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  • Medical Library Association — Grants and Scholarships

  • Source: www.resourceshelf.com Date: Oct 23, 2009
    Grants and ScholarshipsMLA offers a variety of scholarships and grants to assist qualified students in graduate library science programs and to enable practicing health sciences librarians to take advantage of opportunities for continuing professional development.Deadline for applications is More

  • ¿Qué Tal Tucson? » September President’s Message

  • Date: Oct 1, 2009
    : Members, Jeffery Cruz & Jessica Hernandez are the chairs for the REFORMA Tucson fundraising committee and they have been sharing and collecting ideas to raise funds for our chapter to support our chapter’s efforts to support library students with scholarships. More

  • Edufire launches business channel: retraining Ebay-style?

  • Source: education.zdnet.com Date: Sep 22, 2009
    When Edufire reached out a couple weeks ago regarding the launch of their new business channel, I have to admit that I wasn’t familiar with the company, but I was intrigued enough to poke around their website. More

  • Abbott Again Honored for Offering One of the 'Top 10' Leading Workplaces

  • Source: news.prnewswire.com Date: Sep 22, 2009
    Working Mother 100 Best list honoring companies for providing a family-friendly workplace. This is the fifth time that Abbott has been named one of the "Top 10" companies, and the ninth consecutive year that Abbott has been on to the broader 100 Best list. More

  • Be Your Best Teaches Effectiveness Training

  • Source: relationshipbooks.suite101.com Date: Sep 20, 2009
    Linda Adams wrote Be Your Best for people who want to gain control of their lives by improving communication skills, relationships and increasing confidence. More

  • CPD Directory 2009/10

  • Source: www.ljmu.ac.uk Date: Sep 7, 2009
    The 2009-10 CPD Directory is now available within Blackboard. The Directory lists the wide range of professional development available for staff who support teaching and learning. The majority of opportunities are broken down into general ‘themes’ which include: More

  • New England Prep School Library Goes Entirely Digital

  • Source: www.librarystuff.net Date: Sep 6, 2009
    143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055-8750 | Phone: 609-654-6266 • Fax: 609-654-4309 • custserv@infotoday. More

  • ALA calls on Dept. of Education to highlight school librarians as states prepare to ‘Race to the Top’

  • Source: www.wo.ala.org Date: Aug 31, 2009
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jenni TerryWASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) recently filed comments to the Department of Education regarding the Race to the Top Fund, a competitive one-time grant program funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that More

  • ‘A new assignment: Pick books you like’: Verne, too, please—not just Austen and the rest

  • Source: www.teleread.org Date: Aug 31, 2009
    Will children fare better as readers if they can pick their own books? Yes, say Nancie Atwell and some other reading gurus. The New York Times has the More

  • SLA Forms New Professional Interest Group for Taxonomy Professionals

  • Source: newsbreaks.infotoday.com Date: Aug 27, 2009
    Special Libraries Association (SLA; www.sla.org) announced the formation of a new professional interest division that will focus on issues related to planning, creating, maintaining, and using taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, authority files, and other controlled vocabularies and information More

  • Library of Congress Makes Grant To Southeastern Louisiana University To Foster Instructional Use of Digital Materials

  • Source: www.loc.gov Date: Aug 24, 2009
    The Library of Congress today made a grant to Southeastern Louisiana University to join a program designed to encourage the educational use of the Library’s vast collections of online primary source materials. More

  • New Riegel plans open house

  • Source: www.advertiser-tribune.com Date: Aug 12, 2009
    The Advertiser-Tribune, Tiffins best source for local and national news, sports, weather, and features in the Tiffin area. The A-T serves Seneca, Wyandot, Hancock, Sandusky, and Crawford counties and Northwest Ohio areas. More

  • Scholastic Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

  • Source: seekingalpha.com Date: Jul 23, 2009
    Good day, and welcome to the Scholastic 2009 earnings conference call. Today’s call is being recorded. For opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Jeff Matthews. Please go ahead, sir. Jeff Matthews Thank you, Lory. Good morning, everyone. More

  • Romance & Libraries

  • Source: Library Journal Date: Jul 21, 2009
    The 29th annual Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference in Washington, DC, opened on July 15 with a full-day program for local librarians. More

  • AASL Restricts (Eliminates?) Use of Standards

  • Source: schoolof.info Date: Jul 10, 2009
    This past Wednesday, I led a professional development workshop for librarians in the School Library System where I work. We had a professional book discussion around the two new AASL publications; Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action and Empowering Learners. Overall, the response to More

  • The McGraw Hill Companies Earnings Call scheduled for Tue, July 28 (CCBN)

  • Source: biz.yahoo.com Date: Jul 9, 2009
    Learn when companies announce their quarterly, annual earnings as well as other types of announcements. Listen to the conference call and remind yourself by adding it to your calendar. More

  • Top Tech Trends, Wish Fulfillment, or Nightmares?

  • Source: freerangelibrarian.com Date: Jul 9, 2009
    Note: be sure to read this post if you ARENT going to ALA Annual because theres some free (as in zero-cost) participation opportunities here.  For this conferences LITA Top Technology Trends, I am part of an online team honchoed by Cindi Trainor that will facilitate a More

  • The Tech Static

  • Source: tametheweb.com Date: Jun 21, 2009
    Sad news, Rachel Singer Gordons Tech Static is calling it quits.  Tech Static is/was an outstanding resource for reviews of technology books.  Anybody who has collected Dewey 000s knows just how difficult it is to find credible, reliable, and well written reviews of computer books. This is More

  • Business Briefs

  • Source: www.carrollcountycomet.com Date: Jun 20, 2009
    ST ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE CENTER in Delphi has announced that it received perfect marks on the annual recertification survey from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH). A survey team visited the campus May 18 to review patient records, employee files and observe the delivery of services at More

  • COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES: Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians)

  • Source: www.infotoday.com Date: May 1, 2009
    Twitter lets people send and receive short messages (called Tweets) via the web or via SMS using a mobile phone. Messages on Twitter are limited to a maximum of 140 characters, including spaces, and they’re generally public. More

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