View the recorded session here:
Creating a Customer-Focused Culture in Your Library (NELINET)
Sponsored by the College & Special Libraries Section
New Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award List!
Hello, all: The new, 2009-2010 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book award list is now here (drum roll please). You will find it at two locations: it is now on DOL’s website:
http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/dcf
and, very soon will be on the DCF website: www.dcfaward.org In addition to the master list, the trifold checklist for 2009-2010 is also there.
FREE State-Wide Webinar: Creating a Customer-Focused Culture in Your Library
Open to all library staff, trustees, friends, and other interested parties.
April 24th, 2009 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Visit the NELINET Event Details for more information.
Contact C&SL Section President Larraby Fellows to RSVP
and to get login information.
Time to Vote for 2009 DCF Winners!
Hello, all: Now is the time to rally your kids and vote for the 2009 DCF winner. Steve Madden, our webmaster and outgoing chair, has readied both the online and downloadable voting forms on the website: www.dcfaward.org Please use the online form unless you have some pressing reason not to.
Deadline for voting is April 17, 2009. We are NOT doing a mailing this year because of budget issues, so you will not be getting a printed form in the mail.
Have fun!
Grace
Workforce Reduction at the Vermont Department of Libraries
To: The Vermont Library Community
From: Martha Reid, State Librarian
Date: March 17, 2009
Subject: Workforce Reduction at the Department of Libraries
The Department of Libraries has received calls and emails from many of you concerning state budget cuts. I hope this memo will help answer some of your questions and concerns:
Last Wednesday Secretary of Administration Neale F. Lunderville was joined by Agriculture Secretary Roger Allbee, Human Services Secretary Rob Hofmann, and Natural Resources Secretary Jonathan Wood at a press briefing to discuss state workforce reduction proposals and the Administration’s counter offer to the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA.) As you know, the proposed position cuts are spread across state government and will have serious effects on services to Vermont citizens. The total workforce reduction plan for the Department of Libraries includes the loss of 4 positions: 3 positions proposed for FY10 and 1 position in FY09.
Please note: this is not an announcement of regional library closings.
Volunteer at the Vermont Library Conference!
As you all know, registration has opened for the 2009 Vermont Library Conference! Speaking Up! Advocacy for Libraries will be held on May 12 & 13 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center.
In order to make a great conference go smoothly, we are in need of a few extra volunteers to help on-site during the 2 days. From helping out with registration, assisting the bookseller, and making traffic flow, we have jobs small to large that we hope you can fill.
We are holding a VLC volunteer luncheon on Saturday, March 21st at the Sheraton. If you are serious about volunteering at the conference, please join us! RSVP to Sara Goldstein (sgoldstein@etsd.org) or Barbara Doyle-Wilch (bdoylewi@middlebury.edu) by Thursday, March 19th.
If you are interested in volunteering but unable to attend the luncheon, please contact us.
Thank you for your support – we look forward to a terrific conference this year!
Sincerely,
Barbara and Sara
Grant Opportunity Reminder from NEDCC
2009 NEH PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANT (PAG)
Application Deadline: May 14, 2009
NEDCC CAN OFFER SUPPORT FOR YOUR PAG APPLICATION
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) will award PRESERVATION ASSISTANCE GRANTS (PAG) of up to $6,000 to small and mid-sized institutions for preservation planning and implementing small projects that strengthen collections care overall.
WCAX interviews Williston library
Try to catch the WCAX (Channel 3) news tonight at 6 pm. Darren Perron  and a film crew spent two hours at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library this morning interviewing a Williston patron, Marty Reid and myself about library use during tough economic times. Our patron, Tom LeBarge, had lost his job and used the library to work on and send out his resume and save money on recreational reading. The good news is that he is now working again. It will most likely run in the first 15 minutes. If a “hotter†news story comes up it will run Monday night. It will be archived on the WCAX website after the showing, www.wcax.com .
Please Renew/Join the VLA for 2009!!
The VLA membership is on the calendar year cycle, so this is the time to renew or become a new member. Please find membership benefits and the form under the VLA Info category.
Showcase your library at VLC 2009!
Showcase your library at the “Celebrate Vermont Libraries†party at this year’s Vermont Library Conference
At this year’s conference in Burlington we are planning a big celebration of libraries from 5:30 – 7pm on Tues. May 12th (1st day of the conference). We need displays that will highlight the importance of all kinds of Vermont libraries for conference attendees and guests (legislators, gov’t officials, trustees, library friends, principals, etc.) to view while conversing with each other and enjoying food, drink, and music. We welcome all kinds of ideas that showcase the positive benefits of libraries and what libraries contribute to our communities, such as how libraries have touched the lives of someone, a child, a senior, a community group, visitors to our state, etc.