ASSOCIATES (vol. 8 no. 1, July 2001) - associates.ucr.edu
AUGUST 2001
Date: August 1-2, 2001
Place: University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Event: Branch Out Conference
Sponsor: University of St. Thomas and the St. Paul Public Library
Cost: $25.00 for a half day, $50.00 for one day and $90.00 for two days
Contact: Debbie Willms (651) 266-7085 (debbiew@stpaul.lib.mn.us)
or
Jo Ann Toussaint (651) 962-5409 (j9toussaint@stthomas.edu)
URL: http://www.lib.stthomas.edu/branch01
There will be over 30 workshops, round robins and roundtables presented at
BRANCH OUT 2001. Choices include Internet 101 (basic), Internet 102
(searching), Web design I & II, time management, writing your job
description, recommended Internet sites, copyright, data privacy, readers
advisory, electronic books and much more (including an evening of
adventure/exploration/ruminating...).
The theme for BRANCH OUT 2001 is "We are the Dynamic Links". The keynote
speaker is Linda Slusar, the winner of Library Mosaics/COLT "2000
Outstanding Supporter of Support Staff Award". She was featured in the
May/June 2000 issue of Library Mosaics. Here address is titled "Drinking
from the Firehose: Preparing to Work in the 21st Century Library".
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Date: August 3, 2001
Place: Denver Public Library
Event:10th Annual Conference
Sponsor: The Mountains and Plains Parapros (formerly Metro Area Parapros)
Cost: $20.00 or $25.00 with a boxed lunch
Contact: Stephen Sweeney at ssweeney@regis.edu
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SEPTEMBER 2001
Date: September 13, 2001
Place: Receptions Conference Center, Erlanger, Kentucky
Event: Eleventh Annual GCLC Support Staff Symposium
Sponsor: Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium Support Staff Interest Group
Cost: $40.00 (including a buffet lunch)
URL: http://www.gclc-lib.org/sss
A professional development day for support staff from all types of
libraries. Speakers include Bob Ash (Life Lessons, Indianapolis, Indiana)
and Doug Bruce (University of Kentucky Medical Center). Check the website
for detailed information, registration forms, directions and lodging
information.
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Date: September 28, 2001
Place: Northfield Inn, Springfield, IL
Event: Reaching Forward South
Cost: Registration before July 31 is $50.00, after July 31 registration is
$55.00
Contact: Angie Watson (309) 353-4110 (awatson@darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us)
Topics at this conference include: the importance of involvement in
professional organizations, library careers, conflict resolution, personal
leadership, magnitude of attitude, filtering on the Internet for children,
personal safety at the library, telephone etiquette, MARC records for public
services, and brand names/logos and more. Contact Angie for more
information.
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OCTOBER 2001
Date: October 3-5, 2001
Place: Winston, Salem
Event: Workshops held at the NC Library Association Biennial Conference
Sponsor: The North Carolina Library Paraprofessional Association
Contact: Meralyn Meadows at mmeadows@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Full details were unavailable before publication time so please contact
Meralyn for full details.
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Date: October 5, 2001
Place: Ramkota Inn, Aberdeen, SD
Event: South Dakota Library Association Annual Conference
Sponsor: South Dakota Library Association
Cost: Full conference: SDLA member $95.00, non-member $190.00; One day: SDLA
member $45.00, non-member $90.00
Contact: Cindy Mielke at cynthia_mielke@sdstate.edu
URL: http://lib.sdstate.edu/salonen/sdlass.htm
The SDLA Support Staff Section Program on Friday, October 5, is "The
Changing Face of the Paraprofessional" by Kathie Martin and Zona Meyer.
The
SDLA Support Staff Section Annual Meeting will also be held on October 5,
2001. For more information go to the website, click on SDLA, and then
conference, then registration.
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Date: October 4-6, 2001
Place: Bellingham
Event: WALE Conference
Sponsor: WALE
Contact: Paula Townsley (360) 651-7027 (ptownsley@sno-isle.org)
or Katrina
Disbennett (360) 405-9124 (katrina@krl.org)
URL: http://www.wla.org/wale/conferences.html
The keynote speaker will be Pat Wagner, owner of Pattern Research, a
well-known library consultant and speaker. There will also be appearances
by Terry Kay, author of books such at "To Dance with the White Dog"
and
"Taking Lottie Home," as well as Jo Dereske, author of the fabulous
Miss
Zukas mysteries.
Breakout sessions will include such topics as: Intellectual freedom,
reader's advisory, interviewing, prison libraries, junior reader's theater,
enhancing web catalogs, reference interviews, OCLC Web ILL, marketing
libraries, repetitive injuries, and much more!
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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
