First, mark your calendar for the Boone Tree picnic.  On Friday, May 11^th, come out to the Eastman Shelter #27 at Bays Mountain for a great time.  Be sure to bring a dish (or two) and join us anytime between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.   BTLA will provide the main course (to be announced on the web site later in the month).  This shelter is close to the playground, so bring your family and kids.  Also, feel free to bring any outdoor games and folding chairs, if you want.  Information and directions are on the web site (www.boonetree.org).

Speaking of the web site, if you haven’t looked lately, you should see the changes that Jason Penwell, our Vice-President/Webmaster has been making.  One of the new functionalities of the site is an event calendar that can be subscribed to with software such as iCal and Outlook or imported into your Google calendar. The site will continue to undergo modifications in order to make it very user-friendly.  Our goal is to have a “one-stop shopping” place for local library news and events.  Stay tuned for more developments!

Jason has also set up a Facebook page for Boone Tree.  Be sure to Like us!  Search for Boone Tree Library Association or visit www.facebook.com/BooneTreeLibraryAssociation.  We hope to use the site to help publicize upcoming events and interesting news in the library world.

Of course, if you have any questions, be sure to contact any of the officers.  If you have not yet paid your dues, Virginia Salmon will accept your money at the picnic or you can mail your dues to her.  The membership form is under Join on the web site.

Also, if you have any photographs from previous meetings or picnics, please let Jason know.  We are hoping to get more pictures on the web site and Facebook page.

-Brenda Moriarty, President

-Jason Penwell, Vice President

-Gail Campbell, Secretary

- Virginia Salmon, Treasurer

Please join me in congratulating the following ETSU individuals, who at the annual Tennessee Library Association (TLA) conference last week, I had the pleasure and honor to present these awards:

Suresh Ponnappa, Director ETSU Quillen College of Medicine Library accepted the Tennessee Library Association Honor Award.   This is the highest recognition Tennessee Library Association bestows on an individual who has made significant contributions to the furtherance of librarianship and library institutions on a statewide or national level.   This award also signifies the outstanding achievements in leadership and significant contributions in this field, which is not limited to health sciences libraries; but encompasses all issues and core values for libraries and workers in Tennessee.

Rebecca Tolley-Stokes, Associate Professor and Faculty Outreach Library at ETSU C.C. Sherrod Library was presented The Frances Neel Cheney Award.   Tennessee Library Association gives this award annually based on an individual who has made a significant contribution to the world of books and librarianship through the encouragement of the love of books and reading.     Rebecca was also recognized for the many years of service to TLA as the editor for the many Tennessee Library Association publications and also in the selection of the Tennessee History Book Award.

Leslie Adebonojo, Undergraduate Student Services Librarian at ETSU C.C. Sherrod Library received The James E. Ward Instruction Award.    This award is given to an individual who participates in the planning, execution of library instruction for an academic, school, public, or a special library.    For the outstanding and sustained work on continuing programs or projects concerned with library instruction as well as through publications; innovative and creative achievement in the development of library instruction programs with a positive image of libraries in the minds of library users.     Recognition of leadership qualities in the library and in professional organizations at the state and national level.

President – Brenda Moriarty

Vice President – Jason Penwell

Secretary – Gail Campbell

Treasurer – Virginia Salmon

In addition to his elected office, Jason Penwell agreed to serve as BTLA’s new webmaster.

Membership dues of $10 are now being accepted.  If you have any questions about your membership status, please check the membership lists to see whether you are on the current or inactive list.  You may mail checks (made payable to Boone Tree) to Virginia Salmon at the address below or send them through the courier.  Please be sure to include your current e-mail and work telephone number.

Virginia Salmon, Northeast State Community College, P.O. Box 246, Blountville, TN  37617-0246

Keep checking the web site for upcoming developments!

We hope to hold our organizational elections at this meeting, but still seek at least one candidate willing to run for President and at least two candidates willing to run for Secretary. If you are interested in running for office, please contact the Nominating Committee Chair, Chrissie Anderson Peters (capeters@NortheastState.edu or 423.354.2463) for more information. Most members’ dues will also be expired by this meeting, so please bring $10 for membership dues if you would like to vote in the election. Boone Tree Membership is open to anyone who loves libraries and books/literature, whether they are currently working in or are affiliated with a specific library or not.

The results are as follows:

15 members were qualified to vote (paid their dues).

9 voted.

Sue Knoche was elected President.

There were 2 write-ins for Vice President.  One was not qualified (no dues paid).  The second declined.  There is no vice president.

There were 2 write-ins for Secretary.  Dorothy Linton accepted.

The unanimous vote for treasurer went to Virginia Salmon.

Directions to the Museum

From the North

Take I-81 to Exit 57A (Johnson City). Follow I-26 East / US 23 South to Exit

19 (Old Exit 36, State of Franklin Road), and turn right onto State of Franklin Road. Go 3.6 miles on State of Franklin Road, then turn left onto West Market Street. Go 0.7 miles to Veterans Way (BP Station on the right), turn right onto Veterans Way, and go 0.3 miles to the North entrance of Mountain Home.  Take the first right, pass the theater and chapel on the right and park in Parking Lot U, which will be on the left.  The clock tower, Building 34 is directly south of the parking lot.  Walk up the ramp and enter the Museum at Mountain Home through the double glass doors on the West side of the building.

From the South

Follow I-26 West / US-23 North to exit 24 (Old Exit 31 – US-321/TN-67 Elizabethton exit), and turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp onto University Parkway (US-321 South). Take University Parkway 1.9 miles, then turn left on State of Franklin Road. Go about 0.5 miles, turn right at the second stop light on Mountain Home Drive. Cross the railroad tracks and bear to the left.  At the next intersection turn right onto Dogwood, then take the first left onto Fourth Street.  The clock tower, Building 34, which houses the Museum, will be on your right.  Go to the stop sign at the end of Fourth Street and you will see Parking Lot U ahead and to your right.  Park there and walk back to the Museum at Mountain Home.  Walk up the ramp and enter through the double glass doors on the West side of the building.

Handicapped parking is available on Fourth Street.

For a complete job description, contact Robin Cogdill at 865. 365.1666 or email rcogdill@sevierlibrary.org.

Resumes should be sent to:

Sevier County Mayor’s Office, 125 Court Ave., Suite 102E, Sevierville, TN 37862

Resumes must be received by 4 p.m., July 6, 2010.

Sevier County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color or national origin.

Amy Hopkins created directions with photos.  You can download them here.