DISASTER RESPONSE IN LIBRARIES
Submitted By Paul Blomquist
For libraries, what are the lessons learned from recent Colorado disasters? The topic of the CCML meeting program this August 25th is "Disasters and Libraries." Three speakers from the Jefferson County Public Library system will discuss the Columbine Library response to the recent shooting crisis. Also, a speaker from the Colorado State University's Morgan Library will review the CSU library response to the flooding of 1997.
As Public Relations Officer for the Jefferson County Public Library, Barbara Yost will describe the early hours of April 21, when the Columbine Public Library was turned over to the County Administrator to serve as a crisis communications center. A member of the crisis communications team, Barbara will talk about how crisis news coverage unfolds, who was there, what they did, when things were done and why.
Margaret Owens, Assistant Director for Jefferson County Public Library, will speak on what library policies and practices were in place that made it easier for the library to respond to the Columbine crisis. Margaret will review the effective emergency preparations at the Columbine Public Library, which include practices such as credit cards and cell phones for key staff people.
The library manager at Columbine Library, Priscilla Winter, will talk about what it is like for the person in charge during an emergency, and what went on at the Columbine Library on April 20th.
Tom Moothart, the Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Librarian at Colorado State University Libraries, was Acting Coordinator of Sciences and Technology Services during the flood of the Colorado State University Morgan Library in the summer of 1997. Tom will talk about maintaining and adjusting services in an academic library after a disaster as well as the importance of public services staff training to maintain a consistent message to the public. He will also address the difficulty of maintaining communications with staff without the benefit of email, computers, or even working phone lines.
Rosalind Dudden, Health Sciences Librarian at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center Tucker Medical Library, will moderate this discussion. Rosalind will also briefly discuss her library's loss of Internet connection for 24 hours on March 9, 1999. This minor system disaster, of threat to neither life nor property, alerted Rosalind to the importance of disaster preparation in her library.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NEWS UPDATE: JULY 9, 1999 MEETING
Submitted By Glenn Pflum
The July meeting of CCML Executive Committee was held at The Children's Hospital Library Conference Room on July 9, 1999. I thought it was a very productive meeting and hope it is a sign of good things to come for CCML in the year ahead. I would like to share some of the ideas and goals the committees are considering. If any of the topics sound interesting, a Committee Chair can almost always use more help.
Jeff pulled together a budget for our group with feedback from committee by estimating from past expenses. After discussion and editing of some lines at the meeting, Jeff took that information to post our budget for the year: http://www.ccmlnet.org/treasurybudget.html
I also wanted to share with you some of the ideas that were presented by our President-elect and Committee Chairs on possible programs, goals or projects for the coming year.
Paul has our meeting programs pretty well in place for the year. He will be updating us in each CQ. Our next meeting at Columbine Library should be very interesting, and is relevant to exploring emergency preparedness plans for our libraries. Over the last few years we have seen how several different kinds of emergencies can affect our lives and work He is still looking for a host site for our Annual Meeting. If you have any ideas about large, free, meeting sites, I'm sure Paul would be happy to hear from you.
In an effort to make sure our new members have all the advantages and perks of continuing members, Mary had 15 more membership directories made for new members who might join during the year. She also wondered about the possibility of an online meeting, so that more members could "attend" a meeting. We are exploring that possibility of doing that in December for our members in the Grand Junction area. Mary also has a list of long-time members that she would like to feature in CQ.
Marla reported that the Education Committee is planning on presenting a program by Jeff and Lisa on the Internet. They also want to bring Jay Daly to town for a QuickDOC update. They will use the CE survey from MCMLA to get more ideas for CCML CE possibilities. Marla also mentioned that the I.T. Anderson Collection needs to be tidied up and updated. The Executive Committee decided to increase the amount we contribute to the I.T. Anderson collection from $200 to $300.
Since we are able to get info off of NLM web some of the cost of producing the locator has decreased. They will be sending out memorandums of understanding.
Membership is being updated with a few different fields. Lynne would like to add the names of committee members to the Web site.
Lisa presented the newest theme for MCMLA 2000. It is "Doing the Impossible" with a flying pig logo. After the July meeting the meetings will be held monthly. There is a lot to do. They received the seed money they requested from CCML and are setting up a bank account for future use.
PROPOSED 1999-2000 BUDGET AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
Submitted By Jeff Kuntzman
The proposed budget for CCML's 1999-2000 fiscal year is available for review. A compressed Excel format file can be downloaded from the CCML web site: http://www.ccmlnet.org/treasurybudget.html
If you would prefer a printed copy of the proposed budget, please contact the CCML Treasurer, Jeff Kuntzman, via email, Jeff.Kuntzman@uchsc.edu OR by phone, (303) 315-3661.
