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June 2005
June 30, 2005
State Budget Update
TO: CLA MEMBERS/ SYSTEMS/ NETWORK CONTACTS
FROM: Mike Dillon, Lobbyist; Christina Dillon, Lobbyist
RE: NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL
ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS BRING BUDGET UP ON FLOOR AGAIN - VOTE TABLED WHEN "BIG FIVE LEADERS" QUICKLY CONVENE TALKS
Facing the symbolic deadline of the end of the fiscal year, June 30th, the Assembly Democrats took the opportunity this afternoon to force a second vote on the state Budget bill, despite the understanding that they lacked the requisite Republican votes to attain a two-thirds vote for passage. In recent days, the Assembly Democrats have accused the minority party and Governor of holding up the Budget for political posturing. Republicans, however, claim that the Democrats Budget is not in balance, is not the so called "Governor's Budget," and spends one-time dollars for ongoing expenditures.
As Assembly Budget Chair, John Laird presented AB 77, the Budget bill, shortly before noon today. He noted, "Our actions today are not academic. Real people in the real world are dependent upon our actions. Last time the vote fell seven votes short and we heard your concerns." Assemblyman Laird then detailed a list of new budgetary solutions and compromises that utilized one-time funds, rather than so-called "on-going" dollars, including the full repayment of the vehicle license fee gap loan. He added, "There is really no excuse. If the Budget is not adopted, it is really for political purposes." Republican Assemblyman Keith Richman, who has been pressing for budget and pension reform, argued that he would be voting against the Democrats' new Budget package. He added, "This is really about making fundamental reforms in state government that are going to bring about fiscal responsibility and accountability. It is time to face up to the problems and not continue to put a band-aid on these issues." Democrat Assemblywoman Fran Pavley countered, "I intend to hopefully go home for the weekend and many of us will be in parades or giving speeches in honor of our country's declaration to be a free and independent nation, and I'm going to have to explain to my constituents why we're not passing this Budget...and frankly, they don't get it. They don't understand, why we can't pass a Budget that is 99 percent the Governor's May Revise."
After more than an hour and a half of debate on the Budget bill, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez announced a surprise recess of the Floor to convene a brief meeting of the so-called "Big 5," consisting of the Governor and the four legislative leaders. The Assembly was then promptly placed into "lock down." Thanks to modern technology, one legislator's office received this text message/cry for help from a legislator on the Floor: "I'm bored." A short time later, the Assembly Speaker returned to the rostrum and reported that he would be tabling the vote on the Budget and would send his members home for the weekend, to return on Tuesday. As a side note, we were aware that many of the Democrat members were anxious to leave this afternoon to participate in the festivities beginning tonight surrounding the swearing in of former Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa as the newly elected Mayor of Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, Senate President pro Tem Don Perata has instructed all policy committees to stop holding hearings on bills as of next week until a Budget bill is passed. Thus, the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Commerce Committee scheduled a rarely-held Thursday hearing this morning, with an ambitious agenda, including AB 1388-Ridley-Thomas (a teleconnect bill, supported by CLA, which passed today with bi-partisan support). The committee was interrupted not less than three different times for two "emergency caucuses" called by the Senate President pro Tem, relative to the Budget, and one caucus called by the Senate Republicans. (If we had worn a pedometer today, we would have surely been impressed with our mileage logged running back and forth to the Capitol!) The Senate did not take up the Budget bill today, despite Senate President pro Tem Perata telling members yesterday to "bring their pajamas," as they would be locked in, until a Budget was passed. Late this afternoon, however, Senator Perata announced a vote would not be taken today, and instead negotiations between the "Big 5" would continue.
We will keep you posted.
Posted by claadmin at 5:55 PM
Miriam Matthews to be Honored
Submitted by Sharon Johnson, African American Librarian's Round Table Co-Chair
The African American Librarian's Roundtable will be co-hosting a legacy program honoring Miriam Matthews, California's first African American Librarian, at the 2005 CLA Conference. Ms. Matthews assembled one of the most extensive collections of materials on African Americans in California history, and worked diligently to educate people about Los Angeles' history of diversity. In recognition of her trail blazing accomplishments, the Los Angeles Public Library has named their new Hyde Park library the Hyde Park - Miriam Matthews Branch. This conference program is co-hosted by the CLA Cultural Diversity Committee and the California Librarian's Black Caucus. Information on time and location will be forthcoming.
