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Volume 40, �umber 3 May/June 2010
Evolve, Enrich, Empower: Libraries Transform! 2010 Annual Conference Wrap-Up
Hello Librarians!
Message from the President
I hope this message finds you all well! It was so wonderful to see and
visit with many of you in beautiful Ruidoso for this year’s annual con-
ference! Although the Convention Center was being renovated, I think
that those who attended truly enjoyed the speakers Dr. Camila Alire and
Vaunda Nelson, programs, exhibits and the opportunity to interact and ex-
change ideas with like-minded individuals who really care about libraries.
The conference theme: Evolve, Enrich, Empower: Libraries Trans-
form! was very appropriate for these difficult times. Now more than ever, it
is important for us to share our stories and ideas and provide support and
encouragement for each other. I hope that you will continue to be strong ad-
vocates for libraries in your own libraries and communities. If you are not
already a member of a committee or Special Interest Group (SIG) and would
like to become involved please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward
to hearing your ideas, questions and comments! Also, please make plans to
attend mini-conference in Gallup on October 14th and 15th and don’t forget to
take advantage of the grant opportunities from the Education Committee.
Barbara Lovato-Gassman NMLA President
Pictured right to left: Mike An-
drews (Library Amigo Award),
Dan Kammer (NMLA Past-
President 2009), Betty Long
(Honorary Life Membership
Award), Janice Kowemy
(Library Leadership Award),
Carol Sarath (Community
Achievement Award), Ruth
Wallis (Outstanding School
Library Award), and Joni Marie
Gutierrez (Legislator of the
Year Award)
Congratulations to the 2010 Award Winners!
Table of Contents
Presidents Message 1
Award Winners 1
Legislation News 2-3
NMLA Officers 4
People News 4
Annual Meeting 5-14
Bonds for Libraries 15
Call for Proposals
The Mini-Conference will
be held October 14-15, 2010
in Gallup, NM . Proposals
may be submitted online at:
http://nmla.org/mini-
conference-online-
program-proposal-form/
By Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair, NMLA Legislation Com-
mittee
I t could happen. You can hear it in your commu-
nities. Throw out all of the incumbent politi-
cians. Government is the problem. Stop spend-
ing my tax money on stuff I don’t want. I can’t afford
an increase in my property tax. (Bond B will cost a
taxpayer thirty two cents per year for ten years per
$100,000 of property valuation.)
In 2008, our margin of victory was only 30,740.
Bond Issue B won with a 52.2% positive margin, a
decline of 4.6% from our margin in 2006. There will
be fewer voters participating. Even with highly com-
petitive races for Governor and U.S. Congress, there
will not be the enthusiasm of a Presidential race.
Many first time voters mobilized in 2008 may be
disillusioned non-participants in 2010.
With local and institutional budgets being re-
duced virtually everywhere in New Mexico, is there
any library in the state which has not suffered sub-
stantial cuts in their local media budget? Our pa-
trons expect and depend upon us to provide current
materials. We are already less able to meet their
needs than before. Without the additional money
from the Bond, our ability to provide current materi-
als will be meager indeed. And, once we are unsuc-
cessful in getting voter approval of a bond issue, it
will be much harder to convince the Legislature that
libraries should be included in future bond package.
Successfully passing Bond B sends the message to
local and institutional officials that voters are willing
to support libraries as an essential service in their
communities, schools and colleges.
The Bonds for Libraries Political Action Commit-
tee (PAC) has been meeting to plan a campaign to
support Bond B. We received good support from do-
nations and NALSIG Silent Auction proceedings at
the NMLA Conference in Ruidoso. When ALA Presi-
dent Camila Alire spoke about frontline advocacy,
she acknowledged the activities of our PAC in pro-
NMLA NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3
Legislation News: What If Bond B Does Not Pass?
viding the campaign resources to accomplish our
goal. And yet the PAC has not received the level of
contributions to fund the kind of campaign that will
be needed. It will be up to librarians and their sup-
porters to bring the message to voters in each com-
munity.
To that end, the PAC will be working with the
Cooney-Watson PR firm to produce a CD with an
English- and a Spanish-language version of a radio
spot. Copies of this CD will be mailed to each public
and academic library director, with a request that
they work together with community supporters to
purchase placement of the spot on their local sta-
tions. In addition, the kit will contain examples of the
media available for downloading from the PAC web-
site. Additional bumper strips are available, to be dis-
tributed at selected meetings and to Friends groups.