University of Denver's Library and Information Services Program Dean has received notification that the American Library Association has not granted initial accreditation of the program.
DU representatives have posted an official statement on the situation on their web site (http://www.du.edu/ucol/lisv/lisvidx.html) and to the Libnet discussion list. The official statement reads:
"We are responding to the ALA challenging their decision and seeking from them the process for appeal. As we appeal the decision we are reviewing the viable options for the program. We will continue to provide high quality education to the students in the library program in the tradition of the University of Denver and to make contributions to the professional community."
The decision has also received coverage in the Denver Post. The article is on their web site, or in the July 20th issue of the Denver Post: http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0720m.htm
STAFF TRAINING AID ON THE WEB
Submitted By Sandra Scott
Three Rivers Library System is pleased to announce that the first module of "Library 101" is now available on our web page: http://www.colosys.net/three/101
Library 101 was developed by Deana Noack for Three Rivers libraries. It is a training module, accessed over the Internet, to provide "first day skills" for new paraprofessional employees in public, college or school libraries.
Although specifically designed for Three Rivers libraries, Library 101 can be accessed and used by staff of any library, anywhere.
COLORADO STATE LIBRARY WEB RESOURCES
Upcoming education events of interest to librarians can be found at the Colorado State Library's Library Continuing Education Calendar, on the web at: http://CEDB.aclin.org/Calendar.cfm
The Colorado State Library Jobline can help job seekers. The web page can be found at: http://jobline.aclin.org/
UNION CATALOG ARRIVES AT LAST!
Submitted By Sandy Arnesen
Prospector, a Colorado Union catalog of library materials went live on July 26. The address for the catalog is http://prospector.coalliance.org
Prospector allows you to view library holdings and availability with a single search of more than 3.5 million bibliographic records and 5 million items. The catalog is still growing, because participating libraries who use the CARL ILS will not load until sometime this fall. It is anticipated that the number of bibliographic records in the database will grow to almost 5 million records when loading is complete.
Primary clients of participating libraries will be able to request books from any of the libraries at no charge. The materials will be delivered to the requestors' library via courier where they can be checked out.
This project, funded by a grant from the state of Colorado to the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and the University of Northern Colorado, will provide the following capabilities:
Institutions whose libraries are participating in this project are:
With millions of titles, many of which are held by only one library, this catalog provides a valuable addition to the resources available to users throughout the state.
MCMLA '99 PROGRAM
Submitted By Jerry Carlson
The Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association invites you to join us "Where the Pavement Ends..." in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for our 1999 Annual Meeting. It will take place at the Snow King Lodge October 6 - 9. Highlights include:
The welcome reception will be held at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
And of course, the beautiful Grand Teton Mountains!
For more information and/or to print out the Registration Form, see the MCMLA website: http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/ELS/Hsin/Conf/
But look fast - the deadline for registration is September 14, and the deadline for conference housing is September 1.
See you in Jackson!
BE POWERFUL & INFLUENCE PEOPLE
The Central Colorado Library System and the Colorado Library Marketing Council are sponsoring a one-day workshop on "Understanding Power & Influence: Maximizing Success for Your Organization" on September 15, 1999. The workshop is an ALA-LAMA Regional Institute. The cost is $55, which includes lunch. The workshop is designed for all members of library staffs, regardless of level of responsibility.
The workshop will teach librarians to recognize and operate within the power structures of their organizations and communities so their proposals will be heard and understood by decision makers. Attendees will learn to understand the political context of their work and how to avoid "getting mugged" politically. Discussion of influence processes and personal assessments will enable participants to analyze their own behavior and develop more effective techniques to achieve personal and organizational objectives of today's competitive, fast-changing environment.
The workshop will be led by Abigail Hubbard. Dr. Hubbard is a professor and international consultant on management and organizational development issues. She has taught MBA level courses at the University of Houston, College of Business Administration, since 1985. Her areas of expertise are organizational behavior and management theory, and international business. In addition to a PhD. in higher education administration and management, Dr. Hubbard is also has a masters degree in library science. She has worked as a librarian in academic, special, and medical libraries. She will provide a unique combination of empathy for librarians and knowledge of corporate dynamics.
Dr. Hubbard says, "The ability to influence others is a skill that allows you to achieve your goals. Scarce resources and turbulent times require librarians to engage in the game of politics with the same vigor as their competitors."
