June 2014 - North Dakota Library Association

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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE NORTH DAKOTA
June 2014
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NDLA Website - http://www.ndla.info
Volume 44 • Issue 2
One Book Collaboration
Dakota: a Spiritual Geography
NDLA Conference Update t
Election Preview t
Bremer Grant t
Flicker Tale Winners t
NDLA on Wikipedia t
INSIDE
by Kathleen Norris
Table of Contents
One Book Dakota..................................................... 3
President’s Message.................................................. 4
2014 NDLA Conference: Save the Date................. 6
Most Frequently Challenged Books in 2013.......... 7
MPLA Offers Professional Development
Grants to Members............................................... 8
NDLA Awarded Bremer Grant................................ 8
On the DOCket........................................................ 9
Canoe Kudos Awards............................................... 9
NDLA on Wikipedia............................................... 10
Professional Development Grant Report:
2014 MPLA Leadership Institute........................ 11
NDLA Professional Development Grant Report:
Systematic Workshop ......................................... 12
Best. Reference Question. Ever............................. 13
NDLA Election Preview.......................................... 14
Proposed change to NDLA Bylaws....................... 15
People Stuff............................................................. 16
NDLA Membership Report.................................... 17
Library Events and Conferences........................... 17
Nerd Up................................................................... 18
2014 Winners Flicker Tale Children’s
Book Award.......................................................... 19
2015 Nominees Flicker Tale................................... 19
North Dakota in Print............................................. 20
Summer Summit..................................................... 22
Browsing in the Cyberstacks................................. 23
Good Stuff from Around the State....................... 24
A Look at NDLA’s Executive Board:
The Good Stuff Editorial Committee................... 27
Treasurer’s Report................................................... 28
NDLA Membership Form...................................... 29
NDLA Executive Board........................................... 30
Deadlines for Articles/News Submission
IssueDeadline
August 2014
Friday, June 27
(pre-conference issue)
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The Good Stuff - Page 2 - June 2014
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One Book Dakota
President Benjamin Harrison signed the order that
admitted North Dakota to the Union on November
2, 1889. South Dakota became a state on the same
day, but the exact order in which the two states
were admitted into statehood is unknown because
Harrison went to great lengths to obscure which
proclamation was signed first. Nevertheless, because
of alphabetical position (something librarians can
appreciate!), North Dakota is generally considered the
39th state.
Now, 125 years later, both North and South Dakota
are commemorating their entry into statehood with
a special One Book collaboration that is being
organized through a joint effort of the North Dakota
Humanities Council, South Dakota Humanities
Council, and the 125th Anniversary Committees from
each state.
The book that was
chosen for the One Book
collaboration is Dakota:
a Spiritual Geography by
Kathleen Norris. The book
was inspired by a move
that Norris made to her
grandparents’ home in
Lemmon, South Dakota, in
1971, where she lived with
her husband, poet David
Dwyer, for more than
25 years. According to
Publishers Weekly, Norris
paints “a fine portrait of the High Plains and its
people as well as a very personal memoir of a spiritual
awakening” in her book. Originally published in
1993, Dakota was a New York Times bestseller. It was
also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and
was selected as one of the best books of the year by
Library Journal. A joint special edition of the book
was recently printed and copies were distributed to
libraries across both states.
Kathleen Norris is an award-winning poet and writer,
and has other books to her credit, including The
Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace: a Vocabulary of Faith,
The Virgin of Bennington, and seven books of poetry. Her first book of poems was entitled Falling Off and
was the 1971 winner of the Big Table Younger Poets
Award. The San Francisco Sunday Examiner and
Chronicle calls Norris “one of the most eloquent yet
earthbound spiritual writers of our time.”
To interact with readers and promote exploration of
the book’s themes, Norris is conducting a sixteen-city
tour in North and South Dakota. Libraries are getting
into the act by hosting some of the tour events as well
as other local 125th anniversary events. There will also
be special joint-state events, with concerts featuring
Jessie Veeder Scoffield and Chuck Suchy, and poetry
by Kathleen Norris woven through the performances.
In honor of the state’s 125th anniversary, the North
Dakota State Library is offering a traveling series of
historical displays to libraries on a first come, first
serve basis. There are ten different displays, each
featuring a different topic relating to the history
of North Dakota. Along with the displays, SEND
(Suitcase Exhibits for North Dakota) trunks are
available. The trunks include objects, historical
photographs, documents, and a guide to the items
inside.
Want more info about the One Book Project and
North Dakota at 125? Here are some useful links:
• About Kathleen Norris http://barclayagency.com/norris.html
• 125 Ways to Luv ND - http://www.luvnd.com/
• Facebook -North Dakota’s 125th Anniversary www.facebook.com/NorthDakota125
• Kathleen Norris North Dakota Tour Schedule www.ndhumanities.org/dakota.html
• North Dakota’s 125th Anniversary www.history.nd.gov/northdakota125.html
• Twitter – North Dakota’s 125th https://twitter.com/NorthDakota125
President’s Message
By Victor Lieberman, NDLA President
As I write this, I am between the North
Dakota Library Coordinating Council’s
(NDLCC) “Think Tank” meeting weeks.
The NDLCC held meetings in Bismarck
and Minot (April 23 and 24) and in
Fargo and Grand Forks (April 30 and
May 1) to get feedback on its proposed
“Library Vision 2020” (catch the clever
pun?), and to also seek input from the
library community and general public
on issues and priorities for our state’s
libraries.
let alone as officers, were we not
keenly enthusiastic about libraries,
librarianship, and all things reading. I
suppose it becomes an outlet of sorts
for the “gentle madness,” as it’s been
called by some. My dog is perhaps
looking at me lately with a more distant
and resentful glare, and he’s getting fat
with all the guilt doggie treats I give
him to make one of us feel better about
all the time apart.
As President of NDLA, I’ve found the
experience of serving on the NDLCC
to be very rewarding and informative.
The Council has had some lengthy and passionate
discussions about the Library Vision document (see
LV2014 and draft of LV 2020 on the NDLCC webpage
www.library.nd.gov/coordinatingcouncil.htm), but
it’s true vital nature as reflective of the North Dakota
library community shall only be met by discussions at
public forums.
The Vision must guide the planning, coordinating,
and evaluating of services and programs of libraries
in our state. That wording, by the way, comes almost
verbatim from the Council’s statutory responsibilities
as outlined in the ND Century Code, §54-24.4-05(1).
I’ve found that members of this council (11 at present)
take their responsibilities very seriously, and care
deeply about libraries and the residents of our state
who use them and may benefit from them. We need
this body to truly reflect the library community, and
you have a chance to make that happen. You may
contact all members of the Council (member email
addresses are on the website), or you may address
questions, comments, or concerns to the State Library,
which assists the Council in its work.
A Year of Living Librarily
Between NDLCC meetings, NDLA meetings, the fulltime library gig I do as my job, and a few hundred
other day-to-day matters, it’s been quite the wild and
feverish ride. But truly, in a very good way. None of
us would be involved in our state library association,
My significant canine other aside,
the library landscape in our state
is in need of our attention. I hope
that the situation I most immediately
experience here in Grand Forks is not being played
out throughout the state, but support and advocacy
for our public, academic, and special libraries has
been sadly and dramatically in retreat. Those in our
cities we look to for support, in our state to provide
funding, and within our educational institutions
(colleges and universities), seem content to watch as
institutions built up over decades or, in some cases,
over a century, are allowed to deteriorate, and, in
some cases, are discarded by the dumpster load. For
those of us who care deeply about libraries and the
communities they serve, this has been a very sad and
demoralizing time. What I hope can become part
of our North Dakota “Library Vision” is the support
and promotion of libraries in our communities, and
not just libraries sharing their resources or simply
digitizing what we already have. These latter efforts
are important aspects of library service, but not a
complete picture.
Building Community Capacity
The grant support that NDLA sought earlier this year
was to directly address how libraries can grow in
our communities, and how we, as a professional
community, can improve the public perception
and support of libraries. The Bremer Foundation
to which we applied places a priority on building
local community capacity in the cities and regions
where it does business (ND, MN, & WI). Historically,
libraries have played key roles in the social, cultural,
and economic vitality of our communities, and have
always been perceived as essential to civic and
cultural life. Apparently though, what went without
saying decades past needs forceful and vigorous
saying today.
In some ways, libraries are victims of their own
successes. We so fully and seamlessly provide
information access to our resources in each new
format that comes down the pike that our users often
do not realize that they are benefitting from a complex
and labor-intensive effort to bring information and
literature resources to the local user. Of course,
there will be a library catalog of what is available.
Of course, there will be borrowing among library
collections (within our state and nationally). Of
course, googling information connects you to full-text
resources free of charge from publisher collections
and digital archives. There will be e-books and digital
magazines and journals. There will be streaming
video “borrowing” free with a library card. Of course,
… of course, …
We are a quiet and unpretentious bunch. But the
library institutions we’ve created are incredibly
complex webs of resources, agreements, personnel,
and technical support. That most can take it all for
granted is a testimony to our success at what we
do, but does not necessarily help others appreciate
the size and scope of our effort. To this extent, our
proposed initiatives will need to find new ways of
articulating the value of libraries to our communities
and to those who already and who may in the future
come to appreciate what we do for them. We’ve had
barbarians at our gates before. In fact, we’ve had it
in hardcover, paperback, and audiobook format! RJR
Nabisco aside, we’ll meet this new challenge as well.
Other Irons in the Fire
The NDLA board shall also be investigating what
services we may wish to engage from legislative
lobbyists. The Association has for many years used
the services of a lobbyist in Bismarck to provide us
with what we’ve referred to as “bill tracking.” Rather
than actually present positions and discuss issues
with legislators on our behalf, this has been more
informative to NDLA instead. It keeps us informed
during the legislative session as to which bills are
coming before committees that have to do with
library-related matters, and offers us a chance to
marshal our own resources to offer testimony, write
letters, etc., in support of or to otherwise address the
issue in question.
