Calendar of Library Events
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ALA EVENTS
Information about events sponsored by ALA and its divisions is also available on the ALA Web page. Visit www.ala.org and go to “Conferences and Events” for additional information, or call 800-545-2433. * Indicates events seeking papers or presenters.
July 9–15: ALA Annual Conference, Chicago.
Preconferences include:
- ALCTS: "Streaming Media and Proliferating E-Books: Acquiring and Managing Emerging Formats" and "Cataloging Digital Media: Back to the Future!".
- ALCTS: "Metadata Standards and Applications: A 'Cataloging for the 21st Century' Workshop".
- CLENERT: "Making it Stick: Designing, Delivering, and Surviving Presentations" and "Punch it Up with Pictures: Presentations with Visual Power"
- Office for Diversity: "2nd National Dialogue on the Curriculum of Readiness for the 21st Century Librarian" and "Many Voices, One Nation Chicago"
- GODORT: "All Government Information is Local: Building on a Century of Local and Regional Information in Libraries
- IRRT: Digitization Developing Countries
- AASL: "Using NCES Databasis for School Library Research", "Gaming in the School Library: Curriculum Aligned and Still Fun!", "Let's Use Primary and Secondary Sources to Bring 'Real Life' to the Classroom!–It's as Easy as 'Making Butter'", and "Disaster Preparedness for School Library Media Specialists"
- ACRL: "Discovering Digitization: Defining Your Path to Digital Access", "Instructional Design for Librarians: The What, Why, and How of ID", and "The Not-So-Distant Librarian: Online Library Instruction to Engage Students and Faculty"
- ALCTS: "RDA, FRBR, and FRAD: Making the Connection" and "Manipulating Metadata: XSLT for Librarians"
- ALSC: "Meeting the Challenge: Practical Tips and Inspiring Tales on Intellectual Freedom
- ASCLA: "Be My Guest–Customer Service from the Best" and "After the Grant Runs Out–Funding Collaborative Digitization"
- LITA: "Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs" and "A Thousand Words: Taking Better Photos for Telling Stories in Your Library"
- LLAMA: "Building Blocks 101: A Space Planning Guide with Hands-On Experience", "Green Library Interiors: Fact and Fiction", "Moving Your Library's Collections", "An Inside Look at Leadership", "Preserving Rare Materials: Optimal Environments for Paper-Based Collections", "Development's Next Top Model: Best Practices in Fundraising", "Living the Balanced Scorecard", and "Uncommonly Sustainable: The New Information Commons at Loyola University Chicago"
- OLA "The Advocacy Institute"; PLA "Building Communities through Innovative Applications of Technology", "Why We Borrow: Small Libraries Chime In", and "Library Advocacy... From Your Community's Perspective"
- RUSA: "Reinvented Reference V: Using Our Collective Wisdom", "From Lincoln Logs to Linkin' Families", "Mastering Business Acumen (MBA) in a Day: Business Concepts for Library", and "A Dialogue with the Aging Network and the Library Community: The New Guidelines on Library and Information Services to Older Adults"
- YALSA: Genre Galaxy: Explore the Universe of Teen Reading
* Oct. 1–4: Library and Information Technology Association National Forum, Salt Lake City, Utah. “Open and Mobile.”
Oct. 18–24: Teen Read Week. “Read Beyond Reality @ your library.”
* Nov. 5–8: American Association of School Librarians National Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina. “Rev Up Learning @ your library.”
* Mar. 23–27, 2010: Public Library Association National Conference, Portland, Oregon. Submit proposals for concurrent sessions by November 30.
Sept. 23–25, 2010: Association for Library Service to Children Institute, Atlanta.
Nov. 4–7, 2010: Young Adult Literature Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Association for Library Collections and Technical Services: This ALA division offers a series of programs and institutes. For information please click here.
Library and Information Technology Association: This ALA division offers a series of programs and institutes. For information, visit their Web site.
Library Leadership, Administration, and Management Association: This ALA division offers a series of programs and institutes. For information, visit their Web site.
Public Programs Office: ALA’s Public Programs Office has a regular series of events of interest to librarians. For information please click here.
Reference and User Services Association: This ALA division offers online educational training, preconferences, programs, and more. For information please click here.
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ALA COURSES AND INSTITUTES
Information about classes sponsored by ALA and its divisions is also available on the ALA Web page. Visit www.ala.org and go to “Education and Careers” for additional information. * Indicates institutes seeking papers or presenters.
May 13–14: Budget and Finance, Columbus, Ohio. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
June 4–5: Politics and Networking, Decatur, Georgia. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Aug. 6–7: Serving Diverse Populations, Houston, Texas. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Sept. 16–17: Planning and Management of Buildings, Saratoga Springs. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Oct. 19–20: Marketing, Cleveland, Ohio. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Oct. 27–28: Fundraising, Kansas City, Missouri. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Nov. 12–13: Management of Technology, Mountlake Terrace, Washington. Certified Public Library Administrator course sponsored by PLA.
