4th Annual Bikes to Books Ride

Join your CVLA friends for a bike ride, a picnic, or both!

Our RIDE this year will start at the Mendon Library and end at the Hyrum Library, with a PICNIC in Wellsville in the middle.

Details:
Saturday, June 10, 2017
• 10:00 – 10:15 meet at Mendon Library: time for a look around, fill your water bottle, and a bathroom stop before heading out
• 10:15 – 11:00 RIDE from Mendon Library to Wellsville Tabernacle parking lot
• 11:00 – 12:00 PICNIC at Wellsville Bookmobile stop (church parking lot at 30 South Center Street)
• 12:00 – 12:30 RIDE from Wellsville Bookmobile stop to Hyrum Library
• 12:30 – 12: 45 Hyrum Library: look around, bathroom break, drink more water!

What to bring if riding: your bike, a helmet, water bottle, sun protection, something to share for the picnic (can be carried in the support vehicle if needed)
What to bring if picnic-ing: something yummy to share! and a drink for yourself

Distances: Mendon to Wellsville 6.25 miles, Wellsville to Hyrum 5 miles
Terrain: Fairly flat with a slight elevation gain overall

CVLA will provide a support vehicle during the ride.
Click HERE for a link to route map.
Let Anne (anne.hedrich@usu.edu) know if you want to carpool to the event, or if you have any questions.

Sad Occasion for Cache Valley Libraries

Dear Cache / Rich Bookmobile supporters,

We're very sorry that despite writing letters, showing up to council meetings, and drumming up support, we weren't successful in stopping Cache County from cutting the budget for your library [see this post about the end of bookmobile services in just a few weeks: http://bit.ly/2pUpww5]. We continue to feel that decision by the executive and council was short-sighted and that it will negatively impact the education, literacy, and cultural lives of valley residents, especially those with lower incomes and those without a town library nearby.

We encourage everyone to use your libraries on a regular basis and talk to your friends and neighbors about what they mean to you. Make support for libraries a part of your social and political conversations. Ask candidates for office whether they support funding libraries and then take their answers into consideration when voting. Let's not allow a shameful event like this to happen again in Cache Valley.

Sincerely,
Save the Cache/Rich Bookmobile
(a campaign of the CVLA Advocacy Committee)

2017 Library Hero Award

We are very excited to announce that Shawn Bliss, Cache / Rich Bookmobile librarian, has been selected to receive our 2017 Library Hero Award!

Shawn has delivered library services to patrons in the rural parts of our valley for nearly 10 years and has been active in CVLA since the beginning, attending the very first planning meeting in January, 2012 and serving as a member of our Executive Committee twice. Congratulations, Shawn!

URGENT: How You Can Help Save The Cache/Rich Bookmobile

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

➨ Call or email the Cache County Executive and you council member ASAP (Contact info here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/save-the-cacherich-bookmobile/cache-county-contacts/1786452141632798). Respectfully tell them you're not okay with the bookmobile being de-funded. Ask your friends, family, coworkers, library patrons, etc. to do the same.
➨ Attend the next Cache County Council meeting in support of the bookmobile: https://www.cachecounty.org/countycouncil/countycouncil.html. Bring signs, friends, family, coworkers, library patrons, etc.
➨ Invite your Facebook friends to like the campaign page for updates and to show their support.

Urgent: Library Advocacy Needed

Dear CVLA and community members,

As reported on Cache Valley Daily on Sep. 14, Cache County Executive Craig Buttars is currently considering de-funding the Cache / Rich Bookmobile and Cache County Library. We are very concerned about the impact of such a move on our communities, and also the employees of these essential organizations.

Last week, our CVLA Executive Committee created an advocacy committee to explore ways we might promote our libraries, especially the bookmobile and county library at this time. You'll hear more from the committee in the near future. If you are interested in assisting in this effort, even if only for a short time, please contact me ASAP at joseph.anderson@loganutah.org.

In the meantime, if you feel so inclined, please respectfully express your opinion on this issue to Executive Buttars at (435) 755-1850 or craig.buttars@cachecounty.org before he presents his preliminary budget to the council during their Oct. 11 meeting. You can also like the new Save the Cache/Rich Bookmobile Facebook page for updates and to show your support.

We know how important libraries are in the lives of our community members. We know how important the bookmobile is, especially to our rural communities. We know the amazing rate of return on investment in libraries. We're not giving up on our communities, their libraries, and their employees!

All the best,

Joseph N. Anderson
CVLA Advocacy Committee Chair

CVLA Serving in ULA

Congratulations to the following CVLA members on their election to positions in the Utah Library Association!

🌟 Shawn Bliss (Cache / Rich Bookmobile) will be a Member-at-Large on the Executive Board!
🌟 Sherrie Mortensen (Logan Library) will be a Member-at-Large on the Youth Services Round Table (YSRT)!
🌟 Becky Skeen (USU Merrill-Cazier Library) will be Vice Chair of the Archives, Manuscripts & Special Collections Round Table (AMSC)!
🌟 Anne Diekema (SUU Sherratt Library, formerly of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library) will be Chair of the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)!

We know you'll all do great!

July 24 Events

We have two great events happening July 24th that we wanted everyone to know about. Whether you are a current CVLA Member or librarian working in Cache Valley or just a library-fan, we invite you to come and join in the festivities with us.

First, we will be participating in the Logan Pioneer Day Parade. Shawn Bliss, the Cache/Rich Bookmobile librarian will be driving his bookmobile in the parade and JaDene Denniston will be offering her convertible. There will be opportunities to ride or walk, as you need. We will meet at 10:30 along 100 W in Logan and make signs that represent our libraries or what we love most about libraries. Going along with the Summer Reading Program theme, we invite all participants to show up in superhero costumes or shirts, but it isn't required. We will have sign making equipment ready and water bottles for the participants. The parade will begin at noon and end at 1:30 at Willow Park. Please be sure to wear suncreen and bring a hat, if you need it. The map of the parade route is available here: http://www.loganutah.org/PR/Dept/images/Pioneer_Day/2015PioneerDayParadeInformation.pdf.

Second, we will be celebrating with Mendon City as they break ground for their brand new library/city office building. The groundbreaking starts at 7 pm at the Mendon Town Square. CVLA will have a brief meeting and some treats beforehand - at 6 pm at the pavilion on the square. The meeting agenda and minutes needing approval are attached for your reading pleasure. Please note that there will be showings of the "Wellsville Kid" at 5:30 and 7:45 that day, as well as the next day at 6, 7, and 8 o'clock. The Wellsville Kid is a very entertaining movie created by the residents of Mendon in 1972. (You can read about it in the Standard Examiner here: http://www.standard.net/Movies-TV/2015/07/16/The-Wellsville-Kid-rides-again-in-Mendon.html) The movie has been remastered and will be shown as a fundraiser for library. Tickets are $5/adults and $3/kids ages 12 and under or $7/adults and $5/kids at the door. Call 435-764-6610 or email wellsvillekid@gmail.com to pre-order.

We hope to see you there!

Thanks,
Liz
CVLA President