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Vice-PresidentlPresident~Elect:o ' .Earl Phillips, Director;' Educational SerVic~s

Center, I,,';lS Cruces Public School~

Treasurer:o No candidate at this, time

"Member at Large 1 ye,ar term: , /'o ' 'Noric~Lee, Branch Librarian, NMSU:Dona'

Ana Branch O)mmun~ty College "Qlivia Newfield" Los A,lamos County Library,White Rock Branch '

. l\1ember atLarge 2 year term: , '• . ' Kathy Matter, Librari~, John Baker

Elem'ent~School, Albuquerque'Barbara Rosen, Electronic Services Librarian, 'UNM, Wes'tern Governor's University

• ", Ken Slagle, HeadofCollection Services,NMSU tibrary, Las Cruces ,', '.Shirlene Gordon, AssociateDirector~'MainLibrary, Albp,.querque Tec~icalVocational ,

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Leslie, <:;hamberlin, Director, UNM Tireman'Library""

, --The Nominati6ns and'Elections Committee, Greenwood, 3540 Haines Ave., NE, Albuquerque, NM'

cdmpriseq of Charlene Greenwood, Marily-p. Reeves, '87106-1100.' , ~ ~, 'and Lindfl-Lewi_s, has prepared a ~i<ite of candidates for " ' Thanks aredue t6 conunittee members and to,'

, the offices of Vice-President, Treasurer,. aildMemb'er ,all the NMLA member$ who have agreed to :r:.Ull for'atiarge, Those who have agreed to run'are: I these positions:Ballot~ wit,l be mailed to'the' '

'membership February L Please note that January l-isalso the deadlineforjoining the As~ociation orrenewing your membership' in order- top'!-rticipat~ in ~

the mall ballot' electlo~_process. ' .Charlene Greenlfood, Chair. Nominations and Elections, '

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, According to NMLA Bylaws, Article VI,Se~tion I; "Nominations may ~lso be made by the

-membership, provided the candidate has agreed and'one or more petitions for\that candidate'signed by atptal of at-least 20 current mem~ers of the AssocIation

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or printed (double-spaced).. The next deadline isNovember 24 2000; The editorreservt'(s.theright to edit, . -. . , ..

contributions. Electronic foiniat is highly preferred.

Secretary: Claire OdenPeim-.Onate,High School LibraryLas Cruces: NM88011 ,\Phone: 527-:9430. Fax:' 527~9429'odenheim@lib.nmsu.~du

, Treas~rer:. Verl~Peterson.Branigan Memorial Library:

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Me~ber ~t/Large: Nonce Lee - . "j> DOha Ana CommunIty College Library .,'

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Me~ber-at Lar'ge:CarolMerrill.. 'APS - Hubert Hump1n;ey

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'Filters, censorship, right to privl:i.CY andconfidentiality, the right to know,hitellectual property,access to gov:emment'information; free and,equal,''access to information for all citizens are among theissues faced by publiclihraries,-sc4001 m~dia centers, .J

and college'~md universitY'.1ibraries today. In your .

-From, the President's Word·ProcesSor .

_. It's time to think about honoringacol~eagueo~\. ' library supporter for ariNM~A award. Those

,.... , dedicated people who labor for oUf cauSe wor~ ~ard-to·

keep ourlibranes growing agaInst often overwhelming;obstacles. ' Recognition fo~ their efforts by~~A isagreat' honor. This is yourch~n,ce to show your

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'Information ethics will'be the topic ofthe April', Life Membership; New Mexico-Library ~,eadership'~iOOlconferencekeYIJ.ote speaker, MarthaM.Bm!th, ,Legislator of the Year~ Co'mmu,!ityAchievem:ent, andAssistant Professor at dIe Pal~er School of Ljbrary New Mexico Library Amigo. For more.details on the.

, and Information SCience~ Long Island University, N~w awards 'criteria and-toQowriload no~ination forms,York. please go to http://lib.nmsu.edulnmlalawards.html.

" YoUr nominations shouldbe rece~vedno laterthan December 8,2000. PI~asemail them to: Toni,Be~ity, Ri~ RanchoP~blic'Library,P.O. 'Bo~15670;Rio Rancho, NM 87174. .

HbrW)' pow do you make,decisions relat~d'to thes~issues? What is the process you use for making ,

~ decisio~s ~ong ,cpnflicting positions? lnformat~onethics is concerned with "the choices and decisio,ns ~,

Fo~ all ofyou'whohaye req~esied the John thatmust be made betweencompeti~g~nterestsusingNichol's address gIven at the 2000 NMLA information systems." , (Martha Smith, "Inforrhation "

, ,Conference; if is now up'on the NMLA website! JOllnEthics in Annual Review .()fInformation Scierice and,ha's' ,contI'nued to convey his supp'ort 6f.libraries at, T hn I ,,, (ARIST)" I 32' 1997 339')ec 0 ogy " , vo .' ,', , ' ' ; p.. , _

~ every opportunity. We are lUCk/to have him in our In our rapidly changing information world, Dr.community. -' Smith urges us to ,~xamineour assumptions and 'to be .'

