Mark your calendars for the 2013 Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum’s Annual Conference. The dates are May 19-21, and the location is the Holiday Inn Select/Koger South Conference Center in Richmond, Virginia. This year’s theme is Libraries: Gateway to the Future. Make plans to attend this event where you will hear great speakers, network with [...]
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The Intellectual Freedom Committee will be hosting a workshop at the Annual Conference (Thursday October 25th 2:15 p.m.) and we need your help. The workshop is entitled “Tales from the Field”. If you have had a recent challenge to your collection or policies and are willing to share please send a synopsis of the situation [...] Tuesday, March 20, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA This one-day hands-on workshop will explore XML with a specific focus on fundamentals of design, markup, and use. The workshop will explain why XML is important, particularly in the domain of describing, storing, and delivering information in a library setting. XML Workshop [...] Congratulations to Rebecca Kate Miller of Virginia Tech Libraries and Rocco Debonis of the University of Maryland University College, who have been selected for the 2012 Class of Emerging Leaders of the American Library Association! Click here for the full announcement and more information about the Emerging Leaders program. Past Emerging Leaders from Virginia 2007: [...] The 2012 Virginia Library Association Election of Officers has concluded. The results are: Vice President/President Elect: Lisa Lee Broughman (Randolph College) ALA Councilor: Jessica Scalph (Prince William County Public Library) Second Vice President: Mark Lenker (Longwood University) Treasurer: Maryke Barber (Hollins University) Congratulations to Lisa Lee, Jessica, Mark and Maryke! You can meet your new [...] Virginia Libraries seeks input on a new theme: electronic collections and digital developments in the library world. With a deadline of November 1, we challenge you to share your experiences with electronic collections, resources, and access–the triumphs, the pitfalls, and the process along the way. With a submission deadline of November 1, we hope to [...] Virginia Libraries, the quarterly journal of the Virginia Library Association, is currently seeking an Editor or Co-Editors to take over leadership in preparation for the first edition of 2012. For more information and to apply, please contact VLA President Matt Todd at Northern Virginia Community College, mtodd@nvcc.edu. Interested applicants will need to submit to Matt [...] On Friday, September 9 at the VLA Council Meeting at the Twin Hickory Branch Library in Richmond, VLA President Matt Todd presented Cy Dillon and Lyn (C.A.) Gardner, with Presidential Citations, the text of which read: In recognition of [his/her] outstanding contributions as co-editor of Virginia Libraries, in developing, promoting, and improving library and information [...] Top 19 reasons to attend the 2011 VLA Annual Conference…can you suggest a 20th? 19) The buzz you get from the sheer collective brainpower of the biggest gathering of Virginia librarians this year 18) Staying over in the hotel? Taking an elevator ride to work is like magic! 17) The latest in library swag just [...] Corcoran and NSDAR Library Tours sponsored by VLA Region V Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:00AM Corcoran: Tour meets in the lobby for the permanent collection highlights and library tour 11:15AM Tour returns to the lobby Lunch Available at the Clara Barton Café – located in the Red Cross back building (in between [...] |
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