The Packet. Volume 22, Number 1

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The Packet
January/February 1989
Volume 22 Number 1
Mississippi Library Commission
The Packet
Agency to remain independent;
funding sought for programs
The Mississippi Library Commission will remain an independent state agency with a
policy making Board of Commissioners barring an eleventh
hour effort by lawmakers.
"Anything can happen until
sine die," lawmakers often say
of the last weeks before a legislative session closes.
However, at this point there appears to be no effort to amend
Unwinding from a day at the
capitol, Representative Mitchell
Ellerby of Moss Point and Jackson-George Regional Library
Director Jane Bryan socialize
at the Library Association
reception honoring the 1989
Mississippi Legislature. The
reception concluded the activities of National Library
Week/Legislative Day 1989.
Personnel expert to conduct
performance workshops
A nationally recognized expert in personnel management, Dr. David
Morris of Jackson will present an employee performance appraisal system designed specifically for Mississippi public libraries at a series of
workshops beginning March 23. The Mississippi Library Commission
contracted with Morris and Associates to develop the system in
response to requests from library administrators.
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reorganization bills to include
the Library Commission or to
establish a Department of Cultural Affairs. A recommendation by Governor Ray Mabus to
abolish the Library Commission and create a Department
of Cultural Affairs was omitted
in both the House and Senate
bills.
In the final weeks of the 90-
day session the Library Commission is seeking adequate
funding for the fiscal year
which begins July 1, 1990.
House Bill 1420 was approved
February 22 and includes nearly $450,000 less than the agency requested. House Bill 1420
has been referred to the
Senate Appropriations Committee where legislators will again
study the agency's request for
an appropriation.
If the version passed by the
Senate differs from the House
version, the two bills will be
referred to a conference committee appointed by the
Lieutenant Governor and the
Speaker of the House. Conferees from each house will
develop a compromise bill that
must be approved on a floor
vote in the House and Senate.
The deadline for final approval
of conference committee
reports is March 27. The session will end with sine die on
April 2.