GENERAL NEWS: News, Save these dates, 5 things to do

Hello dear colleagues and friends,

Hope this finds you well and happy. We had the best meeting of our African American Leadership Group on Friday. Guynell Williams (recipient of the SCLA Outstanding Librarian Award!) led the discussion of the diversity plan for faculty and staff recruitment and retention at SLIS. Next steps are to work on the student section. This is ground breaking work and will serve as a model at USC and beyond. When the changes are made and the plan approved, I'll send you a copy.

We've got our heads down and deep into budgets and grant proposals and general worrying about money and funding. . . must be tax time ;-} We have so many wonderful opportunities here and are beginning to see sprouts from some of our initiatives, just seems to move like molasses. . .

I'll be in Spartanburg tomorrow talking with Todd Stephens' staff about SLIS. I look forward to the drive and being out in the field. Still want to visit every library and keep working on a plan to get there. If you want me to visit at a particular time or for a special purpose please let me know.

So have a wonderful week, mark the following dates on your calendars and don't forget your five things to do, think about, or act on:

SAVE THESE DATES
This weekend for the SC Book Festival * for schedule see
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/

March 7 -9 SC Association of School Librarians at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

April 5 Professional Seminar Revival at Davis College

April 13 Spring Fling at Dr. Sam's

April 19 ICOMM Week: SLIS AWARDS and DEAN'S Lecture. Don't miss Dr. Ken Haycock http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/haycockk/haycockk.php and a fun-filled evening.

April 20 SC Special Libraries Association Meeting
Fluor Corporation
100 Fluor Daniel Dr.
Greenville, SC 29607
The presentation will be on knowledge management with a presentation
from Fluor who is very knowledgeable about the topic. We will also hear
from the Librarian at Fluor and participation in knowledge management
from the librarian's perspective. For more information, contact Anne Orange at Aorgane@gwm.sc.edu

FIVE THINGS
1. Roving reporter from ALA in Seattle has hit with March of the Librarians:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&NR

2. NY Times publisher: Our goal is to manage the transition from print to internet [Haaretz]
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/822775.html

3. The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines _(2006) (TV), directed by
Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek). features some of the same characters and
plot twists. This time, Carsen;s partner is Emily Davenport (Gabrielle
Anwar), another predictably British-accented love interest, and the
Librarian's task of saving the world continues. (Trailer: IGN.com
(Quicktime, WMP) http://media.tv.ign.com).

4. Kitt Lisenby was interviewed by Lewis Turner of WLTX Channel 19 in her
media center at Mt. Pisgah Elementary School (Kershaw County.)
You can access a video of the show and related article at
http://tinyurl.com/2abqwn or go to
http://www.wltx.com/news/schools.aspx

5. If the Academic Library Ceased to Exist, Would We Have to Invent It? [EDUCAUSE Review]
http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm07/erm0714.asp

all the best to you and yours,

dr. sam