Ongoing: AASL offers licenses to host several one-day regional institutes: “School Library Advocacy,” “Collaborative Leadership,” “Reading and the Elementary School Library Media Specialist,” “Reading and the Secondary School Library Media Specialist.”
Ongoing: LITA offers licenses to host several one-day regional institutes: “User Centered Design: Design Process and Usability,” “Establishing an Institutional Repository,” “Wireless Networks in Libraries,” and “XML and Libraries.”
Ongoing: LLAMA offers licenses to host several one-day regional institutes.
Ongoing: PLA offers a variety of online courses through e-Learning @ PLA.
Ongoing: ACRL offers a series of podcasts on issues in academic librarianship.
Ongoing: YALSA offers a series of licensed institutes that can be scheduled as organizations desire: “Get Graphic @ your library,” “Power Up with Print,” “Teens and Technology,” and “Beginners Guide to Teens and Libraries.”
Ongoing: ALA offers the ALA Connections Salon, an online environment for members to participate in monthly formal and informal discussions on a specific topic. Schedule.
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ALA CHAPTER CONFERENCES
A listing of state library associations with Web sites is available on the ALA Web page. * Indicates conferences seeking papers or presenters.
Aug. 5–7: Pacific Northwest Library Association, Annual Conference, Missoula, Montana. “A Century of Cooperation, a Legacy of Leadership.”
Sept. 23–26: North Dakota Library Association, Annual Conference, Days Hotel–Grand Dakota Lodge and Conference Center, Dickinson. “Evolution of the Library.”
Sept. 30–Oct. 2: West Virginia Library Association, Annual Conference, Snowshoe Mountain Resort.
Sept. 30–Oct. 3: Idaho Library Association, Annual Conference, Burley.
Sept. 30–Oct. 3: Kentucky Library Association / Kentucky School Media Association, Annual Conference, Galt House Hotel and Suites, Louisville.
Oct. 1–3: Wyoming Library Association, Annual Conference, Hilton Garden Inn Laramie.
Oct. 6–9: Illinois Library Association, Annual Conference, Peoria.
Oct. 6–9: North Carolina Library Association, Annual Conference, Greenville.
Oct. 7–9: Georgia Library Association, Annual Conference, Columbus.
Oct. 7–9: Missouri Library Association, Annual Conference, Holiday Inn Select, Columbia.
Oct. 7–9: South Dakota Library Association, Annual Conference, Aberdeen
Oct. 7–10: Nevada Library Association, Annual Conference, Red Lion Inn, Elko.
Oct. 14–17: New York Library Association, Annual Conference, Niagara Falls.
Oct. 14–16: Minnesota Library Association, Annual Conference, St. Cloud, MN
Oct. 18–20: Indiana Library Federation, Annual Conference, Fort Wayne.
Oct. 18–20: New England Library Association, Annual Conference, Hartford, Connecticut.
Oct. 18 –21: Pennsylvania Library Association, Annual Conference, Harrisburg Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Oct. 20–23: Mississippi Library Association, Annual Conference, Hattiesburg.
Oct. 20–23: Wisconsin Library Association, Annual Conference, Appleton.
Oct. 21–23: Iowa Library Association, Annual Conference, Des Moines.
Oct. 21–23: Ohio Library Council, Annual Conference, Cleveland.
Oct. 24–27: Arkansas Library Association, Annual Conference, Hot Springs.
Oct. 28–30: Nebraska Library Association, Annual Conference, LaVista.
Oct. 28–30: South Carolina Library Association, Annual Conference, Columbia.
Oct. 29–30: Virginia Library Association, Annual Conference, Williamsburg.
Oct. 30–Nov. 2: California Library Association, Annual Conference, Pasadena.
Nov. 3–6: Michigan Library Association, Annual Conference, Lansing Center and Radisson Hotel, Lansing.
Nov. 12: Hawaii Library Association, Annual Conference, Oahu.
Nov. 19–22: California School Library Association, Annual Conference, Ontario.
Nov. 19–21: Colorado Association of Libraries, Annual Conference, Denver.
Dec. 7–9: Arizona Library Association, Annual Conference, Glendale, AZ
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CONFERENCES
Includes conferences in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. See the International Events section for conferences in other countries. * Indicates conferences seeking papers or presenters.
June 20–24: O'Reilly Open Source Convention, San Jose McEnery Convention Center, California.
June 20 –25: Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians, Annual Conference, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
June 23–24: Second International m-Libraries Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
July 25–28: American Association of Law Libraries, Annual Meeting, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
July 5–8: Association of Jewish Libraries, Annual Conference, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago. “Empowering Librarians for the 21st Century.”
