Date: Wednesday, August 20, from 1-4 pm
Location: Durick Library at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester.
The topic is Innovations in Reference service and in Promotion of reference service in light of the national trend of declining reference statistics
RSVP to Michele McCaffrey by August 1. More details to come as well as parking information, directions, etc.
Michele R. McCaffrey
Reference & Instruction Librarian/Reference Coordinator
Durick Library, St. Michael’s College
Box L, One Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439 mmccaffrey@smcvt.edu
802-654-2411
Many years ago librarians in resort towns got together to compare issues and share practices particular to serving communities with the seasonal population fluctuations. A few of us think it is time to rejoin forces and compare notes. Wednesday, July 16 at 9:30 we are meeting at the Sherburne Library in Killington and invite you to join us as we share our experiences and questions over coffee.
“Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural Communities” will take place in Ottawa, Ontario on August 6 and 7 at Library and Archives Canada, and will include tours of the Canadian Genealogy Centre and Gatineau Preservation Centre. For full details, please see the conference website at http://www3.telus.net/public/cv910081/GenLoc
The next JASNA-Vermont Chapter meeting on June 22… any questions, or you would like a copy of the complete flyer for posting in your library, please email Kelly McDonald at jasna-vt@hotmail.com. We have also started a blog for the chapter and invite you to visit! [it is just in its infancy with lots more to add, so come back often…] http://janeausteninvermont.wordpress.com
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Mark your calendars for July 24, 2008 when Law for Librarians, a project of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom will be held at the Sherburne Memorial Library in Killington. Co-sponsored b VLAIFC and Sherburne Memorial Library, the day-log seminar, 9 a.m. to 3p.m., will feature presentations by national library leaders in intellectual freedom, Dr. Carrie Gardner and Kenton Oliver as well as VLA IFC members Paul Donovan and Gail Weymouth. It is designed for the lay person to acquire a basic understanding of the principles, laws and practices guiding library policies and service our community.
Contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, and workshops are due May 12, 2008. The ACRL 14th National Conference, to be held in Seattle, March 12-15, 2009, will offer a forum for an exciting and energizing exchange of ideas on research, practices, developments, and visions in the field of academic and research librarianship. The conference theme, “Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend,” reflects the promise and the challenge of the Northwest. The ACRL National Conference Executive Committee invites submitters to send their edgiest, most “out-there” proposals, to help make ACRL 2009 a truly groundbreaking conference.
Proposals are sought for a variety of formats including contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, workshops, poster sessions, and roundtable discussions. Deadlines for proposal submissions are as follows:
May 12, 2008 - Contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, and workshops
The Vermont Department of Libraries is pleased to offer a full-day (9:30-3:00) workshop, conducted by a preservation professional from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), designed to help libraries identify, assess, prioritize, and address their preservation needs. It will be offered in four locations around the state. To register, click on the link below. You will find a full description of the workshop below the registration links. Please pass this along to your colleagues who may be interested. Please contact Mara Siegel (828-3261) if you have any questions.
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference Media and Popular Culture: Effects on Academic Libraries
University of Connecticut, Bishop Center, Storrs, CT
Friday, April 18, 2008
Registration is now open for the ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference. This year’s conference will explore how libraries are adapting to the interactions of popular culture, new media technologies, and scholarly pursuits in higher education. Please join us to examine the library’s role in a landscape of Web 2.0 and open access publishing and to consider how we can develop relevant service models in this environment.
Workshops for public library trustees and directors around the state begin March 24, in conjunction with the UVM Town Officers Educational Conferences. To register for any of the TOECs,
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