Hitchhiker #1519 - New Mexico State Library

#1519
For
Librarians in
New Mexico
October 13, 2004
NM IN DC
The Third Annual National Book Festival, hosted
by first lady Laura Bush and organized and sponsored
by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, October
4. The festival is a family event that features author
presentations and reading promotion activities. The two
principal reading promotion pavilions are the Pavilion
of the States and Let’s Read America Pavilion I, where
70-75 reading, literacy, and library promotion organizations
distributed information about their programs.
The New Mexico State Library provided representation
from New Mexico by sending Robert Upton, Hitchhiker
Editor, and Kathy Barco, Youth Services Coordinator,
to man the New Mexico booth in the Pavilion of the
States. They were joined at the booth by State Librarian
Richard Akeroyd, who had come to Washington for
an orientation of new state librarians by the Institute
of Museum and Library Services regarding new provisions
of the State-based Library Program, and to attend
meetings at the Library of Congress with staff from the
Public Services Division, the National Library Service,
and the Center of the Book. C-SPAN 2 provided live
coverage of the Festival. Check out the NBF website for
more information at http://www.loc.gov/bookfest.
BRIEFINGS
Ben’s run update. Former New Mexico State
Librarian Ben Wakashige attracted 65 sponsors for his
run in the Portland Marathon and completed the race in
3:45 hours (see HH #1517). The total amount pledged
to the New Mexico Library Foundation from his sponsors
was $2,300.
The overall winner’s time was 2:23 hours. Ben
placed 19 th in his age/gender category and was 1001 th
overall out of 4,689 finishers. If he had registered as
a New Mexican, he would have been 2nd overall (out
of 15 New Mexico entrants), just behind a 32 year-old
Albuquerque woman who ran the race in 3:34 hours.
Ben’s initial report was that he felt “sore but fine
otherwise”. He ran the race through downtown Portland
in exactly the time that was his objective in order to
qualify for the Boston Marathon (if he so chooses). The
weather was in the mid-60s with humidity of about 80
percent at the start of the race. Wind gusts were occasional
but mostly calm.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Help wanted. The newly created Millennial
Light Library in Santa Fe, an independent, nonprofit
alternative library is growing at the speed of light, is
seeking more board members to fulfill its mission. This
progressive library is devoted to providing information
on social responsibility, sustainable living, justice and
equality, ecological and environmental well-being, economic
and political transformation, peace studies, alternative
health, spirituality, and much more. A physical
library, cyberlibrary, salon and veggie-oil-run bookmobile
are in the plans. Committed, creative, thinking, and
inspired board members meet monthly and participate
in committees, do fundraising and are the directors,
keepers, nurturers, and navigators of the organization.
The board maximum is 15 members and so there is a
limited number of positions available. However, the
library needs an unlimited number of volunteers, so
please don’t hesitate to get involved. For further information,
the Millennial Light Library’s address is P.O.
Box 23106, Santa Fe, NM 87502; (505) 424-9475;
or see the web site at http://www.mllibrary.org (under
The Hitchhiker is available upon re quest on com put er
disc, cassette tape, in braille, or in large print. It may
also be seen on the State Library WEB site: http:
//www.stlib.state.nm.us.
The HITCH HIKER is published weekly by the New
Mexico State Library, a division of the Offi ce of Cul tur al
Affairs, 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87505.
Send news items to Robert Upton, EDITOR. ☎ 505-476-
9764, FAX 505-476-9761.

construction).
Student scholarships. Applications are now
being accepted for the Special Libraries Association’s
(SLA) 2003-2004 Scholarship Program. Each year,
SLA grants scholarships for professional development
and graduate study at accredited schools of library and
information science. The SLA Scholarship Committee
will determine the winners based on applications,
transcripts, and personal interviews with SLA members.
Winners will be announced in the spring of 2004, and
officially recognized at the 2004 Annual Conference
in Nashville, Tennesee, June 5-10, 2004. Available
scholarships include: SLA Scholarship, Mary Adeline
Conner Professional Development Scholarship, SLA
Affirmative Action Scholarship, Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI) Scholarship, and the Plenum Scholarship.