July 9–12: Early Book Society, 11th Biennial Conference, University of Exeter, U.K. “Accipe et Devora: Packaging, Presentation and Consumption of MSS and Printed Books, 1350–1550.”
Sept. 11–13: Association for Rural and Small Libraries Conference, Gaitlinburg, Tennessee.
Sept. 16–17: OCLC Digital Forum West, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. “Convergence: Where Metadata and Access Meet for Digital Discovery and Delivery.”
Oct. 1–4: National Diversity in Libraries Conference, Marriott Louisville Downtown, Kentucky, “Spectrum of the Future.”
Oct. 2–4: International Board on Books for Young People, Regional Conference, Q Center, St. Charles, Illinois. “Children’s Books: Where Worlds Meet.”
* Oct. 4–9: National Media Market, Griffin Gate Marriott Resort, Lexington, Kentucky.
Oct. 11 –13: Southeastern CONTENTdm Users Group Annual Meeting, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, South Carolina.
* Oct. 19–22: National Streams of Language, Memory, and Lifeways Conference for Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Portland, Oregon.
Oct. 21 –23: Ohio Educational Library Media Association Conference, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. "Educating 21st-Century Leaders."
Oct. 21 –23: Ohio Library Council, Convention and Expo, Renaissance Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio.
* Nov. 6–11: American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Submit draft papers and technical session proposals by Jan. 28.
Nov. 9: Brick and Click: An Academic Library Symposium, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville.
Nov. 11–14: Museum Computer Network, Annual Conference, Doubletree Hotel–Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon. “Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less!”
Apr. 28–30, 2010: Off-Campus Library Services Conference, Cleveland Marriott Downtown.
Aug. 4–9, 2010: National Conference of African American Librarians, Birmingham, Alabama.
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INSTITUTES, WORKSHOPS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
* Indicates institutes seeking papers or presenters.
June 22–July 2 : Peabody Academic Library Leadership Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesee.
July 11: The Who, What, and How of 21st-century Skills: Getting the Big Picture, workshop sponsored by NILRC: Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges and National-Louis University Library, Chicago.
July 13 –July 17 : Workshop for K-12 teachers, Niagara Falls, New York.
Aug. 8: African-American Genealogical Research, National Archives and Records Administration-Great Lakes Region, Chicago.
Nov. 6: Brick and Click Libraries, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville.
Academic Impressions offers a series of professional development conferences of interest to librarians.
American Association of Law Libraries: The AALL offers a series of professional development workshops.
Amigos Library Services: Amigos offers a series of training classes to improve the technical skills of librarians.
Association of Research Libraries: ARL offers a series of institutes and programs aimed at improving skills of library management and staff.
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State University/San Marcos offers seminars and workshops of interest to librarians.
Central Florida Library Cooperative: The library cooperative offers a series of ongoing workshops of interest to librarians at locations throughout central Florida.
The Foundation Center: This nonprofit organization offers a regular series of seminars and workshops on securing grants and proposal writing.
Illinois State Library: The Illinois State Library has a series of institutes and continuing education programs of interest to librarians.
Infopeople offers a series of online and in-person workshops on library-related topics.
Long Island Library Resources Council: The council offers a series of continuing education programs for librarians.
Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for School Teachers, summer 2009.
Michigan Library Consortium: The consortium offers a series of ongoing workshops of interest to librarians.
National Council of Teachers of English: The council sponsors conventions and other professional meetings concerning the teaching of English at all levels.
Palinet: The organization offers workshops concerning new library technologies.
Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science offers an ongoing series of onsite workshops. Spring/Summer 2007 workshops include: “Children’s Literature: The 100 Best Books for Children,” “Get Your Game On! Gaming in Libraries,” “Out From Behind the Desk: Helping Librarians Develop Their Public Voice,” and “Revitalize Your LIS Career.”
Southeastern Library Network: Numerous workshops of interest to librarians are offered at locations through the southeastern U.S.
Special Libraries Association: SLA has an ongoing professional development program with events and distance education programs at varying locations.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: The school offers a series of continuing professional development courses.
University of Toronto: Continuing Education Program, Faculty of Information Studies. The university has an ongoing continuing education program offering courses of interest to librarians.
University of Utah: Academic Outreach and Continuing Education Program. The University of Utah is offering four independent study courses of interest to librarians: Reference Work, Selection of Library Materials, Cataloging and Classification, and Management of the Library Media Center.
University of Wisconsin/Madison, School of Library and Information Studies: The school offers a series of workshops and events of interest to librarians.
University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, School of Information Studies: The school offers a series of workshops and events of interest to librarians.
Utah State University offers a graduate-level program called Online Learning Communities in Education and Training.
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ONLINE COURSES
Ongoing: ALA and the Southeast Florida Library Information Network offer ALA members more than 1,500 e-learning courses from Element K.
