Utah Library Association Program Board
Annual Report 2011-2012
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Purpose: The purpose of the ULA Program Board is to coordinate the non-conference
and conference program proposals for the organization. The Program Board Chair
manages the program budget, communicates information to the Program Board and
assists in the management of other ULA units as assigned.
Annual Goals:
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To perform all activities efficiently and effectively
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To provide excellent training and educational programs for ULA members
throughout the State by supporting conference and non-conference
programming
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To provide ULA members the opportunity for professional involvement and
continuing education
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To use a variety of methods and people to communicate information about
conferences, programs, and opportunities for participation
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To become acquainted with more members of ULA and encourage involvement
and collegiality
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To keep a record of Program Board and ULA unit activities to be deposited with
the ULA historian for inclusion in the ULA Archives
Attached is a summary of the reports submitted by the chairs for this year’s Program
Board. In addition, the minutes from the 2011-2012 Program Board meetings have
been submitted to Paul Mogren, the ULA Historian for the ULA archives.
Academic Section: Sarah Bosarge, Chair; Erin Dini, Vice-chair. This year, the Academic
Section sponsored 4 programs for the ULA/MPLA Joint Conference. 8 presenters from 5
academic libraries participated in these programs. The programs all focused on
technology use in libraries and were very well attended. The titles were:
Where Virtual Paths Meet: Libraries in Second Life, Open Sesame! Accessing the
Treasures of a Community, Managing the Research Process with Zotero and Does Power
Point Make You Stupid? The Academic Section also co-sponsored a program with the
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Archives, Manuscripts, and Special Collections Round Table (AMSC) titled Off the Beaten
Path: The American Literary Underground Comes to Utah presented by Brad Cole and
Denis Brunke, Utah State University in association with Ken Sanders Rare Books. In
addition, there were 4 poster sessions affiliated with the Academic Section.
Awards: Michael Whitchurch, Chair; Galen Fletcher, Mary Lynn Sharpe, Kent Slade,
Committee Members. Seventeen individuals were nominated this year: Librarian of the
Year—6, Distinguished Service Award—6, Special Services to Libraries Award—2, Special
Recognition Award—2, Legislative Award—1. The system of nominations has been well
received as shown by the number of nominators who submitted this year. We received
multiple supporting submissions for many of the nominees.
The decisions for award winners this year was much more difficult than in the past. So
many of the nominees were qualified but the committee chose the individual who best
exemplified the qualifications. In the case of the legislative award, the committee felt
that the one nominee had not demonstrated advocacy in the legislature enough to
merit the award. This was demonstrated by researching the legislator’s voting record
and other activities. Because of this, the award was not given again this year.
The winners this year were as follows:
 Librarian of the Year—Trish Hull (Magna Public Library)
 Distinguished Service Award—Linda Fields (Richfield Public Library)
 Special Service to Libraries Award—Sally Patrick (Eccles Health Sciences Library)
 Special Recognition Award—Dale Swensen (BYU Law Library)
Award Recipients received the following: $50 gift card from Barnes & Noble, etched
glass plaque (purchased at Mullett-Hoover, http://mulletthoover.com), and a framed
certificate signed by the ULA President and the Awards Chair. In addition a second
unframed copy of the certificate was provided to the recipients.
Presenting the awards at the luncheon on Friday provided the ideal situation. Most
conference attendees were present which provided the deserved recognition for the
recipients. We recommend that this continue into the future. In addition, each
recipient took some time to speak to the audience which provided a personal
connection. Though last year’s report recommended the awards be presented at the
evening gala, I believe presenting at the lunch was better.
Because of the lack of nominees for the legislative award, I recommend that librarians
throughout the state become involved with their legislators in an effort to promote
library issues which will then lead to a legislator being qualified for the award.
Continuing Education Committee (CEC): Connie Lamb, Chair (BYU); Karen Griggs, cochair (BYU), Valerie Bruck, co-chair (BYU)
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1. Sponsored the Fall Workshop in Cedar City on Friday, September 30 at the
Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. Approximately 55 people attended
the workshop which featured several breakout sessions on various topics, a tour
of the SUU Library Special Collections, and a luncheon with Fred Adams as the
speaker.
