SCLA Poster Deadline Extended to September 23

SCLA will be accepting submissions until 9/23/11 for the annual conference poster session in October.  See http://scla.org/content/scla-annual-conference-2011 for the guidelines and application.

Nominate an outstanding librarian now!

SCLA seeks nominations for three awards to be presented at the annual conference in October:

2011 Outstanding Librarian
2011 Outstanding Library Paraprofessional
2011 Friend of Libraries

The nomination deadline is September 15, so send your entries in ASAP!  Why not make the day of a deserving colleague?  The entry process is rather simple.

Find more information here:  http://www.scla.org/content/awards-committee

Public Library Section Needs Conference Volunteers

Hey public librarians, would you like a fun and easy way to meet people at the annual conference? The SCLA Public Library section needs helping hands to help run their booth between sessions. Volunteers would assist with selling raffle tickets and demonstrating e-readers, which would be a great networking opportunity for new SCLA members. Contact Georgia Coleman at gcoleman at myrcpl dot com for more information.

Midlands Tech's Library Offers Free Workshops

SCLA member Abbie Cook from the Midlands Technical College Library asked me to share with you about a series of free workshops offered by the library. 

Call or email Laura Baker at 822-3533 or bakerl@midlandstech.edu for more information

Poster Session Opportunity

Interested in presenting at the SCLA Annual Conference in October?  Submit a poster!


Applications are due on August 26!  From the SCLA website:

Poster sessions may present any of the following:

·               a description of an innovative library program or service

·               an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort

·               a report of a research study

 

Poster sessions consist of materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text placed on display boards.  During the conference time allotted for poster sessions, presenters informally discuss their projects with conference attendees.

Twenty-five (25) simultaneous poster sessions will be selected for presentation at SCLA 2011 in Charleston , S.C. Poster sessions will be presented on Friday, October 21, 2010 from 8am-9am.   

See http://scla.org/content/scla-annual-conference-2011 for more info.

Google+

Google+ remains in limited field trial for now, but that hasn’t tempered the buzz about Facebook’s new competition.  Users must be invited, but even with an invitation, you still might not get into the party for awhile. 


If you’re curious about all of the chatter, here’s the tour, plus a few notes from around Biblioterra:

David Lee King's "Google Plus - Should You and Your Library Be There?"
Sarah Houghton-Jan's "My Google+ Class @ the Library"
Roy Tennant's "Will Google+ Kill Facebook?"
Phil Bradley's "Searching on Google Plus for Librarians"

Conference Session Lineup

The schedule of sessions (for the annual conference) was released last week.  The current lineup of topics:

• South Carolina State Library Digital Collections
• Latino Materials and Programming Ideas for Families
• Libraries: Institutions for the Future
• “Building Relationships between Library & Information Technology Unity”
• “The Role of Libraries in Promoting Our Shared History”
• EBooks 101
• Brainstorming for the Future (tentative title)
• Tag You’re It:  Using the OPAC to Create a Virtual “Barnes and Noble” Fiction Collection at an Academic Library
• Running in Place & Coming Out Ahead, or “How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Renovation”
• Workforce Development Programming Workshop
• Loose the Desk:  Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts
• Beyond Use:  What Collection Managers (might) Want to Know About ROI
• DISCUS News:  Update on Current Database Evaluation Project
• Green is the New Black:  Creating Eco-Friendly Have Couture
• Wrap It Up:  Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning
• Library Research Consultations:  Who Benefits Most?
• Panel Discussion on Assessment of Information Literacy Programs
• Five Plus Reasons You Should Be Using Google As More Than Just A Search Engine
• Nationwide and Statewide Workforce Development Resources
• “Managing Impacts of Organizational Change”
• “The Library Building from a Facilities Perspective:  Spaces Are Changing”
• Conducting Yourself With Class:  The Unwritten Rules of Professionalism
• Critical Inquiry:  Leveraging Library Instruction for Student Learning Outcomes
• Steampunk 101:  A Primer for Librarians