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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 2
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. 3
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