" -, The ALA videQ'@Yo'urLibrary, which was :aware'Qfhow and why decisions are made. Dr.-Smith, shown at the ALA 'C~nferencein Chicago last July' _' "~tates; "The need to question assumptions and the ,;and'is part of ALA's projected,tive-year campaignto , shaping of intellectual"tools for 'approach~ngpromqte public'libraries, shouldbe,'app~aring soon on, ~ontroversialissues ,are both part of the rich heritage oflocal television. We hope it will call attention to the. etmcs." (Martha Smith, lrijo(jthics jorLeaders: ',vital role our libraries play inthe de~ocraticpro,cess., ,M~de1s ofMoral Agl?ncy in the information ,"

: Ids Fall now, and a really good"time to take a: Environment, Library Trends, voL 40; no.') Winter''iegislator t6 iunch ~d telllii~,oiher what1ibniries,do ~ 1992, p. 5'53:) Plan to hear Dr. ~mlth'skeynote ,. and why we need the' support,ofthe legislature to ke'ep: speech, which is certain to be stimulating and relevantdojngit. Go someplace you enjoY"and invite a friend,' to our everyday lives. ,"from y'o~r Friends group to,9<:>me along.Sh<:>w the" , Martha Smith's websit~s: _~' ,"legislatorthe kirtdof corrmmnity support youha.ve~ http://pho~nixJiunet.edl}!-msmithJmartiyg.htmland

But let's not,forget to enjoy this beautiful ',' .http://WW\y.infoethics.org/:' ,season. 'When technology fails (and i~seems to do soon a daily basis) we are remi~'ded ofaU the gent1~~, ~

.pleasures that used to engage us before em~il! The

.sage i~ blooming here in Taos, and at least-for a while,nothing else is really as important. _

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. . 'NMSU's Online Catalog, based on the Vbyager· system made by.Endeavor Inf<;>rmation'Systems;

,integrat~s,all the .lIbrary's ,systems into one makingaccess to library collections easier and more complete.The system replaces VTLS, the catalog that aUo~edusers to searcb for books and other bound publications,

,and Innopac, the system used to 'search-for periodicals ,: and academic joumal~. " ". \

~ ."The new system has definite advantages ~ver'· the 'old systems in terms of technology," said Holly.r'ReynoIds, circulati~m coordina,torand. co-chairperson' .

ofthe implem~nfl:!-tiontask force.' "The.mail?- advant~geis that we now have one system instead-oftwo,,. , .

. - making it muc?'t~ster for ,our.users.". . \ . _. A new onlIne feature Included In the catalog

let~ users -log on to the system to see what books theyl have checked out -and allows them to-renew books .· ,thems~lyes. ElectronicJournals and other Web. .

resources will have hotlinks that users Gan access from. ... '. '.~ ." - .the catalog. .. The NMSU Online Catalogc~ be accessea athttp:/(libcat.nmsti.edu.

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·505-528~4000. . . '.. .Advoc~cyfor School Libra~i~s is another·

neW special interest-group wllich ha.s been approvedby the NMLA board. I~s 'purpose is to support andadvocate·for, school libraries. and to support the Task'Force for Schoot' Libiaries. Ifyou are interested in .joining contact: Judy Hulsey (jkhulsey@pr?digy.net),.,Rogers Bard, (rbarde@sisna.com), or Claire Odenheim(odenht:!im@lib.nmsu...edu); '. '

. The Task Force Is presenting its proposed'.standards around the state and ifyou can, please attend.a present~tion'n~ar you. The presentation schedule .and the recommended standard~ 'are ~vailable .on the .State Library. web site at: 'http_://www.st1ib:state.nin.us/survey/slir.ht~L ..

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. New Paraprofessional SpeCial InterestGroup1has been cre,ate'd for supp'ort staff and'paraprofessi<;>nals wp.o are interested in networkingand meetwg at theNMLA conferences.PSIGwill .work together .with the programming cotJ11llittee toprovide sessiorts an4 programs ofinterest at theNMLA conferences and comrtninicate theparaprofessional role.to the New Mexico lib!ary.comniunity.. ' . ''. Ifyou were unable to.meet witht1).egroup ~t-

the Mini:"Conference and would 'like to' be a memb~r, .pleasecontact Teddie 'Payne (teddie@laS-cruc~s.org) : .

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'" NMSU, Alamogordo.Vii'ginia Gillmer :StUdent,

, John Andrews.StudentElsie WiisonPine Hill SchoolsMara. Yarbrough..

'San Juan.Pueblo,.~ "'. Lab of Anthropology

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Branigan,Memorial Library, Las CrucesChris Montalvo' .

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" BrapiganMemorlal Library, Las Cruces.AnaLisa Moyers '~,.

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Thanks to a: cooperative project involving', .,Dona Ana.Branch Conll~lUnltyCollege Library,ThomasBnmigan MemorialLibrary and the City ofSunlandPark, Citizens in that city'will soon have theiroWn Joint~Us~ Commu~ity Library. ' ,. . . Foi many year~, the Citizens of Sunland Park .

