ASSOCIATES (vol. 2, no. 2, November 1995) - associates.ucr.edu
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
COLT Awards
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_Library Mosaics_ and COLT are accepting nominations for two
annual awards which will be presented to individuals who have
been outstanding in their service to library support staff. Two
awards, one for support staff and another for a supporter of
support staff (e.g. administrator, supervisor, corporations,
etc.) will be awarded at the 1996 Annual COLT Conference to be
held in Portland, Oregon March 28-30, 1996. Winners of the award
will receive a $100 prize along with a plaque noting their
special recognition.
You may either nominate yourself or a colleague. Please submit a
brief description of the nominee, with a justification of why you
feel the candidate is deserving of the award. No more than two
pages will be accepted. The description should include a list of
activities, programs and other clear examples of why you feel
this nominee should be considered.
Selection for the awards will be made by an Awards Committee,
composed of selected support staff and _Library Mosaics_ staff.
The deadline for nominations will be December 30, 1995. You may
submit your nominations to: Library Mosaics, P.O. Box 5171,
Culver City, CA 90231.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
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BRITISH ISLES
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December 15, 1995
Welsh NVQ presentation by Paul Scarsbrook, ILS-LB Marketing and
Development Coordinator, on 15 December at Llandudno Library at
2:15pm
For further information contact:
Bethan Wyn Jones
Telephone: 01248 370171
or
Eddie Hughes
Telephone: 01352 703036
January 17, 1996
London S/NVQ Candidates Seminar, 9:30am to 4pm
For potential candidates, to be held at The Building Centre,
Store Street, London WC1.
For further information:
Telephone: 0171 255 2271 (Tel)
UNITED STATES
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Arkansas
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May 15-17 , 1996
DeGray Lake State Park
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals (ALPS) annual conference
For complete information on programs contact:
Dusty Schmid
Huie Library
Henderson State University
Email: domansd@holly.hsu.edu
Missouri
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March 8, 1996
Columbia, Missouri
Paraprofessional and Support Staff: Challenges and Changes
The program is sponsored by the Support Staff/Paraprofessional
Council of the Missouri Library Association and the School of
Library and Information Science at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. The conference will feature keynote speaker
Dr. Debra Wilcox Johnson speaking on the conference theme.
The program will be held at the Ramada Inn in Columbia from
8:30am-4:30pm. Registration fee is $35.
For more information contact:
Susan Cable
Email: c604164@mizzou1.missouri.edu
New York
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June 12-14, 1996
New Paltz
The 18th Annual NYSLAA Conference
Hosted by the SENYLRC Library Assistants Discussion Group in
conjunction with SENYLRC, MHLS and NYSLAA. It will be held at
SUNY New Paltz. The conference, itself, will be a two-day event.
The first day will be registration and local tours.
There are 30 workshops being planned with the focus on computer
technology.
The NYSLAA Conference is open to everyone. Library Assistants,
Technicians, Paraprofessionals, librarians, library directors,
and trustees are encouraged to register. In short, it is for
everyone who works in a library setting. The emphasis will be
furthering the professional growth and providing a network for
communication to NYSLAA members and the profession on library and
library assistant issues.
Vendors will be in attendance. This will be the first conference
held in the Southeastern New York region. Many transportation
options make this location very convenient to the New York City
and Long Island areas as well as upstate New York.
For further information, please contact:
Marie F. Smith, Chair
Mid-Hudson Library System
103 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Telephone: 914-471-6060
FAX: 914-454-5940
Email: smithm@sebridge.org
or
Pam Wolven
SENYLRC
PO Box 879
Highland, NY 12528
Telephone: 914-691-2734
FAX: 914-691-6987
Email: roncro@sebridge.org
or
Jim Costopoulos, Vice-Chair
Vassar College
Email: jacostopoulo@vassar.edu.bitnet
Oregon
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March 28-30, 1996
Portland, Oregon
Council on Library/Media Technicians 1996 Annual Conference
Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel
Larry Oberg, University Librarian at Willamette (OR) University
and noted authority on support staff has agreed to be our Opening
Session keynote speaker. Mr. Oberg is a well-known national
expert on support staff issues, having conducted extensive
research into numerous areas of interest to library
paraprofessionals and support staff.
