VT Public Library Salary Survey
In response to many inquiries and requests, the Personnel Committee of the Vermont Library Association is surveying public librarians in the state about their wages and benefits. We ask that you help us identify those individuals we need to survey.Read more→
Greetings
Greetings Youth Librarians!Â
I’m looking forward to serving as your new CAYAL president for the coming year.  I would like to thank Gizelle Guyette, outgoing president, who devoted countless hours to making the library world a better place for all of us who serve children and young adults.  Many thanks, Gizelle! I’m also glad to announce that Jane Napier of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library will join me this year as CAYAL vice president.
There will be a special CAYAL event in November.  This will give us a chance to meet fellow youth librarians, share ideas, and get to know what’s going on at libraries around the state. Watch for details TBA soon.
Please contact me with any ideas or concerns that you may have.  I’d like to hear from you.
Jill Coffrin
Youth Services Librarian
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
21 Library Lane
Williston, VT 05495
jill@williston.lib.vt.us
802-878-4918
Register Now for Fall ’08 Simmons Continuing Education Workshops
The Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education program offers half-day, full-day, and month-long workshops each season at our Boston and Mount Holyoke campuses, online, and elsewhere throughout New England. Our workshops and courses are scheduled on weekends or online for the convenience of practicing librarians and other professionals.
Register Now for Fall '08 Simmons Continuing Education Workshops
The Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education program offers half-day, full-day, and month-long workshops each season at our Boston and Mount Holyoke campuses, online, and elsewhere throughout New England. Our workshops and courses are scheduled on weekends or online for the convenience of practicing librarians and other professionals.
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Wyoming 2008 Library Workforce Survey
As the State Data Coordinator, I just received a link to the Wyoming 2008 Library Workforce Survey. I think this is of interest to Vermont, in that Wyoming is also a very rural state with a very small population. I wanted to share it with all of you. This will be of interest to academic, public, school and special librarians.
Center for Rural Studies 30th Anniversary Symposium
Center for Rural Studies 30th Anniversary Symposium
Saturday, October 4, 2008 (9 am – 6:30 pm)
Mt. Mansfield Room in UVM’s Davis Center
Information/ Registration: http://crs.uvm.edu/30years
This symposium will include speakers, panel discussions and displays on Vermont’s civic culture and food systems, and strategies for responding to rural needs and improving education and outreach. Moderators include Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Roger Allbee, and Dan Gillmor, author and electronic communication visionary. More than just a celebration, CRS hopes to move into the next 30 years energized by your ideas, involvement and participation.
NEDCC’s Preservation Workshop Series Fall 2008 – SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
DON’T MISS OUT!
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is pleased to present
its FALL 2008 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SERIES:
* Intermediate Book Repair — Tuesday, September 23
* Writing Successful Grant Proposals — Wednesday, September 24
* Preserving Oversize Paper Artifacts — Thursday, September 25
* Caring for Textiles — Wednesday, October 1
* Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite — Thursday, October 2,
(at Merrimack College)
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NEDCC's Preservation Workshop Series Fall 2008 – SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
DON’T MISS OUT!
The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is pleased to present
its FALL 2008 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SERIES:
* Intermediate Book Repair — Tuesday, September 23
* Writing Successful Grant Proposals — Wednesday, September 24
* Preserving Oversize Paper Artifacts — Thursday, September 25
* Caring for Textiles — Wednesday, October 1
* Disaster Planning with dPlan Lite — Thursday, October 2,
(at Merrimack College)
Read more→
History of Pop-Up and Movable Books: Slide Lecture by Carol Barton
At 7 pm on Friday, September 12, 2008, renowned paper engineer, book artist, and educator Carol Barton will give a slide lecture on the history of pop-up and movable books. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Special Collections and the Craft Emergency Relief Fund. It will be held in the Special Collections reading room in Bailey/Howe Library on the UVM campus.
VLA Travel Wiki – Coordinate Carpooling and Roommates for Events
Hello all!
I accidentally buried the announcement of this resource in the post about the NELA Conference, but I have created a wiki for people to coordinate attending events. I remember longing for something like this when I didn’t drive and didn’t know anybody and desperately wanted to go to conferences and workshops. So now I’ve created it. This is an experiment, so please come along for the ride, if for no other reason than we could all save a few bucks and maybe even meet some interesting new folks.