Applications must be postmarked by October 31.
Scholarship listings, descriptions, eligibility requirements,
and applications can be found on Virtual SLA at
http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/scholarship/
index.cfm. For additional information, contact Diana
Gonzales in the SLA membership department at (202)
939-3671.
Public library planning workbooks online.
The New Mexico State Library Development Services
Bureau is proud to announce that planning documents
are now available on the State Library’s website. In
order to assist the many public libraries that will have
plans due in the coming year, we have created workbooks
and templates for all of the planning documents
required by New Mexico state code (staff development
plan, technology plan, long-range plan, collection
development plan, and community assessment). Public
libraries were notified in a mailing this summer about
plans they will have due in the coming year, and we
will be sending out more information about the plans
and upcoming trainings within the next month. For
those public libraries interested in getting started with
their planning documents, please visit the new planning
document web site at http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/
libraryservices/develop/planningdocs.htm. The templates
on the website are downloadable into Microsoft
Word so you will be able to enter your library’s data
electronically into our recommended format. Plans can
either be e-mailed to vnye@stlib.state.nm.us, or sent to
the Development Bureau, New Mexico State Library,
Attn: Valerie Nye, 1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe,
NM 87507. Library Development Services will also
have a table at the New Mexico Library Association
Mini-Conference in Gallup on October 17. Please stop
by the table and feel free to ask questions about your
library’s planning process.
JOBS
Librarian. Amigos Library Services of Dallas,
Texas, is accepting applications for the position of
Director of Special Projects. The person filling this
position will provide long and short range planning and
day-to-day management of the Department, achieve
budget and programmatic goals, and participate as a collaborative
member of the senior management team. The
immediate assignment is to direct a project to select,
acquire, catalog, and process approximately 175,000
volumes utilizing sub-contractors and in accordance
with library specifications for University of Houston
Law Library. Requirements are an MLS from an
ALA-accredited library school with a minimum of eight
year’s progressively responsible professional experience,
at least five of which have been in management;
experience working at or with multiple types of libraries;
demonstrated successful management of multiple
projects; and experience developing and deploying balanced
revenue and expense budgets. Compensation is
75K plus insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits.
Send letter of application, résumé, and three references
(one of which was/is in supervisory capacity over you)
to Amigos Library Services, Inc., Attn: Human Resources,
14400 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75244. You may
also submit letter of application by Fax: 972-991-6061
or e-mail to klote@amigos.org. The position is ready
for immediate application until December 23.
HOT DOCS
Because government information is vital to
libraries’ and customers’ educational, business, personal,
civic, legislative and research needs, staff at the
New Mexico State Library will be collecting recent
government publications of key interest for inclusion
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in future issues of the Hitchhiker as “Hot Docs.” “Hot
Docs” is an annotated bibliography of federal and state
government documents and web sites of interest to both
librarians and patrons in the State of New Mexico and
is designed to help librarians meet New Mexican’s vital
informational needs. “Hot Docs” tries to keep both
paper and electronic enthusiasts happy by providing
Internet access information to these publications as well
as ordering information for print publications.
Documents can be borrowed from the State
and Federal collections at the New Mexico State Library
as well as from libraries in the New Mexico State
Depository and Federal Depository Programs. Should
questions on any of these “Hot Docs” or other issues
arise, State Library reference librarians are always
available to assist you with your reference questions
(e-mail the State Library Interlibrary Reference at
refer@stlib.state.nm.us or call toll-free 1-800-477-4401
(librarians only); for State Library Interlibrary Loan
e-mail ill@stlib.state.nm.us, toll free for librarians only
1-800-876-2203).
“Hot Docs” are compiled by Laurie Canepa,
Federal Document Librarian (505) 476-9717, e-mail
laurie@stlib.state.nm.us and Marci Smith, State Documents
Librarian (505) 476-9716, e-mail msmith@stli
b.state.nm.us.
