In This Issue CLAMS Spring 2002 Conferenc CLAMS Spring 2002 ConferenceAPRIL 11-12 AT COLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE, PASCO This year's theme is "Experience the Power of Collaboration: Creating Relationships with Faculty." Collaboration experts Dane Ward, Milner Library, Illinois State University, and Dick Raspa, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University, will help you transform your collaboration dreams into an institutional reality. Generate strategies for persisting in collaborative endeavors and devise plans for building collaborative environments at your institution. Learn about and practice the essential components of collaboration as you are guided through the "Five P's of Collaboration": passion, playfulness, persistence, (having a) project, and promotion. Dane Ward and Dick Raspa are the authors of the best-selling ACRL book, "The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe." Conference information is available at the CLAMS Web site: http://library.centralia.ctc.edu/clams/spring02conf.pdf President's Message[Note: This message was written during February 2002. Where necessary, a note has been added with updated information.] Greetings, CLAMS members! On January 22nd, the CLAMS executive board sent a message to Governor Locke regarding his proposal to close the Washington State Library. Our message and the Governor's response appear in this newsletter. If you have not yet written to your legislators to show your support for our State Library, please do so now! Budget decisions are still in the process of being made. Senate Ways and Means Committee: http://www.leg.wa.gov/senate/scs/defaultnew.asp House Appropriations Committee: http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/opr/apprcomm.htm [Note: On April 3, 2002, SHB 2926 was signed into law. This effectively moves the Washington State Library into the Office of the Secretary of State. URL of press release: http://www.statelib.wa.gov/press/nr_detail.cfm?ID=20.] And now for information on our upcoming Spring conference! CLAMS will offer an exciting workshop at our Spring Meeting on April 11th and 12th, 2002. This year's conference will be held in Pasco at Columbia Basin College. We're grateful to Stephen Badalamente and Drew Proctor for offering to host the conference. Our program will be "Experience the Power of Collaboration: Creating Relationships with Faculty," by Collaboration Experts Dane Ward, University Libraries, Central Michigan University, and Dick Raspa, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Wayne State University. Explore and enhance your ability to build successful collaborative relationships with faculty on your campus as you expand your knowledge of collaborative projects. Dane and Dick will help you transform your collaboration dreams into an institutional reality. Generate strategies for persisting in collaborative endeavors and devise plans for building collaborative environments at your institution. Dane Ward and Dick Raspa are the authors of the best-selling ACRL book "The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe." I hope to see many of you there! A number of you have expressed a desire to see CLAMS do something about the erosion of faculty librarian positions across the State. We have formed a Task Force consisting of myself, Kate Bradley (Bellevue), John James (Shoreline), Connie McDowell (North Seattle), and Lee Semsen (Green River). Connie and I attended a meeting with the Counselors' Task Force last month. Counselors have been meeting for the past year to address the erosion of faculty counselor positions at community colleges in Washington. Most of the erosion has been from management exempt or classified staff taking on counseling work. Along with this has been a proliferation of new job titles, such as career counselor, educational planner, career advisor, etc. The counselor task force conducted an in-depth survey to assess the extent of this problem. One finding was that although there was in increase in the number of counseling positions, the majority of these were filled by non-faculty personnel. The counselor task force is planning a legislative action to address this issue. Another suggestion was to develop a "toolkit" that would focus on local remedies to try to resolve situations before they got out of hand. The Librarians Task Force will most likely develop our own survey to gather data on the erosion of faculty librarian positions statewide. We will also develop a mechanism to monitor librarian job announcements in the community college system, and a "toolkit" for responding to non-faculty librarian job announcements. CLAMS Officers: Slate of CandidatesElections are coming up soon! Please remember to request and send in your absentee ballot. They are due back to Hara Brook by Tuesday, April 9, 2002. Elections will be held at the CLAMS conference in Pasco on April 11-12. If you are unable to attend the CLAMS business meeting, you may request an absentee ballot from CLAMS 2002 Election Task Force Chair, Hara Brook. Absentee ballots are due back by Tuesday, April 9, 2002. Contact information for Hara: (206) 878-3710 X3248, HBROOK@hcc.ctc.edu Here is the slate, and you will find bios of the candidates below. Submitted by Esther Sunde, CLAMS President President-Elect: Secretary: Treasurer: PRESIDENT-ELECT Sayumi Irey Last year, I served as the treasurer for the School of Library Information Science Alumni, and currently am a representative for the Diversity Issues Task Force for the College Librarians and Media Specialists of Washington State (CLAMS). This spring, I will be teaching a five-credit college course, Asian American Contemporary Issues as a linked class, sponsored by the American Studies Program at Bellevue Community College. Next fall, I will be teaching a 10 credit interdisciplinary course in conjunction with a Speech Communication faculty member. I am interested in participating as the President Elect for CLAMS this year, as I believe that I can contribute fresh insights from my past work experiences and continue to promote collaborative work with faculty from different disciplines. I would also love to promote more inclusive diversity trainings in our profession. SECRETARY Johnetta Moore Tym Parsons TREASURER Jo Davies Rochelle Perez Book Review
