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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 .,
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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.
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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..
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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.