Scholarship - Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services

"The Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services, an affiliate of the American Library Association, offers annual awards that recognize outstanding service, support for conference attendance, and the education of a student currently enrolled in a Library Science degree program. "

"This year's ABOS annual conference will take place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from October 9 – 11. The Bernard Vavrek Scholarship provides $1000 to a library school student interested in outreach and bookmobile services. Please share the following information with your staff and the students in your library school. "

For more information, please visit http://abos-outreach.org/resources/scholarships-awards/bernard-vavrek-scholarship/
The application deadline for this year's awards is August 1, 2013.
Contact:
Karen Wiedman
2013 ABOS Awards and Scholarship Committee Chair
Rochester Hills Public Library
500 Olde Towne Road
Rochester, MI  48307
248/650-7158
Karen.Wiedman@rhpl.org

CFP - Catholic Library Association

2014 CLA Annual Convention

Catholic Library Association invites the submission of quality proposals for presentation at the 2014 Annual Conference, April 22-24, 2014, in Pittsburgh, PA. CLA meets in conjunction with National Catholic Educational Association during Easter Week each year.

Those attending CLA are librarians serving patrons of all ages primarily in K-12, academic, theological, parish and public libraries. In addition to general topics for these groups, additional sessions focus on archives, information literacy, technical services and preservation of American Catholic materials. Teachers and administrators registered with NCEA may also attend any CLA session. The 2014 convention theme is Leadership, Direction, Service.

Include a description of the topic or title of the program, name of presenter(s) with complete contact information, brief description of the proposed program, audience level and references for prior presentations, if available. Proposals should be submitted before July 15, 2013, by email or regular mail to:

Catholic Library Association
ATTN: Convention Coordinator
205 W. Monroe St., Suite 314
Chicago, IL 60606-5061
Phone: 312-739-1776
Toll Free: 855-739-1776
Email: cla2@cathla.org

Website: http://www.cathla.org

Conference - Handheld Librarian

Handheld Librarian: Encouraging Innovation, the top online tech conference for librarians, will feature inspiration and how tos. Be pushed and informed with a motivation provoking keynote, panels sharing experiences and insights on implementing technologies to meet the needs of tech savvy users, and an in-depth workshop. Drink up the inspiration and information on June 19, 2013

Keynote - “Faking the Internet,” by Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution’s Director of Web and New Media Strategy).   Why don't libraries get better the more they are used? Not just a little better—exponentially better, like the Internet. They could, and, in a society facing colossal challenges, they must, but we won't get there without confronting a few taboos about what a library is, who it's for, and who's in charge.

Panels on:

Responsive Web Design: Jason Clark (Montana State) Doug Furiato (CCLA/TBLC), and Matthew Reidsma (Web Services Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries)

Mobile Reference:  Ann Owens (Sacramento Public Library), Laura Kohl, (Bryant University), Heather Westhaver (Burlington (Ontario) Public Library)

Creating and Using Video for Instruction.  Toby Greenwalt  (Skokie Public Library), Meagan Kinsley (American University)  Anali Perry and Matt Harp (Arizona State University)

Day 2 includes an essential workshop on MakerSpaces will be led by Tod Colegrove (University of  Nevada, Reno).  Lots of libraries are thinking about HackerSpaces, MakerSpaces, etc.  This workshop will help you decide what kind of space will work in your library and how to get started on implementing this new service for your users.11 am. to 2:00 pm. CDT June 20th.

REGISTER NOW for the June 19th  conference and  June 20th  workshops at: http://handheldlibrarian.org

This is a not to be missed conference! Can’t be there for the whole day?  You will have access to the Archive to view after the conference.

Individuals can Register for Conference Only (June 19,  2013) - US $65.00 , Register for Conference and Workshops (add  $45.00 ).  Reduced pricing is available on the website for groups.

CFP - Art Libraries Society of North America

Proposals for papers, sessions, and workshops are now being accepted for the 42nd annual conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) to be held May 1-6, 2014 in Washington, DC. The theme of the conference is “Art + Politics.”

We anticipate a program that will challenge current thinking about a wide range of professional issues, enhance lines of communications among our members, forge new channels with individuals and other organizations that share our goals and values, and offer innovative solutions to address real-world exigencies. “Unconference” settings will allow attendees to engage in lively interactive discussion. We welcome submissions from librarians, visual and media resource specialists, archivists, curators, museum professionals, educators, artists, designers, architects, historians, researchers, practitioners, students, and from fields outside of the traditional library and visual resource collection boundaries.

For full details, please see Washington 2014 Paper and Session Proposal Form  and Washington 2014 Workshop Proposal Form

 

Scholarships - Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference

This year we are happy to announce that the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference Committee is able to sponsor the attendance of three ILL practitioners. Each recipient will receive $500.00 to spend on their travel expenses to include room and board.

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to provided feedback during the conference as well as communicate what they hope to learn by attending the conference, and how they might share that information to others within their own library. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a true financial need.

Applications must be received by June 30, 2013.

In conjunction with OCLC, the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference Committee will notify winners on or before August 15, 2013.

Please click here for the application form.

FREE webinars - June

June 7.  Why Google? OCLC Research Briefing

June 12.  Uncovering Free and Low Cost Legal Resources

June 12.  Why Aren't They Reading Quietly?

June 12.  Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Working with Wikipedia

June 13.  Web and IT Accessibility Policies in Higher Education 

June 17.  Digital Content Creation and Collection Development

June 18.  Public Libraries: Become a Community Publishing Portal

June 19.  RDA Essentials for Public Services 

June 20.  The Wireless Wave and the Death of Touchscreen

Seminar - ARMA

The Greater Dayton Chapter of ARMA, International would like to invite you to attend our 2013 Spring Seminar.

Date: June 17, 2013
Location: Wright State University Nutter Center, Berry Room
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $85.00 (Meals & Snacks Included)

This year we have brought together three excellent speakers:


  *   Galina Datskovsky, Ph.D, CRM (Autonomy): Cloud Computing & Information Governance
  *   Kurt Walk, CBCP (LexisNexis): Disaster Recovery, Decommissioning, & Business Continuity
  *   Andy Hoffman (Sogeti USA): Business Value of Records Management & Organizational Change

*Approved for 5 ICRM Credits & 5 IIMC Hours (.8 CMC Experience Points & .8 MMC Advances Education Points)


Deadline for registration is June 13, 2013. For more information and to register, please visit our blog at: http://greaterdaytonarma.wordpress.com