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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 139 405 [TR 004 776 AUTHOR Vaughn, Robert V., Ed. TITLE Library Programs for St. Croix, U.S. Virgin [slands. Proceedings of the Annial Meeting of the St. Croix Library Association (3rd, Sunny Isles, Octobe2r 25, +973}. TNSTITUTION Saint Croix Library Association, Christiansted, Virgin Islands. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 44p.3; Not available in hard copy du2 to print quality of the original documeit; Some parts may be illejyible on microfiche EDRS PRICF MF-$0.83 Plus Postage. HC Not Available fron EDPRS. DESCRIPTORS *Conference Reports; L2jgal Responsibility; *Library Associations; *Library Programs; *Public Librarie2s TDOENTIFIFRS *Virgin Islands (Saint Croix) ABSTRACT The complete text from the 1973 St. Croix Library Association's third annual meeting is presented. Following the op2ningy address are presentations on St. Croix pres2ant and futur> public library programs, and the legislative role in these programs. 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Pes: Of vribs ee I LECGTELA i ean ae . ; (rnes ? * ’ s9> Mc ane , 4 > yer ’) -- amd té currer tl Eve ve LY z reconrrren g : - ‘4 tom, Law YY a ee . , . 4 + . 3 7 7 Was tnstrwnenta: m esta sntme Qa evoser boric - : c ee ‘ ~ dhe Is es a T 4 hye “ 4 soe Lon ana be ane PR reau of Libraries and - ms . } . a aor A oe 7 . 7 hee 5 Gm | F i» atso permive eloser ace2ess ft LEGt~slavive cnammece, ‘ ¢ 4 . 4 ‘44 ’ . . --* . nzen nopefucty wW result tw etter rar. YULCE. Pe, : \ vy rv ee a , a ae eer Ie Ltorar Ag LATCLON s Urine es : + MA r Table of Contents Preface Opening Address Introduction of (Mrs. Athalie ind Future Remarks Concerning ate Introduction of Guest Speake (Rebert V. Vaugian) "> 2 1e Present f + (oenacor LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ST. CROIX, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS Opening Address Robert V. Vaughn President, St. Croix Library Association Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the third annual fall meeting of the St. Croix Library Association. I want to personally welcome our special guest speakers, Miss Enid Baa, Director of Libraries and “useums for tie Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs, and Senator Bryant. If you'll excuse me, I have put this in the order of speaking. I am not going to get involved with the protocol of who is to be firstand besides, I know that Senator Bryant is really a gentleman. So, Senator Bryant, we are pleased to have you with us. Senator Bryant has admitted that he is not a librarian. Now, that ia not a great admission, however, he is certainly involved with libraries, since he is the Chairman of the legislative committee for Conservation and Cultural Affairs, and therefore he certainly has some- thing to do with this group here today. I was honored to have been on the same program with Senator Bryant once before, and of course that was at the 'opening" or the open house of the Christiansted Public Library. I wish it had been the opening dedication, but it wasn't. At that time, I said I was “eating crow" because in April of 1971, in an address before the Rotary Club ~ East, I stated that I didn't expect the Christiansted Public Library to open before 1974. i missed it by a little vit. They opened it in October 1973, however with- out furniture and furnishings. It has been opened with temporary shelv- ing. Now this was by no accident, because I know that the Governor's Library Advisory Council informed the Governor and the people who are involved tiat the furniture must be ordered before the building was com- pleted because of the long delay in obtaining custom furniture---and this must be custom furniture---and this was brought to the "powers that be." Everyone here knows that ine effective use of that library depends upon the proper installation of tie furniiure and furnishings. It is also even more unfortunate---at this time when the government is certainly short of funds, and as we are hearing, they are liable to get shorter and shorter--~ that we had the unnecessary expense of building temporary shelving at a cost of---and I ar not sure of this, and I might be called a liar, and it wouldn't be the first time---of approximately seven thousand dollars. SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS wasted, plus the cost of iustallation. Including infla- tion you can figure what it's going to cost us for the actual custom furni- ture. St. Croix Library Association members are fully aware that I don't "soft pedal my remarks. I usually put my foot in my mouth, and as some people say, Il have hoof and mouth disease. The question of the furniture appears to be---and I am sorry to say this---someone "wanting a piece of the action.” Now, I don’t propose to go into "who shot John." Obviously we don't need any local "Watergates," and I don't intend to start an investigation of one. At any rate, let us hope that the eventual supplier of this furni- ture will not adhere to the usual delays of at least six to eight months for custom furniture; then you throw in a closedown of a plant for a vacation, and you figure out what we've got. Then, one or two months for maritime shipment---that give us almost another year! Now, let's all hope and pray that nowhere along the line are there any strikes. If there are, you know what's going to happen At any rate, the Christiansted Public Library is a "fact of life.” It's there It cost us over one and one-half million dollars to build it, pi the furniture, plus books and equipmen . Let us hope that somewhere some one will do something about future planning to prevent this type of un- necessary delay. For exampie, let us ask what is the status of the bock- mobile service. Obviously we do need it, because areas other than Chris- tiansted town must be served by this great new building---and it is a great new building. I've gotten that off my chest, and I somethimes get tired of talking about furniture, because I can remember every Library Advisory Council meeting that I've been to in recent vears, has discussed the very same thing! It‘s a broken record! But, I had to say it. If I didn't say it, this wouldn't have beer me. I must say something else, and I am going to leave the public libraries at this time. I'm persoanlly, and professionally, terribly concerned about the status of public school libraries in St. Croix. “t appears that we have not kept up with St. Thomas We do not have librarians and audio- visual specialists at five of ou r thirteen schools, this year in St. Croix! These schools represent one thou: ive hundred seventy four students--- OVE®. FOURTEEN PERCENT of our public school students! They are without library service of any typ Thi in spite of the Union contract! Are we purposely developing a genera:cion of illiterates? It certainly would appear so. ‘Any student without a library is going to have great difficulty in learning to read, and anyone---please excuse the simplis- tics---who doesn't read is an illitexate! By the way, the statistics for school population do not give us in St. Croix any "pause for refreshment.'' ‘hey indicate that our average school population is much higher than St. Thomas---890 per school vs 635 for St. Thomas. Seventy five percent of our students are in overpopulated schools. As an example, in schools of eight iundered students and over, seventy five percent of ovr students are there--~-St. Thomas, the figure is thirty percent! Like it or not, the insular problem of St. Thomas and St. Croix is very real in education in St. Croix, especially when our population, especially our younger population, which will shape our future, is being so treated. We can't afford to’ sho --chanre our children much longer. They've been short-changed tong enough, and if we don't really begin to change, they will learn---on their cwn---to change it, and through revolu- tion! It is not enough to give our young people the placebo of a gigantic 6 recreatic» program, without offering at the same time the alternatives of intellectual activity. Young people wnt, and deserve, a preparation for the world they will inherit. A recreation vrogram, while good, will not offer them the future that they must prepare for---Yes sterday's athlete is today's senior citizen. Everyone here is involved in providing information. To deprive people of information is to cripple them mentally. It's your choice to release the information buried in the bosom of bureaucratic vaults. Somehow, we have to pry this stuff loose. How often de our poor studnets---mind you, I an. helping out at the College, temper: Lily---how often they core to me for information that we do not have, that I know is available somewhere; statistics and they can't get them. Woy not? It hasn't been released. This information belongs to the people---and they're going to get it, one way or another--~and we might just as well make it available. We all know information is power. I am sorry if 1 tend to get 2 little bit emotional, but these things do bother me very much, and I am certain that they bother a lot of other people here toda I cannot review the recent history of St. Croix and not know that something is wrong. That something must change, and I know, also, that something will change, one way or another. Let's help make it an orderly chanze. iet'’s not give placebos. Let's not overdirect the actions and fugure of our young peorle. After all, a few of them really do happen to know what they're doing. Ladies and gentlemen, thank y for letting me sz hese words. I had to say them, and 1 hope they wi lo something towards c..anging the direc- tion of some of our library rvice .a the Islands. We sre approaching a nart of the prorram for which you all came. I know you didn’t come here to hear 2 but I have made it a point that I get in my digs where I can. Before we introduce our speakers, would you please hold-off your questions, and I know you'll have questions. Please hold them off until both speakers have completed their addresses. Be use, obviously some of the questions might be answere as we go along. If you are afraid you "ll forget it, write it down on a slip of Paper — had it to me. If it's a valuable piece of paper which you can "t part with, I' i give it back, but include your name, The same goes if later on when you address questions to our speakers, please include your name. As you may be aware, we are recording this right now, and we are fortunate that we have a couple of speakers who are willing to be recorded---and I thank them for this. Before introducing our first speaker, I would like our members to share a 1i bit of my geese in one of our members. I am happy to advise that one our Association members, our Secretary as a matter of fact, has been se d and honored by the Business and Professional Women's Associatio® < teal