2. The CE Committee sponsored or co-sponsored three sessions at the ULA annual
conference, April 26 and 27, 2012 – Pioneer: Putting Information Online (51
attendees), the Rural Library Café session (18 attendees) and the Arab Spring
program (30 attendees).
3. The webpage for the CE Committee was updated in fall 2011.
Committee Members
Connie Lamb (BYU Library) – Co-chair
Karen Griggs (BYU Library) – Co-chair (until October 2011)
Valerie Buck (BYU Library) -- Co-chair (March 2012--)
Colleen Eggett (State Library)
Tami Springer (SL County Library System)
Safi Safiullah (SLC Public Library)
John Crawford (Army Depot Library) – until end of 2011
Grace Chen (LDS Family History Library)
Jennifer Hendricks (Broadview University Library)
Sue Hill (Brigham City Public Library)
Michele Graves (Eagle Mountain City Library) – until February 2012
CSRT: Annie Eastmond, Chair, Melinda Tooley, Vice-Chair.
CSRT/YART Fall Conference September 23, 2011:
 Located at the Provo City Library
 The Theme was “Tech it up a Notch”
 Approx. 70 librarians, school teachers and school media specialists from 12
different counties throughout the state of Utah attended
 Since we did not fly in a presenter, we were able to reduce the fee for this
conference to $25.00 which included lunch, and a copy of Entwined by visiting
author Heather Dixon.
 Local author Heather Dixon spoke at the beginning of the conference.
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Spanish Fork Teen Robert Nay spoke about how he created the app “Bubble Ball”
which at one time was the #1 free app in Apple’s App Store. He was the closing
speaker of the program and one of the highlights.
 CSRT/YART breakout sessions:
o New Utah Kids Ready-to-Read
o Technology In Teen Programming
o Lunch session –Uke It Up! Ukulele jam session
o Technology in Children’s Programs
o Technology in Teen Programs
o Promoting Teen Programs
o Work Smarter Not Harder (a children’s and a teen session)
We more than broke even with this event, contributing a couple hundred to ULA coffers.
ULA Conference April 25-27 2012
All the programs were well attended and enjoyed.
CSRT sponsored the following programs:
o Helping Children with Special Needs (special-needs storytimes)
o Singing 101-How to Use Singing in Emergent Literacy Storytimes
CSRT-sponsored the following programs with YART:
o The Books They are a Changin: History of Children’s and Young Adult Lit
o Ready or Not, Here They Come! Library Tours and School Visits
o Beehive Book Bash
o Adventures in Global Librarianship
Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC): Wanda Huffaker, Chair. No report submitted
LPSSRT: Pam Grace, Chair. This year LPSSRT sponsored the “ULA Paraprofessional
Certificate Overview” conference program presented by Linda Liebhardt. To increase
LPSSRT's visibility and to learn how we could better serve library paraprofessionals a
survey was emailed thru LISTSERV. We had over 100 respondents and many are
interested in serving on our roundtable committee. Everyone that filled out the survey
was entered into a drawing to win a free ULA 2012 Conference registration. Janette
Sedar, a media assistant from Sprucewood Elementary in Sandy, was our conference
registration winner. We also held a drawing for a Barnes and Noble NOOK tablet for the
survey respondents that attended the “ULA Paraprofessional Certificate Overview” and
the winner was Misty Allen, Stewart Library, Weber State University. It was a pleasure
meeting both winners and Janette Sedar, our conference registration winner, was so
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appreciative of being able to attend. We are looking forward to studying and acting
upon the survey suggestions as we meet this next year. In addition to these activities
our chair-elect, Nancy Haight, updated our ULA web page.
YART: Anne-Marie Marchant, Chair; Stephanie Bertin, Vice Chair.