With the retirement of the person who offered us
bill tracking services in the past, we are afforded
an opportunity to explore other political advocacy
options. Even as a non-profit, we are permitted to
engage an individual or agency for a more traditional
lobbying role without jeopardizing our tax-exempt
status should we choose to do so. The NDLA
Board has been carefully exploring some of these
possibilities, and saw a presentation of one lobbying
and marketing firm at the Board’s meeting in May.
This will help us consider whether there is more
we can do both in traditional lobbying activities, as
well as new areas such as marketing, messaging,
etc. We need not limit ourselves to only advocating
for libraries during the legislative session, but can do
more at other times as well. It will then be up to us
to learn what services are available, what they will
cost, and what seems most beneficial and practical to
NDLA. Stay tuned for more information on this matter
in upcoming communications and meetings.
The Next 125 Years
The theme of this year’s annual conference (see
elsewhere in this issue) is “Library Service for
the Next 125 Years.” As our state celebrates an
important anniversary, we can take a moment to
remind ourselves that we, as an Association, have
played a part in North Dakota’s history for most of
that time period. It only took a bit over a decade
and a half since the Territory organized itself for the
library profession to do the same (1906). We’ve
accomplished much in that time, and clearly the
work continues, even if the tools we work with keep
changing. I hope we may build our library collections
and add services so we can play as vital a role in the
next century as we have in the previous one.
2014 NDLA Conference:
Save the Date
September 17-20, 2014 - Bismarck
By Al Peterson, Conference Chair
Since statehood, libraries have played an important
role in the development of North Dakota and its
citizens. Come join us as we celebrate 125 years
of statehood by “Serving North Dakota for the
Next 125 Years.”
This year, our conference will be held from
September 17 to September 20, 2014, in
Bismarck at the Ramada Inn, formerly, the
Best Western Doublewood. Planning for this
conference is underway.
Our keynote speaker will be Senator
Byron Dorgan. Senator Dorgan
served our state in the U.S. Senate
from 1992-2011, the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981-1992, and as Tax Commissioner from
1969-1981. In addition to his career in public service, Senator Dorgan is an author. He has written
four books -- two nonfiction and two fiction. His newest work is Gridlock. He currently serves as a
senior policy advisor for a DC law firm.
Our pre-conference presenter will be Warren Graham. Mr. Graham has been a security professional
for more than 25 years, including 17 years as the security manager of the Public Library of Charlotte
and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Graham has made countless presentations and is a
leading speaker internationally on practical, day-to-day library security procedures.
I have a great post-conference lined up as well. For this session, a presenter from MetaMetrics
will speak on the Lexile Framework for Reading and how to use the Lexile scale effectively to meet
the Common Core State Standards for Reading. This workshop is designed to enhance educator
awareness of the Lexile Framework and demonstrate how to integrate its important components into
lesson plans and teaching. The facilitator will present information and tools fundamental to making
maximum use of the Lexile Framework.
The Local Arrangements Committee has made plans for a nice evening at the former governor’s
mansion and a free afternoon outing for those who arrive early, but are not attending the preconference.
Stay tuned to the NDLA listserv, the NDLA Conference website, and future Good Stuff issues for
more details to come. See you in Bismarck in September!
Serving North Dakota for the Next 125 Years
Most Frequently
Challenged Books in 2013
By Christine Kujawa, NDLA Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair
ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom recently released its list of the most frequently challenged books in 2013.
Statistics are compiled based on reports of challenges and bans by the media and through each state’s Intellectual
Freedom Chair. Providing the NDLA Intellectual Freedom Committee with information about challenges at your
library ensures that the titles are included in the statistics that ALA uses for this list. When state chairs report
challenges, all information is kept confidential with the exception of the title and the reason for challenge.
According to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, there were 307 challenges in 2013. Keep in mind that this
number may not be entirely accurate. It is estimated that for every challenge reported, there are 4-5 challenges
that are not reported.
These statistics are important because they inform the public about censorship happening in libraries. It raises
awareness about the importance of preventing censorship and ensuring our freedom to read. As stated by ALA,
“A publicly supported library provides free and equal access to information for all people of that community. We
enjoy this basic right in our democratic society. It is a core value of the library profession.”
Top 10 Challenged Books in 2013
1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
2. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
7. Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
9. Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
10.Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence
Please report your challenges to the NDLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. We are available to assist you and
provide guidance on handling a challenge. You may also find the North Dakota Intellectual Freedom Handbook
for Libraries to be a helpful resource when dealing with challenges to material. It includes sample forms, policies,
and guidelines.
Sources:
www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2013/09/freedom-read-under-fire-attempts-ban-books-continue
MPLA Offers Professional Development Grants to Members
By Paulette Nelson, MPLA Representative
As many of you know, there are numerous benefits
to joining the Mountain Plains Library Association
(MPLA). Among the best kept secrets of the
organization are the professional development grants
awarded to members.
MPLA sponsors a professional development grants
program to improve library services in the Mountain
Plains region by supporting (1)continuing education
and research experiences for individuals employed
in the library or related professions; and, (2) grants to
states.
The Mountain Plains Library Association awards grants
to support the following:
• Formal course work leading to an advanced degree
in library science or a related discipline
NDLA Awarded Bremer Grant
On May 30, President Victor Lieberman reported
that he received a letter saying that the Otto Bremer
Foundation approved a grant to the North Dakota
Library Association in the amount of $17,460 to support
the development of advocacy and capacity building for
libraries in North Dakota.
NDLA plans to “establish a working group to consider
ways those in the library profession (and, of course, in
NDLA) may promote, advocate, strengthen and improve
the situation of all types of libraries in communities
throughout our state. Grant funds will contribute to
meeting and reimbursement costs for NDLA members to
gather as a group to discuss and work on this project.”
The period of grant funding is through May of 2015. Victor hopes to start the work over the summer, and
continue through our annual conference and perhaps
beyond. Kudos to the NDLA Executive Board for pursuing this
grant. Well done!
• Formal course work not leading to an advanced
degree but directly related to an individual’s library
position
• Attendance as a participant or a presenter
at a library or scholarly workshop, seminar,
or conference, including the annual MPLA
conference
• Visits to another library to receive or provide
significant advanced training in library services or
procedures
• Library-related research projects
MPLA sponsors two categories of individual
professional development grants:
• A mini-grant, which provides funding for projects
requiring minimal financial support (Up to $150)
• A regular grant, which supports funding for
projects requiring substantial financial support
and for occasional funding of professional
development opportunities requiring travel outside
the United States (Up to $600)
To be eligible for a grant the applicant must:
• Reside in a state in the MPLA region
• Be a current member of MPLA and have been a
member for at least one calendar year for a minigrant, or two calendar years for a regular grant
• Must be currently employed in a library, be a
student accepted in an advanced degree program
in library science or a related discipline, or hold a
position or office with a library such as a trustee
• Not have received a professional development
from MPLA within the past three years
Three grant application deadlines still remain in 2014:
July 30, September 24, and November 26.
Apply here or click here for more information about
MPLA professional development grants.
2014 AzLA/MPLA Conference
The 2014 AzLA/ MPLA Conference is being held
jointly with the Arizona Library Association and
will be held in Scottsdale/Fountain Hills, Arizona,
November 12-14, 2014. Program proposals are
being accepted at this time. The conference theme is
Libraries – The Best of the West.
On the DOCket
See what’s new!
at DakotaBookNet.com
By BreAnne Meier, GODORT Chair
Journal of a Mountaineer – By Medora historian Doug Ellison, this book
offers an authentic view of the life of a mountain man in the 1800s.
The Brothers Krimm, The Bank Robber and the Hero – Crosby journalist
Cecile Wehrman tracks the life of a modern-day bank robber.
Life Album: The Frank and Doris Kubik Story – The story of a classic
Western North Dakota ranching operation.
Guardians of the Frontier – Joseph Gavett follows a man’s journey
westward in the 1850s, with stops at Forts Pierre, Union, Randall and
Abercrombie.
Sundogs and Sunflowers: Folklore and Folk Art of the Northern Great
Plains – A collection of folk heritage representing all of North Dakota as well
as the region.
Memoirs of An Unknown Sportswriter (Except in North Dakota) –
Legendary sportswriter Abe Winter relives many sports memories, from high
school tournaments to college hockey.
Mr. Wheat: U.S. Senator Milton R. Young – The first-ever biography of
North Dakota’s longest-serving U.S. Senator by Andrea Winkjer Collin and
Richard E. Collin.
Also available! Dakota Stories I and Dakota Stories II by Lauraine
Snelling; Perseverance in Faith, a Centennial History of the Catholic
Church in North Dakota; From the Sideline by Mike Schatz; Small Town
Soldiers documentary by Watford City native Cody Shimek; On Divine
Assignment by Virginia Dohms and a large selection of Germans from
Russia books.
Order online at
www.dakotabooknet.com
Take a Look at our Books! * 701-222-0947
Canoe Kudos
Nomination Form
Have questions about your garden? Have problems
with pests and weeds? The North Dakota State
University Extension Service (www.ag.ndsu.edu/
extension) has information that can help you. Best of
all, the advice is North Dakota-specific.
The publications provided by the NDSU Extension
Service include information on flowers, fruits,
vegetables, lawns, landscaping, trees, shrubs, weeds,
and insects. With our unpredictable North Dakota
weather, it can be nice to have a resource that is
strictly for this environment.
Many of the documents take the reader through the
gardening process, starting with the seeds, the insects
and diseases that can plague plants, and what can
be done with the finished product. Whether you are
canning, making jellies and jams, or making wine,
there are documents that can help you.
Most of the publications are available for free as a .pdf
file on the NDSU Extension Service website and new
publications are always being produced. Many of the
documents are also available in paper form and can
be checked out from the North Dakota State Library.
Happy gardening!
NDLA has a vehicle for recognizing individuals who do a wonderful job
in their libraries or who have shown support or done something special
for libraries. Any member of NDLA can honor a deserving individual
by submitting this nomination form along with a $10 donation to the
Professional Development Grant Fund. NDLA will present the honoree
with a Canoe Kudos pin and, if appropriate, submit a press release to
the local newspaper. Canoe Kudos honorees will also be listed in The
Good Stuff. You may buy or receive more than one pin.
