Distance Library Services Conference

The 16^th Distance Library Services Conference is heading to Denver in 2014, and we want you to help build on 30 years of thought-provoking contributions in the field of distance librarianship!

The Distance Library Services Conference is librarianship’s most respected venue for sharing research, ideas, perspectives, and best practices in providing library resources and services at a distance.  If you have a topic of interest to distance librarianship, we invite you to submit a proposal by June 10, 2013.  Possible topic areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

Advocacy Assessment Budgets Collaboration Collection development Copyright Customer service Digital resources Diversity Document delivery eBooks

Electronic resources Embedded librarians Emerging technologies Hot topics/wild card Information literacy Innovation Instruction Leadership & management Marketing Mobile technologies Organizational change

Outreach/engagement Patron access Professional/staff development Reference Social media Technology Trends & forecasting User experience Web development

Presentations from the previous conference can be found at http://gcls2.cmich.edu/conf2012/presentations.php.

Session formats include paper presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, and workshops.

Benefits of presenting at the Distance Library Services Conference include:

·        Conference proceedings are published in the Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning
·        Opportunity to present your work to a large and diverse audience of distance librarians, educators and administrators
·        Registration fee discount
·        And it’s loads of fun!

Submit your proposal today!
http://libguides.cmich.edu/dls2014/call

Call for Presentation Proposals New England Archivists Fall 2013 Symposium

Call for Presentation Proposals

New England Archivists Fall 2013 Symposium: Giving Color to Ideas

Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Symposium Focus: Big Ideas in the Archival Profession

The New England Archivists Fall 2013 Program Committee calls for
presentation proposals for the Fall 2013 symposium. This symposium
inaugurates a two-year trial period during which NEA will host half-day
gatherings in the fall and three-day conferences in the spring.

In keeping with the symposium's focus on innovative thinking in our field,
the program committee invites you to submit a presentation proposal
illustrating a new, innovative idea, or a "what if" scenario. We encourage
topics that impact the profession as a whole, subjects that inspire you, or
ideas that have yet to be explored by archivists in the New England region.
This is your chance to push the boundaries of current archival thought,
challenge your colleagues to think in new ways, and start a dialogue around
your idea.

Presentations will be grouped together, followed by a moderated discussion
between presenters and attendees. Presentations must be *no longer than
seven minutes* and must be in one of the following formats:

*Lightning talk* – a concise presentation that may or may not include a
simple visual element, such as a PowerPoint presentation with three to five
slides. For more information, visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk and
http://www.perl.com/pub/2004/07/30/lightningtalk.html.

*PechaKucha *– a presentation during which a 20-slide PowerPoint
presentation advances automatically at the rate of 20 seconds per slide.
For more information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PechaKucha.

*TED talk* – a short presentation that may or may not include a visual
element. For more information, visit
http://www.danpink.com//2012/03/3-tips-for-ted-speakers.

Submissions should include the following elements:

1. working title of your presentation;

2. brief description of the topic;

3. name and contact information of the participant(s); and

4. presentation format.

Please submit your proposals by Friday, May 31, to Abigail Cramer and
Amanda Strauss with the subject line NEA Fall 2013 Presentation Proposal (
abigail.cramer@gmail.com, amanda_strauss@radcliffe.harvard.edu).
https://www.newenglandarchivists.org/meetings/meetings.html

Free Webinar - Are You Prepared to Meet the Literacy Needs of African American Male Youth?

Free Webinar - Are You Prepared to Meet the Literacy Needs of African American Male Youth?

Start Time:  May 13, 2013 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Register at:  http://tinyurl.com/bqfdzl7

The need for quality literacy education is strong, particularly for certain underserved populations. One group in critical need of improved literacy instruction is African American males. According to the National Association for Educational Progress 2011 Report Card, only 14 percent of African American 4th and 8th graders performed at or above the proficient level on national reading tests in 2011 and males scored 9 points lower on average than females.

This webinar will explore the role of the education community, including librarians, in:

1) closing the literacy achievement gap,

2) nurturing the resolve of African American male youth, helping them reconcile their different identities, and reimagine their place in the world,  and

3) enabling African American male youth to take action in their own lives and in their communities.

The session will use Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate).

Presenters: Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Amanda Hitson

Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Ph.D., is a professor and coordinator of the School Library Media Program in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In her current research she focuses on social justice issues in youth library services and the role of school library media specialists in education reform. She teaches courses in services to diverse youth populations, materials for young adults and the development of school library media programs.

Amanda Hitson is a graduate student and research assistant at the School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She will graduate with a Master of Library Science degree in May of 2013 and hopes to begin working as a school librarian the following school year.  Her research has primarily focused on the literacy of African American male youth and multimodal forms of storytelling.

Workshop - Media/Crisis Management Training

We have finalized the plans for the Media/Crisis Management Training in Frankfort on May 21st. The session will be held from 1-4 p.m. in Room 129 at the State Capitol Annex.

You can register online through the KLA website.

http://www.klaonline.org/mediatrainws132.cfm

FREE training - American Theatre Archive Project

We hope this is of interest to archivists and librarians in the arts: The American Theatre Archive Project (ATAP) is providing a free training session at the Boston Public Library on Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 9am to 1pm. 

*About ATAP*
An initiative of the American Society for Theatre Research, the ATAP supports theatre makers in archiving records of their work for the benefit of artists, scholars, patrons, and the public. It is a grassroots network of professional and student archivists, practitioners, and scholars dedicated to preserving the legacy of the American theatre by developing archival resources for theatre companies, helping to preserve theatre history that has yet to be written. Find out more on ATAP here:
http://americantheatrearchiveproject.org/

If you are in the Boston area and want to attend the session, further details are below. If you are not in the Boston area and interested in supporting theatre archives, please check out the ATAP website for a group near you (or start your own!)

To register for our May 4^th program, please email Boston Team Chair, Jessica Green, at atapboston@gmail.com.

FREE webinar - IT

Do you work with IT and are looking to improve those interactions?  Or, are YOU IT and looking to improve interactions with other library staff?  If so, check out this free, interactive webinar from the Colorado State Library, featuring Jon Solomon of Douglas County Libraries and Kris Johnson of the Colorado State Library.

What: Making I.T. Happen! Building Collaborative Relationships with your IT Department with Jon Solomon (for full session description and more information: http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org)

When: Wednesday, May 15 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m (Mountain)

Where: Online in Adobe Connect at http://connect.enetcolorado.org/cslinsession

** No registration is required, but space is limited to the first 100 participants.

** Please show up ready and willing to share your thoughts and experiences!  These sessions are participatory and interactive.

** Learner participation in the session will take place via chat, so a phone line or microphone isn’t needed.

Information on CSL In Session, including upcoming sessions, recordings, handouts and more are available on the web at http://cslinsession.cvlsites.org.  Questions about CSL In Session can be directed to Mary Beth Faccioli at faccioli_m@cde.state.co.us.

FREE webinar - Fantasy and SF

Science fiction and fantasy remain greatly popular among genre fiction readers and are gaining new fans fast! In this hour-long, free webinar, hear what series promise to hit it big and what authors have upcoming volumes. Expand your universe without leaving your seat as representatives from Baen, Galaxy Press, Tor, and Tu Books cover titles for all ages. Moderated by Booklist Adult Books editor Brad Hooper.

EVENT DETAILS:
Tuesday, May 7

Time:
2:00 PM Eastern
1:00 PM Central
12:00 PM Mountain
11:00 AM Pacific