ASSOCIATES (vol. 5, no. 3, March 1999) - associates.ucr.edu

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Our New Website Revisited

Our URL is http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~assoc/ AND THE SURVEY FORM FINALLY WORKS!!!!

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Our Other Addresses

Our server address is LISTPROC@UKANS.EDU. The address for submissions, letters to the editors, etc. is ASSOCIAT@RAVEN.CC. UKANS.EDU. As of this writing, archival issues cannot be obtained at this site. However, several other sites do archive _ASSOCIATES_. That information is available under our Archive, Gopher, FTP and WWW Retrieval Information section.

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ALA SSIRT Survey

The ALA SSIRT (Support Staff Interest Round Table) Task Force on Continuing Education needs your help. We have been commissioned to determine what kind of continuing education library support staff would like to have. Please let us know:

What are your continuing education needs as library support staff? What kinds of training opportunities would you like to have? What needs to happen for you to be able to attend continuing education activities? Do you know of any great ideas on this topic that others may be interested in?

Continuing education was one of the top concerns of library support staff in a recent survey. Now's YOUR chance to tell us what it is that you'd like to see change. lease send your responses, your thoughts to me at Grabago@gte.net or to Holly Blosser, at holly@pacifier.com

Thanks, Ginny Rabago WSU Energy Program Library Olympia, Washington

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Meralyn Meadows -- Winner Of The 1999 Outstanding Support Staff Award

The winner of Library Mosaics' and the Council on Library/Media Technician's 1999 award for Outstanding Support Staff is Meralyn Meadows, Administrative Assistant at Stanly County Public Library in Albemarle, North Carolina. The award is presented annually for noteworthy service by a library support staff member.

Ms. Meadows has been actively involved in the support staff arena for many years. She played a major role in the formation of the ALA Support Staff Interests Round Table, and has served on its Board since the group's inception. She has also served as chair of the North Carolina Library Paraprofessional Association, as well as other capacities in the organization, such as conference planning chair. She has completed two years as the chair of the SouthEastern Library Association Paraprofessional Association Round Table.

She has been a speaker at numerous paraprofessional conferences around the country, as keynote speaker and as workshop presenter, on such topics as paraprofessional leadership and team building. In addition, she created, researched, compiled and maintained the annual edition of the ALA SSIRT National Directory: Library Paraprofessional Associations. This also has included coordination with the Web version (on the LSSRC).

For her efforts in promoting and organizing support staff, she has been presented with the 1999 Support Staff Award.

Meralyn Meadows will be featured in the March/April issue of Library Mosaics and will be recognized at the annual banquet of the Council on Library/Media Technicians conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 9, 1999. She will also receive a cash prize and a plaque describing her achievements.

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Edward T. Gillen - Winner Of The 1999 Supporter Of Support Staff Award

The winner of Library Mosaics' and the Council on Library/Media Technician's 1999 award for Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff is Edward T. Gillen, New York State Education Department, Albany, New York. The award is presented annually for outstanding service to library support staff.

Mr. Gillen was selected for his dedicated work on behalf of support staff. Among his foremost accomplishments, he was involved in the New York State Library Assistants' Association (NYSLAA) from the very beginning and for several years held the office of recording secretary. He also served on the committee that created NYSLAA's Certification of Achievement Program. As president for his regional group, Capital District Library Assistants (CALA), Mr. Gillen promoted, and is largely responsible for, the forming of many other groups since the NYSLAA.

After 16 years of service, Mr. Gillen left his support staff position, yet remained involved in supporting the cause of support staff workers everywhere through presentations, articles and his continuing involvement in various support staff organizations. He has appeared as the featured speaker at various conferences. His publishing credits include articles in ASSOCIATES: The Electronic Library Support Staff Journal, The Journal of Education for Library and Information Science and Personnel News.

In April 1996, Mr. Gillen pitched the "Day in the Life of Library Support Staff" as an issue of Library Mosaics. This eventually led to a worldwide celebration of Library Assistants Day on April 17, 1996. He also developed the idea for the creation of an electronic journal for library staff, out of which was born ASSOCIATES-L [sic].

For his efforts in supporting and encouraging support staff, he has been presented with the 1999 Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff Award.

Edward T. Gillen will be featured in the March/April issue of Library Mosaics and will be recognized at the annual banquet of the Council on Library/Media Technicians conference, Detroit, Michigan, April 9, 1999. He will also receive a cash prize and a plaque describing his achievements.

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ALA SSIRT Website

As President of the ALA Support Staff Interests Roundtable I am very pleased to announce the availability of our web page. You can find us at the following address:

http://www.ala.org/ssirt/

We are a part of the ALA web pages, so investigate the other great resources available. A big, big thank you goes to Martha Parsons for her work on the page over the past months. We are fortunate to have Martha volunteer her time to help with one more web page. Thanks also goes to the SSIRT Steering Committee for their input on the project.

Please visit the SSIRT webpage---we hope that you find it a valuable resource. Feel free contact me if you have any comments or questions about the material included.

Paulette Feld, Technical Services, Forrest R. Polk Library, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901. Tel: 920.424.7369. Fax: 920.424.2175. feld@uwosh.edu

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Flint Hills Technical College Library Associate Programs

Dates: April 10, 24, May 8, and 22, 1999
Place: Wichita Area Technical College - Central Campus
Event: Searching the World Wide Beb, FirstSearch and SearchBank Databases
Sponsor: Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, Kansas
Contact: Janet Anderson-Story,800-711-6947, janderso@fhtc.kansas.net

This is a one credit course for all library employees in all types of libraries. FirstSearch and SearchBank are periodical databases which are available free of charge to ALL Kansas libraries. This course will take a hands-on approach to searching the web and databases. We will also develop guidelines for evaluating websites. Tuition is $96.24.

Date: June 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23
Place: Flint Hills Technical College, 3301 W. 18th, Emporia, KS
Event: Searching the World Wide Web, FirstSearch and SearchBank Databases
Sponsor:Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, Kansas
Contact:Janet Anderson-Story,800-711-6947, janderso@fhtc.kansas.net

This is a one credit course for all library employees in all types of libraries. FirstSearch and SerchBank are periodical databases which are available free of charge to ALL Kansas libraries. This course will take a hands-on approach to searching the web and databases. We will also develop guidelines for evaluating websites. Tuition is $54.00.

Dates: June 5,19, July 10,24
Place: Lawrence High School Library, 19th and Louisiana, Lawrence, KS
Event: Searching the World Wide Web, FirstSearch and SearchBank Databases
Sponsor: Flint Hills Technical College, Emporia, Kansas
Contact: Janet Anderson-Story,800-711-6947, janderso@fhtc.kansas.net

If you would like information about Flint Hills Technical College Associate Program, visit our webpage at http://www.fhtc.kansas.net/library/. For information on a particular class click "Associate Degree." The highlighted titles can be clicked to view draft syllabi.

If you have questions, please call FHTC 1-800-711-6947. We can also be reached via e-mail at janderso@fhtc.kansas.net

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Library Technical Assistant Program Online

Rose State, a two-year college in Midwest City, which is outside of Oklahoma City, has been offering a Library Technical Assistant program for close to 20 years. They are beginning to offer it over the Internet. Here's the address for more information: http://www.rose.cc.ok.us/acadprog/ltaprog.htm.

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