We continue to explore ways to use blogs and social
networks to reach new audiences. We are conscious
of the need to have these materials available in ad-
vance of the beginning of early/absentee voting on
October 7th.
C heck the PAC website at
http://www.bondsforlibraries.org/ . Addi-
tional information is available on our Face-
book page, www.tinyurl.com/bonds4libraries and our
Twitter page, http://twitter.com/bonds4libraries .
Information will be posted to this site about distribu-
tion amounts, tax rates, etc.
C ontact the PAC with your ideas and ques-
tions at contactus@bondsforlibraries.org.
S et a date for a meeting in your community
for librarians and library supporters from all
types of libraries to organize a local campaign.
Identify the financial needs and resources available to
support that campaign. The PAC can advise you about
NMLA NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3
Legislation News: What if Bond B Doesn’t Pass?
How You Can Help Get the Message Out
strategies for placing radio and newspaper ads, op-ed
pieces and general interest news stories.
G et bumper strips from the PAC and put
them on your cars. Ask your friends and
relatives to do so. Bumper strips will be
seen by hundreds or even thousands of voters be-
tween now and the election, but only if they are on
car bumpers. A driver who sees a bumper strip on
two different cars will notice a trend. Three different
cars and it’s a landslide. Contact the PAC for bumper
strips, as well as bookmarks and brochures .
B e creative in getting out the word about
your library’s impact on your community,
and the need for support. Every staff mem-
ber can present this message in his/her own way.
Bonds For Libraries 2010
David Giltrow & Omar Durant CoChairs, Kitty Sherlock ViceChair, Linda O’Connell Treasurer
1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE #172 Rio Rancho, NM 87124
505-988-4751 www.bondsforlibraries.org
Thank You For Your Donation Of $____________________
Your Name_____________________________________________________________
or Organization__________________________________________________________
Street Address or PO Box__________________________________________________
City____________________________State__________Zip_______________________
Email_________________________________________Phone____________________
PAGE 4 VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3 �MLA �EWSLETTER
NMLA Officers and More
President Barbara Lovato-Gassman, blovatogassman@gmail.com
Vice-President/ President-Elect
Mary Alice Tsosie
Secretary Lynette Schurdevin, lschurdevin@las-curces.org
Interim Treasurer Norice Lee, nlee@nmsu.edu
ALA Councilor / APA Councilor
Paulita Aguilar
Members at Large (and their SIGs)
Danielle Johnson, johnson@sanjuancollege.edu Native American Libraries, REFORMA, Re-tired Librarians
Mary Ellen Pellington Northern New Mexico Youth Services, Rural Libraries
Mildred Walters Local and Regional History, New Mexico Preservation Alliance
Tina Glatz Advocacy for School Libraries, Battle of the Books, Paraprofessionals
Administrator Lorie Christian, admin@nmla.org
Archivist Barbara Edwards, barbara.edwards@enmu.edu
AASL Representative Alison Almquist, alisonalm@comcast.net
MPLA Representative Vacant
NMLF Chair Barbara Van Dongen, vandongen@aps.edu
Bylaws Cassandra Osterloh, cassan-dra.osterloh@gmail.com
Conference Site Tina Glatz, tglatz@lcps.k12.nm.us
Education Sharon Jenkins, sjenkins@elinlib.org
Intellectual Freedom Dr. Felipe de Ortego & Gasca, ortegop@wnmu.edu Dr. Gilda Baeza Ortego, ortegog@wnmu.edu
Legislative Cynthia Shetter, shetterc@loslunasnm.gov Joe Sabatini, jsabatini@cabq.gov
Membership Tammy Welch, twelch@dacc.nmsu.edu
Nominations & Elections
Dan Kammer, dkammer@nmsu.edu
Local Arrangements Vacant
Public Relations Melanie Templet, mtemplet@sandiaprep.org
Newsletter Editor Jenna Kammer, jkammer@nmsu.edu
The New Mexico Li-
brary Association
Newsletter (ISSN:
0893-2956) is published
six times a year in Janu-
ary, March, May, July,
September and Novem-
ber.
