NAHSL (North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, the New England chapter of the Medical Library Association) is holding its 2007 meeting, Building Bridges, in Woodstock, Vermont, October 28-30, 2007.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm in the events category.

Come and hear more about the “next generation” of library catalogs from some folks on the front lines.

This free program is sponsored by the Five College Library Directors, with support from Simmons College G.S.L.I.S. West.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007
1:00 – 4:00pm
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Campus Center Auditorium

Registration required: http://snipurl.com/nextgen

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Posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 5:26 pm in the events category.

Bringing Picture Books Alive; Learn to use music and movement to enhance storytime! October 25, 2007, 9:30am - 3:00pm, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier, VT.

Peter and Mary Alice Amidon will share the many ways of enhancing story time with music, movement, and storytelling in this lively workshop aimed at librarians, teachers, and others that provide book-rich environments for children. For more information about the Amidons, visit their website at www.amidonmusic.com. This is a rare opportunity to work with these amazing professionals in a hands-on, invigorating workshop.

Cost is $25.00 for VLA members and $35 for non-members. Lunch not included - brown bag your own or eat out in delicious downtown Montpelier!

Contact: Megan Allison, mallison@moretownschool.org, 223-3794.

Reserve your spot by October 18th, please. Send contact information and a check made out to the Vermont Library Association to:

Megan Allison
PO Box 565
Moretown, VT 05660

Posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 3:10 pm in the events category.

Ken Burns’ epic new series The War is accompanied by an unprecedented national community engagement campaign to collect and preserve the stories of WWII veterans and their families.  VLA has become a partner in this initiative, which involves

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Posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 5:51 pm in the events category.

Focus on the Customer, November 3, 2007, 9:30 am-3:00 pm (coffee at 9:15), Aldrich Public Library, 6 Washington St., Barre,VT Annual statewide conference for trustees and their librarians sponsored by the VLA’s VLTA section, with help from the Dept. of Libraries. Speakers will focus on three topics important to serving public library communities today: customer privacy, customer and staff safety, and branding / marketing. Speakers will include Robin Lane of Champlain College, Trina Magi - VLA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair, Rob Geiszler - Dept. of Libraries, and Liz Schlegel of Spike Advertising.

Registration is $16 for VLA members, $20 for nonmembers. Deadline is October 29. Email, call or write: Marianne Kotch, Dept. of Libraries, 578 Paine Tpke. N., Berlin, VT 05602, 802-828-2320.

Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 8:01 am in the events, vlta category.

SALSA Reference Round Table - August 22, 2007, Middlebury College Library.
Meeting of VT academic librarians to discuss Online and Print Reference Resources. Topics include budgeting; selecting; duplication between print and online; weeding vs. archiving older print resources; advertising resources and increasing use; assessment.

Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 am in the events category.

Law for Librarians, a program of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), is designed to provide librarians with information about the legal fundamentals of the First Amendment, intellectual freedom, and privacy in order to help ensure legal, consistent library policies and practices.

Posted on Saturday, August 18th, 2007 at 2:49 pm in the events category.