From
The Bookshelf
Central
Savannah River Area Library Association Newsletter
Volume 40, Number 1, March 2007
About
the Association/Contact Information
The first two meetings of the school year were well-attended and very informative. We are looking forward to the next two meetings to be just as stimulating and enjoyable. The two upcoming meetings include the spring luncheon on Saturday, March 17 and a presentation on Augusta native and fiction writer, Frank Yerby, on Thursday evening, April 19. We hope that you will be able to attend.
As usual, the officers request suggestions for programming and urge members to renew promptly for this membership year of January through December 2007. Membership information is included in this issue of the newsletter. Please encourage new staff members to join for the social and professional opportunities. Our goal is 60 members.
Have a healthy and memorable spring,
Debby Barron
What: March luncheon and election of officers. Tour of house, garden, children's area, and an exhibit featuring Charlotte Riley Webb* of Atlanta. The theme of the Women's History Month exhibit is A Moment of Clarity with an Abstract View. The tour begins with an 8-minute video and Q&A.
Where: Lucy Laney Museum, 1116 Phillips Street (next to Laney High School with parking on the corner of Laney-Walker Boulevard and Phillips Street).
When: Saturday, March 17, 2007, 11:00 am–2:00 pm. Tour starts promptly at 11:00 am.
Cost: The tour costs $5.00 per person. Members will meet as a group after the tour at Davenport's Restaurant in North Augusta for an a la carte lunch from 12:15–2:00 pm.
*Charlotte Riley Webb, an award winning artist, is a member of many distinguished associations and has received numerous professional accolades. She was awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award in 2006 for Excellence in Abstract Art. This award is given to one artist in the United States annually and to artists in 72 other countries across the world. Charlotte was also inducted into the National Association of Women Artists, a prestigious and long-established international organization for many of the world's more accomplished female artists. (courtesy of Lucy Laney Museum)
What: Presentation about fiction author and Augusta native Frank Yerby by Dr. Roscoe Williams of Paine College.
Where: Augusta Public Library, 902 Greene Street, 2nd floor auditorium (elevator available behind the Circulation Desk on the Greene Street side of the building).
When: Thursday, April 19, 2007, 6:00 pm light meal, 6:25 pm business meeting, 6:30-7:30 pm presentation.
Who is Frank Yerby?
Augusta has the unique literary distinction of being the birthplace of Frank Garvin Yerby (1916-1991). A graduate of Haines Normal and Industrial Institute in 1933 and Paine College in 1937, he was the recipient of the O. Henry Memorial Award for best first published short story in 1944. By 1946, Frank Yerby was the first African American novelist to reach the best-sellers list in America with his first published novel, The Foxes of Harrow. The book was so well received by readers that 20th Century Fox purchased the movie rights to the book, thus earning Mr. Yerby the distinction of being the first African American to have a novel adapted by a major studio. With more than thirty-three published novels in his lifetime and more than seventy million books sold in eighty-two countries and twenty-three languages, it is estimated that Frank Yerby has sold more books than all other African American authors combined. (courtesy of Lucy Laney Museum)
Augusta Richmond County Public Library
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"Snacking on Candy" |
Award-winning Georgia author Melissa Faye Greene was the featured speaker at the Friends of the Augusta Library annual meeting held February 5. A reception and book-signing followed the discussion of Ms. Greene's latest book, There is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children. The Friends of the Library elected new officers for 2007-2008 including: President–Polly H. Williams; Secretary–Beth Brown; Treasurer–Todd Schultz.
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Georgia author Melissa Faye Greene signs one of her books for Miriam Zecharias at the meeting of the Friends of the Augusta Library held at Augusta State University in February 5, 2007. (Photo by Saralyn Ingram) |
ECGRL news submitted by Saralyn Ingram
AIKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE LIBRARY
Aiken Technical College (ATC) is pleased to welcome two new employees! Our new Public Services Librarian is Ann Adcock. Ann comes to ATC with several years experience as a professional librarian in different types of libraries, including public, school, and the South Carolina Department of Transportation Library. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, and a Master's degree in Library Science from the University of South Carolina.
ATC also has a new library technical assistant, Katrina Cooks. Katrina previously worked at the Medical College of Georgia library and the ECGRL Audiovisual Center. She holds a Bachelor's in Mass Communications from Paine College, a Master's of Science in Management from Southern Wesleyan, and is currently working on her Master's degree in Library Science from USC. She will be handling all library cataloging.