YART/CSRT Fall Conference September 23, 2011:
 Located at the Provo City Library
 The Theme was “Tech it up a Notch”
 70 librarians from all across the state attended
 Since we did not fly in a presenter, we were able to reduce the fee for this
conference to $25.00 which included lunch.
 Local author Heather Dixon spoke at the beginning of our conference.
 Spanish Fork teen, Robert Nay spoke about how he created the app “Bubble
Ball” which at one time was the #1 free app in Apple’s App Store. He was the
closing speaker of the program and one of the highlights.
 Breakout sessions from YART:
o Technology in Teen Programming
o Promoting Teen Programs
o Work Smarter Not Harder (Teen Librarian Session)
ULA Conference April 25-27 2012
All the programs were well attended and enjoyed.
YART Sponsored the following programs:
o What Librarians Need to Know About the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
and Young Adult Literature
o Developing a Teen Space at the Springville Library…If You Build it They Will Come
YART Co-sponsored the following programs with CSRT:
o The Books They are a Changin: History of Children’s and Young Adult
o Ready or Not, Here They Come! Library Tours and School
o Beehive Book Bash
LPSSRT: Pam Grace, Chair
This year LPSSRT sponsored the “ULA Paraprofessional Certificate Overview” conference
program presented by Linda Liebhardt. To increase LPSSRT's visibility and to learn how
we could better serve library paraprofessionals a survey was emailed thru LISTSERV.
We had over 100 respondents and many are interested in serving on our roundtable
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committee. Everyone that filled out the survey was entered into a drawing to win a free
ULA 2012 Conference registration. Janette Sedar, a media assistant from Sprucewood
Elementary in Sandy, was our conference registration winner. We also held a drawing
for a Barnes and Noble NOOK tablet for the survey respondents that attended the “ULA
Paraprofessional Certificate Overview” and the winner was Misty Allen, Stewart Library,
Weber State University. It was a pleasure meeting both winners and Janette Sedar, our
conference registration winner, was so appreciative of being able to attend. We are
looking forward to studying and acting upon the survey suggestions as we meet this
next year. In addition to these activities our chair-elect, Nancy Haight, updated our ULA
web page.
NPRT: Rebekah Schroeder, Chair
Sponsored:
A human library (presentation in the New Ideas Forum)
I am a Librarian: Librarians in the Hollywood Spotlight
Working Hard or Hardly Working: MLIS graduates finding work and making it pay in a
harsh economy
Co-Sponsored:
Multi-cultural library in the 21st Century – Preconference
21st Century Libraries: Preparing your Library to meet the changing needs of your
community - Preconference
Publish or Perish: Honest perspectives from naïve librarians
TAFRT: Juan Lee, Chair.
The Trustees and Friends Round Table did not meet officially during this year. However,
I believe we have made progress in identifying interested public library trustees and
members of friends of the Library groups who could become more active in the Round
Table. This has been a difficult group to organize formally, have statewide
representation, and have effective participation. The State Library continues to be a
strong link between ULA and Trustees and I would recommend we continue to have a
TAFRT/USL liaison, at least until a Round Table leader is identified. I have found that
many Trustees and Friends are very much engaged with their libraries and in their local
communities, but most are reluctant to engage in statewide conversations or efforts. I
believe this will continue to be a challenge in formalizing a Round Table.
I propose that we focus our energies on the following priorities:
(1) Establish a regular (3 times per year) conference call meeting with interested
Trustees & Friends to update them about training, meetings, and legislative advocacy
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opportunities.
(2) Establish a listserv and include all public library trustees and invite all friends to join.
(3) Adopt a plan to develop the round table, identifying strategic goals and specific
activities.
(4) Actively promote the participation of trustees and friends in the ULA Legislative
Committee.
The State Library, under the leadership of Donna Jones Morris, State Librarian, remains
committed to assisting ULA and the Trustees and Friends Round Table to further
develop the knowledge and skills of their members and enhance their advocacy voice in
benefit of all Utah libraries and their local communities.
