AALT Technician: the Journal of AALT

ISSN 0703-5276 Volume 35, Number 1 Winter 2008

“The official voice of Library Technicians in Alberta.”

AALT Technician

The Journal of the Alberta Association of Library Technicians

www.aalt.org

Alberta Association of Library Technicians, P.O. Box 700, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2L4

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DEADLINE for Submissions into the Next Issue is

April 10, 2008

AALT Business:

President’s Comments 3

Editors’ Notes 4

AALT Business Review 5

Conference Update 6

AALT to Host Silent Auction 7

Join the AALT Board? What’s in it for ME?

15

AALT Professional Development: Education Institute Opens It’s Doors to AALT

16

AALT Continues Search for Award Nominees

19

AALT Membership Form 23

Board Meeting Highlights 26

Director List 27

Feature Stories:

There’s Much Reading Done in the Land of the Midnight Sun!

8

100th Anniversary Celebration of the Libraries Act

11

Best Used Book Sale in Edmonton 18

Fun and Learning at SAIT Polytechnic Library!

19

Regular Features:

Secret Lives of Library Technicians: Interview with Michael Wareman

12

Cross Canada Update 20

AALT Classifieds 25

Calendar of Events 28

Two New Faces Join the AALT Board of Directors

26

Issue...IN THIS

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PRESIDENT’S

Comments...

3AALT Technician Winter 2008

Real life sure has a way

of intruding on things.

I was supposed to sit down and write my President’s Message yesterday. It was going to be a thoughtful, well written essay but relatives dropped in unexpectedly and stayed for a

couple hours. Then my son informed me that his Social Studies assignment that he had received 3weeks ago, was due today–a page and a half, with pictures, on the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs. He had maybe a page of notes in point form, and even he had trouble reading them. It would be a lot easier if I could just write it for him, but that’s not how it works.

So now I’m rushing to finish this before the winter message becomes the spring message, and I’m thinking “why do I do this to myself?” With children, spouses, houses burning down, jobs lost and gained, trips and everything else that makes up our lives then we volunteer to do more!

I said it in the last issue and I’ll say it again here: Whether it’s a year-long commitment as a Board member or just one project or area of interest, volunteers are the life blood of AALT. Thank you all for making AALT a success!

...Tamara

Tamara Abram

Speaking of successes, the AALT Awards Committee is looking for people who deserve to be recognized. There are three specialized awards that can be given out: the AALT Advocacy Award, the Library Technician Award of Excellence, and the Merle Harris Achievement Award. More information, including a nomination form, is available on our website at www.aalt.org/about/awards.html.

While you’re there, check out AALT’s Conference Bursary of $300. To be eligible, you must be an AALT personal member who has been unable to attend conference within the last five years. The application form is in downloadable PDF form or you can provide the same information in an email and send it to me at [email protected].

I was going to write more, but I’ve just received a call from my daughter’s school. She’s not feeling well and needs to be picked up. Ah well, real life intrudes once again.

"The biggest library, if it is in disorder, is not as useful as

a small but well-arranged one." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

First Call For Annual General

Meeting Items

If you have something that you would like to have discussed at the May 3, 2008 AGM or a resolution that you want to bring forward, please email it to Tamara Abram at [email protected].

Deadline for submissions is April 12, 2008.

You are the missing piece in the

AALT puzzle…

VOLUNTEER TODAY!

AA LL

TTAA

EDITORS’

Notes...By Jane Sarsfield, Kim Martin, & Rea Gosine

Conference is almost here! I can hardly wait! It will be wonderful to see those old friends and I look forward to meeting new ones. I find that conference helps remind me why I chose to be a library technician. The workshops and the networking rejuvenate me. The conference workshops are a terrific way to update and polish my skills as a library technician. There are so many interesting session choices, which ones do I register for? I want to meet the various authors, and I want to go on the Ghost tour. What is the Curious Career of a Records Manager? Retirement is an issue that we are all concerned about, and the Red Deer Museum and Archives sounds fascinating to me. The Secret Lives of Guys?? Oh my! Fraud Awareness. What to choose, what to choose? The silent auction will be an added bit of fun. There are a couple of items that I want to bring home with me so nobody better bid against me!

I look forward to seeing you in May.

...Jane

One of the most rewarding aspects of being a Co-Editor of the AALT Technician, aside from working with Jane, Rea and Marcia of course, is when we receive comments and articles from the membership. In this issue, we are fortunate to have an article about the SAIT Polytechnic Library from Jennifer Peters, the Books2Buy book sale at Edmonton Public Library by Linda Cheney, and a tour of Alaskan libraries as seen through the eyes of the intrepid Jenna Innes. Also, thank you to Michael Wareman for consenting to our interview. What an amazing artistic ability he has! All four of these individuals have been entered into the draw for a free 2008 conference registration. Good luck to all of you!

Keep those articles, news items and photos coming! The AALT Technician is here to showcase library technicians and what better way to do that then by


reading articles written by library technicians. The Journal Collective is always looking for people to proof the AALT Technician as well, so if that’s something you are interested in and you want to get a sneak, behind the scenes peek at what really goes on in the Collective, drop us a line at [email protected] always, thanks to my sister, Tam House for proofing this issue and the conference brochure.Come to think of it, she pretty much proofs everything I do. I’m going to turn her into a library technician yet!

We are planning on doing a short survey in the upcoming months about the journal. Our goal is to receive feedback on how we are doing, what you, the membership would like to see in the journal, what we should get rid of, and basically your thoughts on the layout and overall appearance. In the meantime, if you have any comments regarding the AALT

Technician, drop us a line at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you!

See you in May!

...Kim

The Winter issue arrives as the result of a lot of hard

work from the Journal Collective. With the

completion of this issue we can look ahead to the

Spring issue of the AALT Technician. It will feature

all sorts of goodies in anticipation of the conference

and the AGM.

Any contributions anyone has for the upcoming issue

are welcome – remember it’s your last chance to

qualify for a free conference registration, get those

articles in!

So please sit back and enjoy this offering of the

AALT Technician. See you next issue!

...Rea

AALT BUSINESS

Review...