of Achievement for 1973," namely, Mrs. Petersen. Congratulations, Mrs. Petersen! I am going ¢t urn the introductio: ul 1in speaker over to Mrs, Petersen, Mrs. troduction of meee r Mis SS. Athalie Petersa, M5 Se x: P a st. Croix 1.7} a ae Net Danial Mastek T ae a - ) . an} you, r. rresid ent. rT wou 4 wv The Present and Future Public Library Program for St. Croix Miss Enid M. Baa Director of V. I. Libraries and Museums Good afternoon, and thank you very much, Mrs. Petersen, for that elaborate introduction. I haven't read the information that was distributed, unfor- tunately, so I really don't know what tie addition is to. Thank you, any- how. It is true that I have been around a long time on the library scene, of the Virgin Islands and perhaps in the Caribbean. However, I, like many others in my own age g.oup who are employed in whatever field of activity, whatever that mey be, must look eagerly towards a diminishing of action. We~all of this age group must encourage and support programs which are proposed by our successors, the younger ones who are coming up, both professionally and morally. But we must nevertheless keep abreast of the changes, developments and innovations even though our role will be lessen- ed. It is for this reason that 1 am deeply grateful that you have asked me to speak to you today. Reflections on the past make the present more meaning- ful. There was a time when, in the Victorian era and earlier, librarians were "rare birds,'’ They were even called, for instance, “keeper of the books," and that was literally what they were, keeping the books. That title stiil is kept in the Boston Public Library ane ‘n the British Museum, In my own time, for instance, we talked about librarians and libraries. Todey we are speaking of libraries and information centers. It is this thewe that J want to pursue with you today. A theme which I believe is implicit in the title of my topic, which is "The Future of Public Library Programs for St. Croix." In order to illustrate my theory, with your permission, I will draw upon my experiences in the libraries of St. Croix and other countries. In 1921, just four years after the territory was purchased from Denmark, the Virgin Islands public libraries in two islands (two in St. Croix and one in St. Thomas) were inaugurated, but they simply existed and were pushed around as appendages for the iext ten years from one department to another, without either use or meaning, and certainly without both organi- zation, plan or adequate support. This concept of public libraries was as American as universal public education and as new to the Virgin Islands as the other new interests such as public health and sanitation and all other United States benefits of government which were almost unkown to the Danish West Indies. About the same time the existing public schools were renamed and endowed with teachers brought here by the new parent government. Sad to say, it is still necessary to r-cruit teachers and librarians today, after almost sixty years of Unite’ States education, which is generally about two generations. This problems is still with us. Are two generation. not enough? 9 rvices throughout braci fic svectali C4 i373. t ot »- —— 2 when, in cTirinal tot i | sees, OF niave?: i t nd Ot i that is Ww Senuictries oas its £ to e 10 issociati schiool 13 Libraris each ¢ i ans fur 2re cnrar re « t 2rd , > ‘+ et , ** Ys lt LO t im th l - Ore vou) act. ue t er ‘ ~~? or ai 3 YP ? Se ain at é Sat 2 ‘a ate ha )) " ‘ <P + ~ } a 4 uJ i - "ym? urport . 1 ul « i ' t aa. a , igre Cii€ icn 1a tan - . s + v + ; « , mm re, = ied ' ; 9 4 i iLc! Spe . fot ae a 5 ie Wro, Wi . f rr > » sk 1 ’ 5 ee , a = ae | : j nr ; f ge = % ~ ; I i .% oe ney M t : rt x. * é | a7 Cx Or > pe eulcim 2 ’ ©’. ad » b. Li + — t i Lf ime > Vie ait¢ 10 to an + ny + t r< r renent +3 { = ervon ation nt MmCEeneT. mir holt Ra { 9° { 3 i 9 + ‘ ‘ : =e rt t eres > . a 7 4 - , y- Ui ¢ i ’ } . ‘ oO tne macer raries and IZacion. 20 a ee eC CLeariy Sv0eCcy i 72 < t ~*~ sc ‘ “ ims ittorn . & V2 i Y r ‘ “rf or ., ‘ sal ‘ a : i ALO’ Por S tm ~¢ uc r ‘ i i i uw ‘ “an / + > . . ~ + » * alt Rfid. pe 3 i Lee | ‘ ' - ' ’ ’ ’ . . t< { - { 7 = | 4 7 a Ao} ; ry 7 ‘* r ’ , ‘ rs » ON the developme nnovative Tar serv A 28S8SOCi1 ates. eo , iy Laryer { er, + . Ve » nor consuit sY ‘ 4 . Pear ie | oO ce rigal «re , , ? “+ — 4 = ae ’ ”“ ~, into it - 3 7 f ¢ qevelo S\.roarvtane -. a we -& —e a ;° i | - ° " r ‘ i fer ~y rigs , tihrar ildir YF anizat yi mnst 2 , a ed of the profession, but wust always be in the "firing line" and involved with the profession. ‘ence the #ritis!: Library Ass sociation, knwn as The Library Association, is a highly professtenal organization which secures tne rizhts, establishes the standards, revulates the library profession. The American rary Association, sad to say, is not so orofessional, and one would hope that it could even tually recognize the . necessity for professionalism. om 4 rs ional Federation of Library Associations, known as IFLA, is fessional organization. The Puerto Rican Library maican Library Association, The Trini 3 i . oo + ¥ } aa ona _ 7 Woez a al 4 ot. Croix Library Association, these are a examples, , i wiil continue to see the library association of St. Croix as one section of a Virgin Islands library association, particularly because how can ve , aave one pals of a territory represented? But these countries which 1 mentioned --Puerto Lico, Jamaica, Trinidad, Yircin Islands---are develov-~ in; countries or are in the process of develepment and these countries - ra! "+ .* “7 aa ~matr foe _ =~sa er by .* «“ rf .¢ ~e , ae must somenow resulrate their i. Bae & sucCR OTrvanizaticns that : ¢ aie e . eee, ‘ NS if tine future of a country's t rests just the sritur 6) ~ we a pHismme hele ° : ee ee ore ! a country GcucatLlona@s svs ind the vur r [sland: Lociuc- ? roere iw ¢ + Paap tT t 1c) va! inina oe KFT esate Al Ciik "Git! or tne e2cniers unzon, cor ° - % - J vm at, ~ '< r 7 IP LE o If this t. Lon 1tsS ck and allows poli- + o to fraymentaticn and failure. 4 * ac Pistarwm fin C Cwnts ie dame ries LULUTe in. st. rolx LS don ii : eee: ‘ ee Ss cee f - f “ 4 | s > library: association reflects the quality of its oroefessional nersonnel, 3 anc the library association, therefore, sets and maintains its tandards, its desires for its Library services. In order to do thi: well, it must (1) informed of tne changes and requiresents of the pre- fession; (2) it iat is meant by library and all tyves of libraries and it ; (3) it must provide means of acihievine tiv Sstancards and qualifications set by the profession, by which I mean prov trainin, end the availability of this trainin: te its nersonnel: (4) it mst be actively involved in economic alenning, national zlanm ing, educa- tional rlarnin;., anid even c ty p i. f its particular country; (5) it ust insist on the recogniztion cf vovernment and administrative cf iciais, lesislative, ete. of the profession so that infrincemerts, beth volitical ana otherwise, may b« inisized; anc (6) it nust set down the laws and endeavor fo see them translated into statutes. » Library orgainzations everywhere are taking the initiative to insure that Standarcs are established and maintained. he $t. Croix Library Associa tion should also be responsible and committed. Tn fact, I came back from the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Universities and j niy known a CURIL), which is mectiny day, to deliver this address because f organization to not stand by ls and non-professtonals to usury thé the semblance of authority in the field. t is a presumpticn that should be sbherred. It is a truism t d all remember that the educated person each individual for his worth and his expertise, t e the excellence of the expert's trainine iiministrator. This $ not mean that means only that that the pe rsonal r and the in britian---: ie gape ee "1 SRE weli ottvanizec---the sromor re my “+ au Ey OUCSTAmiLn: i et ee ne ee ee ee ee he filled with credit, having under ree traineo staff. te was educated enough, however, to know that he d have to imitate their specialties, menagerial vost by nature, i because an administrative post is a gut these are a fev exceptions. o-oo ae ——- — him, in every section, a well- d not The Sc. Croix Library Association and the St. Thomas Library Association 6nould Land together to pretect the “ings. “hey should profession from infringements of all jointly set standards of librarianship and uphold these standards. They should review i f the existing legislation and share mn taely preparation or revision when needed. Among other things, they shousc itirst unite to zain strengt! and £o have comnon purpose, and, west importantiy, they should assist in the socio-economic and city planning as regserds the expansion of library notice, I do not speak of St. Croix even of St. Jolin. I am speak EF sees ¢ 7 ? ‘ ~ , me fragmentation of a particul ing of ba | = ~ ns vility that must be shared wich the ar unit that we become ire of Llthrary service programs of St. Croix, then, it is a responsi- services to the territory. And and I dco not speak of St. Thomas, or the Territory. Decause it is in Vulnerable. As to the Nirecter cf Libraries, whomever that official nappens te be. It is not just St. Croix which ie iavolved. “we, 35 Vixglu Islanders, aust see the whole precram, not Simply one side af it. because any area af progress or regression becomes a total budgetar mattec. The service is dependent ca the Virgin ‘tslands budget. That is to Say, ax in a Fanily, one member may nee’ a pair of is. crucial. This wuct be met rather member of the family who alreedy has j than provide the frills for another (gain, the bucgert is our common fund for all Virgin Telands, and until aad untess the territory is divided, in which case we wees gar grenes Save two fudzets, one for St. Creis anc the other for a8 hon and St. Jon. This tendency of dividing is a characteristic of ela oT nz countries, end we tind that highly developee countries tend “a consolidate rather I could casily have >een promoting a of $t. Croix, due to its ov«rcrouded situation vas comparable ¢ ‘ t therefore had to Le pro <9 , a a L'DOMTAS « Let us, therefore, tr to understand ed countries they Lave seen the béne ate from sharing. The United States Mf ‘arG nas provided separately for alli types of library servic new library for St. Thomas, ahead situation, buc instead the St. Croi to that member of the fanily without shoes sad ided for ahead of the overcrowded situation ta the st fits to he derived from coo ftment of lNealth, Fdne atecy of sharing. In dawels eratior Neoar ay | r ams, =) ‘ a ‘ Dp ‘ Aa es > , ‘ee cama tine funds are in the Office of fducdtion. The state government: provide library services and funds ! ut mostly under Sducation, nvevertie Jess there 1s much cooperating between states and within states anc now between state