The Surreal Landscape: Information Professionals Mastering the Challenges of Time & Space Plan to attend SARC IV:  SLA’s South Atlantic Regional Conference, February 27-29, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Florida.  Join your colleagues for an exciting conference experience scheduled at the end of February in sunny St. Petersburg, Fla., at the beautiful Hilton Carillon. SARC is hosted […]

Due date for proposals: December 15, 2007 Theme: Technology and Community: Building the Techno Community Library The 2008 National Forum Committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and poster sessions for the 11th annual LITA National Forum to be held at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio from October 16-19, 2008. The […]

Poster Session Applications being accepted until Friday, February 22, 2008. Applications for presenting poster sessions at the 2008 Florida Library Association Annual Conference at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., are now being accepted.  Information and the application form are available here. If you would prefer to send the application directly, direct information […]

The BRASS Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award application deadline has been extended to Dec.31, 2007.  Please consider applying for this award. The D&B Public Librarian Support Award Committee is seeking nominees for this award to be presented at ALA 2008.  The $1,000 award will support attendance at the Annual Conference for a public […]

The 2008 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 28, 29, and 30, 2008. Proposals will be due on or before January 31st, 2008.  Click here for more information.

The Florida Library Youth Program manuals for 2008 and teen posters are now available here. The children’s theme is the Whole Wide World @ My Public Library, with stories and crafts from each continent. For teens, the Technopop section has proven activities that will bring teens into your library. Youth Services staff are invited to […]

Follow-up information about the 2007 TBLC Annual Meeting is now available. Click here for a summary of David Lee King’s presentation, member highlights, and a link to some great photos. Thanks to everyone who attended on November 2. We had a great time! 

March 18-21, 2008, ER&L provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services.  Proposals for ER&L 2008 are now being accepted. ER&L Conference Program Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal for the Electronic Resources & Libraries 2008 by November 1, 2007. Click here for […]

Unshelved presents Pimp my Bookcart Sponsored by Highsmith The contest that set the library world ablaze returns! Ever since the end of last year’s Pimp My Bookcart contest, people have been coming up with ways to customize, trick out, augment, or otherwise pimp out their bookcarts for 2007. We are more than happy to announce the contest […]

Featured CE2U class The Accidental Technology Trainer October 17, 11 AM-12 PM PT / 2-3 PM ET Free via WebJunction’s Live Space (click for instructions – no registration required) If you are like most “accidental” library technology trainers, you are expected to take on staff training in your library often with little or no previous […]