| Summary: | ■: i r '!vi Ii': \l i. \i v'.SI I T'lMH CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS The Stale Library and the Governor's Advisory Council on Libraries join the North Dakola Library Association in supporting the "Confidentiality of Records" law. To quote from I he memo you received from Tom Jone^, "The proposed statutory change would exempt library circulation use rc-cordj from the North Drikol.i 'open records' statute which was passed lor the purpose of keeping public records '-pen for public scrutiny lo 'keep government honest' . All of our board minutes, the pieelincjs themselves, all libraiy financial and administrative records are open for public scrutiny as they should be. Circulation records, however, are another matter in that they relate lo individual privacy." The Legislative Committee of NDLA has recommended the following statutory change "Records maintained by a publicly supported library which link a patron's name with materials requested or borrowed by Hie library patron or which link a patron's name with a specific subject about v. hich the patron has requested information or material, an' spec ifu ally exempted from (public) disclosuic under Section 44 04 18, except pursuant lo a valid court order or suhpoeiin. " N II W PU BLI CATION Rearing and Restoring Giant Canada Geese in the: Dakotas, a "publication by the North Dakota Game and Tish Department, traces Hie history of giant Canada goose reintroduclions in North and South Dakota and documents the restoration programs and propagation techniques used in the two states. A limited number of copies arc: available from Ihe North Dakota Game and Fish Department. A fee of >2.00 per copy is charged to cover postage and handling. Address: North Dakola Game: and l-'ish Department, 212 1 Lovelt Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505. 3 3105 00283 1582 LEGISLATIVE HELP FROA; THE STATE LI BRARY The Stale Library is subscribing to the- Legislative Council's "Bill Slalus Inquiry System" during the 1985 Legislative Session. We will have on line up to the minute access to bills by: (ri) bill number, (b) Committee Hearing inquiry, (c) Bill activity by date, (dl Senate sponsor, (e) House sponsor, (f) Senate Committee sponsor, (g) House Committee sponsor, (h) Subject index, (i) Section number comparisons, and (j) Bill status summaries. Libraries v.ishinq information on a particular hill nay u3e the Slate Library's toll free number lo find answers lo their inquiries. .1H 3. JOYS OF ST A T E W ID E AUTOMATION IN NORTH DAKOTA Since reorganization of the State's Technology Committee in July, every day has been a little like Christmas for North Dakota's Library Automation Committee members preparing preliminary reports for the upcoming December CommiUeo of the Whole meeting in Jamestown. The mail is a Santa's bag of surprises, bringing joy oi groans, depending on the results of committee research or queries. For when statewide automation is the object, the parts may be harder to put together than a kid's bike on Christmas Eve. But enthusiasm sub committees are the plan telecommunications: is high, and hard at work putting together. Take this sub commitlee is struggling with the problem of con nee ling the many to the most, the best way, for the least. Or finance: a committee thai gels lo price the project, then figure out how to divvy the bill. Headaches? Consider functions_ and _hardware. Ihe folks who gel to play "Button, Button" and "Charades" with twenty plus vendors, claiming to have everything from an online catalog to a cure for library burnout. And don't forget standards, Ihe commitlee that breaks the news that we aren't doing what we thought, and won't like doing what we ought. To keep us
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