ADMINISTRATION GROUP

- TAMARA ABRAM

The Administration Group is pretty quiet right now, but we are getting ready for the AGM. If you have any suggestions for changes to the bylaws, now’s the time to get them to us!

Membership:

The Members Only password has now been changed and is accessible to Honorary Members and 2008 Personal Members only. We had a total of 259 members in 2007 and currently, our membership as of March 1, 2008 is 123.

If you know someone who hasn’t renewed for 2008, please remind them. Renewals can be made online at http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/org/category.jxp?id=6907&org=271.

Financial:

Financial statement as of March 6, 2008

2008 (as of

March 1)

Affiliate 2 0

Associate 19 7

Honorary 13 14

Institutional 23 18

Personal 155 64

Reciprocal 7 7

Student 40 13

123

MEMBERSHIP

TYPE

2007 2008 (as of

March 1)

Affiliate 2 0

Associate 19 7

Honorary 13 14

Institutional 23 18

Personal 155 64

Reciprocal 7 7

Student 40 13

TOTAL 259 123

Salary Survey:

The Salary Survey results are being evaluated and will be posted to the AALT website soon. Watch for the announcement!

If you have any questions, at any time, about what’s going on with your governing body, don’t hesitate to contact me or any member of the board. You can contact us on the website at www.aalt.org,, toll-free 1-866-350-AALT, or mail us the old fashioned way.

...Tamara

COMMUNICATIONS

GROUP - MICHELLE

SANDLERThe Communications Group has many irons in the fire:

The Journal Committee is working

very hard to get out the latest addition of the journal.

The Ad Solicitation package should be ready soon.

The purpose is to introduce and promote AALT to a wide range of companies that may not have thought to use us for advertising.

The Library Link promotion is also being revised and

will hopefully be promoted in the Feliciter soon.

Marketing, with the help of Kim (Journal) and Tamara (President), is working on a marketing package, which will include a consistent and professional presentation that can be given on short notice. As well, three updated audience specific brochures are being redone and will be ready for inclusion in the presentation pack.

AALT will be participating in the SAIT LIT Industry

Night on March 26, 2008. Also, we have been in contact with the LIT Program regarding co-hosting a Pop and Pizza night at SAIT to meet with the LIT students.

As you can see, we all have been very busy with projects - along with teaching me the ropes! See you at the conference in May.

...Michelle

General $3,748.75Conference 4,535.95Marketing 449.37Membership 3,297.16Secretary 1,298.96Programs North 85.00Programs South 85.00

Total: $13,500.19

Chequing/Savings CAD

AALT CONFERENCE



AALT To Host Silent Auction at Conference

The AALT Imagine…Conference will see the anticipated return of the Silent Auction! That’s right from May 1 to May 3 conference delegates will have the opportunity to bid on and take home some fabulous auction items for incredible bargain prices! We have included a sampling of some of the items that will be going up on the auction block. We anticipate some bidding battles on some of these beauties!

The ongoing theme at this auction is baskets, baskets, baskets, each made into a thematic treasure

Sony MP3 Micro

System

I Read

Banned

Books

bracelet

Teddy Bear cookie jar

Framed plate Newborn to 3 months

baby Flames outfit.

Perfect gift for those

new Flames fans!

trove waiting to be plundered! Looking for a quick and easy meal, then maybe put a bid or two on the Italian dinner for two basket complete with pasta, a variety of sauces, bottle of red wine and...oops, we’ve said to much! You will just have to see it for yourself!

If you or your workplace have anything you would like to contribute to the Silent Auction, please contract Jane Sarsfield at [email protected]. See you at conference and happy bidding!

Teddy Bear music box Stained glass hummingbird

There’s Much Reading Done in the

Land of the Midnight Sun!by Jenna Innes

What do you think of when you hear the word “Alaska?” Rugged

mountains and open ocean? Fishing and hunting? Extreme temperatures and long dark nights? Or perhaps, as one colleague replied to this word association quiz of mine, “polar bears definitely polar bears.”

One word you might not have thought of immediately is “libraries.” My family certainly didn’t. That is until I dragged them to every library in every town we visited this summer on our trip to Alaska. At first there were a few moans and groans, but eventually they caught on to my enthusiasm. Together we discovered these Alaskan treasures along with all the other exciting features of this beautiful land.

At Christmas, my sister and her husband surprised my parents and me with a cruise to Alaska. Along with all the ‘grown-ups’ were my 16 year old niece, my 14 year old nephew and my 11 year old nephew. The four of us began our official Library Quest by seeking out the shipboard library.

We discovered a cozy nook with comfy chairs, filled with a wide variety of general interest titles. The books were grouped by topic but not by author or any other feature. There were no barcodes or call numbers, no computers or catalogues. It was a leisure reading collection meant for browsing without requiring any staff time to label or organize. Our goal was to see if the shelves held at least one item suited for each member of our party and, to our delight, they did. From the oldest to the youngest, there was enough variety that we found something for everyone. The most surprising discovery was a collection of Tupac Shakur’s poems for one of the teenagers in our midst. To check the books out we just wrote down what title we borrowed and our cabin number with the expectation that the items would be returned by the week’s end. I suspect this honor system leads to the disappearance of many items, but fresh donations from the passengers seem to bring new books on to the shelves to fill the places of lost titles.

Our ship deposited us first in Sitka, a town of approximately 9,000 people on the West side of Baranof Island. Rich with traditions of the Tlingit

Jenna with her signature pose outside of the Skagway Library.

The library in Sitka is worth it’s weight in gold! What a

treasure!



natives and Russian settlers, it was a beautiful place to begin our acquaintance with Alaskan history. My mother and I toured the town and watched the New Archangel Russian folk dancers at Harrigan Centennial Hall. When we emerged after the rousing performance, we looked up to see the Kettleson Memorial Library right in front of us – no searching required!

Here we found Internet access for travelers, a service which I was desperate for after my shipboard hiatus. There is Internet access on the ship (sometimes, if it connects that is), but it is very expensive so I had taken a vacation from the computer. I was anxious to check my email and make some further travel arrangements. It illustrated to me how easily we forget the value of this service to the visitors at our own libraries. When you do not have easy access to the Internet, the library is a godsend.

