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Arizot\~ Libr Yy £ xtef\siof\ Service . """""- DEPARIMENJl Of<_ l , <;. o. _ • AN DAR - If ! E S '---...., ~ R I Z Q N IJ ..• - ' OJ t' (j V ('-". ° J ) , 1 .:, C L ___________~~-_- -_-~- ~~ LIBRARY EXTENSION SERVlCE --=-~ ___ .IlEfT. OF Ll r::.RARY & ARCHIVES DEDICA'l'ION This first i ssue of the ROADRU11~ER is · dedicated to a little lady who ImoVTs almost every inch of every road our book-mobiles travel ; "hose lJf:Lildom , experience , intui tion and know- how are our unfailing guide to the right ','my to hundle a si tuation. Her delightful vIi t and personality endear her to all vTho Imm'l here 'vie speak of th::J original person for '-Thorn the "Alice B." or Bookmobile No ~ 1 is named , the Director of the Arizona State Department of Library and Archives •••••••• r.ms .. ALI CE B. GOOD villO 'S IlliO ON THE EXTENSION STJ.FF-------- From A to Z A is for ALICE B. GOOD , that is, Director of the Department of Library and .Archives.. A is also for ALICE VElili, student at Grand Canyon College , who helps in the preparation of our books for your shelves , letters , pastes , mimeographs, and takes care of sending and receiving books . B is for BETTY BLi~~EY , secretary, our first employee , vTho handles the money matters , keeps the bills PQid , writes letters to you, keeps everything under control. also for BILL BR~~A1T , bookmobile librErricn, vrho has helpod set up the service and given outstanding assistance to it . Bill is a popular high school English teacher ct Parker during the school year. He is also on the library board Cot Pcrker. And :3 is also for BEN VANCE, our nel'! bookmobile libraric.n, ,-{ho be~-;ins work on September 1. Ben has had nGVl"Spaper experience and has studied at ASC Tempe . C is for CF... ADHICK, CATIillRINE , Extension Librarian, who is about to 11ri te a t.~uide book on how j~izona looks from a bookmobile. G is for GEJ.'JOL.'l. DUBOIS , ne,'l staff member l'lho has been classifying the itrizonQ collection. She received her librQry training at j~C Tempe . I is for ISABELLE PRITC~~ , excellent typist , who prepares the invoices , book cards and pockets, Ql1d keeps material rolling along to you. J is for JU1 ROBBELOTH, driver of the "Alice B." burgeoning publicist , senior at St . Mary' s in California. Jim ' s art talent and ability to illustrate ideas have brightened up our publications. L is for LOIS NAGEE , Assistant Extension Librarian, office manager , reference librarian, and general factotum. Usually surrounded by piles of requests which she is trying to fill . Serves her right , she thought up the system. S is for SALLIE RAll.fOND , our second employee, orders books, catalogs , processes , hru1dles our aUdio-visual program 211d 1-lorks on public relations publications . T i8 for ThlJRSIA B'JlUill, who Horks with Betty and the a~'ditors t::> koer ou:;:, fiDCl.:nces straight , no small p-~oblem '·TClrkinc; out of ~oth state a...'1d federal funds . '.I'El.i-=-~SL. ::-.lso keeps EVEtlYBODY straight . V is for VElLA E.lI.. .Y ES , chilrirer. ' s assisinnt , Ivho takes co.re of tll'3 orrlering and handling of our children 's books . Z is for ZELLA IIOOD , vTho gets those books r eady for you, t akes cere of our magazines , fills in on anything that needs doing to speed things on their imy to you. THE LIBRARY SERVICES l~CT At,iTD SCHOOL LIBR:iliIES Because of the recent pa8sage of the Library Services Act , the Board of Directors of the American Association of School Librarians feels that at this time it is important for school and public librarians to revie't'l the distinctive functions of school library s ervice mld public library service and to distinguish clearly between them. Therefore , the Board of the lllnerican Association of School Librarians wishes to confirm the follovIing statement from fublic Library Service ;l "Public Library Service to schools is not a substitute for a library vIi thin the school. The public library activities should be designed to encourage the gro't'ith of school libraries. II The Board of the i'®erican L.ssociation of School Librario.ns believes that school lib·rary services planned , fill8l1Ced ruld o.dministered by the Board of Education, are a necessary part of a ~ood educational program. The Board believes further that the development