Name
Home Address
Longer kudos?
You may
print this form
and use the
back!
Work Address
Position
Sponsor’s name
Reason for Nomination
Send nomination form and $10 donation (checks payable to NDLA) to: Lori K. West, Professional Development
Committee Chair, Fargo Public Library, 102 3rd St. North, Fargo, ND 58102-2138.
NDLA on
Wikipedia
Wikipedia Webpage Benefits
By Carrie Scarr, Public Library Section Chair
What is Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is a free, online encyclopedia that anyone
can edit. The name comes from a combination of the
words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative
websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning
“quick”) and encyclopedia. Individuals can create
Wikipedia articles or add content to existing articles.
For librarians, that raises some questions. If anyone
can add content, where’s the oversight? Wikipedia
utilizes automated programs, administrators,
bureaucrats, an arbitration committee, and stewards
to ensure the quality of Wikipedia articles. To find out
more about Wikipedia and how it works, visit http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About.
Having a Wikipedia page makes our Association
and our members a little more searchable. As a
test, I did a Google search for “North Dakota Library
Association” and the Wikipedia article appeared in
the first page of results. Having a Wikipedia webpage
also means that our Association can link to external
resources (Internet websites) such as American Library
Association, Mountain Plains Library Association,
and newspaper articles about our Association and its
members.
Contributing to Wikipedia
The North Dakota Library Association now has a
Wikipedia Webpage (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
North_Dakota_Library_Association)! As a starting
point, I created two sections: Executive Board and
Librarian of the Year Awards. Although I originally
included a listing of NDLA Presidents, Wikipedia
determined that the list wasn’t notable enough to be
included in the article.
If you’re new to contributing to Wikipedia, don’t
be bashful. Wikipedia is full of helpful articles
and tutorials to get you started. For the new
Wikipedia writer, the Tutorial / Editorial page (https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial/Editing) is
an indispensable resource. If you’re familiar with
HTML, be aware that Wikipedia uses wikitext (rather
than HTML code) for formatting. This means that
new wikitext users who are inserting italics, bold,
headings, linking Wikipedia webpages, and creating
footnotes will need to adjust their formatting when
writing for Wikipedia. If you’re nervous about getting
the wikitext just right, relax; Wikipedia has plenty of
administrators that double check your code and clean
up the formatting while you’re learning.
I hope that NDLA members are willing and excited to
expand our NDLA Wikipedia page by creating more
sections and linking to more Internet resources.
Have fun learning how to contribute to the people’s
encyclopedia, Wikipedia, while you tell the world
about the North Dakota Library Association!
NDLA Wikipedia Webpage
Professional Development Grant Report: 2014 MPLA Leadership Institute
By Janet Anderson, Minot Public Library
The Mountain Plains Library Association held its 9th
Leadership Institute in Estes Park, Colorado, April
27- May 2, 2014. The Institute was facilitated by
Maureen Sullivan, past ALA president and an awardwinning organization development consultant with
over 25 years of experience in strategic planning and
leadership.
Thirty participants from twelve states were selected
from more than 60 applicants. Attendees were from
public, academic, and special libraries, providing a
wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. The
participants were joined by four mentors and the
Institute Coordinator, Aubrey Madler of Mayville
State University, as well as Maureen Sullivan. Over
the course of five days, the attendees participated
in a dozen formal sessions as well as small group
discussions.
Many of the sessions held during the Leadership
Institute emphasized the challenges and opportunities
libraries face in our ever-changing world. Maureen
stressed that as we think about these challenges,
we should look for opportunities and focus on the
strengths within our organizations. Maureen further
explained that people within an organization are more
likely to successfully manage these challenges if their
leaders provide the following:
• Purpose, Direction and Meaning
• Trust
• Optimism
• Action and Results
In order to equip attendees with the tools to
provide the above, Maureen asked us to complete
self-assessments as well as discuss interpersonal
communication and how to manage conflict. A key
element to both communication and conflict was
clarification – effective leaders must ask questions and
actively listen to ensure that all parties understand all
aspects of a situation.
Another key element of leadership is encouraging staff
to take risks and experiment with new ideas in order
to adapt to changes in the library culture and climates.
Small groups of participants discussed how leaders
can foster risk-taking by providing the following:
clear guidelines, support within the organization,
recognition for successful ventures, and, most
importantly, the opportunity for staff to share ideas.
Obviously, leaders also need to ensure that risks are
being taken in order to meet the library’s mission and
that there is reasoning behind the risk.
Some of the most valuable sessions at the Leadership
Institute dealt with how people deal with change
and how leaders can build commitments to this
change and to the organization overall. Like risktaking, successful change cannot take place without
commitment and the first step to building commitment
is communication. Maureen was clear to point
out that leaders simply can’t spend all their time
communicating every little bit of news to staff, but
that a good leader makes sure that he or she shares
information about important (big) changes and allows
time for staff to express their concerns.
Following our discussion on change, time was spent
discussing group development, teams, and planning
for personal leadership potential. A key element of
these topics, and many of the other issues discussed at
the Institute, is to ask yourself: “What will it look like
when we’ve been successful?” This question allows a
leader to keep the end goal in mind and should allow
the leader to more clearly share this goal.
The facilitated sessions of the MPLA Leadership
Institute were incredibly enlightening and Maureen
allowed participants to steer conversation toward
topics that were important to us. Still, some of
the most useful discussions took place outside
of the “classroom” in small group or one-on-one
conversations with mentors and other attendees.
Spending time with librarians who are in similar
situations or who have successfully made it through
similar situations was tremendously helpful. The MPLA
Leadership Institute provided me with a variety of
essential tools to lead our library forward, and the
most valuable tool is the network of emerging and
existing MPLA leaders.
NDLA Professional Development
Grant Report: Systematic Workshop
By Dawn Hackman, M.S., Reference Librarian, UND
Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences
On April 7-9, 2014, I was fortunate to be able to attend
the “Systematic Review Workshop: Nuts and Bolts for
Librarians” at the University of Pittsburgh, thanks in no
small part to the generosity of the NDLA Professional
Development Grants Committee. NDLA alumni of this
workshop include Sandi L. Bates and Mary Markland,
who both wrote detailed reports of their experiences
in previous issues of The Good Stuff: June 2011 and
August 2013, respectively. I’d like to share what I
took away from the workshop, without repeating the
contents of their detailed reports.
First of all, a brief review. There are many definitions
for systematic reviews (SRs), but I prefer the oft-quoted
definition created by the Cochrane Collaboration: a
systematic review is “a review of a clearly formulated
question that uses systematic and explicit methods to
identify, select and critically appraise relevant research,
and to collect and analyse data from the studies that
are included in the review” (http://www.cochrane.
org/faq/general). A plain language interpretation was
provided in the workshop as follows: a systematic
review is a research study, in which the subjects are
individual primary studies as opposed to individual
human participants. While it’s true that systematic
reviews play a key role in evidence-based medicine,
that is not to say that doctors and medical librarians are
the only people involved with them. On the contrary,
they are growing in prominence in many of the health
and rehabilitation sciences. Any academic librarian
could encounter systematic reviews in their institution’s
curriculum, as more health sciences programs are
requiring upper-level students to produce SRs as a final
scholarly project.
Areas for Librarian Involvement
The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) at the
University of Pittsburgh doesn’t need to market its
support regarding systematic reviews; its growth
and success is due to word-of-mouth. The reference
librarians all have expertise in the level of searching
needed for systematic reviews. One of the workshop
instructors stated: “a librarian is to the literature
search as a statistician is to the meta-analysis.” Out
of that expertise comes the strong belief that the
HSLS librarians are not just service providers, but
are co-investigators on the systematic reviews to
which they contribute. The instructors emphasized
that producing a proper systematic review is a timeconsuming scholarly activity for the investigators and
librarian alike. The HSLS librarians are involved in all
aspects of SRs, from development to documentation
(http://hsls.libguides.com/systematicreviews). Examples
include: determining whether a systematic review has
already been conducted on a given topic; preparing
and/or conducting searches for the scoping review (a
preliminary review used to determine the feasibility of
the proposed SR) or the systematic review itself; and
writing the search methods section of the manuscript.
Resources to Search
The issue of where to search for studies will vary based
on the topic of interest. The Cochrane Collaboration
provides a minimum guideline of MEDLINE, EMBASE,
and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
(CENTRAL). The Institute of Medicine adds to that list
the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE).
Additional resources could be located by finding
previously published search protocols. One method
to find those protocols is to search PROSPERO, a freeto-search and free-to-register database of prospective
systematic reviews with health-related outcomes
(www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/). BioMed Central also
publishes study protocols.
While the majority of the search efforts will be spent
producing and refining database search strategies,
that can’t be where the literature search stops. Mary
Markland reported on the importance of searching the
so-called “Grey Literature” during the systematic review
process. That report can be found in the August 2013
issue of The Good Stuff, starting on page 21. Other
methods that should be used are as follows:
• Cited reference search
• Handsearch of key journals
• Contact the corresponding author of each
study that will be included in the published
systematic review to ask if they have additional
data. Note: this is usually done by one of the
co-investigators and not the librarian.
Handsearching Journals in a Digital Age
The act of handsearching journals refers to browsing
journal issues cover-to-cover, in order to identify
relevant studies that were not retrieved through
database searches. It was explained to us that there can
be many reasons why an article wouldn’t be retrieved
during even expert database searches, including:
indexing inconsistencies or errors; only selected
articles being included in a database (e.g. excluding
entire issue supplements or publication types like
letters); and inconsistencies regarding the publication
and indexing of conference proceedings. For that
reason, the Institute of Medicine Standard 3.2.4 does
recommend that selected journals and conference
abstracts be handsearched during the course of the
systematic review (http://iom.edu/Reports/2011/FindingWhat-Works-in-Health-Care-Standards-for-SystematicReviews/Standards.aspx).
