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 [...]
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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 [...] For all those Virginia Libraries that subscribe to OverDrive’s service, the wait for Kindle compatible eBooks is over! See OverDrive’s announcement below (September 21, 2011) Library eBooks now available for Amazon® Kindle OverDrive is pleased to announce that Amazon® Kindle compatibility with your U.S. public or school library’s eBook collection is here. See the press [...] 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 [...] The 20th Annual Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Conference, “Communication 2012 – Paraprofessionals have come a long way, 1992-2012″ will be held on May 20-22, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Koger Center in Richmond. Now is the time to submit YOUR Concurrent Session Proposal Form! (Deadline for submissions is October 3, 2011). If you have any [...] The award invites library users nationwide to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Nominations are being accepted online at atyourlibrary.org/ilovemylibrarian through Sept. 12. Up to 10 librarians will be selected. Each will receive a $5,000 [...] (August 2011) TechSoup is part of an unprecedented national coalition designing and piloting public access technology benchmarks for public libraries, supported with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. These benchmarks support continuous improvement and local advocacy efforts in public access technology at libraries, including positioning libraries for success by: Creating a common language [...] The VLA Annual Conference will be held Oct. 27-28 at the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel in Portsmouth, VA. Please join us for “Nature is a Language, Can You Read? Literacy and Sustainability in Virginia’s Libraries.” Click here for the 2011 Annual Conference Preliminary Program. This .pdf document includes Preconferences, Schedules, Session Descriptions, Maps, and information [...] Cox Communications alerted us today that they needed to change Virginia Library Association phone number. Please note, the VLA Phone number is now (757) 689-0594. We are working diligently to update all pages of our website and all forms to reflect this change. You can also reach us by email at vla.lisav@cox.net. Thank you for your [...] |
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