and i mprovement of such library service to provide for children in school the library resources that are related to the curriculum and needed for ~ effective school program are primnry responsibilities of school administrators and school librarians . There are Ilk'illy ,mys in ,,,hich school librarians can be of service in the implementation of the Library Services Act: (1 ) by planning and participating in the extension and improvement for library service in rural areas through public libraries ; (2) by recruitment of YOUllg p.3ople for vrork in libraries i and (3) by cooperation in the development of plans f or d8monstrations under the Act. TllO Board of the American Lssociation of School Librarians takes this opportunity to point out t:"1:l.t the purpose of thG Libro.ry Services Act i s lito promote the furthe:::' Gxtensi on by t he sGveral states of :public l:i.brory sG~vices to r uro.l ar eas . 112 It bGlio-ies th.::.t i f fv,d.., pl'ovided by thi s ."I.ct v18re used to fin.::.nce G I i bro.ry · "Ti thin a school, such uc:o Hov.ld be cOlltrc:u ::;- to t he intent of this le;is l a tio'.l" ancl \"JOule. cl':o t GJ: t hG dGvelcp.:lent of sc'1001 libr aries u j_tJ-_~_n the schools. T;le Boal'd of t he "J...rner~C211 i~sso ci uti. on of School Librc.rian:J Hi sh8s 0.180 to c;Ylli:.::;t t he underst anding a:ld suppor t of publi c libl' C.l'Y personr..el for t he continuing dov el o p::18IJ.'~ of school library service w~lich i s on i nteg:r.:.;.l PL'.~t of school aclrnini s t ration and of i ~l:J -Cl'L,c -c L ~l c }?ll01ic Li b:::,ary personnel can p:rovide such sup:;:'8r i; -ClL' OUb~l intcr pr et c.t ion to the lay public of this Gto.t eDlent and the Gta t ements h 8rein quoted lro:I' }~-_q)j_c_ .li ~:':'i!:~'Y.. _s..9.r:y~_ce_o Endorsed by the Board of Dj r e ctors of t he Publ:~ c Libl'al'i8s Divi s i on. June 28,. 1957" Ij~u:l~J.~s.:_Li~=g,l][_~:ry'jr: 8 _:_A._ _ y.uide-.-12.. _E v§1~tiog vii tb:...Nin~mum St a...'1du:rds." Prepared by the coordinating Committee on Revision of Public Library 3to.ndards of the ALi~ Public Libraries Divisionc The American Library AGsociCltton, 1956. $1.50. 2'rhe Ac t • REQUESTS REQUESTS You are really sending them in-- and v,e are trying to answer them all. We can't fill all of them immediat ely, but we do try to send you a report on each r equest . I thought you might be i nter ost ed in hovr we go about filling your r equests. Thi s is a brief outline of our pr ocedures . If 've have the book her e , i t ' s easy. vie wrap it up and s end it on its way. Unfortunately this doesn't happen very oft en. If the book has been loaned to another library, vle ask that library to r eturn the book to us . As soon as we receive it , we send it on to you. Some of the books you request we do not have. - In these cases we try to borrow the book--usually from Maricopa County Library. They often have the book and will loan it to us for thirty days . \ie send it to you with a note telling you that it cannot be renewed because it has been borrowed. REQUESTS REQUESTS REQUESTS I f l,C cunnot bcrrOiv the book f r om r:bri copa County Libr ary or from Arizona State Coll ege , we ask t ho Bi bliogr2.phi cal Center :.It Denver to send us the book or the n2.llle of J. libr c"ry Hhich has it and 'dill l oan it. Again, ,V8 send the book to you as s oon as we r ecoive i t . Host of those: books are l oaned for t.'lO vweks 3.:.n.d cannot be renmved. ;If you r eceive one of t~1eS8 loans 'J.. l~ is important to set the book t o your IHtron 2S soon as possible. Someti mes vie have to report tlv:,t .'3. book is not avail able . ,}c .:lre c,l\l2.Ys sorry to do this and ''iO hope that vTe can send a substitute at l eClst some of t he t i me . I hope this Gives you SOIDe idoC\ of ths steps we take i n f illing your r equests , ar,d expl 2.ins why it s ometi~es takes so l ong to get the book you 2.sked for . Keep on sending your request s , and HO v,ill keep on filling them as fast as vlG can. AUDIO VISUAL S ~VICES Any organized group or library can borrow ~o \ V Recordings Prints I ! / " Filmstrips and other audio- visual materiels from the Library Extension Service. Give life to your community programs - visual information nnd entertainment. Start a children ' s story hour - with r ecords and filmstrips . As it is the busines::., of the public librclry