and feleral vovernment ¢ This coopereting and sharin: way bring many vortimehile benefits. Ilnst? tutions of higher learning ‘ave seen and also between groups of states. that it nécessary to serve the t public cifentele as well as their matriculated student body. Public Inet 13 tutions are also sharing with private institutions. All of this is done to make the dollar go further. In Africa, at a conference on the development of higher education in 1962, they decided that the role of higher education must be directed to the social, cultural and economic developm:.it. Im Asia the role of these institutions was also directed to social expansion. The British Library Act of 1972 provided for the incorptration into a single organization called the British Library and the units that were incorporated are the British Museum Li! -ary, including the National Refe- rence Library of Science and Invention, the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, the National Central Library and the British National Bibliography. A consortium « -h as this under the authorization of the Library Association, with its responsibilities clearly spelled out, is not difficult to manage. Indeed it »ecomes an easier task because the organization is not only mandated ; law, but the areas of activities and specializtion are dear-cut. Developing countries (as well as highly developed contries) recogniz? a governmental responsibility for supporting a national information systen, and they have been found to be less e »onsive when all services are combined under one head. Surprisingly enough, in the period 1° 3 to 1947, all “irgin Islands libraries were under one agency. In Brazil, their library association is also the authoritative agency controlling all types of library services, spelling out standards for personnel qualifica:ions, conducting training, establish- ing patterns of service and expansion in every area of the profession. Lastly, in the new Caribbean nation of the Bahamas, I am pleased to say, planning is already well under way towards the building of a new national library for the Bahamas, and its cdér~esponding island-wide library services System under one agency. The group constitutes more than a hundred islands, of which a little over twenty are inhabited. And this new nation is in the process of providing national librar’ services to all of its constituents. A bill for a Library Service Act which was adopted in 1972, or at least proposed in 1972, and still to be adopted, has just been reviewed by me and I have submitted recommendations for all aspects of library service in my report dated October 5, 1973. This report is not for distribution, un- fortunately, because it was made specifically for the Government of the Bahamas. I have been asked to work ith the National Library Committee as their consultant in their planning. But, I think you can see that in a small nation, a new nation such as the Bahamas, guided by the British Library Association and their British orientation in education and so on, they are going about it in a most methodical manner. First, with their legislation and then with their pla of service-which encompasses all the economic and the social aspects and with consideration for ethnic groups which are involved and which must be served. I have only one message to leave with you today, and that is that the Library Associaton of the Virgin Islands must be formed. I said this at least two years ago, and the two isiands must cooperate and together you must set the pace for future library service, both in St. Thomas and in 14 St. Croix, and in so doing, take it out of the hands of the politicians who are at best seasonal laymen in the library service, even though they may be specialists in their respective brands of politics. I have great respect for politicians, believe me. Thank you Remarks Concerning Miss Baa's Address Robert V. Vaughn President, St. Croix Library Association Thank you, Miss Baa. I thought that was a very great case of diplomatic exit. Before we go on, and since Miss Baa has brought up the question of quali- fications and so forth, it would appear as though we should make mention to our group here of a very special person in our midst. Now, if I have anything wrong, I hope someone will correct me, for if I could stumble over one of our local organizational names, think what I'm going to do with this one. We have with us coday, Professor and Doctor Tiiomas Burford---I hope I'm pronouncing it correctly---he's from Wayne State University an’ Chairman of their Department of Instructional Technology. He was also, as I understand, the keynote speaker at the recent---I'm going to call it audio-visual program over in Puerto Rico. Welcome Dr. Burford. I certainly appreciate Miss Baa's direction here, as far as a Virgin Islands library association is concerned. It becomes terribly obvious that we need one. When the St. Croix Library Association issued its own standards for school library programs in 1971, and they are still not adopted by the Virgin Islands Department of Education, it becomes obvious that somewhere there is something wrong. So there is a necessity for a Virgin Islands library association. I have done some background work on organizing a Virgin Islands library associat:ion. I'v been doing it for a number of years, collecting things here ard there, writing suggestions, but there they are in my files. At any rate it is something that is necessary, and we should work towards it. Introduction of Senator Bryant Robert V. Vaughn Before I get carried away any further, 1 am particularly pleased to introduce our next guest---a young, talented man who has acted with conviction, who is concerned about the future of our young people, and who must then necessarily be concerned about libraries. I cannot separate the two. Senator Bryant is a man who is distinctly qualified to be in the halls of our legislature, an attorney with the law firm of Bryant, Costello and Burke, and especially of concern to us, Chairman on the legislative committee on Conservation and Cultural Affairs. For those who may not be aware of it, the public libraries are under the Department of Conservation and Cultural Affairs. Our next speaker is a gentleman with a doctorate in law, a gentleman who has been in our midst a long time, and a gentleman who was admitted to the bar in 1965. It is with great pleasure that I introduce a "friend of the library,” a gentleman who, at the Christiansted Public Library open house, spoke of the library as being, “something more than a build- ing in which to merely house books.” Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our distinguished guest speaker, Senator Britain Bryant. Pagel4 The Legislative Role in the Present and Future Public Library Program in St. Croix The Hon. Britain N. Bryant Senator, V.I. Legislature Chairman, Legislative Committee on Conservation & Cultural Affairs Mr. Vaughn, Miss Baa, Ladies and Gentleman. My remarks will be brief. Because, aS Mr. Vaughn pointed out, I'm a little bit out of my field. I'm not a librarian. As a matter of fact I am, as Miss Baa referred to it, one of those unmentionable "seasonable laymen in library service," when in the Senate. My profession is law. My current status is that of a politician. As related to your field, yo.r expertise and your profession, I can only say I enjoy reading. So I really am somewhat at a loss for words as to what to say, other than to follow up with something taat Loth Mr. Vaughn and Miss Baa mentioned, and that is the fact that the Virgin Islands has practically ignored its cultural past, its cultural present or planned its future culturally. > We have a rather rediculous situation in the Virgin Islands where, unlike in the Executive Branch? in tie Senate someone with foresight many years ago separated Conservation ani Cultural Affairs from the standing committee On recreation. We have two Separate committees. One committee --and generally they are not tre same members, although you may have some over- lapping -- is solely Recr ation, and it handles all of the problems that come to the attention of the Senate involving sports activities, physical recreational structures, and the maintennance of athletic grounds. and equipment. The other one is the Committee I am Chairman of, the Committee On Conservation and Cultural Affairs -- and we're not sure what that handles yet. We get into everything from environmental health to pollution, to libraries, to artbfacts and just about anything else that the other Com- mittees can't fit into a pidgeon hole. Now, the Executive branch of the government, for some reason, has never seen fit to divide these two areas. So that you have a Commissioner of Conservation and Cultural Affairs that is, in fact, in charge of Recrea- tion as well. During the decade that I have been in St. Croix -- and a resident of the Virgin Islands --- I have noticed that the entire Depart- ment's stress has been on recreational and sports activities. As a matter of fact, I question whether there is anyone qualified in that Department to head a truly Conservation and Cultural Affairs Department. It is indicative of what Miss Baa implied---that politics do permeate and penetrate every segment of Virgin Islands life. If that Department is ignoring the cultural aspect of life in the Virgin Islands, and particular- ly that involving libraries, then I urge you to speak up and to make sure you are heard by those in Government who are in a position to rectify the wrongs yOu are complaining of or about. I think that, if you look back, yeu will find that what librarians need is as a body is not just a Virgin Islands library Association, but r'd Like to see a militant librarian, as wall. J think this would he an unheard of creature. ly baaye, I have to be honest with you, of a librarian dates back from when I was a very young person, and went to the librar and the librarians were always people who hid behind books, great dcsks pilec with books, who said, "Card!" And uttering not a peep, they stamped ] it and gave it back to me. For one of these people to creep out fron behind their great stacks of books and loudly proclaim their needs vould be a frightening experience. As I! look around today, I realize obviously my image is not a correct one. You are a very enthusiastic proup, but the problem is that you're not heard from. You're still a very silent body. And perhaps if you formed a Virgin Islands librarians assoctfation and did not divide yourselves, you would have more voice in the area of Conservation and Cultural Affairs, where at least, withia the Lxecutive Lepartment, the public libraries come uncer that domain. In the Depart- ment of VYducation you have many of the same problems~--~-your demands are being i,nered. 