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NELA News March 2010NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association Spring Conferences are Getting CloserSeveral NELA sections sponsor spring stand-alone conferences. Below are the details on the programs offered this year. The NELA Executive Board has voted to give a $5.00 coupon to anyone with a paid registration for a spring 2010 stand-alone conference. The coupon can be used as credit toward registration for the Annual Conference in the fall. “Crosswalks to the Future: Library Metadata on the Move”, NETSL’s Spring Conference, will take place on Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester. Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chief of the Policy and Standards Division at the Library of Congress, will kick off the conference with a discussion “Building Blocks for the Future: Making Controlled Vocabularies Available for the Semantic Web”. Jon Orwant, Engineering Manager for Google Books, will conclude the day with a talk on “Creating a Trillion-Field Catalog: Metadata in Google Books”. In between, the conference will offer six breakout sessions. A delectable breakfast spread and a delicious lunch buffet, including vegan options, are included. Please plan to join us for an inspiring day! For complete details and registration information, visit the conference web page at www.nelib.org/netsl/conference. “Not Just a Fantasy: Putting Fantastic Fiction to Work”, NERTCL’s Spring Conference, will take place on Friday, April 23, 2010, at the Needham Congregational Church, in Needham, MA. Speakers will be T.A. Barron (Lost Years of Merlin, Merlin’s Dragon trilogy), Melanie Kimball (Assistant Professor, Simmons College Graduate School of Library Science) and Sarah Thomson (The Blue Stone, Imagine a Place). A continental breakfast and boxed lunch are included. Complete details and registration can be found at http://nelib.org/nertcl/conference. NERTCL welcomes NELA members and non-members to this program. Membership has Benefits. Have you renewed your membership? It’s not too late. As a member you will receive reduced rates on spring stand-alone conferences and the annual fall conference. You retain voting privileges in our organization and have the opportunity for professional development by becoming involved with colleagues throughout New England. Executive Board Nominations. Each year, our Nominations Committee works to identify candidates for Officers on the NELA Executive Board. If you would like to be more active in NELA or know someone who would like to serve the organization, please let us know. Send a candidate statement by March 20 to nominating@nelib.org. The open positions to be filled by election of the membership later this year are the following: Vice President/President Elect, Secretary, Junior Director. Descriptions of what is involved with each position are at http://nelib.org/candidates. Nominations for Emerson Greenaway Award. Each year at our Annual Conference NELA presents this award to recognize an exceptional librarian who has had a "demonstrated impact on the library field in the New England region.” If you would like to nominate someone for this award, please submit the 2010 Emerson Greenaway Nomination Form by June 1, 2010. Educational Assistance: Deadline March 15. Need money for library school? NELA offers scholarships for New England residents working on a Master’s degree in Library Science. Complete details and an application form are at http://nelib.org/educationalassistance/ScholarshipForm-200901.pdf . Be sure to submit your completed application form to your graduate school’s Dean’s office by March 15 (the Educational Assistance Committee cannot accept direct applications.) If you have any questions, please contact Vickie Turcotte, Chair of the Educational Assistance Committee (educationalassistance@nelib.org) On the Calendar April 15, NETSL (Technical Services Librarians) Annual Spring Conference ("Crosswalks to the Future"), College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA April 19-20, CLA Annual Conference, Mohegan Sun April 23, NERTCL (Teen and Children’s Librarians) Spring Program, Needham Congregational Church, Needham
April 28-30, MLA Annual Conference (Massachusetts) Hyannis, MA May 13-14, New Hampshire Library Association, Attitash Resort, Bartlett, NH May 25, Vermont Library Conference, St. Michael’s College May 27-28, RILA Annual Conference, Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I. June 11 (tentative), ITS (Information Technology Section) Conference, location tba
October 17-19, NELA Annual Conference, Boxborough, MA NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association. The deadline for submitting news items is the last day of the previous month. |