Georgia Public Library Service news, Vol. 14, no. 2 (Oct. 2016)

A newsletter for friends and employees of Georgia's public libraries

volume 14, issue 2 I October 2016

Angela Glowcheski

PINNACLE class of `17 includes 23 librarians

Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) has selected 23
Georgia librarians to participate in the 2016-2017 class of PINNACLE, the agency's comprehensive leadership program.

"This intensive, yearlong series of training events is specially designed to address all aspects of library work in the 21st century, as we face new challenges, technologies and community expectations," said State Librarian Julie Walker. "Georgia's public libraries are seeking a new generation of leaders, and there are -- and will continue to be -- many opportunities in the state for our PINNACLE graduates."

Working with the Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), another unit of the University System of Georgia, GPLS designed and held the first sessions of the vigorous training program, the name of which is short for the Public Library Institute for New and Creative Leadership Education, in 2007. More than half of those graduates have gone on to serve as library system directors.
See PINNACLE, page 2

Happy 100th, NPS!
Sera Jones, age 2, creates a birthday card for the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate its Aug. 25 centennial at the Rose Creek Library, part of the Sequoyah Regional Library system. As part of the GPLS-NPS "Find Your Park at Your Library" partnership, dozens of Georgia public libraries offered children's craft sessions this summer that resulted in more than 1,000 birthday cards being delivered to the seven participating Georgia NPS units.

GPLS to partner with Michael C. Carlos Museum
Libraries to loan family passes for six!
Thanks to a new partnership between the Michael C.
Carlos Museum and Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS), Georgia families will soon be able to pay a free visit to one of the most revered institutions in the state.

At the Michael C. Carlos Museum press conference on Sept. 27 are (from left) Priyanka Sinha, director of communications and marketing; David Baker, director of communications and strategic partnerships for GPLS; Kate Naylor, membership program coordinator; Museum Director Bonnie Speed; State Librarian Julie Walker; and Elizabeth Hornor, the museum's Ingram Director of Education.

Renowned for its collections of art from Egypt, the Near East, Greece, Rome, Africa, the Americas and Asia as well as works on paper from the Renaissance to the present, the Michael C. Carlos Museum is providing every public library in Georgia with a pass that is valid for up to six free admissions -- a potential savings of $48 per
See Carlos, page 3

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PINNACLE
Continued from page 1
The second PINNACLE class wraps up this month with a graduation ceremony that coincides with the Georgia Council of Media Organizations Annual Conference in Athens.
"The 2015-2016 class was the first time in eight years that we were able to offer this course," explained Wendy Cornelisen, assistant state librarian for library innovation and collaboration. "We were so impressed by the depth of our pool of candidates that we realized there were enough need and demand for a 2016-2017 class that could start right after the current one ends."

Stacy Brown

Asbell Wanda Brown

Members of the coming year's PINNACLE class will include: Cameron Asbell, director of the Vidalia-based Ohoopee Regional Library; Stacy Brown, director of the Conyers-Rockdale Library System; Wanda Brown, assistant director of the Dougherty County Public Library; Natalie Couch, branch manager of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries' South Columbus Public Library; Jennie Feinberg, assistant director of technical services for the AugustaRichmond County Library System; Mack Freeman, marketing and programming coordinator for the Carrollton-based West Georgia Regional Library; Teryn Gilliam, library branch group manager and adult services coordinator for the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library (AFPL) System; Angela Glowcheski, public services librarian for Sequoyah Regional Library System in Canton; Swalena Griffin, senior librarian at AFPL; Stephanie Irvin, outreach librarian for the Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services; and Deborah Jackson, regional manager for the Cobb County Public Library System.

