Idaho Library Association Northern Region Meeting

Waterfall on US-95 heading for Moscow
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Keynote: Dr. Darin Saul ‘Improving the Sustainability of Your Library’
What I got out of it:

• Little things can add up to a big difference i.e. reusable bags, turning off lights, energy efficient light bulbs.
• Check out the LEED system for green buildings (http://www.usgbc.org/)
• Change the default power settings on computers to have them hibernate instead of standby.
• Buy energy rated appliances – including copiers
• Minimize use first
• Double sided printing
• Prefer electronic to paper
• Purchase recycled content
• Lease computers so they are recycled by manufacturers instead of purchase
• Sometimes if you have a large or voluminous amount to recycle special arrangements can be made with the recyclers to pick up and deal with it. i.e. big piles of books

Session 1: Gina Persichini – Rethinking Resource Sharing
What I got out of it:

• More availability fewer restrictions
• User choice on format
• Access from anywhere anytime
• Share resources with all types of cultural institutions (i.e. archives, museums…)
• Do we need to catalog ‘expertise’ or maybe keep some kind of log
• Perhaps more Mr.Oboler type delicious accounts for experts in the area
• No findable object should be totally unattainable
• Offer service for a fee rather than refusing service
• See: http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/manifesto.html

Session 2: I was teaching this one so …

Session 3: Michael Greenlee – Free Legal Research Tools
What I got out of it:

Review of who produces legal materials

• Federal
• State
• City/County/Local
• Judicial
• Executive
• Legislative

Sources of law on the internet

• Constitutions
• Statutes
• Case Law
• Regulations
  

Sources of law on the net in fee based services

• Practice materials and secondary sources (encyclopedias, treatises, ALR, AmJur, forms…)

Websites:

• State of Idaho http://www.accessidaho.org/
• Idaho Legislature http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/
• Idaho Judiciary http://www.isc.idaho.gov/
• Court Assistance Office http://www.courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/
• Idaho Administrative Rules http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/
• Idaho Administrative Agencies http://idaho.gov/agency/agency_a.html
• Idaho Executive Branch http://www.idaho.gov/government/executive.html
• Idaho Governor http://gov.idaho.gov
• Idaho Attorney General http://www2.state.id.us/ag
• USA.gov http://www.usa.gov
• GPO Access http://thomas.loc.gov
• CRS Reports http://opencrs.com
• U.S. Supreme Court http://www.supremecourtus.gov
• Law Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/law
• Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) http://www.eisil.org/
• Cornel Legal Information Institute http://www.law.cornell.edu
• Findlaw http://lp.findlaw.com/
• LexisOne http://law.lexisnexis.com/webcenters/leixone/
• Georgetown Law Library http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/
• University of Idaho Law Library http://www.law.uidaho.edu/

P.S. Answers to legal questions often require using more than one source.

Session 4: Ramirose Attebury – Cultural Stereotypes of Librarians in YouTube Videos
What I got out of it:

Probably the most fun session there, certainly my favorite.
8 stereotypes

• Old maid
• Policeman
• Inept (socially awkward or bad customer service)
• Hero/heroine
• Parody
• Really fun/Positive
• Sexy
• Psycho

Lots of research went into the making of this presentation. Stuff about popular culture, feminism …
To change the image of a profession it is suggested that Parody may be more effective than fun/positive.
Psycho is only found in customer service aspect
For a look at her presentation on slideshare at: http://www.slideshare.net/rosebudy23/librarian-depictions-on-youtube
However, her YouTube video selections are not included. Sorry. Maybe she’ll add that later.

Great conference!
Jenny