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" ,I really canhot say 'enough abqut the good 'folks who wOrk on ou~ behalf throughout the 'year, serving on"the NMI,A executive board.',Tt~ey chair Committees, they testify 'at' ,hearings, they participate in meetingsacross the state and across the country-',they're dediCated, intrepid, and tireless." ,They desen(e ,a round of applause (but

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, Being onth~JOad a'lot (always in search of,a good buy on 'cat food, not,toniention 'attending lots of meetings), I get many ,opportunitie~ to reflect on Where NMLA hasbeen. We've had,:conferences in '

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from th~re to TaOsin2000:Wei~ehad'mini~nferenCesin Silver City, , ....Alamogordo; Socorro,' Espanola, and Truth,

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'I Welcome Comments~ndsuggestions that'you all may hav'e f9r N'MLA. It's~n about't~reeyearS:since the restructuring of the" ,'AssoCiation-,is it WOrking? What is the next'step? What plans should we be, making? L~t ,me know-my'e-mail, is torcpl@riolink.eom ' ,

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Plans are u~derway for the next annual ~onference in Carlsbad, ~M on April 28,.29, . . "1999. The theme will 'be "From This Millennium to the Next" with ,the logo representing the past .

. and the future in t~rms of libraries. ' ..' .

The Carlsbad LoCal Arrangements Committee has been hard atwork 'for three monthsnow. They are.plannfng· some very exciting events. The Pecos RiverVillage.is the conference

,site, and it is pleaSantaridbeaut/ful on Carlsb~dLake.· . .' ,. "~." .

, TheProgram Committe~has also ~n wOrking very diligently to find programs that willbe of interest to·alf of NMLA's .various segments. Several people have submitted programs to beconsidered. However, we are still looking for more -especially inttie area of special libraries.There is still time to give suggestions and propoSals..Th~ last newsletter had the form to list the

'information that the committee needs. '. )

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'New Mexi<?o LibrafyAsso<?iation Award.f\jorrli,nation Formjl...

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, " :-made sure·to·gebate·eyery,word of evert.: , . resolutionwas.to'severan.fcirmal·ties·· ,; :, ,'..' ., .,J. ,iss!Je.;. My"repm:t follows,·.-a sort of;"Reader's/." .:.:·b~~~.~~·tan~'tli~·BSA·'du~~tb:t.he'..,~

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" .. ' .' minutes from,lV!id\Y1nter app'rovec;f,~hp". '. ~~udY.,:~~TIji.s,on~p~dmise~to,be.hotIY:<·-:':" :'.'. .." .' .... ,,' .., nominati~ns"to va,rio,us com,mitte,e,s ~an~Je(:t".; :>.' ::~~~atedJ,ri:the:future, :,\~'. . '

, . " William (~.iII)'Gordon,·~new Exe.cutive ';"., , ,."'..,. ..' :.,. '" :::bfrectorof:f\LA,gav.e his··rep6rton~j;isfi~r i ,,;:::cpuricil·ijl,'h~lg.'jUly·1:S(:debateH~?:::·:::··

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, .. ,' .. '/. ~',:,~:. ·orimagine';·and hEfis reaching ·.out to<the' ~.' .'.', v,ehicles. This resolution'was also 'referred~" .:~."," . mernbershi!?with Qreat'warmthi:u'id::" '.'.. ' :·'·..:'·,:to·comr:nitt~~Jf9r furthe'r stl:J(iY; ..: ". '''., " '.. :

:·.'enthusiasm. Each day; Mr: Gordon ..... : 'J,,", .' .. :: '..... , ',"',:' .. , '.,. :'. ;.; '''... ::' .. ';: ....'; ..; "'.. ',:', :.; r~hq()qlly:'sefects'a;"ALA}nerh~r:from"i;,e/\',i." .;Nextcan{e;~xtel1sive"OiScuSsj6h6ii~~.~ih~t:, : ','