Couch

Feinberg

Freeman

Gilliam

Also participating in this year's class will be: Delana Knight, director of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library in Clarkesville; James O'Neal, affiliate services librarian for the Macon-based Middle Georgia Regional Library System; Margaret Penn, division director of branch services for the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL); Brenda Poku, regional area coordinator for LOPL; Sarah Reynolds, collection development

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Glowcheski

Griffin

Irvin

Jackson

Knight

O'Neal

Penn

Poku

manager for the Forsyth County Public Library; Scott Routsong, director of the Brooks County Public Library; Tamika Strong, IT program manager for GPLS; Andrew Vickers, assistant director of Peach Public Libraries in Fort Valley; Marie Vielot, library manager for the Coweta County Public Library's Grantville and Senoia branches; Tracy Walker, youth services librarian for the Chestatee Regional Library System in Dawsonvile; Casey

Gale Legal Forms to provide patrons

access to resources through GALILEO

Libraries across Georgia can now
provide residents with access to common legal forms through Gale Legal Forms.

collaboration. "While the library doesn't provide legal advice, it can provide these forms free of charge to library users across the state."

Reynolds Strong

Routsong Vickers

The latest addition to GALILEO, the state's virtual library, this new online resource includes thousands of Georgia-specific and national legal forms that address a variety of common concerns, such as bankruptcy, divorce, landlord-tenant agreements, living wills, taxes and more. Directories of legal definitions and attorneys are also included.
"These forms are ideal for supporting legal tasks that Georgians need to manage," said Wendy Cornelisen, assistant state librarian for library innovation and

The database features a wide selection of Georgia-specific business, personal and litigation forms, along with selected federal forms, that Georgians will find useful for developing leases, creating bills of sale, delegating powers of attorney and even filing patents and trademarks.
Documents available through Gale Legal Forms can be downloaded in Word or saved in several other formats, so patrons can make changes and then save or email as needed. I

Carlos

Vielot

Walker

Wallace

Young

Wallace, training manager for GCPL; and Mary Young, administrative services librarian for the Madison-based Uncle Remus Regional Library System.

PINNACLE 2016-17 will include seven sessions, starting with a weeklong retreat this month in Cordele and continuing with six three-day sessions to be held every other month at various public libraries
See PINNACLE, page 6

Continued from page 1 family. Residents with valid library cards can check out the passes beginning Oct. 1 at more than 400 participating libraries across all 159 Georgia counties.
"The launch of the museum's partnership with libraries is especially exciting -- and timely -- in light of the upcoming exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio in November," said State Librarian Julie Walker. "What could be more exciting for Georgia readers than to see one of the most famous books in the world?"
Published in 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare's death, the First Folio was the first collected edition of his plays. Without it, masterworks such as "Macbeth," "Twelfth Night," "Julius Caesar" and "The Tempest" might well have been lost. It also includes the

celebrated title-page portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout -- one of only two likenesses that are considered authentic.
"First Folio: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare," on tour from the Folger Library, opens at the Michael C. Carlos Museum on Nov. 5 and continues through Dec. 11.
"The Carlos Museum has a longstanding commitment to literacy," said Elizabeth Hornor, the museum's Ingram Director of Education. "In addition to our dedication to the visual arts, our literacy efforts range from the exhibition of Shakespeare's First Folio to programs like Artful Stories, our Carlos Reads book clubs for teens and adults, and other programs relating to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson book series. We seamlessly mesh the studies of art and literature
See Carlos, page 4

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Carlos
Continued from page 3 to offer an exploration of the stories of civilization."
In addition to the family pass loans, the Michael C. Carlos Museum's partnership with GPLS will include programs at several Georgia public libraries each year and an eight-panel touring photographic exhibition, "Discover the Stories of Civilization: Stories of Beauty, Power, Love, Glory and Faith," that opens in Leesburg at the Lee County Library on Sept. 30. Plans call for "Discover the Stories of Civilization" to visit more than a dozen public library systems around the state in coming months, including the MoultrieColquitt County Library in late October and the Thomas County Public Library in mid-November.
"As Socrates said, `wisdom begins in wonder,' and nothing instills wonder in young children like