1] would imagine that most of the librarians here today, as a matter of fact were or are assuciated with education in some way or another. You have your own particular problems. Your problems may not be that identi- cal to those of other teachers, and administrators in your various schools, and the only way you're going to be heard is (1) to speak’out, but (2) perhaps to form an Association to have a hig enough stick to get what you need for your Libraries. This is how Unions were first formed in the United Stetes and I very frankly think Unions ere one of the greatest things that ever happened, although I, surprisingly, represented primarily management in my peactice before | got into the Senate. The, Unions, have their place in society and an exceilent place. A few people can do a very littie but those few people can band together, regardless of whether it's spread over three islands or more, they can achieve wuch mor Now, I would like to just digress for a second and point out to you what I wean by the fact that Conservation and Cultural Affairs has primarily, in our Executive Sranch of Governuent, fostered a sports-type image or recreation-tyze imaye andnot one associated with arts, arcifacts, libraries, and cultural affairs. I's. not sure many of you are aware of the current situation in the St. Croix Library, which is ridiculous, at vest. I have been looking into this situation. I bave talked to the architect of that building and lhe nas Informed me that a year ayzo---exactly a year ago this week, as a matter of fact-~~he turned over the specifications for all of the library fixtures, furniture and equipment to the Commissioner of Conservation anc Cultural iffairs and to the Commissioner of Property and Procurement so that they could inmediately be bid, submittaifor bid, knowing full well that there would have to be a 120 to 150 day delivery date. I'm sure many of you are aware that the bids were net even put out until April of this year, for reasons that are totally beyond me and with no 19 on a few buildings stating that one artist or one writer or someone lived here or slept here, but there's very little appreciation. Frankly, within Conservation and Cultural Affairs there are tremendous amovnts of cultural items that are stored in the Virgin Islards, some of which is West Indian culture, other which is international, but you can't find it! There are other instances of neglect that have come to my atten- tion in the brief period I have been in the Legislature which I have looked into, with dismay. For instance, many of the historical and very beautiful documents, the original documents affecting the Virgin Islands, the trans- fer from Danish to American, and prior to that time, as a matter of fact, when St. Croix was under some seven flags---five flags before the Danish--- many of these beautiful and historical documents are sitting, floating in Charlotte Amalie harbor in the Miss Opportunity barge. As you know, every year we go through the scare of a hurricane. I'm sure many of you have sera Miss Opportunity barge---if you haven't seen it, you haven't missed anything. If you've ever seen a barge floating down a river, you could glorify it a little bit---and that's the Miss Opportunity barge. It does have some offices in it, but the hold is filled with most of the historical documents of the Virgin Islands. This governor has been notified of it. The past Governor, I’~ not picking any party lines, it's between Democrats and Republicans alike, and I'm sure if the I.C.M.'s got in they would care less too. But it’s just a lack of recognition and appreciation for what we have in real cultural affairs. I really believe that it’s associations, groups, and persons like yourselves, whether born here or w'.o come nere, that can make people aware of these things that are happen ng. And many of these instances that happened, by the way, came to my attention from people like yourselves. People that had served in government, in schools, or in other branches, or as private individuals and knew about these things, some of which happened before I got here---like the missing paintings and sculptures, and things like that. What I have told you can be verified, going back through the Comptroller's reports. Yes, it was verified they are missing. Those that were found have no value placed on them for income purposes or to identify the art work. Things like that. llistorical documents are in the Miss Opportunity barge which could at any time sink, obviously. But, I think that you can help do something to stop this neglect of cultural affairs and I would urge you to certainly, individually and collectively, write letters to your Senators, to your Governor, to your Commissioners, whether you're in Education or Conservation or whatever, to your elected officials. Because, believe it or not sometimes something gets through to us, and we do do something about if, as much as we can. Now, 1'll grant you that there are many times we just get overburdened and you may not get a reply back, or you may not get a reply back as fast as you should. I know it’s just common courtesy, but I am sorry, sometimes we're just unintentionally rude, if you will because there aren't enough hours in the day. But most of us try to keep up, and it’s only through help from individual citizens and groups that we can try to put things back on an plane and, in your case, bring library science up to a professional level which it should be and is in many places. Once again, if at anytime help you in anyway, please don't hesitate to call on me. you again for having me as your guest today. 22 Persons asking questicns, waking replies r comments uill be full; identified wien first listed. Subsequent listings by the same person will be identifed only by the last name (except for Jj. Oliver and ©. Oliver Robert V. Vaugan, President, S.C.L.A. ‘iank you Senator Bryant. Azain we've got some more things to think about, T'm sure that there must be Some questions fre the group here to direct at different individuals, either in the audience or at the head table here, or anywhere, If you do have questions, would you please identify yourself, since we arc on tape, and since somewhere along the line, sore poor soul is going to have to try to transcribe this thing. T don’t know who yet. I don't know who's goiny to be lucky. Alright, at anv rate we are going to try ‘rophone at you when you ask your questions, so that we r recorded response than we did at the last meeting. The } } iy a tough one---1 did that one. ' \icisht, could we have some questions? I'm certain there aust Se some. » College of the Virgin Islands - Miss Baa, could the current status of the £t. Thomas Library Asso you tel! ciation? ttiss Enid NM. taa, Director V1. 1 ihraries and tiuseums - The President of the St. Thomas Librar: Assoctation Ls Sam Douglas, the Assistant Director of Libraries, and he has reported to we that it has been impossible for him te bring the group together, the membership together. te has called Several meetings and with very Little response. He's now in Miami attend- ing, the ACURI. Conference as my Deputy, and the ACURTL Conference will he finished on Saturday, tomorrow. Does that answer your question? asters - Yes. Daniel fugelter, Guest - I'm not a disinterested narty, tut it was «abvi to me in the conversations of Ur. Vaughn, “Miss Baa and Senator Bryant, frustration thet has taken place over this library furniture and fixtures. Actually, { understand that the current contracts that have been avard call for a delivery in 129 days, and as Senator Bryant spoke, T understano also that the mupany had been on strike and has just now gone off stri l have been told by other people in the industry they have a huge back! ] - or . Ss apenetes rs} : err sae » 19f ’ or orders and {tt is very improbable that deliver: an he ade ny rT tvo or three tines ¢t t lenzwth of time. es +r? 7 ‘ | . . i ' ike to dic ‘ léestion < senator | ne e ra i t . . librarians" was used, and I was wondering if the group here ts interested, of 1f lenally anythiag can be done at the end of the 1 *) days towards making a chan in ¢ € pment. i Ci AV » the other |! ler that i referred ¢t @ eS, SO wm not a disinterested arty. owever, as Ou é librarian t : me, and seen delay after delay and witt s11 prospects of a c al more delay. >, 1 would Lie to ask Senator rvant that a ca ‘. arm nator, if at t ff the 129 d ke ae til wthin ‘ is there wthin ie Association could or s! io? Senatcr “ritaiz ryant, :irma slative Comnrittee on Conservati and Cultural Atfair - ll, yes, it's that d free legal ice again. you said you're net 1 disinterested party. Let me Say this. In the irst placs t! it ilth t ~ 4 as ei ter : nicail at arded, the so- alied winnin icger s to put u performanc ond. That performance nd, to my knowledge, is to be posted Dy tover 29th. If the bond is not posted that person should not get the vic, so that it may end right there. And I don't know, frankly,.‘ir. Zugelter, what your status would be after that. I don’t know where you rank, as far as what the second : choite would be. I don't think a second choice was made, as a matter of fact. o, 1 can't answer your question. bviously if the law is not followed, and since thie is 1 2o0vernment bia, you, any taxpayer, has the rieht to bring the appropriate action. ‘onsult your lawyer for the ‘ propriats actik de ra I ant to ti the gortunity to tell u what kind of library fur- ilture > are alkin t } ar tect. as Senator Bryant mentionec, ubmitted ecificat : r the total librar urniture for that building. ad the first 51 ic as rejected on the grounds that it was mot <« etiti Li ww. 3.8 irector of the Library, selected with the assistance the architect, and other speciealiste, the type of library furnitur it > mer | for ¢t t ibrary. e American Library Associa- tion sets stanaat for library furniture. e type of library furniture that was requested in the first specifications was supposed to be equal t x similar to the rtle Te company furniture. In this case we are not selecting necessarily that turniture, but that is the standard of the . urniture. e al > t have walnut furniture as the type of wood, rh id that not in nsicere uckstafr library furniture. nother was rden. iS reject as the low bid---Worden library . furniture---and neithe r wl + listed, as far as I know, by American Library Standards uckstafi rems to be the kind of furniture that is required for motel: restaurants, lodges, arf so on. Libraries are entioned incicentaily. rd irniture is contractors materials for bumpers and piasti ind different inds of metal furniture. Cia Ver, Ke i i Len al i ! ch ol In talkin about C e UbDLIC 1 rary. there's een a tremendaot amount of discussion about t build " i ¢ : ture, . Ve ty ear st ne about eis¢ ater al ‘ . : , f t _ f ¢ oc * n* srovisior far srovidir ris ’ rar i rt » sit ’ the floor nd read OCs ut i am ; cs Ye yne hav the thing ¢t read? 24 Baa - By materials, you mean reading materials? P. Olive: - Reading, listening and looking. Baa - Well, we have provided for all that, but you know we have to hold off this kind of material until we have furniture in the building because all of this is piling up. It has already been on order, and we have hundreds of books in St. Thomas, waiting to be shipped to St. Croix. Audio-visual material is also on order. A lot of the copying materials, for instance, we don't want to have our Xerox machine, or whatever brand we happen to order, sitting around and waiting to be picked up by whom- ever happens to break into the library. We have a lot of electronic equipment that's coming in. We have microfilm readers and all the micro- film rolls are in St. Thomas waiting to be sent to St. Croix, just as socn as you have the furniture in which we can do the storing. We can't send books over here and have them sit on the floor. If you notice, if you" ve been in the library, you'll see there is temporary furniture and you've heard it mentioned here at the cost of $7,900 which was in addition to what we didn't expect to spend, that is sitting now in that public library together with all that old ratty furniture we had to bring over from the old library, and this is what we have to use. We have to be satisfied with it for the time being until the new furniture is received. This is why the open house on the 10th of June was absolute nonsense. Because noone shows an empty building. For what purpose? You don't show a building to show the four walls and the floor covering. You show it to demonstrate to the community what you are providing for their use. That is completely furnished and we had hoped with the ecuipment in it. Not just furniture, but all the necessary equipment. Now we have to ask the people who have been contracted or who are in the line of contract for this material, to hold off until the furniture has been received. Which means that the library is not going to be function- ing at its best until the furniture has been received. But all this tine we are making the orders. The books are coming in regularly. The addition- al magazines and subscriptions have all been placed. All the microfilm is piling up and everything else. Some electronic equipment which we can house for the time being in St. Thomas, not used, mind you, because we have no space. I hav already mentioned that St. Thomas has no space in which to do its active day-to-day work. So, it's an inconvenience for us and certainly its a deprivation for the community of St. Croix, that you have four walls and two buildings standing there without being used. Edwin Golden, Lew Muckle School - I would like to address the quest‘on to Senator bryant, as Chairman of the Committee on Conservation and Cultural Affairs. I would like to know if the federal funds that the Department of Conservation gets, can any of those funds be directed to the libraries under education? Bryant - No, I don't believe so, Mr. Golden. As a matter of fact I am 29 sure, but I'll stand corrected by Miss Baa, that there are funds that are available via education, via Health, Education and Welfare that are not available to Conservation and Cultural Affairs, which can be used for the school's libraries. Again, I have to refer that to Miss Baa because I am not a member of the Education Committee, and it is only my guess that this does exist. I have found, by the way, in connection with Conserva- tion and Cultural Affairs, that we have hundreds of thousands of dollars in matching funds available to the Virgin Islands that we cannot utilize, because we can't provide the other half, the matching amount. Sometimes it's a third, sometimes it's a fourth, sometimes it's a half. Generally we don't ever have to provide more than half, but sometimes we cannot come up with the matching portion. In other instances I have found, and I went specifically to Congressman de Lugo's office to verify this, that funds that were not matching, but were outright grants were utilized by the Division of Conservation and Cultural Affairs, although they had been secured by the Virgin Islands. In one instance we lost a hundred and some odd theusand dollars, this last fiscal year, and in another instance we saved on the last day by reapplying, some $35,500 in another area, Baa ~ I think that Mr. Golden must have heard all the discussion about the number of dollars---I think in the millions---that Dr. Haizlip was able to get for the Department of Education, and if you have two differ- ent departments, it is a legislative process to transfer money from one department to another, and I don't know how that works---so far as conser- vation is concerned. » atout is you're in the library, we are also in the libraries, and I thought that both are in the cultural field. Golden - What I was thinking Baa ~ It happens that in the Virgin Islands it doesn’t work that way. Conservation and Cultural Affairs are under one department and Lducation ---and [ agree with you, tecause we have to get into legislation. We have to pet it beginning from the bottom. I think the first thing this organization ought to do is be concerned, and very concerned, and I mean militantly concerned about what is happen- ing to the furniture in the new building. And to answer to Miss Oliver's questions, I have a list of audio-visual equipment on order totaling close to $20,000. And this list is here, you can examine it. P,. Oliver - We, in the public school area, have facilities, have personnel, and obviously have the needs. Is there any way of having inter-library loan? You have things that you cannot use, because you can't get them working. Baa - The things are not as yet received. They are ordered. When they 26 are received, certainly we can extend inter-library loan to all libraries. Because we feel that the public library in Christiansted is not an entity unto itself. It is supposed to serve theentire community, both school and public and riivate. So, I don’t beleive we have a problem there. If we can, whenever we get the furniture, then we could start working. I don't think you understood me, Miss Oliver, we have the orders but we are not accepting the delivery until the building is furnished. P. Oliver - We can house it for you. We are willing to warehouse it. Baa - That would be very nice. Bryant - Mr. Golden, let me come back to your question again. There is little cooperation, as I'm sure you know better than I, within a depart- ment, much less cooperation between departments of the government. I think that ‘it is rather absurd that there can't be some coordinating body or person that could co-mingle, if you will, the so-called funds that come down, that perhaps would be coming to Conservation but Conservation couldn't utilize, would go into schools. But there is no such person to coordinate that. As a matter of fact, for three years since early in the Ninth Legislature, on the federal level, we've had the position open of a, I think it's called just a Federal Coordinator, a Programs Coordinator. To attempt this on the federal level, he would have an office in Washing- ton and one in St. Thomas, and would attempt to not only get all of the available funds that the Virgin Islands may be entitled to, but aren't getting, either due to inaction or lack of knowledge about it. But he would also hopefully be able to shift those funds from one department to another, depending on the need. That position, again, has never been filled. I feel it is a crucial thing. In three years, only one nominee has been sent down. He was sent dow several months ago and vou may recall, was rejected, primarily because of the way he's running his present department. I refer to Mr. Creque, who is the Commissioner of Housing, and the Covernor appointed him as the Feceral Programs Coordinator, subject to Senate confirmation: He was not confirmed. Golden - Senator Bryant, do you have a committee on Federal programs in the Legislature? Bryant - Yes, we do have a committee on Federal programs. Golden - Are you a member of that committee? Bryant - No, I'm not a member of that. Let me also mention that committee, 27 and I'm certainly not going to hlame the Chairman of the committee, who has had a hard time functioning for one reason. The past chairman of that committee was Lieutenant Governor Ottley, and he had gotten started with that committee's work, then left, then Senator Raymond Smith was appointed, and he is just now sorta" getting his feet wet. And I hope this will help in this coordination. Frankly, this coordination has to be done in Washington, and a great deal of it. The Senate, the individual Senators, have little knowledge of funds that may be available to the various committees of which they're chairman and members of, unless they go to Washington. For instance, I had no idea of the funds that we're not using and utilizing until I went up there, and inet with people. And I think this is probably Mr. Smith's problem. He is new to politics, I shall say newer than I am, and I have no idea what that committee is doing. Although he has had several meetings, perhaps something is in the mill. [I'1I check into that and let you know personally. Vaugin - I think many of our members are aware of the reason for Mr. Colden's remarks, because it was exacly one year ago today, or a meeting a year ago, the equivalent of this meeting, that Mr. Golden informed the Commissioner that his library had absolutely no furniture in it. And he still has a library with absolutely no furniture in it. So, I think he and Miss Baa have a lot in common. Obviously, this is his concern, and it should be the concern of all of us Can you imagine a library going along for three years without I have a question, the matter of standards was brought up. The matter of requesting the enforcement of standards was also brought up. TI must necessarily then ask the question---and I know in my position here I should not ve asking anything, I should be listening---I would like to ask Mr. Oliver what is the status of the school library standards adopted by the St. Croix Library Association, the 1973 standards, - - - - ~ James Oliver, Director, Library Services and Instructional Materials, V.I. Departnent of Education - As I indicated to you earlier this week, Bob, as far as the standards go, the Commissioner acknowledged the receipt of them. They have been reviewed by our office. We were awaiting the final approval of a budget by the Legislature, which I understand came out of finance on Friday. Because as the standards indicate there is a definite committment, once accepted, that there will be a definite plan for imple- mentation and we go back to the items mentioned before that the budget plays a very important part as far as books acquisitions or staff. I would say that by the end of next week you will be getting a written response, both from our office, as well as the office of the Commissioner. Golden - As far as professionalship, I would like to direct this question to Miss Baa. 1'd like to know if her Division or Department has tried to initiate anything with the College of the Virgin Islands, since we have such a shortage of librarians here in the Virgin Islands. 