News Archive for April 2009    

The Library Technical Assistant program at Northampton Community College
prepares you to enter the workforce as a paraprofessional capable of
employment in a variety of libraries and information centers.

The program’s courses focus particularly on information resources,
services for children and management of a small public library.
Technical skills in such vital areas as acquisitions, electronic formats
and cataloging of all types of materials are addressed.

Although courses can be taken on an as-needed basis to improve skills
in specific areas, a specialized diploma is awarded upon completion of
15 LTA credits. Students in this program are required to perform online
research, and visit libraries to investigate print resources and explore
types of library services, in addition to reading assigned textbooks.

Call the Admissions Office at (610)861-5500 for information on
registration and course offerings or check our web site at
distancelearn

The fall book sale will be on Saturday, October 24th from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. On Sunday, October 25th, the “Bag Sale” will be from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m. Member preview will be on October 23rd from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

The location of the book sale is at Books By The Gross located at 400 Cheryl Avenue, just two blocks from the library.

Support the library at this worthy fund raising event.

Jubilee Day Book Sale is on Thursday, June 18 from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The “Bag Sale” will begin at 5:00 p.m. The preview sale for members is Wednesday, June 17 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

The location of the Friends of the Library Book Sale is Books By The Gross at 400 Cheryl Avenue, which is just two blocks from the library.

Come out and support the library and get good books cheap.

Best Buy Community Grants Program

These grants are available to support programs and services that provide opportunities for young teens related to education, life skills, leadership skills or relationship development.

The average amount of the grants range from $5,000-$7,000 with the maximum being $10,000.

The deadline for application is June 15, 2009

Much more information is available at:
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Harnessing Boomer Power will be held at WITF in Harrisburg on May 21st. It is a panel discussion for agencies such as public libraries on how to recruit Baby Boomers to be volunteers in your libraries. There is also another session following this one that evening called Boomers Night Out. It will be an evening of suggestions and ideas for Boomers on where to take the next chapter of their lives. It is appropriate for library staff and your patrons.

The first session for Harnessing Boomer Power is free. The second session, Boomers Night Out has a $10.00 charge.

Informational and registration brochures for both sessions are below:

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Critical brain development occurs for every young child between the ages of 0 – 48 months for (1) trust, (2) impulse control, (3) cooperation, (4) independence, (5)thinking skills and (6) motor development. Families with young children need to experience the fabulous programs and the access to resources their public library provides!

The Born to Read District Library Meeting led by Maureen Farley, Born to Read Coordinator for Dauphin County Library System, and Laurell Tarka, volunteer assistant, will give you new ideas and strategies for library programs and community partnerships focused on infants, very young children, and parents. This is your opportunity to learn how to take another step in successfully promoting literacy for young children and increasing library attendance by families. Public libraries have the resources needed to make the difference for very young children and this workshop will provide “tools” to help you.

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Time: 9:00 AM nametags and refreshments

9:30 – 11:30 presentation by Maureen Farley and Laurell Tarka

Location: Red Land Community Library, a newly renovated library that reopened in March
48 Robin Hood Drive
Etters, PA 17319

(Route 83, Exit 34N or Exit 33S. Library is easy to drive to & complete directions will be emailed to those attending)

If planning to attend, contact Victoria Dick, District Consultant at: vdick@yorklibraries.org

Once again it is time for the LV PaLA Spring Conference!

Join us on May 21st at East Stroudsburg University for Library Fellowship and Continuing education!

Click below to access the brochure/application:2009brochure.pdf

Sessions include (*Books available for purchase/signing are in ALL CAPS ):

A. Patents & Trademarks in a Digital Age

Tim Wherry, College Librarian at Penn State-Altoona, will address patents and trademarks in a digital age. Even for experienced librarians, the field of patents and patenting presents challenges. Information about patents is presented as well as the method for performing a patent search in order to assist library users in this complicated process.

B. MANHATTAN: Seeds of the Big Apple

Gloria Waldron Hukle, a native & resident of New York State, is an 11th generation Waldron in the line of the New York Dutch Waldron family upon which the 17th century epic saga, MANHATTAN: SEEDS OF THE BIG APPLE (2006), is based. 2007 saw the publication of THE DIARY OF A NORTHERN MOON and the third book of the Wal-dron Series is scheduled for publication in 2009.

C. 40 Online Tools in 40 Minutes

Tina Hertel, Lehigh University, will provide a fast-paced, yet fun and informative session on 40+ Web 2.0 tools you can use now. These easy-to-use tools will help you manage information, the Internet, meetings, documents, and also enable you to share information quickly with students, patrons, or colleagues.

