VLA/NHLA Leadership Conference

Registration is full. Forms/checks received will now be wait listed. Individuals will be notified of cancellations in the order they were received. Wait listed checks will be returned after the workshop.

Vermont Library Association and New Hampshire Library Association are pleased to offer a one-day workshop

LIBRARY LEADERSHIP
This participatory workshop will focus on the future of libraries and the best practices that will help librarians improve access and services for their patrons.

Facilitated by Maureen Sullivan, president-elect of American Library Association and facilitator of NELLS (New England Library Leadership Symposium)

Friday, April 13, 2012
9:30 – 4:30
Coffee & munchies served at 9:00
Howe Library / 13 South Street / Hanover, NH 03755

Library Leadership Flyer & Registration (PDF)
Library Leadership Flyer & Registration (RTF)

ACRL-NEC VT Virtual Conference!

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN http://conference.acrlnec.org/content/vt-virtual.

The ACRL New England Annual Conference is one again upon us and being held at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Can’t make it down to Worcester? Want to network with other Vermont librarians? Need a cost-effective professional development option?

Mark your calendar for the 3^rd Annual ACRL-NEC Vermont Virtual Conference on Friday, May 18^th!

Center for Cartoon Studies Scholarship for a Teen Cartoonist

For the fourth year in a row, the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction has donated a full scholarship to the Department of Libraries so a Vermont teen can attend their one week workshop, “Create Comics,” this summer. This full scholarship, worth $900, includes the workshop, supplies, morning and afternoon snacks, lunch and evening student activities. Lodging is not included, but there is a very inexpensive hostel option at the nearby Hotel Coolidge. Any Vermont student age 16 or older (must be 16 years old by June 1, 2012) is eligible. The workshop will take place in White River Junction, VT July 16-20, 2012.

ALA Survey On Privacy Rights

ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom is conducting a survey to measure librarians’ attitudes about privacy rights and protecting library users’ privacy. Full details of the project and the survey are here:

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/ala-conducting-new-survey-about-librarians-and-privacy

Serving Deaf Patrons in the Library – February 22 & 29 (2-Parts)

Two-Part Workshop
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
12:00-1:30pm

Make your library a welcoming place for deaf people. In this workshop, you will gain an understanding of Deaf culture, learn several useful library-related signs, and be ready to work confidently with interpreters for your programs. Links to video demonstrations and handouts for library-related signs will be made accessible to participants to encourage practice and implementation after the workshop.

Serving Deaf Patrons in the Library – February 22 & 29 (2-Parts)

Two-Part Workshop
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
12:00-1:30pm
Make your library a welcoming place for deaf people. In this workshop, you will gain an understanding of Deaf culture, learn several useful library-related signs, and be ready to work confidently with interpreters for your programs. Links to video demonstrations and handouts for library-related signs will be made accessible to participants to encourage practice and implementation after the workshop.
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Librarian Relief Fund – Now Accepting Applications

The Vermont Library Association is now accepting applications for the Librarian Relief Fund. The deadline to apply is February 15th, 2012. Please contact VLA President Joe Farara with any questions, Joseph.Farara@jsc.edu.

Librarian Relief Fund Application (PDF)
Librarian Relief Fund Application (DOC)

The Vermont Library Association Librarian Relief Fund assists librarians who suffered personal property damages as a result of Hurricane Irene. Many of our colleagues need support beyond what is offered them by governmental agencies, so please donate generously to their cause.

Public Library Compensation Survey Information

The VLA Personnel Committee will be conducting a public library compensation survey in March. This survey will include both public library professionals and paraprofessionals.

To ensure that the survey link reaches all library staff members, I am requesting that public library directors please send me a list of their staff email addresses. The addresses will ONLY be used for emailing the survey link. My email is: lucinda.walker@norwichlibrary.org.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Thank you so much,
Lucinda

ALA meets with publishers to discuss e-content

ALA President Molly Stevens and other ALA leaders recently met with Macmillian, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Perseus about cooperating with libraries in the distribution of e-content. Stevens reported on these meetings in a Library Journal article.

ACRL/NEC Seeking Scholarship and Award Nominations

The ACRL/NEC offers professional development scholarships and an award for New England library science students and recent graduates, library staff and librarians. They are: