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Savannah River Area Library Association Newsletter
Volume
37, Number 2, May 2002
As outgoing President, I wish to thank my fellow officers and committee members for helping to make this year a successful one. A special thanks goes to John O'Shea, who stepped in and facilitated when I was not able to attend. With so many activities competing for our time, I believe attendance at our meetings was excellent. As we move into summer, I encourage you to talk with your colleagues about joining the Association. Increased membership will offer opportunities for personal and professional growth for all. I look forward to seeing you at future CSRA Library Association meetings.
Amy Duernberger
The CSRA Library Association held its May luncheon meeting at Ciao Bella on Saturday May 4, 2002. Cowboy Mike (Mike Searles) gave an informative and entertaining talk on the American West and the Black Cowboy.
The officers for 2002/2003 were elected: John O'Shea, President; Sally Farris, Vice President; Shelley Davis Patterson, Treasurer; Nancy Morrison, Secretary, and Fay Verburg, Membership Chair.
A motion to contribute $300.00 from the treasury for the Elizabeth Tyson Scholarship was approved. All present agreed to invite those new to area libraries to become members and to remind colleagues and friends who have not renewed their membership for 2002 to do so.
John O'Shea
Guest Article - "Gathering of the Clan Sutherland," by Tom Sutherland
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Glen and Tom Sutherland in front of Dunrobin
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Castle brochure
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When we registered at Dunrobin Castle, for the 2001 Gathering of the Clan Sutherland Society in Scotland, we received a list, by country, of the attendees. A surprise was the large contingent from Germany. None were named Sutherland and no one could remember hearing of an emigration from Scotland to Germany. We were puzzled by their presence, but too polite to question it.
The next day on our trip to the Orkney Islands, we found ourselves on a bus with most of the German visitors. Of course, you can not actually get to the Orkneys by bus. We rode buses from Golspie and Brora to John O'Groats (the northern tip of the Scottish mainland), took a ferry to the islands, and then boarded some more buses to tour the Orkneys. Rough seas that morning made the ferry crossing memorable as several passengers fell victim to sea sickness, some gradually and one abruptly, who crashed with a thud next to where I sat.
The bus tour of the Orkneys is interesting to students of recent history, since it goes around the great harbor of Scapa Flow, where the British Home Fleet was based in World Wars I and II. Scapa Flow is also the site of the scuttling and sinking of the German High Seas Fleet after W.W.I as well as the place where a German submarine U-41 sank the British battleship Royal Oak with its crew of 800 plus in W.W.II. This part of our tour was most interesting; the German half of the passengers of our bus thought so too, and said it was just "history." I thought it must be like me touring Gettysburg with a bus load of Yankees.
One of the Orkney sites we visited was the Italian Chapel, built by Italian POW's during World War II with scrap building material and bully beef cans and barbed wire. The Italians, captured in North Africa, were sent to the Orkneys to build causeways linking four islands on the eastern side of Scapa Flow. The causeways also formed a barrier to submarines on that side of Scapa Flow thus blocking the route that the U-41 had previously used to enter the harbor and sink the Royal Oak.
Our guide provided us with promotional literature on the Orkneys and the economy there. In addition to dairy farming and cattle raising, the literature told us about the success of the local brewery and its award winning beers. Bob Newton and I were most anxious to try the one named "Skull Splitter." The label features a Viking wielding a battle-axe. It was a great disappointment at lunch to discover that our hotel did not serve "Skull Splitter." They explained that at 8.5%, its alcohol content was too high.
Meanwhile, my son Glen was learning about the Germans. The contingent was a pipe band, the Caverhill-Guardians, which wears Sutherland tartan. Michael Hermann, the Pipe Major, explained to Glen that some years ago the band's original uniforms were old and too short and they wanted new kilts. Looking through a book of tartan patterns, they chose ancient Sutherland. So, there was no German emigrant and there are no German cousins, just German connoisseurs of tartan. They are also fine pipers and drummers and their web site is www.caverhill-guardians.de.