28 Baa - The College of the Virgin Islands, I understand, is now giving courses in library organization and materials, and so on, which is an undergraduate course given in the evenings and one of my staff members, Mrs. Maclean, is teaching that course, and she has two sections. I asked her how it was going and she said she had, I think, thirty six in one group and quite a bit more in another section. So I think the initial steps are being taken by the College of the Virgin Islands. Never- the less, this will still be an undergraduate course for para-professi- onals. And I want to take this opportunity to say something about staff- ing and training. The University of Puerto Rico, which is about 20 minutes from St. Thomas and I understand a little more from St. Croix, is a place where an accredited graduate library school has been establish- ed for the last three years. They have graduated three classes. In the second graduating class the Virgin Islands had a member who finished with great credit and received not only the degree but honorary medals for her achievements. The Director of that Library School, Fred Kidder, Dr. Fred Kidder, is asking us in the Virgin Islands to send our potential librarians to the school. There is just one difficulty--- it is a Spanish speaking school. In other words one has to be fluent in Spanish to be able to participate in classes. And Miss Bough was, and she still is, because she received her earlier education in Puerto Rico, both in the elementary school as well as in the University, Catholic University. So she was emminently qualified to participate in these courses. I would like to encourage as many people as possible to take the advantage of requesting admission to the school. _in Puerto Rico as well as to another school which is also in our vicinity, the University of the West Indies, where a graduate library school has been established--- and I say, in this case "graduate”™ in curves, because the graduate situation there is slightly different than the gradu- ate situation in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately all the Universities in Puerto Rico are now on strike, and there is very little you can expect from them until Chancellor and his staff and professors are able to go back to the classrooms. We have in the University of Pittsburgh a student who is a member of the library staff in St. Thomas, who is studying on leave. Incidentally, that same student studied on our library program in the College of the Virgin Islands for the last two years, and an employee on study leave with pay. And we would like to encourafe all of our staff members to take advantage of it. Right now with this financial strain we may not be able to have the opportunity of giving leave with pay. But we still want our members, our staff members, to consider studying esgecially for those who are not as yet qualified or trained librarians. Our staff member is studying at the University of Pittsburgh. GOLDEN - My question was asked mianly to see if the Department was encourag- ing our youth into library science. Baa - Yes. Library school is a graduate school under the American, U. S. 29 level. One has to conplete-high school and then complete his university or college education, have a bachelors degree, which is the prerequisite for admission into the graduate library school in the United States. In the British territories, if on finishes what is called the Senior Cambridge examination, or some other term is used, that person is accepted into a library school. Sut the library school is not just ome year, as in the United States. It goes over a period of two or three years, to wake up, I suppose, for the difference in proad liberal education which is necessary and which is recommended for a candidate in library service you can understand, should have a very broad liberal education to begin with. Because in library schools it's not a question of learning the subject, it is a question of using the materials in each particular field of knowledge and becoming acquainted with the bibliography of each field and how to get around, how to use it, how to select your material in the field and so on. So that it has, of necessity, to be a graduate school, building on a very broad liberal education, stressing the humanities or in other cases stressing certain specialization, like in Chemistry, the sciences, the languages, or law, or whatever. Because there are law librarians which must have a pretty broad bactground of law, basic law, and there are wedical librarians who must have good scientific backgrounds, and so on. So you can see why the library school training is a graduate school in the United States, and more than two years school in the British territories. tave 1 answered that? No~---I still haven't? Well, in a way, I kriow where the lack is because we--- 1 ' > | ’ » ~ of ‘olden - I's like to tnow what the Department is coing to encourafge-- m . *4 ? waa 2 are sendi eon! away to us on the library's budgets I thousht ft answered that. T said we have on, yes, and we had as any--~ . wre you worl ith the Colleze of the Virgin Islands? Are you to push for r f this educati 1 the College? Raa - The College announces its classes, its courses that are being offered. ig le ne Cee aint oS ee ) : <ewation con ~ he 7} y ' And in the iibrary, aii of tne information comes to the library and the tmomnpere } hy “~+ ¢ ad ay } 5 + - } i wv know } ni members of the library staff certainly Can read ind they know that this : fh oy ; ' P ve , 4 reo , } ae he = ee ee eee is iwvVaLLA pL y anu wt te } tuem ¢t at Ls. 23 1112 ef, @hec tniey can £O Ane ane il dy Lication a entrance. 7 , 4 7 ~ = olde i not nH tne P pie in tie idx ; i talking oft Che apr, St, ‘ puviic atseil. > ; 1. | on a1 - > Baa - Jh you want the.publicity program tor tai Pace 27 Golden - Do you go to the college and try and persuade ther to offer these courses? baa - As a result of sone of the agitation we now have two courses that are being given at the College. I mentioned this, I said it. Dr. Thowas Burford, Chairman, Department of Instructional Tectinology, Wayne State University - I would like to make some remarks if I mav, even though 1 am a guest and an outsider. In addition to my trip to Puerto Rico to speak at their convention, I was also in the process of making contact with > University of Puerto Rico Staff---and you have no idea how difficult is when the University isn't operating. From my initial conversations with Dean Casereis of the School of Education, we at Wayne State University are now attempting and have developed a package Master's Degree Program in Instructional Technology which is 35 to 50 percent library scleace. Secause it's a joint effort with the School of Library Science, even though it is separate from the School of Library Science. And we are hoping to establish that program at the University of Puerto Rico, being the hosting agency. YT taiked here to a gal from the & Co Masters}. She gave me a couple of names to contact in the Virgin Islands, and I will as soon as I get back initiate some letters these people to explain what we have to offer throught the College of Education's Lifelong Learning. Once again we hope to establish a gracuate program in media technology and librarianship through the College of the in Islands, if they're interested---something we have been trying to Wayne State University. The concept of the College of Lifelong Learn- ing is to take the instruction to wherever he is, instead of expecting him to come necessarily to the institution for the entire training program. I'd like to mention one\ other thing about the motion of forming strong organizations. I've just been heavily involved in the early days of the amalgamation in the State of Michigan of the Michigan Audio-Visual Assocta- tion and the Michican Association of School Librarians. As of January lL. 1974, it will be one organization of 1,500 members strong. It's been done for several reasons, and I'm sure you have parallels here. When money is short, certain things happen. Professionals are being relieved of their positions, and clerks and technicians are brought in, non-profes- sionals, so that one of our major thrusts as a professional organization is to be like the professional standards of certification of specialists in the State of Michigan. I agree with you one lundred percent. Without 4 strong professional organization, they'll walk all over you! - Thank you, Mr. Masters - Miss Baa, what steps are being enacted now to staff the new Christiansted Library? Baa - I've come prepared for that. We are in the process of selecting the staff and we have been receiving applications from a number of persons. We are hoping that we can select for heading up various sections trained qualified librarians to be supported by good para-professionals. If we get the support, we'll be very happy. But, I believe that all we can hope for is the professionals to head up the various sections. And I have a list of people here who are under consideration for appointments. I think we are expecting to appoint about fifteen new persons. Of course you understand that most of these will not be employed until we get furniture in the buildings because we cannot have people stumbling over each otjer all on empty floors. And we won't have books on the floors. For professionals by categories we have here “Head Professionals," Adminis- trative Secretary 1, Clerk Typist 2, Library Aides 4, Translator l, Maintenance Engineer (and that's already on), and Custodial Workers 2; that is the broad category. Under audio-visual we are expecting to appoint specialists in the field of audio-visual, because we have much emphasis on this field for the young people as well as for the children, and incidentally the adults. But have to concentrate on young people. We have set aside an entire floor for the young adults and a two-floor building for the children. So that you see we are thinking of the generations because after sixty years of U.s. education we still can't produce our own teachers and teacher-librarians, and librarians in public fields. So there must be an emphasis on the youth, and also because of this youth cult that takes children, young people, out of context of the life situations and a certain amount of violence, and so on, that goes on as reaction. We are hoping that we can encourage them to come into the library and find their interests there. We have some names, in case’ anyone is interested. I don't think this is the right time however, since some of these are applicatns, some will be appointed and some will not. Does