All this and more is available at the New England Library Association Annual Conference, October 2 – 4, in Burlington. Learn about Navigating the New Normal in your library. Register by September 23 for lower Early Registration rates. Vermont Library Association and ACRL-New England members receive NELA member pricing. This is a great, affordable professional development opportunity close to home. The deadline to reserve hotel rooms has been extended to Friday, September 9 – get your arrangements made now! Ride Share is also available for folks who want to carpool to and from Burlington.

There are plenty of offerings for academic and special librarians, including a keynote from R. David Lankes on Sunday afternoon that’s sure to please. Check out the program and register today!

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Enjoy!

Some highlights of this years NELA Annual Conference include:

• More than 50 sessions to satisfy all library workers, types and needs.
• Keynoter R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship.
• Post-Conference from WebJunction and other partners addressing the increased demand on libraries for job-related assistance.
• Each meal at the Conference includes a presentation by a well-known author.
• More than 100 exhibiting companies.
• Burlington City Arts will host the NELA Reception and Games.
• Dine-Around in downtown Burlington.
• Dinner cruise aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen

To qualify for Early Registration discounted rates you must register by September 23, visit the Conference webpage and register today: www.nelib.org/conference

If you are not already a member of one or both of these organizations, stop by the VLA Membership and/or NELA Membership areas of their websites for details on how to join.

Each year NETSL holds elections to fill open positions on the Board. If you are enthusiastic about innovations in technical services, are interested in contributing to regional technical services programming, and would like to have direct input into the direction of NETSL as an organization, consider running for a position on the NETSL Executive Board. Candidates must be NETSL members (via membership in NELA) to serve on the board.

The following positions on NETSL’s 2011-2012  Executive Board are open:

* Corresponding Secretary (one-year term)

* Recording Secretary (one-year term)

* Treasurer (one-year term)

* Vice President/President-Elect (three-year term)

After serving as VP for one year, the VP succeeds to the office of President, then remains a third year on the Board as Past President. The VP must be, or become, a member of the ALCTS  division of the American Library Association in addition to being a NETSL member. VP candidates write a personal statement (approximately 150 words) outlining their background and interests, which will be included on the ballot.  It is preferable for a VP candidate to have served previously on the NETSL Board.

Terms of office officially begin at the end of NETSL’s annual business meeting, held during the NELA Annual Conference (this year, October 2-4, 2011). The NETSL Board will hold a transition meeting with both current members and incoming members in September 2011.

For additional details about NETSL and the duties of the offices of the Board, visit the NETSL web site: http://www.nelib.org/netsl/bylaws

If you are interested in running for a Board office, please contact Amira Aaron, NETSL President,  at a.aaron@neu.edu<mailto:a.aaron@neu.edu> or 617-373-4961by July 15th. Election ballots will go out to the membership in late July.

NETSL is a section of the New England Library Association (NELA) and is affiliated with the ALCTS Council of Regional Groups. Membership in NETSL is open to any member of NELA at no additional cost.  For more information on NETSL, visit our website at: http://nelib.org/netsl/

The New England Library Association is accepting applications for the New England Library Leadership Symposium (NELLS.)  NELLS is an intensive one-week leadership retreat and training, which will be held August 8-12 at the Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover , Massachusetts .

Who can attend? NELLS students will be library professionals, paraprofessionals, or volunteers (trustees, friends, etc.) in mid-career (3-15 years experience in or with libraries). The attendees may be recommended by someone or may make their own application for this leadership training. Each student must be a member of his or her state association or NELA in order to apply.

What does it cost? The student’s contribution, which may be supported by the student, the student’s institution, or with a scholarship (some State Library Associations are offering scholarships,) is $400 for four nights lodging, all meals, and the program.

What is taught? The curriculum covers the following areas: getting to know your leadership style; interpersonal communication; presentation skills; managing differences; risk taking; the library within the community; using power and influence; understanding libraries as organizational systems; transforming libraries; the leader as a catalyst for change; the leader’s role as coach and mentor; and achieving your potential. Attendees develop an action plan for their future commitments.

How do I apply?  Go to the NELA website at www.nelib.org and download the NELLS application.  It is a fairly simple application, and also requires references.  Applications are due May 17, 2011.

NELLS is supported by the New England Library Association, The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, the Connecticut Library Association, Maine Library Association, the Massachusetts Library Association, the New Hampshire Library Association and the Vermont Library Association.

For more information or to download an application, please go to the NELA website at www.nelib.org .  You may also contact NELLS Co-Chairs for more information:

Krista McLeod  978-686-4080 ext 10  kmcleod111@yahoo.com

Or

Janice Wilson   860-465-5550 wilsonj@easternct.edu

When: Friday, June 17, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30 pm
Where: Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston MA 01505

Directions at http://www.towerhillbg.org/thwebdir.html

How much: Registration fee includes lunch!

NELA members – $50 non-members – $65

Library school students & unemployed librarians – $35

How:Registration closes Friday June 3th. Space is limited.

Mail-In form available at end of this message; online registration soon at http://nelib.org

Agenda:

Registration: 9:00 AM

Keynote: 9:30 AM Megan K. Fox, the Director of Knowledge Management and IT, Jobs for the Future

Libraries on the Go: Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications

Current hardware and new technologies are making hand-held computers essential for on-the-go users. Fox highlights the latest development in applications for mobile and hand-held tools and how these can and are being utilized by libraries and information seekers of all kinds.

11:15 AM Jessamyn West, a technologist living in rural Vermont studying the digital divide and solving technology problems for schools and libraries

The Mayor of Everywhere Using Social Tools to be More Places at Once

Web 2.0 tools are uncomplicated to use and freely available online, and they have been making it easy and even enjoyable to remix, share, and repurpose content. The added new dimension of ubiquitous mobile computing is providing more opportunities for libraries to reach patrons and for patrons to interact with librarians. This presentation will address trends in Web 2.0 and social technology.

