Join your colleagues for this one day workshop presented by the ACRL/NEC Scholarly Communication Interest Group!
Partnering with Faculty: Scholarly Communication Conversations
Thursday July 29, 2010, 9:30-3:00
Olin College, Needham, MA
Registration is limited, so sign up today!
Greetings from hot and sunny Washington, DC! I am happy to report on American Library Association activities for Vermont. After a long train ride I made it to DC last evening.
I attended my first meeting of the Chapter Relations Committee this afternoon. The Chapter Relations Office at ALA in Chicago is the office that helps state associations work with the ALA office. At this meeting various board and committee members report on their initiatives and activities that benefit state chapters. Joseph Egan, a member of the executive board mentioned that there is a virtual ALA conference on July 7th and 8th. More information may be found at the ALA website. This is a good opportunity for folks who can’t make it to national conferences.
Keith Michael Fiels, executive director of ALA, mentioned that the organization may be very close to getting funding to states for advocacy. ALA has made a huge commitment to training library advocates.
I will have more to report tomorrow.
Nancy Wilson, Vermont Chapter Councilor
Sign up for the free Book Mending course August 11 from 10 AM to 12 Noon at the Quechee Library. Ellen Allman discusses when to mend and when to discard or send to a professional. Bring books which need repairing and, if you have them, basic book mending materials for discussion. Sign up at Book Mending or use the Continuing Education Calendar on the DOL website, http://evanced.info/vtdol/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
Amy Howlett
VT Department of Libraries
The Worth of a Book: A Look at Rare-Book Selection and Appraisal
A Summer with NEA Program
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Goldfarb Library
Brandeis University
415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts
$10 for NEA members; $15 for non-members
Refreshments provided
“How much is that book worth?” Special Collections Librarians are frequently asked this question. Rare books have many types of value: scholarly, curricular, historical, insurance, artifactual, resale. What criteria do appraisers use to measure the value of an individual book? How can Special Collections Librarians select rare books to create curricular context in an academic library? What strategies are useful in building an institution’s rare-book collection on a shoestring? Whether you have been in the rare-book field for years or are just starting out, join us for illuminating presentations and interesting discussion.
Tools to Support Teaching and Outreach: A Mix of the New and the
Tried-and-True
Friday, October 15, 2010
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
The fourteenth annual October Conference for New England academic librarians, sponsored by the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/services.htmld/OctCon2010/
We seek presenters for the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries’ annual October Conference for New England academic librarians!
This year’s conference will showcase practical applications of new tools – and innovative uses of tried-and-true tools – that support learning, outreach or reference. The day-long event is scheduled for Friday, October 15, 2010 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (an easy two-hour drive from Boston, Springfield, and many other New England locations).
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From ACRL NEC News:
Attention Science and Medical Librarians,
Consider attending Science Boot Camp 2010! Explore key e-Science concepts and internet-based research tools in Genetics, Climate Change, and Remote Sensing, and prepare to engage faculty about e-Science in their disciplines. Whether you’re new to science or want to keep abreast of latest scientific research tools, Science Boot Camp provides unique opportunities for librarians to learn about current research and emerging roles in data curation while networking with colleagues in a fun and relaxed campus setting.
When: June 9-11 (optional one day and commuter registration allowed)
Where: University of Massachusetts Lowell
For further information: http://guides.library.umass.edu/BootCamp2010
Please register by May 18th.
Dear friends,
UVM Libraries has partnered with the ACLU of Vermont to hold a special event during National Library Week.
“Reckoning with Torture: Memos and Testimonies from the ‘War on Terror'” will be held Monday, April 12, 7 p.m., at Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building. Here is a link to a flyer promoting the event: http://www.acluvt.org/news/reckoning_torture_poster.pdf
Montpelier’s First Wednesdays Talk Includes Charlie Chaplin Film Seen Only Once in 77 Years – First North American Showing!
Susan Cooke Kittredge, daughter of the late journalist Alistair Cooke, will give a talk about her father’s life, which will include a rare screening of his 1933 short film on Charlie Chaplin, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montpelier on April 7. The talk, “The Unseen Alistair Cooke,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m.
Hello public librarians!
I am the public library representative on the VLA Board. I’m putting together a panel discussion called Librarian as Social Worker, which was how I described my job after arriving at work and finding a young adult (who was a recently discharged veteran) sleeping on the library steps. After discussions with colleagues, I realized I wasn’t alone in feeling overwhelmed by the increase in our patrons’ needs. In the past year or so, patrons have needed more information relating to health and human services, rather than reader’s advisory. Whether it’s a question about emergency heating assistance or a child you fear is being abused, librarians are increasingly working with patrons who are in crisis.
The panel will be made up of members of local and state agencies who will discuss their organizations and how librarians can best use their resources. VT 211 will have a representative on each panel. There will be time for Q & A.
Panels will be held at two locations: Friday April 9th at the Aldrich Public Library in Barre and Monday April 26th at the Hartland Public Library, 10:00 –1:00 PM (coffee at 9:30.) Please bring a bag lunch. I’m also looking for real-life examples to provide to the panelists. RSVP to lucinda.walker@norwichlibrary.org or 802-649-1184.
Thanks,
Lucinda
Grad School Assistance Available
Deadline to apply is March 15, 2010
Need money for library school? NELA offers scholarships for New England residents working on a Master’s degree in Library Science: two scholarships each for full and part-time students, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively.
Interested? Complete details and an application form are at:
http://nelib.org/educationalassistance/ScholarshipForm-200901.pdf
Be sure to submit your completed application form to your graduate school’s Dean’s office by March 15 (the Educational Assistance Committee cannot accept direct applications.)
If you have any questions, please contact
Vickie Turcotte,
Chair of the Educational Assistance Committee
educationalassistance@nelib.org