to provide , circulate ~nd interpret all cl1lsSUS of material used for recordi!'lg and tr2.nsnitti!lg knovrledge , your sti:\tc Librc:..ry Extension Service stnnds r eady to provicie Information - Hhat, Vlhere , III11y Assistance - Plaruling, Evaluation , Selection Free Loan - Filmstrips , Sli cies , Notion Pictures , Records Upon request you may r eceive 2. listing of -the titles available. Although at present our holdings are limited in number, He 311ticipate growth in s.ccordDllcc Ni th your intcr\:;st. Do let us knOVJ your special needs :2nd our statG>vide program ..,ill fit you as it increases. .:!::L~O~G...:O~F~THE~~" AL~I~C~E!....:!::B~. "_~A~TY.::.P:::..:ICAL TRIP - J IH ROBBELOTH \ihen I returned from the second bookmobile trip into Cochise County and the southeastern corner of the state, Bill Brennan, my fellow driver, brought an unusual statistic to my attention. Thirty-seven communities had been serviced. It was surprising 'in light of the first run statistics in .. ,hich 1'Te hit only a dozen. The first stop was on, actually off, US 80 east of Tucson. Vail was the name of the to .. m and Vail Junction vlaS vlhere I stopped. Vail is right at the entrance to Colossal Cave, a place much more heavily advertised than the tm'llsi t e of VaiL f.1rs. Ruth Matthews, postmaster "lho also runs a store and gas station, informed me that most of the regular inhabitants i. e. three families, v[ere allay either on vacation or a jaunt to the city. Her family took out some books and clued me in about the road south to Sonoita. On that road south, State 83, I had Greaterville marked as the first stop. Greaterville is in the center of the Santa Rita mountains on the border of the r angelands of Santa Cruz County. Before reaching Great erville I was taking some bad r oads, washed and puddled by the rains of the day before. I went through a pool fifteen feet across and a foot and a half deep right at the main office of the Thurber Hereford Ranch and decided to go no further 0 vlater s eeped int o the brake drums and only tremendous force could make them hold at all. vlhile I was stopped waiting for the brakes to dry (which they took their good old time doing ) a s tenographer fro~ the r anch, Loretta Kunz, came dmm t o see -[;he rig and "rhile t rueing out some book;] Gea] e1 nj~r decisi on not t o go to Greater vi l l e . I l eft t her e vIi th t he b::ake.s r.:cill ;:,l ic~= j o> · :c to make my schedule a t Sonoita fi f t een miles alvay . In Sonoita the notice Nas hanging in the post of fice but t he peopl e ,.er e spar se . Eventuc.clly several gather ed with mor e inter est about the pr ogran. and the schedule t han about t he books. vlhen t hey r ealized it l-vaS t r ul y f ree and that I I'Tasn ' t a bookseller, t hey checked t he books out "I'li t h mor e gust o o That phenOm~ljCr" occurs ever yvThere 0 After lunch I i nqui red about the back and shorter road to El gin , "It ' s shorter but it ' s a back road", I 1:1aS told, T~la, t axc:::;iJer \~as cert,?,inl :y- preci se , All t he way t o Elgin I ",:,'_°,8 squi shing through stagnant dips t hen gaining s~eed on the dry rises for the nGxt dipo It \'Tc,S -;:orth it 'rhough th'3 rai n has played hob 1tTi th the rOced j'~ has done gTeat thinC3 for tl1e usually dUl1 hills v,'lich aloe tl.e fila,jor scenic attractions in t hat area" In El ,sin t tore \~D,r3 ~', little r esponse anc~ moreover a defi ni te ::'llt8:;"'C.s '~ L.J jvC[;" '.Tel'1 Go:::(~er in h:.ving us r e Gl.ITl1 at :lOGC of t:12 tl""ird 'vJednesday of the montho On t hat cc::,y Jc..d i e~' L"cd Cc-'C.elo: Sonoi ta and El gin cath:;l j '-1 Elgin" It n',:01'11t8 to killiLg thr08 t01'i:,-S ,dth 0113 t '-'jl') as 'C>:; Iil3T! usually delegate thei r book s elec-t-::'cl to '0'_0 t~,:3-t,e[: of tht.:ir 1;OnCTl o From Elgin I l~as gl,3.d to ge-" (J .• c:: Ol':.to StclJc'O 32 , t~18 road from Tc:-nb r ton3 to I-Togcc~e"' , At tl1e jlL"1tiOl'l ';Ii t11 S-L::tte 92 I turned south to Sierra vista" Thi s ar83. has tooled with the reactivation of FOl't HtJ.,:~chJ.C2 U:.~C:l i'J tL - Aruy Electronics provin,'S g2:'ounds al1d the S~ate ~Tat i onal G"J.al'd enCatll~:nent every year 0 The people there are predominently yOUl1g and predominently bus:, 0 Of the few I l ured from t he bt1stli r..g parlcin2,' lot tLere, 01-:e uas a bored advertisin.:; l1li:in 1';J.iting to see a custor.cr 1 a:10ther v~"-G the ~ ~ -. - ..