ASSOCIATES (vol. 6, no. 3, March 2000) - associates.ucr.edu

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MARCH 2000

Date:

March 30, 2000

Place:

Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs

Event:

Spring Workshop

Sponsor:

Paralibrarian Division, Colorado Library Association

Cost:

Paralibrarian Division, Colorado Library Association
Cost: $30.00 for CLA Members, $55.00 Non-Members (Fee includes lunch & snacks. Workshop is ADA accessible).

Contact:

Val Mullenax (719) 531-6333 ext. 2081 (vmullenax@mail.ppld.org)

URL:

http://www.cla-web.org

     The Spring workshop includes "Bustles, Balloons, and Buzz Lightyear", "Opportunities for Skill Development: Outsourcing", "Can You Point the Power", "Itty Bitty Book Making" and "I Never Knew That About Colorado."

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APRIL 2000

Date:

April 13. 2000

Place:

Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo

Event:

Annual Conference "Strengthening Libraries through Support Personnel VI"

Sponsor:

Support Personnel Forum of ILA

Cost:

$20.00 for ILA Members, $25.00 for Non-members

Contact:

Amy McGraw (319) 334-2470 (amcgraw@server.silo.lib.ia.us)

     Gina Millsap and Dale Ross will be presenting a session on intellectual freedom. In the afternoon participants will choose between a session on Ergonomics in the workplace presented by Dave Moore or New Technology Trends for Libraries presented by Marie Harms. Carol French Johnson will be giving an ILA update and time for networking has also been set aside. Participants will be invited to tour the new library facility at Hawkeye Community College.

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Date:

April 13, 2000

Place:

Ohio State University's Mansfield Ohio Campus

Event:

Spring 2000 Regional Workshop

Sponsor:

Support Staff Interest Group, Academic Library Association of Ohio

Cost:

$40.00 for ALAO, OCLIS, and ACRL members, $60.00 for Non-Members (which includes a membership in ALAO that will expire 12/2000)

Contact:

Douglas Morrison (330) 684-8951 (dmorri1@uakron.edu)

URL:

http://www.alaoweb.org/IG-flyers/ssig-front.html

     This workshop will explore the differences and similarities in our work and our libraries, and look at some factors that affect our role in librarianship and discuss decisions we have made about work and life. Kathleen Weibel, Director of Staff Development at Chicago Public Library will be the featured speaker. Kathleen is nationally known for this program.

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Date:

April 14, 2000

Place:

Raymond Walters College/University of Cincinnati campus in Blue Ash, Ohio

Event:

Spring 2000 Regional Workshop

Sponsor:

Support Staff Interest Group, Academic Library Association of Ohio

Cost:

$40.00 for ALAO, OCLIS, and ACRL members, $60.00 for Non-Members (which includes a membership in ALAO that will expire 12/2000)

Contact:

Douglas Morrison (330) 684-8951 (dmorri1@uakron.edu)

URL:

http://www.alaoweb.org/IG-flyers/ssig-front.html

     This workshop will explore the differences and similarities in our work and our libraries, and look at some factors that affect our role in librarianship and discuss decisions we have made about work and life. Kathleen Weibel, Director of Staff Development at Chicago Public Library will be the featured speaker. Kathleen is nationally known for this program.

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Date:

April 14, 2000

Place:

Rosemont Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois

Event:

Reaching Forward Annual Conference

Sponsor:

Illinois Library Association

Cost:

$65.00 for ILA Members, $75.00 for Non-Members

Contact:

Tobi Oberman (847) 673-7774 or Tom Rich (847) 244-5150

URL:

http://www.northstarnet.org/ahkhome/reaching/

     Day long/in depth sessions include The Evolution of Leadership: A Conversation in Three Parts, Coaching and Mentoring and An Ounce of Prevention: Avoiding Pitfalls in Hiring and Managing Others. Half day programs include Do- It-Yourself Book Repair, Developing your Own Customized Learning Plan, From Coping to Comfort: Dealing with Change, Who's Got the Last Piece of the Puzzle? Does Your Piece Match the Rest of the Puzzle that You're In?, Marketing Your Library, Teen Advisory & Young Adult Programming, The Strong, the Wise & the Brave, Getting Things Done, Programming for Preschoolers: Ideas Tried and True, The Library-School Connection: Making it Work For You, Panel Discussion: Pros and Cons of Internet Filtering, How to Bring Out the Best In Yourself and Others, Six Keys to Financial Success, Trends in Technology, Homework Centers in the Public Library, The Power of Love, The Magic of Great Customer Service, Seven Things That Will Change Your Life and Improve Support for Your Library, and What's IMRF?

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Date:

April 17-19, 2000

Place:

Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Cromwell, CT

Event:

Connecticut Library Association 109th Annual Conference

Sponsor:

Connecticut Library Association

Cost:

Members $40.00 per day or $60.00 for both days, $10.00 additional for walk-in registration

Contact:

Karen Zoller (860) 465-5006 (kzoller@connix.com)

     This annual conference of the CT Library Association includes several pre- conference programs on April 17 and two full days of programs and exhibits on April 18-19. The Library Technical Assistants section in sponsoring two programs: "Weeding in the Garden of Good and Evil - guidance on improving your collection through weeding" on Tuesday April 18, and "Personal Development and Professional Growth" on Wednesday April 19.