Ongoing: SirsiDynix offers podcasts as a means of sharing its web seminars with library and information professionals.
Ongoing: Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science offers an ongoing series of online workshops. Spring/Summer 2007 workshops include: “Creating Online Tutorials; A Designer’s Challenge,” “Marketing Your Library,” “Podcasting Boot Camp,” and “Working with Students with Special Needs in School Libraries.”
Ongoing: PALINET offers live and self-paced online workshops as well as a series of “Technology Conversations” podcasts.
Ongoing: University of Washington Information School offers “InfoSpeak,” a series of student-produced podcasts showcasing leaders in various areas of information access and awareness.
Ongoing: Online Programming for All Libraries offers a variety of interactive online programs for library staff and library users. Johnson County (Kans.) Library has announced a monthly series of professional development opportunities for librarians that will be offered through the OPAL collaborative on the third Friday of each month at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Ongoing: The Special Libraries Association offers online courses for members interested in participating in its competitive intelligence certificates program.
Ongoing: The University of North Texas offers a variety of online courses for librarians. “Budget and Finance,” “Fundraising and Grantsmanship,” and “Planning and Management of Buildings” are 8-week courses with new sessions beginning every two months, and are approved for the ALA-APA’s Certified Public Library Administrator certification.
Ongoing: Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis and the Institute for Museum and Library Services offers “Shaping Outcomes,” an instructor-mediated online short course in outcome-based planning and evaluation for museum and library professionals. Courses are offered throughout 2008.
Ongoing: Linworth Publishing offers the “Linworth @ The Forefront,” series of author webinars.
Ongoing: Infopeople offers a series of online and in-person workshops on library-related topics.
Ongoing: NISO offers a series of webinars on library-related topics.
Ongoing: SOLINET offers a series of online classes.
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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
* Indicates conferences seeking papers or presenters.
June 22 –23: British Chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, University College London. “Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources.”
July 14–15: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Umbrella 2009, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.
July 28 –Aug. 5: Digital Libraries à la Carte, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
Aug. 23–27: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, World Library and Information Congress, Fiera Milano Convention Centre, Milan, Italy. “Libraries Create Futures: Building on Cultural Heritage.”
Sept. 2–4: International Association of School Librarianship, Annual Conference, Abano Terme, Padua, Italy.
Sept. 8–11:
International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web, University of Trento, Italy.
Sept. 27–Oct. 1: International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers, 35th Annual Conference, Brugge and Oostende, Belgium. “Confluence of Ideas: Evolving to Meet the Challenges of Global Change.”
Oct. 12–14: LIANZA Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. “he tangata, he tangata, he tangata.”
Oct. 15–16: Internet Librarian International, Novotel London West, London.
Oct. 20 –22: Interlending and Document Supply, Hannover, Germany.
Feb. 4–6, 2010: Indian Board on Books for Young People Conference on Children's Libraries, New Delhi. “Building a Book Culture.”
Sept. 27 –Oct. 2: European Conference on Digital Libraries, Corfu, Greece.
Nov. 17 –Dec. 11: SOIMA 2009: Safeguarding sound and image collections, New Delhi, India.
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APPLY FOR
By June 1: The Beacon Society offers the Jan Stauber grant apply for up to $250 in assistance in developing a teaching project that will introduce more young people to Sherlock Holmes.
By June 15: The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation offers grants ranging from $500–$3000 for children's book purchases .
By Sept. 15: The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers $500 minigrants to support children's programs at public libraries and public school libraries.
Ongoing: Libri Foundation Books For Children Grants will match $50 to $350 raised by local sponsors on a 2-to-1 ratio to help small, rural public libraries buy children’s books. The foundation makes grants three times a year, with deadlines of Apr. 15, July 15, and Dec. 15.
Ongoing: The ALA Honor Roll Website will acknowledge libraries that are champions of staff support and development, that provide support to their employees to attend work-related workshops, conferences, and/or classes. Sponsored by the Programs and Special Projects Working Group of the Better Salaries and Pay Equity Task Force. Submit an electronic application.
Ongoing: The Staples Foundation for Learning makes quarterly grants to programs from 501(c)(3) organizations that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
Ongoing: The Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust makes grants of up to $5,000 on a rolling basis to school and public libraries seeking to offer innovative programs that promote reading for pleasure for young adults.
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OTHER EVENTS
Events of primarily local interest, such as library book sales, can be found and promoted through local media.
May 17–June 6: University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science Summer International Programs. Two tours are available: Libraries and Librarianship: Past, Present and Future, in Oxford, England, May 17–30, and Libraries and Librarianship in the Czech Republic, in Prague, May 24–June 6.
June 23–July 5: Nye Memorial Children's Literature Tour of the Ukraine.
Oct. 10–11: West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston.
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