Key journal titles can be identified by talking to the
research team or by looking for common titles in the
results of your database searches. Key conferences
can also be identified by talking to the research team
or searching conference databases, such as OCLC
ProceedingsFirst. Ideally, handsearching should be
done using the print copies of journals and conference
abstracts. Unfortunately this has become increasingly
difficult, if not impossible, in the Digital Age. As an
alternative, you can handsearch an online journal
by clicking through the issue page by page. It’s not
advisable to use the publisher’s “search within journal”
features. Reading the title, abstract, and methods
sections should be sufficient to determine eligibility,
while keeping in mind the predetermined inclusion and
exclusion criteria.
Anyone looking to improve their handsearching
skills may want to consider taking the Cochrane
Handsearcher Training Course. It’s a free monthly
online course offered by the Cochrane Eyes and Vision
Group via the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for
Public Health: http://eyes.cochrane.org/workshops-andcourses. This course is relevant to researchers, as well
as librarians.
Additional Resources
I hope this report is useful to my fellow NDLA
members. If anyone is inspired to educate themselves
on systematic reviews, try checking out the following
guides:
HSLS Systematic Review Program, Health Sciences
Library System, University of Pittsburgh: http://hsls.
libguides.com/systematicreviews
Systematic Reviews, Bernard Becker Medical Library,
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis:
http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/SystematicReviews
Best. Reference Question. Ever.
We’ve all had them …. Questions from library users that have made us laugh or shake our heads or maybe even
tear up a little. At any rate, they are memorable!
Here’s a story shared by Yeisa Fredrickson, a Cataloging Associate at UND’s Chester Fritz Library, who also works
part-time at East Grand Forks Public Library:
A lady came into the library asking for help finding some war books for her son’s school project.
“Not a problem,” I told her, “we have a great military history collection.” I asked if there was
anything specific he was interested in. “He needs books on World War II and World War III,”
she said.
Thinking her request was a mistake, I first showed her some WWII books, but when she again
asked for WW III books, I knew I was in trouble. I repeatedly tried to explain that the library did
not have any non-fiction material on WW III and why. She remained adamant that her son needed
books on WW III and demanded to know what her tax dollars are being spent on if not being used
for an adequate book collection in current events.
She ended up storming out of the library, but left me with quite a story!
Have a funny library story you’d like to share? Send it my way: Marlene Anderson, Chair, The Good Stuff
Editorial Committee ([email protected]).
NDLA
Election PREVIEW
Editor’s note: This is a preview of candidates for the upcoming NDLA election. The August issue of
The Good Stuff will include more detailed candidate information.
The Nominations, Elections, & Voting committee, led by Susie Sharp, worked very hard to find
candidates. This slate of candidates has been approved by the Executive Board.
NDLA OFFICER CANDIDATES
President-elect
• Greta Guck, Leach Public Library, Wahpeton
Secretary
• Mary Lorenz, Grand Forks Public Library
Treasurer
• Michael Safratowich, Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, UND, Grand Forks
ALA Councilor
• Laurie McHenry, Thormodsgard Law Library, UND, Grand Forks
SECTION & ROUNDTABLE OFFICER CANDIDATES
Academic & Special Libraries Section
• Chair-elect - Samuel Stover, Valley City State University
Archives / Records Management Roundtable
• No candidates
Government Documents Roundtable
• Chair-elect - Alicia Kubas, NDSU Libraries, Fargo
Health Science Information Section
• Chair-elect – Dawn Hackman, Harley E. French Library of the Health Sciences, UND,
Grand Forks
• Secretary – Merete Christianson, NDSU Libraries, Fargo
New Members Roundtable
• Chair-elect - Megan Richardson, NDSU Libraries, Fargo
Public Library Section
• Chair-elect - Janet Anderson, Minot Public Library
• Chair-elect - Steve Hammel, Valley City Barnes County Public Library
School Library & Youth Services Section
• Chair-elect - Aaron Stefanich, Grand Forks Public Library
• Secretary- Traci Juhala, Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library
Technical Services Roundtable
• No candidates
Proposed Change
to NDLA Bylaws
Submitted by Virginia Bjorness
Chair of the Constitution, Bylaws, & Policies Committee
Editor’s note: This proposed change to the NDLA Bylaws was approved by the Executive Board
at the May meeting and will be placed on the upcoming ballot for vote of the membership. The following proposed Bylaws change addresses election issues and simplifies the process of
determining the winning candidate. The goal of this Bylaws change is to resolve the conflict in
the current Bylaws that allows for more than two candidates to be placed on the ballot for any
given office and the requirement that the winning candidate receives a majority vote (which is
usually meant to be more than 50% of the votes cast). If three or more candidates are on the
ballot for any office, there is a possibility that no one candidate will receive more than 50% of
the votes. This proposed Bylaws change also sets a procedure for handling tie-vote issues.
The Bylaws change relates to Article III, Section 2B of the NDLA Bylaws. It was drafted by the
Constitution, Bylaws, and Policies Committee and approved by the Executive Board on May 9,
2014.
Existing statement:
Article III (Nominations and Elections), Section 2B (Elections) of the current NDLA Bylaws states:
B. A majority vote of all returned election ballots determines election results. The
Nominations, Elections, and Voting Committee determines and reports the results of
the balloting to the Executive Board which validates election results and in disputes
regarding elections serves as the final arbiter.
Proposed change:
If passed, Article III, Section 2B would read:
B. For each office the candidate receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected. The Nominations, Elections, and Voting Committee determines and reports the results
of the balloting to the Executive Board which validates election results and, in disputes
regarding elections, serves as the final arbiter. In the case of a tie vote, the successful
candidate shall be determined by lot conducted by the Executive Board. The changes between the existing Bylaws and the above proposal are:
1. Changing the requirement from “majority vote” to “largest number”
2. Insertion of two commas in the second sentence
3. Addition of a procedure for handling tie votes
The above proposed Bylaws change will be placed on the upcoming ballot. A copy of the full
Bylaws can be found at http://ndla.info/bylaws.htm.
people
Compiled by Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member
Stuff
Kirsten Baesler, NDLA member, former school library
media specialist, and now State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, is the recipient of the 2014 Rising Star
Award from the Bismarck State College National Alumni
Association. Baesler earned an Associate’s degree from BSC
in 1999.
Kim Frazier is the new director of the Hebron Public
Library. She replaces Jean Pascuzl, who resigned her
position in April after three years of service.
Elizabeth Jacobs has been named the new assistant director
of the Bismarck Public Library and will begin her new
position in mid-July. Elizabeth has worked at the North
Dakota State Library as a field services librarian. She earned
her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Jamestown in
English and History/Political Science, and a Master’s degree
in Library Science from the University of North Texas.
After 14 years of service at the Hazen Public Library, Judy
Hayden retired at the end of May. The reception was held
in her honor at the library. Hayden plans to visit here
children and grandchildren and also return to the mission
field after having served in South Africa, Uganda, and
Mozambique.
Mark Holman, Librarian at Sitting Bull College, has been
elected 2014-15 president of the Tribal College and
University Librarian Association. The group’s Tribal College
Librarians Professional Development Institute is held
annually at Montana State University in Bozeman and has
promoted professional development activities for tribal
college librarians since 1990. Here is a blog posting that
Mark wrote about this year’s Institute: http://fencerowtractor.
ghost.io/tribal-college-librarians-institute/ Christine Kujawa has been selected as the new director of
the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library. She started
her new duties on May 1, 2014.
The new director of the Garrison Public Library is Janelle
Michels. Michels began her new position on May 27 and
replaced Mercedes Sayler, who moved to her home city of
Fargo. Michels grew up on a farm in Iowa and has lived
in Garrision for three years. Before accepting the library
position, she was an event assistant for the Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Center in Washburn.
Donna Metzger retired from her position as Librarian of the
Vision Resource Center, North Dakota School for the Blind
Library, and as ODIN Director for NDVS/SB, effective June
30, 2014. Donna said, “Working with and learning from
my fellow teachers and colleagues in the fields of vision
and librarianship, has been a joy for me. I have gained a
great deal personally and professionally. I appreciate the
cooperative relationships we have cultivated these past
seven years and I am proud to be associated with this fine
group of knowledgeable, helpful, and caring people. I will
cherish the close friendships I have made during my tenure
and carry many in my heart as I move on to the next phase
in my life. I wish you all growth and fulfillment.” Best
wishes for your retirement, Donna!
Jonathan Moorman has been hired as a web applications
developer for the ODIN office located in Grand Forks.
Jonathan graduated from the University of Maryland with a
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and has worked as a
software engineering intern for OPS Consulting in Hanover,
Maryland, and as a web applications developer for Sage
Dining, in Lutherville, Maryland. He moved to North
Dakota with his family in November 2013 and worked as
a software developer for UND Aerospace until starting with
ODIN on June 16, 2014.
Ann Pederson of Altru Health System in Grand Forks
has been re-elected to represent special libraries on the
OCLC Global Council. She will serve a three-year term.
Congratulations, Ann!
Mary Jane Schmaltz retired on April 30, 2014, after a
43-year career at the Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public
Library. During her tenure, Mary Jane served as director of
the library for the past 14 months, as an assistant director for
35 years, as a past acting director, and also as a “children’s
librarian, cataloguer, reference, and I&R librarian, and many
times as a part-time janitor, babysitter, bouncer ….” Mary
Jane was active in NDLA throughout her career. Among the
things we remember her for are serving as NDLA treasurer
in the 1980s, contributing several recipes to Dakota Gold,
the NDLA Centennial Cookbook, and also entertaining
NDLA conference goers as a member of the “Docettes”
[pronounced Dockettes], a group that sang the praises of
government documents in memorable performances at the
1984 and 1986 NDLA conferences. We wish you all the
best for your retirement, Mary Jane!
Wilbur Stolt, Director of Libraries, Chester Fritz Library,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, became Chair of
the Executive Committee of the OCLC Americas Regional
Council on July 1 and will serve through June 30, 2015.
Congratulations, Wilbur!
Welcome to NDLA!
New members since the last issue of The Good
Stuff are Mary D. Mahoney, Mike Schaff, Rebecca
Sorgert and Andrea Weikum (Bismarck), Brittany
Jones (Carrington), Taylor Hort (Dickinson), Alicia
Kubas and Amy Reese (Fargo), Kelly Thormodson
(Grand Forks), Matthew Hovland (Lincoln), Lindsay
Schott (Mandan), Elizabeth Ferwerda (Medina),
Ryan Ackerman and Lisa Olson (Minot), and
Melissa Lloyd (Valley City).