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,r:.':.:. "organizationis go,ng~:·::~doii't'be~l;Irpriseg.' '.i:·l% ...Ther~i~:a·~re,at: co;icer~ (~ghily.so)., .. ;, . . if'y6u'liea(fro'm this' bright,~ char'lTJing:man.:, ····:th~fg~neral.n::lf~mQership meetings. v~rt',

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;,:,:,.' .':' .';>,::. due~ ~11<.n~t:go LJP,atthistim~.; ..'~·' ", '. ..' res~lting''mqstly in verbal '~.ccinsentn ~otes:: '. . .", .",

.,·::·,;··:,·,.:....·.·.,·W~~~~~~ ..;,i~st;n~tii,~ ~~~~fr~~;thi .~.:-'.:: ..:':"', .. :.~ The.. ~~t'i,r,9~s:6~~~d~~~'at:Jp·pr~~·:.<:',' :f'<· <. ":<~'~"; •••:" .. ,;. ',:' . i • ,: Freedom to Rea'd: Foundation' on all of the .<" , '.," 'noon" and all, cOuncilors. headed off to their: .' '" ,',':' . ~·'ceh.~r.Ship' bha"eng~scurre;l1tly being 'i '.. '. .d,'·, .own· states and. libraries: or:as in my case,'. "

:' .. ; :'.'~ ,< .:' , :debated in arid oUt 'ofcourt..'New 'Mexicd . ·their oWn VaG8ti6ris'~:md'adveQtures:,:: \' :' '.;<.' :' ...' . ::,': :·::m~pe'tbis'r~Poif.inthe prese~tatioriqfthe ' . ", ":<' " ';';,(":;:<"':':- :·:AC!_Li_v.;:'JOH~Sd!'J~~hallenge;T~e<'.<,: '.,' < • ' " ,. ..,. :'. ..: • , •

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. and' Ulst~r, POlYteChnic.' 'iher~ are four',' Campuses: Jordanstown. Cole'raine, M~gee,

in Londooderry, and Belfast, The .',,part,iciparits visited Moof the' four,campuses: Coleraine and Magee'.- At the'libraries on th~ two Campuses we wereable to see several im'portant digital

, projects. These libraries are Wo~ing with, the Linen Hall L.:ibrary on the,CAIN 'Project.'

,', The CAIN. Project also serve.s. as thegateway to other resources on'the ethnic

, conflictincludi'ng,INCORE (Initiation ConflictReS9lution and. Ethnicity), where resourceson various,ethoic conflicts ,are digitized:, "Another important projecfis the Eurotext' ,

, Project where'selected European Union ,documents are digitized'and made 'availablefor teaching purposes-

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We also Visited St. Mary's Collegeon Falls Road: Falls Road is within the area· "where Cathoiic working class 'f~miiies live.This is, asmall' Catholic College establishedin 1900 by the Dominican Sisters. 'It has a ' ,

, , strong interest ii1 international studies and IS, very interested In developing exchange ' .

, ' prograrriswith othercountries. Interest in '" The Linen Hall Library, is a private ',internationalism is very strong in the '

',subscription Iibra,ry in Belfast City.' The "Catholic communitY in Northern Ireland.,Iibrarydatesback to 1788 and has an ' " The,UQrary specializes in education,

invaluable collE;!Ction of old'and new' , , children's literature, ,and Irish Literature andmaterials. ,The most interesting collection ,Langua~e and books. in Gaelic.' , ,

,for most of us was the "Northerri Ireland .Political Coll~ion:" In 1~8,JimmyVitty.Srnce'many·Americans have family. ,

. then IibrariaQ was handed a Political leaflet ,roots in Ireland, genealogy is very popular.in a bar:, in Downtown Belfast am;:! sineethen Two libraries have excellenfcollectionsJor '

,the,library has beericollecting leaflets, genealogy research. One library in BelfastPosters,.Christmas cards, pamphlets, audio.- City i~ the Public Records Office of Northern "

:visual. items. ,and books on the 'Troubles". , Ireland (PRONl) and the other is in Omagh'Today they ~aveabout.80,OOO items in this atthe Ulster-American Folk Park. At ,.'collection. In fact, the political parties such PRONI, one can find the ti~he applotment