Lord Strathnaver, elder son of the Countess of Sutherland, was asked to be the Band's patron, and when he accepted he invited them to the 2001 gathering. The Countess had been ill recently and was unable to attend the gathering, so Lord Strathnaver was our gracious host, who welcomed us and conducted a guided tour through Dunrobin Castle on Saturday. Later the Caverhill-Guardians, massed with several local bands, performed for us on the parade ground (parking lot) of Dunrobin.
The ABBE Regional Library System received a $60,000 Library Services and Technology Act grant from the State Library which will help fund ABBE's migration to SIRSI's web-based Unicorn Library Management System. The Library System also recently became a full member of SOLINET.
The Bamberg County Public Library received a $50,000 federal IMLS grant for the purchase of library materials and computers.
The newly created Barnwell County Library Foundation, with the assistance of Barnwell County Council, purchased a vacant 16,500 square foot furniture store in downtown Barnwell to renovate for use as a new headquarters library.
Barbara J. Walker is the new manager of the Nancy Carson Library in North Augusta. Mrs. Walker is a graduate of Shaw University in Raleigh and received her MLIS from the University of South Carolina. Her previous experience includes working for the Aiken County School District, the Aiken County Public Library, and the Orangeburg County Public Library.
Submitted by Mary Jo Dawson
On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, Reese Library will hold a Book & Bible Repair Clinic from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the second floor of the library. Mr. Jack Kyle, a representative of the National Library Bindery Company, will be available to give free estimates of the cost of repairing or restoring family Bibles, books, magazines, and other printed material. Call (706) 667-4911 for more information.
East Central Georgia Regional Library
Plans are coming along for the new Columbia County Library (to replace Gibbs Memorial Library) and for the Diamond Lakes (Richmond County) Branch attached to a new recreation center. Hopefully the delays will end soon and the process will move more swiftly.
ECGRL has a new look for our website including links to the meeting room schedules for Richmond, Columbia, and Burke Counties as well as a link to "Library Services" where the "This Month at the Library" is displayed in the form of a calendar for viewing library events. The web address remains unchanged as http://www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us. Also, a KIDS link has been added to all of the pages. (Please note that these links are listed on the the left side of the home page.)
Appleby, Friedman, and Maxwell sell gift books for the Friends of the Library year-round. On Saturday, May 4, 2002, the Maxwell Branch hosted a book sale sponsored by the Friends.
Later this year, the Friends will announce a series of monthly public programs featuring local folks with interesting experiences to share. The proposed location is the Headquarters building at 9th and Greene Streets - the meeting will be held on the fourth Monday of most months at 7:00 p.m. More details forthcoming.
VRP begins on Friday, May 17th. The theme is: "world.wide.reading@yourlibrary" and the mascot is a world traveler carrying a suitcase and passport. Be sure to pack your sun screen!
Submitted by Debby Barron
In celebration of National Library Week and International Special Librarians' Day, the Savannah River Site Library held its second annual Library Update Session on April 17th. Susan Isaacs-Bright, Faye Lewis, and Darra Combs gave presentations to site employees on various resources and services, including the new American Chemical Society Online Journal Archives, patent searching, the Scirus science search engine, enhancements to the library's online catalog, the ChemKnowledge database, and SRS's full-text report retrieval software. The presentation was well received by those in attendance.
Submitted by Darra Combs
Dr. Bill Nelson, ASU Library Director, served as a member of the SACS Accreditation Committee which visited Milligan College at the end of February 2002.
He has just been appointed to the national College and Research Libraries Standards Task Force by the president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The new task force has been charged to adapt current college standards for use by all types of academic libraries: university, college, and community college.
Nelson has also been appointed as a member of the Regents Strategic Objectives Team 1.5, which is charged with providing input on goals for the USG Information and Instructional Technology Strategic Planning Project.
He and Bob Fernekes presented a workshop, "Continuous Assessment for College & University Libraries: Practical Application of ACRL Standards," as a pre-conference to the Texas Library Association in Dallas, April 23, 2002.
Sue Anne Spears, Media Specialist at the Episcopal Day School, won the USC College of Library and Information Science Student Research Award for a paper entitled "The East Central Georgia Regional Library, Transition from a Society to a Regional System."
