Archive: January, 2010

School Librarian is the Approved Professional Name

author | timestamp January 23, 2010 | categories0 Comments

The American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Board of Directors voted at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2009, to officially adopt for the profession the title school librarian.

A recent AASL survey indicated confusion, misperceptions, and inconsistencies about various job titles in the school librarian profession. The AASL Affiliate Assembly requested that the AASL Board of Directors choose a title for its professionals that is clear to other educators, administrators, and the public, and that presents a common nomenclature for all publications and advocacy efforts.

AASL leadership reviewed the data and identified the advantages and disadvantages of the various titles. After a focused and extensive discussion, the AASL Board of Directors voted to adopt school librarian as the title which reflects the roles of the 21st-century school library professional as a leader, instructional partner, information specialist, teacher, and program administrator.

Source: http://fwd4.me/CIQ and http://fwd4.me/CIP

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International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection

author | timestamp January 23, 2010 | categories0 Comments

The International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection (a non-profit trade association dedicated to the protection of cultural institutions) offers critical security, life-safety, and emergency preparedness training, as well as the only professional certification for persons working in, or responsible for, cultural property protection. Our multi-tiered program applies to security officers, supervisors, directors, administrators, facility managers, human resources staff, curators, registrars, librarians, and others who wish to gain crucial information and education about the latest methods available in protecting collections, staff, visitors, and others involved with public and cultural institutions.

IFCPP is pleased to offer the following training schedule for 2010:
 
February 12, 2010            
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Denver, CO
Certified Institutional Protection Specialist (CIPS) – Basic training & certification
Hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Registration available at: www.ifcpp.org

 
February 21, 2010            
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Washington, DC
Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM) – Management training & certification
Hosted by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Conference On Cultural Property Protection
Registration available at: www.ifcpp.org

 
March 7, 2010            
8:00 am – 05:00 pm
Lisle, IL
Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM) – Management training & certification
Hosted by the Midwest Security Conference
Registration available at: www.ifcpp.org

 
May 11, 2010            
8:00 am – 05:00 pm
Philadelphia, PA
Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM) – Management training & certification
Hosted by Today’s Facility Manager (TFM)
Registration available soon at: http://www.constructshow.com/ind/landing-page.aspx

May 23-24, 2010            
Day 1:  9:30am to 12:30pm
Day 2: 1:00pm to 4:30pm
L.A., CA
Certified Institutional Protection Manager (CIPM) – Management training & certification
Hosted by the American Association of Museums
Register at: http://www.aam-us.org/am10/

August 21-25, 2010            
San Francisco, CA
IFCPP Annual Conference – 3 full days of sessions plus pre-conference and evening events
Held at the historic Palace Hotel
Register at: www.ifcpp.org

 
For additional information, please call 303-322-9667, 800-257-6717, e-mail info@ifcpp.org or visit www.ifcpp.org

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Rural Libraries – Funding Opportunity

author | timestamp January 21, 2010 | categories0 Comments

USDA Rural Development

Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, announced the goal to provide $100 million of USDA’s Community Facilities ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funds for public libraries. The VT/NH jurisdiction will have at least $2.2 Million in funding to offer to libraries for capital projects such as buildings and equipment. There are many excellent outcomes when we support rural libraries:

  • Rural libraries not only play a vital role in educating their patrons, they also enhance the economic vitality of a rural community.
  • Rural business owners receive an array of information resources at the public library. The educational opportunities afforded create more productive employees for rural businesses.
  • The construction or renovation projects for libraries create and save jobs in the construction and library service fields.
  • A new or renovated library facility in a rural community can be a catalyst for renewing that community’s downtown area.
  • Public libraries are culturally and technologically critical to the rural communities they serve.  Public libraries offer a host of state of the art communication services to rural residents that are often otherwise unavailable in their community.
  • Libraries are often a rural community’s cultural center; offering public programming to adults and children.
  • Public libraries are important to bridging the digital divide and improving the quality of life in rural America.

Key program points are:

  • Community served must be under 20,000 in population
  • Contact your local RD office regarding grant eligible service areas. Please visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/vt/vtstaff.htm to find an office near you in VT or NH.
  • Note: Grants range from 0-75% and require matching funds. Please visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/vt/vtnhcfgranteligibilty.htm to see if your community is eligible for grant assistance. Note: Loan and Loan guarantees are available to all communities of 20,000 or less in population.
  • Both Public and Non-Profit Libraries who are open to the public may qualify.

