• MARISA IACOBUCCI, Adult Services Coordinator

The following book is available free on a first come first serve basis: 

Communicating Professionally
Catherine Sheldrick Ross & Patricia Dewdney
Neal-Schuman  ©1989

 Volunteers

I was asked to look into what the Handbook of Library Trustees for NY State had to say about trustees volunteering.  Below is the passage which addresses this question.  The bottom line is that the idea of trustees also being library volunteers is not encouraged.  It also goes on to say in another passage not here, that trustees are ‘citizen volunteers’ for the library, advocating for the library’s best interests and for the library’s place in the community.

I have also included a list of professional titles which pertain to volunteers that are available through the catalog.

 

From Handbook of Library Trustees for NY State:

“Some trustees act as library volunteers, especially in small libraries. Likewise, libraries without a nepotism policy often have trustees' family members on staff. (The law only prohibits trustees from appointing their close relatives as "officers of the corporation", i.e., director, treasurer or trustee.) This can lead to an awkward situation for all involved.

A trustee is part of the governing board of the library, while staff and volunteers report to the library director or other paid supervisor. Role confusion is almost inevitable and any trustee who pursues the role of volunteer or has a family member or friend on staff must be extremely sensitive to the potential conflicts of authority that may arise. It is best to avoid such situations whenever possible.”

 

Books with information about volunteers from the Finger Lakes Library System professional collection & catalog: 

Library volunteers--worth the effort! : a program manager's guide
Sally Gardner Reed
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, c1994.
(Available at Tompkins County Public Library)  

The Community Networking Handbook
Stephen Bajjaly
ALA c1999

When Your Library Budget Is Almost Zero
Lesley S. J. Farmer
Libraries Unlimited, Inc. c1993

 The Volunteer Library: A Handbook
Linda S. Fox
McFarland & Co., Inc. c1999

 Managing Library Volunteers: A Practical Toolkit
Preston Driggers & Eileen Dumas
ALA  c2002

 

 ABLE Grant

 Today was the deadline to register for the ABLE grant workshops, which include: “Your Library’s Financial Management”, “Public Library Law, Governance and Board Relations” and “Intellectual Freedom: What, Me Worry?”. 

 Despite this deadline, if you think you’d like to attend, please contact me as soon as possible.  Please register for any or all of these workshops at this time. This is a great opportunity to more about these areas of librarianship, get a $50 incentive for your library if you attend more than one workshop and attendees receive Continuing Education Credits through the University of Buffalo. 

 Please call or e-mail me if you would like to attend.

  

National Library Week and Barnes & Noble

 The New York Library Association has partnered with Barnes and Noble (B&N) stores in New York to conduct a statewide voucher book fair that would raise funds to support public awareness and advocacy efforts to promote increased funding and appreciation for the valuable and essential roles our libraries play in our communities, schools and college campuses.

The statewide book fair will take place during National Library Week on April 7-9th . To raise funds for the Love Your Library Campaign, Barnes and Noble customers need to present a voucher, at the time of purchase on April 7-9^th  . Barnes and Noble will donate a percentage of the sale to the New York Library Association.

You will be receiving a sample of the necessary voucher, which you are welcome to make copies of, and more information in delivery.

 

•  JAN AGUIRRE, Specialist & Training Coordinator

Advanced Polaris Training Session spots are filling up fast. This workshop is being offered regionally in 6 different locations.

McGraw on 4/5 currently has 2 openings,

Candor on 4/10 has 5 openings,

FLLS on 4/14 has 8 openings,

Trumansburg on 4/26 has 9 openings,

Weedsport on 5/3 has 4 openings

Waverly on 5/8 has 4 openings.

All session start promptly at 9 and end at 12 Noon.

Topics will include Circulation Tips, Cataloging Tips, Advanced Searching Techniques, Advanced Holds, and Record Set Tips. 

Email Jan to register today!

