ASSOCIATES (vol. 1, no. 3, March 1995) - associates.ucr.edu
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
*Teleconference*
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Continuing selected Tuesdays through June 1995
Soaring to Excellence: Teleconference for Library Assistants
Sponsored by the College of DuPage, the National Institute for
Library Personnel and made possible by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education and Human Resource Development Program.
A variety of topics will comprise the teleconference programs
including:Individualized Library Service for a Diverse Population;
Tools of Our Trade: Reference Sources for Real-Life Issues;and meet
the Library Assistants.
The teleconferences will be offered for college and continuing
education credit through the College of DuPage.
For more information on the teleconferences or information on a
teleconference site near you call 1-800-3LINKUP or Fax 708-858-0499
or write:
Dr. Bernard Fradkin
College of DuPage
22nd St. and Lambert Road
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
*Conferences*
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AUSTRALIA
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July 12-14, 1995
Australian 8th National Library Technicians Conference Darwin,
Australia from 12-14 July 1995.
The conference is entitled Techs at the Top and the theme is
Challenges and Changes Around the World. It will look at the
challenges facing library technicians in the workforce, the changes
in technology and explore the international arena, muticulturalism,
library technicians from other countries, cross-cultural aspects,
overcoming distance and generally bringing people together.
For more information contact:
Kaye Bartlett
Orders Supervisor
Northern Territory University Library
PO Box 41246
CASUARINA NT 0811
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: kaye@library.ntu.edu.au
EUROPE
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Germany
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May 10-12, 1995
Library and Information Services in Astronomy II (LISA II)
European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
The IAU Colloquium No. 110, Library and Information Services in
Astronomy (LISA), was held in Washington, D.C. on July 28-August
1, 1988. The aims of LISA-II, an IAU Technical Workshop, are
twofold: (1) to provide the opportunity for librarians of
astronomical observatories and institutes to meet to discuss
common problems, and ways of stimulating greater cooperation
between libraries and their services; and (2) to raise discussion
about, and to throw light on, the interface areas between
astronomical libraries and the wide range of online and other
astronomical computer-based services which are becoming
ever more widespread.
Among topics to be covered are:
- Astronomical information - changing technologies.
- Impact of electronic publishing on the library.
- Use of online databases - commercial and public domain.
- Mastering the information flood - abstracting and
indexing.
- Future perspectives - major research initiatives.
The program envisaged will consist of one day of tutorials and
hands-on training sessions; followed by two days of invited and
contributed presentations.
Hotel reservations deadline: 15 March 1995.
Conference registration fee: None
- Planned tutorials and demonstrations (example worksheets to be
provided), Wednesday May 10, starting at 09:00: The Internet - an
overview; SIMBAD, NED; ADS; STARCAT; Mosaic and other Web
browsers; Secondary information services.
- Planned 'Birds of a Feather' session (informal meeting) on
"Digitalization of the Library", Management of remote libraries
etc.
- Planned invited presentations to include the following topics:
Theme talk "Changing role of librarians/Managing new
technologies in libraries"; Information retrieval - new
developments; Searching, indexing, information sifting and
filtering; Future perspectives for electronic publishing and
their impact on libraries; Astronomical databases; Panel
discussion with librarians from developing countries.
- Contributed presentations were sought on topics such as the
following: Thesauri; other Internet-related developments;
integrating library resources and external on-line resources;
integrating library meta-data and external meta-data (OPACs
etc.); Z39.50, publishers' perspectives.
- Planned social activities include: Reception in ESO, evening of
Thursday May 11; Post-conference tour (Munich sightseeing,
including Nymphenburg Palace), Saturday May 13.
