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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-

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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 [email protected].

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


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____________________

VOLUME 40, NUMBER 3 �MLA �EWSLETTER

NMLA Officers and More

President Barbara Lovato-Gassman, [email protected]

Vice-President/ President-Elect

Mary Alice Tsosie

Secretary Lynette Schurdevin, [email protected]

Interim Treasurer Norice Lee, [email protected]

ALA Councilor / APA Councilor

Paulita Aguilar

Members at Large (and their SIGs)

Danielle Johnson, [email protected] 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, [email protected]

Archivist Barbara Edwards, [email protected]

AASL Representative Alison Almquist, [email protected]

MPLA Representative Vacant

NMLF Chair Barbara Van Dongen, [email protected]

Bylaws Cassandra Osterloh, [email protected]

Conference Site Tina Glatz, [email protected]

Education Sharon Jenkins, [email protected]

Intellectual Freedom Dr. Felipe de Ortego & Gasca, [email protected] Dr. Gilda Baeza Ortego, [email protected]

Legislative Cynthia Shetter, [email protected] Joe Sabatini, [email protected]

Membership Tammy Welch, [email protected]

Nominations & Elections

Dan Kammer, [email protected]

Local Arrangements Vacant

Public Relations Melanie Templet, [email protected]

Newsletter Editor Jenna Kammer, [email protected]

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

[email protected]

Fax: 891-5171

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 [email protected].

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

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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.

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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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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

[email protected] 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 [email protected]

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



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



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-



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



* 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-



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



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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