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Library of Virginia Youth Services Notes: 4/18/2011

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VLAPF Conference Registration Deadline: April 25

It’s not too late!  Deadline for registration is right around the corner!  (See http://www.vla.org/demo/Paraprof/Pf-Events.html for details and forms.)

Have you heard?  Highlights for the VLAPF conference will be:

Keynote Speaker Monday Morning Peter Pober – George Mason University’s Director of Forensic – the only forensics director in history to orchestrate a top-ten team national placement [...]

Submit your Concurrent Session Proposal NOW for VLA 2011! Deadline May 1, 2011

The deadline is just around the corner to submit your Concurrent Session Proposal Form for the VLA 2011 Annual Conference in Portsmouth, VA on October 27-28, 2011! You can now complete the fillable .pdf and e-mail it to VLA! Help us promote sustainability by saving paper! Deadline: May 1, 2011.

REMEMBER: Presenters receive 50% [...]

VLA 2012 Elections: Candidates Announced!

VLA’s 2012 Elections will be held electronically in August 2011. Please take the time to read your candidate’s Biographical Information and Candidate Statements.

Remember, in order to vote you MUST BE A MEMBER OF VLA. To become a member or renew your membership, click here.

Vice President/President Elect: Lisa Lee Broughman (Randolph College) and Carol [...]

2011 VLA Scholarship Winners Announced!

VLA Paraprofessional Clara Stanley Scholarship: The 2011 recipient of the VLAPF Clara Stanley Scholarship is Andi Ogier from Blacksburg, VA. Currently, Andi works as the Serials Continuations Specialist at the Newman Library of Virginia Tech. Andi has been active in VLA since 2010, and will present a session at the May 2011 Paraprofessional Conference. For [...]

$15 Webjunction Classes available NOW



Save $25 on Webjunction Classes…now only $15!

Webjunction Virginia is offering classes from their online course catalog for only $15 (through the generosity of the Library of Virginia). For information about Webjunction Virginia, please click here

For account information and step-by-step instructions, click here

Remember, getting an account is free…and through this new program, [...]

VLA Region V Webinar: Gale/Centage Database Demo

Stacey Knibloe, Customer Education Specialist, Electronic Product Training & Support from Gale|Cengage Learning demonstrated the offerings and improvements for Gale’s databases. She focused on databases offered through Find It Virginia, such as General OneFile, Kids InfoBits, and InfoTrac.  Learn how to download articles to an MP3 player, show your patrons how they can read articles in foreign languages, and much [...]

Nominations for VLA Paraprofessional Forum Awards due May 1

The VLA Paraprofessional Forum invites you to nominate one of your colleagues or yourself to receive one of the three awards being given during the annual conference in May. The awards and descriptions of each one are listed below.

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Thinking of getting your MLS/MLIS?

ALA-accredited distance MLS programs available in Virginia

Program Website On campus requirement Program accepts new students distance programs offered besides Masters Catholic University of America http://slis.cua.edu/ Classes offered in Northern Virginia and Richmond  Fall, Spring, Summer   Catholic University of America Online & Weekend learning programhttp://slis.cua.edu/owl/  4 to 5 Saturdays a semester Cohort Fall 2011 [...]

FREE Cont. Education Events in March

Wednesday, March 3 (11am -12 pm) One World, Many Stories: Summer Reading Program 2011 (Nebraska Library Commission)

Sally Snyder, Coordinator of Children and Young Adult Library Services at the Nebraska Library Commission, will give brief book talks of new titles pertaining to the 2011 Summer Reading Program themes: “One World, Many Stories” (children’s theme) and [...]