ASSOCIATES (vol. 5, no. 3, March 1999) - associates.ucr.edu

Date: March 25, 1999
Place: University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo
Event: Spring Workshop
Sponsor: Paralibrarian Division, Colorado Library Association
Cost: $30.00 for CLA Members, $55.00 Non-Members (Fee Includes Italian Buffet. Workshop ADA Accessible)
Contact: Stephany Liptak (719) 549-2561 or e-mail: liptak@uscolo.edu

        The Spring Workshop includes "Coping With Change: How To Keep Both Your Sanity And Your Job In A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Library World" presented by Pat Wagner; "We Are All Mr. Carnegie's Children" presented by Stan Oliner, and "Writer's Rap - Meet Robert Greer" presented by Robert Greer.

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Date: March 26, 1999
Place: Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, MO
Event: Where Will You Be In The Year 2000?
Sponsor: Support Staff/Paraprofessional Council of the Missouri Library Association
Contact: Pat McQuitty (573-443-3161 or e-mail: pmcquitt@mail.coin.missouri.edu

        This event is intended for support staff in all types of libraries.

Date: April 6-7, 1999
Place: Cromwell, Connecticut
Event: CLA Annual Conference
Sponsor: Connecticut Library Association
Contact: Karen Zoller at kzoller@connix.com

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Date: April 7-10, 1999
Place: Detroit, Michigan, Pontchartrain Hotel, Downtown Detroit
Event: 1999 COLT Annual Conference "Standing at the Crossroads"
Sponsor: COLT
Cost: Prior to March 1, 1999: COLT Member $140.00, Non-Member $155.00 After March 1, 1999: COLT Member $160.00, Non-Member $175.00 1 Day Session: $90.00
Contact: Barry Harvey (850) 922-6044 or e-mail: barry@ccla.lib.fl.us or contact Diane Welsh (202) 434-6242 or e-mail: dwelsh@aarp.org

        Programs include Certification of Support Staff; The History of Paraprofessional Organizations; Balancing your Act; Career Building; Diversity in the Workplace, Newsletters; and Troubleshooting Your PC.

        For more information visit the COLT website: http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/events.html

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Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Place: Capital District Library Council Headquarters (Conference Room)
28 Essex St., Albany, NY (Free on-site parking is available)
Event: Spring 1999 workshop, "Archival Book Repair And Preservation"
Sponsor: CALA: (Capital Area Library Assistants)
Cost: $7.00 Registration fee ***Pre-registration deadline is Friday, April 1, 1999***
Contact: For more information or directions to CLDC, please contact Jean Guyon, SUNY Albany Library, by phone at (518) 442-3625 or by email to: jm902@cnvax.albany.edu

Nancy Stanfill, Preservation Librarian, SUNY Albany Library
Barbara Kinlock, Preservation Book Conservator, SUNY Albany Library

         Please join us for an informative workshop that will demonstrate the basics of archival care and preservation of print materials. This workshop will expand upon our fall workshop by teaching different techniques for preseving print materials, such as encapsulation (if you'd like to have hands on experience with encapsulation, please bring a small pair of scissors and a flat, 5" X 7" document, such as a photo, drawing or card). Also, please bring a brown bag lunch--dessert and beverages will be provided. Hope to see you there!

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Date: April 15, 1999. 9 - 1. LIBRARY ASSISTANT DAY!
Place: Walsh Library at Fordham University, East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY
Event: Library Assistants Special Interest Group Annual Meeting
Sponsor: (METRO) Metropolitan New York Library Council
Contact: Patricia Campbell-Philbertm 212-636-6911. pcampbell@mail.lawnet.fordham.edu

        This meeting is to raise the necessary awareness and participation of New York City Library Assistants to plan and host, in the year 2001, the first ever annual conference in the New York Metropolitan area of the New York State Library Assistants Association (NYSLAA).
        Watch clips of the library assistant as portrayed on the silver screeen and compare with the real world of Library Assistants.
        Engage in small group discussions about the experiences and career choices.
        Learn about improving library skills through workshops at the June 1999 NYSLAA conference.
        Join planning committees for the 2001 New York City conference.

