[WLA-All] Politician of the Year Award - Nomination for Wyoming

[HELEN HIGBY]

Librarians,

As an old-timer, a retired Wyoming librarian, allow me to respectfully take 
exception to one of Maggie Farrell's statements.  "...Wyoming is fortunate to 
have broad support in the legislature for our libraries..."  "Fortunate" be 
d____d!  We worked darned hard to EARN it!  Starting w/ the very first 
legislative reception conceived and organized by Susan Simpson in the 
mid-1980's.  It was held in the staff lunch room at the State Library, and was 
attended by 8 or 9 legislators.  Jerry K. will verify what I have said - 
except maybe the number of legislators who attended.

The results of 20+ years of hard work by the entire Wyoming library community 
cannot be attributed to simply good fortune.

Pardon me if I shed a tear for Barbara Fraley, Nora Van Burgh, and Bess 
Sheller.  And let me acknowledge some of the other retired librarians who 
contributed to our good fortune:  Debbie Iverson, Sandra Donovan, Nancy 
Effinger, Lynnette Anderson, Charlene Paben, Grace Gasson, Linn Rounds, Wayne 
Johnson, Keith Cottam.  And some others who have moved out of Wyoming:  Ed 
Byers, Alice Meister, Mary Sue Streeper, Jerry Frobom, Henry Yaple, Duncan 
McCoy.

Being retired has its advantages - a person can be cranky and everyone writes 
it off to age.  Well, this fossil wants people to know WHY they are so 
fortunate. Your predecessors had vision, too, and worked hard to make it 
happen.

Thank you for carrying on the tradition.

Helen Higby



On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:21:04 -0600
  "Maggie Farrell" <Farrell at uwyo.edu> wrote:
> Librarians,
> 
> 
> 
> Lesley Boughton and I are submitting the Wyoming Governor and
> Legislature for the Library Journal Politician of the Year Award.  We
> believe this award would honor the outstanding work of the legislature
> in providing funds for our collections.  Wyoming is fortunate to have
> broad support in the legislature for our libraries as evidenced by the
> onetime funding in 2006, the public library endowment, and increased
> funding in 2008 for the academic libraries.  The award will acknowledge
> our gratitude.
> 
> 
> 
> We are looking for letters of impact - how has the funding improved your
> services, collections, and community?  Letters from some of our citizens
> and students would also be ideal.  If you or a library patron is able to
> provide a letter of support, please email the letter to me by July 10th.
> If email is not possible, a hard copy will be sufficient and I will scan
> and submit the pdf since this is an electronic submission.
> 
> 
> 
> The information on the award is below.  Thank you for considering and
> please let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> 
> 
> Politician of the Year:  Is there a political figure making a difference
> in your library community? The editors of LJ want to know about them and
> what they've achieved for libraries in your area. Please send
> nominations, including a description of the politician's efforts on
> behalf of libraries, by July 14, 2008, to Ann Kim via e-mail at
> akim at reedbusiness.com or by post to:
> 
> Library Journal
> 360 Park Avenue South
> New York, NY 10010
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> 
> Maggie Farrell
> 
> Dean of Libraries
> 
> University of Wyoming
> 
> 1000 E. University Avenue
> 
> Laramie, WY 82071-3334
> 
> farrell at uwyo.edu
> 
> v     307.766.3279
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> f     307.766.2510
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