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2011 VLA Awards: Call for Nominations

The Awards and Recognition Committee seeks nominations for the following VLA Awards:

Honorary Life Membership George Mason Award Trustee Library Award Friends of the Library Award

The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2011. The criteria for each award and the nomination form are located here.

Nominations may be submitted electronically to Lisa Varga, VLA [...]

PTPL Scholarship Announcement 2011

Potomac Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL), a regional affiliate of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, is a professional organization for technical services librarians in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.  Each year we offer a scholarship to Library School students, details of which are in the announcement below.  Please forward as appropriate.

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2011 Annual Conference: Exhibitor Information

Thanks for considering the purchase of an exhibitor booth at this year’s VLA Annual Conference in Portsmouth, VA, October 27-28. All details are below. Please let us know if you have any questions!

Exhibitor Invite to Exhibit Letter- Portsmouth

Exhibitor Application form – Portsmouth

Exhibitor rules and regulations – Portsmouth



Exhibitor Booth Floor Plan [...]

New Contact Info for VLA

 

Effective immediately, please update your address books with the following VLA contact information:

Lisa R. Varga Executive Director Virginia Library Association P.O. Box 56312 Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Phone: (757) 689-0594 Fax: (757) 447-3478 vla.lisav@cox.net

VLA Scholarship deadline approaching

 Are you pursuing your MLS or know someone who is? The deadline for VLA scholarship applications is March 1. Click here for more information and links to required forms: http://www.vla.org/demo/Scholarship/Scholarship/vla-scholarships.html.

Library Support Staff Certification Program – An Introduction

Learn about the new Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC) from ALA. Understand its value to LSS, their employers, and for library users. Hear a summary of the nuts and bolts of the program and have all of your questions answered by program staff members.

Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/352562097

Why wait? REGISTER TODAY!

Registration is open for the 2010 VLA Annual Conference to be held October 21-22 in Portsmouth, Va. A limited block of rooms at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel is available for VLA conference attendees at the VLA’s negotiated discount rate. Rooms are going fast, so please make your reservation soon.

Some good reasons to attend this [...]

REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 2010 VLA Annual Conference!

Registration is now open! The 2010 VLA Annual Conference: “Libraries, Keeping Vision and Focus in Challenging Times” will be held October 21-22, 2010 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel, Portsmouth VA.

The conference program, registration, and lodging links are all available at: http://www.vla.org/demo/conference.html (in the right sidebar)

VLA Preliminary Conference Program & Reservations Available

Check out the exciting lineup of conference programs and activities for the 2010 VLA Annual Conference! The preliminary program and conference registration form are now available from http://www.vla.org/demo/conference.html. The conference will be held October 21-22 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel, Portsmouth, Va.

Some highlights from the program: *Conference Social, p. 8 *Preconferences, p. 5 *Keynote [...]

FREE WORKSHOP: Camila Alire, ALA President to present workshop June 21

FRONTLINE LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERY VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Librarians in all types of libraries are invited to a FREE workshop on frontline advocacy for libraries—especially their own libraries. Frontline library advocates work at all levels in all types of libraries—public, academic, school and special—and are the internal/external face and voice of the library. They can [...]