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NELA News April 2010NELA News is a monthly e-newsletter of the New England Library Association Three Wonderful Spring Programs offered by our NELA Sections“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. Speakers will be:
There will also be six breakout sessions. Breakfast & 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. Deadline Friday, April 2. “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:
A continental breakfast and boxed lunch are included. Complete details and registration can be found at http://nelib.org/nertcl/conference. NELA members and non-members are welcome. “Invisible Book: Libraries, People and eBooks” ITS Spring Conference, Friday, June 11, Keynote speaker: Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager for NOBLE, the North of Boston Library Exchange "No Paper, No Ink, No Book?" Tom Corbett, the Director of Media and Academic Technology at Cushing Academy, "Reading and Research in a Digital Age: Cushing Academy's Vision of a 21st Century Secondary School Library" Afternoon panel: Several New England librarians discussing their experiences with the latest non-print book technology; Kindle, Sony Reader, Nook, Overdrive and more. Harvard Book Store representative, will discuss how their Espresso Machine turns digitized online books into physical print books in minutes, so patrons and libraries can get bound copies of rare or out-of-print volumes to add to their collections. Flyer and compete details on the web page at http://nelib.org/its/conference ACRL Offering Spring Program at NELA Member RatesThe Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter invites you to attend its 2010 Spring Conference. “Embracing Our Electronic World: Challenges and Promises for Academic Libraries” Spend a day discussing the impact of our shifting information landscape, the evolving roles of academic libraries and librarians in a networked world, and the opportunities for innovation that come with rapid change. The conference will feature speaker, Lisa Hinchliffe (Vice-President/President-elect of ACRL), presentations from ACRL/NEC Special Interest Groups (http://www.acrlnec.org/sigs/index.php), and an interactive afternoon program with time for discussion, networking, and play. Emerson Greenaway Award Seeking NominationsIf you know a current or past NELA member who deserves to be recognized for their outstanding contribution to the field of librarianship in New England, let the Greenaway Committee know. The full award description is on our web page under resources with the nomination form. The deadline is June 1, 2010. State Conferences on the Spring CalendarFive states have conferences this spring. Connecticut leads the way with Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont following and Rhode Island concluding the programming offered. All of them are linked on our web page www.nelib.org. Around New England Cooperative Efforts a Common ThemeVermont VLA, the Green Mountain Library Consortium, and the Vermont Consortium of Academic Libraries are partnering to create an online resource to help libraries fill short term labor needs, whether for special projects or upcoming staff absences. The site is designed to connect people who would be interested in short term library jobs with libraries which need them. Potential workers will provide information about themselves. Watch for this resources in April at the VLA website, www.vermontlibraries.org. The VT Department of Libraries is working with the VT Telecommunications Authority on a competitive grant application for the American Recovery and Investment Act stimulus funds to build a statewide fiber optic cable network that would bring high-speed broadband to towns across VT and to approximately 50 libraries. New Hampshire New Hampshire is planning a Snapshot Day, which will feature a day in the life of New Hampshire libraries. Massachusetts The Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) and Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) held a joint Legislative Day on Tuesday, March 9 at the State House in Boston. The MBLC has an FY2011 Legislative Agenda. For more details go to http://mblc.state.ma.us/mblc/legislative/leg-agenda.pdf Rhode Island The RILA Bulletin was published online on March 15. Annual Coalition of Library Advocates event was held at the Rhode Island Statehouse: February 8, 2010. The following day, February 9, the Legislative Action Day was also held at the RI State House. RILA and nine other organizations partnered to sponsor tables and share information about their work and the importance of libraries to the people of Rhode Island. These events were part of a week-long Library Awareness Campaign sponsored by RILA and presented to the Rhode Island Legislators in February. RILA also presented a looping slide show highlighting the diverse activities of the state’s libraries. Connecticut The CT State Library fared relatively well in the latest legislative budget proposals, losing only one service---a program providing computers directly to families in poverty areas. Consequently, CLA Legislative action has been very low-key. For the first time in about 30 years, we are not sponsoring legislative breakfasts or suppers, although our lobbyist is still hard at work and the season is far from over. CLA did offer testimony at the appropriate legislative hearings and also sponsored a Snapshot Day to gather information for use in future discussions with legislators. The second one-day leadership conference co-sponsored by CLA and the CT Library Consortium will be held on July 30 at the University of Hartford and will feature Maureen Sullivan as presenter. The focus of the conference is leadership in general, rather than participation in professional associations. 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. |