= " r'_ ~:::j C-3 ~~·~,~.2.:'~_ ~!i:2 of (\ ~~r~_d~~ ."~' !." at the Fort ., ~. -:.; (' '~ -' _ .' t. ~:' c~ .~~lC;I' l&,-t:- ~-'i"'C~-:l t~:'""' () ...., ~t \:~"J 1:'"~-: ~~ boc~ -, Jly LOG OF THE "ALICE B." (Cont 'd) appall ed at all the getting and spending that fevers the Sierra Vistans . Quieting my misgivings about the response from such a large tmm she told me that many of the people really do want to read and relax if only they can be reinterested. ".Ie 1'fill try to do that . Sierra Vista gave 1:my to Hicksville and Hereford. In Hereford there is mainly a section for tho Southern Pacific Railroad. At one of the homes there the children were so taken b:r tho buoks that even though their parents 1-Tere not 2.t home I let them check out books on the registration of their oldest brothor , WhO""l I c[,lled an adult for the sake of the record. *ococ*-l("***"i-":;-******"~**** OPERATION LIBRARY is the title given to a national program of the Jaycee and Jayceen organizations to support , encourage , and promote better li",rary service . The national Jaycee organization has made OPERATION LIBRARY a top priority project again for this year . It is hoped that the Arizona Jaycee organization will see fit to make the same decision. At a meeting of the state Jaycee to be held in Hesa September 15, one of the bookmobiles will be on exhi bi hon alld i1rs . Chadivick "Till explain the program. OPERATIOF LIBRARY in Arizona would mean a biG boost to all our libraries and library seTvice in the state . l;JHAT ABOUT ••••••••••••••••••••• Centralized catalor,-ing? By J:'J.uary 1 the Extension Service hopes to be in a posi hon to begin fUr-Dishing c~uplicate c2_talog cards to libraries desiring them. The press of 1TOrk in orderinG' processing c.na. r:J.aking aV3.ilable t:lrough coll£'ctions and by bookmobile the sorr.e 15,000 volumes we nOH hold :1as k::;pt us from completing oux' m-T11 cc.taloG so far . Now , hovrever , i'Te are beb'illi"ling to soe over the top. If you are interested ire receiving duplica tr]d c2.rds , plGCtse let us lmov!. Jo plJ.n a poll soon to see ho\[ many can use thorr.. **-r."*")(-~""f-l("**~c****"******* Tentntive program for A llORKSHOP FOR \lORI~ING LIBR.c..RLJqS Grunmage Library "-..sC Flagsto.ff Friday and Saturday Oct . 18-19, 1957 Under the sponsorship of the .xizona Sto.to College :ct Fl .. gstC1.ff Flagsbff Public Library Friday, Librnry Extcmsion Service of Depo.rtment of Li bl'L":::'~' '"nd ;lYc~,i ves 10 .~oM. "Library Organization" (the acqUlrlng and discarcllng (Jf lib)," ~:y books, including book selection, both juvenile '1ilG. jtUl t : ort r~r s and processing of books , Heeding l and setting u:r.:; 1 i))l'Or'J ,) ~,,",' :~i:;ll>_l reference to the small libro.ry, and the resources c. ' 1']10 Li;)T'cL',/ F:d::.;-"ion Service. flIrs. l1my ;l.d<:Jres, .J3C Li brnry !>Irs . ~1elba Draper , Grand Canyon Librar"T r1rs. Lois ~lo.gee, Library Extension Servi::c' Mrs. Nildred Ludecke, Yumo. Carnegi e :'i h r,,· - Noon - Luncheon, not yet planned. Friday , 1:30 p.m. v/hy 's and Howls of classifying and cc.talog:"ng Mrs. Inez Moffitt, • .3C Tempe f'Irs. i';my 1l.do.ms , i.sC FhgGtaff Friday , 3-5 p.m. Visit to the Forthern 1l.l'izona I11-:sGum , :'la!;sti..'-ff Friday , 6-7 p .m. Unplanned 0.8 yet. staff - Extension Service Tentative program (cont'd) Saturday , 9-10 A.M. Libro.ry Public Relations , uith rcferc:nco to tIw National Library Vleck planned f01' next ;'iarC'lL Extension steff and others . Saturday , 10-11 A. }1 . Mending demonstrntion , rvIrs • • my .Adams , Gammage Libra~J , l~C Saturday , 11- 12 and during luncheon : Problem clinic--Uh&t is tho problem in your community , and hJl,~ can we '1.11 help solve it . End of the confer ence uill be vThen everybody gets tired of blking and goes home . Accomodations : \-lill average Sl3 . 50 - :[;;5.00 for motel or hotel , depending on hOvl many in room. f>leals ! Approximately $5- 6 , depending on size of breakfast ~ and how ID.::Ll1Y meals you have to eat enrout e to the confer enceo VTe hope to keep the total for the conference at $)10&00 or undero YOUR BOARD , OR THE ORG . .iUZATIOH SPONSORING YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD PAY THIS . THEY lUtE URGED TO j~TTE1'ID "iliSO . Registration fee --- NONE.
