An Evening Without: Giving Voice to the Silenced

The ACLU of Vermont presents An Evening Without: Giving Voice to the Silenced, Sunday, Sept. 25, 7:00 pm, Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield. Vermont writers read from works that have been challenged, censored, or banned. This event is held during Banned Books Week (September 24-October 1) in celebration of the First Amendment. Admission by donation.

Featured readers are Lisa Alther, Philip Baruth, Emily Bernard, Rusty DeWees, David Goodman, Tanya Lee Stone, and Eric Zencey; emcee is Allen Gilbert, ACLU-VT executive director.

They will be reading from works by Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, George Orwell, Katherine Paterson, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, and Kurt Vonnegut.

For more information, go to www.acluvt.org.

Vermont Arts Council Cultural Facilities Grant Workshops 9/6 – 9/8

The Vermont Arts Council has announced the fall workshops for grantseekers. Many libraries have found funding for their buildings with the Cultural Facilities Grants. To RSVP for a workshop or see more information:

http://www.vermontartscouncil.org/Grants/GrantseekerWorkshops/tabid/229/Default.aspx

Three grantseeker workshops are planned for those interested in learning more about our Cultural Facilities Grant Program. This program helps improve, revive or refurbish historic Vermont buildings as community and cultural gathering places. Awards range from $1000 to $30,000.

Tues. September 6 in Manchester at American Museum of Fly Fishing
Wed. September 7 in Moretown at Town Hall Montpelier at Vermont Arts Council
Thurs. September 8 in St. Johnsbury at Fairbanks Museum

CANCELLED: DOL E-Rate workshops in Ludlow 8/31 & Barre 9/1

DOL has decided to CANCEL and re-schedule the E-Rate workshops scheduled in Ludlow 8/31 and Barre 9/1

We will be in touch as soon as we have information about re-scheduling

CANCELLED: DOL E-Rate workshops in Ludlow 8/31 & Barre 9/1

DOL has decided to CANCEL and re-schedule the E-Rate workshops scheduled in Ludlow 8/31 and Barre 9/1
We will be in touch as soon as we have information about re-scheduling

VOKAL Open House at Norwich Public Library

There will be a VOKAL Open House on Thursday, September 15 from 1-3pm at the Norwich Public Library in Norwich, VT for anyone interested in learning more about our VOKAL Koha system (a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium). We will be giving a brief introduction about the VOKAL project, demonstrating the VOKAL Koha ILS and then have time for anyone with a laptop interested in trying it out.

Green Mountain Library Consortium Info Session

Would you like more information on the Green Mountain Library Consortium (GMLC)? Or perhaps you are interested in one of our projects:

ListenUp!Vermont: Downloadable audiobook and eBook service
VOKAL: Open Source ILS project
Mango: Online Language Learning

You are invited to attend a virtual informational meeting that will give a quick overview of GMLC and their current projects on Friday, August 26^th at 11:00 AM.

Vermont Library Conference Committee Accepting Proposals

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

Using Facebook to Build Community – Free Webinar

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.

National Speaker on Digital Marketing and Privacy

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.

Chris Finan speaks as the 2011 John Swan Lecturer

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