Vermont Library Conference Call for Help!
The 2009 Vermont Library Conference Needs Your Help!
Volunteers are needed to support work on the May, 2009 Vermont Library Conference. Conference proposals are coming in, and we are lining up some great speakers and exciting events for May 12 & 13, 2009. Our keynote, Marshall Keys, is ecstatic to speak to the librarians of Vermont about library advocacy – a topic more important now than ever. It is our hope that the Vermont Library Conference is a meaningful, worthwhile, professional experience for all of Vermont’s librarians, library staff, boards, school boards, teachers, and administrators. We hope to broaden our scope and invite all the people who make our jobs a reality.
However, in order to put on a fantastic conference, we need your help. We are operating with a much smaller conference planning committee than in years past, and have identified areas in which we need your support. If you are interested in any of the jobs listed below, please contact me as soon as possible. You will be given all the information you need to fill these jobs – please don’t feel like you can’t volunteer for lack of experience. We will make sure you have all the support you need to do the job.
Winnie Belle Learned grants available for public libraries
Vermont Public Library Foundation Grants Funded by the Winnie Belle Learned Fund
Deadline for applications: December 15, 2008
Application and information available at:http://www.libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/vplf
WINNIE BELLE LEARNED FUND
Background and Biography
The Winnie Belle Learned Fund is a fund created in 2007 by Dr. Burnett Rawson in honor of Winnie Belle Learned, a Vermont educator and his benefactress. Born in 1863 in Westford, Vermont, Ms. Learned worked through many personal hardships to earn her teaching certificate.
NELA Carpooling Opportunities Still Available
Hi All,
There are still folks with spots in their cars headed to NELA this weekend. If you would like to carpool to NELA, please consider signing up for the VLA Travel Wiki. This tool uses PBWiki and signing up for an account takes seconds if you haven’t done so before, plus there are great tutorials on how to use a wiki courtesy of the Vermont 23 Things section on Wikis. You can request access either by clicking through to the Wiki and requesting there, or you can reply to this email with your name and your preferred email address. It only takes a couple of seconds to sign up and would be a great way to save money and meet new people. If you have an event you think people would like to carpool to, please feel free to add it and encourage folks to join up. I am, of course, happy to help anyone who needs it by adding their information or events to the wiki and answering questions, especially if you feel you need a little time to get accustomed to it.
See you there!
Helen
Going to NELA? Chapter leaders want to hear from you!
College & University Librarians, ACRL-NEC wants to hear from you!
Let us know how your professional association can work for you. Â What are we doing that works and what could we do better?
Vice President Barbara Kenney and I will be holding informal focus groups at the NELA (New England Library Association) Annual Conference in Manchester, NH on October 19, 20, and 21. We’re especially interested in hearing from folks in northern New England. A few minutes of your time during one of these sessions is all that’s needed. Please join us.
NELA is looking for conference bloggers
NELA is looking for novice and experienced bloggers to help out at the NELA Conference on October 19-21.
Once again, Plymouth Rocket, Inc. – http://www.plymouthrocket.com/ – is pleased to sponsor the conference blog and free Internet access for the bloggers.
“Taking Charge of Changeâ€, the 2008 Annual NELA Conference, will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, NH.
For more information, visit the NELA Web site at www.nelib.org.
Workshop: Marketing for Libraries
Marketing for Libraries
Thursday December 4, 2008
9:30 am – noon
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston
Participants will learn the basic steps of creating a marketing plan using information from “Crash Course in Marketing for Libraries†by Susan Webreck Alman and the Certified Public Library Administration marketing course taught by Wayne Piper. Guest speaker Elizabeth Bluemle, co-owner of the Flying Pig Book Store, will share book store tips for merchandising and marketing outside and within the building. Bring along examples of your successful library marketing experiences to share with the group.
It is highly recommended that participants purchase and review “Crash Course in Marketing for Libraries†by Susan Webreck Alman before attending the workshop. ($30, ISBN-10: 1591584302, ISBN-13: 978-1591584308) This book outlines a marketing plan in less than 58 pages, with several appendices of real-life examples.
