PLA eNewsletter
Volume 7, Number 12
Friday, October 15, 2004
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PLA Smartest Card Holiday Cards- Coming Soon
Don't order your library's holiday cards just yet! PLA is developing holiday cards that feature "The Smartest Card Get It. Use It @ Your Library" logo. With these cards, you'll deliver your library's holiday greeting as well as our advocacy message. More information will be available shortly. Visit www.pla.org for updates or contact us directly at pla@ala.org.
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Three Days that Will Change the Way You Do Your Job
What: PLA 2005 Spring Symposium
Where: Palmer House Hilton Hotel Chicago
When: March 7-9, 2005
Early Bird Discount Deadline: $10 off registration fee if you register by January 7, 2005
Final Registration Deadline: January 28, 2005
Hotel Registration Deadline: January 28, 2005
PLA's Spring Symposium offers an excellent opportunity for librarians and library workers to learn, network, and share ideas with colleagues. Attendees will enjoy an invigorating Opening General Session, author luncheons, and more. Nearly 800 persons joined us for the 2003 series - come see what the excitement is about at the 2005 series! Put these dates on your calendar and in your budget! Visit www.pla.org for programming information, online registration, and Symposium updates.
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Got an Idea for a Program at PLA 2006?
November 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for the PLA NC06 in Boston. Time is running out!! The National Conference Program Subcommittee is eagerly awaiting your program proposal. There are a million great ideas lurking in public libraryland and the PLA National Conference wants them! You can find the link to the online proposal at www.pla.org.
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New eLearning Course Starts in October
New e-Learning @ PLA Courses Begin October 25
The first New Planning for Results e-learning class will be offered beginning October 25. Go to www.pla.org and click on the e-Learning @ PLA logo to access course sample, more information, and the registration form. Also on October 25, the last 2004 class for Creating Policies for Results will begin. There is still time to register for the class beginning October 25.
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PLA SPECIAL EVENTS AT MIDWINTER
Plan to attend these PLA special events at the upcoming ALA Midwinter Meeting:
Friday, January 14, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
E-Learning: Training When You Need It - Where You Need It
Are you looking for ways to improve employee morale while giving staff the tools they need to provide excellent services? Studies have shown that workers who receive regular training are more satisfied and more productive. In the past, there have been many barriers to providing the training your staff needed - training programs always seemed to be hours away, on the wrong day, at the wrong time, or too expensive. E-Learning is the answer to these problems and provides a powerful tool for today's library managers. Participants will learn how to identify effective
E-Learning programs, prepare and support staff who are involved in E-Learning, and evaluate the effectiveness of E-Learning programs.
Advance registration rate for PLA members is $125. Visit http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2005/home.htm to register.
Friday, January 14, 9:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library
This institute will provide an overview of the PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library program and will consider research on early literacy development and the role of the parent/caregiver. Sharing this information with parents/caregivers encourages them to provide valuable literacy experiences for their children; and using the reading research helps libraries become an acknowledged partner in the community. You will become familiar with workshops for parents/caregivers of Early Talkers (0-2 years), Talkers (2-3 year olds), and Pre-Readers (4-5 year olds). Advance registration rate for PLA members is $125. Visit http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2005/home.htm to register.
Saturday, January 15, 5:00 p.m.
PLA Leadership Development - Open to all registered conference attendees.
PLA President Clara Nalli Bohrer invites you to take part in an enlightening event featuring one of the most distinguished names in leadership today. Ronald A. Heifetz, founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is renowned worldwide for his seminal work on the practice and teaching of leadership. His research at Harvard focuses on how to build adaptive capacity in societies, businesses, and nonprofits. His courses on leadership and authority are among the most popular in the University, and his widely acclaimed book, Leadership Without Easy Answers (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994) has been translated into many languages and is currently in its twelfth printing. His new book, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, written with Mary Linsky, was published in May, 2002, by Harvard Business School Press. Heifetz is a principal in Cambridge Leadership Associates (www.cambridge-leadership.com). He speaks and consults extensively in the U.S. and abroad with leaders in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Columbia University, Harvard Medical School, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Heifetz is both a physician and a cellist, having studied with the Russian virtuoso, Gregor Piatigorsky. Heifetz lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sousan Abadian, and their two children.
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Deadline for PLA Award Applications
The deadline for all PLA Award Applications is December 1, 2004. Take a look at our awards website for more information, award criteria, and .pdf files of award applications.
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