ASSOCIATES (vol. 7, no. 1, July 2000) - associates.ucr.edu
AUGUST 2000
Date: August 11, 2000
Place: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
Event: 9th Annual Metro Area PARAPROS Conference
Sponsor: Metro Area PARAPROS
Cost: $10.00 registration fee, $10.00 box lunch (optional).
Online registration is available at: http://www.unco.edu/library/gov/parapros/registration.htm
Contact: Rebecca Fenn(parapros@usa.net) or http://www.unco.edu/library/gov/parapros/default.htm
Topics for this Annual Conference include Genealogy, HTML class, Library and Search Engines, Colorado Digitization Project, Reference Skills, Customer Service, Children's Services, a Censorship panel and three sessions by the ever popular Pat Wagner.
SEPTEMBER 2000
Date: September 29, 2000
Place: Decatur, IL
Event: Reaching Forward South Conference for Library Assistants
Cost: $45.00 before July 31, 2000, and $50.00 after July 31, 2000.
Registration deadline is August 31, 2000
Contact: Nancy Stach (nstach@alphapark.org)
This is a one day conference with keynote speaker, three sessions during the day with four workshops per session. The conference is from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. Registration form will be sent upon request or for more information contact Nancy Stach at the above e-mail address.
OCTOBER 2000
Date: October 5-7
Place: Shilo Inn, Richland, Washington
Event: Spanning Horizons, 2000 Annual Conference of Washington Association of Library Employees (WALE)
Contact: Lisa Adams, WALE Chair, lisaa@richland.lib.wa.us
Keynote speaker: Judy McKellar, on "Winners Have an Attitude."
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Date: October 12-15, 2000
Place: Cavanaugh's Hotel (name changing to West Coast Grand Hotel), Seattle,
WA
Event: OLAC (Online Audio Visual Catalogers) Conference
Sponsor: OLAC
Contact: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/
This is a particularly good conference for para AV catalogers to attend because the sessions are hands-on how-to's. A registration form and more information about the conference is available on the OLAC Website.
From the website just click on conferences. Under the heading "General Information" (on the main page for the 2000 conference) there is also a lot of information.
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Date: October 31-November 3, 2000
Place: Regency Suites Hotel, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Event: WLA (Wisconsin Library Association) Fall Conference
Sponsor: WLA
Contact: Terrie Howe (thowe@owls.lib.wi.us)
The Support Staff Section of the WLA will sponsor a full day of programming on the first day of this conference. The conference program has not yet been published, but look for these programs: Time management in a downsized library; Storytelling as Education; The professional in all of us; Do you feel secure at work, and much more.
APRIL 2001
Date: April 20-23, 2001
Place: Holiday Inn-State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina
Event: Extending Our Reach: Redefining and Promoting AgriculturalInformation Through Partnerships
Sponsor: USAIN
Cost: $10.00 registration fee, $10.00 box lunch (optional).
Online registration is available at: http://www.unco.edu/library/gov/parapros/registration.htm
Contact: http://usain.org/conferenceinvite.html
The official call for participation is now out and may be viewed at the above website. USAIN is looking for contributed papers, poster sessions, and technology expo participants. The Technology Expo is a first for this conference. Expo demonstrations may be works in progress or completed works featuring actual demonstrations of software design or customization, network applications, experimental systems, or other results of research. Additional information will be posted to the USAIN home page as it is developed.
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If you are sponsoring a conference or workshop and would like to see it included in the Events listing of *ASSOCIATES*, please contact:
Susan Salt
Events Editor
Library Technician
Cataloging Branch
National Agricultural Library
ssalt@nal.usda.gov