For a brochure/registration form contact the Central Colorado Library System, (303) 422-1150, or kenomoto@qadas.com, or via the CCLS web page at http://www.cclsweb.org
FREE CLASSES FOR CCML MEMBERS
Submitted By Lisa Traditi
Did you know that CCML members can take Denison Library classes for free? It's true. The Information Management Education Department at Denison offers free classes to UCHSC, UH and Children's Hospital employees and students - as well as to CCML members. All others pay a fee of $30 per hour of class time.
To register for a class, call (303) 315-5158. If you have questions about classes, please call Lisa Traditi at (303) 315-7356. Classes are held in Seminar Room, 3rd Floor, and have a minimum enrollment of 3 unless otherwise noted. Because Denison Library is undergoing renovation, classes may be cancelled or rescheduled due to the construction.
Denison offers an introduction to Denison's web page, along with three classes on literature searching which introduce you to the databases and help you become more efficient at getting the information you need.
Our newest class, Searching for the Evidence, goes beyond Ovid to include a discussion of Ovid Expert Searches, PubMed Clinical Queries, the Cochrane Library and Best Evidence, as well as specialty journals like ACP Journal Club, Evidence Based Medicine, Evidence Based Nursing, and Evidence Based Mental Health.
Denison also offers an array of Internet classes -- an introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web, a class on how to "turbocharge" your browser, and an HTML class. Choose one or take them all!
COLORADO LIBRARIES: "Training Wheels for Computer Literacy"
Denison Librarian and CCML Treasurer Jeff Kuntzman can add another feather to his cap – that of published author in the nationally recognized, Colorado Libraries: "BI LINE: Training Wheels for Computer Literacy," Colorado Libraries, Summer 1999, pp. 41-42.
His article is on the impact of lack of computer literacy on libraries and ways to help users "get up to speed."
Thanks for sharing your expertise, Jeff!
MCMLA 2000 PROGRESS REPORT
Submitted By Lisa Traditi
The MCMLA 2000 theme controversy has been settled, after much insightful, and sometimes humorous, discussion from CCML members and the Conference Planning Committee (CPC). The theme is: MCMLA 2000: Doing the Impossible (with a flying pig graphic). Kate Elder and her Hospitality Committee will work with a graphic artist to recommend some graphic images for the CPC to approve.
FUNDING SOUGHT TO ENDOW
LUCRETIA W. MCCLURE
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARD
MLA is seeking funds to create an endowment for the Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award. Recepients of the award, beginning in 2000, will receive a $500 cash award as part of the honor.
The Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter of MLA, Lucretia's home chapter, has given $1000. This was quickly followed by a similar donation by the Southern Chapter.
The award recognizes MLA members who are outstanding educators in their role(s) as CE instructor, library school educator, trainer, informatician, or teacher of library patrons. It is named for Lucretia McClure, MLA Fellow and former MLA President. Her contributions to the education of medical librarians over the past thirty years have been extraordinary. Her accomplishments led to the naming of this education award for her, and bestowing on her the first Excellence in Education Award in May 1999.
At the August meeting CCML Members will discuss and vote on a contribution of $250 to the Lucretia McClure Excellence in Education Award endowment.
NEW & RENEWED AHIP MEMBERS
Submitted By Sandi Parker
The Academy of Health Information Professionals is the peer-reviewed professional development and career recognition program of the Medical Library Association. Admission to the Academy is based on educational qualifications, career achievements and professional accomplishments. Membership is granted for five years and must be renewed at the end of that time period.
I am very pleased to announce that Lynne Fox has been admitted to the Academy of Health Information Professionals at the Distinguished Level.
I am also pleased to announce that Academy membership for Martha Burroughs, also at the Distinguished Level, has been renewed for an additional five years.
GOVERNOR OWENS VETOES LIBRARY FUNDING LEGISLATION
Shortly before 5:00 p.m. on June 2nd, Governor Bill Owens vetoed Senate Bill 99-93, "State Grants for Libraries." Governor Owens vetoed the bill because he'd like funding to be tied to the implementation of internet filtering in public libraries. While this news is disappointing, several key players who helped the legislative effort advance should be thanked:
Significant thanks should be extended to the Colorado Library Association's Legislative Committee, the members of the Legislative Contact Network. Everyone who engaged in the legislative process by testifying, making phone calls, writing letters, sending e-mail or faxing our State Legislators and the Governor as this bill progressed through the legislative process should also receive hearty thanks.