Download the complete flyer here. If you tweet about this, please include @nhlibrarians

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ACRL/NEC Spring 2010 Conference – Register now

author | timestamp January 19, 2010 | categories0 Comments

Registration is now open for the ACRL/NEC Spring 2010 Conference!

Visit the conference Website for program and registration information: http://www.acrlnec.org/springconf2010

Embracing Our Electronic WorldThe Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter presents its 2010 Spring Conference.

Embracing Our Electronic World: Challenges and Promises for Academic Libraries

Friday, May 14, 2010 @ College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Spend a day discussing the impact of our shifting information landscape, the evolving roles of academic libraries and librarians in a networked world, and the opportunities for innovation that come with rapid change. The conference will feature speaker, Lisa Hinchliffe (Vice-President/President-elect of ACRL), presentations sponsored by our ACRL/NEC Special Interest Groups (http://www.acrlnec.org/sigs/index.php), and will offer opportunities to network with your colleagues and discuss the latest library products and services with sponsoring vendors.

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First Report from ALA Midwinter 2010

author | timestamp January 16, 2010 | categories1 Comment

I’ve survived the first two days of orientation at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Boston. I spent just about all of Friday at an orientation/workshop for chapter leaders including state association presidents, president-elects and ALA councilors. We heard excellent presentations from a number of librarians and library association executive directors. I hope we can send our President and/or President-Elect to this orientation/workshop in the future.

Today I attended orientation for ALA councilors. I got to hear from the current ALA President and ALA’s executive director. I also learned more about my role as a councilor and what my life will be like for the next three days, (pretty much solid council meetings and forum discussions…and some receptions.)

Al Gore at ALA MW 2010The highlight for me today was sitting in the dead center of the second row of the grand ballroom where I got hear Al Gore give a riveting 75 minute talk about his new book on the environmental crisis which is written for children and young adults, (unlike An Inconvenient Truth.)

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a little something about the exhibits. As you might imagine, the major vendors put together truly luxurious displays, mini-auditoriums and meccas to draw you in, but I must confess, their actual sales people or reps often seem more interested in talking to each other than welcoming conference attendees. It would be like if you approached the welcome desk at your library and the handful of librarians at the desk were all wearing Armani suits and chuckling amongst themselves. I really don’t get it!

I’ll be uploading some photos I took today to our Flickr account, so feel free to take a look if you’d like, http://www.flickr.com/photos/nhlibrarians.

One last thing for tonight. I’m also doing some tweeting during the day. You can read my tweets at http://twitter.com/nhlibrarians. In one of my tweets today, I discussed my initial inclinations as to who to support in the current ALA presidential election.

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Of Interest

author | timestamp January 14, 2010 | categories0 Comments

Without getting into circulation statistics, you can quickly determine the popularity of subject areas by using the Saltometer.  Here’s more info on the Saltometer.  What does your library’s Saltometer have to say about your collection?

I have heard that a public library just over the border in Massachusetts, is switching from the Dewey system to the BISAC system, which is currently used in book stores.  If you, like me, are not familiar with the BISAC system, check out the October 1, 2009 edition of Library Journal.  The cover story is titled, "The Dewey Dilemma" by Barbara Fister.  Has any NH library made the switch, or is considering it?  Thoughts?

READS-TO-GO Suggests

author | timestamp January 6, 2010 | categories0 Comments

A few of our book discussion kits do not circulate as often as they should.  The RTG committee will try to promote some of these titles through our blog. 

The first suggested title, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, appears on the blog today.

If your library hosts a RTG kit, and you’d like to see it promoted, please contact me at dmayr@nesmithlibrary.org.  Thanks.

Patriot Act Renewal Delayed

author | timestamp January 4, 2010 | categories0 Comments

Diane Lynch, Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair, recommends the following article at Politico.com from Dec. 16th as a good overview of what’s going on with the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Here’s a brief excerpt from the start of the article…

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has rejected a Senate plan to include amendments to the Patriot Act in a larger Pentagon funding bill covering the soaring cost of the war in Afghanistan, arguing that to do so would lead to a “revolt on the left,” according to Democratic insiders.

Pelosi’s decision, announced at a closed-door leadership meeting Monday, has forced Democrats to go with a backup plan of extending the Patriot Act until early next year, essentially punting the controversial issue into 2010, when a broader agreement with the Senate can be struck. The vote is now scheduled to take place early next year."

For more coverage of the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, visit this page on the ALA site, http://bit.ly/7WU9et.

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