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.
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Complete your Concurrent Session Proposal NOW for the 2011 VLA Annual Conference in Portsmouth, VA on October 27-28, 2011! You can now complete the fillable .pdf and e-mail it to VLA! Help us promote sustainability by saving paper! Deadline: May 1, 2011. Concurrent Session Proposal Form 2011 Tuesday, October 5 (9:45- 11:00 am) Give Them What They Want? Patron Driven Acquisitions for eBooks (LYRASIS) Patron driven acquisitions for eBooks is not a new concept but interest in it is growing thanks to broader adoption of eBooks in libraries and patron expectations, driven in part by consumer experience. Just what are the rewards [...] The deadline to reserve a room at the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel has been extended until Friday, October 1. Please make your reservation NOW and make sure you tell them you are with the Virginia Library Association in order to receive the conference rate. Presented by the following organizations: Booklist, Infopeople, Library Journal, The Nebraska Library Commission, School Library Journal, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, and WebJunction will be webcasting the following FREE programs during September. These programs and others are listed on the Virginia Libraries Planning Calendar: http://host5.evanced.info/lva/evanced/eventcalendar.asp Thursday, September 9 (3 – 4 pm) Finding Health [...] As president of the Virginia Library Association this year I have encouraged participation in our Association. One important part of participation in any Association is casting your vote for the next group of individuals who will take us forward. Your current opportunity to participate in this essential task is rapidly drawing to an end. If [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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