Are you looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA Annual 2011 in New Orleans?

Apply by Tuesday, December 14, 2010 for the NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance!

Applicants must:

1. Be a member of ALA and NMRT
2. Be active in the library profession
3. Show promise for activity in the area of professional development
4. Have valid financial need
5. Have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences

To apply, please visit:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/
awolofson/Shirley_Olofson_Award.cfm

Posted on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 6:06 pm in the ALA, Conferences, Funding Ops category.

This year’s conference will showcase practical applications of new tools – and innovative uses of tried-and-true tools – that support learning, outreach, or reference.

Date: Friday, October 15, 2010
Location: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Registration fee: $80 (includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch)

Please register early to avoid disappointment; attendance is capped at 120.

To register or for more information, please visit the conference web site at <http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/OctCon2010/>.

If you have a question about registration, please call Erin Branch at (603) 650-1661 or email her at erin.branch@dartmouth.edu .

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Posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 8:06 pm in the ACRL/NEC, C&SL, Conferences category.

We are now accepting proposals for the 2011 VLA Conference. If you have ideas for workshops, please send them to Jane Napier, Conference Chair, at jnapier@kellogghubbard.org All proposals are due to the conference committee by November 1.

The first conference committee meeting will be held Wednesday, September 15 at 6:30 pm. If you would like to serve on the conference committee, please email Jane with your contact info and you will be added to the committee list.

Posted on Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 2:15 pm in the Conferences, VLC category.

More information coming soon.

Within Reach: A live videoconference connecting all parts of Vermont to each other and the world.

September 21, 2010
1:45 – 3:45 pm
At all VIT sites

Learn how videoconferencing brings the world to your library. Be prepared to be excited and engaged by the possibilities that videoconferencing affords.

Learn about funding opportunities. Discover how you can take advantage of available sources including help with grant writing.

Learn about videoconferencing from a librarian who has been connected for years. Meet with inspiration from Wilma Kakie Glover-Koomson The reference librarian/IT manager Haverstraw King’s Daughter Public Library, Garnerville, New York.

Learn about the connection to the Library of Congress. Experience how programs will benefit your community from Judy Graves, Digital Projects Coordinator- Library of Congress.

Come discover how the future for your library is… Within Reach.

*For directions to the VIT sites visit www.vitlink.org

Posted on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 at 1:44 pm in the Conferences, Educational Ops, Events, Funding Ops, News, Public Libraries, Technology, Uncategorized, VCAL category.

Learn how to work “Outside the Box” to meet today’s challenges for your library. The 2010 New England Library Association Annual Conference will be held October 17 – 19 at the Holiday Inn in Boxborough, Massachusetts. Join your colleagues from across the region for this exciting educational and networking event.

For details & registration information, please visit the conference website: http://www.nelib.org/conference/2010/

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Posted on Friday, August 6th, 2010 at 3:23 pm in the Conferences, Events, NELA category.

The Society of American Archivists’ Rare Book Workshop
December 16 and December 17, 2010
Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Two-day workshop, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Early-Bird Registration Deadline:  Wednesday November 17, 2010

Maximum Enrollment:  15
Cost:  Early-Bird/Regular

SAA Members:  $295/ $385
Employees of Member Institutions:  $335/$385
Nonmember:  $375/395

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Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 12:56 pm in the Conferences, Educational Ops, News category.

REGISTER NOW!

What: The North Atlantic Health Science Libraries Annual Conference

Theme: Libraries in Balance: Preserving our Roots, Growing our Future

Where: Newport Marriott, Newport, RI

When: October 24th – 26th 2010

How: http://www.nahsl.org/2010/RegForm2010.pdf (Print off, fill out and mail in)

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Posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 1:33 pm in the C&SL, Conferences category.

Join your colleagues for this one day workshop presented by the ACRL/NEC Scholarly Communication Interest Group!

Partnering with Faculty: Scholarly Communication Conversations
Thursday July 29, 2010, 9:30-3:00
Olin College, Needham, MA

Registration is limited, so sign up today!

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Posted on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 4:38 pm in the ACRL/NEC, C&SL, Conferences, Educational Ops category.

The results of the 2010 Vermont Library Conference survey are in, and the respondents have expressed three clear preferences: continue meeting on a college or university campus (92%), keep the one day format (67%), and no vendor hall (58%). These results will be used in planning future conferences. Thanks to all attendees who responded!

Posted on Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 9:23 am in the Conferences, VLC category.

Tools to Support Teaching and Outreach: A Mix of the New and the
Tried-and-True
Friday, October 15, 2010
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

The fourteenth annual October Conference for New England academic librarians, sponsored by the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/OctCon2010/

We seek presenters for the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries’ annual October Conference for New England academic librarians!

This year’s conference will showcase practical applications of new tools – and innovative uses of tried-and-true tools – that support learning, outreach or reference. The day-long event is scheduled for Friday, October 15, 2010 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (an easy two-hour drive from Boston, Springfield, and many other New England locations).

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Posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 at 10:05 pm in the C&SL, Conferences, Educational Ops, Events, Uncategorized category.