, relie,d on bookIp.obile service from- B~ariig'ari' Library. -for their information needs. How'ever;,thanks to the

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Aj6i~Fuse library, the Sunland Park ,CommuriityLibrary will house ~ general readingcollection, a children's collection, reference materials"

,and a curriculum collection to support courses offered, ~

at t~e Sunland Park- campus of DABCe., In addition;',an Intem'yt lab will be available for the i'ustruetion of,college students an<;l forjmblic 1~te~et a~cess, ,' ..Residents throughout the county will be able to accessbook i~formationthrough the computerized catalogavailable on:-l1ne C;lt http://library.las-cruces.org., ,

, The new library f~dlity is lo~atedin the citycomplex on McNutt Rmid In Suriland Park. thomasBranigart qbrarY ~ill share its CHILE computer ' 'system' for. circulation and OPKc fi,tnctions.,' Librarycards 'issued -in Sunland Park will be valid' on the'Infomobileand C:itthe"Branigan Library. Thanks to aTitley grant administered by t}J.e Comniunity College,

,staffhave b'een hired and the facility is being readied 'for opening. . ,,' - .

Mor~:th~ 2,000 bo~ks.ha\re already been .,'.placed in the collection, and the computer equipment,mostof'which is provided by tne Community CQllege:is being installed in the instructiomillab. The city of.~unlandPark has 'provided a newly ienoyated building'aI1-d is .currentlyworking,on the ordinance to offic;ially"create" ~helibrary. SunlandPark Mayor-Ruben" ,Segura and (jth~t project partners are looking: forward

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1970 as librarian fqr.the U.$. Ge~logicai Surv~y,then. locatecfin U.N.M:'s Nbrthiup Hall, after 20. years of

servic.e. . .' '. . ,. -In 1930, Main Library consisted of two rooms

and a basement. the main roomlookecf much as it .does today, but with book stacks ~long. the north walLThe small room to the east, which now housed the

'- .Like many of those who ~aIIleto.Albuquerque in the,. pri~ting presses- for the Center for the Book, hpusedfirst half of the century, Elizabeth McCoy moved here. the reference cqliection.One approached the frontbecause a familymein~er had tuberculosis. Elizabeth entrance to the l{brary on a multi-colored serpentin~was 19 when-she 'enrolled,as a freshman at the' ' cement pathway: This path was a favorite place for, 'University ofNew Mexico in 1930. She had wo~ked'in youth to toller~skate, and sometimes' staff called, the'the public library iIi her hometoWn, Kokomo', rndlan~ poli<;e,becau~e the noise was so disruptive. Aspatro~s'

, so she sought part-time library 'employment to pay fOf, entered the blJilding, they, came past two ,short ban~o~ ,her college expenses. She answered anad forthe . to the main desk where the staftmember handled bothevening and weekend position'at the pub,liclibrary, , cjrculatio'n and reference. The Chlldre~'s se~tion wasand was selected as a' ~'library as'sistant". ' to: the left, by the southwest fireplace. 'There wa,s 'an: '

In 1930, the public library st,!ff ccmsistedof' office for the librarian in the northwe'stcorner n~xtto'. ,three members;' th~ Librarian, Mrs.',Stella Dixon, the the, basement.stairs:'The basementhoused the 'Quilding, As~ist~t Librarian: Mrs. Ethel-Cooter, and-Elizab~th, restroonis,. a huge storage ~oom holding back issues of

who worked 22 hours a week. W~rking eV,enings ~d magazines and newspapers, the furnace and thecoaf ...weekends meant that she w~s the sol~staffmember • cellar., Current issues ofn~wspapers'andmagazines

" from 6:00 p.m. to:9:00 p.m. Monday through were in the s~utpeastcomet. A glass case at theeastSaturday, arid 2:00 P.. IJ1. to 6:90 p.m: on Sunday. end of the stacks held the Southwest collection. ',Over .

( Inthe-depths of the pepression, jobs were hard:' . the doo!Way was a large painting by 'local artist Carlto come by. Elizabeth trained her mother, Florence and Redin ofAC,oma'sEt;lchanted Me'sa. , _

·het sister Winifred in the basics of the job, so she , (This painting· has been restored and call bealways ha4the building covered if she was Unableto&een,at the Museum of Albuquerque.) Southwest stylework. Florence, widowed and rem.arrierl toJ~es tables and chairs. built by City carpenters in 1925

- , Komzak, retunled to \.york 'as' a circulation Glerk ~t the graced the room, as they do' today.Main Library during the 40's and 50's, c~:mtinuingas a 'In the,early 1930's, Albuquerque'spYblic

· s~bstitute staff member 'until 1963. Winifred~slibrary w~s in' terrible shape:'The City budget [or· the .· daughter, Elenore Lewis, ~lso worked fQr·APLat Library,was'around $5,OOO;'Santa F:e was spendingErnie p'yle, Main'andEsper~a during the 1960'~.$8,000 for 'a city with a third of Albuquerque'sFlorence, Winifred and Elenore were featured in a population. The collection was meager, and there was