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TITLE | Road Runner |
CREATOR | Arizona Library Extension Service |
SUBJECT | Libraries, Regional--Arizona--Periodicals; Library extension--Arizona--Periodicals; |
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Education |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Arizona Library Extension Service |
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TITLE | Road-Runner Volume 1, Number 1 September 1957 |
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DATE ORIGINAL | 1957-09 |
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1950s (1950-1959) |
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Full Text | Arizot\~ Libr Yy £ xtef\siof\ Service . """""- DEPARIMENJl Of<_ l , <;. o. _ • AN DAR - If ! E S '---...., ~ R I Z Q N IJ ..• - ' OJ t' (j V ('-". ° J ) , 1 .:, C L ___________~~-_- -_-~- ~~ LIBRARY EXTENSION SERVlCE --=-~ ___ .IlEfT. OF Ll r::.RARY & ARCHIVES DEDICA'l'ION This first i ssue of the ROADRU11~ER is · dedicated to a little lady who ImoVTs almost every inch of every road our book-mobiles travel ; "hose lJf:Lildom , experience , intui tion and know- how are our unfailing guide to the right ','my to hundle a si tuation. Her delightful vIi t and personality endear her to all vTho Imm'l here 'vie speak of th::J original person for '-Thorn the "Alice B." or Bookmobile No ~ 1 is named , the Director of the Arizona State Department of Library and Archives •••••••• r.ms .. ALI CE B. GOOD villO 'S IlliO ON THE EXTENSION STJ.FF-------- From A to Z A is for ALICE B. GOOD , that is, Director of the Department of Library and .Archives.. A is also for ALICE VElili, student at Grand Canyon College , who helps in the preparation of our books for your shelves , letters , pastes , mimeographs, and takes care of sending and receiving books . B is for BETTY BLi~~EY , secretary, our first employee , vTho handles the money matters , keeps the bills PQid , writes letters to you, keeps everything under control. also for BILL BR~~A1T , bookmobile librErricn, vrho has helpod set up the service and given outstanding assistance to it . Bill is a popular high school English teacher ct Parker during the school year. He is also on the library board Cot Pcrker. And :3 is also for BEN VANCE, our nel'! bookmobile libraric.n, ,-{ho be~-;ins work on September 1. Ben has had nGVl"Spaper experience and has studied at ASC Tempe . C is for CF... ADHICK, CATIillRINE , Extension Librarian, who is about to 11ri te a t.~uide book on how j~izona looks from a bookmobile. G is for GEJ.'JOL.'l. DUBOIS , ne,'l staff member l'lho has been classifying the itrizonQ collection. She received her librQry training at j~C Tempe . I is for ISABELLE PRITC~~ , excellent typist , who prepares the invoices , book cards and pockets, Ql1d keeps material rolling along to you. J is for JU1 ROBBELOTH, driver of the "Alice B." burgeoning publicist , senior at St . Mary' s in California. Jim ' s art talent and ability to illustrate ideas have brightened up our publications. L is for LOIS NAGEE , Assistant Extension Librarian, office manager , reference librarian, and general factotum. Usually surrounded by piles of requests which she is trying to fill . Serves her right , she thought up the system. S is for SALLIE RAll.fOND , our second employee, orders books, catalogs , processes , hru1dles our aUdio-visual program 211d 1-lorks on public relations publications . T i8 for ThlJRSIA B'JlUill, who Horks with Betty and the a~'ditors t::> koer ou:;:, fiDCl.:nces straight , no small p-~oblem '·TClrkinc; out of ~oth state a...'1d federal funds . '.I'El.i-=-~SL. ::-.lso keeps EVEtlYBODY straight . V is for VElLA E.lI.. .Y ES , chilrirer. ' s assisinnt , Ivho takes co.re of tll'3 orrlering and handling of our children 's books . Z is for ZELLA IIOOD , vTho gets those books r eady for you, t akes cere of our magazines , fills in on anything that needs doing to speed things on their imy to you. THE LIBRARY SERVICES l~CT At,iTD SCHOOL LIBR:iliIES Because of the recent pa8sage of the Library Services Act , the Board of Directors of the American Association of School Librarians feels that at this time it is important for school and public librarians to revie't'l the distinctive functions of school library s ervice mld public library service and to distinguish clearly between them. Therefore , the Board of the lllnerican Association of School Librarians wishes to confirm the follovIing statement