Calendar
APRIL 2001
Date: April 5-6, 2001
Place: Kent State University and Southern State Community College
Event: Spring Workshop
Sponsor: The Academic Library Association of Ohio's Support Staff Interest
Group (ALAO)
Cost: ALAO members - $30.00, non-members - $50.00 (which includes membership
dues)
URL: www.library.kent.edu/access/alao/
The April 5th workshop will be at Kent State University and the April 6th one will be at Southern State Community College. The workshops will run from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. The featured speaker is Dr. Linda Dobb, Executive Vice President of Bowling Green State University. Her topic will be on "Continuing Education for Support Staff." The afternoon will feature Tom Warren and Jeph Remley from Kent State. They will demonstrate a program they designed to do online interactive training for Circulation workers. There will also be time for tours and networking at each facility.
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Date: April 20, 2001
Place: Donald P. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL
Event: 11th Annual Reaching Forward Conference
for Library Staff
Sponsor: Illinois Library Association
Cost: ILA member $ 65.00;
Non-ILA member $ 75.00
URL:
http://www.reachingforward.org/
The keynote presentation is : Sharon Wiseman and the Dunton Street Players "The Magnitude of Attitude" and more than 20 different workshops are offered.
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MAY 2001
Date: May 3-4, 2001
Place: Holiday Inn, Hays, Kansas
Event: KLOA Conference 2001
Sponsor: Kansas Library Operation Associates
Cost: Not yet set
Contact:
Janet Anderson-Story, Librarian
Flint Hills Technical College
3301 W. 18th Ave.
Emporia, KS 66801
316-341-2300 ext. 223
800-711-6947
janderso@fhtc.kansas.net
URL: http://kloa.lib.ksu.edu/kloainformation.html
Join the Kansas Library Operation Associates for our annual conference to be held in Hays, Kansas, May 3 and 4, 2001, at the Holiday Inn. The conference will include such topics as: humor in the workplace, safety in the library, government web sites, copyright basics, distance education and the role of the library, workplace issues: sexual harassment, ADA, and more, handling difficult patrons, interpersonal communication ,leadership, changing roles of library support staff
Who should attend:
Library employees from all types of libraries. Library support staff,
paraprofessionals, clerks, aides, library assistants, non-MLS librarians,
or anyone interested in the topics of the conference.
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Date: May 11, 2001
Place: Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce, Florida
Event: 9th Annual Florida Library Paraprofessional Workshop
Cost: $50.00
Contact: Pat Profeta (561) 462-4780
URL: http://www.ircc.cc.fl.us/learnres/libsrv/libresrc/lpwworkshop.html
"Raising The Standard" is the theme for this years workshop. Topics include: Past, Present, and Future Responsibilities for Library Support Staff; Access to Government Documents on the Internet; Stress Relieving Techniques; Children's literature and Music: Make it Work for You; Money Makes the Library Grow; Inside Track of a Library Technology Class; Stand, Talk, and Deliver: Presentations with Style; Using Chat Software to Provide Reference; and much more. For further details, descriptions of the sessions, and registration information, please visit the website.
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Date: May 16-18, 2001
Place: Lake
Hamilton Resort, Hot Springs Arkansas
Event: 9th Annual Spring Conference
Sponsor: Arkansas Library
Paraprofessional Division
URL: http://www.library.uams.edu/alps/SPC2001.pdf
Contact: Sandy Olson,
ArLA/ALPS Division Chair,
Acquisitions Supervisor,
University of Central Arkansas
Torreyson Library, 501-450-5210
SandyO@mail.uca.edu
Theme: "It's Only Just Begun".
Wednesday, May 16
7:00 pm ALPS Icebreaker/Reception at the Garland County Public
Library
Thursday, May 17: Programs include kKeynote address by Tillie O'Neal Kyles;
Guest speaker, Kaye Talley, ArLA President;
Sessions: Teamwork, the basics [Part 1]; Hidden Dragons in Your Library; Customer Service Training : Theory or Staff "War Stories"; Consumer Health on the Net: Mining for Information Gems; Internet Law; Chicken Soup for the Paraprofessional. Dinner and Theme Party
Friday, May 18: "What Makes Me Tick? How Motivational Types Guide Behavior "; Women's Army Corps; Panel Discussion - Continuing Education and Certification for Paraprofessionals; Information Please: 150 years of Service
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Date: May 20-21, 2001
Place: University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Event: Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum's Annual
Conference
Sponsor: VLA Paraprofessional Forum
Contact: Susan Paddock (757) 431-3014 or via e-mail at sspaddock@aol.com
The theme of the 2001 conference is "Challenge Yourself: Expand Your Horizons." This conference will feature three keynote speakers, twenty-five sessions, ten discussion groups or roundtables, a Sunday evening welcome reception, and a Monday evening social filled with music, dancing and the giving away of lots of door prizes.