The library in Sitka has a beautiful children’s department. It is separated from the rest of the interior by a glass wall, (limiting the noise transmission but allowing visibility) and was home to many beautiful pictures, paintings, and sculptures. The long dark winters in this region encourage many residents to pick up artistic pursuits during the cold months. This artistic presence could be felt throughout Alaska. The most magnificent piece I saw was housed here, in the Sitka library: a life-sized intricately beaded sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex head bursting through the ceiling!

One of the programs I found most appealing was a chapter book story hour where kids

could come regularly and hear a whole novel read aloud to them; what a way

to keep them coming back for more! The shelves in the

children’s area are mobile and can be shifted along

tracks in the floor (like the shelving in many

doctors’ offices) so they could be compressed. Once

the aisles were closed up and all the shelves shifted to one

side, a space was made for programs. We came in just as a staff

member was returning the shelves to their regular position after story time so patrons

could again retrieve materials. What an interesting way to address one of the space issues

common to libraries.

Our next stop was the town of Skagway, the northernmost stop on my journey and the gateway to the Yukon for many prospectors from 1897 onward. Think Klondike/gold rush/frontier culture and you

will have an idea of the history of Skagway. Many businesses had old-western fronts to them and the souvenirs for purchase included vials of gold alongside Native crafts. The museum included intriguing exhibits about the White Pass Trail and the notorious swindler ‘Soapy’ Smith. My 14 year old nephew and I watched fat salmon glide through the creeks as we located the pubic library, just a few blocks from the main thoroughfare.

From the outside, the Skagway public library resembled a large two-story house. Inside were the typical

The Skagway Shopping Mall


library contents with a few lovely additions. The second floor houses a sunny reading loft where two little girls sat happily doing their homework. The children’s area was beautifully decorated with murals and displays to attract readers. Residents of Skagway can borrow board games in order to help pass the hours or shop at the library’s own “Skagway Mall” – a collection of mail order catalogs!

The third library to welcome me was in Juneau, the state capital. There are actually three public library branches in this city; I visited the downtown branch located atop a parking garage on

the waterfront. In addition to sharing resources between these three branches, there are a variety of other mechanisms in place to bring desired items in for patron use. The Capital City Libraries Consortium includes other libraries in Juneau – the high school, the state library, and the university library. There is also the Alaska Library Network (ALN) and the Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED) that seek to deliver information and resources over long distances. Take a look at alaskalibrarynetwork.org and sled.alaska.edu to see how these initiatives support the information needs of people living in such a vast geography.

As I spoke with staff in these libraries, I discovered a tremendous commitment to resource sharing. Everyone seemed to understand that it might take time for a resource to arrive, but that everything would be done to bring it in. These libraries have enthusiastic staff members and the buildings serve as community hubs, information centres, and places to have fun! Not all that different from the libraries in my city. Seeing the ways in which these libraries adapt to their surroundings encouraged me to look at more ways that I can do the same. It was a reminder that barriers, such as distance and cost, can be overcome and it is worth the effort to do so.

Children’s area in the Skagway library was very colourful and inviting.

There’s something for everyone at the Skagway library.


I had a wonderful vacation and adding these library visits helped me connect with each town in a different way than I would have had I just visited typical tourist venues. Seeing the libraries gave me insight into the community and the people who live there in a very meaningful way. Although I enjoyed fancy dinners on the ship and my zip line adventures above the trees, seeing how library staff, just like me, spends their days made the towns more real somehow. And now, when I encounter a tough problem at work that I just can’t seem to figure out I try to step out of the box and think – “how would they do it in Alaska?”

Jenna Innes is a familiar face in the library world and at AALT conferences. At the 2007 AALT Conference, Jenna was presented the AALT Advocacy Award in recognition of work that she has done on behalf of the library technician profession.

On 30 October 2007, the Public Library Service of

the Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing held

the final event in their month-long celebration of the

100th anniversary of the Alberta Public Libraries Act.

The Act, the first of its kind in Canada, established

the rights of Albertans to have access to libraries, the

responsibility of provincial and municipal

governments to fund them, and the authority of local

Library Boards to run them. As a result, Alberta’s

public libraries are different in tone and purpose than

other provincial public libraries.

The anniversary celebration was held in historic

MacKay Avenue School, where the Libraries Act

had been introduced and passed in 1907. The event

took place on the top floor which featured plaster

mouldings, wooden scrollwork, colourful bunting

and the Union Jack in the corner, all serving to

remind us of Alberta’s history. Small tables set

around the room displayed scrapbooks containing the

histories, in pictures and articles, of various public

libraries and regional library systems.

Punch Jackson, the host, thanked all of the different

Alberta library related organizations for attending,

including AALT. There were short speeches by

others including Finola Hackett, CanWest Spelling

Bee winner and a vocal supporter of libraries, and

The Honourable Ray Danyluk, Minister of Municipal

Affairs & Housing. There was also an ‘interview’

with Irene Parlby, one of the Famous Five and a

staunch advocate of libraries. She was certainly one

of the reasons Alberta passed the Libraries Act. The

husband and wife team who did the well researched

re-creation were marvellous.

The evening ended with a viewing of the Centennial

Celebration Video produced by CanWest Global.

The Municipal Affairs & Housing department had

previously distributed copies of this video to

Alberta’s public libraries earlier in the year. You can

watch the video on the Public Library Service

website at http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/

mc_libraries_act_1907.cfm.

There was a lot of pride at this event not only from

the Public Library Service people but also from the

audience. Some, like me, were members of library

associations; others were former or current library

trustees, directors and advocates. All were involved

in developing the world-leading cooperative library

system we have today.

100th Anniversary Celebration of the Libraries Act By Tamara Abram

THE SECRET LIVES OF LIBRARY TECHNICIANS...

A Sneak Peek at the Life of Michael

Wareman An Interview by Kim Martin

Have you ever wondered who that mild mannered library technician becomes at the end of the workday when

she or he, lets their hair down? Are they like Clark Kent, Peter Parker and Diana Prince who hide their alter

egos behind glasses and well groomed hair? And let us not forget Barbara Gordon, a.k.a Batgirl who began

as a librarian and is still thriving in the DC Comics universe as the Oracle, every superheroes go-to gal for

information. It’s questions like these that need to be answered, which is why we have created this series of

articles that will give you a sneak peek at the other side of library technicians throughout the province.

