ASSOCIATES (vol. 3, no. 2, November 1996) - associates.ucr.edu
Information of Interest
ALA/COE LTA Education Task Force Announcement
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The American Library Association Committee on Education's Task
Force for Review of Criteria for Programs to Prepare
Library/Media Technical Assistants would like your participation
in the review of the document, "Criteria for Programs to
Prepare Library/Media Technical Assistants." Please study the
document and make any suggestions that you believe will make it
relevant to the education of today's Library Technical Assistant.
The document can be found on the World Wide Web via the Library
Support Staff Resouce Center located at:
http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/ssp/ltacrit.htm
I can also forward it to you via e-mail. Written and e-mail
comments are welcome. As a member of the task force I would like
to ask you to consider looking at the document in question and
responding. This is an opportunity for each of you to influence
the course of Library Technical Assistant education in the
United States. Your comments may address all or any part of the
document.
Your comments and recommendations may be sent to the following
addresses:
Linda J. Owen
University of California
Rivera Library/Technical Services
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Phone: (909)787-3780
Fax: (909) 787-3285
Internet e-mail: lowen@pop.ucr.edu
ljowen@ucr.campus.mci.net
or
Dr. David R. Dowell
Dir. Learning Resources
Cuesta College
P.O. Box 8106, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106
Voice: (805) 546-3159
Fax: (805) 546-3109
Internet e-mail: ddowell@bass.cuesta.cc.ca.us
CERTIFICATION/TRAINING INFORMATION:
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Library Education Information Resources
Library Support Staff Resource Center
http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/ssp/educate.htm
JOB INFORMATION SITES:
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University of Illinois
Graduate School of Library and Information SciencePlacement Online Search Service
http://carousel.lis.uiuc.edu/~jobs
or
Telnet: Alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
Login: jobs
Pswd: Urbaign
LIBJOBS Archives
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate/LIBJOBS/archives
SLAJOB
http://www.indiana.edu/~slajob
FEDWORLD
http://www.fedworld.gov/ftp.htm
or
telnet fedworld.gov
Library of Congress
gopher://marvel.loc.gov:2069/7employment?library
For lots of further information and hints on finding library job
listings, check out LIBRARY JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT: A GUIDE TO
INTERNET RESOURCES at
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/00/inetdirsstacks/libjobs%3Alee
_LIBRARY MOSAICS_
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For those of you interested in subscribing to _Library Mosaics_,
a bi-monthly paper publication for support staff, the address is
Library Mosaics, P.O. Box 5171, Culver City, California, 90231.
Subscriptions are US $21 a year. Canadian subscribers add US $11
for postage. Foreign subscribers add US $26 for postage.
COLT Membership
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The Council on Library/Media Technicians, Inc. (COLT) is an
organization by and for, but not limited to, Library
Paraprofessionals. We gladly welcome anyone from the library
community, who share the interests and concerns of Library
Support Staff.
Our membership year follows the calendar year, so now is an
excellent time to join! Your membership comes with a
subscription to Library Mosaics. By joining now, you will begin
receiving the premier print journal for Library Support Staff
with the January issue. Membership also entitles you to
discounts at COLT workshops and especially at the annual
conference, which is being held this year in San Francisco,
California, the latter part of June 1997.
Annual individual dues are only $35.00. Institutional
memberships are $60.00. Outside of the U.S. fees are slightly
higher.
For further information, or for an application, please contact
Julia D. Ree in one of the following ways:
jdree@pop.ucr.edu
or
COLT Membership
c/o Julia D. Ree
P.O. Box 52057
Riverside, CA. 92517-3057
or
(909)787-3780 (pacific time)
COLT Speaker Information Exchange
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The Council on Library/Media Technicians (COLT) has a database,
the Speaker Information Exchange, listing people who are willing
to speak to groups about library related topics. Currently
speakers are available on a wide variety of topics, including
library technical education, COLT history, the internet, history
of early pioneer women, copyright use in libraries, and much
more. This database is quite helpful for people looking for
workshop or conference speakers, however, it would be even more
helpful if the database included a wider cross section of topics
and speakers throughout the country. Many library
paraprofessionals have experience in training students and staff,
running departments or programs, or know about interesting
library projects or people. By registering with the Speaker
Information Exchange library paraprofessionals can share their
wealth of information and knowledge with others in the library
profession. Being listed on the Speaker Information Exchange in
no way obligates an individual to accept any and all speaking
engagements. It is just a way for those with a need for speakers
to reach those who have an interest in speaking.
Logistically, the COLT Speaker information Exchange serves as a
clearing house between speakers and those needing their services.
Brief biographical information and a basic synopsis of each
speaker's program, including technical requirements is filed in
the speaker information database. Those requesting information
on possible speakers contact the Council on Library/Media
Technicians with their request. A search is made of the
database and speaker information is provided to the requestor.
All further contact and negotiations with the speaker are the
responsibility of the requesting agent.
For additional information about the COLT Speaker Information
Exchange contact Linda Owen at either: lowen@pop.ucr.edu or
ljowen@ucr.campus.mci.net. or visit the COLT pages on the
Library Support Staff Resource Center world wide web home page
http://rodent.lib.rochester.edu/ssp/colt/coltspkr.htm