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Nominees For Sela Officers 2003-2004

The Southeastern Librarian

Nominees for SELA leadership positions for 2003-2004.

The Southeastern Librarian V. 50, No. 1 (Spring 2002) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 50, no. 1 (Spring 2002).

Message From The President, Barry B. Baker

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by SELA President, Barry Baker.

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.

Call For Nominations For The Sela President’S Award

The Southeastern Librarian

Call for nominations for the 2002 SELA President’s Award.

Call For Nominations For Outstanding Southeastern Library Program Award

The Southeastern Librarian

Call for nominations for the 2002 Outstanding Southeastern Library Program Award.

Call For Nominations For Gale Group/Sela Continuing Education And Professional Development Committee Professional Grant

The Southeastern Librarian

Call for nominations for GALE GROUP/SELA Continuing Educationand Professional Development Committee Professional Grant. The grant will help finance attendance at the SELA Conference in the amount of $500 for a newprofessional from each of the member states.

Stateside News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent developments from SELA member institutions.

Application For Gale Group/Sela Professional Grant

The Southeastern Librarian

Application for GALE GROUP/SELA professional grant.

Freedman, Sanders And Engel To Headline Biennial Conference, Tom Gilson

The Southeastern Librarian

An announcement of the SELA Biannual Conference to be held in October of 2002. Includes biographies of conference speakers Mitch Freedman, Dori Sanders, Dr. Elliot Engel, and Robert Jordan.

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.

Zen And The Art Of Stacks Maintenance: Rethinking An Ancient Practice, Margo Smith, Melissa Laning

The Southeastern Librarian

The University of Louisville Libraries’ 2000-2001 Strategic Plan includes specific objectives related to improving the delivery of materials to users. This broad objective covers many strategies ranging from increasing electronic access, improving web page design, using vendor-supplied cataloging records and reallocating funds to high demand subject areas. Undergraduate user demand for monographs remains high. Therefore, reducing the number of days required to shelve new acquisitions and to re-shelve circulated items is an important objective for the library. Leo Egghe notes that, “Shelving and keeping library shelves in order is very important and is basic for the use of a library.” …

The Southeastern Librarian V. 49, No. 3 & 4 (Fall/Winter 2001) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 49, No. 3 & 4 (Fall/Winter 2001).

President's Column, Barry B. Baker

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by SELA President, Barry Baker.

Public Access To Legal Resources On The Internet, Alice M. Mccanless

The Southeastern Librarian

In the not so distant past, before the Internet, doing legal research necessitated access to either a substantial law collection or one of the expensive legal databases, Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw. That limited legal reference to law librarians, some special librarians and reference librarians at large university or public libraries. The Internet has changed all of that, giving any library with an Internet connection access to a wealth of current law, especially at the state and federal level.

Based on a presentation at the Joint Conference of the Georgia Council of Media Organizations and Southeastern Library Association on October 12, 2000.

Testing The Design Of A Library Information Gateway, W. Bede Mitchell, Laura Davidson, Virginia Branch, Lynne Lysiak

The Southeastern Librarian

In autumn of 1999, the library World Wide Websites at Appalachian State University and Georgia Southern University had been in place for more than a year, and many library users reported that certain aspects of the sites’ designs were confusing. In order to alleviate the confusion, librarians from the two universities decided to redesign the sites by determining the greatest sources of confusion. To do this, we studied how patrons used the web sites by way of user-centered usability testing.

From The Editor, Frank R. Allen

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by Frank Allen, editor of The Southeastern Librarian.

Surveying Privacy: Library Privacy Laws In The Southeastern United States, Bryan M. Carson

The Southeastern Librarian

According to the American Library Association, library records should be kept private and confidential. Most states also have laws that protect the confidentiality of library records. This article will discuss the library confidentiality laws of the Southeastern United States, as well as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the USA PATRIOT Act (popularly known as the antiterrorism statute).

Sela News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent developments from SELA member institutions.