The Routledge/Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve (JILDDER) has merged with Resource Sharing & Information Networks and is now accepting articles for Winter and Spring publication. Of particular interest to JILDDER are articles regarding resource sharing, unmediated borrowing, electronic reserve, cooperative collection development, shared virtual library services, digitization projects and other multi-library collaborative efforts including the following topics:
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Tag Archives: Publications
Four Calls for Contributions
- Pre- and Post- Retirement Tips for Librarians
- Library Collaborations with Writers, Artists, Musicians and Other Creative Community Members
- Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use
- Publicity Methods to Keep Libraries in the News
NEW EDITION: Bibliographical Guide to the Vermont Legal System
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Bibliographical Guide to the Vermont Legal System, 3rd Edition. This guide, last updated in 1991, is part of a series from the American Association of Law Libraries and is available at your local law library or for purchase from the William S. Hein Company. Prepared by librarians at the Vermont Law School and the Vermont State Law Library, this guide is intended to assist legal researchers with identifying and locating Vermont legal materials.
http://www.wshein.com/Catalog/Product.aspx?sku=8127
On behalf of the co-authors, we hope that it aids both you and those whom you assist.
Jane
Jane Woldow
Lawyer Librarian
Lawyer Librarian
VLA Strategic Plan 2006 – 2009, VLA Board Meetings
July 2008 Update with Sept. additions
Funding flyer A flier that libraries can use to encourage patrons and board members to support the state aid initiative. You will need to add contact information for your lawmakers. This can be found at www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/legdir2.htm
VLA Annual Meetings and Board Meetings – Schedule and Minutes
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Educational Materials for Citizenship
From: Ted Albers, a community relations officer with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) in South Burlington. USCIS is the immigration-benefit and services arm of the Federal Government.
You may or may not be aware of some of the hard-copy and online resources that USCIS produces for immigrants who are preparing for the citizenship test. These materials are helpful to ESL and Civics educators as well. These resources are detailed on the websites below.
For libraries, the “Citizenship Toolkit” is probably the most useful for a library, and is a free resource if you register online (it costs $73 if purchased through the Government Printing Office). Even if a library does not serve immigrants, the Toolkit is helpful to social-service providers, students and others for understanding the legal immigration process.
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To learn about the contents of the Toolkit, and to register, please visit this website:
http://www.citizenshiptoolkit.gov/
Find the online civics and citizenship toolkit here:
http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/organizations/civics-and-citizenship-toolkit
Find individual study materials for the Citizenship test (the ‘New test’) here. Most of these materials are in the Toolkit.
http://www.uscis.gov/newtest
A “Welcome to the US” guide in many languages is available here.
www.uscis.gov/newimmigrants
A host of other relevant resources are here:
http://www.welcometousa.gov/
For libraries that are in a position to purchase civics and English language materials:
http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/const-cit-day.jsp
ALA “American Dream” Resources are here:
http://www.americandreamtoolkit.org/
You can request a 1MB PDF file of a handbook Expanding ESL, Civics and Citizenship Education in Your Community by emailing me a ted.albers@dhs.gov
Ted Albers, USCIS Community Relations, Northeast Regional Office, South Burlington, VT
802-660-5007 Desk
Information for Legislative Gatherings
This year the Vermont Library Association’s Government Relations Committee is recommending regional legislative gatherings during November, December and January, when the legislature convenes.
We invite you and your library to participate in these informal gatherings. While the format varies, the gatherings 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 the Legislators.
We need to meet with Legislators this year to thank them for their continued 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.
Fiction Set in Vermont, Volume 3 now available!
The new publication of Fiction Set in Vermont 3, compiled and written by Ann McKinstry Micou. This resource joins Ann’s earlier two volumes, providing annotated and indexed listings of fiction set in our state. Because Ann has personally read every book that she lists, her annotations are especially rich and will delight readers across the state. Whether you give it to patrons for browsing, use it as a Readers’ Advisory tool, or use it to create your own personal reading lists, I encourage librarians to purchase a copy for library collections. The Vermont Department of Libraries has been a proud sponsor of all three volumes.
2009 Public Libraries and the Internet Study
The 2009 Public Libraries and the Internet Study (as part of the Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study) funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was opened to libraries for participation September 8, 2009. The project is managed and directed by Denise Davis and Larra Clark of the ALA Office of Research and Statistics, and the survey is directed by John Bertot at the University of Maryland College Park’s Center for Library & Information Innovation.
Results from the 2008 survey have already been coming out these last months to inform the Broadband Stimulus debates, library assistance with jobs, and library assistance with e-government. You can find recently released issue briefs and other useful data at the study website (http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding). The current context makes the data from these surveys even more important, and we hope you will participate in this year’s survey so that this information is complete and widely available.
VLA Board adopts Resolution on 2009 Patriot Act Resolution
On September 15th, the VLA Board Meeting unanimously and enthusiastically adopted a Resolution on the 2009 Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act.the following resolution. Unlike a resolution passed by ALA Council in July 2009, VLA’s resolution goes beyond Section 215 and address grave concerns raised by the use and abuse of Section 505, National Security Letters.