ASSOCIATES (vol. 6, no. 1, July 1999) - associates.ucr.edu

AUGUST 1999

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: Regis University, Denver, Colorado
Event: Eighth Annual Metro Parapros Conference
Sponsor: Metro Area PARAPROS
Contact: Martin Garnar (mgarnar@regis.edu)

        The theme of the conference is "Paraprofessionals: the Next Millennium." Sessions will include: "Writing Skills of Workplace Communicators"; "The Cure for Technopobia: You May Already Be an Expert"; "Staying Committed When Your Workplace is in Chaos"; "Educational Opportunities for Paraprofessionals"; "Digging Up Our Roots"; "Children's Services"; "Reader's Advisory"; "Internet for Dummies"; "Open Computer Lab"; "Customizing Your Internet Browser"; "Introduction to Book Preservation and Repair"; and "Advanced Books Preservation and Repair."

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Date: August 23, 1999
Place: Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Bangkok
Event: Partnerships in the Electronic Age: The Asia Pacific Experience. Workshop and Discussion Group
Sponsor: MCB University Press and Library Link
Cost: Free to all IFLA attendees
Contact: Michelle Kelly (mkelly@mcb.co.uk) or visit: http://www.liblink.co.uk

        This Workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. Key themes will include: "The Role of the Librarian in the New Electronic Age"; "Electronic Information: Issues for Library Acquisition and Usage"; "Consorita"; and "Archiving: Who Should Do It and How?"

        As a precursor to the Workshop, an online discussion will take place at the Library Link site http://www.liblink.co.uk/discussion.html

        The discussion is open to all.

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Date: August 27, 1999
Place: Panama City, FL
Event: Basic Reference in a Digital Environment Workshop

Sponsor: Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN)

Contact: PLAN Office, FAX: 850-235-2286; Mail: 5 Miracle Strip Loop, Suite 2, Panama City Beach, FL 32407-3850

        This Workshop is for beginners and para-professionals in small libraries. The whats, whys, wheres, whens, and hows of reference service in today's high tech environment. Sheila Bankhead will discuss the selection and use of print and electronic sources, when to use which, and how to save time and money.

SEPTEMBER 1999

Date: September 2-18, 1999
Place: Freemantle, Western Australia
Event: Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 10th Annual Library Technicians Meeting
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 23-24, 1999
Place: The Ramada Inn of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
Event: Pillars & Pylons: Paraprofessionals Supporting Louisiana Libraries
Sponsor: Louisiana Support Staff Association of Libraries (LaSSAL)
Contact: Bob Bradley (bradley@www.leeric.lsu.edu)

        This conference is geared toward Library paraprofessionals/Support Staff, Librarians, and any other interested parties.

OCTOBER 1999

Date: October 7-9, 1999
Place: Ocean Shores, WA
Event: The 1999 Washington Association of Library Employees (WALE) conference, "An Ocean of Opportunities"
Sponsor: WALE
Contact: Camile Wilson (camilew@kcls.org) or Michelle Dowdy (mdowdy@fvrl.lib.wa.us) or http://www.wla.org/wale/conf99.html

        Topics will include: "Serving the Deaf Community"; "How to Hire and Keep Great volunteers"; "OCLC ILLs Advanced Topics"; "Insights into Prison Libraries"; "Internet Searching"; and "The Psychological differences between people: learn how to work better with each other." In addition, Charlie Fox and Ed Martinez, the editors of Library Mosaics Magazine will be the keynote speakers. WLA President-Elect Cindy Cunningham of amazon.com will discuss library skills and career alternatives.

MAY 2000

Date: May 1-3, 2000
Place: University of Georgia, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Griffin Campus, Griffin, Georgia
Event: GRF2000 Conference
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Contact: http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/grf2000

        This Conference is geared for those in the Agricultural Industry. The purpose of the International Conference is to improve the understanding of industry's behavior guided by business management and long term strategy development, continue the dissemination of disciplinary knowledge across users from industry, government, and academe, and to identify the emerging issues and their potential impacts.

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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

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