Contact Marti Fiske for information and to register, marti@williston.lib.vt.us or 802-878-4918. This workshop is sponsored by the Public Libraries Section of the Vermont Library Association.
CAYAL Fall Program
Hello Youth Librarians!
Please join us on Monday, November 10, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester for a workshop presented by the VLA Children and Young Adult Librarians. Our theme is resource sharing. We’ll look at ways to create low cost, exciting, educational youth programs “On a Shoestring”. The fee is $30 for the full day workshop and lunch. (Checks payable to VLA, see CAYAL Program and Registration). Here’s the agenda for the day:
- Preschool story time activities with Ellie Tetrick of Ellie’s Preschool Parties.
- Children’s theatre troupe the Very Merry Theatre with director Don Wright.
- Discussion with Rebecca Goldberg, Fletcher Free librarian, on ways to make the most of community resources.
- CAYAL wiki resource sharing.
- Lunch and Yankee Swap, a youth librarians’ potluck of resources!
- Optional demo of The Early Literacy Station.
Don’t miss this chance to bring new energy to your library programs and meet your fellow librarians! Hope to see you on November 10th.
Questions? email or call Jill Coffrin at jill@williston.lib.vt.us(802-878-4918) or Gizelle Guyette (802-878-0313 ext. 109).
Vermont Public Television (VPT) Outreach for Digital Television Conversion
Vermont Public Television (VPT) – Your Resource for the Digital Television Conversion!
VPT to Host Call-In Show about Digital TV on Thursday, October 9
Digital television is on the air, and traditional analog broadcasting will end Feb. 17, 2009. Viewers have been asking VPT about digital television, and on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m., there will be a special opportunity to get answers during a live call-in show. Fran Stoddard hosts “DTV & You,†a one-hour program with a special focus on viewers who get their TV over the air by antenna.
Organizing Legislative Gatherings
In this important election year, the Vermont Library Association’s Government Relations Committee is organizing regional legislative gatherings statewide during the week of November 17th, 2008. We have chosen this week because it is after the November elections, but before legislators are in full session in Montpelier. It is the optimum time in which to remind your legislators of the importance of public libraries, particularly in challenging economic times, and to put forward our ongoing agenda of additional support for libraries in Vermont.
We invite you and your library to participate in this. While the format of these gatherings has varied, they all provide an opportunity for legislators, librarians, and trustees to talk about library issues and the key part that libraries play in Internet access, job searching, and education. It is also an opportunity for us to hear about the legislative process and the agenda before them.
We need to meet with Legislators this year to thank them for their support for the new patron confidentiality law and to remind them that state funding for public libraries continues to be an important issue. Our goal is to keep this at the top of their agenda when state finances are stronger. We also want Legislators to ensure ongoing support for the Department of Libraries’ services to public libraries.
Click on the following link for instructions on organizing a gathering:Â Legislative Gatherings How-to.
VT Library Confidentiality Act Panel
Vermont Law Review Symposium
EXAMINING OUR PRIORITIES: BALANCING NATIONAL SECURITY WITH OTHER FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
AT THE JONATHAN B CHASE COMMUNITY CENTER, VT LAW SCHOOL
OCTOBER 17, 2008
This symposium,sponsored by the Vermont Law Review, features keynote speaker Louis Fisher, constitutional law scholar with the Library of Congress and an expert in national security issues who is often called upon to testify before Congress. His newest book, 9/11 and the Constitution, was released in August. Expert panels will discuss a variety of topics including immigration, environmental law, protecting library records, and the right to dissent
8:30 OPENING REMARKS by Geoffrey Shields
8: 45 – Vermont Library Patron’s Confidentiality Act
Gail Weymouth, Chairwoman of the VT Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee
Jane Woldow, Vermont Law School Librarian
Retta Dunlop, Executive Director of Vermonters for Better EducationRead more→