If you would like to add something to this calendar, something open to the public, please email Barbara Ball at barbara@windsorlibrary.org
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
Q&A with Author Sam Quinones [Virtual]
Join us for a Q&A with journalist Sam Quinones, author of the groundbreaking book Dreamland: True Tales of America’s Opiate Epidemic, which ignited awareness of the epidemic that cost the U.S. hundreds of thousands of lives. Sam’s newest book is The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl […]
Call for Proposal Deadline for VSLA/VLA Conference
Seeking Presenters for: “Be the Place: Libraries Are For Everyone!” The Vermont School Library Association and the Vermont Library Association are pleased to announce their joint sponsorship of a one-day conference at Doubletree by Hilton in South Burlington on April 3, 2023. Our Call for Proposals due date is January 13, 2023. We are […]
Edward Hitchcock: America’s First Dinosaur Expert [Virtual]
Join us for this Zoom presentation by biographer Bob McMaster. McMaster published the first biography of Hitchcock in 2021, "All the Light Here Comes From Above: The Life and Legacy of Edward Hitchcock. This fascinating Connecticut Valley resident and scientist, was an Amherst college professor and one of the 19th century's important scientists. He was […]
What Happens to Vermont’s Recycling? [Zoom]
A presentation by the Chittenden Solid Waste District, the South Windsor/Windham Solid Waste Management Districts, and the Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District in collaboration with the Vermont Sustainable Libraries Working Group. Join us in following the journey taken by recyclable materials as they make their way from Vermont homes and businesses to new […]
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
VT Humanities: The Many Meanings of Maple
Description: A Vermont Humanities Council series hosted by the Hartland Public Library (Windsor County.) This presentation examines the many meanings of maple sugaring. Maple is enormously important to Vermont’s economy, ecology, and heritage. Champlain College professor Michael Lange will discuss sugaring ethnographically, based on over five years of research among sugarmakers all over the state, […]
VLA Executive Committee Meeting
Second Thursday of each month, 10AM-11AM
VSLA/VLA Joint Conference: Be the Place: Libraries are for Everyone!
Save the date! The Vermont School Library Association and the Vermont Library Association are pleased to announce their joint sponsorship of a one-day conference at Doubletree by Hilton in South Burlington on April 3, 2023. Presentations may include: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Equitable access to library services/resources Programming Activities for patrons Reaching new patrons Engaging […]
[Zoom] Fashion Production: Where Do Our Clothes Come From?
Part 1 of a 3-part webinar series on sustainable fashion and textiles. The global fashion industry is a system of production processes creating clothing, a human need. To understand how fashion production operates is essential to seeing the scope and complexity of the problems. In the first of the series of webinars, we will learn how […]