We all have moments in our life when we take time to reflect and be grateful. For me those times were on my 30th birthday, 40th birthday – OK you get the idea. As I received the gavel last month and became CAL President, it seemed like a good time to reflect on how I got here and what I want to accomplish in the next year. As you might expect, I had worked on many CAL committees and on the Board, always getting involved in something with the Association since I was a library school student. I enjoy association work because it stretches me in ways I wouldn’t always get in my regular job. I find it interesting to work with colleagues from other types of libraries whether we are discussing intellectual freedom, legislative issues or literacy. Our association provides many opportunities for this type of interaction. Continue reading ‘Rochelle Logan, CAL President 2010: December News’
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By Cortni O’Brien, Marketing Committee Member, Eagle Valley Library District
The CAL Marketing Committee met on December 2 at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock. We were pleased to be joined by our new CAL President, Rochelle Logan. Throughout the next year, the Marketing Committee will work closely with Logan and 2010 Conference Chair Stephen Sweeney to help market and brand the CAL Conference. The December 2 meeting was the first planning session for this effort.
The Marketing Committee presented two sessions at the 2009 CAL Conference. Both “Building a Brand” (pre-conference session) and “Socializing Your Library: Tweets, Blogs & More” (conference workshop) were well attended, and we look forward to participant feedback. Continue reading ‘CAL Marketing Committee News (December 09)’
From JoAnn Perry, CAL’s AASL Representative
A record breaking 3,950 school librarians, educators, exhibitors, and guests attended the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) 14th National Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina Nov. 5 – 8, to discuss key issues that impact our nation’s school libraries.
Dedicated solely to the needs of school library media specialists, the AASL National Conference is the largest gathering of school librarians in the nation. “The conference has given thousands of school librarians the opportunity to share strategies and best practices in the teaching and learning process,” said AASL president Cassandra Barnett. “Charlotte has provided us with a national platform to discuss the needs of our increasingly tech-savvy students and the future of the 21st century learner.” Continue reading ‘AASL Conference Sets Record-Breaking Attendance’
CAL’s Colorado Library Instruction Interest Group held its August Brown Bag at the University of Denver’s Penrose Library.
The meeting began with lunch and a meet and greet with librarians from around the state. Attendees were treated to a tour of Penrose Library; the tour highlighted the rare book collection and the Research Center. The August Brown Bag was another great opportunity for instruction librarians to come together and share best practices! Continue reading ‘CAL’s Colorado Library Instruction Group Brown Bag & Meeting’
By Erica MacCreaigh
The Colorado Association of Libraries’ 2009 Power On annual conference is just a month away and we are looking for volunteers to help make this our best conference yet! To help those of you who may still be wondering if you’re the person we’re looking for, consider the following:
- If you get a charge out of working in a fun, friendly environment…you might be a CAL volunteer.
If answering questions and solving problems gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside …you might be a CAL volunteer. - If your day is made by making computers bend to your will …you might be a CAL volunteer.
- If greeting people and pointing them in the right direction brings a smile to your face…you might be a CAL volunteer.
Anyone registered for the CAL conference can be a CAL volunteer! After you’ve registered, just click on the volunteer link and tell us what you’d like to do and when you’re available to help. There are volunteer
opportunities at the registration desk, cyber café, ticketed events, exhibits hall, preconferences, and workshops. You can even ask to be scheduled with a friend.
New this year! All CAL volunteers will receive a $10 refund off their conference registration fee! (Refunds will be issued at the conference.)
Sign up today – we look forward to seeing you!
By Jody K. Howard
Recently, I was asked to do a presentation on the instructional role of the school librarian and the impact this has on public librarians. The audience included MLIS students and the program faculty at a state university. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. My first question to the group was, “What is the instructional role of the public librarian?” There was complete silence in the room and I could tell that the students were thinking, “Don’t call on me—don’t call on me!” Finally, a few hands went up and I received comments like: Providing books to our patrons; working with children and YA’s to get the right person matched with the right book, helping school age kids find what they need when it isn’t at their school library. Finally, one person said that she thought it was really important to make certain the people using databases and other library resources, or accessing library materials were able to find those materials again even if the librarian wasn’t present. BINGO! That’s what we all need to do—we need to make certain that as information professionals, we provide “instruction” or help and assistance so that our clients can function independently as learners. Continue reading ‘The Instructional Role of Librarians’
The CAL Conference 2009: Power On! Avenues for the Future will soon be upon us with amazing opportunities for continuing education, professional development, and networking. The CAL Paralibrarian Division Board endorses the following sessions that are sure to be of special interest and benefit to Colorado’s paralibrarians:
Friday, Nov. 20th, 10:15 AM – Planning, Implementing, and Re-Designing Projects in Libraries
Friday, Nov. 20th, 1:45 PM – Web 2.0 Tools, Diversity, and YOUR Library
Friday, Nov. 20th, 1:45 PM – Innovative Library Strategies for Immigrant and Refugee Integration
Friday, Nov. 20th, 3:15 PM – Top Twelve Innovations in Colorado Libraries
Friday, Nov. 20th, 3:15 PM – Rural connections : Get ‘er done in a 2.0 world.
Saturday, Nov. 21st, 10:45 AM – Make Big Money In Your Pajamas? How E-Learning and Distance Education Can Really Help You and Your Library, Even If Small, Rural, Understaffed Or Strapped for Money and Time.
Saturday, Nov. 21st, 2:00 PM – Putting Information Into Health Literacy Continue reading ‘CAL Paralibrarian News, October 2009′
From Stephen Sweeney, CoASL President
As the Colorado Association of Special Libraries (CoASL) will be going into its third year in existence with a change in leadership at the annual CAL conference, let’s look back at what we’ve accomplished in the past year.
Bringing our membership together has been a goal this year. To this end, the Association began a low-traffic listserv back in December 2008. While this is definitely a work in progress, most of our members have opted to subscribe to the list! Also, CoASL hosted a number of association-wide meetings this year, beginning with the CAL conference back in November 2008. Continue reading ‘CAL’s Special Libraries (CoASL) Update’
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
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