that answer your question? Masters. - Yes. Golden - Miss Baa I would like to know if the salary of the librarians are in line with the teachers right now in the public library? Baa - Yes, Mr. Golden. Remember, I have to make a study especially for you. But we went through this when Education and the libraries were separated. We realized that putting the libraries under Conservation and Cultural Affairs took the libraries out from under the umbrella of the teachers and the stron);teachers union, and we had achieved the ’ 32 equivalent salary under Education for librarians. We moved away from Education with some updating of that salary, and this was one of the reasons that we lost some of our staff, because they felt that Education was offering better salary for lesser time, lesser hours of work. And therefore we worked with the Division of Personnel and we set up standers with equivalent salaries. And we are able now to tell you that I believe the salary offered a librarian with his degree from an accredited library school is greater than the salary the Department of Education offers for the same equivalent. I am not up-to-date on salary, but I have something here. OK, just wait. Professional Librarian: 4, we start at $10,766. The library schools agree. Golden - If you're going in line with the teachers you mean what? A Master's Degree? Baa - A Master's Degree, yes. Is that comparable? What is the salary in J. Oliver - As of July 1974, it will be $9,450. Baa - Exactly. What did I tell you? $10,000 in the Department of Conser- vation and Cultural Affairs and I am reading the proposed salary for a person to whom we would give the equivalent of a Master's Degree. Now, the Master's Degree, Step A, which is the librarian 4, is $11,437 in the Department of Conservation and Public Libraries. And Step B would be $11,979 which is equivalent to your Master's Degree in the Department of Education. Golden - Miss Baa, getting off that, I think before the public libraries moved out of the Department of Education, I think they had certain set years-degree educated to the Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree, didn't they? Baa ~- You want me to confirm that? Well, I just told you the first salary, the first rate, I just told you the first rate of $10,766 is what we are offering to a person who we are giving equivalent, equating rather, the experience with the degree. Golden - We still have--- Baa - We have in a sense-.but we've taken care of that. We have made a proposal to take care of it. If the papers have not moved out of the place they are supposed to go, we are not holding it up, or that we reject- ed. We have agreed to that. 33 “ac ~ , -- . ‘ e . —. ON ila C2 evertient r als . }* Y - t iree ~h os oe | eWUE a | oe - ; ’ Or Biid CE Cuid. i »t ad , . enator Fyaunt, #X< , if > Pine, Lo le. a) 1 AVL CLO VAT PAN iSiands . ~ Ses , a ’ Om Tresoe.vedc » «aThu ‘ IMGrEes ia =. f+ verse. al AtCnal, pOr.it ¥ . ’ 5 S4alOry saw Cnhacled rvant os « la vay an } ja? e Yr , ac a & Lan yOol ailh 42 isCclisiator + ’ T + } , : : SVELY¥, OUC LI COLU Ou 4 as ul i ; oe , - ry »+ ? : ; . iiVerT OVE HMERAO “OCUTN Ct - at Tequircd to Se vepusited vy law in ; . - . uJ . , | 5 ’ OA). x a a.d a © AVAlI at A Ci t sCOCSICOry Law. ney print-out i : . ' : ile . € avic CC J . Ps : ~ - ~ <4 ' , , > - -~* ASANAPQUS Lat 9 bla AiO" C oe t L set , | ¥ OV Or enc P eae ve a Of lCeG Bany re > } > r 3} 7 f ays ’ { fake AVUUEL, Luere s§ iO a t wala rr 12 ti C iValisaoie fo the t 3 ary . ° ‘ t tii . Li « tne term. ’ Win «ft c t ra Citi 3 ~ te ' - t : ? + 2VcCUNents. cor amstance, Citi iTeé { + } ° > orc, ,e ‘ >t : m 4 = . —_— ‘ ’ O© tne senate said he fet i¢ ; : > |, . maw - a - = + curing ete Summer and te re 4 2 i -% , } ' a ~ - thing about report after report, rt + law j ; $ -*4 particular @UNINISCYration, r 4 eiedes 5 7 ; ¢ P. Oliver ell, is there r C ec! er aar Gars. ¢ thin’ . & - Ai ~Ve 34 ‘ - . iS iar ae co . i Bauliu -& a i hil, > > ; > ieee ~— a oe . > ~* ) ' , t ++ . as ‘ ‘ , > i i 5 ‘ I . LL - c a . ‘ < as “er 7 > ai Usai ak » aS a Sen . a . ~ a an t , . Lé —_— LC os - -e it it Ls rr i — ~« ’ on 7 a im aware tuis matter ae : 2 2Siation,. «OW , e ices one 20 about f these studies that q ~ ° 5 ‘“- ? ’ 4 o. are suppose ft es | 3 —— al ~~ 3s : ; : i 45 tne ar. ’ . - . tr - i atory to a = tnt es + + z Gil AL AGALE wii d ee ee ee ee Bryant - Yes, I can find a copy ef the type of legislation from another Surisdication and modify it te conform to the Virgin Islands. Let me pass, I P though, this to iss baa, because she has some knowledce about this that ; ' 7 T don't, I know. , ‘ . Baa - I’m glad you brought that up, because we have been working on a ———— ‘ - ‘ t ‘ depository la:---iu fact a state library law---sinee 1955, and we have not been able to get it through. But however, the depository for the Unitee States documents is located in St. Thomas and a »brancii to be furuished in your new Libr. The space, you know is on the fourth floor. . OK < . b d , now, for the local publications, ‘the local goverment publications includins, the hicCormick Report and others that are difficult to come by, t public Library has subritted as late as September 1972, whea the | comprehensive library law, library report was finished, to the Attorney venerai, Chrougi. the Commissioner of Conservation, a request for depository ; law included with this new state library law. e hia not seen the lisht | of that proposed leyislation to date. ut I know that on Wednesday night : | wea the Governor hosted the reception for the Leacue cf Nomen'’s activities, ang it -as quite a reception, one cf the mefers of the League of iouen came to the public library to find out what ve had heen doiny about it, | and T yave her a copy of that request together with the proposed law that we had submitted to the Attorney General since that time, and abour «ht we nave heard nothing. Ue have the difficulty cf tting tie local publi cations it T beleive that we succeed ver ell, bee se 7 t. Thoma @e waxe it a point of ne ip touch vith } Veroment departneuts ane sverument agencies that are producing publications, whether t:ey be anauii reports, specta! reports of studies or whatever. € : hard tic petting tnem, tut we do end up getting them and that you ¢ sk 3f t yu Lis 13 t 2r* . on reproduciton center jor e } \ ar off "a ress and ec can reproduce all jovernment pullfications as needed, liver ~ Taliin; ahout reproductions, I taven't written you in the last couple of ars about it, but about five yearc az € requested copies of the local newspapers on microfila, and you ic ere at the top of your list, and I haven't received them yet. Baa - That's risht, and we nave all ft! aterials beim: reproduced and te be sent right over re to St. Croix. nave very very limited staff. we have five persons in photography aix cunmot produce or cemand all the things that are requested of us. mut this is not to 34 that it will never be done. e ha tc tpply St. Croix vit 111i th sicrofilms that are available in St. Thomas P. Oliver ~ If was five years ago. an you ve wm lea en I ca expect th 5) baa - We just lost our Supervisor of ‘ficrofilmws, and there left in the field and they have to work every day produci are on inmediated denand we do tiave the oblisation to s we can really de no mo: is physically possible. . Ps wrt. : . va m3 na — Lhe Caiucra, t > mS i CawMera ac are negatives is a contact Since you ar sroducing two, Thomas? 1 “we are pro her and I know at lea: Central High can use ob Fs : a waiting ; a? bfiey de somet! ing eat this library assoctation get on the be i wake some represauntz# ee 7} we Pd, ee a ae ‘ sie vever. t ab ge ae © 1 Vou some ric 3 © point oc view of he truck Vaugnn - I tinink bi Association have t< obviously the stzp: in final form that it wn with a hunc! we é talking abou ethir ‘ater find out what their deposit laws are, I will say this also, about four years ago, I contacted the A.L.A. person who was in charge of working on depository legislation, and I was asked to be on a committee with then, because I showed some interest. Apparently it's difficult to find any- body who, excuse the expression, gives a damn, Well, at any rate I heard from them and their direction was going entirely opposite to what our Association could become involved in, so I had to bep-off. But, I will say this, at this stage of the gane, what we need is someone to head a Committee---Miss Oliver?---to write to all of these states and get their copies of depository laws, or at least get the depository laws of the states that influence our own legislature, such as New York and a few others. J. Oliver - Bob, speaking as a member, I would say that they may be opposed to going out this way, I know that Miss Baa has spent quite a bit of time working on such a document, it might be best for the Association to re- quest a copy from iliss Baa, to give additional support, if it is deemed appropriate by the membership, because Niss B3aa did contact a number of States. It was well-thought out and she worked extremely hard on it. In other words get after the Attorney General's office. Bryant - I will be happy also- to review Miss Baa's proposal. Other times we've worked very well together when she's had things that she has sent to the Attorney General's office, that have gotten misplaced, if you will. I will also be happy, iiss Oliver, I have access to the statues of perhaps half of the states in the legislative library, to Xerox copies of their--- I assume they're all called depository laws---and send them to the Associ- ation. And as well as your reviewing ‘lijss Baa's proposal, it would give you an opportunity to review those wiinout your having to write the indi- vidual states, since I have them, 2ad then, if you can give me your recommendations, I'll be happy t. introduce such a bill. And the sooner you get it done, the sooner I'il introduce the bill. We go back in session on November 6th. Tt is posssble I'll be in St. Thomas before then, but I can’t say definitely, “+ if not before then I will Xerox them on November 6th and bring them back to St. Croix with me. Vaughn - Thank you, Senator Bryant. Ms. Asta James, Guest - I am just a guest, but I would like to ask Miss Baa about the status of booknobiles. Baa - It's another good question, because it brings up what we've been talking about, in relation to furnishings for the library. The bookmobile was one of those products that a former Commissioner of lroperty and Procurement insisted that the Government of the Virgin Islands had to buy, 37 when I requested and submitted specifications for a standard bookmobile which was to replace another standard bookmobile that had served St. Criox very well. And I was speaking then of the Gerstenslager bookmobile, which every librarian knows is standard. I was told by the Commissioner of Property and Procurement of that year that I had to accept a home-made