Volume 37
Number 2
March 2004
New Databases for State Library
The State Library did receive the full funding to the exception budget
request. That means, in addition to the currently subscribed to databases, we will subscribe to a few new ones. These include CQ
Researcher, eLibrary and eLibray
Elementary (formerly BigChalk and BigChalk
Elementary), EBSCO's Alternative Health Watch and
In addition, we will subscribe to ProQuest's HeritageQuest, in addition to AncestryPlus.
This will be paid using LSTA money.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin Kinney at 307/777-6332 or erin.kinney@state.wy.us.
Don’t Miss the Wyoming Library
Leadership Institute
Coming Soon!
The Fourth Wyoming Library Leadership Institute will be held this summer
in Lander. This is your opportunity to
interact with peers from around the state and develop your leadership
skills.
The institute is for both degreed and non-degreed individuals. It
is not a workshop on becoming a library director or a workshop on library
administration.
Lodging, materials and meals will be provided through a McMurry grant. Watch for the application to go live as soon
as the dates have been determined. This information is available at http://will.state.wy.us/training/wlliform.html.
If you know of someone that should attend, please encourage them to
talk with a graduate of the Institute.
Names, pictures, and some history can be found on the website, http://will.state.wy.us/training/wlli.html.
Warrior or Worrier, which are you?
High Plains Regional Library Service System is pleased and excited
to announce a WAY COOL workshop open to all librarians. "Warrior vs. Worrier" is a
high-energy session designed to help you feel more confident about how you
communicate your goals, needs, and dreams.
David Olcott, CEO of Samurai Success, will
keep you on your feet and energized as he combines rock music, martial arts
demonstrations, and useful tips on how to be a more positive communicator. Do you want to be a Warrior instead of a
Worrier? Then sign up today!
For more information, please go to the High Plains web site at www.highplains.org
and click on "Warrior vs. Worrier."
Registration is open through April 2nd.
In order to help defray the costs for this workshop, we are also
selling Samurai Librarian T-shirts and book bags. Order by March 31st to receive your shirt by
April 15th! Go to http://www.highplains.org/Downloads/T-shirt%20flyer.pdf or http://www.highplains.org/Downloads/T-shirt%20flyer.pdf for ordering information.
For more information, contact Lois Brown, Samurai Librarian and
Director, High Plains RLSS, Greeley, CO
80631, 1-800-332-7335.
Big Horn Library
Conference focus on Consumer Health Research
The 5th annual Big
Horn Basin Library Conference hosted by Hinckley Library at
For additional
information, please contact Kay Carlson (carlsonk@northwestcollege.edu) or Nancy
Miller
Serendipity Poets will be meeting at
Start planning now for the third
Creative Writing Series event on April 28 as part of National Poetry Month.
David Romtvedt will be in
Remembering Charles Levendosky
Charles Levendosky
died March 14,
2004, in the loving arms of his wife at his
home from colon cancer. Cremation has taken place.
He was born July 4, 1936, in the
He was a poet and a journalist.
He received an undergraduate degree in
both physics and mathematics and a Master's in Education from
On July 15, 1961, he married
Charlotte Jaeger in
On Feb. 8, 1999, he married Dale
Eva Eckhardt in
He wrote 12 books and chapbooks in
addition to a remarkable career in journalism.
He was awarded a National Endowment for
the Arts Fellowship in 1974. In 1988, Gov. Mike Sullivan selected him as
He was the editorial page editor and a
columnist for the Casper Star-Tribune since 1982. His weekly column was distributed
by the New York Times wire service and appeared in more than 225 newspapers
around the country. He was equipped with a home office in 1999 when illness
prevented him from working in the Star-Tribune building and he continued to
write editorials and his weekly column despite having metastatic
cancer.
His columns earned him a reputation as
an expert on First Amendment issues. He was honored with the following awards:
Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award for Print Journalism, American Bar Association's
Silver Gavel Award, the
He received a literary fellowship from
the Wyoming Arts Council in 2001 and a major poetry award from the literary
magazine, Prairie Schooner. He skillfully combined his intuitive love --
poetry-- with a passion for journalistic truth and the right for everyone to
speak out.
In 2001, he was the recipient of the
Wyoming Wildlife Federation's Conservation Communicator of the Year Award for
his columns and editorials.
Survivors include his wife, Dale Eckhardt, of Casper; his mother, Laura Levendosky,
of San Diego, CA; two daughters: Alytia Levendosky and her husband of Ann Arbor, MI, and Ixchel Whitcher and her husband
of Fort Collins, CO; a stepdaughter, Daria O'Neill
and her husband of Portland, OR; a stepson, Damien Eckhardt-Jacobi
of Brooklyn, NY; a brother, Richard Levendosky and
his wife, of Sebastopol, CA; a sister, Laurie Hamilton, of San Diego, CA; three
grandsons; two nephews; one niece; and two great-nieces.
The family requests no flowers. Donations
in his memory to Freedom to Read Foundation, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL,
60611; Wyoming Outdoor Council, 262 Lincoln St., Lander, WY, 82520; the
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, 125 Broad St., 18th Floor, N.Y.,
N.Y., 10004; Native American Rights Fund, 1506 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80302;
Central Wyoming Hospice Program, 319 S. Wilson, Casper, WY, 82601; or any
organization that believes in preserving the beauty of our land and the right
of freedom for all beings would be appreciated.
National Library Workers Day
As you may know, the ALA-APA Council voted last summer to designate
the Tuesday of National Library week, National Library Workers Day (NLWD). The
NLWD Working Group,
So, how will you recognize or have you recognized library workers at your institution?
How has your community celebrated you in the past?
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