Send “Newsletter”
submissions, adver-
tisements, and other
requests to:
Lorie Christian
c/o NMLA
P.O. Box 26074
Albuquerque, NM
87125
admin@nmla.org
Fax: 891-5171
PAGE 5 NMLA NEWSLETTER VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3
People News
These members give extra
each year because they be-
lieve in NMLA. Thank you
sustaining members! Your
confidence is contagious.
Paulita Aguilar
Ann Bender
Jane Halonen
Gary Harris
Kathy Matter
John Powers
Kathleen Puffer
Elizabeth Rhine-Egelhoff
Scott Sheldon
Susan Sheldon
Cecilia Stafford
Dianna Valdez
Barbara VanDongen
Frederick Walter
�MLA Honorary Life Members
Paul Agriesti
Alison Almquist
Thaddeus Bejnar
Octavia Fellin
David R. Giltrow, PhD
Charlene Greenwood
Martha A. Liebert
Elinor F. McCloskey
Carol A. Myers
Linda O’Connell
Calla Ann Pepmueller
Earl H. Phillips
Joseph D. Sabatini
Ellanie Sampson
Cheryl Wilson
Since 1992 the New Mexico Library Foundation has been a tax deductible foundation serving the libraries and library organizations of the state by providing grants and services.
H istorian Bill Boehm, a former NMSU Library
staff member, is the lead author of a new
book, In Katrina’s Wake: The National
Guard on the Gulf Coast, 2005, with Renee Hylton and
Major Thomas W. Mehl. The book was published by
the U.S. Government Printing Office.
In Katrina’s Wake shows how Katrina first grew from a seemingly-
routine Category One hurricane in Florida into a behemoth storm in the Gulf
of Mexico, bringing more than 150 miles per hour winds and large swells of
water upon hundreds of thousands of people. It struck Louisiana and Missis-
sippi somewhat diminished in strength, but it flooded 80% of the city of New
Orleans as levees failed, and flattened buildings and structures in Mississippi.
More than 1,800 individuals were killed, and many more were incapacitated.
Boehm obtained his master of arts degree in history from New Mexico
State University in 1997. He worked in the NMSU Library’s Archives and
Special Collections Department from 2000 to 2006, and then accepted a po-
sition as an archivist for the National Guard Bureau. He presently works as
an historian for the Bureau, organizing state histories from units serving in
Iraq and Afghanistan, researching and writing historical reports and conduct-
ing oral history projects to support National Guard activity.
In Katrina’s Wake is available at the NMSU Library and at other libraries
and bookstores nationwide. For more information, visit the Library’s online
catalog at http://lib.nmsu.edu or email Boehm at bill.boehm@us.army.mil.
Sustaining Members
NMLA Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 8th, 12:30 – 1:30 PM
Ruidoso Convention Center, Room 6
Minutes by Lynette Schurdevin, Secretary
AGENDA
Welcome!
1. Officer Reports
a. Secretary’s Report & Approval of 2009 Membership
Meeting Minutes – Margaret Neill
b. President’s Report – Dan Kammer
c. Treasurer’s Report (yearly update) – Norice Lee
The current income is $65,366.91 with current ex-
penses at $52,688.62. This gives a net income of
$12,678.29. As of April 2, the conference income is
$43,027.92 which is $17,939.08 less than budgeted.
The conference expenses are $14,464.08 which is
$18,195.92 less than budgeted. Please keep in mind
that many of the conference expenses are not re-
flected, and this will likely change that number drasti-
cally. I urge you to monitor your fund lines closely. If
you spend over the budgeted amount without prior
approval, there is a good chance that you will not be
reimbursed.
The assets stand as follows:
Checking Account $15,948.20
Conference Account $ 624.31
Marion Dorroh CDs:
Bank of America $29,499.67
Merrill Lynch $32,053.84
SIG – BoB Checking $ 3,854.53
Total Assests: $81,980.55
NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes
PAGE 6 NMLA NEWSLETTER VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3
d. Vice-President’s Report – Barbara Lovato-
Gassman
e. Members-at-Large Report – Tina Glatz, Gary
Harris, Danielle Johnson, Pam Rishel
f. ALA Councilor Report – Betty Long
2. SIG Group and Chair Recognitions
3. SIG Reports
a. Advocacy for School Libraries (ASL-SIG) –
Susan Bontly
Focus of Interest: Advocacy for School Libraries
Below is a list of the objectives and accomplish-
ments for this Special Interest Group:
Provide leadership to initiate, maintain, and
enhance library legislation and act on political
issues affecting school library interests.
