Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 8th and join us @ DigiCamp, ’12! This low cost 1/2 day youConference (8:30am-12:30pm) focuses on library technology and will take place at The College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Center.

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Posted on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 1:53 am in the Conferences, Events, Technology category.

Saturday, November 19th; 9am – 4pm February 16th, 2012
Lyndon State College Vermont Technical College
Visit www.e4vt.org for more information and registration link.

Join community leaders from around the state to share ideas and best practices for using online tools to create jobs, reinvent schools, attract visitors, improve civic involvement, and enliven Vermont communities.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 at 4:39 pm in the Educational Ops, Events, Technology category.

We’re pleased to announce that a Google will be hosting seminars all over the state to provide free tools and resources for Vermont businesses to get online and succeed online! These are free seminars for small businesses run by real Google employees.

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Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 9:16 am in the DOL, Educational Ops, Events, Technology category.

Howe Library invites New Hampshire and Vermont libraries to

AN UPDATE ON OPEN-SOURCE ILS

Monday, November 14, 2011
10:00 – 1:00
Howe Library, 13 South Street, Hanover, NH

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Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 9:13 am in the DOL, Educational Ops, Events, Technology category.

Workshop proposals for the 2012 Vermont Library Conference are due to the conference committee by November 1.  There is no set theme as of yet, so proposals could be on any topic that might be of interest to academic, public and school librarians.  Please send your ideas and proposals to jnapier@kellogghubbard.org Let us know what you’d like to see and we’ll do our best to get it on the schedule!

Posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 8:02 am in the Academic Libraries, C&SL, Conferences, DOL, Events, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Support Staff, Technical Services, Technology, VLC, Youth Librarians category.

Education! New and useful product and services! Networking! Inspiration!  Innovations! Authors! Social Events! Colleagues!

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!

Posted on Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 9:49 am in the ACRL/NEC, Academic Libraries, C&SL, Conferences, Educational Ops, NELA, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Support Staff, Technical Services, Technology, Youth Librarians category.

Reminder to Public Libraries:

The Department of Libraries has signed a contract with Recorded Books to offer Universal Class at no cost to all Vermont Public Libraries beginning on September 1, 2011. All citizens of Vermont who have access to the services of a public library are eligible to use this online learning resource for free in the library or from remote sites.

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Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 at 3:05 pm in the Educational Ops, News, Public Libraries, Technology category.

Learn the essentials about getting your community, library, or social group connected using the top social media tool.

Presented by Mary Danko of the Hartland Public Library. Attend any of the following sessions (a recording will be available on the eVT website after the last session).

Monday, August 29th 6:00 – 6:30pm
Thursday, September 8th 6:00 – 6:30pm
Monday, September 12th 6:00 – 6:30pm

To attend, go to http://vscmymeeting.acrobat.com/evtwebinars/
(link will also be posted at www.e4vt.org)

This webinar is easy to participate in wherever high speed Internet access is available.

Please log in 5 min. before the session begins and turn on your computer’s sound/speakers.

Posted on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 11:11 am in the Educational Ops, Events, Technology category.

Burlington Area Access TV Organizations Bring National Speaker on Digital Marketing and Privacy
Contact Lauren-Glenn Davitian, davitian@cctv.org 802-862-3966 x12

On Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Champlain College, Alumni Auditorium, Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy will speak on how marketers track online and digital footprints, threats to privacy and dramatic changes in the delivery of news, information and entertainment. Digital Media at the Crossroads: Content & Control in the Internet Era is free and open to the public. Chester explores the latest developments in technologically advanced personalized data targeting, the role of the leading online marketing companies, new approaches to policy, its impact on diverse and progressive media content, and implications for the future of democracy and human rights.

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Posted on Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 10:30 am in the Academic Libraries, C&SL, Educational Ops, Events, IFC, News, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Support Staff, Technology, Trustees category.

If you don’t have anything else planned for Wednesday, August 17th from 9:30-3:00 (or even if you do!), please consider coming to the Aldrich Library in Barre for Tech Trends 2011. Perennial favorite presenter Linda Braun will be sparking our imaginations with exciting new technologies for our libraries.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 10:12 pm in the DOL, Educational Ops, Technology category.