Posted by claadmin at 11:47 AM
Membership Committee Report
Submitted by Kit Willis, Chair
- Susan Lynn phoned or emailed 16 of the 17 new CLA members for May, and received 2 emails thanking her for the contact.
- Thanks to the excellent work of Marsha Schnirring, a new CLA Student Round Table has formed. Marsha worked closely with Laura Fisher to write, circulate, and submit a petition to form the new round table, and she will serve as its interim chair. Membership in this round table is free and open to all CLA voting members and experienced library professionals.
- Working closely with Laura Fisher, Kit Willis wrote a welcome letter that Laura will email each month to new ALA/CLA student members.
- Along with Margaret Miles and Sue Negreen, Kit Willis attended ALA's one-day pre-conference workshop, "Developing and Growing Your Membership in the New Realities of the 21st Century." In preparation for this workshop the three worked collaboratively on a survey about various aspects of CLA's membership program, and agreed that membership retention is the main area that needs attention.
Posted by claadmin at 8:30 AM
June 29, 2005
Mark Parker Named Library Director for Placer County
Placer County hired a new Director of Library Services Tuesday, selecting a deputy director at the Sacramento Public Library whose 30-year career also includes a stint at the California State Library. County Executive Officer Jan Christofferson hired Mark Parker, long-time CLA member, to fill the top management post at the Placer County Library, and the County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to concur with her decision.
"We're pleased to hire someone with Mark's broad range of experience," Christofferson said. "Throughout his career, he has demonstrated leadership and administrative skills that will serve him well as director of our library system."
A resident of Smartville in Nevada County, Parker is scheduled to start his new job July 18. He will replace Elaine Reed, who retired this spring after 13 years as Placer County's Director of Library Services.
"I'm delighted to be here - it's a great opportunity," Parker said Tuesday. "I look forward to working with staff and the Friends of the Library support group to provide the best possible public service."
He currently is Deputy Director for Administrative Services at the Sacramento Public Library and was that library's deputy director responsible for the Information Technology Department from 1992-97. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as a consultant, assistant bureau chief and then chief of the Library Development Services Bureau at the State Library.
He started his career as a librarian at the Fresno County Free Library from 1975-82 and, from 1982-89, worked at the Mountain-Valley Library System, a network of libraries spread throughout Northern and Central California.
Parker has a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree from the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. He has been a CLA member since 1977.
The Placer County Library has branch libraries in Auburn, Applegate, Colfax, Foresthill, Granite Bay, Kings Beach, Loomis, Meadow Vista, Penryn, Rocklin and Tahoe City. It also operates a law library in Auburn and a bookmobile that serves many small communities.
Posted by claadmin at 7:58 AM
Possible ACTSS Workshops
Submitted by Armanda Barone, ACTSS President
For the Chicago ALA meeting, ALCTS Council of Regional Groups' Continuing Education Committee has invited Julie Reese from the ALCTS Office to talk to ALCTS CRG on how Affiliated Groups (such as ACTSS) can host an ALCTS Continuing Education Workshop in their region. At present, ACTSS is looking into the possibility of hosting such a workshop, ALCTS/Program on Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Basic Subject Cataloging Course (proposed preconference during the CLA Conference in November). ACTSS is also hoping to co-sponsor a workshop on Resource Description and Access (RDA, formerly AACR3) sometime in 2006.
Posted by claadmin at 7:55 AM
June 27, 2005
ACTSS 2005 Conference Programs
Submitted by Armanda Barone, Section President
CLA has approved the following ACTSS conference programs for the fall:
Session title: "Open Access": More Than Just "Free"!
Presenters: Rebecca Culbertson - University of California, San Diego
Angela Riggio - University of California, Los Angeles
Anita Colby - University of California, Los Angeles
Audience: Academic/public libraries, Introductory
Objectives: Participants will learn the latest trends on open access e-journals, including resources for selection and cataloging.
Participants will discover why Open Access is important and how it relates to larger library issues. Participants will learn about successful examples of open access e-journals, such as the Public Library of Science.
Description: Come learn about the explosion of open access e-journals and why they have made such a large impact in scholarly communications. "Open Access" refers to a new publishing model making research widely disseminated and freely accessible online. At this workshop we will discuss strategies for selecting, evaluating and cataloging these resources, and look at success stories of some of the more popular open access e-journals.
