ASSOCIATES (vol. 6, no. 3, March 2000) - associates.ucr.edu
Library Assistants' Day this year in New York State will be the Thursday of National Library Week(April 9-15). The date is April 13. Happy Celebrating!
[Editors: We wish all of you a Happy Library Assistants’ Day whether you’re in New York or New Zealand…or wherever!]
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Don Cheney, a Library Assistant at the University of California, San Diego, has had a book of poems published recently: _The Qualms of Catullus & K-mart_, Meow Press, Buffalo,26 pp.,$6.00.
The poems were selected by Bill Luoma and feature a cover drawing by Rose Anne Raphael.
Reviews:
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The winner of the Library Journal's ParaProfessional of the Year 2000 is Beth Perkins of Mary Washington College, Fredricksburg, Virginia.
Congratulations to Beth and to the 6 finalists - Penny Mandziara, Dorothy Morgan, David Tulanian, Jenise Porter, Marsha Weber, and Jodie Lashua.
Read the article in Library Journal, V.125 no. 5 March 15th 2000, pg. 40-42
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Book IT provides an opportunity for school, public, academic and corporate libraries to organize local events around the central theme of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. On Saturday 24 June 2000 the project aims to encourage as many people as possible to engage with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in a variety of ways - by reading the text, listening to an audio tape, watching a video, or via CD-ROM or Web sites.
Bob Usherwood, the 1998 Library Association President says of the project "Regardless of format, libraries organize and communicate information, ideas and works of imagination. The Book IT project demonstrates this in an exciting way by building bridges between technologies, the past and the future."
Libraries can get involved by organizing an event, arranging a display or creating their own Web pages themed on A Midsummer Night’s Dream which can be linked to others around the world.
To find out more about taking part in the project, visit the Web site at http://www.ukans.edu/~assoc/bookit.html or contact Jim Jackson, Honorary Secretary of The Library Association Affiliate Members Group for an information sheet. Fax: 01392 263871 E-mail J.G.Jackson@exeter.ac.uk
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Send your announcements to associat@raven.cc.ukans.edu for inclusion in the next issue of ASSOCIATES: The Electronic Library Support Staff Journal.
