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Newsletter
Features
In addition to tips, ideas, proven
projects and successful rural library programs the newsletter presents the
following regular features:
The Cracker Barrel
Part editorial, part challenge, part vision, the Cracker Barrel is the
front page article that many times sets the theme for the issue. Focus
on Trustees
Written by David Miller, State Library of Ohio trustee, this popular
feature is the newsletters most requested reprint. Miller addresses a wide
range of trustee issues in a no-nonsense style. Youth
Services
Youth advocacy is an integral part
of rural librarianship. This page offers everything from grant
resources to national statistics and trends to story time ideas. Ask
Gayle
Written by S. Gayle Hazelbaker, director of the Tecumseh Public
Library in Michigan, this column answers questions submitted by our readership.
Ranging from management issues to dress codes this feature provides food
for fodder. |
Rural Library
Services Newsletter
Edited since 1991 by Susan Hill and published since 1997 by the Paulding
County Carnegie Library, this publication reflects trends and current issues which
concern
rural libraries.
Subscribers from throughout the United States and Canada
turn to the newsletter for topical, relevant and compelling information to
help them make informed decisions for their rural library. Columnists
include David Miller, State Library of Ohio Board Member and S. Gayle
Hazelbaker, a rural library director with a common sense approach to human
resource management.
Read a Sample Issue
To preview a sample copy of the Rural
Library Services Newsletter click here.
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(Get Adobe Acrobat Reader)What the
past State Librarian
of Ohio, Mike Lucas had to say about the newsletter:
"In general it does fill a purpose here in the state.
Ohio has many rural libraries, " said Mike Lucas, state librarian.
"It gets information to them and lets them know their problems are
not that unusual. It's a good piece of work." -- Mike Lucas
[Defiance (OH)
Crescent-News. Monday, January 20, 2003. "Newsletter compiled in
Paulding benefits readers internationally". Page one.] Subscription
Information
Yearly
subscriptions are 30.00 for six issues. Discounts may apply for
multiple issues. Contact the library at 419-399-2032 or e-mail at
susanhillpieper@gmail.com
for more information. |
