Friends,

A new year is already in full-swing and it is once again time to renew your West Virginia Library Association memberships. WVLA memberships are good from January 1st, 2017—December 31st 2017. Those who renew prior to March 1st will receive the discounted member rate at Spring Fling 2017--held April 6 & 7 at the Summersville Arena and Conference Center.

We are encouraging online membership renewal and welcome new members! If you should have questions about online membership registration, please call Kelly Funkhouser at (304) 291-7425 ext. 208. Jay Gummer will be assuming the duties of conference registration and may be reached at (304) 291-7425 ext. 216.

Steve Shackelford, 2nd Vice President, WVLA
Parkersburg & Wood Co. Public Library
3100 Emerson Avenue
Parkersburg, WV 26104
304-420-4587 ext. 512

FROM:  Ann Farr, Chair WVLA Legislative Committee

• Legislative Day is Monday, February 27, 2017.
• Exhibits in the Rotunda 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• A reception for legislators will be held in the Reading Room of the Library Commission from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

The Legislative Committee wants to insure that every Senator and Delegate gets a personal visit that day from one of their constituents and is encouraged to attend the reception where he or she will have additional opportunities to talk with “their people”.

We also want to present exhibits in the Rotunda that highlight the contributions libraries make to the economic, educational and cultural success of our communities and the State of WV.

We need you to do 2 things:

1.      Look over the list of service tables and people to contact.  Pick one you feel you can contribute to – something you feel your library does especially well – email or call the person listed and sign on to help with that display.  It is important that every county be represented in this effort so that when representatives come looking for constituents there will be someone there!   WVLA will prepare a master list of all the counties and the location of the tables where they are located within the Rotunda which will be provided to legislators.
2.      Email wvlaleg.day2017@gmail.com and:

•         Tell us who your representatives are (there are new ones and no master list yet) and which of them you have already talked to and which ones you will be visiting on Feb 27^th.
•         Tell us which of the services you are helping with so that we can include your county on the list for legislators.
•         Please do not reply to this message.  Please use: wvlaleg.day2017@gmail.com

Service Tables for

Library Day at the Legislature 2017

11:00 – 4:00 in the Upper Rotunda 

1.           Business support – Christy Carver, Greenbrier County Public Library 304-647-7568 carverc@mail.mln.lib.wv.us

Greenbrier County

2.       Referral services and e-government services such as FAFSA, ACA, SSI, etc. David Owens, Cabell County PL 304-528-5700 dowens@cabell.lib.wv.us

         Cabell County

3.       Children’s services   Amy Stover, Raleigh County Public Library Phone 304-255-0511 stovera@raleigh.lib.wv.us 

         Raleigh County

4.      Programming – Bonnie Dwire (did I spell that right?) 304-291-7425 dwireb@clark.lib.wv.us

         Monongalia County

         Brooke County

5.      Reading materials – books, magazines, newspapers - Elizabeth Fraser, Kanawha County                                                                 

         304-343-4646 ext. 1229 elizabeth.fraser@kanawhalibrary.org

         Kanawha County

6.       E-services; WV-READS – Sara Ramezan sramezan@cabell.lib.wv.us and WVDeli- Toni Blessing  Kanawha County

   Cabell County

   Kanawha County

7.       Local collections – Catherine Clevenger, Clarksburg Harrison 304-627-2236  cathy.clevenger@clark.lib.wv.us

         Harrison County

8.      ABE/ Literacy   Margaret Smith, Hamlin-Lincoln County, 304-824-5481 msmith@cabell.lib.wv.us  and Paulette Kirby, Monroe County PL

         Lincoln County

         Monroe

9.       Educational support – books for curriculum support, tutoring, bookmobile visits, class visits, classroom visits, proctoring, class cards, deposit collections, etc.  Sarah Palfrey, Summersville Public Library 304-872-0844 sarahc@mail.mln.lib.wv.us

          Nicholas County

          Summers County

1.    Job services – resume creation, job applications, job testing   Elizabeth Tackett, Buffalo Creek Memorial Library etackett@cabell.lib.wv.us 304-583-7887

11.   Public access computing – Christy Carver, Greenbrier County Public Library  carverc@mail.mln.lib.wv.us    304-647-7568 

12.   Extension/OutReach  services – Judy Gunsaulis, Fayette County Public Library 304-465-0121 gunsaulj@mail.mln.lib.wv.us

         Fayette County

3.    Reference – statewide databases - Elizabeth Fraser, Kanawha County 304-343-4646 ext. 1229 elizabeth.fraser@kanawhalibrary.org

         Kanawha County

 14.   Community center, meeting areas, etc. Dottie Thomas, Ohio Co. 304-232-0244 thomasd@weirton.lib.wv.us

Ohio County

15.   Non-book collections – oddities, yearbooks, curiosities - Carol McClung, Rupert Public Library 304-392-6158 mcclung@mail.mln.lib.wv.us

Greenbrier County

16.  Special Libraries – WV State Law Library - Kaye L. Maerz is developing this table.

17.  School Libraries – School Library Division – Suzie Martin librarynbct@gmail.com

18.   Academic Libraries – WVLA Academic Library Division- Martha Yancey martha.yancey@mail.wvu.edu