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:
Spring Preservation Workshops Presented by NEDCC – Register Now!
NEDCC Spring 2012 Preservation Workshops – Seats are Going Fast!
Full-day, in-person workshops on preservation topics. The Spring 2012 series includes three workshops on the care and digitization of photographs, as well as hands-on workshops on basic book repair and creating custom protective enclosures.
For more information: http://bit.ly/spwk12
Day For Friends
Vermont Friends of the Library, get out your calendars. May 5, a Saturday, is this year’s Day for Friends. We’ll meet at the amazing Axinn Center at the Starr Library at Middlebury College. Register now at http://evanced.info/vtdol/evanced/eventcalendar.asp for this no cost, information-packed day. Based on feedback from last year, topics include:
- Social networking for Friends (Facebook? Twitter? Tumblr? Google-alert?)
- Your Questions Answered Anonymously! (Please send those questions to me now!)
- Growing the Friends membership
- Making the Ask