* Scientific Organizing Committee
Miguel Albrecht (ESO, D)
Brenda Corbin (USNO, USA)
Marlene Cummins (Toronto, CAN)
Bernard Hauck (Lausanne, CH)
Andrei Heck (Strasbourg, F)
Email: lisaii@eso.org
For further information contact:
Uta Michold
ESO Library
European Southern Observatory
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
85748 Garching near Munich, Germany
Telephone: +49 89 320 06 280
Fax: +49 89 320 23 62
E-mail: esolib@eso.org (Internet)
UNITED STATES
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Alabama
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April 27, 1995
Alabama Library Association Paraprofessional Round Table (PART)
Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center
Auburn, Alabama
The Paraprofessional Round Table (PART) will hold its meeting and
business session during the annual convention of the Alabama
Library Association. Dates for this event are April 26-28 with the
PART meeting being held from 2-5 PM Thursday, April 27. PART's
speaker will be Sue Medina, Director of the Network of Alabama
Academic Libraries.
For more information contact
Susan Hinds - Convention Registrar
RBD Library
Mell St.
Auburn University AL, 36849-5606
e-mail: shinds@lib.auburn.edu
-or-
ranseka@mail.auburn.edu
phone: (334) 844-1735
fax: (334) 844-4424
Arkansas
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March 16
Workshop
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals, Southwest Region
Huie Library, Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas
March 21
Workshop
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals, Central Region
Torreyson Library, University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas
March 22
Workshop
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals, Northwest Region
Mullins Library, UA Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
May 17-19
Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals
Third Annual Spring Conference
Mountain View, Arkansas
For more information on any of these conferences contact:
Dusty Domanski
Huie Library
HSU Box 7541
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia Arkansas 71999-0001
Telephone: 501-230-5271
E-mail: domansd@holly.hsu.edu
Colorado
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August 2
Metro Area Parapros (serving the Denver Metropolitan Area)
4th Annual Conference
Auraria Campus
Denver, Colorado
8:30am (registration)- 4pm
Registration Fee -- not yet set (was $2. last year) $2-4.
Conference participants have an opportunity to chose from 15
workshops as well as attend the opening ceremony with a guest
speaker and closing with door prizes. Further information will be
available in the NEXUS and CENTENNIAL LIBRARIES newsletters as the
conference approaches.
RSVP in July to Terrie O'Neal 492-6133 or Peggy Hogan 279-4585
Florida
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May 9-10
Florida Library Association Conference
Library Paraprofessional Caucus
Pre-Conference: May 9, 1995 fee $25 to FLA
Conference: May 10, 1995
Cosponsored session with Academic Libraries Caucus 8-9:30AM
"Role of the Paraprofessional in Academic libraries"
Michael Gorman and Tinker Massey
Regular Paraprofessional Caucus meeting 2-5 PM
For more information contact:
Tinker Massey
Telephone: 904-392-0352
E-mail: tinmass@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Illinois
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June 22-24
COLT (Council on Library/Media Technicians) Annual Conference
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Will Manley and Betty Turock will be the featured speakers,
along with program participants Katie Buller, Ed Martinez, Kendall
Simmons, and staff from the College of DuPage.
Registration for COLT members is $85 if postmarked by May 1, 1995.
Non-members pay $105.
For more information contact:
Kent Slade, COLT Vice President/President-elect
2464 Jefferson Avenue Ogden, UT 84401-2488
Telephone: 801-627-6916
Fax: 801-399-8519
E-mail: kslade@cc.weber.edu
Minnesota
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May 16
Enhancing Quality Staff in Changing Times: the third symposium for
library paraprofessionals and support staff
Radisson Hotel Metrodome
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Program offering an exceptional program including sessions on
leadership, team building, wellness, information technology, and
the new work environment.
Keynote: Surviving and Thriving in the Changing Workplace of the
90's.
Dr. John Hung, Keynote Speaker, is a clinical psychologist whose
areas of expertise include stress, employee health, workplace
incidents, chronic pain and disability. After the keynote, Dr.
Hung will lead a breakout session: Developing your personal game
plan for effective stress management.
Other sessions for the day include:
World Wide Web: the World of Hypertext
Moving to Team Based Decision Making
Personal Financial Management: a Must
The Global Newspaper: All the News that's fit to print--
and then some!