10:30 – 11:30 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

D. Challenges and Opportunities for Per-sonal Service in an Impersonal World

Coping with tight budgets, high client expectations, constant change, technology, and multiple time constraints threaten our professional equilibrium. Despite these realities, this program challenges you to consider the possibility of outstanding and personalized service to every library user. Dr. Marie Radford, author and professor, presents this engaging and provocative presentation to inspire

and to reaffirm excellent service as a core library value. Dr. Radford is the author of ACADEMIC LIBRARY RE-SEARCH and VIRTUAL REFERENCE SERVICE (available through the ALA bookstore online).

E. First Wizards, Then Vampires, Now Zombies? Current Trends in Young Adult Literature

Carlie Webber is a teen librarian, book reviewer, and writer with a special interest in educating other librarians about teen services. Currently, she works as the YA Services Librarian for the Bergen County Cooperative Library Sys-tem in Hackensack, New Jersey. In this presentation, Car-rie will discuss today’s trend in young adult literature.

F. The Amazing Beatrix Potter

Jacqueline G. Mock will share her Amazing Beatrix Potter program, which evolved from her admiration for Beatrix Potter and from Jacqueline’s desire to tell people about the person behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Jacqueline’s presentations and programs continue to enthrall her audi-ences as she reveals the extraordinary quality of Beatrix Potter’s mind and her noble character.

1:30 – 2:30 KEYNOTE & BOOKSIGNINGS

The Lehigh Valley Chapter is pleased to bring in Dr. Barbara Chernow, author of BEYOND THE INTERNET: SUC-CESSFUL RESEARCH STRATEGIES. Dr. Chernow is a career encyclopedist, researcher and reference book editor. She is also coeditor of the Columbia Encyclopedia, fifth edition. She holds a PhD from Columbia University and is an adjunct assistant professor of publishing at New York University. Dr. Chernow’s insider tips and techniques for developing research skills apply to anyone searching for information, including professionals, teachers, researchers, scholars, students, and general readers.

2:45 – 3:45 CONCURRENT SESSIONS

G. Countdown to Counting: Front End Analysis

What are the first steps in developing a plan to evaluate the value of a library? The Kirkpatrick Phillips model of building an evaluation plan for a library will be reviewed. As libraries transition to ever more electronic resources, remote users, and, often, decreased physical space, old measures of collections and clients-in-the-door may not provide adequate assessments of what the library pro-vides. Linda Matula Schwartz, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, will present the basic concepts of library metrics and detail the experience of participating in a front end analysis in a special library viewed as part of a larger Division of Education.

H. Grants: An Alternative Approach to Library Funding

Looking for other sources of funding during these tough economic times? Wondering how libraries and other organizations are able to secure funding through grants? Take this opportunity to hear from an experi-enced grant writer (Rachel Frick Cardelle, Northampton Community College) and a librarian (Raquel Braemer, Clymer Library) who have successfully navigated through the grant writing process.

I. Cataloging in the Digital Age

Pat Lawton, Digital Projects Librarian from the Univer-sity of Notre Dame, will discuss cataloging in the digital age. Pat will draw on her research interests, which in-cludes digital libraries; utility and transformation of cata-loging tools in the digital world; digital-rights manage-ment; changes in information work processes; online pedagogy.

What the Hack! Essential Library and Life Hacks

Come hear Nicole Engard, Open Source Evangelist at Liblime, and Steven
Cohen, creator of the weblog Library Stuff, share essential library and life
hacks. What is a hack? A Hack is anything that can help you be more
productive, more efficient or a way to get something done smarter.

When? Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Where? St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA

What? It’s true, you can also go on a Dragon Boat Outing Tuesday evening, May 26.

Want to learn more and to register for the the conference, please visit the
CRD website conf.html

PANO’s 2009 Annual Conference & Advocacy Day

Special Thanks to Event Sponsor: Eastern University

May 5 & 6, 2009
Harrisburg Holiday Inn East – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Registration opens at 7:30 a.m

Click here to register events.php

Join colleagues, volunteers, board members, businesses and community leaders this
year to network, share ideas, and choose from NINE sessions on cutting-edge topics.

Register by April 28 to get these early-bird discount rates!

