Reminder to Public Libraries:
The Department of Libraries has signed a contract with Recorded Books to offer Universal Class at no cost to all Vermont Public Libraries beginning on September 1, 2011. All citizens of Vermont who have access to the services of a public library are eligible to use this online learning resource for free in the library or from remote sites.
Next year’s VLA conference will be held at St. Michael’s College on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Proposals for workshops are due to the conference committee by November 1. If you have an idea for a workshop or know of something you’d be interested in learning about, send ideas and proposals to Jane at jnapier@kellogghubbard.org
Learn the essentials about getting your community, library, or social group connected using the top social media tool.
Presented by Mary Danko of the Hartland Public Library. Attend any of the following sessions (a recording will be available on the eVT website after the last session).
Monday, August 29th 6:00 – 6:30pm
Thursday, September 8th 6:00 – 6:30pm
Monday, September 12th 6:00 – 6:30pm
To attend, go to http://vscmymeeting.acrobat.com/evtwebinars/
(link will also be posted at www.e4vt.org)
This webinar is easy to participate in wherever high speed Internet access is available.
Please log in 5 min. before the session begins and turn on your computer’s sound/speakers.
Burlington Area Access TV Organizations Bring National Speaker on Digital Marketing and Privacy
Contact Lauren-Glenn Davitian, davitian@cctv.org 802-862-3966 x12
On Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Champlain College, Alumni Auditorium, Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy will speak on how marketers track online and digital footprints, threats to privacy and dramatic changes in the delivery of news, information and entertainment. Digital Media at the Crossroads: Content & Control in the Internet Era is free and open to the public. Chester explores the latest developments in technologically advanced personalized data targeting, the role of the leading online marketing companies, new approaches to policy, its impact on diverse and progressive media content, and implications for the future of democracy and human rights.
VLA’s own Andy Burkhardt (College & Special Libraries Section President) has returned from NELLS with some initial thoughts on Leadership in Libraries:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InformationTyrannosaur/~3/GPvlYBzisvM/
Enjoy!
Nominations are open for the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.
The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations are being accepted online at atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian through Sept. 12.
Up to 10 librarians will be selected. Each will receive a $5,000 cash award, a plaque and will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by The New York Times, in December.
The New England Library Association is holding their Annual Conference this year October 2 – 4 at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center in Burlington! Better still, this conference is being held in cooperation with the Vermont Library Association, so VLA members may register for the Conference at the NELA member rate!
Some highlights of this years NELA Annual Conference include:
To qualify for Early Registration discounted rates you must register by September 23, visit the Conference webpage and register today: www.nelib.org/conference
If you are not already a member of one or both of these organizations, stop by the VLA Membership and/or NELA Membership areas of their websites for details on how to join.
Vermont Library Association announces the 2011
John Swan Lecture for Intellectual Freedom
Featuring
Christopher Finan
President of American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), member of the Media Coalition and member and chair of the board of the National Coalition Against Censorship, recipient of the 2011 Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Roll of Honor Award and 2008 winner of Eli Oboler Award speaking about his book
From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America
Thursday, August 25, 2011
4 p.m.
Sherburne Memorial Library 2998 River Road Killington,VT
Book signing and reception immediately following.
Free and open to the public
SAVE THE DATE!
Please mark your calendars for the 2011 Vermont Library Trustee Association Annual Conference. Jointly sponsored with the Vermont Department of Libraries, this year’s Conference will be held:
Saturday, November 5
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Vermont State House in Montpelier
Conference details and registration information to follow shortly.
DOL will be offering the following workshops in September. If you would like to attend, please click on the titles and you will be taken to the registration page.
Forming Community Partnerships, September 2, 9:30-3:00 at the Midstate Library Service Center, Berlin
Working with trustees, staff and volunteers to spread the word about libraries, September 20, 9:30-3:00 at the Midstate Library Service Center, Berlin
Please e-mail me if you would like to attend the same workshop on September 22st in Killington. If there is enough interest, it will happen.
Basic Interlibrary Loan, September 21, 9:30-3:00 at the Midstate Library Service Center, Berlin
Youth Services, a three-day workshop, September 27, 28, and 29, 9:30-3:00 at the Midstate Library Service Center, Berlin
Mara Siegel
Continuing Education Coordinator
Vermont Department of Libraries
(802) 828-2727
mara.siegel@state.vt.us