bookmobile that wasproduced in San Juan in Puerto Rico--- which even Puerto Rico does not consider to purchase. But we were obligated to purchase this because the particular vehicle agency was making this available to the Government vf the Virgin Islands at a certain price, and he said in so many woids to me, “Over my dead body, only Governor Paiewonski or the Attorney General is going to make me change this bid,” from the particular agency, a dealer in St. Croix, who was obliged to submit the bid for this particular unit that is called a “bookmobile,” that soes not serve the purpose. And moreover, the present Commissioner of Property and Procurement insists that we must use this vehicle, even if it is not serving our purposes. And therefore, we have not been able to run a bookmobile service. I have asked to have it surveyed* and to purchase a new bookmobile, and I have in my budget proposal asked for funds to buy a new bookmobile, and until that is approved by the present Commissioner of Property and Procure- ment, we will not have a bookmobile for the Island of St. Croix. Golden - Miss Baa, I was the librarian at the time of the bookmobile, and I didn't call it a bookmobile. I called it a van, a truck, and that's it, because every corner you turned, all the books went on the floor. I told them I can't go around with this. P. Oliver - We're open all day, every school day, but many of our students would like library services in the evening and on Saturdays. Is there any way to extend even the minimal services, that we know the public library has because of problems? Is there any way to have evening and Saturday hours, as opposed to week-day hours when the most, the majority of students have library service through the schools that have it? Baa - Mrs. Henderson, is the library open on Saturday? Mrs. Ena Henderson, Librarian, Christiansted Public Library - Should I say I don't know? * An accounting term used by the Virgin Islands Government indicating that the property has been written-off as completely depreciated, outmoded, damaged, or otherwise not serving its original purpose. 38 . . *. Nn ta ' 4 we . £ wn 1 r , waa - iaruon. 10u aon ct or! in tne Liprary: 7! ‘ ' - flenderson - Yes, i iow, bt I old t ay I don’t know. age as : ie wc » ens : aa- a\ , I S nN t 116 ae ein i 1c1¢t ‘ L>»6 } Ceca — * ° . . 9 . “| , . wenderson - ervice is fro :0G to 12:00---the sign on tne door. on B TY ldtyr ; 19.-¢ c ; . ron ot Baa - Ihe iivcrary 1 open from $:UU to le: on Saturdays. in tne . ,:? ‘. , ‘ . ™ ’ ethane ‘7 1 - anc ‘ evenin,: iS the iivor ary open You don't how. ih, 2 ave pla iS, a i . . P . a s | ‘cae ore Po ' ¢} ox? ¢ . “ you know. We must ualke plans for openiny the library at all times. As a matter of fact, Governor “vans aslted that the library--~and he er See ee eye” Sipe ee ee = “ss pe SOS Gena say \,1en, ic n it > A I 1S:it pmamanrt YES ©, r ye SS en t Ss lLurnismrec- pH x Ts P . ’ > shiould be open on Sundey ilso. ~ haa a : aia a . eae ap sae "eh P, Olive There are o libraries St. Croix, tvo public libraries. liner . $e Vy rt ¢ : he > —— Vars * 1.2 1orary ee recer it Lé 4 e spea i Oot now. ou Tre aAc<i6n, - ae”? - = (hue « , +: Y ~ - . ? € ese Se oe ye har P. Oliver - I ive stu its as © a Ll cive them the information that I! 1 P —. 1 ~1 -* 1.» ;% , 2A - - Se fy sara » anc then et 1 rts bé that the library closes at >): or sone _ 7 2 . ? . ~ 2-/,5 at . al t.iin Like Ca ° , tne ti Ci lu et out at °45 ana can even mae it to Frederikste » Christ sted from Central “igh, he has no opportu- SeGebsns ~ n Saturday nine to twelve. > J. Gliver - The stat nt rcerning profesional training and growth, I am happy to announce that ¢t e Castro Fellowship was awarded this last week, and the recipient i irs. Beulah Uarrigan, w is our Title II District Librarian for St. yuas, which means that she'll be going away for praduate trainin; it edia fie this next year. In addition, our office has Seen actively contactin;, various library schools concerning various fellowship programs that they may be offering. ‘ome time ago, Greeast:oroucth tad five fellowships that they vere offering on a nationwide basis. "nfortunately, no Virgin Islanders vere selected, but there vere three that were listed as alternates, first alternates. All five of the ones that were offered the fellowships stateside accepted. We have been in contact. They indicate that the program should be continu- ing and they will look favorably upon applications from the Virgin Islands, * Mrs. Hortense Darrin, Librarian, Alexander i'enderson School - I wonder if this information could be made available for us on St. Croix. J. Oliver - It was made available through the news media. It was sent to all schools, and we had one week notice. ‘’e vere notified and it appeared in the papers and via radifo. Darrin - id anyone here see that? Vaughn - By the way, Jin along this same line, excuse me for butting in here, I have just received word that there is a publication by the Department of Cducation hich lac been sent around to the various principals, with a copy for each teacher. o copies for librarians. I guess librarians just PJ as iz Fondo Pectngn neea don’t count much anymorc. ‘sho was it that “rought it up? tir. Golden, do you know the wate of it? “olden - No, I tiave a question. V clie in Please mit just t t Bik wads dake — ~~ “hee iss Linda Taly, Librarian, Cliristiausted Klesentary Schook, Treasurer, $.C.L.A. ~ Virgin Islands roods. a Vaughn - It was Virgin Islands Food, and it was pu! lished Ly? >. Taby - It was tirs. oolenaar. Vauglin - ‘irs. .ioolenaar. wow, why they can’t t some sort of a system out so that at least one copy vill live beyond the termination of the annual departees, I don't know why they can't do that. It sounds very siaple to me. J. Oliver - I've discussed this with .irs. tioolenaar. All Project Intro- spection materials when it is sent out, a copy is addressed to the library. Many ties what happens is that cnce itigits the school---and we have principals present here---sometires they do not make it actually to the library itself, umbers ne , + ») P. Oliver - The only reason I suggested a depositiorylaw, separated from the planning for the library, as mentioned by the Senator, is this is a thing that is not only involved with libraries, but it's hanging two things together---really closely related--- but they don't necessarily have to go together. A piece of legislation of this type is relatively inexpensive, whereas the library planning program is talking about millions of dollars. So it might be easy to get part of it and then work on the other one on a long-term basis. It seems that they are interlocking, but not interdependent. Baa - The library program is not dependent on the legislation. And it isn't involved with money because a planning siutation is changeable, at all times, and the library law just makes provision for this kind of planning. It doesn't include the planning in the law. I just make provision for it, and a depository law is a part of the total library program. But for the benefit of the community at large. Vaughn - You know the library law reminds me of the situation that---I think it was President Theodore Roosevelt was told by the Congress that he could not send the U. S. Navy around the world as a show of strength. They didn't have enough funds to go all the way around the world. So, he sent it halfway. He got the funds. So if we get a depository law, we will obviously get the implementation---that is, if we have any guts at all. By the way, we do have some copies of a library program, a planning thing, for members of the Association. We don't have too many copies. But anyone who does not get a copy, if you will contact Miss Baa, I hope she will be able to scrounge up a few more, because I know they are "rare birds." They were handed out to a lot of people. Baa - Could I say a few words about the plan? A plan, the comprehensive plan, a copy of which Mr. Vaughn is speaking about, is not supposed to be taken as a plan and that's all. A plan is only as good as it is up- to-.-date. In other words it has to be revised at all times. What we wrote in that plan, and what was written in previous plans have never happened. And what has happened is a completely changed action as was planned. As for instance, we planned this library in Christiansted, but we planned it for some other period after we had been able to renovate the old library. Well, the old library was not renovated and we have a different idea as to how we are going to use that old library. We have a new library which was not in the plan, and which is better than what was planned, at least we hope so. At lest from the point of view of size, it'smuch larger, and so on. So you take that plan and remember that it was intended to be updated and changed at all times. So make the plan as though we expect this, as written to happen. We merely make a plan that it may be revised. But we keep on revising it in order to make whatever facility it is, or services, whatever it is, more available and useful to the community. And you're all expected to put in your two cents in everytying. 42 Vaughn - It's getting late, and I would plan that we cut if off here. We have copies of Dr. Haizlip's address and you may pick them up here. If there are no further questions, the meeting is adjournment. Thank you very much. List of Publications St. Croix Library Association * Antonsen, Inge Mejer, VIRGIN ISLANDS FURNITURE AND HOME FURNISHINGS FROM DANISH TIMES, Studies in V.I. Librarianship, No. 8, 197. * Baa, Enid M. & James Oliver, INTER-LIBRARY COOPERATION, STudies in V.I. Librarianship, No. 2, 1971. * Bastian, Calvin, PUBLIC TELEVISION, EDUCATION AND THE LIBRARY, Studies in V.I. Librarianship, No. 3, 1971. * Espinosa-Almestica, Julio, BOOKMOBILE IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,cl972. *Haizlip, Harold C., THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY OR MEDI CENTER IN EDUCATION IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Sutdies in Virgin Islands Librarianship, No. 9, eL973. *Nystrom, Viebeke, Jens Vibaek, & Henning Henningsen, DANISH INFLUENCES ON VIRGIN ISLANDS HISTORY AND CULTURE, STUDIES IN V. I. Librarianship, No. 5, cl97l. *Taby, Linda, STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAMS IN ST. CROIX, U/S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, cl973. * Vaughn, Robert V., LIBRARIES IN THE ST. CROIX COMMUNITY, Studies in V.I. Librarianship, No. l, 1971. * Vaughn, Robert V., PROFESSIONALISM IN LIBRARIANSHIP, Studies in V.I. Librarianship, No. 7, cl972. * Virgin Islands of the U. S., LIBRARY REFERENCES FROM SELECTED VIRGIN ISLANDS ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Studies in V. I. Librarianship, No. 4, 1971. * Williamson, Henry H., WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, Studies in V. I. Librarianship, No. 6, 197. 44