Member

$99 – PANO Annual Conference & Membership Meeting
$79 – Advocacy Day (attending Annual Conference)

Nonmember

$149 – PANO Annual Conference & Membership Meeting
$99 – Advocacy Day (attending Annual Conference)
$75 Student Rate (attending both days)

The Spring 2009 Friends Book Sale at Middletown Public Library will begin on Wednesday, April 29 through Dollar-a-Bag Day on Saturday, May 2. The times of the sale are as follows:

Wednesday, April 29-4:00-8:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 30-10:00a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 1-10:00a.m.-7;00p.m.
Saturday, May 2-10:00a.m.-2:00p.m.

The library’s address is:

20 North Catherine Street
Middletown, PA 17057

To explore the website go to:www.middletownpubliclib.org

Registration is now open for the J-C Chapter Spring Program. Attached is the information and registration brochure for our workshop titled Doing your best with less.

The morning session will be Herb Landau discussing strategies from his book The Small Public Library Survival Guide: Thriving on Less.

The afternoon session conducted by Lisa Collens will provide hands on experience in the computer lab learning about free applications that are available to make your job easier.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, May 21st at the Pattee/Paterno Library of Penn State at University Park. This year the registration form will only be distributed electronically-springregistrationbrochure2009so please be sure to print out the form and mail it in to PaLA Headquarters before May 11th. The form can also be found at the following address displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=87

If you have any questions about the workshop or getting the file to open, please feel free to contact dschmidt@schlowlibrary.org

The second annual Newport Public Library golf outing will be at the Armitage Golf Club in Mechanicsburg on Thursday, May 7, 2009. Registration is from 11:00AM-12:00. A shotgun start begins at noon.

Registration forms are available online at:www.newportpubliclibrary.org or at the Newport Public Library during business hours.

For more information, please email the Newport Public Library at nppublib@pa.net

Library <-> Learning <-> Connection: Creating the Educational Experience

Ken Bain from Montclair State University will be the keynote speaker on the topic:
How Can Teachers and Librarians Foster Deep Learning?

Friday, May 1, 2009
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Holy Family University Woodhaven Campus

See the attached flyer for detailsspring-prog-09-librarylearningconnection
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Take a look at the TCLC website www.tclclibs.org for online registration.

Join TCLC friends and colleagues for a spring day of mingling and learning.

If any other information is needed, contact:

Ellen Gasiewski
TCLC Coordinator
FAX: 610-525-1939
Email: office@tclclibs.org

The Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries (PCBL) is now seeking nominations for nine 2009 Awards to be presented at the PCBL Annual Awards Luncheon during the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, October 18-21, 2009, at the Harrisburg Hilton..

This is your opportunity to recognize your library supporters. Nominations will be accepted for the following awards:

Citizen of the Year: a citizen who has contributed the most to the improvement of Pennsylvania libraries.

Corporate Citizen of the Year: a business or company that has been supportive of a local library as well as the entire Pennsylvania Library Community.

Friends Group of the Year: a Friends group that has provided the greatest assistance to its library. The Friends Group must be a member of PCBL.

Friends Newsletter of the Year: the best Friends group newsletter. The Friends Group must be a PCBL member.

Elected State Official of the Year: an official who has been a leader in promoting and supporting Pennsylvania’s libraries.

Library Public Relations Award: a library that has conducted an effective public relations campaign for a specific program or event that has resulted in significant community support.

Lifetime Achievement Award: a citizen or group who has shown exceptional meritorious service to libraries.

Local Public Official Award: a local public official who has been supportive of his/her local library.

Media Award: the best newspaper, radio or TV editorial, article or video in support of libraries.

Please submit a letter of recommendation along with supportive documentation as soon as possible but no later than July 15, 2009, to:

Al Kamper, PCBL Awards Chair
427 Wimer Drive
Pittsburgh PA 15237
alkamper@comcast.net

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant Writing Workshop for the 2010 NETShare Grant Program

The Office of Commonwealth Libraries will sponsor a workshop to assist with the LSTA 2010 grant applications. The grants will aid libraries in networking, resource sharing, services to special groups of people, digitization and specified grants for K-12 schools. Guidelines to the applications will soon be available on the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s website. Go to view.asp?a=5&Q=40316. The applications themselves will soon become available on the PDE eGrant system.

Gain valuable information about:

♦The importance of collaboration between the librarians and other professionals when
planning a proposal.

♦Ways to strengthen portions of the applications.

♦Documents that need to be sent via USPS.

♦The eGrant system.

Who should attend?