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Date: April 23, 1999
Place: Rosemont, Illinois, Rosemont Convention Center
Event: Reaching Forward
Sponsor: The Illinois Library Association
Contact: Chris Smallwood at (630) 759-2102, ext. 49 or e-mail: csmallwood@htls.lib.il.us or Barbara Rys at (708) 974-5467 or e-mail: rys@moraine.cc.il.us

        Reaching Forward is a one day conference targeted to support staff in all types of libraries. This is the 9th year of the Reaching Forward with a projected attendance of 1,500. There are 33 different, con-current programs offered throughout the day. This year's keynote speaker is Kathleen Balcom, Executive Director of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois, and immediate past president of the Illinois Library Association.

Date: May 17-18, 1999
Place: Richmond, Virginia, University of Richmond
Event: Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum "Mastering the Challenges of the 21st Century"
Contact: Suzanne L. Leacy, Central Library, Prince William Public Library System, 8601 Mathis Avenue, Manassas, VA 22110. Tel: (703)361-8211. Fax: (703) 335-2956. slleacy@aol.com or Don Socia, Reinsch Library, Marymount University, 2809 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22207. Tel: (703) 284-1642. Fax: (703) 284-1685. don.socia@marymount.edu

        The paraprofessional Forum’s seventh annual conference will present a program to enhance the professional development of paraprofessionals, and to provide workshops, presentations, roundtables, panels and networking opportunities.

        Dale Henry will be the Monday morning keynote speaker. Some session titles are Filtering & The Internet, Storytelling Secrets, Stress Management, Marketing Yourself, and Taming the Restless Patron. There will be several workshops dealing with computer-related technologies.

        A Sunday evening picnic, a Monday evening tee-shirt social, and the Special Buffet Luncheon and Extra-Ordinary Afternoon session on Tuesday are some of the special events planned.

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Date: May 24-25, 1999
Place: South Orange, NJ, Seton Hall University
Event: NJALA 13th Annual Conference
Sponsor: New Jersey Association of Library Assistants (NJALA)
Contact: Regina Bociulis at (609) 983-1444 or e-mail: jbociulis@burlco.lib.nj.us or Anita Kosinski at (908) 369-2200 or e-mail: akosinski@rvcc.raritanval.edu

        This event is still in the planning stages, but mark your calendars and call Regina or Anita for updates!

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Date: May 25, 1999
Place: Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Event: "Let's Get With It....Your Future is Now!"
Sponsor: Wisconsin Library Association Support Staff Section
Contact: Wisconsin Library Association, 250 East Terrace Dr., Suite A1, Madison, WI 53718-8345

        Programs will include information on financial planning for retirement, and working healthy.

        Registration information will be available in mid-April--deadline is May 14, 1999.

Date: June 9 - 11, 1999
Place: Rochester Crowne Plaza, Rochester, New York
Event: NYSLAA Conference
Sponsor: New York State Library Assistants’ Association (NYSLAA)
Cost: $80.00 Early Bird Members by April 16, or $100.00 by May 7,1999. OR if you are able to only participate for one day, the fee is $45.00 Early Bird or $55.00 by May 7.
Contact: Donna Hanna, Milne Library, SUNY College at Geneseo, NY 14454 Tel: 716-245-5508. hanna@uno.cc.geneseo.edu

        The keynote speaker for this year is one of the Ray Murray Award winners from last year’s conference, Ed Rivenburgh from SUNY Geneseo.

        Some of the workshop that you will be able to choose from are: Grantwriting; Y2K-The Year 2000 Bug; Diversity; Word 97; Professionalism in Library Assistants; Building the Leader Within; To MLS or NOT?; SUNY Connect: the Next Generation of Library Cooperation; Learn To Sign; Rochester-Its Rich History and more.

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Date: June 13-16, 1999
Place: Big Sky Resort, Big Sky, Montana
Event:Joint conference of the Montana Library Association and the Regional Association of Mountain Plains
Contact: Registration and accomodation info should be found on these web sites: www.mtlib.org and www.usd.edu/mpla/ and www.bigskyresort.com You can also contact Rita Gibson, rkgibson@hotmail.com or the chair of Montana's para organization (MLP), Kathy Birkenbuel at: kbirkenb@mtpower.com

        "Para" day is Tuesday, June 15 and besides our business meeting, there will be the following workshops of particular interest to paras: Kathleen Weibel, of Chicago Public Library will be doing her "I Work In a Library, But I'm Not a Librarian"; and Marg Anderson & Darlene Taylor of the Library and Information Technology Program of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology will do a workshop called: "Distance Education for Paraprofessionals & Support Staff". We are also hoping that "one of our own" will be sharing her experiences as an MLS distance student in the Syracuse program.

