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RE: sponsibilities
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Great to meet you too Mike. Welcome to the forums. There's nothing like those small town budget lines to make multitaskers of us all, huh?
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RE: RE: sponsibilities
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I left out tax preparer, but that's just a couple months a year.
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RE: crying uncle sam
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
This is the time of year that tax is a four letter word!
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RE: veal the technical details?
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I am a bit CURious as to the specifics of how and why Mike could not post. Can you explain a bit what the problem was and how you found out about it?
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RE: RE: veal the technical details?
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
When the site came online, I registered. Every now and then, I would try to post on the boards but always got a "system too busy, try again later" type of error. It finally occurred to me that it wasn't just a coincidence (I'm slow) and I emailed support. Couldn't find anything that might hinder posting and tried on various computers in the building in and outside of the firewall. I then tried from home and got the same error, so I reregistered and that did it.
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RE: RE: RE: veal the technical details?
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
and...
it appears that we now know of at least one other WJ member that this has happened to (as of this morning)
...details forthcoming.
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RE: RE: Small or Rural-area Librarians - say Hello here!!
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Glad to see so many rural librarians finding their way here.
One thing about the 'net, it's a great equalizer. Big libraries have access to a lot of things we small ones don't, but online we can all share the same info.
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RE: garding Chris' most excellent point
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I couldn't agree more. Living in a rural area, we were not the first to get ointernet access and so I had heard about the internet lonnnnnng before I actually got to use it. Needless to say I had heard all the horror stories of freaks and weirdos, hackers and pornspammers, etc. etc. I was so pleasantly surprised to find how quickly and easily I connected with friendly, helpful and intelligent people from all walks of life and every corner of the globe. I was sold on the web the very first day I surfed it and my opinion has not changed a bit in the 8 years that have passed since that day. If anything I am more of a web advocate now than ever before, due in no small part to great sites like this one!
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RE: traction
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
sheesh - I wish we had a spellchucker here - ointernet sounds like some sort of medical web service for buying ointments online or maybe a private intranet for professional hog callers...
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RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I'm Bob, the Library guy. I've been the Library Director at the Carnegie Library in Ballinger, TX since August 11th. I have been cramming to learn the how-to's of being a librarian. Web Junction has been a large part of that growth. Our library is an independent non-profit organization. Learning how to get the Library Board to do something besides gossip has been a major concern. Any suggestions would be helpful. They do not answer to any government entity, even though we receive about 20% of our funding from city and county coffers. Most of the Board members are women. Business men will not serve because of the lack of working as a business.
Help!
Bob
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RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
I'm Bob, the Library guy. I've been the Library Director at the Carnegie Library in Ballinger, TX since August 11th. Ballinger serves a population area of about 6500 in West Texas. We are about half way between Abilene on the North and San Angelo to the Southwest. Our library is 95 yrs old and on the national registry of Historic Landmarks. We are an independent non-profit organization with about 16,500 items in our collection. Biggest need is to have the Library Board do more than talk.
Any suggestions?
The Library Guy
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RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
This is an age old problem in rural libraries. I don't have many solutions, but one is to look at the marketing section under Policies and Practices. There great ideas there. In my rural area in north florida, the key has been tasks. Identify a specific project that they can get excited about, or at least a bit enthused. Then it comes down to getting them involved in the marketing, selling, or implementation of that. It might take a while to figure out what project will "get to them", one just has to keep at it. Good luck
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RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
There are a lot of planning tools out there ... using some of them might at least suggest a direction for the board's conversation. ;-)
There's also the issue of programming. Board members in rural areas, I think, tend to know lots of local folks who've been around and can do things. Which also, I suppose, leads to local history.
It's nice to see another library-type Bob about. ;-)
I've stayed out of this conference because my library is only rural in a relative sense -- it's now become quite suburban.
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RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Hi, Bobs,
I am wondering if librarybob has identified specific problems he wants worked on. It may prove beneficial to pointedly ask for help. Is there a problem with mutual respect there, or is it just the same old group it always has been?
I am detecting some problems with his perception of women. Didn't quite under-stand his comment about men not wanting to join cuz no business was being done. Seems like business could be done if businesspeople did it!
Perhaps the group of women are mislabeled and could be more effective as a Friends of Library group instead of a Trustee group(is that what they are-trustees?). We are fortunate to have a savvy and committed group of trustees at our small library. We have one person who is a wiz at grant writing, another who is a (good)lawyer; others who are businesspersons. Not all are very active members, but it seems to work out. Some chatter occurs at meetings, but they are mostly focussed on library proceedings.
The officers rotate yearly, so each yr. we have a new president.
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RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
(I think you mean Bobspence -- darn this software.)
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RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
The Board is supposed to do the leg work through their committees. However, when the committee has brought a recommendation to the board it becomes a free-for-all discussion and no action is taken. Their By-laws require them to use Robert's Rules of Order, but most of them are unfamiliar with them. I have taken two projects through the Library Committee which have been presented to the Board. One of them, is to put a sign up out in front to identify us as a library. One member said we didn't need it and that submarined it. I am going to meet with the President and try to help her get the meetings under control. The sign is still my no.1 priority.
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RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Hi Bob, welcome to the group. One of our current board members is orignally from Ballinger, and still visits there quite often.
For your sign issue -- you say one member saying it wasn't needed killed it. Was a vote actually taken, or was it just discussed and died without a vote? If it's the latter, you have to stress to your President the importance of calling for a vote.
It might help to place an * or + on the agenda line items which require a vote.
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RE: RE: RE: New Guy on the block
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
No vote was taken. I have asked the President to stop by for a visit with the intention of pointing out Robert's Rules of Order. A recommendation coming from a committee serves as a motion that needs no second and must be voted on. Thank you for the suggestion to high-light those items that require a vote.
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RE: Small or Rural-area Librarians - say Hello here!!
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Hello,
My name is Mary Merrell and I'm Jane of all trades in Cleveland, TX. It's nice to hear from other libraries
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RE: greetings
3:02 PM EDT 6/20/04
as a reply to Chrystie Hill.
Hello Mary. It is a pleasure to meet you. Welcome to the WebJunction forums!
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