Introducing Gail Lucas, our Reference Coordinator

Introducing Richard Mann, our New Librarian

Kathleen Smith Earns her M.L.I.S. Degree

SJVIS Office Space Redesigned

Upcoming Training

• InfoPeople Workshops

Orphan titles available for your collection

Introducing Gail Lucas, our New Reference Coordinator

Gail Lucas was hired on July 11 as the reference center coordinator for SJVIS, a position left vacant after Sharon Vandercook retired earlier in the year. Gail is a native Californian with an M.L.S. from California State University, San Jose where she wrote her thesis on continuing education for librarians. She has 25 years of experience working in libraries, beginning with a job she held in a children’s room at the age of 16. Later, she worked as a librarian in the media center for the Butte County Superintendent of Schools and for the Butte Community College media services department. She also served as a librarian for the California State Department of Education where she developed and implemented three resource centers for educational improvement. For another six years Gail served as a corporate librarian for Lockheed Martin where she pioneered database development and started a software evaluation library. After this, she worked as a reference librarian and as head of technical services at the Academy of Arts College in San Francisco. Please help us welcome Gail to her new position as reference coordinator for SJVIS.

Introducing Richard Mann

In June of this year Richard Mann was offered a librarian position at SJVIS, prompting him to undertake a 10-day journey across the country from his native New York to a new home in California. Richard earned his M.L.S at State University of New York at Albany. He then worked at three libraries in Long Island, including Central ISLID Public Library, Bayshore Public Library, and West ISLIP Public Library. Before entering the library profession, Richard was a social worker and he taught High School English for five years. His interests include photography, writing, and reading his favorite authors. Gunter Grass, Graham Green, and Stephen King are just a few of the writers Richard enjoys. Join us in helping Richard feel at home in the state of California and the San Joaquin Valley.

Kathleen Smith Earns Her Black Belt in Library Science

Join us in congratulating Kathleen Smith for her completion of her Masters of Library and Information Science degree. Kathleen earned her degree from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She was able to attend classes and continue her work with SJVIS at the same time by using the distance learning scheduling option at the University of Illinois known as LEEP. She was able to complete her degree in two years, attending graduation ceremonies in May and officially completing all of her degree requirements on August 5, 2002. Needless to say Kathleen's schedule has been very full with both school and work, and even though she has finished school, she shows no signs of slowing down.

SJVIS Staff Adjusting to New and Improved Office Design

Upcoming Training

INFOPEOPLE: WORKSHOPS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY

Latchkey Children and Loud Rude Patrons: How Far Can a Library Go in Setting and Enforcing Patron Behavior Policies?

When: Thursday, Aug 15, 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm

Where: Webcast

Instructor: Mary Minow

For more details visit: Infopeople's page

Workshop Description: Is your library used as a de facto child care center? Does it seem as though the library is becoming a halfway house for mentally ill patrons who are unruly and abusive? Do homeless people create problems because of offensive body odor or rude behavior? Can you do anything about situations like these? This Webcast will provide a framework for evaluating your library's patron behavior policies and tips for drafting legally-enforceable policies -- and how to enforce them.

Privacy And Library Records Update: USA Patriot Act

When: Thursday, Sept 19, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Webcast

Instructor: Mary Minow

For more details visit: Infopeople's page

Workshop Description:When must a library turn over library records to law enforcement? When must it protect those records? How does the USA PATRIOT ACT affect the California law that protects patron records? This Webcast will guide you through the current status of California and Federal laws. Though it is not possible to provide definitive answers to all potential legal questions surrounding the USA Patriot Act, this Webcast offers a solid foundation to library directors who plan to talk to their attorneys, and to frontline staff who need to distinguish between requests for information and warrants for library records.

Surfing the Curriculum: K-12 Internet Resources

When: Tuesday September 24, 2002 at 9:00 am

Where: Kern County Library Gates Lab

Instructor: Cynthia MacDonald

For more details visit: Infopeople's page

Workshop Description: This workshop will introduce you to a wealth of content rich and authoritative Web sites for students and the adults who work with them. These sites have been carefully selected to connect with the California Content Standards, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, as adopted by the California State Board of Education. The five major subject areas include English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Science, Math, and Visual and Performing Arts. Also included will be a selection of sites featuring broader homework help, general reference, and recreational interests for youth.

