There are now two new and exciting upgrades to the Vermont Online Library (Gale Databases).
1. Newstand
2. Galesites
3. Training
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Gale Admin Training
For those of you who missed it in March, we will be offering another session of the Gale Admin Training Webinar with Stacey Knibloe. It will be heldThursday, July 7, 1:00- 2:00 PM.
This workshop will cover how to use Gale’s new administrative tool, Gale Admin. Did you know you can have the limit to full text limit always turned on? Did you know you can have the Return to Library link go to any web page you like? Learn about all these preferences and more during this informative webinar!
To register, click on this link: http://bit.ly/kzLtpQ
If you aren’t available on the day of the event, the session will be archived.
Free Library Continuing Education Events for June
Listed below are FREE programs The American Library Association, American Management Association, Booklist, Common Knowledge, Infopeople, insynctraining, LE@D, Library Journal, Lyrasis, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Nebraska Library Commission, Public Library Association, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, WebJunction, and the Wyoming State Library will be webcasting during June.
Resource Sharing Grants
Public and Academic Libraries:
This week we mailed letters to public and academic libraries regarding the Resource Sharing Grants for Federal FY11. Financial awards are available to public and academic libraries that received requests from other libraries for interlibrary loan via the Vermont Automated Library System (VALS) between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. The grant award amounts are based on the number of requests received. In order to receive grants, libraries must have met Minimum Standards for Vermont Public Libraries as of December 31, 2010.
I am asking that you complete, sign and return the Report Form for FFY2010 Resource Sharing Grants and the signed Agreement Form NO LATER THAN JUNE 7, 2011. Returning the forms after that date could jeopardize your grant award.
If you have questions about this, please contact Renee Ancel, my executive Assistant at: 828-3266 / renee.ancel@state.vt.us
Thanks for your prompt response!
Marty
DOL Recorded Books Offer for Public Libraries
The Department of Libraries has a strong interest in supporting the expansion of electronic resources for citizen access via Vermont’s public libraries. The Vermont Online Library offers subscription licensed content at substantial discount for libraries, and DOL wants to build upon those resources.
To supplement VOL content the Department of Libraries (DOL) is negotiating with a number of vendors to make available digital/web-based products for public libraries at discount prices. Recorded Books is one of those vendors. Academic libraries may also be interested to learn more about OneClickDigital in case we can negotiate a discount for academic libraries. Sorry: DOL cannot include school libraries in the Recorded Books offers in 2011.
Green Mountain Book Award Winner
We have a winner! The 2011 winner of the Green Mountain Book Award is Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Thank you to all of you who promoted this program and encouraged your students to vote.
The committee is always eager to get suggestions for the next year’s list from you and from your students. Use this easy online form to recommend the books. The books must be of interest to kids in grades 9-12, currently available in paperback, and first published in 2007-2011. Thanks for your suggestions!\
Grace Worcester Greene
Youth Services Consultant
Vermont Department of Libraries
Tel.: 802-828-6954
Email: grace.greene@state.vt.us
Openings on DCF and GMBA Committees
Are you an avid reader who loves to bring kids and books together? If so, you may want to apply for one of our book award committee openings. The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award is for students in grade 4-8, and the Green Mountain Book Award is for students in grades 9-12. There is one opening on each committee. To apply for either, please send to me electronically:
Flood Recovery: What Communities and Individuals Should be Doing Now
WATERBURY – A number of communities have suffered significant damage in this week’s flooding. Recovery efforts have begun and could eventually include monetary help from the federal government.
The process of obtaining funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun, and the state of Vermont is working to get through theprocess as quickly as possible. Local communities should not delay in making repairs or cleaning up; if Vermont qualifies for FEMA assistance, thosefunds serve to reimburse communities for at least 75% of those costs.
The process of getting FEMA assistance and what communities should be doing now:
Center for Cartoon Studies Scholarship
Librarians: Alert your budding cartoonists!
For the third year in a row, the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction has donated a full scholarship to the Department of Libraries so a Vermont teen can attend their one week workshop, “Make Comics,” in the summer. This full scholarship, worth $850, includes the workshop, supplies, light breakfast, full lunch and evening student activities. Lodging is not included, but there is a very inexpensive hostel option at the nearby Hotel Coolidge. Any Vermont student age 16 – 19 (must be 16 years old by June 1, 2011) is eligible. The workshop will take place in White River Junction, VT July 18-22, 2011.
Gale/Vermont Online Library Webinar Archives
The archives from the February Gale/Vermont Online Library webinars have been posted. They can be found at:
http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries.ce/voltraining
Direct links to the individual webinars:
Vermont Online Library and Gale Resources Update:
http://www.vermont.gov/portal/media/video.php?mid=156
Job Help Tools From Vermont Online Library:
http://www.vermont.gov/portal/media/video.php?mid=154
New Vermont Online Library Databases: Foreign Languages and Job Help:
http://www.vermont.gov/portal/media/video.php?mid=155