Parri Wright, library specialist at ATC, recently graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree from Limestone College. Parri majored in Computer Science.
Library Director Allyson Davis was recently chosen ATC Administrator of the Year by fellow South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) members.
Submitted by Allyson Davis
Who says indoor trees can only be seen at Holiday time?
Reese Library decided to recycle its Christmas tree and decorate it using various themes. In January, the tree was adorned with Reese Library pens, note pads, signs and other library-associated objects as a "Welcome Back Students" display. February's tree had a Valentine's Day theme, the March tree celebrates St. Patrick's Day, and National Library Week will be highlighted in April.
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On March 6, Reese Library's own author, Yadira Payne, spoke at the Meet the Author event. Yadira spoke on the topic of her first book, Out of the Rain, which is a collection of short stories written through the grieving process into the victories of life. Along with speaking about this book and the writing process, she also spoke about how she started a publishing company and how the publishing process generally works. Yadira displayed four of her books: Out of the Rain, La Lluvia, Brown Eyes, and Viva los colores. Yadira currently works in the Circulation Department and will receive her MLIS degree in June.
| Yadira Payne speaking at Reese Library's Meet the Author event. |
Photos and Reese Library news submitted by Mellie Kerins
On Wednesday, November 8, 2006, Dr. Susan Isaacs-Bright, SRS Lead Librarian, was selected to receive the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Director's Award in recognition of her contributions to SRNL and its customers. She was nominated by Dr. George Wicks, SRNL researcher, for her work in establishing an SRNL-Medical College of Georgia Library (MCG) cooperative agreement. Dr. Isaacs-Bright worked with Ms. Tamara Lee, Director of the MCG Greenblatt Library, Dr. George S. Schuster, MCG's Associate Dean of Dentistry, and Dr. Wicks to develop an agreement that allows SRNL scientists to use MCG library resources when they partner with MCG faculty to perform medical research.
Dr. Bill Nelson, Reese Library, presented the following workshops:
“Practical Library Assessment: Applying the ACRL Standards for Libraries in Higher Education,” (with Bob Fernekes), invited presenters, PALINET-sponsored workshop (Philadelphia, PA), November 16, 2006 http://www.palinet.org/ep_workshops_wsdesc.aspx?WSID=301 (last accessed 2/8/07)
“Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for Continuous Evaluation,” (with Bob Fernekes), competitive selection (Preconference to ALA Midwinter Conference), Assn. of College and Research Libraries (Seattle), January 19, 2007 http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/assessmentofacademiclib.htm (last accessed 2/8/07)
Preservation Workshop
A little glue here, a lot of patience there and you have carefully preserved a book. Sounds simple enough. Well, there is a lot more to mending and preserving library materials than that. On November 29 and 30, Yadira Payne and Beth Ladd attended a hands-on, two-day workshop in Atlanta. This workshop, hosted by Solinet's Preservation Services and titled Intermediate Book Repair, was taught by a former Smithsonian Institute employee.
During this intensive mending boot camp, Beth and I learned and practiced
the same techniques used by the Smithsonian Institute. Stitching pages back in, recreating sturdier spines, and reinforcing paperbacks are but a few of these techniques. We also learned how to measure, gauge, cut, and create perfectly air-tight preservation boxes.
When you are at Reese Library, stop by the mending department and Beth and I will show you our examples. It is really more hard work than it appears.
Creating a Thesaurus
Have you ever wondered what it takes to create a prototype thesaurus on any given topic? Neither did I until I had to create one for one of my MLIS classes. I chose "Tiaras" as my topic and throughout the course of creating a prototype thesaurus I learned all about the history of tiaras, their official and unofficial names, and their development through the eras. I also learned terms used in creating tiaras, their components, and both official and unofficial uses. Along with all of this, I had to successfully navigate through the AACR2.
While the project is done and all has ended well, I will never look at a thesaurus the same way again. A great deal of work goes into creating a list of internationally accepted terms, their relationships, and definitions.
(Submissions above by Yadira Payne)
Barron, Deborah
Boerner, Bob Lifetime Member
Boerner, Patt Lifetime Member
Dennison, Lyn Lifetime Member
Farris, Sally
Fashion, Mashell
Hobbs, Tom
Isaacs-Bright, Susan Lifetime Member
Lewis, Paul
Morrison, Nancy
O’Shea, John
Sulzycki, Rick
Sutherland, Tom Lifetime Member
Swint, Gary
Verburg, Fay
White, David Lifetime Member
Williams, Shirley
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 $10, of which a portion 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.
