Public Libraries Section & related news and events.
This program is a JOINT VENTURE between the Vermont Bar Association and the Vermont Department of Libraries with the purpose of expanding education outreach programs to rural Vermont adults.
The program provides a licensed Vermont attorney as a speaker on a legal topic of interest selected by the librarian. In addition to the 45 minute presentation, the attorney will answer questions for approximately another 45 minutes. These are lively and informative sessions.
Good news!
The Midstate Library Service Center will re-open to school and public libraries on Tuesday, October 19.
DOL will send a letter this week (via email) to all school and public libraries with details about MLSC services and our new borrowing policies. We urge libraries to review the new policy (to be posted later this week on the DOL website) before visiting MLSC. Please note that we are not able to extend service to the general public.
New MLSC hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am – 4 pm.
MLSC will keep this schedule of reduced hours until further notice. We are continuing the long, arduous process of weeding and merging three book collections (Midstate Library, State Library in Montpelier, and Northeast Regional Library) which will be completed no later than June 30, 2011.
Thanks for your patience and understanding. If you have questions, please contact Jeremiah Kellogg at MLSC (828-232-0) or Assistant State Librarian Christine Friese (828-2714).
The Vermont Council on Rural Development has posted application materials for Year Two of the e-Vermont Community Broadband Project.
This project is funded via a federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant and continues the project begun in 2010 when 12 Vermont communities were chosen for funding.
The Department of Libraries is a grant partner and is responsible for administering grant funds to public libraries in selected e-Vermont communities.
Deadline for electronic applications is November 17, 5:00 p.m.
For information about the e-Vermont Program:
http://vtrural.org/programs/e-vermont/communities
For information about applications for Year Two:
http://vtrural.org/programs/e-vermont/how-to-apply
For information on how public libraries can become involved, contact your DOL regional consultant.
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center will continue to offer the ECHO Library Pass program in 2011. In January all Vermont libraries will receive information on the updated program, new passes, posters, etc.
The current Library ECHO passes, which have an expiration date of October 31, 2010, will continue to be valid and honored at the ECHO Front Desk through January 31, 2011.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact:
Emilie Mattesich
Membership Coordinator
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
1 College Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Tel: 802 864-1848 x 134
Email: emattesich@echovermont.org
As an annual participant in National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) each November I am always interested in finding new place to suggest/hold write-ins, and surprised to find out how many libraries have never even heard of it!
I learned today that the Nanowrimo offices have developed resources for libraries who want to get involved in Nanowrimo. There’s even some free stuff, I hear:
Come Write In: Libraries
Nanowrimo Library Outreach Guide
I hope some of you will consider welcoming the Wrimos into your libraries. There are many parts of the state where folks are isolated and don’t know where to go to meet up with people. If you choose to do something for Nanowrimo, please let me know so that I can share it on our community forums. And, of course, if you have any questions at all, please feel free to let me know!
Helen
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Helen Linda
Library Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Eliot D. Pratt Library
Goddard College
helen.linda@goddard.edu
As an annual participant in National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) each November I am always interested in finding new place to suggest/hold write-ins, and surprised to find out how many libraries have never even heard of it!
I learned today that the Nanowrimo offices have developed resources for libraries who want to get involved in Nanowrimo. There’s even some free stuff, I hear:
Come Write In: Libraries
Nanowrimo Library Outreach Guide
I hope some of you will consider welcoming the Wrimos into your libraries. There are many parts of the state where folks are isolated and don’t know where to go to meet up with people. If you choose to do something for Nanowrimo, please let me know so that I can share it on our community forums. And, of course, if you have any questions at all, please feel free to let me know!
Helen
—
Helen Linda
Library Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Eliot D. Pratt Library
Goddard College
helen.linda@goddard.edu
DisasterAssistance.gov is a user-friendly Web portal that consolidates disaster assistance information in one place. Individuals in need of assistance following a presidentially declared disaster designated for individual assistance can now go to DisasterAssistance.gov to register online.
Our introduction to videoconferencing was a great success. You can find more information on possible funding and examples videoconference programs with this posting. 1.) locvideopubliclbn 2.) Polycom Program Resources 2010 3.) Polycom Grant Assistance Program – VIT 4.) VC Content Providers 5.) CAPspace 2010 A DVD of the conference will be available for anyone who was not able to attend. Watch the listserv for notification of when the DVD is ready for loan.
You can also see what is going on with videoconferencing at Alberta (Canada) libraries at www.risenetwork.ca .
Please contact us if you have any comments or questions regarding videoconferencing or have questions for any of the presenters.
Marty Reid at 802-828-3261 or martha.reid@mail.dol.state.vt.us
Marti Fiske at 802-878-4918 or marti@williston.lib.vt.us .
The 2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Survey (sometimes called the Plinter survey) funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was opened to libraries for participation September 7, 2010. Libraries participating in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opportunity Online Hardware Grant Program are required to participate in the survey, but all Vermont public libraries are encouraged to submit data.
The 2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Survey (sometimes called the Plinter survey) funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was opened to libraries for participation September 7, 2010. Libraries participating in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opportunity Online Hardware Grant Program are required to participate in the survey, but all Vermont public libraries are encouraged to submit data.
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