ULA Paraprofessional Certificate review Board: Linda Leibhart, Chair
The Paraprofessional Certificate Review Board Chair (Linda Liebhardt) worked with the
Paraprofessional and Support Staff Round Table to help generate interest in the Round
Table and Certificate program. She assisted with an online survey, and we combined
our efforts for a program at the Annual Conference. It was wonderful to have the
support of the Program and Executive board with funds to provide a drawing for
participants. We were able to increase the size and interest in the Round Table AND
generate interest in the Conference Presentation, so we thank you for that. One person
was awarded Conference Registration as a prize and she was thrilled. Another won an ereader. Several people were informed about the Certificate Program and names were
gathered for volunteers to serve on the Paraprofessional Certificate Review Board in the
future.
The Paraprofessional Certificate and Review Board chair also had the opportunity of
finding replacement members for two of the outgoing members on the committee. I
was able to informally meet each of these new appointees and a tentative schedule was
set up to finalize our assignments within the month following the conference.
One member of ULA received her Paraprofessional Certificate this year. Linda Bethers
of American Fork was awarded her certificate-- 2 years late! She was unable to attend
in 2010 and it slipped between the cracks in 2011. 2012 was her year and she drove
from Lehi to accept it at the Awards Luncheon. Then she had to get right back to work.
We were so happy to honor her accomplishment.
GODORT: Galen Fletcher, Chair.
The Government Documents Round Table sponsored six programs at ULA's centennial
conference. GODORT members presented on library history, census, patents, and legal
research. Invited speakers--a judge, a politician, a journalist, and an archivist--spoke on
the value of librarians as well as public access to government information. GODORT also
met virtually during the year a number of times with the standing committee on
government documents of the Utah Academic Library Consortium to share and
collaborate on state-wide issues.
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There are 78 members of GODORT in the ULA directory, and the 2012-2013 officers
include: Chair, Ross McPhail (S.J.Quinney Law Library); Vice-Chair, Brian Champion
(Harold B. Lee Library); Secretary, Ray Matthews (Utah State Library Division); Three
Members-at-Large, Joanne Vandestreek (Utah State Law Library), Lee Warthen (S.J.
Quinney Law Library), and Peter Kraus (J. Willard Marriott Library).
AMSC: Maggie Kopp, Chair
The AMSC Roundtable sponsored three sessions at the ULA annual conference this
year. It also co-sponsored a conference session with the Technical Services Roundtable.
Utah Library Association
Academic Library Section
Annual Report: September 2011 – August 2012
1. Surveying interests of section members: The Academic Section conducted a
survey in October 2011 to determine which topics would be of most interest to
section members at the upcoming 2012 ULA Conference. Seventy-four responses
were tallied, with respondents expressing interest in conference sessions
focused on understanding the Utah state legislature; collection development;
improving research skills; and search engine optimization. Conference program
proposals that addressed these topics were given first priority for scheduling.
2. Communication: The Academic Section will continue to improve the use of
existing ULA resources (e.g. the Academic Library Section page on www.ula.org,
MemberClicks and ULA Newsletter) to inform section members about local
professional development and other topics of interest. Section members
attending the 2012 business meeting have volunteered to help in this effort.
3. Business Meeting: The Academic Section held a business meeting at the 2012
ULA Conference, which was attended by ten section members. Volunteer
assignments were discussed and several indicated interest in helping the section
improve communication to its members.
4. Provide training in research methods: ULA-ACRL sponsored a workshop at the
2012 ULA Conference on using ethnographic research methods to conduct
library research.
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Goals: September 2012 – August 2013
1. Continue to improve communication between academic librarians for the
purpose of professional development and improving practice.
a. Make better use of existing ULA resources, including Academic Library
Section page on www.ula.org, MemberClicks and ULA Newsletter.
b. Use these tools to discuss programming needs for the 2013 ULA
Conference.
c. Enlist volunteers to write updates.
Report submitted by Valeri Craigle, Program Board Chair, August 2, 2012
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