The Reference Interview: Asking All the Right Questions

When:Thursday Oct 17, 2002 at 9:00am

Where: Fresno County Public Library

Instructor: Carole Leita

For more details visit: Infopeople's page

Workshop Description: In this half-day workshop, you will learn how to improve your reference interactions and will gain skills that you can immediately apply in your next reference encounter. Lecture, discussion, exercises, handouts, and practice situations will help you master the basic components of the reference interview.

Ready Reference on the Internet: 2002

When:Wednesday Oct 30, 2002 at 9:00am

Where: Fresno County Public Library Gates Computer Lab

Instructor: Carole Leita

For more details visit: Infopeople's page

Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will teach you the tools to mine the Internet for quick, on-site answers to questions that in the past you couldn't answer or had to refer elsewhere. It will focus on the ins and outs of using the Librarians' Index to the Internet as your online ready reference desk and discovering and accessing the many specialized databases on the Internet that don't get indexed by the search engines.

Orphan Titles

We have the following materials available for the taking. If you would like any of these materials for your collection, please let us know and we would be happy to send them to you. (Materials from other libraries may be listed with additional contact information) Please also let us know if you have any reference materials that you think other libraries could use -- we'll help find new homes for them.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Three complete sets of World Book Encyclopedias:
  Two 1997 and One 1994 in excellent condition

• Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia: an unbiased account of the most devastating war known to mankind. . . , Volume I, copyright 1978, published by H. S. Stuttman Inc.

INDEXES

• Personal Name Index to the New York Times Index (6 volumes: complete set, 1975-1993)

• Personal Name Index to the New York Times Index (3 volumes: 1975-1996, supplement: A-H)

• Short Story Index (3 volumes: 1949 and earlier, 1964-1968, 1969-1973)

• Book Review Digest. (Except where listed by month, each year indicates the entire set for that year) 1905 through 1932, 1934 through 1958, 1960, 1961 w/ 1957-1961 Index, 1962 1962-1966 Index, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966: 1st qtr, 1966: 2nd qtr, 1966: 3rd qtr, 1966: 4th qtr, 1966, 1967: 1st qtr, 1967: 2nd qtr, 1967: 3rd qtr, 1967: 4th qtr, 1967, 1967-1971 Index, 1968: 1st qtr, 1968: 2-4 qtrs, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973: April, 1973: August, 1973: December, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979: May: 1979: August, 1979: September

PERIODICALS

MISCELLANEOUS

• Reedley College Library has five large boxes of books in the Chinese language: a combination of paper and hardback. They will send out examples to those who might be interested. If you are interested, please contact Willie Alire at 559-638-0352

• History of American Presidential Elections: volume I - IV (1789 - 1968)

• Who's Who Among American High School Students, 1983-1984, 1987-1988

• The Best Plays: 1899 through 1958, 1961, 1962, and 1964 through 1966 (44 volumes!)

• Temari: How to make Japanese Thread Balls (1992)

• California Statistical Abstract: 2001 (10 copies!)

• Dinosaur Collectibles (1999; over 900 color photographs)

• Rosies Secondary Market Price Guide to Boyds Bears & Friends (1998)

• Lanterns that Lit Our World: How to Identify, Date, and Restore Old Railroad, Marine, Fire, Carriage, Farm, and Other Lanterns (1996)

• 60's and 70's Designs & Memorabilia: Identification and Price Guide (1994)

• Electric Lighting of the '20s and '30s (1989)

• Kovel's Depression Glass & American Dinnerware: Price List (1988)

• Hard Plastic Dolls: Identification & Price Guide (1985; damaged)

• Old Advertising (1980; an Illustrated Value Guide)

• Biographical Directory of the American Congress (2 volumes: 1974-1927, 1974-1961)

• Current Biography (with index) 1955-1960, 1966-1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976