John Berry, editor of _Library Journal_, has accepted our
invitation to be the Keynote Speaker at the Annual Banquet and
Awards Ceremony. Mr. Berry has been a long-time supporter of
library support staff, and has spoken extensively at conferences
throughout the United States and Canada. Of particular interest
may be the recent editorial he wrote concerning the _Virginia
Librarian_ controversy.
Programs:
To MLS or Not to MLS or What makes a Professional Anyway.
Ken Oberst
NYSSLA Certificate of Achievement Program
Dorothy Morgan
Oregon Library Association's (OLA)
Library Support Staff Roundtable LSSRT)
Deborah Cook
Acquisitions
Rosie Lewis Zeneca Ag Library/Bill Slater, BYU
Internet and World Wide Web searching
Jennie McKee
Outsourcing
Mark Watson, University of Oregon
Libraries Serving the Australian Aboriginal Community.
Linda Owen, University of California, Riverside
Additional programs:
Unions in Libraries,
Ethics
Washington Association of Library Employees (WALE),
Support Staff at the Reference Desk
Leadership
Intellectual Freedom,
Certification
Vendor Selection
Format Integration
Material Repairs,
Emergency Management.
COLT General Membership Meeting with Speaker
Banquet
COLT/Library Mosaics Annual Awards Presentation
Library Support Staff of the Year
Supporter of Support Staff of the Year
Early Bird Registration (Postmarked before February 1, 1996):
COLT Members - $ 85.00
Nonmembers - $110.00
Banquet - $30.00
Late Registration (Postmarked February 1, 1996 or later) will be
an additional $20.00 for both members and nonmembers.
Registration includes continental breakfasts, luncheons,
reception and conference materials.
For additional information contact:
Kent Slade
Vice-President/President-Elect
Conference Planning Committee Chairperson
Weber County Library
2464 Jefferson Avenue
Ogden UT 84401-2488
Telephone: 801-627-6916
Fax: 801-399-8519
E-mail: kslade@cc.weber.edu
Texas
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January 19, 1996
San Antonio, Texas
Council on Library/Media Technicians
Regional Workshop
Certification for Library Support Staff
Room 120
Visual Arts and Technology Center
San Antonio College.
Presented by Margaret Barron, Cuyahoga Community College,
Cleveland, Ohio
The featured speaker will be Margaret Barron who will talk on
Certification for Library Support Staff. Margaret is the Central
Region Director of the Council on Library/Media Technicians and
the Certification Committee Chairperson for COLT. She is
employed by the Cuyahoga Community College as a librarian and as
a professor in the Library Technician education program of the
college. Margaret is a founding member and Past-President of
COLT. She has been responsible for developing a national survey
to assess the benefits of and the desire for a Certification
program for library support staff.
Margaret will discuss the history of the certification effort in
the United States and the need for such a program. She will
explain what certification would entail if pursued on a national
versus a state level. Preliminary results of the Certification
Survey will be presented.
For more information contact:
Christine G. Fau
Cataloging Technician
St. Mary's University Academic Library
San Antonio, Texas 78228-8608
Telephone: 210-436-3441 ext.1314
Email: christin@stmarytx.edu
Virginia
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May 20-21, 1996
Richmond, Virginia
The 17th Annual Spring Program and the 4th Annual Conference of
the Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum
"Communication is the Key" -- will be held at the University of
Richmond campus. Many, many sessions will be conducted,
including various hands-on Internet and WWW, getting published,
time management, "netiquette", money matters, ergonomics, and
much more. Many workshops will also be featured, including
archives and preservation, children and young adults, law
libraries, circulation, reference, technical services, and much
more. Something for all library support staff in academic,
public, special, and government libraries.
For more information, contact either:
Elna Ann Mayo
Chair-Elect, VLAPF
Telephone: 804-223-6195
E-mail: elnam@tiger.hsc.edu
Ona Turner
Chair-Elect, VLAPF
Telephone: 804-544-8205
E-mail: turner@admvax.lynchburg.edu
Wisconsin
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March 25-26, 1996
Madison
UW Madison SLIS Conference for Library Paraprofessionals &
Support
Staff
Giving Our Best: Team Building Through Self Empowerment
Preliminary plans include a keynote speaker for each day of the
conference. A Wisconsin political activist, Hannah Rosenthal,
will speak about self empowerment in the political sphere.
Library Support Staff activist, Ed Gillen will speak about self
empowerment in the workplace.
Further workshops and programs are being planned.
