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New VLA Logo Adopted

The new VLA logo was unveiled and adopted at the April 9th Council Meeting.

The new logo is available for download and use on all VLA publications, signage, web sites, etc. in various sizes, formats and color variations.

Special thanks go to Visa Varga and the Central Rappahannock Regional Library graphics staff for the beautiful [...]

April 2010 FREE Continuing Education Events

Library Journal, SirsiDynix Institute,  and  WebJunction will be webcasting the following FREE programs during April. All of these events (registration links) can be found on the Virginia Libraries Event Calendar: http://host5.evanced.info/lva/evanced/eventcalendar.asp TITLES OF APRIL PROGRAMS: Libraries Go Boom! Library Service to Older Adults and Baby Boomers The Success of Web-Scale Discovery in Returning Net-Gen Users [...]

SNAPSHOT: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF LIBRARIES, VIRGINIA’S CARDINAL ASSET

The Virginia Library Association and the Library of Virginia need your help. We want to take a snapshot of a typical day in the life of Virginia’s libraries.  What would Virginia be like if there were no libraries?  What services do we provide on a daily basis that simply go unrecognized and unappreciated?  We have [...]

Parapro Board Meeting

The April 16th Board Meeting will be held at 11am at the Gordon Avenue branch library in Charlottesville. We will have a van at Northside Library that morning to transport board members to Gordon Ave. Please be at Northside BEFORE 10:30  to be driven to the final planning meeting for the conference in May 2010

Paraprofessional Conference

The board continues to make great plans for the upcoming conference May 16-18, 2010.  A food drive, a Sunday night GAMING and dessert social and raffle baskets are in the works. Bring your return address stickers to slap on raffle tickets instead of handwriting each ticket you purchase.  Another fabulous quilt and the Monday NETWORKING lunch are also [...]

2010 Paraprofessional Forum Conference Registration Open

When: Sunday, May 16, 2010 – Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Where: Holiday Inn Select/Koger South Conference Center Richmond, Virginia (Map)

Conference Program/Schedule (PDF)

Registration Form (PDF)

March Information Sessions for University of North Texas MLS Virginia Cohort

Virginia Cohort

In the fall of 2008, the Department of Library and Information Sciences at the University of North Texas, in partnership with James Madison University Library, initiated a highly successful cohort-based Master’s Program.  Building on this success, we are recruiting a second cohort of students that will begin study in the [...]

2010 VLA Awards: Call for Nominations

2010 VLA Awards

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, 2010. The criteria for each award and the nomination form are located on the Awards and Recognition Committee page [...]

School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) Catholic University of America (CUA) Information Session

Join the Information Professions of the 21st Century!

Interested in working in libraries, cultural heritage organizations, or the information industry?

Interested in managing information organizations?

Learn about the Master’s Degree program and the Advanced Certificate in Library Leadership and Management at SLIS.

School of Library & Information Science (SLIS) Catholic University of America (CUA) [...]

Seeking Submissions about Challenged Materials

We are compiling a book for ALA Publications with the working title True Stories of Censorship Battles in American Libraries. We are looking for stories from librarians and/or about librarians who have experienced a challenge to material in their library. The story does not have to be a “first person” experience. The call for essays and [...]