First a little background...

Name: Michael Wareman

Where do you live? Olds, Alberta

Where did you get your LT diploma from and when?

Library and Information Technology, SAIT, Class of 1986

Where do you work? Olds College, Library and Information Technology

What are your primary responsibilities at work? I am mainly responsible for all the audiovisual needs of the College staff, students and Conference guests. I am also the first contact person to help library staff and students with their computer needs.

Question 1: When you leave the hallowed halls of academia

behind you, what alter ego do you assume?

I have a wide variety of interests. My main ones are woodworking, Lego robotics, programming, and origami.. I also like reading general science, science fiction, fantasy and young adult fantasy books, flower gardening, and digital photography, which reminds me, my 14 year old cactus is blooming and I need to get a couple of pictures.

Question 2: Tell us about your art. What mediums do you work with?

Do you make your own designs? How long have you been doing this?

My main interest is woodworking, and I mainly make wood jewellery and scrollsaw art. I have been doing this for about 14 years with the last 3 years being involved with the Olds Christmas Potpourri sale. I have started using my mini wood lathe to make round pendants. My first pendants were round and very symmetrical. Now I am making pendants with an off-center hole. When I go to Blackforest Lumber I am looking for wood that has interesting colors and grain patterns. This is usually the type of wood most woodworkers avoid.

This dolphin pendant was made from cocobolo and pine.



Question 3: We all love Lego but you’ve taken Lego to the next level. What is

robotic Lego?

Lego Robotics revolves around a programmable brick that I can attach sensors and motors to. Through the use of various gears, axles, and Lego pieces I can build a robot that can interact with its environment. One of the interesting things that I have been looking into is attaching a camera that would allow the robot tohave some vision capabilities.

Question 4: How did you get involved with robotic Lego and where has this involvement led

you?

Lego Robotics has been my other passion. It started about 10 years ago when I helped teach a Lego Robotics Summer Camp at Olds College. I taught the class for 2 more summers before I bought my first Lego robotics set. Then 2 years ago I bought 2 of the new NXT Lego robotics sets. I am now completely hooked.

Question 5: Has your professional training as a library technician assisted you in anyway

with your interest in woodworking, design, and robotic Lego?

I have 2 1/2 years University which taught me how to be a self learner. My Library Technician training and 21 years experience at Olds College have taught me how to find and acquire the information and materials I need to do my various interests.

Question 6: Okay Mike, you work full time, are a member of

the AALT Web Team, and you divide your time between your

art projects, robotic Lego and your family…what’s your secret

to getting everything done and still enjoy doing it?

There is no secret, I divide my time as best as I can. Usually, I do not have enough time to complete all my projects I want or need to do. This way, I will always have something to do tomorrow. More importantly, I will have a few well developed interests for when I do retire.

Question 7: Mike, with all your diverse interests that you are

obviously so successful in, why choose the library technician

profession?

I first started out wanting to be a teacher, but that did not work out so well. Then I decided to try Library Arts, as it was called 23 years ago, at SAIT. Through my 21 years of experience at Olds College I have developed my computer software/hardware, web development, and audiovisual skills to help the staff and students at Olds College.

Lion sculpture covered with spray on stone was an interesting project.

Hand carved

Welsh love

spoon.


My interests have also developed over this time period. I think that I did not so much choose to be a Library Technician with all these various skills and interests in place. Rather, I think my work life and home life have developed together and have influenced each other through time to what they are now.

Question 8: So, Mike, if we pulled out the crystal

ball and took a peek inside, what would it say the

future holds for you?

For now I will continue to play and learn new things – taking it one day at a time. Got to go now. I have to design and build a new entertainment centre for our HDTV and growing DVD collection.

Editors’ Note: If you would like to see more examples of

Mike’s fabulous craftsmanship, visit his website, Dancing

Dog Designs at http://www3.telus.net/sharimik/.

Mike and his dog Apache. It was Apache who inspired the name of Mike’s website, Dancing Dog Designs.

This side table is made up of 6 carved side panels and a specially designed and carved

table top. Definitely a piece to be treasured!

More examples of

Mike’s talent.

The wreath on the right is an example of Intarsia and is made up of 95 leaf pieces,

5 birds, ribbon and 5 sets of holly

berries.


Are you at the point where your time is so maxed out that if one more project, to-do list, or action item drops into your mailbox, you will scream? Then along comes your professional organization with their annual campaign asking you to give up even more of your valued time. Your first inclination is to totally disregard their plea, thinking that you don’t have the time, or perhaps the skill set required to take on a role on the Board. Hey, there’s always someone else who will volunteer and “pick up the slack” right? You then carry on with your busy life, and until <ping> a new email arrives, again asking for volunteers to run for an AALT Board position. But this time, before you hit the delete key, you stop and wonder “Can I really do this?” and more importantly, “Why do I want to?” or in other words, “What’s in it for me?” That really is the question, isn’t it?

Let’s be honest, your time is too valuable and has too many demands on it to just randomly commit to something without getting anything in return. AALT would like to say that there is a huge cash reward for volunteering but the reality is, the biggest reward AALT can offer is the knowledge that the experience will make a positive difference in your life and in your chosen profession.

Being an AALT Board member does have many perks. Some of these include:

opportunity to leave your mark on the library technician profession

develop valuable contacts in the field

discover and develop abilities and strengths you didn’t know you had

upgrade your skills through the Board Professional Development fund

reimbursement for Board meeting travel and meals

previews of conference program, promotional items, and other projects

behind the scenes knowledge of all things related to AALT

input into the direction of AALT

being a part of “it” – the planning, the process, the politics, and the professionalism of it all.

AALT needs new ideas, new solutions, new perspectives, and new faces. What AALT needs from you is for you to take a chance, on yourself, on your association, and on your profession. In return, AALT offers you endless opportunities.

Your willingness to run for a Board position also acknowledges the efforts and dedication of all those who have gone before. It also reflects your belief in the role AALT plays in the library technician profession. Take this opportunity to learn more about yourself…put your name forward to run for a Board position TODAY!

