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Article 9
The Official Journal
of the Georgia
Library Association
Volume 48, Number 4
Fall 2011
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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
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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)
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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.
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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
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