Formed a Legislative Advocacy subcommittee –
committee has been formed & is moving for-
ward on establishing a state-wide network of
current & retired school librarians willing to
work on legislative efforts.
Provided representation at Legislative Day in
Santa Fe.
Provide and support educational opportunities
for school library personnel.
Revised current NM School Library Independ-
ent Reading & Information Literacy Standards
& Benchmarks; submit to PED for approval and
dissemination – awaiting approval.
Held Fall Workshop at Belen Middle School.
Provided presentations at MiniConference in
Hobbs & Annual Conference in Ruidoso.
Communicate the role and value of school li-
braries and librarian-teachers.
PAGE 7 NMLA NEWSLETTER VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3
Expanded/revised SIG Awards program – new
Awards have been created & current processes are
being re-evaluated for effectiveness & efficiency;
looking at ways to increase submissions and aware-
ness.
Had booth at NMCSA Conference to distribute lit-
erature to superintendents, principals, and other
attendees.
Support and improve networking among school
librarians in New Mexico.
Created an ASL-SIG blog (http://
aslsignm.edublogs.org) to disseminate information.
Maintained ASL-SIG listserv.
Support and promote literacy initiatives for youth
including, but not limited to, the Land of Enchant-
ment.
Provided financial & volunteer support for the
Land of Enchantment program.
ASL-SIG member attended AASL Learning for Life
(L4L) conference over summer; information has
been/will be distributed through various means to
SIG members & interested parties.
b. Battle of the Books – Cassey Malone, Jacque Wa-
ters
NM Battle of the Books will take place May 1, 2010 at
Artesia High School in Artesia. Registration is from
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. with Round 1 beginning at 9:00
a.m.
We have about 150 students registered and we are ex-
pecting a rush here at the end. This count is not in-
cluding Artesia, Dexter, Hagerman, Roswell, and Las
Cruces as we haven’t gotten their registrations yet!
We know we won’t have as many people this year due
to the economy and school budgets, but we are ex-
pecting a good turn out.
Organization is running fairly smoothly! Barnes &
Noble will be there selling next year’s titles. Joe Me-
dina will be there selling t-shirts. There will also be a
snack vendor.
We will be having entertainment prior to the an-
nouncement of 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners and door
prize winners.
We appreciate everybody’s patience and cooperation
as this is our first time to host this event. An itinerary
will be posted on the website and e-mailed to the
sponsors when finalized.
Focus of Interest: Advocacy for School Libraries
Statement of Purpose: Our purpose is to promote the
achievement of excellence in New Mexico school li-
braries
Objectives as related to Goals of the Association
Provide leadership to initiate, maintain, and en-
hance library legislation and act on political issues
affecting school library interests.
Provide and support educational opportunities for
school library personnel.
Communicate the role and value of school librar-
ies and librarian-teachers.
Support and improve networking among school
librarians in New Mexico.
Support and promote literacy initiatives for youth
including, but not limited to, the Land of Enchant-
ment.
Specific Targets for 2010-2011
Establish/expand state-wide network of profes-
sional development opportunities to include pro-
viding training for the newly approved NM School
Library Independent Reading & Information Lit-
eracy Standards & Benchmarks.
Increase SIG membership, specifically in remote
areas serviced by paraprofessionals.
NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes (continued)
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NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes (continued)
Strengthen communication between SIG
members, especially through electronic means.
Support NMLA efforts to pass upcoming GO
Bond.
c. Local & Regional History – Kathryn
Albrecht
d. Native American Libraries (NAL-SIG) –
Janice Kowemy
e. New Mexico Preservation Alliance – Jo
Anne Martinez-Kilgore
f. Northern New Mexico Youth Services –
Angie Manfredi
g. Paraprofessionals – Kash Heitkamp
h. REFORMA – Flo Trujillo
i. Retired Librarians – Barbara Moore
j. Rural Libraries – Maile McGrew-Frede,
Julie Trujillo
k. Students – Mary Kurtz
4. Representative Reports
a. AASL – Alison Almquist
The AASL Affiliate Assembly requested that the
AASL Board of Directors select a title for its pro-
fessionals that "is clear to other educators, admin-
istrators, and the public, and that the presents a
common nomenclature for all publications and
advocacy efforts." After much discussion about the
advantages and disadvantages of various titles the
board voted to adopt the professional title School
Librarian. One of the board members I had a
chance to talk with at ALA midwinter said teacher
librarian lost out because there were not enough
sites in the US that used the term teacher librar-
ian.
