The application deadline for the New England Library Association's leadership symposium, NELLS, has been extended to February 29th.
NELLS will be held July 28th through August 1st at the Rolling Ridge Conference Center in North Andover, MA.
Who can attend? NELLS students will be library professionals, paraprofessionals, or volunteers (Trustees, Friends, etc.) in mid-career (3 to 15 years experience in or with libraries). Attendees may be recommended by someone or may make their own application for this leadership training. Each student must be a member of his or her state association or NELA in order to apply.
More information about NELLS and the application are available at: http://www.nelib.org/nells/
The workshop is going on around me, and I just want everyone to know how to get to the presentations offered today by Jessamyn West, Lichen Rancourt and Andrea Mercado.
Andrea's presentation can be found at www.slideshare.net/andreamercado. Her blog Library Techtonics is available at http://www.librarytechtonics.info/
Jessamyn's talk can be found at http://www.librarian.net/talks/delflk/
Lichen's talk will be found later today at www.remainingrelevant.net.
It has been a great day!
There is still room in NHLA Continuing Education workshop, “Everything You Want To Know About Library 2.0,” for those who are still interested in signing up. The registration deadline is this Friday, September 14. You should receive an email confirmation on that date that we received your registration. Please email sleonardi@amherst.lib.nh.us with any questions.
Join us on September 24th at the Hooksett Library for Everything You Want to Know About Library 2.0. Jessamyn West (Librarian.net), Lichen Rancourt (Remaining Relevant), and Andrea Mercado (Library Techtronics) will explore Library 2.0. They will be joined by Bobbi Slossar for GEEK Sessions (small groups with specific questions) in the afternoon. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite gadget to show and tell.
Registration is required. The cost is $10.00 for NHLA members and $15.00 for non-members. The Registration includes morning refreshments and a box lunch. You can download the registration files from the Upcoming Events section of the NHLA website http://www.nhlibrarians.org/events.html. There are only 50 spaces so register early.
The schedule for the day is:
9:00 - 9:30 ~ Registration & Coffee
9:30 ~ What is WEB 2.0 and why it's important/appropriate in libraries - Lichen Rancourt
10:00 ~ Flickr & del.icio.us - Jessamyn West
10:30 ~ Library 2.0 catalog solutions - Lichen Rancourt
11:00 ~ Open source replacements for stuff you already use - Jessamyn West
11:30 ~ GADGET SHARE - Show and tell your gadgets, library blog sites, digital cameras, card readers, phones and whatever
12:00 ~ Box Lunch
1:00 ~ Technology planning. How to choose and implement what you have seen today within the limits of staff time, library budgets and patron needs - Andrea Mercado.
2:00 ~ GEEK Sessions - Our three presenters (joined by Bobbi Slossar) will break into small groups to answer your specific questions about social software issues.
3:00 ~ GEEK Session discoveries and wrap up - Mary Ann List
Sponsored by the NHLA Continuing Education Committee