CLA lobbyists Jerry Braden and Ruben Valdez were outstanding advocates for the legislation, as were State Funding Sub-committee chair Rick Ashton, CLA President Jamie LaRue, State Librarian Nancy Bolt, and Legislative Committee Co-chair Gordon Barhydt
Additional support came from members of CEMA, COALL, CCML, and SCL/RMC. Contributions to the Colorado Library Political Action Committee, funded the production and distribution of educational information.
There were a number of champions for the legislation in the General Assembly - the bill's sponsors, Senator Gigi Dennis, and Representatives Doug Dean and Ken Kester, and the 27 Senators and 54 Representatives who voted for the library funding legislation.
According to Gail Dow, Denver Public Library, a legislative activist, "This overwhelming majority in both chambers indicate that they understood the importance of this bill to their constituents throughout the State. Please, take every opportunity to thank them for their votes - and to ask for their continuing support."
Dow and others who helped shepherd this legislation through the Assembly vow, "We will be back."
A CCML CONSORTIUM FOR ONLINE JOURNAL PURCHASING AND ACCESS?
Submitted By Glenn Pflum
I was recently visited by Jeff Pudewell, a librarian at Stanford University. He also is the representative for High Wire Press of Stanford University. If any of you have been exploring access to full text online journals that come with your print subscription, you may have run into High Wire Press. They have quite a list of journals and specialize in publishing professional association journals that are not published by the major journal publishers.
The long and the short of it is that Jeff suggested that a group of medical libraries here in Denver consider forming a consortium to approach High Wire Press about a special discount on those online titles we might all be interested in sharing. Our other journals subscriptions could remain with our vendors, but this "list" of online journals would go through High Wire Press.
Since we are all members of BCR, we actually have a consortium or sorts. He spoke with Ellen Fox at BCR and she thinks she can be our consortium negotiator with High Wire. I will be posting a note to the CCML listserv regarding this. If you would like to take a look at the many titles that they publish online go to: http://highwire.stanford.edu/
If someone in CCML would like to coordinate this activity, measure interest among membership, and submit a list of journal titles to Ellen Fox to negotiate with High Wire, it could be a money saver for our libraries. Contact Glenn Pflum at (303) 861-6219 or Pflum.Glenn@tchden.org if you have questions.
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Submitted By Mary Kralicek
[NOTE: For complete information see printed Council Quotes - home information has been deleted from the electronic version of Council Quotes.]
Changes
Karen Wells
Manager,
Electronic Records Management, Corporate Compliance
US West
1801 California St., Suite 1150
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 672-2872
Fax: (303) 672-2726
Renewals
Lynn Bragdon
Library Service (142D)
VA Medical Center-Grand Junction
2121 North Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501-6499
Phone: (970)242-0731 ext 2254
Fax: (970)244-1309
E-mail lbragdon@colosyst.net
Member since 1980
Katherine Artus, Medical Librarian
Library Swedish Medical Center
501 E. Hampden Ave.
Englewood, CO 80110-2702
Courier Code: CC-SWMO
Phone: (303) 788-6669
E-mail kartus@earthling.net
Member since 1992
Corrections
In the last Council Quotes, we inadvertently gave Alma Williams a new last name! Our apologies to Alma - for the record, it's Williams (not Williamson) and her correct email is: alma@csn.net or alma_williams@parkviewmc.com
MUSINGS FROM MAXWELL
Submitted By Dick Maxwell
So straight-ahead librarianship is losing a little of its magic and you think you might want to go over to the management side…as someone, for example, who can take a wildly divergent group of self-centered and disorganized people and mold them into a cohesive, focused unit driving toward common goals?
Get serious.
In fairness, however, it should be said that despite what you may have observed, leaders are not always chosen by random number drawings. Most organizations do try to identify them and train them in a somewhat scientific manner.
The tools they use, developed by psychologists, sociologists, MBAs, and other suspect groups, are usually surveys or questionnaires, to be filled in and then scored using some sort of bizarre, marginally mathematical use of numbers.