Sara Kelly Johns the Library Media Specialist at
Lake Placid Middle/High School is a candidate for
ALA president-elect. She is the also the Associate
Editor for Knowledge Quest. Ann Dutton Ewbank
and Carl Harvey are the candidates for AASL Presi-
dent.
School Library Media month is celebrated in April.
The 2010 theme will be "Communities Thrive @ your
library." Every Wednesday in April at 7:00 p.m. CST
AASL will host webinars based on AASL's Empower-
ing Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media
Programs.
1. Developing Visions for Learning
2. Teaching for Learning
3. Building the Learning Environment
Empowering Learning through Leadership
The AASL will have a fall forum in Portland, Oregon
on November 5 - 6, 2010. The theme for the forum is
In Focus: The Essentials for 21st Century Learning.
The fall forum is held during non-AASL National
Conference years.
A record breaking 3,950 school librarians, educators,
exhibitors and guests attended the American Asso-
ciation of School Librarians’ (AASL) 14th National
Conference in Charlotte Nov. 5 – 8
The American Association of School Librarians
(AASL) has launched a new resource on its Web site,
the Parent Outreach Toolkit. The toolkit was created
to help school library media specialists educate and
create support from parents. It can be found at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/
toolkits/toolkits.cfm
The SLJ Summit VI "The Future of Reading" will be
October 15 and 16, 2010 in Chicago, IL. Email
sljsummit2010@gmail.com to be added to their mail-
ing list. If you would like a school administrator or
superintendent invited send their email address and
name to sljsummit2010@gmail.com
NMLA is required to renew its affiliation with AASL
every two years. I will turn in the paperwork neces-
sary for the renewal.
b. MPLA – Lynette Schurdevin
MPLA Leadership Institute will be April 25-29, 2010
in Estes Park, CO. Attendees will be Lynette Schur-
devin, Tamara Sandia and Jim Pawlak
c. NMLF – Barbara VanDongen
The following is an outline of the New Mexico Li-
brary Foundation’s work to raise funds and provide
grants to libraries in New Mexico during 2009.
Regular NMLF grants in amounts between $500 and
$1000 were awarded during 2009 to Tularosa Public
Library, Gila Valley Public Library, Donnelly Library
at NM Highlands University, El Camino Real de
Tierra Association (CARTA)-- NMSU, Deming High
School Library, Montevista Elementary School Li-
brary (Albuquerque), the New Mexico Coalition for
Literacy and the Truchas Public Library. Joint
NMLF-Libri grants of $350 each were awarded to El
Rito Public Library, Gila Valley Public Library, David
F. Cargo El Valle de Anton Chico Library, Estancia
Public Library and Placitas Public Library.
The NMLF sponsored a number of fundraising ac-
tivities during 2009: A raffle at the NMLA annual
conference in Albuquerque in April 2009 and a raffle
at the NMLA Hobbs mini-conference in Hobbs in
October 2009, a raffle and silent auction at the
LOEX conference in Albuquerque in April, and a do-
nor appreciation event November 21 “Breakfast at
Supper” at the Flying Star on 8th St in downtown Al-
buquerque.
The Foundation did three major mailings during
2009 to approximately 800 recipients each time: a
letter in May and one in November soliciting dona-
tions and a newsletter in September reporting NMLF
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NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes (continued)
activities.
The New Mexico Library Foundation participated in
three collaborative efforts with other organizations to
support libraries in New Mexico: 1) completing the
NMLA’s Advocacy for School Libraries SIG sponsor-
ship of the Nancy Ebeling Memorial project to place
sets of Land of Enchantment award books in NM col-
lege libraries for use of teacher education programs,
2) providing a vehicle for the Nancy Floyd Haworth
Foundation to offer grants to nine NM public librar-
ies in 2009 for the purchase of breast cancer materi-
als and 3) working with NM Tribal Libraries on their
2nd annual silent/live auction and dinner held in Oc-
tober 2009 to provide additional funding for partici-
pating tribal libraries.