from fublic Library Service ;l "Public Library Service to schools is not a substitute for a library vIi thin the school. The public library activities should be designed to encourage the gro't'ith of school libraries. II The Board of the i'®erican L.ssociation of School Librario.ns believes that school lib·rary services planned , fill8l1Ced ruld o.dministered by the Board of Education, are a necessary part of a ~ood educational program. The Board believes further that the development and i mprovement of such library service to provide for children in school the library resources that are related to the curriculum and needed for ~ effective school program are primnry responsibilities of school administrators and school librarians . There are Ilk'illy ,mys in ,,,hich school librarians can be of service in the implementation of the Library Services Act: (1 ) by planning and participating in the extension and improvement for library service in rural areas through public libraries ; (2) by recruitment of YOUllg p.3ople for vrork in libraries i and (3) by cooperation in the development of plans f or d8monstrations under the Act. TllO Board of the American Lssociation of School Librarians takes this opportunity to point out t:"1:l.t the purpose of thG Libro.ry Services Act i s lito promote the furthe:::' Gxtensi on by t he sGveral states of :public l:i.brory sG~vices to r uro.l ar eas . 112 It bGlio-ies th.::.t i f fv,d.., pl'ovided by thi s ."I.ct v18re used to fin.::.nce G I i bro.ry · "Ti thin a school, such uc:o Hov.ld be cOlltrc:u ::;- to t he intent of this le;is l a tio'.l" ancl \"JOule. cl':o t GJ: t hG dGvelcp.:lent of sc'1001 libr aries u j_tJ-_~_n the schools. T;le Boal'd of t he "J...rner~C211 i~sso ci uti. on of School Librc.rian:J Hi sh8s 0.180 to c;Ylli:.::;t t he underst anding a:ld suppor t of publi c libl' C.l'Y personr..el for t he continuing dov el o p::18IJ.'~ of school library service w~lich i s on i nteg:r.:.;.l PL'.~t of school aclrnini s t ration and of i ~l:J -Cl'L,c -c L ~l c }?ll01ic Li b:::,ary personnel can p:rovide such sup:;:'8r i; -ClL' OUb~l intcr pr et c.t ion to the lay public of this Gto.t eDlent and the Gta t ements h 8rein quoted lro:I' }~-_q)j_c_ .li ~:':'i!:~'Y.. _s..9.r:y~_ce_o Endorsed by the Board of Dj r e ctors of t he Publ:~ c Libl'al'i8s Divi s i on. June 28,. 1957" Ij~u:l~J.~s.:_Li~=g,l][_~:ry'jr: 8 _:_A._ _ y.uide-.-12.. _E v§1~tiog vii tb:...Nin~mum St a...'1du:rds." Prepared by the coordinating Committee on Revision of Public Library 3to.ndards of the ALi~ Public Libraries Divisionc The American Library AGsociCltton, 1956. $1.50. 2'rhe Ac t • REQUESTS REQUESTS You are really sending them in-- and v,e are trying to answer them all. We can't fill all of them immediat ely, but we do try to send you a report on each r equest . I thought you might be i nter ost ed in hovr we go about filling your r equests. Thi s is a brief outline of our pr ocedures . If 've have the book her e , i t ' s easy. vie wrap it up and s end it on its way. Unfortunately this doesn't happen very oft en. If the book has been loaned to another library, vle ask that library to r eturn the book to us . As soon as we receive it , we send it on to you. Some of the books you request we do not have. - In these cases we try to borrow the book--usually from Maricopa County Library. They often have the book and will loan it to us for thirty days . \ie send it to you with a note telling you that it cannot be renewed because it has been borrowed. REQUESTS REQUESTS REQUESTS I f l,C cunnot bcrrOiv the book f r om r:bri copa County Libr ary or from Arizona State Coll ege , we ask t ho Bi bliogr2.phi cal Center :.It Denver to send us the book or the n2.llle of J. libr c"ry Hhich has it and 'dill l oan it. Again, ,V8 send the book to you as s oon as we r ecoive i t . Host of those: books are l oaned for t.'lO vweks 3.:.n.d cannot be renmved. ;If you r eceive one of t~1eS8 loans 'J.. l~ is important to set the book t o your IHtron 2S soon as possible. Someti mes vie have to report tlv:,t .'3. book is not avail able . ,}c .:lre c,l\l2.Ys sorry to do this and ''iO hope that vTe can send a substitute at l eClst some of t he t i me . I hope this Gives you SOIDe idoC\ of ths steps we take i n f illing your r equests , ar,d expl 2.ins why it s ometi~es takes so l ong to get the book you 2.sked for . Keep on sending your request s , and HO v,ill keep on filling them as fast as vlG can. AUDIO VISUAL S ~VICES Any