Help us increase our membership in 2014 — tell
your coworkers about NDLA and consider an
institutional membership for your library! If you’re
at a public library, please consider memberships
for your trustees or board of directors. Membership
information and forms can be found on our web
page at www.ndla.info — click on “Membership.”
Dues can be paid by check or PayPal. NDLA’s
membership year is January to December.
Membership Report
(as of April 29, 2014)
Submitted by Theresa Norton,
Membership Chair
Academic & Special Libraries Section
69
Health Sciences Information Section
28
96
School Library & Youth Services Section
72
Archives/Records Management Roundtable 24
Government Documents Roundtable
16
22
Technical Services Roundtable
26
Associate members
7
Institutional members
9
Student members
5
Trustees14
New members 2014
18
Total 2014 members
248
Library Events and
Conferences
• June 22-25, 2014 – Association of Jewish
Libraries Annual Conference, Las Vegas
• June 26 – July 1, 2014 - 2014 Annual
Conference, Las Vegas, NV
• July 12-15, 2014 – American Association
of Law Libraries, Annual Meeting &
Conference, San Antonio
• August 18-19 - Upper Midwest Digital
Collections Conference, University
of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus,
Minneapolis
• September 2014 – Library Card Sign-up
Month
• September 17-20, 2014 – NDLA Annual
Conference, Bismarck
• September 18-20 – ALSC National
Institute, Oakland, CA
• September 21-27, 2014 – Banned Books
Week
• October 1-3, 2014 – South Dakota Library
Association Conference, Pierre
• October 8-9, 2014 – Minnesota Library
Association Annual Conference, Mankato
• October 12-18, 2014 – Teen Read Week
• October 19-25, 2014 – National Friends of
Libraries Week
• November 2014 – Picture Book Month
By Eric Stroshane
Infographics are an extremely popular way of
presenting and sharing data in a visual and easy to
comprehend format. Humans are visual creatures,
after all, and we take in most of our data through our
eyes. Infographics tell stories in images and textual
snippets, and are readily shared via social media. As
such, they’re a great way to raise awareness about
a topic or issue. They’re also super easy to create.
So why not start telling your library’s stories with
infographics, and sharing them online?
are accessible from a toolbar on the left. Here are
what the Tools and Sharing elements look like:
Here’s the beginning of a super simple (rather lame)
infographic thrown together in a few minutes:
I’ve tried out a lot of different infographic creators, and
Piktochart is by far my favorite. It’s a freemium webbased app with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface
and excellent chart integration.
The free version grants access to seven themes and
the blank canvas. You should be aware that shared
infographics from free accounts will be watermarked
at the very bottom. Licensed use gets you a wealth
of additional themes and removes the watermark at a
cost of $39.99/year for educators.
Once you create an account or sign in, you can pick
a theme to start designing from. The blank canvas
is definitely where you’ll be heading most often, as
it provides maximum flexibility. After you choose
a theme, you’ll see that your chart dominates the
window and all the design elements at your disposal
Article inspired by Dani Brecher’s Infographic DIY
workshop presented at LibTech 2014.
2014 Winners!
Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award
Congratulations to the 2014 winners of NDLA’s Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award.
Picture Books: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin
Intermediate Books: I Survived the Battle of the
Gettysburg, 1863 by Lauren Tarshis
Juvenile Books: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Non-Fiction Books: Dogs on Duty
by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
2015 Nominees
Picture Books
Ribbit! by Rodrigo Folgueira
Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
The Iciest, Diciest Scariest Sled Ride Ever! by Rebecca Rule
Intermediate Books
Sadie and Ratz by Sonya Hartnett
White Fur Flying by Patricia MacLachlan
Stick Dog by Tom Watson
Einstein, The Class Hamster by Janet Tashjian
Juvenile Books
The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1: Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Non-Fiction Books
The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch
Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer
North Dakota in Print
Eunice Davidson, a full blood Dakota
Sioux and member of the Spirit Lake
Nation, has written Aren’t We Sioux
Enough? The Truth behind the Attack
on the U.N.D. Fighting Sioux Tradition
($19.99, 218 p., pbk.). Davidson
tells the story of the Fighting Sioux
nickname controversy from the point
of view of nickname supporters from the Spirit Lake
Nation. The book is available online from Amazon and
Barnes and Noble.
Something to watch for … a project to create an
oral history of the Bakken is underway. The State
Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) is
partnering with a University of Minnesota research
team to collect stories of residents and workers in
the Williston area. Researchers want stories from
people who have lived in the area their whole lives
as well as stories from newcomers. The collected
stories will be archived and made available to the
public at the SHSND in Bismarck. Interviewing began
on June 5 and will continue through early July. For
more information about the project, or how you can
participate, contact Bruce Braun at 612.247.6822, or
[email protected].
Codename Zero ($16.99, 368 p.,
hardcover) is the latest book from
Chris Rylander. Set in Minot, it
features Carson Fender, a seventh
grader who is both “perpetually
bored” and the “number one
prankster” at his school. When
Fender is given a mysterious package
that he is told he must deliver, things
become anything but boring. Author Chris Rylander
was born and raised in North Dakota and won NDLA’s
Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award in 2012. He is
also the author of The Fourth Stall trilogy. Rylander’s
books are available in bookstores and online from
Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
The first novel in a planned trilogy has been
completed by Emanual Culman of Beach. Dreamers:
On Becoming Authentic ($27.90, 514 p., pbk.; $9.99,
ebook) is available from area bookstores and online
from Amazon. The central character in Dreamers
is a New York City bag lady who experiences an
extraordinary transformation that leads to a road trip
and discovery of her own power to change things. The
author is originally from England, but moved to the
United States when he was 26. He and his wife own
the Bijou Show-House in Beach.
When I was paging through the January 1, 2014,
issue of Booklist, the word “Mandan” caught my
eye. Even better, it was part of a starred review by
Deborah Donovan for Encounters at the Heart of the
World: A History of the Mandan People ($35, 480 p.,
hardcover) by Elizabeth A. Fenn. In part, the review
said, “Anyone who has seen the sensitive portraits
of Mandan chiefs painted in the 1830s by George
Catlin and Karl Bodmer will be captivated by Fenn’s
exhaustively researched history of the tribe that once
thrived on the upper Missouri River in present-day
North Dakota—at one time the center of northern
Plains commerce. … Simultaneously scholarly and
highly readable, Fenn’s contribution enriches our
understanding of not just Mandan history but also the
history and culture of the pre-reservation northern
Plains as well.” Copies are widely available at
bookstores and online from Amazon and Barnes and
Noble.
The Fair Viking Princess: At First
Sight ($17.49, 454 p., pbk.; $7.99,
ebook) is a self-published book by
Marilyn Gregoire. It’s the first in a
planned three-book series and deals
with sexual abuse. The Fair Viking
Princess is available online from
Amazon and Barnes and Noble. By
day, the author is an administrative
secretary for UND’s Department of
Theatre Arts. Find out more about her and her book at
marilyngregoire.com.
Golden Valley Celebrating 100 Years ($40,
spiralbound) is the 230-page history book compiled
in honor of Golden Valley’s centennial. If you would
like a copy, call Renee Lindemann at 701-983-4611
or email her an [email protected]. For more
information, visit the Golden Valley, ND Centennial
page on Facebook.
Grand Forks native and folk singer Tom Brosseau
has released his 8th album, Grass Punks ($12.88,
CD; $8.91, iTunes download). Brosseau said the
inspiration for the album’s title came from a female
artist he met on the open mic circuit in San Diego.
“She was a pianist and a poet, and she would
improvise these words. Just whatever came to her
head, she would say over and over again. And this
was a phrase that she would often say, grass punks.”
Brosseau’s other albums include Cavalier (2007),
Empty Houses are Lonely (2006), Grand Forks (2007),
Late Night at Largo (2004), North Dakota (2002),
Posthumous Success (2005), and What I Mean to
Say Is Goodbye (2005). Brosseau now lives in Los
Angeles, California.
All in a day’s work … After retiring from the North
Dakota Highway Patrol, Keith Ogden decided to
share his stories about lighter moments on the job.
The result is Humor on the Highway, a collection of
stories from his 28 years as a patrolman near Cavalier
and Cooperstown. The book is available from local
booksellers, including Ferguson’s Books and Media in
Grand Forks, and directly from the author (find contact
information via the Pride of Dakota webpage, Smitten
with Mittens.
Last American Highway: Journey
through Time Down U.S. Route 83:
the Dakotas ($19.99, 194 p., pbk.) by
Stew Magnuson “takes readers on a
trip down the road and through the
history of the Northern Great Plains.”
Magnuson is also the author of
Wounded Knee 1973 and The Death
of Raymond Yellow Thunder, which
won the Nebraska Nonfiction Book of the Year for
2009 and was nominated as the Great Plains Book of
the Year by the Center of Great Plains Studies. Check
out his blog. `The Highway 83 Chronicles,’ at http://
ushighway83.blogspot.com/.
The Little Country Theatre: 100 Years at North
Dakota State University ($24.95, 30 min., DVD) is a
new documentary from Prairie Public Broadcasting.
The theatre was founded by Alfred G. Arvold in 1914
and features alumni, faculty members, and historical
images that “recall 100 years of curtain calls …” To
order a copy, visit the Prairie Public site.
Eliot Glassheim, a state representative for North
Dakota’s 18th District and former Grand Forks City
Council member, has released his third book of poetry.
Passing Through: Collected Poems ($19.95,189
p.) features poems that Glassheim wrote over five
decades, from the 1960s to 2013. The book is
available online from the North Dakota Museum of
Art or by calling 701.777.4195. Glassheim is also the
author of Sweet Land of Decency (2009), a book of
stories from American history, and two other poetry
collections, The Restless Giant (1968) and Foreign
Exchange (2010; in collaboration with his wife, Dyan
Rey). He also edited Voices from the Flood, Behind
the Scenes: Leadership in a Natural Disaster (2001),
and Renewing the Countryside: North Dakota (2003).
