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INKING LIBRARY TRUSTEES <br />A ~i~rary <br />outran~is any <br />over one Ming <br />a community <br />can do to ~ene f ~t <br />its ~eoy~e. It is <br />a never faring <br />siring in t~Ce <br />desert. <br />-~ndrew Carnegie <br />'T'rustees and sta~ Meet <br />wit Governor Ventura <br />~ ~e {first meeting between Ciovernox Jesse <br />Ventura, tru9tee5~ and II~TananS was }~e~d OR <br />Feb. 2 in t{~e ~iovemor s reception room at <br />t}~e ~'apitol. L~'Ietronet director l~'Iary ~~reacy <br />arranged t},e meeting throug}~ Wendy <br />Wiistenberg, a ~ongtime {riend and collaborator <br />and the current 1~innesota (_iovernment <br />Re~ations director. <br />~'iovemor t~entura stressed t{,ese ~zey paints: <br />• T},ere are no dumb questions; a fact ~e <br />earned on t}~e fob in iVavy demolition. <br />•I_i~e~ong and independent learning are a <br />priority {or ~is administration; ~i~raries pay <br />a ~zey roe. <br />• Libraries a~so serve t{~e needs o{ t{~ose <br />who meet the ~'iovernoxs expectation {or <br />set{-su{{iciency. <br />• Citizen participa5on in government must <br />6e informed; libraries again are ~xey. <br />Wendy Wustenber~ s ]<ey point was t}~at t},e <br />Ventura administration is based on p~enti{u~ <br />and high quality in{ormation and ttiat <br />librarians, sneh as °aaswerst' Linda Fe;st, <br />are providing t{,e in{ormation t~,at s~,apes <br />decision-ma~xing. <br />~oyce Swongep director, and Nancy Wa~ton, <br />public library specialist, both with I_i6rary <br />Development and Services, attended an <br />orientation and training wor~ZShop about t}~e <br />dates Library Initiative in Seatt~e, Wash., in <br />mid-February. Fi{tecn strtes were represented <br />in t~,e t}~ird round o{grant applicants at this <br />wor~zs}~op; t}~ey were selected due to t}~eir <br />poverty levels as deter,nined by the 1990 <br />U.S. Census. <br />dates Library Initiative <br />Iniha~ applications {or pubic ~ibraries wi~~ be <br />made by state ~ibrary agencies and are due <br />[apri~ 30, 1999. Fac}~ state wi~~ be eva~uated <br />{or "techno~ogica~ readiness, commihnent to <br />sustaina6i~ity overtime, and commitment to <br />ctab~is}~ing programs {or reaching peop~c w}~o <br />do not ot~erwise have access to computers <br />and t~e Internet State Partners}~ip Grants <br />will be awarded to purc}~ase enmp~+~r and <br />networ~Zing equipment and insta~~ te~ecom- <br />munications services {or Internet access, i{ <br />necessary, in pubic ~i6rarics. ~~~}~e grants wil~ <br />a~so provide training and technica~ support to <br />se~ected pu6~ic ~ibrary stn{{ in networ~Z <br />administration, computer and Internet <br />applications, computer systems management, <br />and train-t}~e-trainer sessions {or stn{{ and <br />patron training. <br />Dore in{ormation on t}~e Gates Li 6rary <br />Initiative is avai~able on t~e Web at <br />www.gl{.org <br />A Message ~rom <br />MLTA Representative <br />T,eonarcl sobanja <br />'this year, Friday, oc~. I is desig~,aoed as <br />'Trustees I)ay rn t~e t}~ree-day con{erencc o{ <br />the L~im,esota Library r'Lssociation..I }fie <br />con{ercnce runs {tom SepC. 29-Oct I in <br />I)u~ut}~. Trustees may attend a~~ t}~rec days, <br />}gut arc especia~~y encouraged to attend on <br />Friday w}~en four programs especia~~y {or <br />trustties are schedu~ed. one wi~~ 6e ou <br />evaluating your ~~ibrary ~ireetor, a second <br />wi~~ 6e on advocacy {C},is one may 6e <br />se~edu~ed {or ate ~T{~ursday a{ternoon), a <br />t},ird wi~~ ~,e a wor~s},op on using {},e new <br />1'rnstees handbook, and the f~nrth will be <br />dedicated t~, reorganizing t},e Minnesota <br />Library ~hrustee /association. <br />