. as Sinn Fein; Ulster Unionist Party, ,Ulster records; valuatiol"! records; maps, plans and, Democratic,Unionist Parjy, Social. . "sl;Jnieys; poor law records; sChool reCords;

Democrati,c ~nd Labor p,arty • the' Alliance church 'records; landed estate records;,Party of Northern- Ireland; and others use ' " business records; solicitors records; and :this collection as their archives. They are records of priv~te indivic;luals. They have adighit,ing part of this collection. The project· web'site and its address is' ,is knoWn as the CAIN (Conflict Archive.,on , ',. http://pronLhics.gov.uk. The library at thethelnternet}Projectand,can be found at the·' . Ulster American Folk;Park specializes in,fbllowingaddreSs on the Iiiternet: ' '. . migration history, historiesbf Ireland aod'http://eain.ulst.ac.uk..' Ame'rica in the 18th and ,19th centuries,

':,. ~ " , ,agrl'ciJlture,industry,and crafts, soCialThe University of Ulster was,',' customs and religion, and biographies'and

established ,in 1985 and was created out of : . autobiographies.: The library is building a, a.merger,of the Ney.J:.Univ'ersity of Ulster database of primary source documents

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, ',' At th'e Belfast Central Library,founded,in'18,88, we spent most pf our timelooking at the Special Collections, ' ", .NewspaPers,. and the Irish andLoealStudies Collections.' In Special Collections,

,were first ,editions of John James Audobon's', .The Birds ofAmerica, and TheViviparous

, , Quadrupeds, of North America and other ... priceless,boOks with emphasis'on natural ,

,history'. ,It was amazing to many of us howcasually the 'rare bookswere'handled.

" librarians di~ not wear latex ,gloves andflippecl:through pages as if these bookswere regular books: ,This practice was

, typical at all the libraries visited. ThePublic'library has ao eXtensive newspaper 'collection fr~m Belfast, all the counties ofNorthern Ireia,nd, and the Republic of

: ,Ireland. ,Since the peoples oflrelandare ', considered tbbeone of the most iiterate

peoples of EuroPe, it is not surprising to findthat this, collection'is, well:-·preserved andhighlyuSecl. 'The Irish and, LeicalStudies ,

, Gollectioris' containeq family his~ories,, antique maps; and manuscripts of Northern

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" '. ,also t~ch courses on migration stuqies.,. At, ,.' Wiih;'CorT~ii:>nsmadern,SwiffsoWil:.', '. ':,:<. :'. ,, ~he FoikPark is an outdoor museum that ,'. ' handwritfng. Th,is is an ,excellent.coll~ion ' . ~.: ':'... ,:tells'thestory ofemmigrationirrthe·.: " , ... :' . , of mecli~val;,17thand ',18th century "~ ~' .' "eighteentlJ, arid nilleteenth eenturyon,bOth'" ,.,', ,ma~uscripts. A1sovety illterestin'g was a , . ' .

'd,... si~~softh~'Atlanti~:. : ' ... ,/ •.• ;",' "'.co!l~ionofseveral'rriihiaturereligiOlJ~.'.' '''', ' . '. ' , ' , ,'" ' ,bOoks that the clergy:cahiecfWiththem,. '

'" , ' " ,The, Ulster Folk andj'~ansp?rt " . ····.'when:t~ey:wentfrom~llIagEqovill~ge. We' ,',' . " ::,,: 'Museum in.HolyW6ocJ, County DOwn' ,.'.'"I :':'~lsoyisitedthe'DenyPublicLibrary in " .. ' :", ~.

, "" includes ari:archives ~osuPpolt'its~'~ ',' .>.',,':' downtoWn berry. Here agaiiiwas an , ':" ,:.. J,. ",""; ~Iiect,on, The.,mpst irite~esting'part:ofthE(;" ,j" i:>utstan~iligcOlleCtioriof.lrish·iiewsp~Per~", ;';", ,>/

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