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Georgia Library Quarterly, Oct 2011

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Children's Attendance v48no4 0 Thi s Complete Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq Recommended Citation - Article 9 The Official Journal of the Georgia Library Association Volume 48, Number 4 Fall 2011 Subscription Rates: Free to GLA members Open Access as of v. 49 no. 1 Editorial correspondence and advertising inquiries: Jeff Heck Editor, GLQ Reese Library Augusta State University 2500 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30904-2200 Author submission information: Accepted style guide for peer reviewed articles is the Chicago Manual of Style. The preferred style guide for general submissions is the Chicago Manual of Style, but MLA and APA also are accepted. Please indicate the style guide used with your submission. Papers may be submitted in Word 2003 or later, (PC or Mac), RTF and plain text formats. If graphics or charts are included, attach as separate, individual files. Photos and graphics should have a minimum resolution of 75 dpi, in JPEG, TIFF or EPS format. Upload submissions to digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq. Registration required. Deadlines for articles and papers are the first day of March., June, Sept and Dec. Note that peer review articles may require more than one quarter to publish. Change of address: GLA Administrative Services P.O. Box 793 Rex, GA 30273 From the President by Carolyn Fuller GLA Scholarship, Election, Award Winners My Own Private Library by Charlene Hsu Gross A History of the Embedded Librarian Program at Odum Library by Laura B. Wright and Ginger H. Williams Developing an Institutional Repository At a Medium-Sized University: Getting Started and Going Forward by Fatih Oguz and Deborah Davis We Love Libraries by Kathryn Ames In the News Ideas, Hints & Tips by the Reference Services Interest Group 3 4 5 7 13 17 19 30 From the left, State Librarian Dr. Lamar Veatch, Georgia’s first lady Sandra Deal, Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Board Chair Stephanie Moody, Fulton County Commissioner Chair John Eaves, and Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann joined Atlanta-Fulton Public Library trustees and director John Szabo (far right) to cut the ceremonial ribbon and open the Atlanta Metro Library for Accessible Services on September 19, 2011. (Photo by David Baker) Visit the Georgia Library Association on the Web! gla.georgialibraries.org “What interesting times we live in!” Personally I could use some boring times. In the past year, we have participated in webinars such as: Serving the 21st Century Patron; How Ebooks, File Types and DRM Affect Your Library; and, The Post Recession Library System, Why Technology is no Longer a Luxury. All were good presentations and have caused me to think about the role of libraries in the lives of our patrons. My conclusion is that, since people are the reason that we exist, our services to them have always been a moving target. If you look around, you will probably notice that libraries have changed more than other entities. Yet, when you walk into a library, you can still see the same thing that you saw when you were a child. My first solo trip to town was a Saturday morning trip to the library. My mom had taken me a week before to get my card, which I thought, was pure gold. I can close my eyes and remember the sight and smell of the library. There were books as high up as I could see on every wall and the middle of the floor had shelves much taller than my 36-inch height. The librarian asked what I wanted to read and I told her that I wanted to start at the beginning and go to the end! Although my staff tells me that they are sure paper hadn’t been invented when I started to read, there were only books in that library. Soon multiple audio and video formats were added and have remained. Never boring, COMO XXIII is just around the corner, October 5-7 at the Classic Center in Athens. 3 3 The title of this year’s COMO is the “5G Network: GAIT, GALILEO, GLA, GLMA, GOLD. “ If you haven’t registered, you still have time—so what are you waiting for—do it now. There are sessions of interest for all communities and attending these sessions will give you a boost to deal with the challenges of the coming year. Also, remember the GALILEO training sessions on Wednesday, since the GOLD/GALILEO Conference was cancelled. Many of us who attend COMO do not know the history. I asked my good friend, Dr. Gordon Baker, for the history of COMO. He said COMO came about in 1986 when all the librarians in Georgia were stretched financially to attend all the different conferences....GAIT, GLMD (now GLMA) or GLA. The presidents of the three organizations met and created a joint conference every other year and the Georgia Council of Media Organizations Conference was born. The three Presidents appointed the first Steering Committee to develop the conference. That committee consisted of: Bill Early from Bound to S (...truncated)


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