Relaxation through Massage: Listen to your Body
Return to sender: Another look at e-mail and mailing lists
Stress: the Body/Mind connection
Leadership: what is it?
The Information Super Highway Drivers' Manual: The Road and
your Computer
Internet Gopher: the World's Most User-friendly Rodent
And MUCH, MUCH more!
Contact the Radisson for special seminar room rate 612/379-8888
REGISTRATION MATERIAL WILL BE SENT OUT IN APRIL
Non-U of M Libraries participants $35 (including lunch)
For more information contact:
EQS-3
University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities
499 Wilson Library 309
19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Telephone: 612/624-4520
August 18
Branch Out 1995 - an annual conference designed by and for support
staff and paraprofessionals.
"Soaring with the Knowledge to Succeed"
St. John's University
Collegeville, Minnesota
The cost for the full day conference (including lunch) is still
only $45.00. A more complete program will be available in the July
1995 issue of "Associates".
for further information contact:
Mary E.S. Hawkinson
m-hawk@vm1.spcs.umn.edu.
New York
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May 25
Southeastern New York Library Assistants Discussion Group
9am-12 noon
Workshop on library security including such issues as, dealing with
difficult and abusive patrons; your legal rights and
responsibilities, developing security procedures and plans, and
related issues.
The fee is $5.00 which includes lunch.
For further information please contact:
James Costopoulos, Vice Chair of the Steering Committee
Box 20
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Telephone: 914-437-7045
Fax: 914-437-5864
E-mail: JACOSTOPOULO@vassar.edu
JACOSTOPOULO@vassar.bitnet
June 14-16
17th Annual NYSLAA Conference
"Showing Our True Colors: The Importance of Library Assistants"
Buffalo, NY
A few of the forty workshops (only a few repeats) include issues
about the workplace such as the Internet, Library Ethics, Violence
in the Library, TQM, etc. Other workshops will deal with personal
communication skills at home and the library.
For more information contact:
Ruth Oberg, Convenor - WNYLA
Law Library/ Documents
O'Brian Hall
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
Oregon
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July (date to be confirmed)
Oregon Library Association Support Staff Roundtable
One-day conference
South Portland Holiday Inn
Wilsonville, Oregon
Watch on LIBSUP-L for more details!
Pennsylvania
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April 28
Tri-State College Library Cooperative
Neumann College
Aston, Pennsylvania
"Orchestrating New Roles in the Library: Harmony with Technology".
Keynote address: "Changing Roles and Importance of Staff in
Technologically Challenged Libraries" by Tinker Massey, Archivist,
University of Florida Libraries. Registration fee of $20 for TCLC
members and $30 for non-members includes lunch. Afternoon breakout
sessions on reference, the Internet and outsourcing will also be
featured.
Registration deadline is April 14.
For more information, contact:
Ellen Gasiewski
Gertrude Kistler Memorial Library
Rosemont College,
Rosemont, PA 19010
Telephone: 610-525-0796
E-mail: tclc@hslc.org
September 30-October 3
Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
More details will be included in the July 15, 1995 issue of
"Associates".
For more information contact:
Mary Ann Gierzadowicz, Chair Library Support Staff Roundtable
E-mail: YORLIBSYS@HSLC.ORG
Tennessee
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March 29-April 1
Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference
"Information, Innovation, Inspiration"
Nashville, Tennessee
TLA's Paraprofessional Roundtable will sponsor five
programs this year on various topics of interest to support staff.
They are as follows:
Thursday March 30th
9:30 - 11:30 CST
"How To Effectively Handle Difficult Situations in the Public
Service Area"
Sandra Nelson from the Tennessee State Library and Archives will
discuss various ways to effectively deal with difficult patrons and
attitudes while working in public service areas of the library.