 

 Polaris’ “Tip of the Week”

When a new item record is added in Polaris, the circulation status “In-process” is assigned. This status allows the patron to place a hold but that hold will never be filled until the item has a status of "In" and is available.

To link the item to any holds placed against it, the item must be checked in. Manually changing the status from “In-process” to “In” does not immediately link the item up to any existing holds, however the item will show up on the Request Manager the next day. If the item does not circulate (as in reference items) the status still has to be changed from “In-process” to “In”.

• To find your items that have a status of “In-process”, use the Find Tool.

• Under the Cataloging Menu, Select Item Records.

• In the Find Tool, select Circulation Status to search by in the “By” box.

• In the “For” box type in-process (you must include the hyphen).

• You may limit the search to your library using the “Branches” tab. 

• If you right click on an individual item and select Check In, a hold receipt will print if necessary.

• Or you can open up the item record and select the Check in icon. A receipt will print as long as you have under “Tools/Options”, the box checked for “Print Hold slip or Print Hold call slip”. 

If these items are added to a record set so you can bulk change the status on ALL items at once, be aware that a hold receipt will NOT be generated.

 

• KAREN CREENAN, Executive Director

            Please note the following schedule for “Plan of Service” regional meetings:

     Tuesday, April 4,                Candor Library                            4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 5,          Ulysses Philomathic Library     4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

       Thursday,  April 6,              Cortland Free Library                  4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

       Tuesday, April 25,              Seneca Falls Library                  4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

       Thursday, April 27,             Weedsport Library                      4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

 

• LINDA BEINS, ILL/Reference Coordinator

Reference 

       Let me know if you would like a free copy of the book The Ithaca College story / John B. Harcourt. 

While at the PLA Conference, Marisa and I made a quick visit to the Boston Public Library and saw the exhibit Journeys of the Imagination which features historic and current world maps from their collection; a virtual tour of this display will be available at their website http://www.bpl.org/journeys.htm in May 2006.

I then wondered about non-print resources for atlases and maps. Here are a few: 

Ø     Grolier On-line, one of the FLLS Electronic Databases, has a link to an Atlas in the upper right hand corner. You can access geopolitical maps, thematic maps (climate, religion, languages, etc.) and maps showing the circumnavigation exploration routes from 1519-1780. There are also links from map locations to related articles in the database.

 Ø    Electronic Map Library http://geogdata.csun.edu/library.html created by the Department of Geography at California State University has some incredible aerial view maps of western USA and larger metropolitan areas in the USA.  

Ø     Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon displays images of the both the far and near side of the moon.

 Ø   World Atlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm  is more than an atlas; it also includes currency conversions, free clip art,  flags (see http://worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/flagusa.htm for all of the US State flags) and much more. Please note there are advertisements on this site.

 Ø  Google maps http://maps.google.com/ has interactive maps which lets you search within an area or neighborhood.

  

• EILENE MOERI, Ford Memorial Library, Ovid

 The Edith B. Ford Memorial Library has some new duplicate books to sell for $10.00.  Here is the list.

            Straight into darkness. Faye Kellerman

            Comfort & Joy. Kristin Hannah

            School Days.  Robert Parker

            Courageous confrontations. Richard Helefant

            A Perfect Evil. Alex Kava

            Nightlife. Thomas Perry

            Orbit. John Nance

            Isolation Ward. Joshua Spanogle

            Two minute rule. Robert Crais

 Please contact me if you would like any of these books.

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• Directors’ Advisory Council (DAC) members: 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding FLLS library service, you are welcome to contact a DAC member from the list below. 

Beverly Dann, Waverly Free Library
Janet Steiner, TCPL, Ithaca
Judy Barkee, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg
Kay Zaharis, Cortland Free Library
Lois Maki, Newfield Public Library
Mary Frank, Peck Memorial Library, Marathon
Sally Otis, Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge
Stephen Erskine, Seymour Library, Auburn
Susan Robey, Groton Public Library