William C. Teie, whose mother was born and raised
on a farm outside of Hatton, ND, has penned The
Pladsons of Newburgh Township. The book features
more than 950 photographs, maps, and other graphics
to tell the stories of the Norwegian immigrants who
settled in the area. Teie visited the Steele County
Historical Society Museum in June for a book signing.
The book is available from Deer Valley Press ($55, 544
p., hardcover.).
Fargo native Gregory Rom has
penned Roger Maris and a Cast of
Hundreds ($19.95, 268 p., pbk.), a
book about the world of professional
baseball from 1957-68 when Roger
Maris played. Maris grew up in
Fargo and is known for breaking
Babe Ruth’s single-season home run
record with 61 home runs in 1961.
One dollar from every sale of the book will go to
the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo. For more
information, visit www.gregoryrombooks.com. The
book is also available online from Amazon and Barnes
and Noble.
Rough Ride: the Oil Patch Tour is an interactive
documentary available on the Black Gold Boom site.
Black Gold Boom: How Oil Changed North Dakota is
“produced by independent producer Todd Melby and
brought to you by Prairie Public, Zeega, and AIR, the
Association of Independents in Radio, Incorporated.”
South Heart ($11.69, 318 p.; pbk. ; $4.99, eBook) by
S. (Steven) L. Schwab is a fantasy work set in western
North Dakota. The blurb on Amazon’s CreateSpace
site says, “South Heart is an enthralling tale and a
must-read for fantasy and science fiction fans or
anyone who enjoys a good versus evil story.” Dustin
White, editor of the Mandan News, gave the book an
overall rating of 4 (out of 5). He said “Even though
there are problems with the work, most significantly
with the editing, the story is worth reading … This is
a book I would recommend to anyone interested in
fantasy or apocalyptic work.” (Mandan News, May
14, 2014, p. 4)
The Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive at
the Dickinson Museum Center features more than
8,000 searchable images with many thousands
more to come. The project is a partnership of the
Southwestern North Dakota Museum Foundation,
the Stark County Historical Society, and the City of
Dickinson.
Strangers Before the Bench ($13.95,
288 p., pbk.) is the second book by
David Hecker, formerly of Devils
Lake and Minnewaukan. Strangers is
about a judge with the Immigration
Naturalization Service who “takes
pride in his ‘fences up’ approach to
immigrants by deporting those who
appear before him in court on even
the tiniest of infractions.” When the judge learns that
his own distant relatives from Central Europe suffered
because of officials like himself, he has a change of
heart. Hecker’s first book, Full Circle: a Journey in
Search of Roots, chronicles the stories of his Germans
from Russia relatives who immigrated to the U.S. and
those who remained in Russia. Strangers is available
online from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Tasunka: a Lakota Horse Legend (48 p., $19.95,
hardcover) told and illustrated by Donald F.
Montileaux with a Lakota translation by Agnes Gay
is available from the South Dakota Historical Society
Press. The catalog description says, “Curiosity leads a
young warrior to track a new animal. It leads him far
from home, but at last he finds a herd of the strange
new creatures. They are horses that shimmer with
color and run swift as the wind. The young Lakota
captures and tames them, and his people grow rich
and powerful. They become filled with pride. With
their newfound strength, they rule over the plains.
Then the Great Spirit, who gave the gift of the horse,
takes it away.”
That Word ($12.95) is a new book of poems from
Jamie Parsley, an Episcopal priest at St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church in Fargo. That Word “… chronicles
a dark year following the sudden death of his father
in the early fall of 2010.” The book is available from
North Star Press. Parsley is an Associate North Dakota
Poet Laureate and has an MFA in Creative Writing
from Vermont College of Norwich University. He is the
author of 12 books of poems and one book of short
fiction.
North Dakota native Elizabeth Slavick has penned two
inspirational novels, Three Dead Leaves ($21.99, 288
p., pbk.) and New Leaves Are Green ($18.99, 238 p.,
pbk.) Slavick grew up on a farm near New Salem and
has a BS degree in public history from North Dakota
State University. She now lives in Medford, Oregon.
Slavick’s books are available at the St. Pius V Catholic
Church gift store in New Salem (202 N. 3rd Street) as
well as online (print and eBook formats) from Tate
Publishing, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.
Summer Summit
The State Library’s Summer Summit (formerly Summer Breeze) is a regional networking and development
opportunity for library administrators and board members. This year’s Summer Summit will feature table talks on
a variety of topics including marketing, social media, emerging technology, programming, library standards, and
whatever else participants choose to discuss. Field Services librarians and other State Library staff will facilitate,
support, and document the conversations.
Summer Summit Schedule with Links for Online Registration
August
August
August
August
August
August
6 – Dickinson Area Public Library
7 – Minot Public Library
8 – Alfred Dickey Public Library (Jamestown)
12 – Grand Forks Public Library
13 – West Fargo Public Library
15 – North Dakota State Library (Bismarck)
Note: Summits will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at all locations. You can also register by calling 701-328-4622.
Browsing in the Cyberstacks
By Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Member
Blog (bläg/) plural: blogs; Origin: 1990s;
shortening of weblog
noun. blog. 1) A personal website or
web page on which an individual records
opinions, links to other sites, etc. on a regular
basis.
verb: blog; 3rd person present: blogs;
past tense: blogged; past participle: blogged;
gerund or present participle: blogging. 1) Add
new material to or regularly update a blog.
”It’s about a week since I last blogged.” 2)
Write about (an event, situation, topic, etc.) in
a blog. “He blogged the national convention
as an independent.”
There are some great library/librarian blogs out there.
Something for every taste. Dozens of them. Here is a
very small sampling of what you can find.
21st Century Library Blog
“A collaborative forum for the library community, and
anyone else interested in the subject of creating 21st
Century libraries and librarians.” Blogger: Kimberly
Matthews; Note: This blog first established by Dr.
Stephen A. Matthews. His daughter recently took
over the blogging duties.
The Busy Librarian
“Notes from the life of an elementary teacher
librarian.” Blogger: Matthew C. Winner, Ducketts Lane
Elementary School, Ellicott City, Maryland.
Confessions of a Science Librarian
Blogger: John Dupuis, Science Librarian at Steacie
Science & Engineering Library, York University,
Toronto.
The Daring Librarian
Blogger: Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones, teacherlibrarian & technology specialist, Murray Hill Middle
School, Laurel, Maryland.
The Embedded Librarian
Information Literacy Weblog
“We bring you news and reports
about information literacy around
the world.” Blogger: Sheila Webber, faculty member,
Information School, University of Sheffield, UK
and Director of the Centre for Information Literacy
Research.
Librarian in Black
“Amazingly informed and therefore properly
opinionated.” Blogger: Sarah Houghton, Director for
the San Rafael Public Library, California.
Librarian.net
“Putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999.”
Blogger: Jessamyn West, library technologist, rural
Vermont.
Librarians Matter Blog
“It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries,
technology, creativity, balancing, being mum.”
Blogger: Kathryn Greenhill, Associate Lecturer in
Information Studies at Curtin University in Perth,
Western Australia.
A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet
“Because you never know when you’ll need a
cybrarian ...” Blogger: Julie Greller, Ridgeville Park
Junior Senior High School, Ridgefield Park, New
Jersey.
Unpretentious Librarian
“Blogging from the heart of Texas.” Blogger: Sue
Fitzgerald, teacher-librarian, Gene Pike Middle School,
Justin, Texas.
The Unquiet Librarian
“This space is where I muse all things related to life
as a modern librarian.” Blogger: Buffy J. Hamilton,
Media Specialist, Norcross High, Gwinnett County
Public School District, Norcross, Georgia.
Van Meter Library Voice
“Dedicated to exploring the development of
embedded library and information services in
organizations of all types.” Blogger: David Shumaker,
Clinical Associate Professor, The Catholic University of
America, School of Library and Information Science,
Washington, D.C.
“A place to be heard through creating, technology,
connecting, reading, collaborating, and noise.”
Blogger: Shannon McClintock Miller, district teacher
librarian, Van Meter Community School, Iowa.
Good Stuff from Around the State
The Bismarck Public Library hosted
a writing workshop for high school
students on March 24, 2014. Kendare
Blake, a bestselling young adult author,
led the workshop. Blake also did a
reading on March 25, 2014 at the
Bismarck Downtown Artist Cooperative.
Library, Hankinson Public Library, Lidgerwood Public
Library, and Mohall Public Library.
The Library Foundation of the Bismarck
Veterans Memorial Public Library raised more than
$5,800 for teen services with “Spring Break at the
Library” on April 11, 2014. Guests enjoyed a beach
theme and dressing casually while they snacked on
pizza, popcorn, and chocolates, and sampled wine and
locally brewed Buffalo Commons beer. The evening
also included a Wild Trivia Tour with questions posed
by Scott Wild.
The GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs)
Bottineau Study Club held its annual spring tea at the
Bottineau County Public Library on April 30, 2014, to
raise money for the library.
The Dickinson Area Public Library is now offering
“Book Club in a Bag” kits to local book groups. Thirtythree different kits are currently available. The library
also hosts monthly book club discussions led by
Caitlin Meyer, assistant circulation librarian. In May,
participants talked about The Language of Flowers by
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, and in June, the group discussed
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.
The Divide County Public Library recently received a
gift for $40,000 from the estate of Jon Henry Phelps,
who passed away in mid-January in Washington.
Phelps left the money to the library as a memorial to
his parents. Phelps was born in Crosby in September
1918. The library plans to use the funds to enhance
the adult section with a new fireplace, area rugs, and
improved signage. They also plan to hang a plaque to
honor Phelps’ contribution to his hometown.