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Session title: AACR3: A First Look at the New Direction for Cataloging Rules
Presenters: Speaker to be determined
Audience: All libraries, Introductory/Intermediate/Advanced
Objectives: Participants will get an introduction to the process and basis for change for AACR3 cataloging rules, currently in development. Participants will learn some of the players involved in developing AACR3, and why the changes are needed. Participants will see what cataloging challenges are addressed by the new rules.
Description: The Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) are changing again! Scheduled for release in 2007, AACR3 will be issued in a print and enhanced electronic version, allowing for easier and more efficient use. AACR3 is being developed for improved user access to all media in an online search environment. Come and find out why these changes are necessary, how the development process works, and who the key players are.
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Session title: Everything Old is New Again... ISBN and ISSN
Presenters: OCLC Western staff; Reginal Romano Reynolds, US ISSN Center
Additional presenters to be announced
Audience: All libraries, Introductory
Objectives: Participants will be made aware of coming changes planned for the ISSN and ISBN and how these changes will impact cataloging and acquisitions workflow. Participants will also learn how major bibliographic utilities like OCLC are implementing policies for the changes. Participants will learn strategies from other libraries on planning for these changes.
Description: The ISBN is being expanded from 10 digits to 13! Any day now, you could see these ISBN "pairs" in books and bibliographic records, so it is not too soon to understand and to plan for change. The ISSN standard is also under international revision in response to the changing electronic environment of serials and integrating resources. These changes will impact cataloging and acquisitions departments in all kinds of libraries, join us to learn what strategies your library can use to get ready.
Posted by claadmin at 2:32 PM
June 22, 2005
Announcing CLA's Newest Round Table!
Claim a place at the table - the CLA Student Round Table, that is.
CLA is pleased to announce the formation of a Student Round Table whose purpose is "to provide formal and informal networking and professional development opportunities for current and recent library students."
Round Table membership is FREE and open to all CLA voting members, enhancing the possibilities for mentoring relationships between CLA student members and experienced library professionals.
If you wish to join the Student Round Table immediately, send your request to info@cla-net.org. You may also designate participation in the Student Round Table at the time of your membership renewal.
Interim chair of the Student Round Table is Marsha Schnirring, a student in the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science program (Fullerton campus), and a CLA Membership Committee Member. She can be reached via email at mschnirr@slis.sjsu.edu or by phone at 626.357.8440.
Posted by claadmin at 4:33 PM
CLA Round Table Explores Exhibit
Submitted by Cindy Mediavilla, Library History Round Table Chair
The CLA Library History Round Table has been approached by a local historical museum about the possibility of mounting an exhibit, in 2007, on California's traveling county librarians of the early 20th century. If you would like to help plan such an exhibit, please contact round table chair Cindy Mediavilla at 310/206-2464 or cmediavi@ucla.edu.
Posted by claadmin at 10:04 AM
June 20, 2005
Response to Patriot Act Vote
Submitted by David Dodd, Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair 2004-2005
Speaking on behalf of the CLA Intellectual Freedom Committee, which has long opposed section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, I am happy to see our Congress being willing to stand up to the President and to the FBI and other entities pressing for a trade-off of our civil liberties vs. our safety and security. The fact that Congress voted in favor of curtailing the authority of the FBI to seize library, bookstore, and hotel records by such a large margin, and that so many Republicans were willing to buck the party line to vote their conscience, is a huge victory for Intellectual Freedom. Particularly encouraging was the statement by Robert Ney, Republican from Ohio, who said that he "talked to my libraries, and they felt very strongly about this." We have a voice, and we are being heard.
Posted by claadmin at 2:09 PM
June 13, 2005
Support Yes! for Libraries
Submittted by Ann Cousineau, Chair, Yes! for Libraries
The campaign for the next library construction bond bill is swinging into high gear. No surprise, we need money to help us fund the campaign effort. To make it as easy and painless as possible to give, our web site is up and ready to accept online contributions. Go to yesforlibraries.com. You can give (no dollar amount is too small) as well as volunteer and/or sign up to be on on email list.
Passage of this bond bill is crucial to fund new public library buildings or remodel existing ones. Remember up to half of the $600 million in the bill can be used for projects that were left unfunded in the 3rd cycle of the Prop 14 bond bill.
Please help by making a contribution today and tomorrow and as many times as you can over the next year. It's a great cause and it will result in better libraries and better service for our communities.
