Newsletter of the Maine Library Association and the Maine State Library

VOLUME 22, NO. 1 ~ JANUARY 2000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
January's Calendar of Events
ALA News
Here's an F.Y.I.
Education/Training/Workshops
Job Opportunities
ALAWON
JANUARY'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ALA NEWS: Libraries selected for PRIME TIME series. Fourteen libraries, including the Belfast (Maine) Free Library, have been selected nationwide to participate in the PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME™ reading, discussion and storytelling series offered by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office. The project is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
 
10 Web-based "Tech Notes." The Public Library Association (PLA) has released a series of 10 Web-based "Tech Notes." This new series of "mini" web publications provides technical information on issues affecting the planning, support and delivery of public library services using contemporary computer technology. Current titles include "Digital Object Identifier (DOI): The Persistence of Memory"; "Intranets: The Web Inside"; "Metadata: Always More Than You Think"; "Video Teleconferencing: Here, There, and Everywhere"; "Electronic Statistics: Counting Crows"; "Wireless Networks: Unplugged, and Play"; "Push Technology: Pushed to the Brink"; "Digital Disaster Planning: When Bad Things Happen to Good Systems"; and "Filtering: No Easy Answers." "Tech Notes" are available at no cost on the PLA Web page at www.pla.org.
 
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HERE'S AN F.Y.I.
 
NEW DISTANCE MLS PROGRAM New Haven/ConnecticutOnlineCSU, the online classroom of the Connecticut State University System (CSU), and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), combine higher education with the latest technology for library science education-now offering Southern's accredited Master of Library Science (MLS) degree both on ground and on the World Wide Web. Full information about this new online component of the MLS degree is available at www.OnlineCSU.ctstateu.edu. The MLS program integrates library science, information science, and instructional technology and offers preparation for careers in various types of libraries, including academic, public, special, and school libraries, and a range of alternative information science occupations.
 
SEEKING LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS The Outstanding Librarian of the Year Award Committee of the Maine Library Association is seeking nominations for MLA's Outstanding Librarian Award. This year's recipient will be honored at the 2000 Maine Libraries Conference being held this year at the Augusta Civic Center, May 7 - 9. The MLA Outstanding Librarian of the Year Award Committee must receive all nominations by March 27, 2000. For more information about the award and the format for nominations, please see pg. 18 of the Fall '99 Maine Entry. All nominations should be mailed to Karen Reilly, Awards Committee Chair, Eastern Maine Technical College Library, 354 Hogan Rd., Bangor, ME 04401-4280 and need to be received by March 27th. The MLA Outstanding Librarian of the Year Award Committee is composed of the immediate Past-president and the two Past-presidents who preceded him/her.
 
EDUCATION/TRAINING/WORKSHOP
 
June 28 - July 5 - Millennium Teachers' Institute in Montreal and Ottawa. Prepare to teach more knowledgeably about Canada by participating. CEUs are awarded and graduate credit may be arranged. The Canadian-American Center of the University of Maine in combination with the Canadian studies centers of the Universities of Vermont and SUNY/Plattsburgh will co-lead this Institute, and all three are veterans at creating and leading relevant and practical teachers' institutes.

The Institute will begin and end in Montreal with three days in Ottawa including Canada Day, the July first celebration of Canada's national holiday. For eight days and seven nights, sixteen teachers, librarians, and other K-12 educators will tour Montreal and Ottawa investigating selected themes and issues in Canadian culture and contemporary life. Participants will attend lectures and walking tours and visit cultural sites, as well as have time to research and relate Canadian information to school curriculum.

The cost of the Institute will be about $550, due to generous underwriting. It will include round-trip van transportation from Orono to Montreal and Ottawa, double-occupancy hotel accommodations at Hotel de l'Institut in Montreal and Marriott Residence Inn in Ottawa, admission to cultural sites, and fees for lectures; participants pay for transportation to and from Orono, and pay for most meals. Applications and brochures outlining the itinerary will be mailed in January, and any U.S. K-12 educator is invited to apply. Selection of participants will be in April. For additional information or to request an application, contact:
Betsy Arntzen
Education Outreach Coordinator
Canadian-American Center
University of Maine
154 College Ave
Orono, ME 04473
(207) 581-4225 barntzen@umit.maine.edu
www.umaine.edu/canam/

 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
ALAWON
 
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