Tammy Julson, librarian at Dunseith Public School,
was awarded a Team Nutrition grant of $1000 from
the Department of Public Instruction to purchase
40 new books for the school’s elementary library in
the area of nutrition and fitness, as well as several
games, manipulatives, and activities. Julson was also
successful in getting a Libri Foundation grant through
its “Books for Children” program. Other North Dakota
libraries awarded Libri Foundation grants in 2014
include Carrington City Library, Ellendale Public
For the first two weeks in May, Miller’s Fresh Foods
in New Rockford gave customers an opportunity to
purchase an “open book page” in the amount of their
choice and write their name in a ‘book’ displayed at the
checkout station. The funds will be used for the meeting
room renovation project at the Eddy-New Rockford
Public Library.
Joan Mork from the North Dakota Attorney General’s
office spoke about the Internet and safety at the Elgin
Public Library on June 18, 2014. John Paul Martin of
the National Weather Service was also at the library to
present a program about weather hazards and to do
some weather-related experiments on June 23, 2014.
What a lovely surprise! The Ellendale Public Library
recently received a check for $1,800 from an
anonymous donor.
On April 7, 2014, Marion
Blumenthal Lazan, Holocaust
survivor and author of Four
Perfect Pebbles spent an
evening at the Grand Forks
Public Library and shared her
courageous tale. Mrs. Lazan
shared firsthand her experiences
as a nine-year-old child interned
with her family in the German
concentration camp of BergenBelsen, the same camp in which
GFPL Librarian Mary
Anne Frank died. Over 350
Lorenz and Marion
people crowded into the library Blumenthal Lazan
to hear her most uplifting tale. It was an evening to remember!
The Fargo Public Library, in partnership with NDSU’s
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
hosted a “Muslim Journeys: Points of View Book
Discussion Series” from February 6 through April 3,
2014. Humanities scholars Dr. Elizabeth Birmingham
and Dr. Miriam Mara led the series of book discussions
aimed at acquainting participants with individual
voices from the Muslim culture. The books included
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar (February 6);
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (February 20); House of
Stone by Anthony Shadid (March 6); Dreams of Trespass
by Fatima Mernissi (March 20); and Broken Verses by
Kamila Shamsie (April 3).
As part of Finley Days, the Finley Public Library
celebrated 25 years in its present location (302
Broadway) with an open house and book sale on June
12, 2014. The library also celebrated Joyce Jerstad on
25 years of service on the Finley Library Board.
Each year, Bret Dockter, a teacher at the B. M. Hanson
Elementary School in Harvey, and his 5th and 6th grade
social studies students do a community project. This
year, they decided to help the Harvey Public Library,
which is funded by taxes and memberships, but “wasn’t
doing so well moneywise.” Throughout the year, they
planned events and activities to raise money for the
library, including a ‘Keep Calm and Read’ book sale, a
singing competition, and more. The biggest project was
to ‘Pop the Top Off the Library’ by collecting beverage
can pop tops to cash in at the recycling center. All
told, the students raised $2,861 for the Harvey Public
Library. Outstanding!
“Fizz, Boom, Read!’ is the theme of the 2014 summer
reading program and libraries throughout the state are
doing all kinds of fun things to promote books and
reading in their communities. On May 30, Bismarck
and Mandan public libraries kicked off their programs
on the state capitol grounds with activities in the State
Library and the North Dakota Heritage Center. More
than 3,800 people attended. Several libraries in the
state kicked off their summer reading programs with
“Steve Weeks in Concert.” Weeks is a Colorado-based
singer-songwriter and does interactive shows filled with
music, stories, and fun for the whole family. He made
stops in Bismarck, Dickinson, Garrison, Harvey, and
Underwood while he was in North Dakota.
First Lady Betsy Dalrymple has been working with
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library since December of
2010. The Imagination Library is an early childhood
literacy program, for children ages 0-5, which sends
a free book monthly to children who qualify. In May,
the North American Coal Corporation announced a
donation of $30,000 over five years to the Imagination
Library. The funds will be distributed in partnership
with the Missouri Slope Area-wide United Way.
Dalrymple said, “North American Coal Corporation’s
donation gives us a tremendous opportunity to ensure
that young children in McLean, Mercer, and Oliver
counties develop a lifelong joy of reading.”
The Friends of the Kindred Public Library and Summer
Arts Safari will present a musical performance camp
for kids ages 7-14, on July 14-18, 2014. The camp will
culminate with a performance of “The Wizard of Oz”
on July 18.
Dwight Jon Zimmerman, an award-winning author
who was born in Harvey and raised in Devils Lake,
was at the Lake Region Public Library on June 17 and
again on June 21, 2014, to help raise funds for the
library, give presentations about his experiences in the
writing and publishing world, and sign books. For
the fundraising part of his visit, Zimmerman brought
original pieces of art from several of the stories he
wrote for Marvel Comics and a rare copy of Tops
Comics X-Files issue #40, which was set in Devils Lake.
These items were sold through a silent auction with
the proceeds to benefit the library. Starting in 1977,
Zimmerman worked for Marvel Comics in NYC. In
1992, he became executive editor of Topps Comics.
He is also the author of several books, including
Saga of the Sioux, The Book of Weapons, Tecumseh:
Shooting Star of the Shawnee, The Vietnam War: a
Graphic History, and The Hammer and the Anvil. He
also co-authored Lincoln’s Last Days with Bill O’Reilly
and Uncommon Valor with John Gresham.
Lake Region State College sponsored a discussion on
Rachel Calof’s memoirs on June 16, 2014. Calof was
a young Jewish bride who emigrated from Russia to
what is now Ramsey County, North Dakota, in 1894.
The book, Rachel Calof’s Story: Jewish Homesteader
on the Northern Plains, was published by Indiana
University Press in 1995. It was edited by J. Sanford
Rikoon and translated from the Yiddish by Jacob Calof
and Molly Shaw. A theatrical presentation of Rachel’s
story, “Rachel Calof, a Memoir with Music,” was also
presented on June 20-21 at the college.
A Pinterest Fanatics U-Night was held at the Leach
Public Library in Wahpeton on March 20, 2014. The
event was designed to help patrons learn more about
the Pinterest social media site. Library Director Greta
Guck is an avid Pinterest user and created a page for
the library. The library also set up a photo booth during
National Library Week. Patrons were invited to take
pictures of themselves holding a sign describing how
the library has helped them. Fun!
With funds provided by its Friends group, the Leach
Public Library has purchased literacy computer stations
geared toward children ages 3-8. The stations provide
games and activities to help children learn to read and
are not connected to the Internet. Two successful grant
applications have also resulted in funding to purchase
iPads for checkout to library patrons, and funding to
create a “Books and Bars” book club for 20-30 year
olds. The “Books and Bars” group will meet monthly at
the Firehouse Pub to discuss books they have read.
As part of its National Library Week celebration, awardwinning author and journalist Stew Magnuson spoke
at the Minot Public Library on April 21, 2014, about
his new book, The Last American Highway: Journey
through Time Down U.S. Route 83: the Dakotas. [Read
more about the book in this issue’s North Dakota in
Print column.]
The Mohall Public Library Book Club began in
September with a handful of members and now there
are 10 to 12 readers at each monthly gathering. The
group meets at the library the second Wednesday of
each month at 2:30 p.m. So far, the Club has read
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Secret Life of
Bees, Downtown Owl, Homefront, The Round House,
Unbroken, Mrs. Kennedy and Me, and The Book Thief.
The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department
(NDPRD) is expanding the Library Loan Program in
association with the North Dakota State Library.
Through the program, library patrons can “check out”
a pass providing entrance to any state park, effectively
waiving the $5 daily fee pass. The program was first
instituted in May of 2011 with the 11 public libraries
belonging to the Central Dakota Library Network. It
was a hit with CDLN patrons and is now being offered
statewide. For more information, visit www.parkrec.
nd.gov.
Library2Go keeps growing. The Stanley Public Library
is one of the latest libraries to join the consortium.
The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State
University is being expanded into a full presidential
library. So far, funding includes a $12 million award
from the state of North Dakota and an $8 million
pledge from the City of Dickinson. The Center
“has undertaken the monumental task of creating a
presidential digital library that will serve as a repository
for all Roosevelt-related documents, photographs, and
ephemera, providing instant access via the internet in a
well-organized, comprehensible manner.”
After the March 3rd fire at Trinity High School in
Dickinson, Librarian Rachel Ebach reported this good
news: “I found out over the weekend that many of the
library books can be saved after the fire. The clean-up
crew that was hired can send the books to a location
where the heavy smoke smell can be removed. I do not
know how many books suffered irreparable damage (I
still have not been allowed to enter the library to see
it for myself, and it’s driving me nuts). It will be a few
months until all this happens, so I very much appreciate
the books that have been donated.” NDLA’s Executive
Board voted to donate $500 to the Trinity High School
Library toward their recovery from fire damage.
The Underwood Public Library launched its “Geek the
Library” campaign on May 31, 2014. The program is
a way to generate support for libraries by reminding
community members about what is available to them
through the library and supporting individual creativity.
For more information about the movement and how
to get it started at your library, visit the website at
http://geekthelibrary.org/ or contact your Field Service
representative at the North Dakota State Library. The
state library also supports this campaign. Wahpeton’s
Leach Library recently launched its Geek program and
Minot High’s Magic City Campus geeked the library as
part of its National Library Week celebration in April.
The UND Library of the Health Sciences sponsored
two locations for the Medical Library Association
webcast, “Librarians Collaborating to Produce
Systematic Reviews: Project Launch to Publication,”
on April 16, 2014. Attendees could earn 1.5 Medical
Library Association contact hours. The webcast was
shown at the UND Medical Education Center in Fargo
and at the UND Library of the Health Sciences/UND
School of Medicine in Grand Forks. More information
about the webcast is available at: http://www.mlanet.
org/education/distance_ed/spring14/index.html.
Sponsorship of the webcast site was funded in whole
or in part with Federal funds from the Department of
Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
Health, National Library of Medicine, under Contract
No. HHSN-276-2011-00005C with the University of
Illinois at Chicago.
The Valley City Barnes County Library hosted its first
kids’ movie night on June 17, 2014, and its first teen
movie night on June 24, 2014.
Formation of a Valley City Barnes County Library
Foundation is in the works. The foundation would
manage and encourage private donations for the
library and would be set up by the Friends group. The
Library’s Board of Directors will make the final decision
on recommendations from the Foundation committee.