What do you think? Knowing how much of a difference your active participation will have on our association, is it time to reread and reconsider that email asking for volunteers for the Board? Perhaps you now agree with our variation of John F. Kennedy’s famous phrase:

For more information on any of the AALT Board positions, contact our current AALT President, Tamara

Abram at [email protected] or visit the AALT website at www.aalt.org and click on Governance.

Join the AALT Board? What’s in

it for ME?

AALT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Education Institute Opens It’s

Doors To AALT By Tamara Abram

AALT Members Can Get Member Rates at the Education Institute

AALT has recently upgraded our membership in LAA so that our members can benefit from the courses being offered through The Partnership. This is a very important event for us. As many of you are aware, we suspended the positions of Programs North and Programs South pending a review. This resulted in a shortfall in our mandate to provide continuing education opportunities to you, our members.

There are many benefits to using the Education Institute. They provide a wide selection of courses on many subjects pertaining to library service. The courses are given in a variety of formats including on-line, audio, web conference and face-to-face. Courses are offered during the week and throughout the day. This flexibility is perhaps better suited to meet our members, to meet YOUR needs and we hope you take advantage of it.

Another feature of the Education Institute is that they actively encourage people from the industry to suggest course topics or create and present courses.

It’s easy to register for a course at the Education Institute. Go the calendar at www.thepartnership.ca/partnership/bins/calendar_page.asp?cid=85&lang=1

List courses by date

List courses by type

Click on course title for

more information &

to register



Once you’ve selected and registered for one course you will be taken to this screen:

Here you can select more courses, deselect courses and just generally review your choices. They are sorted by type of course rather than date, so if you registered for an audio course on a Monday and a web course on a Tuesday, they won’t appear next to each other. If you see a course that interests you, you have to go back to the previous screen to get more information on it: there are no active links to the details from here.

To finish checking your courses and to continue in the registration process, scroll way, way down to the bottom. Hit the NEXT button.

You have one more chance to confirm which courses you want on this screen.

Enter your name, title, address and contact information as you wish it to appear on the confirmation, BUT use

AALT as the Library/Institution

name.

Membership Type is a drop-down list of Canada’s provincial library associations. Select Library Association of Alberta. Select your payment choice, and confirm.

A confirmation screen is displayed. It contains all the information you need to attend the course including phone numbers, website addresses, and

The non-member price will show until the form is completed.

It was $74.00

LAA lists AALT as the

Member Institution


confirmation number. The information on this page is duplicated in an email sent to the address you previously provided.

Note: If you are using either faxed credit card or mailed cheque, your place isn’t guaranteed until payment is received.

The Education Institute asks for feedback from everyone who attends a course. So do we. The AALT Board of Directors wants to know if this kind of service is of benefit to you. Things we need to know are:

Did the course deliver on content?

Did the content meet your needs?

How often are members using the service?

Is it better, worse, or no different, from the way we used to provide continuing education?

Is your library/institution willing to cover the costs of these courses?

And, of course, any other comments or opinions on any topic relating to AALT is always welcome. You can send them to [email protected].

Keep on learning, everyone!

The Best Used Book Sale in EdmontonBy Linda Cheney

Have you been to the Books2Buy (Edmonton Public Library Book Sale) browsing the long lines of tables and wondered how they did it? Selling thousands of books in one weekend is not an easy task. The main component of the sale is the dedicated volunteers who really make it happen. Naturally thousands of cancelled library books and donated books are fun to go through and we all love books. The Friends of the Edmonton Public Library meet twice a week in the basement of the Stanley Milner Library and sort books according to subject as sales are better if people can focus on the subject of choice. There are just too many books otherwise. The non-fiction is sorted by the Dewey Decimal system and the fiction is sorted by mystery, romance, western, science fiction, and general fiction. In some cases the books are separated as being hard cover or soft cover. Books for youth are sorted according to juvenile fiction, juvenile non-fiction, teen books and picture books. Videos and CD’s are separated, as well as other languages and large print.

Books arrive on pallets which contain stacked standard sized boxes. The box size, approximately 2 ½ feet by 3 feet by 2 1/2 feet, was selected as it

would be a manageable weight when full of books. This size also stacks neatly on pallets, which is important because the boxes are moved into storage using a pallet jack and storage space is at a premium. Each box has a standard label indicating the category of the books inside. The box is opened and checked, then moved to the proper pallet for that subject. Two walls are lined with labeled pallets of each category. If the box contains an assortment of books then the books are sorted individually. When the pallet is full it is moved to a storage area until the sale. This makes loading the tables during the sale easier.

When the big day arrives, the library parkade is closed off, over 50 tables are put out, and the pallets of books are rolled into place. The tables are stacked with books by the many volunteers and continuously loaded during the sale since the books go fast. We are thankful for the work of the many volunteers, the donated books, and the space provided by the library to make this happen. We all enjoy a good book.

Join us for the next book sale on April 12 and 13, 2008 at the Library Parkade. For more information check www.epl.ca.


Fun and Learning at SAIT

Polytechnic Library! By Jennifer Peters

The SAIT Library staff has recently embarked upon an eight week study program learning about various Library 2.0 and Web 2.0 applications. We are currently halfway through and for most, it has been 2.0 things: a significant learning curve and a lot of fun!

It was inspired by the "23 Things" program (http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/#23) by Helene Blowers, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. That was based on Stephen Abram's article, 43 Things I might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006) and the website 43Things (http://www.43things.com/).We are using an online program developed by two staff members, Kristian McInnis and Kat Marlowe. Everyone in the library is participating, from the Library Manager to our part time evening staff members. We are all in this together!

In the first week, we learned about blogging and created our own blog. Links to all of our blogs are collected on another blog we are using to discuss the program. As we complete each week’s learning exercise, we share our thoughts on our blog. Much of the fun has come from reading each other’s blogs and seeing our creative sides come out.

Topics covered in our program include news readers, tagging, Flickr, Technorati, LibraryThing, Rollyo, wikis, instant messaging, YouTube and podcasts.

