Can't we all use some grant money?

Tammy Ivins, a new reference librarian with Francis Marion University, shared this opportunity for funding for the development of library resources.  Tammy said, "It strikes me as being a good opportunity for new librarians looking for activities to relate to tenure."  Public and school libraries would be eligible for this money as well, so take a good look. 

Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000

The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library.

Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader proposals such as "ReadMOre," a reading list for Missouri's state-wide reading program, to more specialized, scholarly proposals such as "Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography."

Applications must be received by Nov. 4, 2011. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2012.

For more information and guidelines, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/sundry/alapubawrds/carnegiewhitney.cfm or contact Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax (312) 280-5275; e-mail: mbolduc@ala.org.

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"