. 1964 Tribune article about "3 Generations of no book budget. The only money available for books'Librarians.'~' , . . came.froin a r~ntal fiction coll~ction. There was puqlic

During her freshman year at'U;N;M., Elizabeth dissatisfactionaboutthe lack or resources in theinet and married ~fellow student; Joseph Kuntz: She' .' library, which grew as the bridget declined. Mrs.dropped out of school and continued working Until Dixon hadse~ed as librarian si~ce,1917. The wife of

.Joseph received his Masters in English in 1934. After· •a Santa Fe. Railroad 19.comotive engine~r, she wa~seyerat'moves, incl~dingfoufyears at the University" well-liked by the community. However, she lacked'of Texas, they returned to.Albuquerque in 1943. -library ,traipirig, and this became a focus ofcriticism, .',Joseph became an ass~stant professpr ~(Engljsh at by a 'group of influential 'women' centered in theUN,:M., receive~ aPh. D. fr:om the Ullivetsity of TuesClayLitirary Club aIld theAlb~quergue Chapter'

.1',. Denver and served as a professor ofEnglish for 33 . ofthe American Ass9ciation ofUI)iversity Women.. ·'. years~unti,l his retirement in 1976. Elizabethretireiin The readingrooin lighting was:decOl:ativebut·

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ineffective. illuminating the.ceiling better'than the.tables and stacks. Elizabeth remembers Mrs. Dixonc~mplaining to Mayo! Cly~e Tingley, who kep~' .' ~ .promising to'fix it, but never did. The brown.floorboard was another problem 'area. During winter ..evenings, the buildiJ}g waS always full"wIth many' c' Lorie Mitcliell has been selected' to receive apeojJle,c:;:oming injustJ6r the heat.A group ofIndian '- one-year free membership in the Mountain'Plains'mi:(n came in regularly to warm up: They had the habit Library- Association as part of its· "Board Choice"of eating pinon nuts, and ~pittil)gthein out behindthe .' Invitational~embership Promotion., Loriewas .steam radiator registers. The, oil from the shells left chos~n by Charlene Greenwood, MPLA ". -

: grease spots on tbe floorboard. This was an oobearabte Representative from the'New Mexico Library'affront to the building Janitor; Shprty DeGroot, wh~Association (NMLA),- based' on'her proJessiomll~onstan~ly muttered about it and chewed'out anyone he qualities, andpotential for contributions to MPLA,caught doing it.·\ _,,' Lorie-has contributed greatly to enhancing the

" This' atticle is based on a telephone interview NM Library Association. Lorie has worked for thewith ~rs. Kuntz. She is li~ely to be tbe. 6ldestfQ,~er' Carlsbad Public'Library as Technical Services'staff member of Albuquerque Public LIbrary. -During Librarian for three years (mtilleaving to bea'

. our Centennial Gelebration, we will feature \he~workof "stay-at-home rllom." Her help with the Local ,c6ll~agues who contributed t~.the Library's'growth Ariangements CQmrhittee for the 1999 a~ual .and sfrength. Ifanyon'e ~as memories or memorabilia ~' 'conference in Carlsbad was otitstanding~ She hasthat could be felltured during the Centennial, ple~se continued- to stay active il) theNM, LibrarY Associat-io~ .yontac!}~e Sabatini at 848;1377 or jsabatiri@nrit.net . as Public Relations ~omII!ittee Chair (after serving

two years on the committee), newsletter, editor, andweb master.' She has done-a fantastic job with~n

thr~e 9fthese positions that she holds simuitaneo'usLy.S~e has a Bachelor ofManagement from'the Col1egeof the Southwest.The free membership was presented to Lorie at theNMLA Board meeting at the' annual Mini~Co~ferenceOctober 13 at .Las Cruces, NM. -' - : . _'

The MountaIn Plains Library Association is a .12-state regional ~ssociation including members from·,Arizona, CoIOl:ado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,Nevada, New ,Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,

. South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.' . It,h~lds annualconferences ,~itl:' m~mber states, providi~g forums for ._personal'contactamong members and natiotialleaders·'in the profession'- MPLA offers grants to members forprofessional development and provides programs forindividual.state conferences. .

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mailag~ment consultant; Changing the Motor Oil While 'theEngine~s Rumi~ng:' Re-EnergizingTodaY's~Library "Pro(essionaL " I

P~el disc.ussio~s ~ith librarians and' oth6r 'experts fro~arolipdthe ~tat~ and country will foeuson Services ,~' .'~

,Without Wa~ls; 21stCentury Customer Service: Lessons'.fromE..(3ommerce, R~inventing Library Consorti'a andPartnerships,and Are Digital Libraries the Future?'"Libraries..com?,;.~a "gre.at debaten~n the fUhIreofthe 'library--will featlp'e, Steve, COfftllan, prQduct.developmentll?'artager for Library System(and Services, Inc.o,and,' , "Michael ~o~an, dean of Library Servic~s at the HenryMad4en Libra!}', California State University, Fresnd.., , Spe~kers with a California'perspective include'State Senator Debra Bowenaddress~nilnfoimationPolicy~nd Politics; San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales, Loc1d ,Government Goes Dig~tal;Dr:L~oEstrada, associateprofessor ofUr~an P.lanningat the University of "California-LA (UCLA), "California's Many Faces," andDean Misczynski, the California Economic Forecast.