1:30 - 2:30 CST
"Introducing the Web-Internet Resources for Paraprofessionals and
Professionals"
Anne Booker from the University of Tennessee's John C. Hodges
Library will give a presentation of resources available on the
internet for paraprofessionals. She will discuss the various ways
to purchase connect time and introduce the World Wide Web.
3:00 - 4:00 CST
"The Benefits of Consortium Purchasing"
The Tennessee Board of Regents' Media Consortium enables member
institutions to acquire on a cooperative basis media products
including films, audio and/or video tapes, and other nonprint
materials. Sue Loper and Aretha Whitaker will discuss the history
of the consortium and the services available to it's members
Friday March 31st
9:30 - 11:30 CST
"Graduate Education Programs Offered By the University of
Tennessee's School of Information Sciences"
Kristy Atwood, a senior research assistant for Dr. Jose'-Marie
Griffiths at the UT School of Information Sciences, will discuss
the new curriculum that has been developed and possible
opportunities available with a degree. She will also discuss the
school's plans for distance learning programs throughout the
state.
1:30 - 3:30 CST
"Annual Meeting of the Paraprofessional Roundtable featuring
Paulette Feld From the Wisconsin Library Association's Support
Staff Section" Until recently, support staffs had little
opportunity to share experiences with their colleagues at other
libraries and locations. That has all changed with support staff
across the country getting involved in local, state, and national
organizations. There are many benefits to becoming involved in
these organizations including those that can improve performance
and attitude on the job. This presentation will look at where we
have come as support staff and where we want to be in the future.
Immediately after our speaker, we will have our annual business
meeting.
For more information contact:
Donna K. Hawk, Vice-Chair Paraprofessional Roundtable
E-mail: Hawk@cstcc.cc.tn.us
Virginia
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May 22-23
Virginia Library Association Paraprofessional Forum
"From Shelf-list to Database: Resources, Services, Personnel
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
For additional information please contact:
Ophelia Payne
Telephone: 804-924-0204
Fax: 804-924-0379
E-mail: omp2w@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu
OR
Carolyn Tate
Telephone: 804-289-8671
Fax: 804-289-8757
E-mail: tate@urvax.urich.edu
Wisconsin
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April 20-22
Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians
(co-sponsored by the WLA Support Staff Section)
Spring Conference
Brookfield, Wisconsin
For more information contact:
Wisconsin Library Association
4785 Hayes Road
Madison, WI 53704-7364
Telephone: 608-242-2040
Fax: 608-242-2050
May 11-12
Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries
(Cosponsored by the Wisconsin Library Trustees Association
and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)
Spring Conference
Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
For more information contact:
Wisconsin Library Association
4785 Hayes Road
Madison, WI 53704-7364
Telephone: 608-242-2040
Fax: 608-242-2050
June 13-14
WILSWorld '95
Madison, Wisconsin
WILSWorld is an Internet conference targeted toward library and
computer training and support people and sponsored by Wisconsin
Interlibrary Services, a resource sharing network of Wisconsin
libraries. Keynote speakers will be Paul Evan Peters of the
Coalition for Networked Information and Clifford Lynch of the
University of California Office of the President. Sessions topics
will include WorldWide Web, Getting Connected, Internet on a
Shoestring, K-12 Applications, Internet Ethics and Community
Computing.
Further information can be obtained sending e-mail to
wilsworld@milkyway.wils.wisc.edu or by pointing a Web browser at
http://milkyway.wils.wisc.edu/world95.html
or by contacting:
Tom Zillner, New Technologies Coordinator
Wisconsin Interlibrary Services
464 Memorial Library
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: 608-262-0047
Fax: 608-263-3684
E-mail: tzillner@doit.wisc.edu
tzillner@wiscmacc
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To promote your conference or programs in "ASSOCIATES", contact:
Paulette Feld
Libraries & Learning Resources
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI 54901
Telephone: 414-424-7369 Fax: 414-424-2175
E-mail: feld@oshkoshw.bitnet
feld@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu