We are excited to announce the second annual meeting of The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC), a day-long conference dedicated to the exploration of innovative practices related to teaching and learning in libraries.  

The Innovative Library Classroom is supported by the Virginia Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (VLACRL) and a number of Virginia institutions, including Radford University, Virginia Tech, and Hollins University.  The conference will be held at the campus of Radford University in Radford, Virginia, on May 12, 2015, 9 am to 4:30 pm. 

Your $35 registration fee includes lunch and snacks.

Registration will open at 9 am EST on Sunday, March 15 at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/p/registration.html

Space is limited to 75 attendees.

Full details about TILC, including accepted proposals,  can be found at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Candice Benjes-Small, MLIS

Head, Information Literacy & Outreach

McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA

540.831.6801

[email protected]

Call for Nominations: 2015 VLA Awards

We know you work with amazing people, and that hundreds of wonderful volunteers help make your library a success year after year. Celebrate those people and their dedication by nominating them for a Virginia Library Association Award (deadline May 15). Winners will be honored at the Virginia Library Association Annual Conference at the Richmond Marriott, October 21-23.

Click here for Nomination Forms and Award Criteria

2015 VLA Awards Call for Nominations
The Awards and Recognition Committee is seeking nominations for the following VLA Awards:

• George Mason Award
• Honorary Life Award
• Trustee Library Award
• Friends of the Library Award

The deadline for nominations is May 15, 2015.

Nominations may be submitted electronically to Lisa Varga, VLA Executive Director ([email protected]).
 
Thank you,

The Awards and Recognition Committee
 

The Innovative Library Classroom 2015: New Wine, New Bottles

Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Radford University, Radford, VA

“This is the best freaking conference I’ve ever attended. The content was perfect, and the conference ran like a well-oiled machine. I was VERY impressed and I can’t wait to come back!” –evaluation comments from 2014 attendee

The Innovative Library Classroom (TILC) 2014 was an amazing success, thanks to wonderful presenters and participants. We are now planning the 2015 event with the theme New Wine, New Bottles.

The idiom “Old wine, new bottles”  refers to ideas which are packaged as new but in reality are same-old, same-old.  We want to hear about your truly innovative projects, thoughts, and explorations.  And sometimes old ideas really are improved with new packaging, so if you have a new “bottle” for a sound idea, submit it!  Whether your preferred drink is wine, beer, soda, or something else, we want to hear from you.

Proposals are invited for three different session types:

• 50 minute presentation
• 50 minute conversation starters
• 7 minute lightning talk

For The Innovative Library Classroom 2015, two levels of review will take place.  In addition to the traditional peer review process, we will crowdsource interest in the topics submitted by authors.  Abstracts submitted by authors will be blinded for the crowdsourced portion.  Conference coordinators will make the final selections, basing decisions on both the peer review process and the crowdsourced information.  

Selected papers based on conference presentations will be published,  subject to double blind peer review, in a special issue of Internet Reference 
Services Quarterly dedicated to The Innovative Library Classroom.  More information about IRSQ is available on the IRSQ website: 
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wirs20/current#.Uouk8cTIh8E

Submission deadline: November, 21, 2014

Acceptance notification: December 15, 2014

We expect registration costs to be about $35.

Full details and a link to the proposal form are available at: http://innovativelibraryclassroom.blogspot.com/

2015 Election Results

Please join us in congratulating VLA’s newly-elected officers for 2015:

Vice President/President Elect: Martha Hutzel of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg

VLA Secretary: Cindy S. Church of the Library of Virginia, Richmond

ALA Councilor:  Rebecca K. Miller of the Virginia Tech Libraries, Blackburg

Martha, Cindy and Rebecca will be installed into their new offices at the VLA Annual Conference Business Meeting, Friday, October 24, at 8am in the Auditorium of the DoubleTree Williamsburg. They will join the following previously-elected members of the 2015 VLA Executive Committee:

• Kevin Smith, York County Public Library
• Suzy Szasz Palmer, Longwood University
• Nathan Flinchum, Roanoke Public Libraries
• Shari Henry, Arlington Public Library
• Lisa R. Varga, VLA Executive Director (ex-officio)

Thank you to all of our candidates, and thank you for voting!

Sincerely,

The 2015 VLA Executive Committee