NMLF’s total income in 2009 was $11,756.53 of
which $7657 was from donations and $3896 from
fundraising. Essentially the Board met our goal of
$12,000 for 2009.
The New Mexico Library Foundation is maintaining a
website for public access at www.nm-lf.org and a wiki
for NMLF records and NMLF Board action at
nmlf.pbworks.com.
NMLF Board of Trustees officers for 2009:
Chair, Barbara VanDongen
Vice Chair, Kathy Barco
Secretary, Heather O’Daniel
Treasurer, Scott Sheldon
NMLF Board of Trustees 2009:
Kathy Barco
Beth Crist
Owen Ellard
Dan Kammer – NMLA President
Valerie Nye
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NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes (continued)
Heather O’Daniel
Claire Odenheim
Charlie Seavey
Scott Sheldon
Susan Sheldon
Barbara VanDongen
The NMLF Board of Trustees set 2010 goals dur-
ing February and March meetings:
NMLF 2010 Goals
Increase awareness of the Foundation and our
mission to support NM libraries through raising
funds and awarding grants.
Complete a presentation kit for appealing to po-
tential major donors.
Put a planned-giving program in place
Raise $12,000 in 2010 through donations and
special fund-raising events.
Award the equivalent of eight $1000 grants and
up to four $400 matching Libri Grants in 2010
The three-year terms of trustees Owen Ellard,
Valerie Nye and Charlie Seavey concluded in De-
cember 2009. Valerie opted to continue for a
second term through 2012. Linda Morgan Davis
and Louis Lafrado have been elected to fill the
other two positions with terms through 2012.
One position with a term through December of
2010 remains open and Board is seeking a candi-
date for this position.
Applications for the NMLF spring grant awards
are due April 30, 2010.
NMLF Board members will be fundraising at the
NMLA 2010 annual conference in Ruidoso with a
“Choose Your Own Adventure” raffle.”
d. New Mexico State Library – Susan Oberlander
5. Committee Chair Recognitions
6. Committee Reports
a. Awards – Norice Lee
The Awards Committee has been busy the past few
months seeking nominations for the 2010 Annual
Awards Event that will take place on Thursday eve-
ning, April 8th, at the Inn of the Mountain Gods.
Ultimately five names were forwarded to the Board
for approval--one name for each award category.
Many thanks to Barbara Edwards (Committee mem-
ber), the Board, and the Local Arrangement Com-
mittee, for their assistance with the overall program.
The following individuals will be honored at the
Dinner:Honorary Life Membership Award: Betty
Long for her long-term leadership and service to the
Association. I received numerous nominations and
letters of support on behalf of Betty for this, our
most prestigious award.
Library Amigo: Mike Andrews for his commitment
to the Roswell Friends of the Library
Community Achievement: Carol Sarath, Library
Media Coordinator in the Gallup-McKinley School
District, who has served as Co-chair of the NM Task
Force for School Libraries for over 6 years; an active
member of the Library GO Bond Steering Commit-
tee, and former NMLA Board Member
Legislator of the Year: Joni Marie Gutierrez -
House Representative for District 33 – Las Cru-
ces/Dona Ana County, for her support of public edu-
cation and on-going support of Library GO bond
funding. While in office, she has co-sponsored a
large capital outlay request for Thomas Branigan
Public Library in Las Cruces, and has also co-
sponsored several Durango and Zacatecas historical
records microfilm projects for NMSU Library Ar-
chives.
Library Leadership: Janice Kowemy for being the
organizational force behind the Native American
Libraries Special Interest Group (NALSIG), and
service as an advocate and leader for the advance-
ment of tribal libraries in our State.
As seems to be NMLA tradition, Nambe was pur-
chased for the award recipients:
Nambe = $558.50
Engraving = $175.25Total = $733.75
Total budgeted = $750.00
In addition, the following school and individuals
will be honored:
Outstanding School Library: Camino Real Middle
School in Las Cruces and Teacher-Librarian, Ruth
Wallis
Marion Dorroh Scholarship: Samantha Villa, Uni-
versity of North Texas ($1,500)
College Scholarships: Rebecca Correa-Elliott, Doña
Ana Community College ($250); Luci Ortiz, New
Mexico State University ($1,000), and Audrey Pino,
Doña Ana Community College ($250)
The Awards Committee Chair has recently assumed
the position of NMLA Treasurer, so a new Chair will
need to be appointed for 2011.
b. Bylaws – Cassandra Osterloh
Both Bylaws changes were accepted.
c. Conference Site – Tina Glatz
d. Education – Sharon Jenkins
For this our final report for the fiscal year, we have
a good bit of activity to report – at least on the de-
liberations end of things. We had a total of four ap-
plicants for the Marion Dorroh award this year and,
as usual it was difficult to come up with a finalist.
