We’re doing the passport program again for 2019 in partnership with Vermont’s Department of Libraries. Come to a library, grab a passport and start exploring!
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Resource Sharing: Specialized Collections
Libraries around Vermont have specialized collections that fit their communities. If you are looking for a collection for a specific subject or language, please check this list of niche collections to see who may have resources to fit your search. If your library has a collection that is not listed here, please add it!
Library Director – Petersburgh Public Library (Rensselaer County, NY)
The Petersburgh Public Library, a municipal library serving a population of approximately 1,500 residents
in Eastern Rensselaer County, is accepting applications for the position of Library Director. The Library
Director works under the general direction of the Library Board of Trustees and is responsible for day-to-
day operations of the library.
The Board is seeking a creative and energetic person with administrative experience. Library experience
will be considered a plus. The position requires a two year college degree or equivalent.
This is a part-time position working twenty-six hours per week with a starting salary of $24,000 per
annum. The position will start August 5, 2019.
Please send a cover letter, resume and the names and contact information for three professional
references by the submission deadline of July 8th . Submissions via US mail should be addressed to JOB
SEARCH, Petersburgh Public Library, PO Box 250, Petersburgh, NY 12138. Submissions via email should
be sent to jobsearch@petersburghpubliclibrary.org
[For a detailed job description, go to: www.petersburghpubliclibrary.org]
– Posted June 9, 2019
Vermont Libraries with Online Local Digital Collections
Please let us know if you have any to add to this list!
Public libraries:
Rockingham Library, Bellows Falls http://rockinghamlibrary.org/history/
Stowe Free Library, Stowe http://stowe.advantage-preservation.com/
Bixby Library, Vergennes http://bixbylibrary.org/digital-collections/
Universities & Colleges:
University of Vermont, Burlington, Center for Digital Initiatives http://cdi.uvm.edu/
Castleton College, Castleton https://www.castleton.edu/library/castleton-archives/
St. Michael’s College, Winooski https://cdm15819.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/
Hartness Library, Randolph http://libguides.hartness.vsc.
Harness Historical Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/
Other:
Vermont Historical Society, Barre http://digitalvermont.org/ and https://vermonthistory.org/virtual-vhs/photographs (This URL may change soon.)
2018 Vermont Library Conference Registration
Registration for the conference is now open.
Continuing Education Grant Applications Due March 1st!
Applications are due March 1st for a $250 Continuing Education Grant. Funds can be used to attend a conference, course or training. See: https://vermontlibraries.org/scholarship-committee/vla-continuing-education-grant/ to apply.
Ways to Take Action
Many people in our communities are wondering how they can remain active and hopeful through a long cold winter and also the current political climate. Here’s a short, curated list of simple ways to stay engaged.
- Five calls – “Turn your passive participation into active resistance.” scripts and suggestions for calling your government on the phone.
- Daily Action – a text a day with one thing you can do
- Don’t like phone calls? Here’s a simple how-to on how to follow through with those calls.
- Grab a Libraries Are For Everyone poster or graphic (free to use and share) and put it up in your library, especially if you have patrons who speak languages other than English
- Consider following the #vtpoli hashtag on Twitter to get a sense of the political issues facing our state
- Link to this clickable map to help people find their local elected representatives
- Make sure you’re signed up for the VTLIBRARIES mailing list (or others) and come say hello
VLA Statement on Clovis-Carver Public Library shooting
The VLA sends condolences and strength to those closely affected by the tragic violence at the Clovis-Carver Public Library in New Mexico, including the wounded, the families of the victims, library staff,the community, and our colleagues in the New Mexico Library Association.
Joy Worland, VLA President
October Is Information Literacy Month
The Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries, Vermont School Library Association, and the Vermont Library Association believe that information literacy is crucial to Vermonters’ success from K-20, into the workplace and continuing throughout the lifespan. While librarians and libraries provide the foundation for teaching information literacy skills, offering quality information sources and collaborative spaces for all Vermonters, we do not work alone in valuing and building these skills…There is an urgent need for dialog among key stakeholders to raise awareness of the importance of information literacy as a lifelong skill, strengthen channels of communication to help students transition their skills from one setting to another, and to help Vermont’s students become information literate adults and citizens.
Vermont Librarians Statement on Information Literacy
Vermont Passport Program kicks off June 1st
The Passport to Vermont Libraries program kicks off June 1st. Here is the program page and here is the page for librarians including sample posters and press releases and a template to print out Passports if you need more. We have 115 libraries signed up, more than last year. Hope you enjoy the program!