Each week, a discussion session has been held a few days after we have started exploring the topic. This has greatly facilitated our learning process. Staff can ask questions, share experiences, and discuss challenges and successes. It is also a great opportunity to get together outside of a formal meeting and again, have some fun!

Each staff member has been given a USB flash drive for participating. We just had our midpoint draw (using a random number generator) and the winner received a digital camera. There will be another draw at the end with a yet to be announced grand prize for one lucky staff member.

After we have completed the exercises, we will be evaluating whether any of the Web 2.0 applications would be useful for our library.

Library 2.0—learning and fun at work!

Jennifer Peters is graduate of the Library Information Technology program at SAIT Polytechnic, Class of 1997. She

is currently employed in the SAIT Polytechnic Library.

AALT Continues Search for Award Nominees The 2008 AALT Awards Committee is renewing their search for eligible candidates for this year’s awards. Nominations are currently being sought for the following: Merle Harris Achievement Award, Library Technician Award of Excellence, and the AALT Advocacy Award.

AALT created these awards to recognize those individuals who go above and beyond their job descriptions. You know the ones. They may not be the most vocal or dynamic individuals, but the effort, energy and passion they put into everything they do, makes them stand out and shine. These are the people that AALT wants to recognize and thank because they are a positive reflection of our profession. If you know of such an individual, we encourage you to nominate them for one of the AALT awards. For more information about the AALT awards and their nomination forms, visit http://www.aalt.org/about/awards.html.

CROSS CANADA

Update...


CLA Library Technician Interest Group (LTIG) - Karen Hildebrandt, Convenor

It was a wonderful learning opportunity serving as the guest editor for the upcoming issue of the CLA Feliciter. I hope that everyone enjoys reading it as much as I did reading the submissions. I have an even deeper appreciation of the work an editor must do. Kudos and deep appreciation to the AALT

Technician journal team for all your hard work!

Nominations have been received for the CLA Library Technician Award of Excellence and the decision as to who this year’s award winner will be will be made shortly. Please keep your eyes peeled for the press release. We’ve also received some applications for the conference bursary and will be making a decision on that soon as well.

I was contacted by some of the Program chairs/coordinators for the library technician programs in regards to scheduling a joint meeting during CLA conference and that will be taking place on the Thursday morning right after the keynote speaker.

LTIG is really excited to be teaming up with BC LTAIG for this year’s conference Library Technicians social supper. I’ve already received some emails from people wanting to attend.

For more information about CLA LTIG, please visit our website at http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Library_Technicians

The AALT conference program looks fabulous so I hope you have the opportunity to attend. Please attend the AGM and if you can become involved with the board or any of the committees I strongly encourage you to do so. It really can be a great and rewarding experience!

I look forward to hearing all about the AALT conference.

....Karen

A Voice for Libraries

(Excerpt of the Jerome Listserv February 26, 2008 posting by Carmen Lefebvre, Marketing and Communications Consultant

for NLLS)

On behalf of Larry Tiedemann, Chair of the Northern Lights Library System board, I would like to invite you to check out a new interactive blog created for Alberta Libraries. Visit the blog at www.libraryvoice.ca to learn how you can do your part and become a voice for Alberta’s libraries.

The following is an excerpt from the Library Voice website:

Library Voice has been created to provide the public a place to voice their support for Alberta’s libraries. Operating grants have not increased since 1993 and through libraryvoice.ca we hope to spread the message

to the public and our municipal officials that libraries are in desperate need of increased funding. Failure to obtain additional funding will ultimately begin a steady drift towards mediocre library services for Albertans. Help us. Use your voice so that libraries can continue being one of the key elements to maintaining a strong Alberta.

On this site you will also find the video that the Municipal Affairs and Housing released in 2007 in celebration of 100 years of library service in Alberta’s public libraries. The video showcases the grassroots of Alberta’s library past, celebrates the accomplishments of the present, and “focuses on a strong vision of our library’s future.”

Library Voice...Be a voice for Alberta’s libraries.


New Tool for Copyright Awareness Launched

(Excerpt of the Jerome Listserv February 26, 2008

posting by Karla Palichuk, TAL)

The Canadian Library Association/Associationcanadienne des bibliothèques has launched a new tool to help librarians increase public awareness of copyright reform.

A draft article suitable for a community newspaper’s letter to the editor or opinion page is available from CLA’s copyright webpage, www.cla.ca/copyright .

Alana Fontaine of CLA’s government relations firm Impact Public Affairs is available by e-mail or

Kaleidoscope Conference Open for Registration

PRESS RELEASE January 22, 2008

Kaleidoscope Conference chairperson Cathy Yusep announced today that registration for the 2008 Kaleidoscope Children's Literature Conference opens on February 1, 2008. The 9th Kaleidoscope Conference will be held November 6, 7 and 8, 2008 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Kaleidoscope Conferences celebrate literature created for children and young adults and aims to heighten the awareness and appreciation of the creative process through interaction with authors, illustrators, publishers, producers and performers and is an Alberta School Library Council Conference.

Delegates attending Kaleidoscope will have the opportunity to choose sessions from a wide range of presenters including past British Poet Laureate

Michael Morpurgo. The conference will be opened on Thursday, November 6th by Ron Jobe, Professor, University of British Columbia (retired). Award winning Canadian writers and illustrators including Gayle Friesen, Wallace Edwards, Robert Heidbreder, Julie Lawson, George Littlechild, Bill Slavin, Ian Wallace, Melanie Watts, Tim Wynne-Jones and Werner Zimmermann will be present. The international lineup includes Betty Birney, Janell Cannon, Sneed Collard, Polly Horvath, Betsy and Ted Lewin, Lois Lowry, Ben Mikaelson, Beverley Naidoo, Allan Say, Eileen Spinelli, Janet Stevens, and Shaun Tan. Folklorist and scholar Jack Zipes will be in attendance as will Elizabeth Bicknell, senior editor at Candlewick Press.

Complete program and registration information can be located at www.kaleidoscopeconference.ca.

telephone to provide advice on how to use the article. It is part of CLA’s extensive advocacy effort leading up to the introduction of new copyright legislation, which is expected at any time.