However, we persevered and, like the civilized and
conscientious group that we are, came up with one
name. Our Marion Dorroh winner this year is earn-
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NMLA Membership Meeting Minutes (continued)
ing her MLS at the University of North Texas in
Denton and will use the $1,500.00 to continue her
education there. She has been a resident of New
Mexico for 27 years and currently works at a public
library.
We had three applicants for NMLA College scholar-
ship funds. We decided to divide the total amount
among the three of them. Since two were repeat ap-
plicants, they received $250 each. The third recipi-
ent was a first time applicant and so was awarded
$1000.00. While there is nothing in our charge or
NMLA bylaws to prohibit awarding funds to appli-
cants who have had previous awards, we felt that
this was a fair and reasonable solution.
We have also had five applicants for NMLA continu-
ing education grants this year. The first four appli-
cants were awarded $200.00 each. The fifth appli-
cation had just been received prior to the writing of
this report so a final vote has not been taken as to
whether or not to award funds to this applicant.
Below is the current financial situation of the Edu-
cation Committee:
The Education Committee chair attended the winter
NMLA board meeting and participated in activities
of Library Legislative day in Santa Fe during late
January.
e. Intellectual Freedom – Felipe de Ortego y Gasca,
Gilda Baeza Ortego
* Completed IFC flyer for distribution at annual
conference
* Submitted NMLA resolution against the Patriot
Act
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* Discussion of IFC Committee Members about
censorship on NMLA SIG list serve
* IFC Discussion for recommendation of a reso-
lution protesting the current actions of the Texas
Education Board's censorship of Texas history in
school textbooks.
* Power-point presentation of "Librarians at the
Barricades: The Continuing Struggle for Intellec-
tual Freedom" by the Ortegos.
f. Legislation – Joe Sabatini, Cynthia Shetter
The Board adopted the following work plan for
the Committee this year. Under each point is a
summary of our activities:
1. Work for the placement of a Library General
Obligation Bond Issue on the November 2010
New Mexico ballot.
Committee/stakeholder meetings were held on
May 29th in Albuquerque, on August 16th in Los
Lunas, and on September 19th in Belen. The
Bonds for Libraries Political Action Committee
(PAC) met on August 20th in Bernalillo, Novem-
ber 13th and December 4th in Albuquerque, and
January 6th , February 24th and March 31st in
Bernalillo to plan strategy for the legislative and
election campaigns. Cynthia Shetter and Karen
McPheeters worked within the New Mexico Mu-
nicipal League and its Librarians Section to gain a
resolution supporting the inclusion of a library
bond issue. The Legislature did include a $7 mil-
lion Library General Obligation Bond Issue on
the November Ballot.
2. Rebuild a network of local activists who can
support and seek funding for the Political Action
Committee advocating the Bond Issue.
The PAC worked with Linda Morgan Davis, Louis
Lafrado, Kevin Unrath, Rachel Altobelli and Dan
Kammer to set up Facebook and Twitter accounts
and links to the NMLA Website. These are media we
can use to get out information on the bond cam-
paign.
3. Support the retention of the State Library budget
line item which provides increased levels of state
grants-in-aid funding. Continue to work for the in-
crease in this program.
Given the budget situation, the apparent retention
of the state aid program budget at near its 2008-09
FY level was a major achievement.
4. Work in cooperation with the Action for School
Libraries SIG to restore funding to the School Li-
braries Materials Act.
Joe attended the ASLSIG workshop in Belen on
September 19th to discuss bond issue strategy.
Omar Durant and Pam Rishel put together a presen-
tation for the Legislative Education Study Commit-
tee on December 16th about the bond issue and the
School Libraries Materials Fund, with statements by
Cynthia Shetter and Ruben Aragon in support of the
bond issue. Although no money was budgeted, the
group did emphasize the need to fund it in the fu-
ture. ASLSIG also worked with the Public Education
Department to establish modern school library stan-
dards; the hearing on these regulations will be on
April 9th.