_ 'Fun~ed with a LibtaryServices and Te~hnoJogy ",Act (LSTA) grant froin the State Library, the "confeiehce'within a: conf~ren:ce"/will be held during the.California 'Library Associatiori Artriual Conference (Noy.l0-13) ~t "the Santa Clara'Convention Center.' ', . Sp~nsoringorganiiation~ include theCaliforhia "

Library Association (CJ-A), Califo~ia 'Schodl Libraty ,Associ~tion· (CSLA)" California Academic. and Research 'Libranes (C~),'California Private Academic Lib~aries{CALPALS);Couricil of Chief Librarians otCalifornia',C~m~unityColleges, Council of Cal~forniaCounty Law·L!branans,Sp~ci,al,Library Association chapters,. ' ,Galifornia Association ofLibrary Trustees and' \Commissioners (CALTAC), Friends of Califomia ".Libraries; and Medical Library' G~oup of Southern 'California and Arizona. -'... " ," The registr~tiori fe~ for the~one-day California' ,,~illeriniuni ~onferenceis$125 for members of spol}.sori~ghbrary aSSOCIations and $145,fornon-members. The'registration fee for, the Californi~LiBrafy',Association, .Conference, which include~ t~e Millennium Conference, is$175-for members ofsp~nsoringgroups and $215 fornonmembers. ; , ' ' , ' \. ".' ,.,,' '. Fora complete list ofspOIlsors,ahd prowammformatiol'i, see tl;1eMillennium Conference ,Web site athttp://www.cmc-2000,org!. To register, ~~ntact the' ,

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, ,Self-'proclaimed"electronic rev61utionary;'(and, f~rmeI GratefulDead lyricist) John Perry Barlow andfuturistWatts'Wacker will betheheadline·speakers forwhat organizers describe as "libraryland's verSion of theLollapalooza ToUr. i ' ' " ' '

, "The CalifornhlMillennium C011ference, to be held', November 11 in Santa Clara, wilLfeatUre an. impressive'roster 'of spea\(ersexploring the impact of thanging :demographics, socialtrend~ and technology on libraries:Barlow, ,co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation'ded,icated, to protecting freedom ,o:tspeec~and/privacy . 'onl,ui~, WlllSpeakon Th(Ne~";Induced Social Revolution.Barlow Watts, co-author of "The 500 Year Delta" and ~'TheVisio~ary's Handbook;" will addre~s 'sHow to Be YofuOwn Futurist;" '" .' '''~is,'is'lilJraryland's :version 'ofthe'L~llapalooJ:aTour," 'explained conferenceplanner Holly Hinman. "A '

" ' generous, grant f!om the California'State Library and the 'cooperation of more than 20 California library' ,organizations haye made it possible for us to bring in' ,~op-flight speakers from, fields other than libraries. The ' ',Milleirilium,Conferenee will provide a totafimmersioni~new ideas and new ways of looking at library services."

_ ' The conference, Which runs·.from 8' a.m. to 6.p"m.on Saturday, will offer three tracks ofprogramming. TrackOne: The~ibra!Y,will focus on ~'Future Services,," "What i~the ,Futilre·ofthe bbrary?" and·"Re,irtventing the ',Profession." Track Two: Society wiHfocus on "The 21st 'C~ntury Economy," "Whq Are We Becoming?'; and "The'Public Policy. Arena." Track'Three Kllowledge will foeuson~"TransmittingOur Heritage," '~Who Owns/Controls ­InfoIll}ation?" and "~ringing the Book into' the 21st '

',Century,"',.' ,,--', . , California State Librarian,histona~and'authorDr.,

Kevin Starr will'give;the opening keynote adch-ess titled', Honoring the' Past. Other speakers and their topics include: .-Alan Kumamoto, ~oundingpartner of Kumamoto' , .,Associates~.Fundraisingin a Diverse an~ Changing ,

, Soc~etY; Steve Kraus, partner with Yankelovich Parfuers, ., Inc:, Marketi,ng Library Services in the 21st Century; ", , Ken,nethD. Crews, Indiana University School of' ,

La:-v-~n'dianapolis, Intellectual, Jnternational and~mpossibleProperiy: Copyright and the Digital.Challengci·,D~VidPlotnikoff, digital culture'columnist for the SanJos~".M~rc~~ News~ The New Immigrant~: Finding9ne's Way

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, .~ Call to Order: President Laurie Macrae called

the meeting to order at 10:26 AM at the Tijeras Branch,I:ibrary in Tijer~s. She moved to hav~ the, agendaapproved. It"was seconded and approved.- ' ,

Roll Call: Laurie Macrae, Norice Lee, Carol,Brey, Verla Peterson, Lorie Mitchell, Heather. , . . . .

