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The Association for Rural & Small Libraries and The Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services are pleased to announce that registrations are now open for their 2010 Joint Conference Magic in the Mile High City!
to be held in Denver, Colorado at the Crowne Plaza Hotel October 14-16, 2010.

The Keynote Speaker for Thursday’s Opening Session will be Dr Loriene Roy, past President of ALA. For the Closing Session on Saturday morning, Pat Wagner from Pattern Research will address the group. Both individuals are well known and respected speakers in the library world.

In addition, local author and radio personality Dom Testa will speak at an Friday Author’s Lunch. A Wednesday night Welcome Mixer is planned to allow you to meet old friends and make some new ones. There will be dine-arounds on Thursday evening and a Magic Show on Friday night. A time to visit bookmobiles, stop by the vendor tables as well as to reconnect with friends and associates from across the county will be included in this year’s schedule. Workshop selection is being finalized and workshop titles will be announced in a few weeks. Some of the topics for this year’s workshops include gaming in the library, using outreach programs for children and teens, ethics, library advocacy, and managing change.

Early Bird member’s rate for conference registration index.html is $200 (good through 8/29/2010).

Three exciting pre-conferences are planned as well. All are scheduled for Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

Dealing with a Runaway Board will offer real world solutions for those who are having difficulty managing boards, directors or other library personnel who are out of control. A panel of experts will work with attendees to develop solutions for your situation.

10 Things You Should Know Before Disaster Strikes will take you step by step through disaster preparedness; what you need, who you should call and how to organize now, before a disaster hits your library. This workshop includes a hands-on salvage workshop for restoring damaged library materials.

Think Outside the Box is a 1/2 day tour of the two newest libraries in the Anything Library System. LEED Certified and completely Deweyless, these two new libraries offer an opportunity for you to see a different kind of library. Meet with the architect, talk to the directors and tour the facilities. Transpiration to and from the libraries is included.

The Crown Plaza Hotel – Denver Airport – is situated just outside lovely Denver, Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Minutes from the Denver International Airport, the hotel offers a lovely lobby area, a restaurant with a wide variety of meals, an exercise room, business center and swimming pool. All the rooms for the conference will have free internet access and the conference room rate is only $99 per night (single or double occupancy). This rate is good for 3 days before and after the conference, so plan an extra day and do some sightseeing. The hotel also will provide a free shuttle service to and from the Denver Airport. Be sure to ask about it when you register (303-371-9494).

Conference registration information and an online conference brochure can be found at the following link:denver-conference-2010

To register, please stop by the Conference Registration and Exhibitor website:
index.html If you have any questions regarding the upcoming conference – please send email to: arslannualconference@gmail.com

The Capital Area Library District is purchasing 9 seats at the PLA Virtual Conference as an opportunity for continuing education for all district staff.

We will host all of the sessions at CADM, in the training lab.
You will receive 1 CE credit for each session you attend.
There is a limit of 9 people in the room at any time, so signups are on a first come, first serve basis. Sign up FAST.
Please review the session details at this website: www.placonference.org/virtual_conference.cfm

Links to register and complete information about Day 2 of the PLA Virtual Conference on Friday, March 26 are now available below:

Friday, March 26: 10:45-Noon: Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey: words vs. numbers
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W927NMG

Friday, March 26: 12:15-1:15: Adrift or Right on Target: Perspectives on Floating Collections
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WDDRXYM

Friday, March 26: 1:30-2:30: Advanced Black Belt Librarians: The Top 10 Security Issues in Public Libraries
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2P7QRF

Friday, March 26: 2:45-3:45: Inside the Author’s Studio: Debra Gwartney
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WCSPHP2

Friday, March 26: 4-5: Books: The Top 5 of the Top 5
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WJHLZ8H

Friday, March 26: 5:15-6:15 (and beyond): Shortcuts to Greatness or Ten Things that Great Libraries Know that Maybe You Don’t
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WWNFRB3

Register TODAY to take advantage of this great opportunity. Participant’s libraries will be billed $5 for each session they attend after the event. Get permission from your supervisor to register.
This event is ONLY for staff in the Capital Area Library District.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Department of Library Science invites you to its Spring 2010 Professional Development Conference. The conference will be held on Friday April 23 on the Clarion University campus. The topic is History Next Door: Improving Access to Local History Resources. The keynote speaker will be Dwayne K. Buttler, J.D., Professor, University Libraries and Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication at the University of Louisville. He will be speaking on issues of copyright for both print and digital local history collections. Also discussed at the conference will be issues of collection organization, preservation, reference for local history and genealogy, and digitization of local history items. There is no fee for the conference. Librarians, archivists, local history volunteers, historians, members of historical societies, etc. are encouraged to attend.

Plan to attend ALA Library Advocacy Day in Washington DC on June 29, 2010. This will mark the end of the ALA Annual Conference in DC which is June 25-29.

The day will begin with an active rally at 11:00am at the Upper Senate Park on the capitol grounds. From there we will go to our scheduled visits with Pennsylvania legislators.

Make plans to join other concerned advocates. There are no fees for the event, but prior registration is necessary. Go to the PaLA web site at www.palibraries.org and look for the PA registration form. We need to know who your legislator is to make appropriate appointments. Check out the FAQ that is on the site as well. You’ll also need to register with ALA so a nametag will be ready for you. To do that, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/libraryadvocacyday/index.cfm to find lots of interesting information about the day.

Informative webinars hosted by ALA in May will contain current issues before congress.