For further information on this draft article, please contact Ms. Fontaine at [email protected] or 613-233-8906. For more information on CLA’s copyright advocacy plan, contact CLA Executive Director Don Butcher at [email protected] or 613-232-9625; or the chair of CLA’s Copyright Working Group, Rob Tiessen, University of Calgary, [email protected] .

Did You Know…Library Related Conferences, located at http://homepage.usask.ca/~mad204/CONF.HTM is a great website to find an up-to-date listing of all kinds of library related conferences. The events are listed by date. The site was created October 17, 2006 and is compiled by Marian Dworaczek of the University of Saskatchewan Library. To post a conference date on this site, contact Marian at [email protected].


Sun Microsystems, The University of Alberta Libraries and The Alberta Library create

Centre of Excellence for Libraries - Initiative will create province-wide digital library

(Excerpt of the February 27, 2008 press release on the Sun Microsystems website http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-

02/sunflash.20080227.2.xml)

SANTA CLARA, CA February 27, 2008Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc., the University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) and The Alberta Library (TAL) today announced the creation of a new Sun Centre of Excellence for Libraries (COE). The initiative will enhance and support respective organizational projects, as well as an extensive, province-wide, multi-faceted digital library. As part of the COE the participants intend to provide a seamless search and retrieval experience resulting in unprecedented access to information for students, faculty and the public, as well as creating an enduring preservation environment.

"This initiative will facilitate new levels of access to a tremendous amount of unique information that hasn’t been widely available," said Ernie Ingles, Vice Provost and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta. "It will further our goal to act as a trusted regional repository for digital materials by facilitating approaches to the discovery, storage, and archival preservation of digital resources that will benefit all Canadians." The University of Alberta Libraries, the second largest academic library system in Canada, has more than one million unique digitized pages of content in four major collections to contribute to the new digital library.

Using a range of Sun systems, software and thin client technologies, The Alberta Library (TAL) will integrate current digital collections and electronic information resources from the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library, an Alberta Government initiative that is providing post-secondary students, faculty and researchers in every corner of the province with access to vast holdings of digital resources. The digital library currently contains more than 4.5 million licensed items, including academic journals, encyclopedias, magazine and newspaper

articles, literary criticisms and video clips from 35 post-secondary institutions. The COE will also help TAL improve province-wide access to library catalogues and secure information-sharing.

The COE will support distance learning and research within e-learning environments by providing access to digital collections preserved by Alberta university libraries, archives and museums. It will also yield solutions for long-term archiving of digital resources, and digital rights management.

The Centre of Excellence for Libraries is expected to be operational by summer 2008.

Alberta Association of Library Technicians Technicians and Technology : Partners in Information

P.O. Box 700, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2L4 Toll Free: 1-800-350-AALT (2258)

Web Address: www.aalt.org

AALT Membership Form January 1 to December 31, 2008

Please fill in all information, but use the box provided in front of each item to indicate your agreement

to have that item published in the AALT Membership Directory. Mark the box [X] if you are willing to

have it published, leave the box blank if you are not.

NEW MEMBERSHIP: _____________ RENEWAL: _____________

Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________

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City: ________________________ Province: ______ Postal Code: ____________________________

[ ] Business Phone: ______________________________ [ ] Fax Number: ____________________________

*Note: All current members will be listed in the directory by name and (if no other address information has been agreed to) by business affiliation and/or city & province/country. If you do not wish even this minimal listing, please mark the box below.

[ ] I do not wish to have my name listed in the membership directory.

We are moving to electronic delivery of the AALT Technician. If you are unable to receive an electronic

copy, we will send out a paper copy.

Do you require a paper copy ___ yes ____ no



Membership type:

Personal $40.00 _______Graduates of a recognized library and information technology program from an accredited post-secondary institution or Small Library Operation Certificate Holders (Rural Library Training Graduates). Personal members have the right to vote, hold office, and serve on committees.

Student $20.00 _______Student of a recognized library and information technology program from an accredited post-secondary institution or Small Library Operation Certificate Holders (Rural Library Training Graduates). Student members have the right to vote, hold office, and serve on committees.

Associate $40.00 _______Persons who do not qualify as personal members but who have an interest in library technology or information management and in the Alberta Association of Library Technicians (AALT). Associate members have the right to serve on committees. May not vote or hold office.

Institutional $55.00 _______Libraries or persons who employ or who have an interest in library technicians. Institutional members have the right to serve on committees, and appoint an individual to have all other rights of an associate member. May not vote or hold office.

Affiliate $35.00 _______Affiliate members are library or records management related organizations who have a professional interest in library technology or information management or the Alberta Association of Library Technicians (AALT). Where a reciprocal agreement exists a designated representative may vote but not hold office.

Type of Library:

School: Elementary: ______ Jr. High/Middle School: _______ Sr. High: _________

Elementary/Jr. High_______ Jr. High/Sr. High_______ K-12_________

Special: Law: ____ Corporate: _____ Government: _____ Medical: _____

Non-profit: _________ Other: _______________

Other Library Types: Academic: _____ Public: _____ Regional Library System:_________

Other: Records Management: _____ Archives: _____ Alternative Career: ______ Student: ______

Non-Library Environment: _____ Not Currently Employed: _______

Graduate of : _____________________________________________Year: _______________________

Currently a student of: _________________________________________________________________

Would you be interested in running for a Board position? _______________________________

Could you please tell us which union you belong to, if any? __________________________________

Please make your cheque payable to AALT and mail the payment with your completed membership form to:

Alberta Association of Library Technicians

PO Box 700

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2L4

*AALT is an unregistered supplier under section 148 of the GST Act. Membership fees are GST exempt. +For complete explanations of membership rights please consult the Bylaws.

AALT respects and is committed to protecting the privacy of members. The information on this form will be input into the AALT Online

Registration System. Some of the third party online services used by AALT store personal information in their databases. These third party services

have their own privacy policies that may differ from AALT's Privacy Policy. The AALT Online Registration System (ORS) is covered under a

specific agreement between AALT and Count Me In (CMI), the ORS service provider, which includes obligations by the service provider to protect

the privacy of personal information entered into that system. Personal information collected will not be used for any purpose other than by AALT

or otherwise required by law. The information is not to be accessed or used by CMI for any purpose other than to maintain the functionality of the

ORS system. The Privacy Policy of CMI is located at https://www.cmiregistration.com/user/about/privacy.jxp?org=271.