5. Support efforts by the New Mexico Consortium of
Academic Libraries for rational funding of academic
library funding, including a realistic formula to ad-
dress inflationary increases in resource budgets.
Joe attended the NMCAL meetings on August 6th
and January 27th, and met with the NMCAL Legis-
lation Committee on October 30th and on December
11th, to review Bond Issue developments.
6. Work in cooperation with the Native American
Libraries SIG to address tribal library funding issues
in response to the Indian Affairs Department's
House Memorial 59 report.
Joe attended NALSIG meetings and presented leg-
islative updates on June 18th, October 15th, Decem-
ber 17th and February 18th. NALSIG also made an
extended presentation to a meeting of the Interim
Indian Affairs Committee on September 9th. On
January 14th, a delegation of NALSIG leaders, Joe
and Larry Horan met with Regis Pecos, Chief of
Staff for House Speaker Ben Lujan, about the tribal
libraries segment of the bond bill. The group suc-
cessfully advocated the inclusion of building and
planning funding in the tribal libraries segment of
the bond language, and the allocation of a politi-
cally acceptable portion of the total bond funding.
7. Continue to fund an NMLA lobbyist.
Legislative advocate Larry Horan was active all year
in working with committee members, legislators
and legislative staff on developing and passing li-
brary bond legislation. He initiated a meeting with
Rep. Ed Sandoval to obtain his sponsorship of the
bill. He provided guidance to the Committee on
timing, tactics and technical drafting issues.
8. Organize a Library Legislative Day on Thursday,
January 29, 2010.
Legislative Day was reasonably successful in spite
of a snowstorm which prevented many library sup-
porters from attending. The PAC staffed a table in
the Rotunda for distribution of library information.
Five librarians were presented on the dais in each
chamber. In the Senate, five members spoke briefly
about the importance of libraries. Over 80 library
supporters wore gold PAC t-shirts supporting the
bond issue.
9. Make presentations to the Legislative Finance
Committee and the Legislative Education Study
Committee about library needs statewide.
Joe Sabatini and David Giltrow were present and
answered questions at the LFC capital outlay
budget review on December 5th. When it was publi-
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cized that the staff G.O. Bond recommendation
omitted a library bond, the library community re-
sponded with communications requesting its inclu-
sion. This led to discussions between LFC analyst
Linda Kehoe, the State Library, the DCA Legislative
Liaison Ann Greene-Romig, and our legislative ad-
vocate Larry Horan on procedures for providing in-
put to the LFC in advance of the preparation of their
recommendations.
As noted above, a presentation was made to the
LESC on December 16th.
10. Participate in A.L.A. Library Legislative Day on
June 28, 2010.
Cynthia Shetter will be attending this event in con-
junction with the American Library Association An-
nual Convention in Washington, D.C.
g. Membership – Tammy Welch
Membership Group
January 2010 April 2010
562 Total 559 Total
Academic 7979
Public 174170
School 137135
Special 2725
Retired 6463
Student 2528
Commercial 55
Institution 1415
Honorary life members 1515
Sustaining 12
Other 12
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Members by category
$0 - $9,999 - 26
$10,000 - $14,999 - 26
$15,000 - $22,999 - 54
$23,000 - $29,999 - 38
$30,000 - $39,999 - 52
$40,000 - $49,999 - 77
$50,000 + - 129
New members since October 1, 2009- 57
Memberships paid by Company - 192
Memberships paid by Self/Other – 367
62 members expired at the end of March and
have not renewed yet. Lorie will be sending out
letters to remind people to renew.
The last few months have centered on preparing
for the conference and the membership program
session. We are looking forward to sharing infor-
mation about NMLA and hearing what our mem-
bers (and potential members) have to say.
h. Nominations & Elections – Cassandra Osterloh
Ballots and bios were mailed out to NMLA members
the beginning of the year. In March, the ballots were
counted with the results as follows:
Vice-President/President-Elect: Mary Alice Tsosie
Secretary: Lynette Schurdevin
Members at Large: Mary Ellen Pellington, Mildred
Walters
ALA/APA Councilor: Paulita Aguilar
All candidates as well as the Board were informed of
the election results.
i. Public Relations – Melanie Templett
7. Passing the Gavel
8. President Barbara Lovato-Gassman introduces
the 2010-11 Board
9. Adjourn
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