President's Message

Job Announcement

Spring Luncheon

Of People & Places

East Central Georgia Regional Library

     Gregg-Graniteville Library

     Reese Library

      Retirees

      Westinghouse Savannah River Site Technical Library

Membership List for 1999-2000 

The next meeting of the CSRA Library Association will be January 27th at the National Science Center' s Fort Discovery on Riverwalk. Our tour begins at 11:00 am. At noon we will adjourn to Gorin' s Cafe for lunch. They offer a variety of soups, salads, and sandwiches and have a room saved for us. Those who want to re-enter Fort Discovery should have their hand stamped on the way in. Parking in the garage under Fort Discovery is $.75 an hour or free in the public lot at 6th
and Reynolds, beside Saint Paul' s and across the street from the Museum. Admission to Fort Discovery is $8.00 or $6.00 for seniors (55+). If we have at least 15 in the group we will get a 10% discount, but we have to go in together, and payment must be made by one person. Let' s assemble at the entrance before 11:00 and pay Treasurer David White, and he can write a check for admission.

I request everyone' s help with membership. Please check the members list, elsewhere in  this issue, and if any of your co-workers are not current members, encourage them to join. We are a stronger and more versatile organization when we have more members. We generate more money for the scholarship fund, and we stand a better chance of a group discount on the admission price at places like Fort Discovery.

I am happy to report that the amount of money in the Elizabeth M. Tyson Memorial Scholarship Fund is now over $10,000 thanks to some Foundation gifts. As soon as the Fund reaches $15,000, it will be self sustaining and available to award grants for CSRA residents enrolled in the College of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina. If anyone wants to make a charitable contribution, send a check payable to the College of Library and Information Science and mark it for Elizabeth M. Tyson Memorial Scholarship #1A1272. Mail it to Chrissy Booth, College of Library and Information Science, Davis College, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.

Debby Barron tells me she is too busy with house remodeling to coordinate a Lynx game this season but she will advise anyone else who would be willing to organize it. Any takers? Meanwhile keep watching "This Old House" for Debby.
                                                                                                                                                      --Tom Sutherland

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Librarian II -- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library  Augusta, Georgia
Provide specialized reference assistance for genealogical research. Develop computer programs for library-related tasks, criteria for large-scale indexing software, supervise programmer activities, and assist in selection and installation of hardware. Conduct library tours for groups and classes. Maintain building security and ensure proper closing procedures when senior staff member on duty. Serve as a resource to subordinate personnel. Minimum of one to three years' professional library experience (preferably public), an ALA-accredited MLS and a good driving record are required. Salary $28,761.00. Excellent benefit package. Send cover letter and resume with three professional references to: Ms. Lee Ann Fisher, Assistant Director, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, 902 Greene St., Augusta, GA 30901. Deadline February 4, 2000.

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Plan to join us for a brief lecture by brew- master Randy Doucett 11 AM on Saturday, April 29, at the Aiken Brewing Company, Laurens Street, Aiken. The meeting will include lunch ( ordered from the menu) and a brief business meeting.

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Of People and Places:

EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

Remodeling of the Richmond County libraries is expected to begin this month. The first two branches scheduled for renovation are Maxwell and Appleby. For now, work will be done on the exteriors of these buildings. This should not interfere with patron attendance. Future work on the interiors of these and other branches will necessitate some closings that will be announced at a later date. All branches will remain open during January. The ECGRL would like to welcome Tjuana Gaines to our team. She will takes on the position of Administrative Assistance for Public Relations in our system. Ms. Gaines is a native of Augusta, GA where she attended the Academy of Richmond County. She later went on to graduate from the University of Georgia. Ms. Gaines comes to us after working as an Associate Producer and Administrative Assistant at WJBF, Newschannel 6. She says her goal is to generate awareness of the activities and benefits our libraries bring to their communities.

GREGG-GRANITEVILLE LIBRARY
USC AIKEN

Jane H. Tuten, formerly Interim Director of the Library and Head of Technical Services, has been appointed Director, effective January 1, 2000. She succeeds Frankie H. Cubbedge, who has retired.

REESE LIBRARY
AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Lillian Wan, Library Assistant III in circulation, came across the one-day filming of the Pamplin television documentary, A Separate Path to Glory on September 25, 1999. The Tyee Group was filming the movie based on a book by  Robert Pamplin Jr. The Pamplins are the generous family who have contributed financially to Augusta State University over the years. Due to the generosity of Mr. and  Mrs. Robert Pamplin Sr., Reese Library was funded and completed in 1977 and named for the parents of Mrs. Katherine Reese Pamplin, a 1936 graduate of the then Junior College of Augusta. Scenes were shot with the three main stars around the Lake Forest Dr. area where the Pamplins had lived. Corbin Bernsen (star of TV series  LA Law and numerous television and theater movies) will star as Mr. Robert Pamplin Sr.; Ms. Brynn Baron, a previous short-time resident of Augusta, will play the role of Mrs. Katherine Reese Pamplin; and Chad Bartulis will portray Robert Pamplin Jr. The film mainly covers time in Oregon and Virginia around the 1950 - 1961 time period. An article and pictures by Lillian were published in the September 30, 1999 issue of  Augusta Focus. The text of the article is also posted on the Pamplin family website. Check the website for updates with photos and the finalized date for the premiere of the movie.

RETIREES

Tom Sutherland was the moderator and delivered remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony at Heroes Overlook, Riverwalk, Augusta, Georgia. The Overlook is a joint project of the City and the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society. Bronze plaques with the citations of Augusta Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross or Navy Cross awardees, along with memorial bricks, are placed at Heroes Overlook. The ceremony is conducted each year on Veterans Day, Nov.11.

Marguerite Fogleman has been working occasionally as an Assistant Librarian at the Library of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century in Washington DC. This is a nonpaying job !!! Marguerite is a retiree from Reese Library, Augusta State University.

WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE TECHNICAL LIBRARY
Savannah River Site employees now have networked access to seven bibliographic and reference databases from their desktops. Six databases use the SilverPlatter interface (Energy Technology Data Exchange, Applied Science and Technology, EI Index, Gale Associations, Business Periodicals Index, and Georef); the last, CorpTech, has its own software for searching data on technology companies. The SRS Library & Services department worked with computing personnel to load the databases on a new server last fall. Once an employee obtains a Windows NT password, they are able to use these databases at their \par computer. The databases are also available throughout the two Library branches on site. The Library has also made an electronic version of the popular reference book, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, available through the same server. Employees can search, view and print sections from the textbook, and use "active tables" which allow zooming and plotting along an axis. Plans have also been made to add an electronic version of another heavily used reference, the  CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

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If your name is not on the membership list, please send the application form along with a check payable to: 
 Fay Verburg
 Reese Library
 2500 Walton Way
 Augusta, GA  30904

Annual dues are $5, of which $3 goes to the Elizabeth M. Tyson Memorial  Fund.