The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth will hold their annual conference in Denver on November 14 – 17. http://www.naehcy.org/conf/conf_2009.html This is a great opportunity for library and school professionals to learn more about the needs of this important population. The program includes nationally known speakers and break out sessions about services and educational programs for homeless youth. Because it is in our area, this is a great opportunity for school and public library staff to attend.
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SouthEast Area public Library Directors (SEADs) periodically meet. Where? In the southeast! On Wednesday this week the gang met at the new Spanish Peaks Library in Walsenburg. In addition to talking shop, attendees were treated to a comprehensive tour of this eco-friendly library. Check out our Flickr site for more photos, including rare behind-the-scenes shots of the 2nd and 3rd floors to get a sense of how the 1st floor looked before it was renovated!
The 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access survey conducted by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Center for Library & Information Innovation at the University of Maryland is now available for completion.
Your participation in the survey is extremely important, and directly impacts the ability of ALA and others to advocate on behalf of public libraries and the tremendous contribution public libraries make to their communities through their public access Internet services and resources. Data from the study appeared most recently in USA Today in a discussion of how public libraries help job seekers.
The survey is open through November 6, 2009. You will need an ID number, which you may look up on the website. Questions regarding the survey should be directed to support@plinternetsurvey.org or 301-405-9445. Continue reading ‘2009-2010 Public Library Funding and Technology Access Survey’
The Park Vista Hotel hosted over 340 librarians at the Rural & Small Library Conference in Gatlinburg Tennessee. The Smoky Mountain were a sight to behold, and the weather couldn’t have been better. The snakes I could have done without though! It was a real treat to see the rural Anna Porter Public Library implement a book store type model library in their small town of 3,500 people. Mark your calendar for Next year’s conference. It is going to right in your backyard (Denver!) on October 14-16th 2010. Gatlinburg will be hard to beat, but we are sure going to try!
For School Librarians and Other Educators:
“Standards Galore!” Workshops – October 2009-February 2010 – register now!
Join your fellow school librarians and learn about the COMPANION DOCUMENTS that correlate with the new school library “Standards for the 21st Century Learner.”
The attendees will participate in lively discussions and work in groups to develop a better understanding of the new standards documents mentioned above and how to implement them into lesson development and into their school library program.
For Public Library Youth Services Librarians:
Youth Services Workshops – in October – register now!
Annual workshops for public library youth services librarians to network and learn about the 2010 Statewide Summer Reading Program and other youth services in public libraries:
-2010 statewide summer reading programs, presented by Kathy Barco:
-“Make a Splash” (children) and “Make Waves” (teen)
-Lunch and networking
-After-school programming including “The After-School Network”
-Report on the LSTA Early Literacy (CLEL) Storytime grants
-Update on State Library youth services initiatives
-Summer Reading manuals
Contact Michelle Gebhart, 303-866-6894, for more information.
Colorado Library Education Foundation (CLEF), a 501(c)3 associated with the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL), is pleased to offer scholarships for CAL members to attend the 2009 CAL Conference (November 19-21, 2009)
In order to encourage attendance from outside the metropolitan area, we are offering six (6) $500 scholarships to cover the major costs of attending the conference. Applicants must live more than 100 miles from the conference hotel in Denver. The scholarship includes two nights of lodging (valued at $250), free registration (worth $150), and a $100 check (to be presented at the conference) to be used towards food, gas, etc. Additionally, we are offering four (4) registration scholarships (worth $150 each) to CAL members living within 100 miles of the conference hotel.
Not a CAL member yet? Join at http://cal-webs.org/membship.htm to become eligible.
Applications are due September 30. Notification will be made around October 15. The application form, along with more information, is available here: http://www.formsite.com/claforms/clefscholarship/index.html
If you have any questions, please contact Martin Garnar at mgarnar@regis.edu.
Please forward this to all appropriate library mailing lists and help us spread the word!
The CAL Newsletter (July/August 2009) is now available:
http://cal-webs.org/newsletter.html
(Posted on behalf of Kris Johnson, AskColorado Coordinator)
What do Billy Preston, Keanu Reeves, Jimmy Connors, AskColorado, Terry Bradshaw, and Mark Harmon and all have in common? Besides the obvious (handsome, dynamic, lots of personality, talented, athletic)…September 2nd birthdays of course! On September 2, 2003 AskColorado fielded its first online virtual reference session and has been in continual operation ever since. Continue reading ‘Do You Know a Colorado Celebrity?’
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