organized group or library can borrow ~o \ V Recordings Prints I ! / " Filmstrips and other audio- visual materiels from the Library Extension Service. Give life to your community programs - visual information nnd entertainment. Start a children ' s story hour - with r ecords and filmstrips . As it is the busines::., of the public librclry to provide , circulate ~nd interpret all cl1lsSUS of material used for recordi!'lg and tr2.nsnitti!lg knovrledge , your sti:\tc Librc:..ry Extension Service stnnds r eady to provicie Information - Hhat, Vlhere , III11y Assistance - Plaruling, Evaluation , Selection Free Loan - Filmstrips , Sli cies , Notion Pictures , Records Upon request you may r eceive 2. listing of -the titles available. Although at present our holdings are limited in number, He 311ticipate growth in s.ccordDllcc Ni th your intcr\:;st. Do let us knOVJ your special needs :2nd our statG>vide program ..,ill fit you as it increases. .:!::L~O~G...:O~F~THE~~" AL~I~C~E!....:!::B~. "_~A~TY.::.P:::..:ICAL TRIP - J IH ROBBELOTH \ihen I returned from the second bookmobile trip into Cochise County and the southeastern corner of the state, Bill Brennan, my fellow driver, brought an unusual statistic to my attention. Thirty-seven communities had been serviced. It was surprising 'in light of the first run statistics in .. ,hich 1'Te hit only a dozen. The first stop was on, actually off, US 80 east of Tucson. Vail was the name of the to .. m and Vail Junction vlaS vlhere I stopped. Vail is right at the entrance to Colossal Cave, a place much more heavily advertised than the tm'llsi t e of VaiL f.1rs. Ruth Matthews, postmaster "lho also runs a store and gas station, informed me that most of the regular inhabitants i. e. three families, v[ere allay either on vacation or a jaunt to the city. Her family took out some books and clued me in about the road south to Sonoita. On that road south, State 83, I had Greaterville marked as the first stop. Greaterville is in the center of the Santa Rita mountains on the border of the r angelands of Santa Cruz County. Before reaching Great erville I was taking some bad r oads, washed and puddled by the rains of the day before. I went through a pool fifteen feet across and a foot and a half deep right at the main office of the Thurber Hereford Ranch and decided to go no further 0 vlater s eeped int o the brake drums and only tremendous force could make them hold at all. vlhile I was stopped waiting for the brakes to dry (which they took their good old time doing ) a s tenographer fro~ the r anch, Loretta Kunz, came dmm t o see -[;he rig and "rhile t rueing out some book;] Gea] e1 nj~r decisi on not t o go to Greater vi l l e . I l eft t her e vIi th t he b::ake.s r.:cill ;:,l ic~= j o> · :c to make my schedule a t Sonoita fi f t een miles alvay . In Sonoita the notice Nas hanging in the post of fice but t he peopl e ,.er e spar se . Eventuc.clly several gather ed with mor e inter est about the pr ogran. and the schedule t han about t he books. vlhen t hey r ealized it l-vaS t r ul y f ree and that I I'Tasn ' t a bookseller, t hey checked t he books out "I'li t h mor e gust o o That phenOm~ljCr" occurs ever yvThere 0 After lunch I i nqui red about the back and shorter road to El gin , "It ' s shorter but it ' s a back road", I 1:1aS told, T~la, t axc:::;iJer \~as cert,?,inl :y- preci se , All t he way t o Elgin I ",:,'_°,8 squi shing through stagnant dips t hen gaining s~eed on the dry rises for the nGxt dipo It \'Tc,S -;:orth it 'rhough th'3 rai n has played hob 1tTi th the rOced j'~ has done gTeat thinC3 for tl1e usually dUl1 hills v,'lich aloe tl.e fila,jor scenic attractions in t hat area" In El ,sin t tore \~D,r3 ~', little r esponse anc~ moreover a defi ni te ::'llt8:;"'C.s '~ L.J jvC[;" '.Tel'1 Go:::(~er in h:.ving us r e Gl.ITl1 at :lOGC of t:12 tl""ird 'vJednesday of the montho On t hat cc::,y Jc..d i e~' L"cd Cc-'C.elo: Sonoi ta and El gin cath:;l j '-1 Elgin" It n',:01'11t8 to killiLg thr08 t01'i:,-S ,dth 0113 t '-'jl') as 'C>:; Iil3T! usually delegate thei r book s elec-t-::'cl to '0'_0 t~,:3-t,e[: of tht.:ir 1;OnCTl o From Elgin I l~as gl,3.d to ge-" (J .• c:: Ol':.to StclJc'O 32 , t~18 road from Tc:-nb r ton3 to I-Togcc~e"' , At tl1e jlL"1tiOl'l ';Ii t11 S-L::tte 92 I turned south to Sierra vista" Thi s ar83. has tooled with the reactivation of FOl't HtJ.,:~chJ.C2 U:.