*** DON’T MISS…YOUR MEMBERSHIP MEETING !!
Plan to attend the December 1 Membership Meeting in
- Dean Herman Totten will give an update on the state of the
- Charlene Rendon will provide an overview of getting maximum benefit from participation in the Texas Purchasing Cooperative during the meeting and will be available at the following vendor fair to respond your specific questions.
- Christian fiction author Mary DeMuth will underscore the importance of creating a well-rounded faith-based fiction section. She will also give everyone a free copy of her latest book.
We have over 100 vendors participating in the vendor fair. Dedicate some time after the meeting to see the latest offerings from library companies and presenters. There should be something of interest here for every community!
Start composing your library report for our meeting packet (there won’t be time during the meeting for oral reports.) Email your report to me with Library Report as the subject line or submit online before Monday, November 30.
TLA Awards, Grants, Scholarship and Stipend ….check ‘em out
TLA promotes librarianship by presenting:
awards to recognize contributions and excellence in the profession,
grants to support library-enhancing projects and research,
scholarships to facilitate library school education, and
stipends to encourage conference attendance.
All courier participants are encouraged to submit monthly statistics. Participants subsidized by NETLS are required to submit reports monthly and also to participate in the sample week period now underway.
OPPORTUNITIES…Career
TALL Texans Leadership Development Institute is currently welcoming applications for the Class of 2010. The deadline for applications is January 8. The seminar will be held June 13-17 at the
OPPORTUNITIES…Online
Registration is currently underway for online tutorials through UNT’s LE@D project. Register through our website to get the classes offered for free.
A dozen ways to two-step; essential web 2.0 training for
OPPORTUNITIES…In Person Classes
New
DESPERATELY SEEKING ….
Well, maybe not desperate but if you can help us out …
- Meeting room policies – if you have your policy online please send me the link through this form and I’ll share on our website
- Links to long range or strategic plans, post to the form above and your link will be shared on our website.
- Needed – one book truck for forming church library
- Needed – tables and chairs for library use (From the request: If another library has discarded tables chairs or any other furniture please call me and I will be glad to pick them up.)
- Needed – used laminator for 16X20 film
NETLS TRAINING: LE@D classes, TexShare EBSCO Databases, TexShare Genealogy Databases register now!
Ongoing Gale database training webinars(newest products are listed first)
Ongoing A dozen ways to two-step
Ongoing E-Library training – see blog post here
Also available: Archives of SirsiDynix Institutes
Ongoing through January 29 We People Bookshelf grant application accepted for A More Perfect Union 17 books, and includes Ken Burns’ PBS series on the Civil Way.
Register NOW to receive an application for The Better World Books/NCFL Libraries and Families Award grants to connect families to their local libraries and expand their literacy efforts in new and innovative ways.
By December 3 Courier participants enter Sept, Oct, Nov activity in reporting tool
By December 3 Courier participants subsidized through NETLS package survey due to Connie
December 12 J. Frank Dobie Library Trust Award application due for libraries serving under 20,000. Information here
By December 16 PLA Early Bird Registration deadline (Note separate registration offered for leadership pre-conference)
By January 11 Apply for Texas Book Festival Grants for books, technology, literacy
By January 15 Tocker foundations grant applications due
By January 31 Isla Carroll Turner Friendship Trust Support for nonprofit organizations throughout the state of
By February 2 Big Read applications due
By March 3 Tocker Foundation stipend applications for TLA Conference 2010
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