Egyptian mummies and Greek myths," said Carlos Museum Director Bonnie Speed. "On behalf of the museum board and staff, I would like to thank GPLS for helping us share the collections of the Michael C. Carlos Museum with families throughout the state."
According to Jessica Everingham, assistant state librarian for library development and support, the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) encourages programs that foster museum-library cooperation.
"This partnership is an excellent example of how GPLS's support of statewide partnership programs helps us enhance civic engagement, cultural opportunities and economic vitality across the state," she said. "This program in particular will help strengthen and expand existing relationships between museums and

libraries, further establishing them as strong community anchors."
From its founding as the Emory University Museum in 1919, the Michael C. Carlos Museum has served generations of students, scholars, schoolchildren, history buffs, art lovers and tourists for nearly a century. Today it welcomes more than 100,000 visitors each year.
"Georgia's library users of all ages will enjoy visiting this marvelous education treasure, and we're delighted to partner with the museum to make its collections more accessible to families throughout the state," Walker said. "This is one more wonderful way for public libraries to help create a more educated Georgia."
The Michael C. Carlos Museum is located on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta. It is open Tuesdays through Sundays, with hours varying by day, programming and university holidays. Information about current and upcoming exhibitions is available online at www.carlos.emory.edu. Visit your local Georgia public library for complete details of the museum's library pass loans.

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Check mates
At the state library directors meeting in Leesburg on Sept. 22, State Librarian Julie Walker and Nathan Rall, director of library planning and construction, presented ceremonial checks totaling $7.8 million for the four major library construction projects included in Gov. Nathan Deal's FY2017 spending plan that were subsequently approved by Georgia's General Assembly. The capital grants included $2 million to build a new Valdosta-Lowndes County Library for the South Georgia Regional Library System (SGRL); $2 million to expand, redesign and refit the West Georgia Regional Library System's (WGRL) Neva Lomason Memorial Library in Carrollton; $2 million to complete additions and upgrades to the Northwest branch of the Dougherty County Public Library (DCPL) in Albany; and $1.8 million to expand the Bogart branch of the Athens Regional Library System (ARLS). From left are WGRL Director Roni Tewsbury, ARLS Director Valerie Bell, Rall, Walker, DCPL Director Pauline Abidde and SGRL Director Miguel Vicente.

"First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare," on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor and by the support of Google.org; Vinton and Sigrid Cerf; the British Council; Stuart and Mimi Rose; and other generous donors. The GPLS-Michael C. Carlos Museum partnership is supported in part by a grant to GPLS from IMLS under the Library Services and Technology Act. I

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STEAM minigrants to help stretch children's creativity

Suzy Dukes

Building on the success of last year's
STEAM minigrant program, GPLS announced in August that this competitive grant opportunity for Georgia's public libraries would return for 2016. As in 2015, the art component was added, turning STEM funding into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) minigrants.
Fifty-one library systems applied for and will receive this year's grants, the funding for which comes from the Grants to States program of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
"As IMLS continues to focus on the expanding role of public libraries for lifelong learning and improving access to science, technology,
Celebrating 1,000
The Statham Public Library and Piedmont Regional Library System (PRLS) celebrated the accomplishment of 2-year-old Madison Weaver of Bethlehem, who became the first PRLS reader to complete the 1,000 Books B4 Kindergarten challenge this summer. With Madison are (clockwise from top left) grandfather Jon Spencer, father Monzel Weaver, grandmother Madison Grace Weaver and mother Katherine Weaver.