12:30 PM Lunch (included in registration)

1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Panel presentation and discussion

Brian Herzog: Making your Library Mobile-Friendly

Tools and techniques to create a useful resource for your mobile patrons

Bonnie Roalsen & Ryan Livergood: Talking Walls & Augmented Realities

Using QR codes to extend your library’s services and programs, engage your communities and construct mobile knowledge networks

Christine Drew: Enabling Mobile Academic Library Users

Accessing student’s technology-use, deploying a mobile site, dabbling with QR codes

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Registration Form:

Mobilize your patrons: library service in a hand-held world

2011 ITS Spring Event registration

Print and mail in the form below or register online soon at http://nelib.org [http://nelib.org/]

Make your check payable to the New England Library Association and mail to

Marilyn Borgendale
GMILCS, Inc.
1701B Hooksett Road
Hooksett NH 03106
Registration fee includes lunch!
___NELA members $50

___Non-members $65

___Library School students & unemployed librarians $35

Name:

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2020 Vision: A New Decade For Technical Services

Friday April 8, 2011
9:15 am – 3:30 pm
Registration begins at 8:30 am
Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
http://www.holycross.edu/directions/hogan.html

Registration (closes March 25, 2010):
Member: $50
Non-Member: $80
Student / Unemployed: $25

Registration information: http://nela.camp9.org/netsl/conference

Morning Keynote Address:

Innovate or Become Obsolete: Technical Services Staffing for the 21st Century by Brad Eden,
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of More Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services and a recent article titled “The New User Environment: The End of Technical Services?” (Information Technology & Libraries, June 2010, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p93-100, 8p). He publishes in the areas of metadata, librarianship, medieval music and liturgy, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Afternoon Keynote Address:

A Future for Libraries by John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. He is the co-author of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives and Access Denied: The Practice and Politics of Internet Filtering. His research and teaching is focused on Internet law, intellectual property, and international law. As Director of the Harvard Law School library, he has focused on an innovative reorganization of staff and functions and has also been an active participant in the study and revamping of libraries and library staff across Harvard.

Panel of Library Directors:

View From The Top:  Future Organization and Innovation in Technical Services.  Thoughts from a panel of library directors including: Jay Schafer, Director of Libraries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Kendall Wiggin, Connecticut State Librarian.

Breakout Sessions:

The “Unified Discovery Platform” and the Library Catalog: Teammates or Rivals? — Cecilia P. Tittemore, Head, Cataloging and Metadata Services, Dartmouth College Library.

As the use of discovery systems grows, what will be the future of traditional library catalogs?  This session will explore the metadata principles and practices behind discovery platforms and library catalogs and how they result in different user experiences.

Research Data and Libraries — Donna Kafel, MLIS, Project Coordinator, Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Science Librarian for the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Researchers must now prepare plans for data management and curation for grant proposals.  Librarians are ideally suited to provide support in this area.  What skills and knowledge do we need for success in these efforts and to demonstrate our value to our parent institutions?

User Knows Best: Patron Driven Acquisition and the Death of “Expertise” — Deborah Lenares, Manager, Acquisitions & Resources-Sharing, Wellesley College and Peter Spitzform, Collection Development Librarian, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont.

The advent of patron-driven acquisitions is turning traditional selection and acquisitions models upside down.  How does it work and how can we make it successful in our own institutions?

The Digital Future — Patrick Yott, Director, Library Technology Services, Northeastern University.

What new skills are needed and what roles can technical services and metadata staff play in the next decade to support digital repositories and other digital services provided by the library to the larger institution?

NETSL Award

Presentation of the NETSL Award for Excellence in Technical Services will be made at the luncheon.

Questions, suggestions, or other feedback? Contact Amira Aaron, NETSL President, a.aaron@neu.edu

NETSL is a section of the New England Library Association (NELA) and is affiliated with the ALCTS Council of Regional Groups. Membership in NETSL is open to any member of NELA at no additional cost. For more information on NETSL, visit our website at: http://nelib.org/netsl/

Jackson wanted me to pass along that while in VT, he would be willing to present programs at Vermont libraries who are interested.  If he has more than one program he can also lower the travel costs to libraries.

His web site is: http://www.jacksongillman.com/ if you are interested in contacting him about the many programs in his repertoire.

Hold the date of Friday, June 17, 2011 for the annual New England Library Association Information Technology Section’s Spring Event. This year our theme is mobile technology. More details, including about our great speakers, will be sent out in the next few weeks.

Marilyn Borgendale
2011 NELA ITS Chair

Deadline for nominations is Friday, February 18, 2011

Eligibility for nomination is as follows:

• Nominees may be NETSL/NELA members, but membership in the Association is not a requirement.
• A nomination must be accompanied by a written statement that includes the reasons for nomination and a narrative summary of the nominee’s career and achievements. The person’s resume or CV may be used to meet this requirement.
• You do not have to be a NETSL member to make a nomination.
• Please send you nominations and the above documentation to the NETSL Vice-President no later than Friday, February 18, 2011. Contact information for Helen Linda, NETSL Vice President, appears below.

Current members of the NETSL Executive Board are not eligible for consideration.

Details can be seen at http://nela.camp9.org/netsl/awards

Please send nominations and inquiries to:

Helen Linda
NETSL Vice-President/President-Elect
celestihel@gmail.com
802-322-1602

NETSL is a section of the New England Library Association and is affiliated with the ALCTS Council of Regional Groups. For more information on NETSL, visit our website at: http://nelib.org/netsl/