SUDOC: NAS 1.18:G 13/2
Active Galaxies: An Educator’s Guide with Activities in
Science and Mathematics
Quasars! Blazars! Black Holes! Light-years! and
Joules! Attention science teachers – students 9-12.
NASA’s Education and Public outreach group at Sonoma
State University has put together a series of
activities based tools for learning about astronomy
and related concepts. “This series of activities uses
active galaxies – distant galaxies with super-massive
black holes in their cores – as an engagement to teach
basic concepts in physical science and mathematics.”
Print publications and posters can be ordered or
downloaded from NASA’s GLAST website at http:
//glast.sonoma.edu/teachers/teachers.html.
SUDOC: I 29.116:66/Vols. 1 & 2
From Folsom to Fogelson: The Cultural Resources
Inventory Survey of Pecos National Historic Park
2 vols. Edited by Genevieve N. Head and Janet D.
Orcutt
Intermountain Cultural Resources Management Professional
Paper No. 66 National Park Service, 2002
“For at least 300 years, Pecos Pueblo was the physical,
economic, and political gateway to the Upper Pecos
and Rio Grande Valleys. Bison men, hides, and horn,
important in Rio Grande subsistence and ceremony,
passed from the plains through Pecos; obsidian from the
Jemez Mountains and vibrantly painted ceramics from
the heart of the pueblo world were likewise funneled to
the Plains through Pecos. The intent of this report is to
provide professional scholars-archeologists and historians
– as well as interested lay readers – with a better
understanding of the trends and processes that shaped
Pecos.” Two colorful volumes provide a detailed history
of the Pecos Pueblo and related archaeological
investigations. Full of tables, photographs, and figures,
the publication can be borrowed from the State Library
or copies can be obtained by contacting Anthropology
Projects, National Park Service, P.O. Box 728, Santa Fe,
NM 87504, (505) 988-6747.
House Joint Memorial 22: Study on the Impact of the
Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs in New Mexico (
New Mexico Health Policy Commission, 2002)
This report is the result of a Health Policy Commission
study on the impact of rising prescription drugs costs
in New Mexico. Requested by the State Legislature,
this study, in addition to providing national and state
history on the subject, provides a look at the future in
terms of legislation and personal concerns regarding
access to prescription drugs in New Mexico. Information
is provided in both statistical and narrative formats.
Borrow from a depository library or online at http:
//hpc.state.nm.us/reports/HJM22_FINAL_RX_RE-
PORT_OCT2002.pdf.
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SUDOC Y 1.1/5:107-351; Y 1.1/5:107-351/ERRATA (Recommendations)
Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
Report of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
S. Rept. No. 107-351, H. Rept. No 107-792, 107th Congress 2d Session, December 2002
In December of 2002, two congressional committees concluded an 858 page report of findings related to the
September 11 attacks and the activities of the CIA, DIA, and FBI concerning terrorist organizations and threats.
Released to the public in July 2003, much of the information in the report was previously considered top secret.
Students of history will be interested in how the terrorist plot unfolded, how U.S. counter-terrorism developed
before September 11, the views of outside experts on the intelligence community in the United States, and recommendations
regarding certain sensitive national security matters. A copy of the report can be borrowed from the
State Library (for use in your library only). The full text of the report is available from the GPO Access web site at
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/creports/911.html.
New Mexico’s Invasive Weeds
Richard Lee, New Mexico State University, College of Agriculture and Home Economics Cooperative Extension
Service, 1999
A pocketsize gem of a publication with photographs of invasive weeds by name accompanied by descriptions,
key characteristics, distribution, origin, and management information as well as a valuable glossary. It is written
as part of an effort to stem the spread of these, often attractive, weeds which choke out native vegetation, increase
soil erosion, damage watersheds and choke out good forage for both wildlife and cattle. Online information on
invasive weeds (including educational outreach and k-12 curriculum materials) are available on the Web at http:
//www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/weededucation/OutofState/newmexico_weeds.htm. Order paper copies for $3 plus
handling from the Extension Service at (505) 646-3228.