engineering and math resources, this grant opportunity will help Georgia's public libraries become an even more integral part of the growing movement to include the arts in STEM/STEAM learning," explained Jessica Everingham, assistant state librarian for library development and support.
"Libraries will use these minigrants to build resources for art education, as well as to continue their development of resources in science, technology, engineering and math," she said. "Art education teaches creativity and helps kids develop the kind of risk-taking and problem-solving skills that they'll need to solve complex challenges in the future. STEAM programming can be successful for all age groups, including adults."
Many of Georgia's public libraries are taking this opportunity to update and add to their existing STEAM resources by purchasing STEAM-related books and DVDs as well as equipment such as LEGO sets, 3D printers, Makey Makey kits, Raspberry Pi computers, Sphero robotic ball gaming devices, art supplies, sewing machines and telescopes.
"Some libraries that did not yet have makerspaces are creating them, including new mobile makerspace units at the Conyers-Rockdale Public Library System and Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library," Everingham said.
The Worth County Library and Ocmulgee Regional Library System (ORLS) will be using their grant funds to build tech loaner kits to be loaned to schools in their respective service areas.
"Our plans are to purchase additional 3D printers and supplies

so that we can allow each middle

school media center in our region to

check out a kit," said Anne Bowen,

director of

Eastman-based

ORLS. "These

kits will include a

3D printer, 3D

pens, filament,

several of the

tiny Raspberry Pi

computers and a

laptop. A portion

of this year's

Bowen

minigrant funds

and additional local funds will also

allow us to purchase DVDs that

support the STEAM curriculum."

J. Sara Paulk, director of the Houston County Public Library System, said that her system will use its funds to address the need for bilingual, predominantly Spanishlanguage, STEAM books.

"Through a multipartner project here, the barriers of language and transportation to library services in Houston County are falling," Paulk said. "Tian Foss, the executive director of Houston County Family Connections, received a Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning/Bright from the Start grant in July to provide a bilingual storyteller and free bus passes to get to the libraries in Houston County.

"When the announcement came in August that additional federal funds were available for STEAM minigrants, we thought that a natural expansion of this partnership was for the library system to purchase bilingual and Spanishlanguage materials for the target audience of younger children. The storyteller worked with us on the selection of items, and she will feature STEAM learning as a focus of her coming programs." I

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NEWS IN BRIEF



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Angela Stanley has joined

GPLS as the new director of Georgia

HomePLACE, which serves as a

bridge between public libraries and

the Digital Library of Georgia and

supports collaborative digitization

projects. She joins GPLS from the

Athens-Clarke County Library, where

she was department head for

archives and

special

collections.

Stanley earned a

bachelor's

degree in English

and women's

studies from

Fordham

Stanley

University in New York and a

master's degree in library science and

a certificate in archives, preservation

and records management from

Queens College, City University of

New York.

Kristin Eberhart is the new

assistant director of the Augusta-

Richmond

County Public

Library System.

She holds a

bachelor's degree

in history from

Georgia State

University and a

Master of Library

Eberhart

and Information Science degree

from Valdosta State University.

Eberhart has more than 20 years in

Georgia libraries and is a graduate of

the 2015-16 PINNACLE Institute

sponsored by GPLS.

Erin Prentiss is the new outreach services librarian for the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology/ anthropology from Agnes Scott College in Decatur and a master's

degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois.
On Sept. 22, Catherine Vanstone, assistant director of the Southwest Georgia Regional Library System, and Natalie Marshall, director of the Flint River Regional Library, graduated from Florida's Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute. Sponsored by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, the institute assists in preparing library leaders to provide the highest quality services to their communities in the most effective and innovative manners.
PINNACLE
Continued from page 3 across the state. Topics will include analytical and creative problem solving, planning and process improvement, managing change, financial management, performance measures, human resource management, ethical use of power, conflict resolution, coaching and group dynamics, media relations, leadership in a political environment and delivering effective presentations.
PINNACLE participants must hold a master of library science or a master of information science degree, be currently employed in a public library in Georgia and have at least two years of professional library experience.
"These current and future leaders of public libraries represent the best and brightest from all across the state," Cornelisen said, "and our 2016-17 class has the depth of experience to bring many unique perspectives to the current challenges that are facing the library community." I

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Happy trails
Everyone at GPLS wishes the happiest of retirements to our colleague Iva Wilson, with whom we have worked for more than a decade. Wilson's retirement party was held Sept. 15 at the GLASS offices on the fourth floor of the main Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. Wilson most recently served as a readers advisor for GLASS.
Well-centered
Joe Davich, executive director of the Georgia Center for the Book, joined GPLS staff members at the 16th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival, held Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C. Georgia hosts a table each year in the festival's Pavilion of States.