Posted by claadmin at 1:30 PM
June 10, 2005
Summer Issue of "CSL Connection"
The summer 2005 issue of the California State Library's CSL Connection is up on the CSL website at www.library.ca.gov. Or you may go directly to http://www.library.ca.gov/newsletter/2005/2005summer/index.html.
Posted by claadmin at 2:28 PM
June 2, 2005
Slate for 2005 Election Announced
Les Kong, chair of the 2005 Nominations Committee, has announced the preliminary slate of candidates for the 2005 election. Electronic voting will occur in early July, and winners will take office in November, following the annual conference. All voting members of CLA will have an opportunity to vote for CLA officers and assembly representatives elected at-large. Section members will also be able to vote for section officers and section representatives to the assembly.
Individuals may be added to the ballot by petition. Properly completed petitions must be submitted to the executive director within 25 days of publication of this report. Nominations for vice president/president elect require the signature of 2 percent of the voting members of CLA (33 signatures are needed). Nominations by petition for assembly-at-large positions require 25 signatures of voting members of the association.
Your voice in the association is important. Watch for your ballot, and vote!
California Library Association
Preliminary Election Slate 2005-06
Candidates for Vice President/President Elect
Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian, County of Los Angeles Public Library
Mark Smith, Administrator, Riverside County Library System
Candidates for ALA Chapter Councilor
Jackie Griffin, Director of Library Services, Berkeley Public Library
Norman Reeder, Library Services Manager, Torrance Public Library
Candidates for Assembly-At-Large (Eight positions to be filled)
Lisa Bartle, Reference Librarian, Pfau Library, CSU San Bernardino
Karen Dyer, Member of the Board, California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners (CALTAC)
Al Escoffier, City Librarian, Burlingame Public Library
Keri S. Botello, Director, Multimedia & Information Technology Lab & Internship Program Coordinator, UCLA Department of Information Studies
Ja-Lih Lee, Supervising Librarian, Oakland Public Library
Louise Mazerov, Director, Buena Park Library District
Dave Tyckoson, Director of Public Services, CSU Fresno Henry Madden Library
Ana Elba-Pavon, Children's Services Manager, San Francisco Public Library
Lucy Salvado, Supervising Librarian, Children's Services, Yorba Linda Public Library
Gail McPartland, Assistant Director, Services, Peninsula Library System
Maida Wong, Senior Librarian-Children, South Pasadena Public Library
Sarah Houghton, e-Services Librarian, Marin County Free Library
David McFadden, Senior Reference Librarian, Southwestern University School of Law
Nancy Messineo, Manager, Neighborhood Library Services, Long Beach Public Library
Barbara Flynn, Adult Services Coordinator, Anaheim Public Library
Michele Aristegui Huie, Assistant Librarian/Assistant Professor, Cogswell Polytechnical College
SECTION ELECTIONS
Academic Section
Candidates for Vice President/President Elect
Robert Sage, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Pollak Library, California State University, Fullerton
Barbara Quarton, Head, Reference Department, John M. Pfau Library, Cal State University San Bernardino
Candidate for Secretary
Linda Peabody, Interim Coordinator of Public Services/Archives, Goleman Library, San Joaquin Delta College
Candidates for Assembly
Melissa Browne, Instruction Librarian, University of California Davis
Kathy Headtke, Faculty Librarian, Allan Hancock College Lompoc Center
Access, Collections and Technical Services Section
Candidates for Vice President/President Elect
Xiaoli Li, Head of Technical Services, UCD Loren D. Carlson Health Sciences Library
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Sheila Wekselbaum, Principal Analyst I, UC Berkeley Library
Children's and Young Adult Services Section
Candidate for Vice President/President Elect
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Stephanie Stokes, Coordinator, California Summer Reading Program Collaborative
Information Technology (IT) Section
Candidates for Vice-President/President Elect
Anthony Costa, Operations Manager, Califa
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Lisa Bartle, Reference Librarian, Pfau Library, CSU San Bernardino
Literacy Services Section
Candidates for VP/President Elect
Candidate needed
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Candidate needed
Management Services Section
Candidates for VP/President Elect
Candidate needed
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Candidate needed
Candidate for Assembly
Candidate needed
Public Library Section
Candidates for VP/President Elect
Candidate needed
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Candidate needed
Reference Services Section
Candidates for VP/President Elect
Sean Aragon, Reference Librarian, Fresno County Library
Candidate needed
Candidate for Secretary
Jennifer Sweeney, UCD
Posted by claadmin at 11:04 AM