Funding Available to Increase Literacy Resources for Adult ELL – Deadline Aug 26
In May 2012, The ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) received funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to continue the American Dream Starts @ your library, a literacy initiative serving adult English language learners and their families. A primary goal of this project is to help public libraries in Dollar General communities add or improve library literacy services for adult English language learners and their families.
New York Library Association Annual Conference – Nov 7-10, 2012
- Choose from 11 Continuing Education Courses
- Over 70 programs to choose from over the 3 day Conference
- 2 days of Trade Show featuring more than 100 vendors to help you enhance your library
- As if that isn’t enough, we have 4 days worth of special events to keep you entertained…
Outreach Coordinator Meet & Greet
Hello Fellow Outreach Coordinators,
I am the Outreach Coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. I’ve been thinking for quite a while that I’d love the opportunity to gather with other Outreach folks to find out how other libraries provide outreach and also to exchange ideas. I am taking a page from the book of our children’s librarian, Jane Napier. She coordinates a state-wide meeting of children’s librarians twice a year. I am proposing to meet on Tuesday, October 9th, here at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier from 10 – 12:30. We could continue the discussion over lunch at one of Montpelier’s fine eateries.
Please let me know if you can attend by September 28th. My email is: khloutreach@kellogghubbard.org
Looking forward to meeting and exchanging ideas!
All the best,
Rachael Grossman
Outreach Coordinator Meet & Greet
Hello Fellow Outreach Coordinators,
I am the Outreach Coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. I’ve been thinking for quite a while that I’d love the opportunity to gather with other Outreach folks to find out how other libraries provide outreach and also to exchange ideas. I am taking a page from the book of our children’s librarian, Jane Napier. She coordinates a state-wide meeting of children’s librarians twice a year. I am proposing to meet on Tuesday, October 9th, here at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier from 10 – 12:30. We could continue the discussion over lunch at one of Montpelier’s fine eateries.
Please let me know if you can attend by September 28th. My email is: khloutreach@kellogghubbard.org
Looking forward to meeting and exchanging ideas!
All the best,
Rachael Grossman
Gale’s Business Insights: Essentials for Vermont Online Library
Gale’s business resource, Business & Company Resource Center, will soon be transformed into Business Insights:™ Essentials. Containing much the same content, Business Insights:™ Essentials will have enhanced functionality and features.
Two Gale training webinars will be held especially for VOL members. To register, please click on the date and time of the one you would like to attend:
Business Insights: Essentials for Vermont Online Library
Friday, August 24, 10:00-11:00
If you can’t attend either of these sessions, one will be recorded and posted to our website.
Gale's Business Insights: Essentials for Vermont Online Library
Gale’s business resource, Business & Company Resource Center, will soon be transformed into Business Insights:™ Essentials. Containing much the same content, Business Insights:™ Essentials will have enhanced functionality and features.
Two Gale training webinars will be held especially for VOL members. To register, please click on the date and time of the one you would like to attend:
Business Insights: Essentials for Vermont Online Library
Friday, August 17, 2:00-3:00
Friday, August 24, 10:00-11:00
If you can’t attend either of these sessions, one will be recorded and posted to our website.
Survey of Vermont Public Libraries concerning Legal Reference Questions
The Department of Libraries in concert with the Vermont Judiciary would like to collect information about the amount, and types of legal reference questions that your patrons pose to you. These questions might require reference to Federal or State constitutions or statutes, Federal or State regulations, or Federal or State case law. They might involve Federal or State court systems, Town ordinances or government. In addition, these are questions that might ultimately be referred to a lawyer, or that do, or might, require involvement by the patron with a governmental entity, such as the IRS, the Social Security Administration, or a zoning board.
Free Library Continuing Education Events for August
Listed below are FREE programs The Accessible Technology Coalition , American Management Association, Booklist, Colorado State Library, Grantspace, Insync Training, NASA, National Library of Medicine, Nebraska Library Commission, Nonprofit Webinars, O’Reilly, VolunteerMatch, Washington State Library, WebJunction, and the West Virginia Library Commission, will be webcasting during August.
Two Free Webinars Offered Next Week
These two free webinars will be offered next week: Introducing the Book as iPad App and Bridging the Digital Divide with Mobile Services. Please click on the webinar title to register. If you can’t attend at the scheduled time, the events will be archived.
Disaster Planning Workshop – New England Archivists
Disaster Planning
(co-sponsored with Harvard University Archives)
Friday, July 27, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cost: $85 for NEA Members and Harvard University Archives Staff; $110.00 for Nonmembers
Includes morning refreshments
Registration deadline: July 20, 2012
Register here