Gallegos-:Rex, Patricia Froehlich~ Ellanie Sampson,P~tricia Seavey, Allison Almquist, kay KF~hbiel,

LiRda O'Connell, Thaddeus Bejnar, David Giltrow,, , J ••

Toni Beatty, Charlene Greenwood;.Joe Sabatini, Claire,Odef!heim and Linda.O'ConnellandOlivia N ewfiel<.L

T'reasurer's'Report:Carol Btey reported thefollQwing for....fiscal year r9~9-2000. " ''Budgeted- $84,789.0Q, Expenses - ,$93,502Al,',' ' ..,Incoine,- $102,083.57 with a'remainder of$8,713.41.

Although 4th-quarter exp,enses were greater than', ' 'income; 3rd quarter income made up for,it, , ' '

"Income'- $32,215.00 + 3tdquarter income, Expenses- $44,830.20.' '

The Taos<;onference made'a profit of• ~11,570.00'as·follows: Income - ,'$52,990.00,

Expenses- $41,419.17., ,Other items: NMLA operated within.budget

except for the Legislative ~ommittee which went overby about $1,000: due to, Legislative Day activities.'There was $18~290:00 more,conference income thanpreviously reported. 'A $6,600:00 deposit was JIlade

, , that was,previolislynotreported.The Merrill LynchReady Assets Account has $5,928.00. The Hobbs

.'account for Marion Dorroh was dosed out'and the, ,'$96'8.99 weritto checking. NMLACD has $24,141.02

with t~e interest a~ctuing to be deposited to checkingunless it becomes u~ecessary. $387.00 was raised atconference forNMLF ~ew Mexico Library -Fouridation). ,

Carol Breymqvedto pass a budget revision forfiscal year 2000-200rbC:ised<m'changes made at theMay 26th budget meeting, seconded byThaddeusBej~ar,passed.They are: $2000. to White HO,use SIGfor the upcoming conference, $250. ea~h to SchoolLibrarians and Support St~f(SIGs, increase' .., ..Tieasunir'~ budget to $300'0. for accoUnting costs~ ,

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MPLA budget is changed to $2050. Projected earnIngsfot Alguquerque confer~nc~ an9 dli~S iqcrease' 'expected' to 'make up, for 'additional expenses. Carol,moved totake '$2000. from checking 'to balance the_budget for the changes, CarolBrey resigned ~s

Treasurer due to a:jQb change as Director ofth~ EIPaso Public Library. Motion to name Verla Petersonthe ~ew Treasurer by Norice Lee, seconded by ,Carol

.Biey, passed unanimously. Laurie Macrae praisedCarol Brey for her work as Treasurer and Verl~

, Peterson for, agree~ng to take onthe job.· 'Minutes: Claire Odenheim win provide all

members ofthe-E~ecutive Board minutes of the Taos'-meetings (4/26/00, 4/27/00 and 4/29/00) by mail. "Copies wilt' ~e avail'able at the Septembbr Board­meeting in Socorro. Motion'by Thaddeus,Bejnar;Laurie Macrae secorlded, motion passed,

, Archivist: No report. . _', AwardsCo.mmittee: 'ToniJ3eatty proposed

,that: 'Libraries not just individuals be eligIble' for

awards each year, a common pr~ctice for,muiiicipaJities.' . ,

,$1400.00 reni~ins in the Awar5is fund:, Laurie Macrae mentioned that thepublic_

library mission is not ~ell understood and,could'behelped by the:purchase of an'ALAptoduce_d public..rel~ti6ns video emph~sizip.g.the noti<;m ofindispensable service.

. ' Byla~s an}l Procedures~ ,Allison Ah~quist _updated the Grey Books with changes as noted·:

, .Directory 105 < " ,

-.B'ylaw.~ 120Conference Site ,Committee 325.1

c Membership 360 :Publication planning guidelines 383Newsletter editor 385

-Nomip,ations and Elections Committee 410,Legislation'and IntelleCtualFreedo~~Joe'

Sab~tiniwill arrive after another meeting. ,, Lal,lrie MaGrae stated that,their requests wouldbe similar to last year - agenda wili be set by the nextBoard meeting. ,\.;' _

Rep~ Feldnian will introduce a memorial in then'ext Legislature to support public libraries; Taos Rep.Carlos Cisneros will help with the initiative. )

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,Not1ce,Lee urged members to sign up with,JoeSabatini fOI: the next Legislativel)ay.· , '

http://www.stlib.state~nm.us/mag(mlipe.htni , ,Membership: 'Linda O'Connell reported for

Rogers Bl!fde that-news 6fthe dues increase will be in- .. ,,'Public Relatio~s: Lorie Mifchellteported the ne~sletter~ FiftyNM~Amembers did not ren'ew in

