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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 [...] 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 [...] If you are a member of the Special Library Association, please see the link below for some great free webinars on a variety of topics such as Marketing, Business Research, Management and Team Leadship etc. http://www.sla.org/content/learn/members/webinars/index.cfm 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 [...] 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 [...] The American Library Association is holding a video contest. The first-place winner will receive $175, and the runner-up will receive $75. To enter, create a video, upload it to Vimeo, tag it “library advocacy day,” and send your full name, phone number, city, state & the url of your work to jroberts@alawash.org with the subject [...] |
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