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NELA News – June 2008NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association Information Technology Section (ITS) Spring Workshop, "Library-Wide IT Proficiencies." Thursday, June 12 at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, complete details and registration here: http://nelib.org/its "IT staff must be able to assist in maintaining a library-wide level of competence and confidence not only in using current IT resources, but also in learning new ways of working smarter. The workshop begins with the basic elements of end user education to promote departmental self-sufficiency and moves on to the higher level of assisting librarians with cutting edge technology awareness and use. Participants will receive tools, techniques and many ideas on ways to increase the IT proficiency of all library staff." RILA Annual Conference, Libraries: Something on the Menu for Everyone, June 5-6 at Salve Regina University http://www.rilibraryassoc.org/annualconference.htm. The Rhode Island Conference marks the end of the summer state conferences and the beginning of summer. We hope you have all found something of interest in the many state conferences and spring symposiums and workshops. Taking Charge of Change is our Fall Conference theme, October 19-21 in Manchester, NH. Take a moment out of a lazy summer day to look at our fall lineup. It's all listed on the Program Preview: http://nelib.org/conference. Highlights of the Program Preview include a "first time attending" orientation, "Meet the Newbies: first time novelists", "My College Freshman is your High School Senior," and lots of sessions on all manner of changes, new trends, new technology topics and many more topics related to the multitude of ways our professions is changing. Featured author speakers, Simon Winchester, Cynthia Lord, Raouf Mama, Michael Palmer, and Jane Cleland, plus Jordan Miller Storytellers Eshu Bumpus and Motoko Dworkin are introduced here: http://nelib.org/conference/2008/attending/featuredauthorspeakers.htm. Membership renewals are arriving daily. If yours is among them, thanks for renewing. If yours hasn't arrived yet, time is running out. You may be dropped from our mailing and e-mailing lists and will miss out on the exciting programs we will be offering this summer and fall. Don't remember where you put your renewal form? Click here: https://nelibrary.ejoinme.org/MyPages/nelamembership/tabid/5821/Default.aspx to renew online or here http://nelib.org/membership/membershipform-2008.pdf to renew by mail. NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association. P.O. Box 709; Marblehead, MA 01945 | 781-631-1578 | 781-631-1579 fax To submit news or articles contact: publications@nelib.org Jan Drake |