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
12-month tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Responsibilities
include delivery of print and electronic reference services as part of the reference
team; regularly scheduled hours at reference (some evenings and weekends); communication
about new resources to the faculty, staff, and students; participation in user
education and collection development; interest in developing and extending reference
services to off-campus students and faculty. Required: ALA accredited MLS; expertise
in the use of traditional and Web-based resources; strong commitment to public
service and teamwork; excellent organizational, interpersonal, oral, and written
communication skills; familiarity with information technology and its applications
in an academic setting. Preferred: recent academic library experience in reference/electronic
services. Salary: Minimum $36,000 dependent upon qualifications and experience.
Send letter of application, resume, transcript and three letters of recommendation
to Reference Librarian Search Committee, Gregg-Graniteville Library, University
of South
Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, SC, 29801. Review of files will
begin May 15, 2002. Only complete files will be reviewed. USCA is an AA/EOE.
TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN
12-month tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Responsibilities
include administration/coordination of technical service functions including:
preparation/monitoring expenditure of the annual materials budget, acquisition
of print and electronic resources, electronic licensing agreements, preparation
of statistical data/budget reports to facilitate planning, collection maintenance,
serials/materials processing; regularly scheduled hours at reference (some evenings
and weekends); collection development; supervision of 3 fte staff. Minimum Qualifications:
ALA-accredited MLS; two years recent acquisitions experience in an academic
library; expertise in technical services functions including experience with
electronic licensing agreements and fund accounting; strong commitment to service
and teamwork; demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working
relationships with colleagues; effective written and oral communication skills.
Salary: $42,000- $46,000 depending upon qualifications and experience. Search
open until appropriate candidate is identified. Review of applications will
begin May 15, 2002 and continue until filled. Only complete files will be reviewed.
Send letter of application, resume, transcript and three letters of reference
to Technical Services Librarian Search Committee, University of South Carolina
Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. USCA is an AA/EOE.
Adams, Laurie
Adams, Marianne
Barron, Deborah
Black, Diane
Boerner, Bob
Boerner, Pat
Bustos, Roxann
Caldwell, Elizabeth
Carver, Nancy
Combs, Dara
Creelan, Marilee
Davis, Patsy
Dennison, Lyn
Ellis, Wendy
Farris, Sally
Fashion, Mashell
Fogleman, Marguerite
Hebert, Kathy
Hesselink, Cathy
Hobbs, Tom
Howard, Kristin
Humphrey, Holden
Ingram, Saralyn
Isaacs-Bright, Susan
James, Sherryl
Kerins, Mellie
Knight, Alan
Lee, Tamera
Lewis, Paul
Link, Pam
Little, Jennifer
McLean, Elfriede
Morrison, Nancy
Nelson, William
O'Shea, John
Pirkle, Rachel
Poorbaugh, Susan
Rogers, Charlotte
Sutherland, Tom
Swint, Gary
Thigpen, Sara
Timmerman, Betty
Trainor, Donna
Tuten, Jane
Verburg, Fay
Waldrop, Claudia
Walker, Alice
White, David
Wilkins, Cary
Williams, Tasha
If your name is not on the membership
list, please send the application form along
with a check payable to: CSRA Library Association, c/o Fay Verburg, Reese Library,
2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904. The membership year in the Association runs
from Jan. 1 to Dec 31. Annual dues are $7, of which $3 goes to the Elizabeth
M. Tyson Memorial Fund.
The Central Savannah River Area Library Association includes libraries in the Georgia counties of Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren and Wilkes. It includes the South Carolina counties of Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Hampton, Jasper, and McCormick. The largest city in the area is Augusta, GA.
Members of the association consist of librarians and paraprofessionals from public libraries, school media centers, special libraries, and university and college libraries. The membership directory was compiled through lists in the American Library Directory published by R.R. Bowker and lists furnished by school media center coordinators and the regional libraries. The list does not include every library in every county. Please contact editor Fay Verburg if you have any corrections or additions to the directory as well as suggestions or comments about the web site.