,progress,on the NMLA w~bsite. 'She arid Rogers Barde '~ 'April. Website to addreSS the problem.' ,. , ' will have~an example of ail organizational needs Local Arrangements:' PostpOlled until EIlan.ie, assessment'ready for the next Board,meeting. "Sampson.could return to the meeting.' . . '

Notnin,ationsand EleCtions: Charlene " Education: ,Patricia Seavey reported newflt~enwood reported open positions or changes: members for the co~~tteeto meet on August '

, Four,m~mbers atlarge for 3 years, 8thJtems:'.,·.',,, ,NMLAjoined AASL and ne~dsa Andrea Howe, Mara Yarbrough and Mary Le'e

representative and'delegate to annualcohferences -;;-' ' Smith. to' serve' ' ,, reqrtiring the person to be a member ofALA, AAS~, , For-next conf~rence, a panel'di~cussion fr~m~d be attending the ~ual ALA confereiwe. Allison' ALA accredited schools ~AlmquistslJ.id the Youth Services'SIG would provide . Create a MaiTion'Dorroh'~roch~re .-

,,potential names at the nex;t Board meeting, .' Conference presentationby Awards andInformation soontQ'appear'Olithe e-lis~ and Education committees

'newsletter : ' _ ,.Continuing~dticationAwardof~,:200. to, ','~ Conference Progr~ms,: Patricia Froehli~h : Christine Moreland to ,attend National Archives

" Sent our requests (or'proposals on e-list, ' Institute in ~ashingtonDC \ ." website &'Hitchhiker.There,are' still many openings , . , '. Reimbursement ~eceipts tO'be cut-offat

, Topics such as genealogy (AlbuquerquePilblic, specific date d,u~,to lateness ", 'Library) have been covered " Discussion,items: Carol Brey suggeSted we

, ':poss(bie program ses~ions 'In planning stage provide a,'listof all scholanihipsto the accountant·MPLA:Charlene Greenwood said that no one NoriceLee asked that the Marrio~,Dorroh.schqlarship

el~'e,has r~q~ested the award to ~~endthe annual be increased. from $1500: to $2000. to reflect 'higher ",",' .•. ,,'~}ueeting in DesMoines. She w~ll attend. 'education costs. A 'motion byKay Krehbiel suggested, ,',

" . Ten NMLAmembers were awarded MPLA using CD interest to boost it to' $2500:, amended bymember~hipsg~od ili1tiIDecemb~r2001 Carol B~ey'to $3000.,' seconded by Norice Lee. Pavid ,

New Mexico Library Foundation: DaVid GiltrO\vnot~d that NMLAheed~ a 10ng-termfi~anCialGiltrow mentIoned that !heHitchl;riker has news of the plan to dyal with these i~sues since·tapping ,Foundations Library LegacyProject and mini':grants endowment interest is a,short-term solution. Kay'

, '~, Check;the,website for information. L~ger '~ehbiei and Nonce Lee want NMLA to raise funds~t, libniries haye been a~le to administer them easily.,... " conference to support members. for advanced deg;ees. '

help is needed[or the smaller libraries. " Laurie Macrae wants to drop the issue 'forno~<U1d ' ' ," ' Stat~ ~ibrary: ,Heather Gallegos-Rex reported return to it later. Kay Krehbiel ~oved to fund' Marri~m

,for BenWakashige., Dorroh ~~r $2500'. for this year,N'orice seconded;New hrochure whIch has.atear-offbookmark· CarofBreydroppedhermotioIi for $3000. One nay

,'EBSCO added'as"St~te Library database ' ' :vote and motionpassed.'Cm:o! Brey to aD).end the" Library Le~detship Institute scholarships will, ' ,b,udget. - " "

, be available by end ofAugust F~deraIRelations:'No report ,.'Road show to NM cities to publicize State' ,Conference Site:' Betsy Krauss resigne~,Libraryptograms" 'Laurie Macrae and Susan Dees Roberts to make

, 'Resource sharil1gmeetingto take place in ,', . proposal. CharleneGreen~oodvisitedtheLas '. 'Socorro July 27th" V-egaslHighland University site and rep<5rted that they

.Detailed information about State Library'online have good technology suppO'rt in place, but roqms'aredatabases provide~ by LSTA ni-omes is available at " ,~ problem. Laurie Macrae reinarkedC~hatone of our

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'The Next BoarctMeeting will beheld on JanuaJ 26th

at N.orthern NM Community College in E~panola .

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Linda O'Connell will send notices to the Director OfNew Mexico. Publishers Association jnf~rri1ingthem,.

,Linda 'O'Connell's contract discussed..Sheadded .items to'her. coniract to .be renewed, indicatedthat in her 5 years with·NMLA therehas been "jobcreep." LaUIje Macrae recommended that her gross '.receipts tax be"included in her contract fotthefollow-ingyear since it was not budgeted for this year: .

, " Motion~by Carol Brey to accept the contract, ,,'second~dby Thadde~sBejnar, approved. Linda'O'~omiellpraised for doing ~ terrific job for NMLt\.

A motion by Laurie Macraetoprovide'a one. ,time $500. contribution to ALASpecttum Fund,was .

