Digitizing Collections for Small Organizations – May 16 – June 13th

A discussion lead by Jess Weitz of Brooks Memorial Library and Forrest Holzapfel of the Marlboro Historical Society

Small town cultural organizations, such as libraries, museums, and historical societies, are community-anchored institutions that provide access to unique, local information and objects that are unavailable elsewhere. But budget-strapped organizations often do not have the funding, staff time and expertise, or technology to devote to digitizing these collections.

The importance of creating digital collections for small organizations is only increasing. Cultural changes have demanded more user-friendly ways to access information, such as from home or on mobile devices. In addition, social media, digital collaboration and crowdsourcing are now available to help create forums for sharing digital data.

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iLibrary: Digital Futures for Libraries

NETSL Annual Spring Conference Program 2012
iLibrary: Digital Futures for Libraries
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
College of Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Registration closes Monday April 23. Space is limited for this exciting program. Please note that only advanced registrations will be accepted this year.

Online Registration

Mail-In Registration Form

NO WALK-IN REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED

The full program is can be viewed at: http://nelib.org/netsl/2012conference

The Draw of Darkness in Young Adult Fiction

Check out today’s Vermont Edition program (VPR) that will be repeated again this evening at 7 p.m. Podcast available at: http://www.vpr.net/episode/53435/draw-darkness-in-young-adult-fiction/

Today’s topic is “The Draw of Darkness in Young Adult Fiction” and Grace Greene (DOL’s Youth Services Consultant), Janet Ketterer (Mark Skinner Library, Manchester), and Uma Krishnaswami, author and teacher at the Montpelier’s College of Fine Arts, did an outstanding job. Lots of interest via phone calls and web postings at VPR.

Video of Webinar Available: Patrons and Gale Resources: How to Get Them to Skip Google and Use the Library

For those of you who missed last week’s Patrons and Gale Resources: How to Get Them to Skip Google and Use the Library webinar and are clamoring for the information (how to put a search box for Gale resources on your library’s web page, look at different ways of configuring the interfaces of your Gale databases to make them as easy to use as possible, learn more about running your usage reports), here is the link to the archive:

http://vimeo.com/40479533

You can also find this and other related archived webinars at http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries.ce/voltraining

Words Fly Up: The New Digital Environment and its Challenge to Higher Education

Charles (Chuck) Henry, President, Council on Libraries and Information Resources, will give a talk, Words Fly Up: The New Digital Environment and its Challenge to Higher Education,  at Middlebury College (Axinn 232) on April 23 at 4:30 p.m

He looks at ten of the very large projects being developed at a national scale in the U.S., and explores ways these unprecedented efforts, if developed as elements of a coherent ecology, will challenge our understanding of culture, learning, and the organization of higher education.

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DCF & Red Clover Winners Have Been Chosen

Drum roll , please…

The 2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award has been won by Raina Telgemeier for Smile! It is too soon to know about the ceremony, but I will certainly keep you informed.

Born Yesterday written by James Solheim and illustrated by Simon James has won the 2012 Red Clover Award.

Grace

DCF & Red Clover Winners Have Been Chosen

Drum roll , please…
The 2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award has been won by Raina Telgemeier for Smile! It is too soon to know about the ceremony, but I will certainly keep you informed.
Born Yesterday written by James Solheim and illustrated by Simon James has won the 2012 Red Clover Award.
Grace

In-state tuition rates for Out-of-state Master of Library Science (MLS) students at Southern Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State University is pleased to announce In-state tuition rates for Out-of-state Master of Library Science (MLS) students

Prospective students who begin classes this summer with one or more  courses and enroll full-time during the fall and spring semesters can  complete the ALA-accredited MLS degree by next summer for as little as $14,159 for tuition and fees. Students can complete the degree studying online.

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Join Us for Legislative Day at the State House!

The Vermont Library Association has reserved the Card Room at the Statehouse on Wednesday, April 18 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Librarians and trustees will be on hand through out the day to talk with legislators about the importance of library services in Vermont. While we are not asking for direct state funding to public libraries, we do want to emphasize the services of the Vermont Department of Libraries (DOL) to all Vermont libraries. If you can be in Montpelier, even briefly, please stop by the Card Room to support all Vermont libraries. Feel free to contact Deb Bullock Spackman at deb@normanwilliams.lib.vt.us with any questions!