~C:l i'J tL - Aruy Electronics provin,'S g2:'ounds al1d the S~ate ~Tat i onal G"J.al'd enCatll~:nent every year 0 The people there are predominently yOUl1g and predominently bus:, 0 Of the few I l ured from t he bt1stli r..g parlcin2,' lot tLere, 01-:e uas a bored advertisin.:; l1li:in 1';J.iting to see a custor.cr 1 a:10ther v~"-G the ~ ~ -. - ..= " r'_ ~:::j C-3 ~~·~,~.2.:'~_ ~!i:2 of (\ ~~r~_d~~ ."~' !." at the Fort ., ~. -:.; (' '~ -' _ .' t. ~:' c~ .~~lC;I' l&,-t:- ~-'i"'C~-:l t~:'""' () ...., ~t \:~"J 1:'"~-: ~~ boc~ -, Jly LOG OF THE "ALICE B." (Cont 'd) appall ed at all the getting and spending that fevers the Sierra Vistans . Quieting my misgivings about the response from such a large tmm she told me that many of the people really do want to read and relax if only they can be reinterested. ".Ie 1'fill try to do that . Sierra Vista gave 1:my to Hicksville and Hereford. In Hereford there is mainly a section for tho Southern Pacific Railroad. At one of the homes there the children were so taken b:r tho buoks that even though their parents 1-Tere not 2.t home I let them check out books on the registration of their oldest brothor , WhO""l I c[,lled an adult for the sake of the record. *ococ*-l("***"i-":;-******"~**** OPERATION LIBRARY is the title given to a national program of the Jaycee and Jayceen organizations to support , encourage , and promote better li",rary service . The national Jaycee organization has made OPERATION LIBRARY a top priority project again for this year . It is hoped that the Arizona Jaycee organization will see fit to make the same decision. At a meeting of the state Jaycee to be held in Hesa September 15, one of the bookmobiles will be on exhi bi hon alld i1rs . Chadivick "Till explain the program. OPERATIOF LIBRARY in Arizona would mean a biG boost to all our libraries and library seTvice in the state . l;JHAT ABOUT ••••••••••••••••••••• Centralized catalor,-ing? By J:'J.uary 1 the Extension Service hopes to be in a posi hon to begin fUr-Dishing c~uplicate c2_talog cards to libraries desiring them. The press of 1TOrk in orderinG' processing c.na. r:J.aking aV3.ilable t:lrough coll£'ctions and by bookmobile the sorr.e 15,000 volumes we nOH hold :1as k::;pt us from completing oux' m-T11 cc.taloG so far . Now , hovrever , i'Te are beb'illi"ling to soe over the top. If you are interested ire receiving duplica tr]d c2.rds , plGCtse let us lmov!. Jo plJ.n a poll soon to see ho\[ many can use thorr.. **-r."*")(-~""f-l("**~c****"******* Tentntive program for A llORKSHOP FOR \lORI~ING LIBR.c..RLJqS Grunmage Library "-..sC Flagsto.ff Friday and Saturday Oct . 18-19, 1957 Under the sponsorship of the .xizona Sto.to College :ct Fl .. gstC1.ff Flagsbff Public Library Friday, Librnry Extcmsion Service of Depo.rtment of Li bl'L":::'~' '"nd ;lYc~,i ves 10 .~oM. "Library Organization" (the acqUlrlng and discarcllng (Jf lib)," ~:y books, including book selection, both juvenile '1ilG. jtUl t : ort r~r s and processing of books , Heeding l and setting u:r.:; 1 i))l'Or'J ,) ~,,",' :~i:;ll>_l reference to the small libro.ry, and the resources c. ' 1']10 Li;)T'cL',/ F:d::.;-"ion Service. flIrs. l1my ;l.d<:Jres, .J3C Li brnry !>Irs . ~1elba Draper , Grand Canyon Librar"T r1rs. Lois ~lo.gee, Library Extension Servi::c' Mrs. Nildred Ludecke, Yumo. Carnegi e :'i h r,,· - Noon - Luncheon, not yet planned. Friday , 1:30 p.m. v/hy 's and Howls of classifying and cc.talog:"ng Mrs. Inez Moffitt, • .3C Tempe f'Irs. i';my 1l.do.ms , i.sC FhgGtaff Friday , 3-5 p.m. Visit to the Forthern 1l.l'izona I11-:sGum , :'la!;sti..'-ff Friday , 6-7 p .m. Unplanned 0.8 yet. staff - Extension Service Tentative program (cont'd) Saturday , 9-10 A.M. Libro.ry Public Relations , uith rcferc:nco to tIw National Library Vleck planned f01' next ;'iarC'lL Extension steff and others . Saturday , 10-11 A. }1 . Mending demonstrntion , rvIrs • • my .Adams , Gammage Libra~J , l~C Saturday , 11- 12 and during luncheon : Problem clinic--Uh&t is tho problem in your community , and hJl,~ can we '1.11 help solve it . End of the confer ence uill be vThen everybody gets tired of blking and goes home . Accomodations : \-lill average Sl3 . 50 - :[;;5.00 for motel or hotel , depending on hOvl many in room. f>leals ! Approximately $5- 6 , depending on size of breakfast ~ and how ID.::Ll1Y meals you have to eat enrout e to the confer enceo VTe hope to keep the total for the conference at $)10&00 or undero YOUR BOARD , OR THE ORG . .iUZATIOH SPONSORING YOUR LIBRARY SHOULD PAY THIS . THEY lUtE URGED TO j~TTE1'ID "iliSO . Registration fee --- NONE. |