The Center for Cartoon Studies is extending a discount to their summer workshops to librarians in Vermont.
2012 Summer Workshops
Children’s Books, June 25-29
Create Comics, July 16-20
Cartooning Studio, July 23-27
Cartooning Studio: Production & Design, July 30-August 3
Master Class in Comics Narrative, August 20-24
To register online: http://ccssummerworkshops2012.
Enter promotional code: CCSLOVESLIBRARIES
And receive 25% off tuition for any summer workshop
Our purpose: bring people together, of all skill levels, that manage technology in Vermont’s public libraries, to discuss the best tools, how to manage them, and move our libraries forward. Hear what other libraries are doing and to share your ideas.
Marybelle Singer, director of the Alburgh Library, passed away last week. It could most certainly be argued that she made the library what it is today. Her obituary can be found at http://www.kiddermemorialhome.com. You can also see a piece WCAX did on her at the beginning of the year: http://www.wcax.com/story/17009463/super-seniors-marybelle-singer. She was very proud of her work at the library and she will be missed dearly by her community.
Jeremiah Kellogg
Library Development Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
Turning the Page 2.0 is a unique opportunity for free, in-depth, interactive, online education in public library advocacy. Register for this six week course and get one-on-one attention from professional facilitators as you build a customized Advocacy Work Plan for your library.
Come join us at the ACRL-NEC Access Services Spring Conference
“How Does Your Access Services Garden Grow?”
When: June 8, 2012
Where: Tower Hill Botanical Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, MA 01505
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Cost: $30.00 per person
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources just announced a free Vermont State Parks App:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oh-ranger!-parkfinder-vermont/id509618668?mt=8
As Parks Passes start to go out, this would be a wonderful thing to promote with the passes for library members with smart phones and tablets.
It might even be a great time to promote certain apps that have to do with the great outdoors, like the Audubon Guide Apps, which are a little pricy but I use them all the time myself and that purchase supports local business (Green Mountain Digital).
http://www.greenmountaindigital.com/
What are your favorite reference apps that you tell patrons about?
Please enjoy these videos of our First Annual Book Cart Drill Team Competition:
University of Vermont Libraries’ Banned On The Run: http://youtu.be/mO2ob44t1sg
Vermont Department of Libraries: http://youtu.be/63dxfzaffmg
If you have pictures of the day that you want added to the conference photo album on our Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/VTLibraryAssociation), please send them to me at vermontlibrarieswebmaster@gmail.com with your full name (so I can give you proper credit) and with the full names/blessings of the people in the picture. If the pictures were taken at a session/meeting/lunch/etc., please include that information, also!
Dear Vermont Librarians,
I am a student at Southern Connecticut State University and a staff member at the Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro, Vermont who is completing a research project for a Masters of Information and Library Science degree.
My thesis is titled “CREATING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS IN VERMONT’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES” and it investigates how small, rural cultural organizations, specifically public libraries in Vermont, can create effective and low-cost digital collections.
I am asking for your participation in a quick survey I have developed and posted online. The survey should take you no more than 15 minutes to complete.
NEDCC PRESERVATION TRAINING NEWS:
The 2012 Training Calendar is now up through December.
NEDCC has expanded its program to include even more digital topics, while continuing to offer accessible, affordable hands-on and online training on the essentials of physical collections care.
Check out the NEW Workshops and Webinars:
http://www.nedcc.org/eblasts/
QUESTIONS?
Contact Donia Conn, dconn@nedcc.org
Providing generic information and support for the Family History hobby since 2010!
Thursday August 9, 2012 – Noon to 8 pm ( open house format )
C. P. Smith Elementary School
332 Ethan Allen Parkway in Burlington, Vermont
This is a new “holiday” that has been created to help us remember relatives that have died. Kind of like combining Valentine’s Day along with Thanksgiving! Plus, it’s a good reason to call someone special – keeping those communication channels open. This in itself will go a long way in keeping YOUR FAMILY HISTORIES alive.