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JUNE 2001
Date: June 13-15, 2001
Place: New York City
Event: 23rd Annual Conference
Sponsor: New York State Library Assistants' Association
Contact: Donna Hanna (716) 245-5508 or via e-mail at hanna@geneseo.edu
Entitled "Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century: Soaring to New Heights", the conference is June 13-15, 2001 at St. John's University in Jamaica, NY.
Out-of-staters are welcome also! Some of the more than 20 workshops being offered are: How to Be a Good Supervisor, Everyday Law, Basic Trouble-shooting for Non-techies, Positive Approaches to Problematic People, Business Writing, Continuing Education/Distance Learning, and workshops about Excel, HTML, and Word. Keynote speakers are Howard Dodson, Chief of The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Connie Elliott, Director for Tourism for Anderson County and President of Ideal Events, overseeing a leadership development program. There will be excursions into Manhattan including tours of the Statue of Liberty, the NBC studios, and other sites.
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Date: June 13-16, 2001
Place: San Francisco, California
Event: Annual Conference, "Library Support Staff: Still Moving in the Right
Direction"
Sponsor: Council on Library/Media Technicians (COLT)
Contact: Linda Owen (909) 787-3780, Fax: (909) 787-3720 or e-mail at
lowen@pop.ucr.edu
URL: http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/
The Council on Library/Media Technicians invites you to attend the Annual COLT Conference, "Library Support Staff: Still Moving in the Right Direction" in San Francisco, California, June 13-16, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco/ Embarcadero. The conference programs are designed to help library staff explore the roles that library support staff play in contemporary libraries. Please visit the COLT home page for continually updated information about the conference: http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/2001conference.html
Links will lead you to program information, a tentative schedule of events, and a registration form. Join COLT and Save on the conference registration. A COLT Membership Form is available at: http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/application.html
Flyers promoting the 2001 Colt conference are available. If you are planning a meeting, or workshop this spring and would like a batch of the flyers, please contact Linda Owen at the address above.
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Date: June 15-17, 2001 ALA/LSSIRT
(Library Support Staff Interest Roundtable)
Place, San Francisco, California
Event: ALA/LSSIRT
(Library Support Staff Interest Roundtable)
Contact: Dorothy Morgan
Business Manager
Liverpool Public Library
dot@mailbox.lpl.org
SSIRT President
Ambassador for NYSLAA
The Great NIGHT OUT : "An Evening with LSSIRT"
Enjoy a scrumptious dinner at a restaurant the San Francisco Chronicle names, "The Best Restaurant on the Wharf." Let's meet at A. Sabella's Restaurant and taste what all the rave reviews are about. Fees; Only $30. Now where in the world are you going to be able to go out and eat at a great restaurant for only $30.00??? JOIN US!
Saturday's program: "Libraries developing career pathways: how to begin, how to implement, different perspectives"
Find out what libraries are doing to help support staff promote from within their systems. Learn about Auburn University's job family system and the extensive training component that has been developed. Consider issues to be addressed in the development of a plan with examples from the Duke University Perkins Library System. Find out how Boston Public Library and the Ocean County Library System (New Jersey) are starting the process of staff development through training opportunities.
Sunday's program: "Preparing for that Next Great Career Move"
Whether you are new to the library job market or a seasoned professional, join us for a workshop with job placement specialists that will focus on positioning and coaching for your job search. Ideas for resume and cover letter writing that presents your previous work experience in a way that demonstrates your talents and abilities will be covered, as well as interviewing techniques.
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AUGUST 2001
Date: August 1-2, 2001
Place: University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Event: BRANCH OUT 2001
Sponsors: University
of St. Thomas and the St. Paul Public Library
Cost: $25 for a half
day, $50 for one day and $90 for two days. Dorm rooms will be in Morrison Hall ($46.50
double/single) and Murray Hall (an older building, $34 double).
Contact: Debbie Willms, St. Paul Public Library, City Hall Room 210, 15 W
Kellogg, St. Paul, Mn 55102; 651-266-7085;
email: debbiew@stpaul.lib.mn.us
URL: http://www.lib.stthomas.edu/branch01
The theme for BRANCH OUT 2001 is "WE ARE THE DYNAMIC LINKS". The keynote speaker is Linda Slusar, the winner of LIBRARY MOSAICS "2000 Supporting Suppport Staff Award". She was featured in the May/June 2000 issue of LIBRARY MOSAICS. Developer and coordinator of the Library Technical Assistant Illinois Program, Ms. Slusar is an assistant professor and reference librarian at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. An advocate for satellite video teleconferencing, she assisted in developing SOARING TO EXCELLENCE. A dynamic speaker for "Dynamic Links"!
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Date: August 3, 2001
Place: Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado
Event: 10th Annual Conference
Sponsor: Mountains and Plains Parapros (formerly Metro Area PARAPROS)
Contact: Stephen Sweeney via e-mail at ssweeney@regis.edu
URL: http://www.unco.edu/library/gov/parapros/
Mark your calendar for this event! The conference is still in the planning stages so visit the website for updated information.
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Events Editor
Library Technician
Cataloging Branch
National Agricultural Library
ssalt@nal.usda.gov