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Date:

April 25, 2000

Place:

Radisson Hotel Metrodome on U Twin Cities campus

Event:

8th Enhancing Quality Staff Symposium

Sponsor:

University of Minnesota Libraries

Contact:

Linda DeBeau-Melting, l-debe@tc.umn.edu

URL:

http://sdt.lib.umn.edu/eqs/

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MAY 2000

Date:

May 3-7, 2000

Place:

Sam Jakes Inn in Merrickville, Ontario (outside Ottawa)

Event:

27th Annual Conference "Turning the page/Tournez la page"

Sponsor:

Ontario Association of Library Technicians/Association des bibliotechniciens de l'Ontario (OALT/ABO) Ottawa Regional Branch/Section regionale d'Ottawa

Contact:

Diana Brown (diana.brown@nlc-bnc.ca)

     Various conference packages will be offered such as: full, daily, individual workshops, plus a spousal package. Tours of the National Archives Building, the newly renovated Parliamentary Library, and the Governor General House will also be offered.

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Date:

May 21-23, 2000

Place:

University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

Event:

8th Annual Two-Day Conference, "Reaching for the Stars: Success, Recognition, Professionalism"

Sponsor:

VLA Paraprofessional Forum

Cost:

Full Conference $95.00 for Members, One day $70.00 for Members, Full Conference $140.00 for Non-Members, One day $100.00 for Non-Members

Contact:

Linda Hahne (757) 583-0041 (hahne@bellatlantic.net)

URL:

http://www.vla.org/

     This conference will present a program to enhance the professional development of paraprofessionals, and to provide workshops, presentations, roundtables, panels and networking opportunities. Some session titles are Photoshop Basics, Is There An E-book In Your Future, Emerging Technologies For Libraries, Image, Object and Slide Scanning, Customer Service: The Heart of the Library, But The Way They Act! coping with Teen Behavior In the Library and Web Page Design for Beginners.

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Date:

May 21-23, 2000

Place:

Lake Hamilton Resort, Hot Springs, Arkansas

Event:

Annual Spring Conference

Sponsor:

Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals (ALPS) of the Arkansas Library Association

Cost:

$55.00 one day only registration for ArLA Members, $65.00 one day only registration for Non-Members

Contact:

Jamie Melson (jamiem@cals.lib.ar.us)

     The theme of this year's conference is The Next Generation.

     For more information contact Jamie Melson or contact: Arkansas Library Association, 9 Shackleford Plaza, Suite 1, Little Rock, AR 72211

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JUNE 2000

Date:

June 14-16, 2000

Place:

Crowne Plaza, Rochester NY

Event:

22nd Annual Conference of the New York State Library Assistants Association: "Library Assistants - Celebrating Ourselves"

Contact:

Donna Hanna (716) 245-5508, hanna@geneseo.edu

Registration deadline:

May 5, 2000

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JULY 2000

Date:

July 5-8, 2000

Place:

Hilton Chicago and Towers Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Event:

2000 COLT Annual Conference "Library Support Staff: New Leaders For The New Millennium"

Sponsor:

Council on Library/Media Technicians (COLT)

Cost:

Prior to May 5: COLT Member $145.00 (one day $75.00), Non-Member $190.00 (one day $100.00). After May 5: COLT Members $175.00 (one day $90.00), Non-Member $220.00 (one day $115.00)

Contact:

Linda Owen (909) 787-3780 (lowen@pop.ucr.edu)

URL:

http://library.ucr.edu/COLT/events.html

     The conference program will include 24 programs in the following subject areas: Library Services; Health and Safety Issues; Technology and Technical Skills; Supervision and Management; Education; and Professional Issues. Tours, talk time, the welcome reception and the awards banquet will round out the event.

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Date:

July 8-9, 2000

Place:

Chicago

Event:

SSIRT Program Schedule, Annual Conference 2000

Cost:

You need to be registered for the ALA Conference. First-time members can save $25.00. First-time personal membership is $50.00 and members earning less that $18,000/year is $35.00. Being a member of the roundtable is $7.00

Contact:

Dorothy Morgan (dot@mailbox.lpl.org)

URL:

http://www.ala.org/ssirt (or) http://www.ala.org/ssirt/schedule.html

     The preliminary American Library Association's Support Staff Interest Roundtable Program is located on the SSIRT website. More information on the programs will follow as they are finalized.

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Date:

July 14, 2000

Place:

Riverhouse Conference Center, Bend, Oregon

Event:

Oregon Library Support Staff Division Conference

Sponsor:

Oregon Library Support Staff Division

URL:

http://library.willamette.edu/ssd/

     The keynote speaker for this event will be Donetta Sheffold, founder of SSD. The luncheon speaker will be newspaper columnist Mark Highberger. Sessions include Feng Shui, Catalog the Internet, Write for Your Health, Genealogy, Cultural Sensitivity, Intellectual Freedom Toolkit, Selling it in the Stacks, Customer Service & Phone Etiquette, Writing a Winning Proposal, Privacy on the Net, Tips for Resolving Workplace Conflicts and Effective Meetings.

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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)

Contact:

Rebecca Fenn (parapros@usa.net)

     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.

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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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