If there are any questions, please email the PA coordinator Debbie Malone at debbie.malone@desales.edu

If you are interested in a local district carpool or van trip, make notes or comments below. Let’s rally around libraries!

The Capital Area Library District is purchasing 9 seats at the PLA Virtual Conference as an opportunity for continuing education.

We will host all of the sessions at CADM, in the training lab.

You will receive 1 CE credit for each session you attend.

There is a limit of 9 people in the room at any time, so signups are on a first come, first serve basis. Sign up FAST.

Please review the session details at this website: placonference.org/virtual_conference.cfm and then use the sign up link next to the corresponding title for each session. This post has the links to register for Day 1 sessions. Day 2 sessions are not yet finalized. Stay tuned for a second posting for Day 2 (March 26) with additional topics.

COST: Your library will be billed after the event $5 for each session each person from your location signs up for. Please try not to cancel at the last minute, because then we’d have empty seats.

Schedule and Individual Session Registration Links:
Thursday, March 25, 2010
10:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction (Anyone coming for the 11:00 session can attend this.)

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
If You Didn’t Work Here, Would You Come Here? Register for If You Didn’t Work Here, Would You Come Here

12:15p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Cross Over Readers Advisory Register for Cross Over Reader’s Advisory

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
LITA’s Top Technology Trends Register for LITA’s Top Technology Trends

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Inside the Author’s Studio with Booklist’s Donna Seaman Register for Donna Seaman

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Marketing as Conversation: How to Interact with Your Community Through Your Website Register for Marketing as Conversation

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
S.Y.A.S.S. Save Your After School Sanity Register to Save Your Sanity

6:15:
Happy Hour/Wrap-Up (If there is interest, anyone in the room is welcome to hang around to view for FREE. Note: We may be happy, but we’ll have to leave the drinks–there’s no bar in library unless you rearrange the letters. :)

Audio Poster Sessions: As an important element of the conference experience, ALL Virtual Conference attendees will receive access to explore our audio poster session which features PowerPoint presentations or Web tours with audio narration. As part of the last PLA National Conference (2008), we offered twenty poster sessions for attendees to peruse, on topics like Early Literacy, Website Accessibility, Cataloging Video Games, Public/Academic Library Collaboration, and Impact of Library Outreach. We also featured poster sessions on library programming like 52 Books – 52 Weeks, A.R.T. Revolution forTeens, Local History, and more.

Access to Archived Programming for One Year: All virtual conference registrants will have access to archived Virtual Conference programming for one year after the event. Maybe some of your staff can bring the information they learned back to train your local staff too!

Book Expo America (BEA) at Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City will showcase more than 500 authors, hundreds of new titles and 1,500 exhibitors all on one show floor-along with the IDPF Digital Book Zone (learn about the eBook and eReading revolution!) at a three event-packed days, May 25-27, and a new mid-week schedule. Check the event schedule at : ?campaignid=61559085&iusercampaignid=60577206

Especially for Librarians…the “Big Ideas at BEA” Conference featuring targeted Librarian sessions and the annual Library Journal Day of Dialog, a free, day-long program bringing together librarians and top executives from the publishing world will change the way you do business with new ideas and the latest trends. Plus, two places on the exhibit floor for you to meet, network and plan your day Librarian Lounge sponsored by Library Journal and the Unshelved Reading Room.

Special Librarian Deals: Registration is now open, so register today at and save with Librarian Discounts on top of Early Bird Discounts. If you’re traveling in a group, email Diana Press at dpress@reedexpo.com and she will tell you about the Librarian Group Discounts. To register go to: ar?evt_uid=134&attendeeguid=F885BDCA-CB20-4FA3-AA3B-56D968E69AB0&attendeeid=6655724&campaignid=61554381&iusercampaignid=60577603&appname=100559&campaigncode=EM2A

Be sure to also book your hotel early at the Librarian Hotel—$199 per night at the Holiday Inn Midtown 57th Street (reference code: library10 when you book.) For librarian hotel booking go to:Librarians.asp?campaignid=61555529&iusercampaignid=60577727

Read about it:
PLA Conference site

Read about it:
PLA Conference site

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It’s FREE!

If you are interested in watching any part of this in a group facilitated session, please post a comment below or send an email to your district consultant.

See more detail on this event at: Best Practices Luncheon

The Library Technology Conference 2010 is at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. March 17-18.
To register, go to: 2010

Reduced early registration rates will be available through February 5th!

This year’s conference is again intended to provide an opportunity for librarians from around the region and the country to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to provide a venue where participants can learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own libraries.

The number of conference participants will be limited to 400 in order to help ensure a quality conference experience and to help facilitate the interactive and hands-on nature of many of the sessions.

A limited number of scholarships will be offered. For more information on these scholarship opportunities, visit: scholarships

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania District Library Center announces April 10, 2010 as the date for the 2010 Trustee Institute at the Penn State Conference Center in State College. Library Directors, Trustee Presidents and Friends President or designee will be invited to attend. Refer to the attached agenda information: 2010 Institute Agenda (2)

The theme this year is “Library Survival Tactics – Let’s Not Waste a Good Crisis.” The Institute is free of charge for Library Directors, Board Presidents, Friends Presidents, District Consultants and PCBL Board Members. Library Directors, please pass this information on to your Board President and Friends President.

If a Board President or a Friends President cannot attend, another board member or Friends member may substitute. If more than one board member or more than one Friend wishes to attend, please have them email boyoung@state.pa.us. Names will be put on a waiting list. The cost for anyone on the waiting list will be $50.00.