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New Scholarships and Awards available for ACRL/NEC members:

** ACRL/NEC Annual Conference Scholarships for Librarians and Library Staff (six scholarships) 

** ACRL/NEC Annual Conference Scholarships for Library School Students (six scholarships)

** Continuing Education Scholarship (one scholarship; up to $500)

** Best Paper Award (one $250 award)

Take advantage of these funding opportunities! 

See: http://www.acrlnec.org/scholarships/scholarships.shtml for more information.

Applications are due on January 31, 2008.

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This time of year is a time of transition as the existing NHLA year comes to an end and a new one begins following the November annual meeting. The outgoing NHLA Executive Board will be meeting with the incoming board in December to hand over responsibilities and any wisdom they have to offer. That meeting takes place on December 18th, and we will post draft minutes from that meeting soon thereafter.

In the meantime, the planning of a new "Information Technology" section within NHLA is well underway as incoming NHLA Vice President Steve Butzel is networking with all sorts of interested and exciting librarians and developing a plan. If you are interested in participating in this process, please email Steve.

And finally, arrangements for the NHLA Spring Conference INNOVATE IN '08: Library Basics and Beyond which takes place on May 21 and 22 in Concord at the Grappone Conference Center are being finalized as we speak. Be sure to register early for this stellar event!

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I don't know if you read this recent post on the blog Information Wants To Be Free, but it is timely given the following information about securing funding for attending ALA Annual in 2008...

Do you want to attend ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim, CA, but you're light on the travel funds? Apply by December 15, 2007 for the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance!

Applicant must:

1. Be a member of ALA and NMRT
2. Be active in the library profession
3. Show promise or activity in the area of professional development
4. Have valid financial need
5. Have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences

 To apply, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/nmrt/applyforfunds/shirleyolofson.htm

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At the fall business meeting, I announced that I am planning to establish a new section within NHLA that will focus on information technology issues faced by librarians of all flavors. I envision the section discussing a wide range of IT issues. For example, we might discuss a Library 2.0 issue such as how to insert a tag cloud from LibraryThing into your catalog. We might also discuss more fundamental issues such as methods used to secure computers in different library settings. The sky is really the limit.

Who do I hope to attract to this section? Anyone who is interested in learning more about information technology and how it can be used to provide services in libraries. You do not have to be a techie, but you probably should look forward to learning about information technology. Maybe you would like to learn about web design or how instant messaging software is used as a reference tool. Maybe you are interested in learning about content management systems, digital library applications, and/or open-source software. It's all good!

So, if you would like to participate in this section, or even become an office holder, please contact me at steven.butzel@nashualibrary.org. I promise you I will make it worth your while.

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Thanks to everyone who attended the Fall Business Meeting this past Thursday, and thanks to Amy Thurber who put the entire event together! Now we all need to download the evaluation form, fill it out, and send it to Amy via email, (her email address is on the form.)

Here are some links to websites for projects mentioned in different presentations. If anyone else has additional links to suggest, please send them to steven.butzel at nashualibrary.org.

Wild and Wacky Programming

• Goffstown Public Lilbrary - The Moving Wall
• Goffstown Public Library - Eyes Wide Open project
• There was also an article about this project written in the Union Leader. The title of the article was "Goffstown Library first to host Iraq war exhibit", and it was published on Sunday, September 23, 2007. This can be accessed through Newsbank if your library subscribes to that database.
• GMILCS library programming blog (Thanks Heather!)
  

Casey Bisson 

• Scriblio
• Lamson Library at Plymouth State University (Scriblio implementation)
  
• Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth New Hampshire (implenting Scriblio)
  
• Western Springs History digital library project using WordPress
  
• Meadville Public Library (using open source ILS product Koha)
• Koha - Open Source ILS - Integrated Library System
• LibLime (open-source library automation company)
  

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