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GPLS awards 17 scholarships for library staff to attend symposium

GPLS has awarded 17 scholarships
to public library staff members who work with teens, enabling them to attend the national Young Adult Services Symposium Nov. 4-6 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the theme of this year's conference is "Empowering Teens to Increase Your Library's Impact."
Its goal is to gather library staff, educators, researchers, young adult authors and other teen advocates to discuss how libraries can leverage teen talent and expertise within the library and community; to determine best practices in designing youth participation opportunities for teens; and how libraries can best connect with community agencies to provide youth-driven services and programs.
Winners include Megan Aarant, library associate at the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries' South Columbus branch; Amanda Bernard, teen librarian at the Flint River Regional Library System's Barnesville-Lamar County Library; Devera Chandler, teen services library assistant at the Piedmont Regional Library System's Winder branch; Mellissa Clark, children's specialist at the Three Rivers Regional Library System's Camden County Public Library; Vikki Doerr, information specialist -- youth services for the Post Road branch of the Forsyth County Public Library; Oscar Gittemeier, youth services librarian at the East Atlanta branch of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System; and Carley Guillorn, children's specialist at the Athens Regional Library System's Madison County Library.
Also receiving scholarships are Kasey Haessler, youth services coordinator at the Spout Springs

branch of the Hall County Library System; Lynn Hall, branch manager of the Ohoopee Regional Library System's Jeff Davis County Library; Wendy Knight, technical services associate at the Troup-Harris Regional Library's central branch in LaGrange; Julie Macomber, children's/young adult librarian for the Satilla Regional Library in Douglas; Erin Parks, young adult librarian for the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library; Ashley Pearson, youth services assistant for the Conyers-Rockdale Library System; Dedra Roman, youth services librarian at the Cobb County Public Library System's South Cobb branch; Lindsay Sheppard, youth services coordinator at the Sequoyah Regional Library's R.T. Jones Memorial Library in Canton; Lauren Tennyson, library assistant at the DeKalb County Public Library's (DCPL) central library in Decatur; and Candace Venning Ushery, youth

and teen services librarian at DCPL's Salem Panola branch.
GPLS will reimburse the winners' library systems up to $1,500 for conference and travel expenses. The grants are made possible with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Library Services and Technology Act.
"Following the symposium, attendees will be asked to separate into groups of four to five and create one-hour webinars, to be held in mid-December, for a statewide audience of Georgia's youth services staff members," said Elaine Black, director of youth services for GPLS. "We look forward to seeing how everyone puts their knowledge into action at their respective libraries." I

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One last `Read-In' at the Ted
Much fun was had before the Atlanta Braves' Sept. 17 game as starting pitcher John Gant (#52) and infielder Brandon Snyder (#19) joined State Librarian Julie Walker to help dozens of children and families celebrate this year's Home Run Readers program with a game-filled "Read-In" on the Turner Field patio. "H-O-M-E-R" bingo prizes included Braves bobbleheads, caps, posters and a number of autographed items. Inset: Eight-yearold Ethan Bell of Tucker wins a round of bingo.

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Congressional confab
U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) met Aug. 10 with GPLS administrators and three library directors from Georgia's 11th Congressional District to discuss Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding -- administered by the U.S.Institute of Museum and Library Services and the only federal program exclusively for libraries -- and the new partnership between public libraries and seven Georgia units of the National Park Service. From left are Wendy Cornelisen, assistant state librarian for library innovation and collaboration; Carmen Sims, director of the Bartow County Public Library; Anita Summers, director of the Sequoyah Regional Library; Loudermilk; Julie Walker, state librarian; and Helen Poyer, director of the Cobb County Public Library System.