Is it time? Do you have some hidden potential as an executive? You never know…feel free to try this self-assessment…
1. You are chairing a meeting to discuss revising the mission statement. Eight of the fifteen people invited to the meeting actually show up. Ten minutes into the meeting, two of them are face down on the table, snoring in harmony. Three are having a whispered conversation which involves a lot of snickering and pointing of fingers in your direction. One is engrossed in noisily picking through a paper sack filled with greasy, dripping items that apparently comprise her lunch. Another has been talking since you called the meeting to order, never coming close to anything on the agenda and now beginning to veer off into a rant on why aliens don't want anyone to have satellite TV. The eighth attendee is sitting straight up in his chair, staring at you with what seems to be rapt attention, but you can't help noticing that he hasn't blinked in the last seven minutes. You assume he must be dead. Would you…
a. Clear your throat decisively several times and tap the agenda meaningfully with your index finger, waiting for quiet before you firmly insist on approval of not only the agenda, but also the minutes?
b. Pull a starter's pistol out of your attaché case and fire one shot toward the ceiling, then insist that the person with the lunch share, because if there's not enough for everyone, then no one eats?
c. Pull out your cellular phone and call the CEO, suggesting where she can put the mission statement, then turn to the laptop to brush up your resumé?
d. Some of the above.
2. You have been assigned as the new head of a work group. You will be the fifth in the last eighteen months. Your immediate predecessor is on leave of absence following a mysterious accident involving his necktie and a photocopier. He refuses to discuss the circumstances. Coincidentally, his ratings from the group in the annual survey conducted just prior to the incident were unusually negative. The group has six months left to complete a project it began working on a year ago. You would first:
a. Take the group on a retreat featuring role-playing games and brainstorming sessions designed to renew everyone's creativity and instill a spirit of fun and excitement, because you're just sure they're a swell bunch.
b. Call them together, lock the door, scream and threaten such things as a change to decaffeinated coffee (you can't fire them…they're independent professionals linked just for this project). You hand out a list of goals and a timetable, telling them that their input is not only unwelcome, but will in fact be mulched and fed to a dog.
c. Call the Federal Witness Protection Program and ask to be allowed in even though you aren't technically qualified. You explain the circumstances and they immediately send a helicopter for you.
d. One of the above.
3. Your group has been blessed with the arrival of a consulting firm hired to increase your efficiency and move the company smartly into the 21st century. After a few days of silent observation and poking through documents, your personal consultant pulls you aside and says, with genuine curiosity, "what exactly is it that you did…excuse me…do here, anyway?" You would:
a. Immediately give up all pretense of dignity and begin weeping and begging, offering both cash and more personal non-monetary incentives to the consultant to save your job, or at the very least to find a place for you doing literally anything.
b. Improvise an enormous lie, blowing your responsibilities and ties to the owner's family so far out of proportion as to make even a hardened and totally unconcerned consultant think twice. Ominously, you even claim unspecified but threatening ties to either organized crime or the international intelligence community.
c. Leap to your feet, carefully banging your knee on the desk, staggering backwards into the wall, and then bouncing into your PC, which falls to the floor just after you do, landing on and breaking your left femur as the coffee mug which had been sitting on the monitor thuds onto your forehead. You can no longer recall your own name, but you do remember that of your personal injury lawyer, who you call using the desk phone after discovering that your company cellular phone has been deactivated.
d. All of the above, in that order.
To score, simply assign the square root of a random number to each answer, then add them up and divide by 3.14. If your score is 15 or 73, you are a bright, imaginative, and charismatic leader, but unfortunately there is no longer a box on the organizational chart for you. Any other score indicates that you're lucky to have any job and to finally be on unsupervised probation.
| OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS 1999 / 2000 | |
| Elected Officers | |
| President | Glenn Pflum |
| President-Elect | Paul Blomquist |
| Secretary | Gene Stortz |
| Treasurer | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Past-President | Pat Nelson |
| Appointed Officers | |
| CQ Editor | Lynne Fox |
| CQ Associate Editor | Jeff Kuntzman |
| Mailing Coordinator | Sara Katsh |
| Membership Database Coordinator | Shelley Coleman |
| Parliamentarian | Jerry Carlson |
| Standing Committee Chairs | |
| Education | Marla Graber |
| Journal Locator | Catherine Reiter |
| Membership | Mary Kralicek |
| Internet | Lynne Fox |
| Nominating | Jenny Garcia |
| Ad Hoc Appointments | |
| Colleague Connection Representative | Lynne Fox |
| Colorado Library Marketing Council Rep. | OPEN |
| MCMLA 2K Conf. Planning Committee Chair | Lisa Traditi |
| Council Quotes is a bimonthly publication of the Colorado Council of Medical Librarians (CCML). CCML / P.O. Box 101058 / Denver, CO 80210-1058. Subscription is a benefit of membership. Editor, Lynne Fox; Assistant Editor, Jeff Kuntzman; Contributors, CCML members. |
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