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Mark your calendars for the 2013 Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum's Annual Conference

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 [...]

Nominations for VLA Paraprofessional Forum Awards due May 1, 2012

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.

The Outstanding Paraprofessional Award  The Outstanding Paraprofessional Award was launched in 1996 as a means [...]

You are invited to 2012 VLACRL Spring Program!

What:  The Virginia Chapter of ACRL (VLACRL) invites you to our annual Spring Program “Starting at the end: Rethink your instruction based on student bibliographies.”

When: Monday, April 9th, 2012

Where: Sweet Briar College, Florence Easton Inn & Conference Center

Registration: Register online 

$45 for VLACRL members (qualification: membership in ACRL or in VLA);

$55 [...]

Youth Services Forum Meeting

The 2012 VLA Youth Services Forum and Executive Committee will be meeting on Friday, April 20, from 1:30-3:30pm at the Twin Hickory Branch of the Henrico County Library System, located at 5001 Twin Hickory Road, Glen Allen, VA.

VLA Technical Services & Technology Forum Presents: “Understanding XML” with Matthew Gibson

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 [...]

VLA NMRT Forum Call for Nominations!

Have some great ideas about things you’d like the VLA NMRT Forum do? #makeithappen by nominating yourself or someone you know for the following positions!:

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (1.5 years, spring 2012- fall 2013) Secretary/Treasurer (6 months, spring-fall 2012) Communications & Outreach Director (6 months, spring-fall 2012) Programming Director (6 months, spring-fall 2012) Conference Director (6 months, [...]

20 Years of VLA Paraprofessional Forum Conferences! JOIN US!

Do your remember attending one of the VLAPF conferences years ago; how many of the conferences that were held at the University of Richmond did you attend? We would love to see you at the 2012 conference to be held May 20-21, 2012 at the Koger Center in Richmond.  We are celebrating **20 years** of [...]

Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) informational webinar, 12/13/11

Hello Colleagues and Potential Candidates!

The Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC), a national certification program that allows library support staff to demonstrate competencies and be certified by the American Library Association (ALA), will offer an hour-long informational webinar at 2 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Dec. 13. The presentation will explain the value of this certification to [...]

ALA Emerging Leaders from Virginia: Rebecca Kate Miller and Rocco Debonis

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: [...]

JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT ONLINE CAREER CHAT ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.

Our topic will be Career Communication Documents – including that all-important resume.

Provided by the ALA JobLIST Placement Center

Register: https://ala.ilinc.com/register/yzvtszr

Your resume is still one of the best tools for your job search and career advancement strategy.  However, resumes – how they look and what they need to communicate – have changed.  And other communications [...]