• .~pproved after dis9ussion with one nay vote notingdisapprovalof interini measures. . ' "

. . .Kay Kre.p.biel noted that scholarships are'- .especially needed for Native Americans..

Norice,Lee reported that the rpini ',c6nfet~rice .site and theme not yet selected but wouldbe south, .and/or central. Committee to meetduriIiglunchfollowing this meeting.

.. .' '. Conference 'evaluatiOIi r~port'wi11 be dis~ussedat the,next Bo.ard meeting. " .

Support Staff SIG approval motion by CarolBrey; secbnd,ed'by Norice l,;ee~Motiori passed..

.. It was n~ted that Reforma ~~. an affili~ie of'NMLA and doesn,'t1need to be a SIG. Norice Lee to. /'dischss this issue with'Gwen G!egory.No Budget for- .this year.~! , •

.Motion toadjpum at 12: '45. PM by ThaddeusBejnp.r, 'seconde~ b-y Carol Brey; Motionpassed.

Re$peCtfully submitted, ." Claire Odenheiril, Secretary

biggest problein$ no'w involves technology supportforconferences and that acotnmith~e with more members .'~~y be neeaed, but that this could be discussed atthe ' _next B9ard m.'eeting. Linda O'Connell said professiomll

'. staff person ,couldmake the decision on site selection· , 'but Thaddeus Bejnar suggesteq'that staff person coiIldprepare a report,for the Board to act upon.

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. Old Business: Discussion items:Fulrtime executive, di~ectorfor NMLAwoU;ld

, 'create problems re: paid ~pate and equipment. Carol· ' Brey ridted:budgetary issues. and that-finaricial.· planning needs to he considered '

, . . Comparisons 'andcoritacts with other state .library, assoGiations regarding executive director/staff

. '...... .. r...positions and costs as well as legal aspects ofpaid 'employees discussed' .

,-Lirid,!-U'Connell is OIl contract to supply'.specifics / these. could be increased'~ . . Thaddeus Bejna] said NMCAL people could, .form'a cOI)ll11ittee'to study the issue .

. NMLA goals are relilteclto financial plan -Lone Mitchelfcould put, request on websikfor "volunteers to, serve on a long-iange fin~cialplanning

committee . ' ..Laurie' Macrae appointed Thaddeus Bejnar' to

. prepare a charge with Charlene Greenwood, and Ellanie, Sampson on finaridalplanning for theOcto1;?er 3rd

· Bo~rd meeting. , "New Business: .Vice'Preside~~'s 'report - ,kayKrehbiel'repo~rted

..that the 200 Lconfefence'theme will be Library ,'~

Odyssey'2001 w'ith an emphasi$ on the ,human side· to .focus. on teen, Gen X issues andentertainmeni~ ,technology with learning:styles as an important factor.,.Copyright and privacy need t9 be' addresse~:t Other: .

" Banquet with seating for 3.00-~· 500; for $50.. ' and serve as' fundrafser with speakerto appealto

I person~ outside the1library profession' - ,,Logo designed byShawnofOne~StopAlbuquerque conference center is contracted,

but NOT yet wired for ~ll technology needs .... ,80 booths will peavailable, they are t9 be 1Qx:

'10.,. A motion,! after much discussion,to'raise the'

vendor fee from $350.to$400 and to allow sharing of'booth'spac~ by small NM presses was made',by .<

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,Roadrumier Reading ClubPublic/School',' ,November 14th

, 1:06~A:00South Broadway 1025 Broadway SEA1buque~queNovember 15th

; J :00 - 4:00 ','RuidosoPublic Library, IO? Kansas Rd, Ruidoso

MandgingforResults ' .'Presenter; Sandr"a Nelso:u;'authqrofPlarinirtg for

- Resu!ts, & Managing forResultsAll".Library: Types ", , '

, November 17th, 9:30- 3:'30 OSCEU, .,,' Museum of Albuquerque, '2000 Mountain Rd Nw

NM State'Technology Con,ference,,,\,, ' , ']0 be Held, ' ',_

The NM Stcite Technology COl).ference will beheld at Rjo Rancho High School on November 10-11,2000.Woikshops,include:, ,• Teaching with Technology ....• LeadiI!-g with-Tec~ology• Learning with Technology_ "• ' Linking schools and communities through

technology' '~ . , ,,', " For more'information, 0.nlineregistra~OIlto

attend; arid call. for presenters, go to: 'http://reta:nnisu.edu~-

Websites to Remember

Web Page DesigJiPresenter: Albert' Cota, trainer at NMLA9:00 -12:00 '-,All Librfuy Types. -, . ~, ' ,Wednesday, December 27th ~ Belen MiddleSchoolComputer Lab ' , " '

, , Thursday, December 28th- B~aniganMeino~a1.;'

Library; Las Cruces , '•Friday, December 29th

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, ~ .The New Mexico LibrarY Foundation, ,',' httj)://-WWW.i:ulllf.org/TheMo~tain Plains Library Association:

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