A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS – Volunteers are needed to assist with facilitating sessions during the 2010 VLA Conference to be held October 21-22 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center. If you are interested in being a volunteer during the conference, please contact Lydia Williams by email at williamslc@longwood.edu or by telephone at [...]
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Hello, Dr. Carol Doll, Dr. Gail Dickinson, and Dr. KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson recently received an ILMLS grant to establish a multicultural continuing education center at Old Dominion University (Librarianship Upgrades for Children and Youth Services (LUCY). One of our first tasks is to identify the specific needs of public librarians in the area of multicultural materials, [...] If you would like to present a session at the 2011 Paraprofessional Forum please fill out and submit the PDF form below by Sept. 30, 2010. The 2011 Paraprofessional Forum Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Select/Koger Center in Richmond, VA on May 22-24, 2011 vlapf_session_proposal11_form (PDF) Deadline for submissions is Sept. 30, 2010 [...] Banned Books Week 2010 (September25- October2): Display Contest The Intellectual Freedom Committee urges all libraries to mark Banned Books week this year by creating displays in your facilities. Library users might not realize that many books are vulnerable to being banned, not just the books that they do not like. For example, the Bible is [...] FRONTLINE LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERY VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE Librarians in all types of libraries are invited to a FREE workshop on frontline advocacy for libraries—especially their own libraries. Frontline library advocates work at all levels in all types of libraries—public, academic, school and special—and are the internal/external face and voice of the library. They can [...] Knowing how to find and use E-government resources is critical for patrons who need access to information related to unemployment, food stamps, Medicaid, tax forms, health and housing; and many people are asking their public library to help them navigate this information. For additional information and registration please go to http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1649 Camila Alire, ALA President, will present a FREE workshop on Frontline Advocacy, June 21st at The University of Richmond. Librarians in all types of libraries are invited. [...] VLA’s first bi-annual Virginia Library Leadership Academy (VALLA) took place April 19th and 20th in the Queen Anne Room of the English Inn in Charlottesville. Twenty-three library leaders-in-training learned what steps are necessary to take in successfully directing their careers to best serve themselves, their libraries, and the library community. Dr. Robert Burgin developed [...] American Management Association , Booklist, the Foundation Center, InfoPeople, Library Journal, The Nebraska Library Commission, School Library Journal, TechSoup, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, and WebJunction, will be webcasting the following FREE programs during May. These programs and others are listed on the Virginia Libraries Extranet Schedule of Events. Tip: If you cannot [...] Are your library’s users concerned about their privacy online? Would you know how to answer their questions? ”The first ever Choose Privacy Week, May 2 – 8, is a new initiative sponsored by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in [...] |
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