“Believe It or Not, It’s Science,” a program to introduce
children to earth science, was hosted by the Williston
Community Library on June 2, 2014. Arch Ellwein
conducted experiments to teach the children about
electricity and magnetism and showed them a
meteorite and a tooth from a Spinosaurus, which lived
70 million years ago.
A Look at NDLA’s Executive Board:
A Little History
By Marlene Anderson, Editorial Committee Chair
The Good Stuff got its start in 1971. In the convention
issue dated September, 1971, editor Jim Dertien
said, “The Good Stuff,” published four times each
year, is the newsletter of the North Dakota Library
Association … It’s purpose is COMMUNICATION …
The art of imposing, conferring, delivering, from one
to another opinions, facts and ideas.” The purpose
remains the same to this day, although the format has
changed quite a bit. The early issues had only a few
graphic elements and were typed, mimeographed,
stapled, and mailed first class. Today’s readers of The
Good Stuff enjoy an online version that is posted on
our website and is filled with color, graphics, and
hyperlinked text.
Editorial Committee Responsibilities
What about that Name?
The Good
Stuff Editorial
Committee
“The Committee ensures publication of the official
NDLA magazine, The Good Stuff. As monies permit,
The Good Stuff is published quarterly (December,
March, June, August).”
– Policies Handbook,
The Good Stuff Editorial Committee
Chair Responsibilities
As the chair of the editorial committee, my major
responsibilities include preparing an annual budget,
finding committee members, and developing the
content of each issue, including ads. I solicit stories
and information from the NDLA membership and
also give committee members (and others) specific
assignments and deadlines. For example, for each
issue, the Membership Chair submits a report and
the President writes a President’s Message. Once all
of the reports and stories have been submitted, the
editing process begins. When I feel I have the content
in good shape, I email everything to our production
artist, Robin Pursley of Clearwater Communications.
I give Robin directions for the cover, ads, and
sometimes make a few layout suggestions, but she
takes it from there and does the layout and design
work. Robin creates an initial draft as a PDF file, and
then the proofreading/change process begins. We
usually go through three or four rounds of drafts and
proofreading before we declare the issue “final” and
forward it to the NDLA webmaster for posting on the
NDLA website.
For me, The Good Stuff is a labor of love … it must
be because I have served as the chair of the editorial
committee since September 1999! Amazing.
You may wonder why NDLA’s publication is called
The Good Stuff. Here’s the story:
In his second year in North Dakota, Jim
Dertien of Bismarck’s Veterans Memorial
Public Library, pitched the idea of an NDLA
newsletter to the NDLA Executive Board. To
add excitement to the proposal, he needed a
title. Dertien said, “On the way to a board
meeting in Carrington, I discovered the perfect
title emblazoned across a billboard advertising
Old Grand-Dad whiskey. Thus, the origin of
“The Good Stuff!” as a newsletter title. For
many years, issues of The Good Stuff also
displayed a cartoon image of an old-time
carpetbagger on its masthead. I felt this
carpetbagger was a good representation of
the “flimflam man” portrayed by George C.
Scott in the movie by the same name. Scott’s
character in that movie sought to uncover truth
and wisdom by preying on the baser instincts
that seemed more likely to rule men’s souls.”
(Reported in The Good Stuff, September 1971
and December 1995)
Want to Be Involved?
We are looking for additional committee members. If
you like to write and would like to be more involved
in the work of NDLA, The Good Stuff Editorial
Committee may be just the thing. Contact me to find
out more ([email protected];
701-224-5578).
TREASURER'S
REPORT
As of March 31, 2014 (End of 1st Quarter)
Treasurer's Report
As of March 31,NDLA
2014 Treasurer
By Michael Safratowich,
Editor’s note:
by electronic
vote of the NDLA
ExecutiveTreasurer
Board on April 7, 2014
By Approved
Michael
Safratowich,
Beg. Balance
CHECK BOOK 1/1/2014
Receipts
Disbursements
End. Balance
$9,878.98
NDLA Funds
$9,878.98
Annual Conference 2014
$0.00
Book Sales
$1,318.42
Centennial Cookbook
$35.00
$0.33
-$2,928.34
Dues
$7,045.00
HSIS Partner Account
$1,353.09
-$2,928.34
$58.19
$6,986.81
$0.00
$0.00
Investment Account Transfers
$64.23
Other receipts/disbursements
NDLA Funds Subtotal
$65.00
$4,283.48
$7,145.00
$4,406.23
Check Book Balance 03/31/2014
$12,617.75
$12,617.75
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MONEY MARKET AND CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS
NDLA Bank Money Market Ready Cash
Beg. Balance
Receipts
Disbursements
End. Balance
$9,439.79
Interest
$0.21
Deposits
Transfers
$9,440.00
Professional Development Bank Money Market RC
$5,084.52
Interest
$0.11
Deposits
Transfers
$64.23
$5,148.86
NDLA CD
$20,310.46
Interest
Transfers
$20,310.46
Professional Development CD
$20,035.09
Interest
Transfers
$20,035.09
TOTAL investment accounts
$54,869.86
TOTAL EQUITY 03/31/2014
$54,934.41
$67,552.16
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2013-2014 North Dakota Library Association Executive Board
All phone numbers are Area Code 701
President
Victor Lieberman
UND Chester Fritz Library
3051 University Ave, Stop 9000
Work Phone 701.777.4639
Fax 701.777.3319
Email: victor.lieberman@library.
und.edu
President-Elect
Stephen Banister
Gordon B. Olson Library
Minot State University
500 University Avenue West
Minot ND 58707
Work Phone 701.858.3855
Fax 701.858.3581
Email: stephen.banister@
minotstateu.edu
Past President
Alfred “Al” L. Peterson
North Dakota State Library
604 E Boulevard Ave Dept 250
Bismarck ND 58505-0800
Work Phone 701.328.3495
Fax 701.328.2040
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Mary Lorenz
Grand Forks Public Library
2110 Library Circle
Grand Forks ND 58201
Work Phone 701.772.8116
Fax 701.772.1379
Treasurer
Michael Safratowich
UND Harley E. French Library of
the Health Sciences
Medical School Room 1300
Work Phone 701.777.2602
Fax 701.777.4790
Email: michael.safratowich@med.
und.edu
ALA Councilor
Shelby E. Harken
Work Phone 701.777.4634
Fax 701.777.3319
MPLA Representative
Paulette Nelson
Minot Public Library
516 2nd Ave SW
Minot ND 58701-3792
Work Phone 701.838.0606
Fax 701.852.2595
Academic & Special Libraries
Section
Heather Maneiro
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Livingston Lord Library, Office 118
1104 7th Ave. S.
Moorhead, MN 56563
Work Phone 218.477.5919
Fax 701.241.8581
Archives/Record Management
Roundtable
Rosemary Pleva Flynn
University of North Dakota, EERC
Library
15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018
Work Phone 701.777.5134
Fax 701.777.5181
Government Documents
Roundtable
BreAnne Meier
Work Phone 701.328.2491
Fax 701.328.2040
Health Science Information
Section
Sandi L. Bates
Bismarck State College Library
PO Box 5587
Work Phone 701.224.5451
Fax 701-224-5551
Email: sandi.bates.association@gmail.
com
Erienne Graten
West Fargo Public Library
109 3rd Street East
West Fargo, ND 58078
Work Phone 701.433.5460
Fax 701.433.5479
Carrie Scarr
West Fargo Public Library
109 3rd Street East
West Fargo, ND 58078-1817
Work Phone 701.433.5460
Fax 701.433.5479
School Library & Youth
Services Section
Amber Emery
Fargo Public Library
102 3rd St. N
Fargo, ND 58102-4808
Work Phone 701.476.5984
Fax 701.241.8581
Technical Services
Roundtable
Jason DeShaw
102 3rd St. N
Fargo, ND 58102-4808
Work Phone 701.241.1494
Fax 701.241.8581
Membership Committee
Theresa Norton
UND Library of the Health Sciences
Medical School Room 1300
Work Phone 701.777.2946
Fax 701.777.4790
Constitution, Bylaws &
Policies Committee
Virginia Bjorness
State Historical Society of North
Dakota State Archives
North Dakota Heritage Center
612 E Boulevard Ave
Work Phone 701.328.3571
Fax 701.328.2650
Professional Development
Committee
Lori K. West
Dr. James Carlson Library
2801 32 Ave S
Fargo ND 58103
Work Phone 701.476.5977
Fax 701.476.5981
Continuing Education
Committee
Bree Schmidt
102 3rd St. N
Fargo, ND 58102-4808
Work Phone 701.476.5978
Fax 701.241.8581
Finance Committee
Bonnie Krenz
Griggs County Library
PO Box 546
Cooperstown ND 58425-0546
Work Phone 701.797.2214
Email: [email protected] Intellectual Freedom
Committee
Christine Kujawa
Bismarck Public Library
515 N 5th St
Work Phone 701.355.1496
Fax 701.221.3729
Legislative Committee
Kelly M. Steckler
Morton Mandan Public Library
609 W Main St
Mandan ND 58554-3149
Work Phone 701.667.5365
Fax 701.667.5368
Nominations, Voting &
Elections Committee
Susie Sharp
Eddy-New Rockford Public Library
1101 1st Ave N
New Rockford ND 58356-1451
Work Phone 701.947.5540
Fax 701.947.5540
The Good Stuff Editorial
Committee
Marlene Anderson
PO Box 5587
Work Phone 701.224.5578
Fax 701.224.5551
Email: Marlene.Anderson@
bismarckstate.edu
Public Relations Committee
& Executive Secretary
Laurie Robertsdahl
Work Phone 701.361.7471
Archivist/Historian
Greg Gilstrap
102 N 3rd St
Fargo, ND 58102-4808
Work Phone 701.241.1492
Fax 701.241.8581
State Librarian
Mary J. Soucie
Work Phone 701.328.4654
Fax 701.328.2040
Web Editor
Will Martin
Work Phone 701.777.4638
Fax 701.777.3319

June 2014 - North Dakota Library Association

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