The Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education program offers half-day, full-day, and month-long workshops each season at our Boston and Mount Holyoke campuses, online, and elsewhere throughout New England. Our workshops and courses are scheduled on weekends or online for the convenience of practicing librarians and other professionals.
Register Now for Fall '08 Simmons Continuing Education Workshops
The Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education program offers half-day, full-day, and month-long workshops each season at our Boston and Mount Holyoke campuses, online, and elsewhere throughout New England. Our workshops and courses are scheduled on weekends or online for the convenience of practicing librarians and other professionals.
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Wyoming 2008 Library Workforce Survey
As the State Data Coordinator, I just received a link to the Wyoming 2008 Library Workforce Survey. I think this is of interest to Vermont, in that Wyoming is also a very rural state with a very small population. I wanted to share it with all of you. This will be of interest to academic, public, school and special librarians.
Center for Rural Studies 30th Anniversary Symposium
Center for Rural Studies 30th Anniversary Symposium
Saturday, October 4, 2008 (9 am – 6:30 pm)
Mt. Mansfield Room in UVM’s Davis Center
Information/ Registration: http://crs.uvm.edu/30years
This symposium will include speakers, panel discussions and displays on Vermont’s civic culture and food systems, and strategies for responding to rural needs and improving education and outreach. Moderators include Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee, and Dan Gillmor, author and electronic communication visionary. More than just a celebration, CRS hopes to move into the next 30 years energized by your ideas, involvement and participation.
NEDCC’s Preservation Workshop Series Fall 2008 – SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
DON’T MISS OUT!
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is pleased to present
its FALL 2008 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SERIES:
* Intermediate Book Repair — Tuesday, September 23
* Writing Successful Grant Proposals — Wednesday, September 24
* Preserving Oversize Paper Artifacts — Thursday, September 25
* Caring for Textiles — Wednesday, October 1
* Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite — Thursday, October 2,
(at Merrimack College)
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NEDCC's Preservation Workshop Series Fall 2008 – SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
DON’T MISS OUT!
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is pleased to present
its FALL 2008 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SERIES:
* Intermediate Book Repair — Tuesday, September 23
* Writing Successful Grant Proposals — Wednesday, September 24
* Preserving Oversize Paper Artifacts — Thursday, September 25
* Caring for Textiles — Wednesday, October 1
* Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite — Thursday, October 2,
(at Merrimack College)
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History of Pop-Up and Movable Books: Slide Lecture by Carol Barton
At 7 pm on Friday, September 12, 2008, renowned paper engineer, book artist, and educator Carol Barton will give a slide lecture on the history of pop-up and movable books. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Special Collections and the Craft Emergency Relief Fund. It will be held in the Special Collections reading room in Bailey/Howe Library on the UVM campus.
VLA Travel Wiki – Coordinate Carpooling and Roommates for Events
Hello all!
I accidentally buried the announcement of this resource in the post about the NELA Conference, but I have created a wiki for people to coordinate attending events. I remember longing for something like this when I didn’t drive and didn’t know anybody and desperately wanted to go to conferences and workshops. So now I’ve created it. This is an experiment, so please come along for the ride, if for no other reason than we could all save a few bucks and maybe even meet some interesting new folks.
Celebrate Judith Flint
Arthur Milnes, guest commentator on Vermont Public Radio, celebrates Judith Flint of the Kimball Public Library in Randolph for her defense of patron confidentiality when the FBI appeared. Milnes:
Judith Flint’s example gives me hope – despite the challenges on both sides of the border and in the wider world as our necessary war on terror continues. While I have never met her – and probably never will – I am confident that to the children and families in Randolph she is a true friend.
Read the commentary at VPR or hear the podcast.
Amy Howlett
VT Department of Libraries Â
Banned Books Week: September 27th – October 4th
Check out Ideas from 2007 on ways to celebrate Banned Books Week
Posted May 12 on the ALA website:
“And Tango Makes Three” tops ALA’s 2007Â list of most challenged books
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For a second consecutive year, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning “And Tango Makes Three,” a children’s book about two male penguins caring for an orphaned egg, tops the list of ALA’s 10 Most Challenged Books.