For more information contact:
Linda Mundt
UW Madison SLIS
600 N, Park
Madison, WI 53706
Email: mundt@macc.wisc.edu
TELECONFERENCES
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February 2, 1996
March 1, 1996
May 3, 1996
Soaring to Excellence
College of DuPage
Between February and June of 1995, over 10,000 library assistants
received skill training through an innovative distance education
project called Soaring to Excellence, a series of national
teleconferences for library paraprofessionals. Produced by
College of DuPage, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and transmitted by
satellite to over 400 sites across North America, Soaring to
Excellence has proven to be a very effective and efficient way
to train thousands of library employees. Through real-time
electronic feedback, Internet discussion groups, and local
networking opportunities, the teleconferences are providing
library paraprofessionals with direct access to quality training
and skills improvement, and the basis for a state and nationwide
sense of community.
We are happy to announce the continuation of the series, and
invite you to join us for a second year of teleconferences. We
encourage you to sponsor Soaring to Excellence and use the
broadcasts as the keystone for an inservice and training program
for paraprofessionals in your library.
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Dates and Times for Soaring to Excellence II:
The first Friday of each month:
February 2, 1996
March 1, 1996
May 3, 1996
12:00pm to 3:00pm Eastern Time
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Registration Information and Cost
Early bird "pre-publication" price: $295
Regular price (after December 1): $395
All orders U.S. dollars.
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The Teleconferences:
Say Internet, and They Will Come
with Bill Erbes
As media hype reaches fever pitch, libraries of all types are
assuming the responsibility of providing internet access to their
patrons. This session will offer a practical, common-sense
approach to taking advantage of the lure of the internet. Where
do I as an LTA fit into the internet picture? What do I really
need to know? Where can I get understandable help? How can I
deal with arrogant computer-heads and know-it-all colleagues?
How much of the hype is really true? What works? What doesn't?
The overall emphasis of this session will be to provide specific,
useable information to arm the LTA for the internet onslaught.
Successful Teambuilding:
Managing to Survive the Challenging 90's
with Arlene Farber Sirkin
Most library staff recognize that they need to work smarter, not
harder. But how do you do it? By using teambuilding you can
maximize your efforts. This practical session will include: What
helps/hinders teams, how to select team members, what are the key
functions to help the team fulfill its task, and what are five
common stumbling blocks to maximizing your success?
Tools of Our Trade, Part II:
Brand Names in Reference Work
with Linda Dobb
Emphasizing the key tools that can help answer the most commonly
asked questions at any information desk, this session will focus
on the major tools used in business, literature and legal
reference work. Library assistants from every type of library --
school, academic, public, or special -- will find something of
use as they are introduced or reintroduced to the major print and
online resources that can help answer questions quickly or point
patrons in the right direction for further research.
Support Staff: Invisible People
with Ed Martinez
Library assistants are the "invisible" staff who perform vital
functions in every library. This program will provide an
overview of library personnel, including the birth of
"professionalism" and "paraprofessionalism," and demonstrate the
"invisible" treatment that support staff has so often
experienced. The program will then provide creativity exercises
and examples to give visibility to staff, so that through this
increased visibility support staff can be recognized for their
contributions, and this recognition will result in better work
for both the individual and the library.
Coping at the Workplace
with Debra Wilcox Johnson
The pace in the library is a hectic one, and sometimes we feel
out of control of work and environment. This session explores
two areas that can influence this feeling: time management and
stress. What is time management and how can an individual begin
to "control" time? How does stress relate to our ability
to do good work? Practical suggestions for managing time and
stress will be given, and self-assessment exercises will be
provided.
A Mosaic of Library Issues:
Where Do You Fit In?
with Linda Slusar
As a facilitated panel discussion, this program will serve to
encapsulate the series and address the future of library
assistants as well as the future of the profession of
librarianship. Participants will be local -- at College of
DuPage, and remote -- at participating sites across the country.
Library assistants will have the opportunity to address questions
such as: Where do we go from here? How can we continue to
foster the emerging sense of community among library support
staff? What new tools and ideas do we need in order to
provide vital services to our patrons in the 21st century? Join
us in a national dialogue.
If you are planning a conference or workshop and would like to
have it featured in an upcoming issue of the "Associates"
Calendar of Events, contact:
Paulette Feld
Technical Services
Libraries & Learning Resources
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Telephone 414-424-7369
Fax 414-424-2175
Email feld@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu
feld@oshkoshw.bitnet
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