The Packet. Volume 31, Number 5.

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The Packet, Nov./Dec. 2002
ewsletter of the Mississippi Library Commission
Volume 3 L lumber 8 November 'iCf^jernber2002
In This Issue
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MLC News:
Collection
Development
Workshop
Notes from Director
Mission Statement
Center for the Book
Teleconference
' Construction
Promotions
NewsBank
Public Library
News:
Hancock County
Bolivar County
CentralMiss
Lamar County
Meridian-Lauderdale
The Library of
Hattiesburg
Kemper-Newton
Homochitto Valley
Neshoba County
Blackmur Memorial
Other News
MLA
MS Museum of Art
Awards
Mississippi Library
Commission
1221 Ellis Avenue
Jackson, MS 39209
Tel: 1-601-961-4H1
Web: www.tnlc.lib.ms.us
Librarians from across the state attend the two-day
workshop.
Enhancing Library Collections
Through Continuing Education
v    The Mississippi Library Commission recently
sponsored a series of Collection Analysis and
Development workshops for Mississippi's small and
rural public libraries at the MP&L Conference Center
in Jackson. The workshops were designed to improve
small and rural library collections by providing
information on selection techniques, collection
development policies, weeding skills, and purchasing
procedures.
Over one hundred public library staff members
from around the state participated in one of the three
workshops. Each two-day session was conducted by
Commission staff from Development and Technical
Services.
"Joe Nita Porter of Franklin County Library returned to the library from the Collection
Workshop truly inspired. She has been weeding her library's collection, removing dated, worn, and
non-circulating titles. So many books have been '
turned into the headquarters, I don't know where
to put them," said Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin
Regional Library Director Henry Ledet.
"We were pleased with our efforts — this
workshop reached the staff that does the
collection development work. Pamela Pridgen,
director of The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and
Forrest County presented the marketing aspect of
the workshop, which was very well received," said
Development Services Director Jane Smith.
"This workshop was informative. I learned
the importance of knowing the community's
needs before creating and establishing documents   Library Commission.
such as the collection development policy and
plan," said Document Specialist LaTavius Jackson.
The training was an element of a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant that was
awarded to 44 public libraries earlier in the year.
Additional copies of the Collection Analysis and Development Program manual are available. To
obtain a copy, contact MLC Senior Consultant Margaret Murray by e-mail at mmurray@mlc.
lib.ms.us or call 1-800-647-6477. ■
Workshop attendees Janis Watkins, Madison County Library;
Marsha Case, Jackson/Hinds; and LaTavius Jackson, Mississippi