Council On Library/Media Technicians
NETWORKING - ASSOCIATION & CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
June 2003
Compiled by: Rita Gibson
- "ALA Support Staff Round Table Formed." Library Personnel News (September-October 1993): 7.
- Bredemeyer, Carol. "Designing Effective Newsletters." AALL Spectrum (July 1997): 25.
- Dugan, Laura Olsen. "Successful Presentations (Or, How to Avoid a Public Speaking Nightmare)." AALL Spectrum (May 1998): 4.
- Fisher, William. "The Value of Professional Associations." Library Trends 46 (Fall 1997): 320-330.
- Frank, Donald G. "Activity in Professional Associations: The Positive Difference in a Librarian's Career." Library Trends 46 (Fall 1997): 306-319.
- Gibson, Rita. "Lurker to Leader: The Birth of a Library Support Staff Group and Their Leader." Library Mosaics 11 (May-June 2000): 12-13.
- Gibson, Rita. "Starting a Library Support Staff Organization." (1999). http://flightline.highline.ctc.edu/lssrc/articles/htstart.pdf [Accessed 22 May 2003].
- Glendenning, Barbara J. and James C. Gordon. "Professional Associations: Promoting Leadership in a Career." Library Trends 46 (Fall 1997): 258-277.
- Goodes, P. and L. Wallace. "ACRL Task Force Recommends Increased Paraprofessional Participation." American Library Association News (December 1990): 1-6.
- Hall, Danelle. "A View From the Back Row." American Libraries (May 2000): 64-65.
- Hill, Janet Swan. "A View From the Podium." American Libraries (May 2002): 65-66.
- Ives, David J. "Staff Empowerment and Library Improvement Through Networking." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Winter 1995): 46-51.
- Kalnin, Mary T. "The Case for the Conference." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Winter 1995): 22-25.
- Kehnast, AnnaMarie. "Leading the Way to Participation!" New Jersey Libraries 26 (1993): 11-13.
- Kozlowski, Ken. "Isn’t It Time You Started Designing Your Own Web Pages?" AALL Spectrum (April 1999): 30-31.
- Lechner, Carol. "Benefits of a Paraprofessional Section." Nebraska Library Association Quarterly 23 (Fall 1992): 11.
- Lechner, Carol. "An Idea Blossoms: the Paraprofessional Roundtable." Nebraska Library Association Quarterly 23 (Spring 1992): 22-33.
- Martin, Kathleen M. "Finding Our Voice: Support Staff in Professional Organizations." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36 (Winter 1995): 26-28.
- Myers, M. "Calling All Library Support Staff and Others Interested in Support Staff Issues." Library Mosaics 4 (1993): 19.
- "Networking: The Net That Works for You." Library Mosaics (January-February 1991): 8-10.
- Owen, Linda J. "Paraprofessional Groups and Associations." Library Trends 46 (Fall 1997): 348-373.
- "Promote Your Library Through Your Newsletter." Marketing Treasures 11 (1999): 1-6.
- Ree, Julia D. "Confessions of a Conference Planner: or, How to Swim Above the Water." Library Mosaics (September-October 1994): 23.
- Ryan, Susan. "Staff Committees: A Voice for the Paraprofessional." Library Mosaics (November-December 1993): 16-19.
- Selby, J. "Networking–New York Style." Library Mosaics 2 (1991): 14-15.
- Stoddard, Judie. "North Carolina Library Paraprofessional Association: A Force at Work for the Nineties." North Carolina Libraries 48 (Winter 1990): 280-282.
- Wakefield, Kate. "Newsflash! Paraprofessionals Become Involved in NLA!" Nebraska Library Association Quarterly 23 (Fall 1992): 25-26.
This bibliography is the work of Rita Gibson. Ms. Gibson is employed as the Access Services Technician (Circulation Supervisor) at the State Law Library of Montana, Helena, MT. She worked in both technical and public services divisions of 8 different academic, special and public libraries in Montana and Texas. According to Ms. Gibson. she has been "in the business" for 20 years. In 1997 Ms. Gibson and her paraprofessional colleague, Barbara Pepper-Rotness (Montana State Library), started Montana's paraprofessional organization, the Montana Library Paraprofessionals.
Dated revisions of this bibliography will be released periodically. To suggest resources for inclusion in future bibliographies or to discuss this one, contact Rita Gibson at: rkgibson@hotmail.com .