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Date: June 26-27, 1999
Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Event: ALA Support Staff Interests Round Table
Sponsor: ALA Support Staff Interests Round Table
Contact: Paulette Feld, SSIRT President, Technical Services, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901 Tel: 920.424.7369. Fax: 920.424.2175. feld@uwosh.edu

Saturday, June 26
Membership Meeting
9:30am-12:30pm

        Find out what is happening in SSIRT---anyone registered for ALA is welcome!

SSIRT Task Force Update
2-4pm

        Members of the three SSIRT Task Forces will discuss the status of the work on Compensation, Career Ladders, and Continuing Education. Those attending will be encouraged to share their thoughts on these three important issues. The program will also include a review of the SSIRT Survey and Strategic plan, from which the Task Forces were developed. Saturday Evening Social Event

        Join SSIRT Michaul's on St. Charles Ave. for a taste of New Orleans. Price will be $25 for a buffet dinner and entertainment including Cajun music and dancing. Details on the ALA registration form or at the conference registration desk.

Sunday, June 27
2pm-4pm

        Bob Drescher, the current President of CapCon Network in the DC area will present a program on communication within organizations.

        All program locations (other than the social event) are still to be announced.

        For more information, visit the website: http://library.willamette.edu/ssd/ or call Linda or Jan.

Date: August 5 - 6, 1999
Place: College of St. Olaf, Northfield, MN
Event: BRANCH OUT 1999
Contact: Zona Meyer, Hamline Law Library, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104; zmeyer@gw.hamline.edu; (651)523-2052 or Mary Schoenborn, Business Reference, 4 Wilson Library, University of Minnesota, 309 19th Ave..So., Minneapolis, MN 55455; hawki003@tc.umn.edu; (612) 624-1810.

        This is the eighth annual conference which is designed by and for library support staff and paraprofessionals. The program is being finalized, Our keynote speaker will be Bill Holm, noted Minnesota author and professor of English at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. Other sessions in the planning stages include legal/moral issues on the Internet, career renewal, stress relief, certification, the paraprofessional as manager, MNLink update and much more!

        We will also be featuring the inaugural "Especially for" conference which is planned to be a yearly event sponsored by the Support Staff and Paraprofessional Interest Section of the Minnesota Library Association. (SSPIN) This year the focus will be on academic library support staff and paraprofessionals.

        Brochures and registration materials will be ready for mailing later this spring. The Branch Out web page is available and will be updated as the programs are developed. The URL is: www.lib.stthomas.edu/branch99

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Date: August 13, 1999
Place: Denver, Colorado, Regis University
Event: Metro Area PARAPROS Annual Conference
Sponsor: Metro Area PARAPROS

        This event is still in the planning stages, so mark your calendars and watch for further details!

Date: September 2-18, 1999
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Event: Tour and Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 10th Annual Library Technicians Meeting "Projections/Reflections"
Sponsor: COLT/ALIA
Contact: Linda Owen at (909) 787-3780 or e-mail: lowen@pop.ucr.edu

        You need not be a member of COLT to participate in this tour. After the meeting you will have a chance to tour prominent sites in Australia's Red Center and Far North Queensland. This trip is a unique opportunity to participate in an international event, to learn about libraries and library workers in the Pacific Rim Countries and to share your own library experiences.

        For those interested, there is an opportunity to submit papers for consideration for presentation to the conference. More information regarding the trip can be found at: http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/itinerary.html or http://www.alia.org.au/sections/libt/conferences/1999/index.html

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Date: September 8 - 10, 1999
Place: Fremantle, Western Australia
Event: Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 10th Annual Library Technicians Meeting "Projections/Reflections"
Sponsor: ALIA
Contact: Evette House, West Coast College, Carine Campus, Library Resource Centre, Almadine Drive, Carine WA 6020. Ph: + 61 8 9235 7693. Fax: + 61 8 9235 7642. evette@echidna.id.au

        For more information: http://www.alia.org.au/sections/libt/conferences/1999/index.html

        More information will be available after March 19, so feel free to contact Camile then.

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