Have you heard about Miss Zukas? Cranky, rigid, murder solving Librarian. Yes, Librarian. Helma Zukas is a public librarian in Bellehaven, Washington. She's owned by a cat named "Boy Cat Zukas" and has a six-foot artist, who's a little, shall we say, zingy, for a best friend. An anonymous note to Miss Zukas reminds her of her promise to bring her high school classmates together for their twenty-year reunion. Helma jumps into the task of organizing the reunion. Of course, murder is afoot. Great series for a good, quick, fun read. I call them poolside books! I dream of sitting by a pool with a tall stack of mysterys. Every Miss Zukas book I haven't read would be in that stack! Submitted by Leslie-Potter Henderson, Chowder Editor
Lauri is the new Director of Learning Resources at Edmonds CC. The following blurb appears in the library's Think Library! Newsletter. "Rain! Rain! Rain! Can we ever get enough of it? Since assuming my position as Director of Learning Resources only a month ago I have been impressed by two things. First, there is a lot more rain here than in Southern California where I just came from. But I am finding that to be a good thing! As the former Head of Reference and Instructional Services at UCLA for seventeen years I can assure you that constant sunshine is overrated. Secondly, as refreshing as the rain, I have been overwhelmed by the graciousness and warmth in the welcome my family and I have been given here at Edmonds Community College and in the community at large. We are most appreciative of the open friendliness and assistance we have received from everyone, from our neighbors at home, from the students and staff at our son's neighborhood school, and especially from my colleagues in the Library and on Campus. Thank you so much for everything! This is certainly a very special place and we are looking forward to being a part of this Community. And Community is the watchword here." News From the LibrariesBellevue I've been wondering how to increase the usage of our book collection, not just for the sake of increasing circulation figures, but because of a conviction in the value of books and the depth of thought they represent. I have noticed that our local bookstores are very busy, and wondered if part of the reason students don't check out books is that the whole schematic arrangement is too daunting for them. What I began doing during summer quarter was presenting a display of books and their call numbers, changing the section each week. There is a handout of the LC Classification Scheme on a pillar adjacent to the book display shelves, while on the shelves themselves are books in the classification numbers of the week. During Fall Quarter I repeated the summer displays, which were very broad. During this winter quarter I've done more comparative or in-depth displays. That is, QL=fish (animals); SH=Fisheries; QK= Forests (plants); SD=Forestry(harvesting resources); the BF 575's got checked out a lot: .L= laughter; .G = Grief, etc. The displays have resulted in some increased circulation, and have also been instructive for me and other librarians. For instance, I had never thought about why some collections of artists' works were in the beginning of the N's and some were in the ND's - and discovered it's because some of our books are publications of exhibits. It's fun and helpful. Submitted by Kate Bradley Centralia The library has undertaken a comprehensive weeding project in preparation for beginning an authority control project. Submitted by Stephanie Carter Grays Harbor We are preparing for a $4.6 million dollar remodel project here at GHC. It is expect to begin in July and we should be re-opening in the new building September 2003. This is very exciting for both the library in particular and the campus in general. It is the first time the library has really had any major work done since it's opening in 1967 and it is the largest dollar amount ever awarded to the college for a capital project. The current building is a victim of creative architecture of the 60's, with 4 floors, some of them only half-floors with odd accessibility, a partial balcony, an entrance foyer and a sub-basement. The new plans will expand the existing space, even up the floors and give us lots of improvements, such as enough room for open shelves for the AV and periodicals. (These are currently closed-stacks because of accessibility issues.) During our time out of the library, we will be locating our primary services in the student union building. We are really pleased with this decision, as it keeps us highly visible on campus and near the students. The majority of the collection will be stored on campus in a closed location and we anticipate regularly scheduled retrieval times for book requests. The library remodel will also clear up some of our technological problems. Right now we have cords and wires running across floors and in less-than-ideal spaces. This is a great opportunity to fix the problems and hopefully move forward some emerging technology options. We are all really thrilled about this project and looking forward to the possibilities held in a new facility. This promises to be an exciting year! Submitted by Adrienne Julius |
Meet a Member: Lauri Kram