♦Librarians from state aided public libraries

♦Certified school librarians

♦Academic librarians from accredited institutions

♦Library consortium directors

♦Librarians from special libraries with organized collections

The workshop is on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at:

PaTTAN Harrisburg
6340 Flank Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17112

Registration begins at 9:00 AM; program to begin at 9:30 AM and finish by 4:00 PM. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided. The workshop is free, but registration is required. A webinar abbreviated version of the workshop will be offered in July. Details to follow.

Complete the registration form.

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If more than one person will attend, please make copies of the registration form and complete one for each attendee. Registration closes seven working days before the start of each session. For additional information or questions please contact Constance Cardillo at ccardillo@state.pa.us, or Winnie Moose at wmoose@state.pa.us.

For driving directions and local lodging go to:offices.aspx

Another teleconference in the Soaring to Excellence teleconference series, “An Ounce of Prevention: Health Reference Basics,” airs Thursday, April 16, 2009, from Noon to 1:30 p.m. Below is the link to the satellite coordinates for the broadcast and the URL for the simultaneous webcast.

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Plan to attend the PaLA Southwest Chapter Spring Workshop at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA. This year’s theme for the workshop is: Programs For All Libraries and Ages. Registration and breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. The registration form is being distributed electronically and can be accessed at: spring-workshop-2009

Please print the form & return it with your payment. Don’t forget to select which sessions you wish to attend.

For more complete descriptions of the sessions, please visit the web site at: displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=70

Joe Geiger, Executive Director of PANO and Monica Gould, President, Strategic Consulting Partners will host a regional town hall and networking session in Harrisburg. This valuable forum will not only be educational but will also provide you with a forum to discuss your challenges as a sector. Nonprofit staff, volunteers, board members, and donors alike will benefit from this presentation, which will center around: how to partner with elected officials for economic stimulus, how to shore up relationships with your funding streams, how to address strategies of efficiency and pro-activeness, advocacy, capacity-building, telling your story and leadership.

This informative and interactive session will equip you to explain to your boards, your members/constituents and funders the challenges you are facing in the current marketplace. You will walk away with a menu of strategies on how to address these challenges and you will be able to take these strategies back to your workplace and start implementing ideas on the same day.

The presentation will be followed by a facilitated discussion on our sector’s challenges and future initiatives that PANO can undertake to help us stay competitive and move us forward.

Register online at:DynamicPage.aspx?Site=pano&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=8f70f138-af17-4964-8e99-9d2cca023ff7&msm=a8dc0d99-8f23-41fb-8ac6-83f085393680&cst=c37f1646-47c2-4da8-b5a2-a320168267ae&ent=3be055f7-ab08-45c4-a8e9-af82294898b9

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library is presenting a district workshop on Business Continuity. The Business Continuity Planning Course walks the audience through the steps to help your organization lower its risk from all hazards events. From leaky water pipes to severe weather to terrorism– they all have an impact. This very interactive session focuses on preparedness and teamwork. It will help you measure and enhance your current plans and raises your awareness to the “what ifs”. Together, we’ll look at the challenges and identify the solutions. Originally designed at the University of Pittsburgh, now presented through a grant by the HACC Public Safety Center. This course will count for 3 hours continuing education credit.

The presenter is Patrick T. Shull, the Director of Safety, Security and Risk Assessment of the Harristown Development Corp will present and lead the workshop. He is a retired US Air Force Special Operations Security Forces and served as Security Advisor to the Commander, USAF Special Ops during the Gulf War for anti-terrorism. He has been an adjunct/coordinator for HACC Public Safety Center since 1998 and a HACC Advisory Board Member. He served as Chairman for the Oliver Township Planning Commission and as Emergency Management Coordinator for Oliver Township.

When: Friday, May 8 from 9a.m. to noon (come a few minutes early to network with colleagues and enjoy simple breakfast refreshments)

Where: Cleve J. Fredricksen Library 100 North 19th St. Camp Hill, PA 17011

Who should attend: Staff with responsibility for emergency planning for operations, facilities, and personnel. It is suggested that two people from each interested location attend.

Register online at: s.aspx?sm=Z18ooww_2f_2fZi3dMX0XweHFQ_3d_3d

There is a full time tenure track (12 months) Reference/Instructional Librarian position available at HACC York Campus.

Provide all aspects of reference service, orientation and instruction for all patrons, and perform related duties. Requires an Master’s in Library/Information Science from an ALA-accredited college or university, the willingness to work a flexible schedule, and related skills & abilities. Excellent benefits package. Annual salary is between $45,625 and $61,375 based on experience. For more information and/or to apply for this position, please go to Frameset.jsp?time=1239029785892 and search for PIN 1745. EOE-M/F/D/V