The annual Red Clover conference will be held on October 7 at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee. David Wiesner, author/illustrator of three Caldecott winning titles will be the keynote speaker. Don’t miss it! For details and to register go to:
Author Archive: Web
Grants for Book Clubs Serving Underserved Teens
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) are now accepting applications for the next round of Great Stories CLUB grants. Electronic applications for the reading and discussion series will be accepted through Nov. 2 at www.ala.org/greatstories. Funding was provided for this program by Oprah’s Angel Network.
Great Tips & Discussions for Non-Profit Boards
Blue Avacado is a newsletter for non-profit boards. I encourage librarians and board members to subscribe. Lots of good ideas are discussed. This happens to be a good article dealing with board members who don’t do anything. Share it with your board chair:
http://www.blueavocado.org/node/429
Rob Geiszler
Regional Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
271 North Main Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 786-3839
Great Tips & Discussions for Non-Profit Boards
Blue Avacado is a newsletter for non-profit boards. I encourage librarians and board members to subscribe. Lots of good ideas are discussed. This happens to be a good article dealing with board members who don’t do anything. Share it with your board chair:
http://www.blueavocado.org/node/429
Rob Geiszler
Regional Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
271 North Main Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 786-3839
Department of Libraries Submits ARRA Broadband Grant Application
The Vermont Department of Libraries has submitted an application for $601,753 in Federal grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunities Program for Public Computing Centers. According to Martha Reid, State Librarian, the BTOP grant awards will be announced in November. “If we receive this grant award, thousands of Vermonters will have access to free computer training at a variety of locations around the state and four of our busiest public libraries will be able to purchase additional computers for public use.”
American Heritage Preservation Grants – Funding Available from IMLS and Bank of America
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) can help you apply for a preservation grant available from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation for your institution’s paper-based collections.
American Heritage Preservation Grants will be awarded in amounts up to $3,000 to assist in the preservation of endangered and fragile American art works, rare books, scientific specimens, and historical documents (photographs, maps, deeds, etc.). Objects should be of significance within the heritage of the community. Targeted to meet the needs of small to medium size organizations, these grants are available to fully fund projects in three areas: treatment of library, museum or archival collections; improvement of collections storage; and environmental improvement of collections.
Peer Reviewers Needed for Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
Greetings,
I am forwarding this message from IMLS calling for peer reviewers of applications for federal ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) BTOP (Broadband Technology Opportunities Program) grant funds.
NTIA “encourages interested library and museum professionals to review grant applications for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP)” and some of you may be interested in being part of the review process.
The Department of Libraries is a participant in two applications that have been submitted to the BTOP program: (1) Public Computing Centers (as the major applicant), partnering with The Vermont State Colleges and 65 public libraries, and (2) Sustainable Adoption of Broadband: The VT Council on Rural Development is the lead contact and the Department of Libraries is one of several grant partners.
Librarians who are somehow connected with either of these grants may not be eligible as reviewers, due to a conflict of interest. For more information, please see the message below.
Marty
CORRECTION: Library Reports and Standard Training in Ludlow not Full
Please see original post for more information on this event.
Hello Everyone,
We have learned that the registration deadline for the Bibliostat Collect training on October 1 at 9:30 in Ludlow was accidentally set to 8/24. If you tried to register, you were told that the session was full, but that’s not true. The deadline will be changed to 9/24 in the next few days. As soon as we change that date, you’ll be able to enroll. If you want to register for this training, please wait until the end of this week, or early next week. Then, click on the link for the Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow: http://tinyurl.com/lh7lc5 . It should work by Friday, but if not, try again next Monday. The session is not full.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Rob Geiszler
Regional Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
271 North Main Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 786-3839
Annual Public Library Report and Standards Application — important training sessions, October 1 — Ludlow or Midstate
Every fall the anticipation among librarians is palpable: the trips to the office supply store to purchase new pens, pencils and erasers, perhaps a pencil sharpener, a manila envelope or two, maybe even a new calculator. Who can resist the lure, the absolute delight, of completing and filing the Annual Vermont Public Library Report and Application for Minimum Standards? Oh, the thrill of the hunt to find copies of last year’s report, and those reports given to the Trustees and SelectBoard. What about the hours hunched over the forms, punching the calculator buttons?
Traveling Doll and Book Exhibits FREE for the Borrowing
Many of you have hosted the traveling doll and book exhibits but there are many who have not.
They are sponsored by the United Federation of Doll Clubs, Region 15 and by the Green Mountain Doll Club of Vermont.
I am now booking 2010.
For those you wish to learn more about how your library can host these FREE and FUN exhibits, just drop me a line.