This will show at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, so 7:30 Central time. Some of you may be able to watch it before you leave for work.
Laurie Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [email protected] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 Message: 4 Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 12:28:41 -0500 From: Nann Blaine Hilyard <[email protected]> Subject: [Publib] FW: [pla-leaders] FW: Today Show Airing Library Segment on June 1 - 8:30 a.m. EST block To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> PubLibbers may want to tune in! Nann @the library in Zion, Illinois From: Greta Southard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [pla-leaders] FW: Today Show Airing Library Segment on June 1 - 8:30 a.m. EST block FYI, see info below regarding an upcoming segment on the Today Show about public libraries. From: Macey Morales Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:59 AM To: Macey Morales; Keith Michael Fiels; Mary Ghikas; Greta Southard; Cathleen Bourdon; Mark Gould; Emily Sheketoff; Jenni Terry; Michael Dowling; Jene O'Keefe; Joanne Kempf; Rettig, Jim; Camila Alire; Kathleen Hughes; SFELDMAN; Marci Merola; Leonard Kniffel; Satia Orange Subject: RE: Today Show Airing Library Segment on June 1 - 8:30 a.m. EST block Please note that the segment will air during the 8:30 a.m. EST block. Also, please keep in mind that this is a tentative air date. If there is breaking news the segment may be bumped. Best, Macey From: Macey Morales Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:42 AM To: Keith Michael Fiels; Mary Ghikas; Greta Southard; Cathleen Bourdon; Mark Gould; Emily Sheketoff; Jenni Terry; Michael Dowling; Jene O'Keefe; Joanne Kempf; 'Rettig, Jim'; Camila Alire; Kathleen Hughes; 'SFELDMAN'; Marci Merola; Leonard Kniffel; Satia Orange Subject: Today Show Airing Library Segment on June 1 - 8:30 a.m. block Hello all: The Public Information Office (PIO) has been working with the Today Show regarding a segment on the value of public libraries and the challenges they face during the recession. The segment is scheduled to air on June 1, during the 8:30 a.m. block, and will focus on the surge in usage sparked by the poor economy and how libraries are coping. It would seem that interest in this issue was fueled by a New York Times article entitled "People in Need Are Filling and Taxing Libraries<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02library.html?ref=us>" and a feature story in Public Libraries entitled, "Problems Associated with Mentally Ill Individuals in Public Libraries<http://pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plapublications/publiclibrar ies/PL_48n2_Torrey_etal.pdf>." Both articles focus on how library workers are dealing with the surge in usage and the flux of challenging users (i.e. grumpy users, homeless, mentally ill). PIO put the Today Show in touch with members that could discuss how public libraries are community assets, and how Americans turn to - and depend on - their libraries and librarians during tough economic times. The PIO brokered taping and interview opportunities for Sari Feldman , Public Library Association (PLA) president and director of Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Public Library, and a staff training session at Austin Public Library. The Today Show taped at Feldman's library last week, but due to budget issues canceled taping with Austin Public Library. Other libraries such as New York Public Library and Germantown (Mass.) Public Library were contacted directly by the Today Show. PIO staff met with PLA staff to discuss messaging, and created talking points that were reviewed and approved by PLA leadership. PIO encouraged all participating libraries, including New York Public Library and Germantown Public Library, to use messaging developed by PIO and PLA. If needed, attached are final talking points on "Challenging Users." Best, Macey Macey Morales Manager, Media Relations American Library Association 50 E. Huron Chicago, IL 60611 312-280-4393 [email protected] I'm on Twitter! http://twitter.com/maceyala Check out PIO's blog: Visibility @ your library(r) http://www.pio.ala.org/visibility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webjunction.org/wjlists/publib/attachments/20090528/c0d1eca 5/attachment-0001.htm
