam Jacqueline Lee Sams Arlan J. Sando

Commercial Members

Sebco Books NMSU - Doña Ana Community College Library Science Program Mackin Davidson Titles, Inc.

consortium libraries act like 16 independent libraries and are no longer bound by common rules necessary when the

libraries shared their records. This clearly brings to the fore the obvious question: what is the consortium now, is it really

a consortium, and what incentives (or disincentives) do libraries have in continuing their participation?

These are the issues that the LIBROS consortium managers and the participants will have to decide in the years to

come. For the time being, there are major incentives for cooperation, as the 16 member libraries benefit from group dis-

counts to their OCLC subscriptions. Consortium libraries also have the option of creating a virtual consortium which

gives higher relevance to the holdings of consortium members, a very useful feature in a geographically large state like

New Mexico. But beyond these, the strongest incentive for staying a consortium is the community it builds. The consor-

tium, as perfectly demonstrated by the positive migration experience, has created a cohesive community of librarians in

the state who would otherwise have few opportunities to work together. The overall benefit to the state is in the in-

creased quality and level of service that the libraries can offer. Professional collaboration and networking is an intangi-

ble, but very real outcome of this close cooperation. In addition to the cost savings, this professional collaboration is

probably the strongest incentive in maintaining the consortium. As we move into 2015 the hope is that the LIBROS con-

sortium will continue to grow. One library has already expressed interest in joining, and there may be others on the hori-

zon. Our wish for the next 25 years is a continuation of this successful partnership between the libraries of New Mexico.

i. UNM Albuquerque; UNM Los Alamos; UNM Gallup; UNM Taos; UNM Valencia; UNM Law; Business Bureau for Economic Research (BBER) Albu-querque; New Mexico Tech; Central New Mexico College; Eastern New Mexico University; Highlands University; Northern New Mexico College; San-ta Fe Institute; Santa Fe Community College; Institute of American Indian Arts; Harwood Museum Taos, Taos Historical Museum, Millicent Rogers Museum. ii. Bordeianu, Sever and Laura Kohl. "The Voyage Home: New Mexico Libraries Migrate to WMS, OCLC's Cloud-based ILS”, Technical Services Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 3.

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NMLA Officers and Committee Chairs

President Janice Kowemy, jkowemy@lagunapueblo-nsn.gov

Vice-President/ President-Elect Sharon Jenkins, djenkins@nmsu.edu

Secretary Melanie Chavez, melchavez10@gmail.com

Treasurer Paulita Aguilar, paulita@unm.edu

ALA Councilor / APA Councilor Valerie Nye, vnye@iaia.edu

Members at Large

Lynette Schurdevin, lschurdevin@ci.rioancho.nm.us Steven Thomas, steven.thomas@lacnm.us Stephanie Wilson, libsew@nmcourts.gov

Awards Committee Mildred Walters, mwalters@sandiapueblo.nsn.us Lynette Schurdevin, lschurdevin@ci.rioancho.nm.us

Archivist vacant

AASL Representative Rachel Altobelli, rachel.altobelli@aps.edu

MPLA Representative LeAnne Weller, lweller1@unm.edu

NMLF Chair Carol Hoover, hoover@lanl.gov

State Librarian (Interim) Mike Dellelo

Conference Site Melanie Templet, mtemplet@sandiaprep.org

Education Kevin Comerford, kevco@unm.edu

Intellectual Freedom Valerie Nye, vnye@iaia.edu

Legislative Cynthia Shetter, shetterc@loslunasnm.gov Joe Sabatini, jsabatini423@gmail.com

Membership David Hurley, David.Hurley@nmlibraries.org

Nominations & Elections Mary Ellen Pellington, mepellington@gallupnm.gov

Bylaws Cassandra Arnold, caarnold@cityofcarlsbadnm.com

Local Arrangements Open Position

Public Relations Marian Frear, marian.frear@gmail.com

Newsletter Editor Robyn Gleasner, rgleasner@yahoo.com

Program Committee Chair Kat Gullahorn, kgullahorn@suva.edu

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Calendar

Advocacy for School Libraries Special Interest Group Spring Workshop: January 24, 2015

Voting for NMLA Board: February 1, 2015 - March 1, 2015

Library Legislative Day: February 5, 2015

Future of Libraries Panel Discussion: February 7, 2015

Mini Conference Presentation Submissions due February 18, 2015

NMLA Mini Conference: April 9 - 10, 2015

Deadline for NMLA Scholarship Applications: May 1, 2015