Imagine...AALT Conference 2008

May 1 - 4, 2008

Red Deer Lodge Red Deer, Alberta

2 Keynote speakers, 20 sessions, 4 tours, 2 super sessions, live

banquet entertainment, Vendor Showcase, and networking

opportunities galore!

www.aalt.org/conference

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SubmissionsContest 658.8DO YOU HAVE A STORY TO

TELL?

T h e A A L T T e c h n i c i a n submissions contest is back for a 3rd year! This is your last chance to win a FREE conference 2008 registration package so start now by getting your submission in for the Spring 2008 issue. Deadline is April 10 2008. Contact the Journal Editors at [email protected].

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Immediate Occupancy

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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Let this space work for you!

If you are interested in purchasing advertising space in our journal and on our web

site, please contactCarol Fowler at

[email protected].

AALT

Classifieds...

The AALT Board of Directors would like to thank Laura Morden at Ice Productions in Lethbridge for her video and production expertise on our job profiles project.

MarketingCompany

THANK YOU!

Grant MacEwan & SAIT Student Representatives

Needed for 2008-2009 AALT Board of Directors

Liaise between AALT and the institution, addressing student concerns and issues.

Make valuable contacts and connections as well as obtain great experience.

L o o k s i m p r e s s i v e a n d professional on a resume.

For more information contact [email protected].

T h e A A L T C o n f e r e n c e Committee is hosting a Silent Auction May 1 - 3, 2008. If you would like to donate an item for the auction, please contact [email protected].

SHHHHHHH!

020.23LIBRARY JOB FAIR

SAIT LIT Industry Night March 26, 2008 6:00 - 8:30 pm

MacDonald Hall Heritage Hall Building

SAIT Polytechnic 1301 - 16 Avenue NW, Calgary

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Looking for a job?

We can help!

The AALT job board is YOUR connection to employment. C h e c k u s o u t a t www.aalt.org/communicate/index.php

For more information, contact the Marketing Director at [email protected].

AALT Business Card Holders yours for only $15 plus shipping!

Limited quantities & colours available (black, blue, orange and pink).

Contact [email protected].

BOARD MEETING

Highlights


January 12, 2008 Meeting

The fourth meeting of the 2007-2008 AALT Board was held online in the official AALT Board chatroom on January 12, 2008. The following is a brief overview of business conducted at the meeting.

AALT sponsor the University of Alberta, School of Library and Information Science Professional Day in the amount of $100.00.

It was decided that the board needs to focus on getting people to run for positions and even elect them before the Annual General Meeting so that they can work with the outgoing directors before the Annual General Meeting.

AALT is investigating ways and means of having a paid part-time Executive Director.

Conference planning is in full swing. The Vendor Showcase is filling out nicely and sponsors and silent auction items are being sought. Silent Auction items are to go to Jane Sarsfield.

President-Elect, Michelle Cunningham will be contacting SAIT to co-host the 2nd annual pop and pizza night.

Work is continuing on the AALT brochures.

Future Board meetings are scheduled for April 5 and May 3 in Red Deer.

Two New Faces Join the AALT Board of Directors

MICHELLE SANDLER

President-Elect

I was born in Kingston, Ontario but grew up all over Canada. Currently, I live in Calgary with my husband and12 year old son.

I graduated from the SAIT LIT Program with honors in spring of 2007. I love being a Library

Technician because I get paid to play with books, and in a law library, mostly old books. I really enjoy working in law libraries. In my spare time, I am a part-time writer.

I took on the AALT Board challenge because it sounded interesting and fun, which it has been so far. I look forward to my term on the Board.

...Michelle

P.S. I couldn’t resist submitting this photo of me that was

taken in Fox Glacier, New Zealand with the town cat sitting

in my lap.

REA GOSINE Journal Co-Editor

I graduated from the GMC Library Technician program last spring. I also received my BA in English Literature from

the University of Saskatchewan a few years ago.

I got my first taste of library work in the public system in Ontario before following my friend to Edmonton to take the tech program here. I work at the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) as their Database Co-ordinator & Special Projects person – who knew your Library Technician skills were transferable?

I am a fan of action and sci-fi movies, along with pop

culture trivia and mythology.

...Rea

Directors...BOARD OF

ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF LIBRARY TECHNICIANS

P.O. Box 700, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2L4 www.aalt.org

Member-At-Large

Anne Marie Gazsi E-mail: [email protected]

President

Tamara Abram E-mail: [email protected]

President-Elect

Michelle Sandler E-mail: [email protected]

Conference

Leanne Gosse & Judy RichardsonE-mail: [email protected]

Journal Editors

Jane Sarsfield, Kim Martin & Rea Gosine E-mail: [email protected]

Marketing

Carol Fowler E-mail: [email protected]

Membership

Laura Somerville E-mail: [email protected]

Secretary

Lynda Shurko, Interim Secretary E-mail: [email protected]

Treasurer

Anne Marie Gazsi E-mail: [email protected]

Web Site

Marnie McFarland E-mail: [email protected]

Grant MacEwan

VacantE-mail: [email protected]

SAIT

VacantE-mail: [email protected]

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

AALT Board of Directors 2007 - 2008


DIRECTORS

BOARD APPOINTEE

Dianne Guidera E-mail: [email protected]


Future Dates To Make Note Of...

March April May

February 28 - March 2

Alaska Library

Association Conference Fairbanks, Alaskahttp://www.akla.org/fairbanks2008/

April 10

AALT TechnicianSpring Issue submission [email protected]

Last chance to win a free

AALT 2008 conference

registration! Get those

articles and news items in for

the Submissions Contest.

May 1 - 4

AALT Conference 2008 -

Imagine...Red Deer Lodge, Red Deer, AB


March 30

Early Bird Deadline for

AALT Conference 2008

April 24 - 27

ALC 2008 Conference Jasper Park Lodge Jasper, AB http://albertalibraryconference.com/2008/

May 9

Northern Alberta Health

Libraries Assoc. (NAHLA)

Mini-ConferenceEdmonton, AB http://www.nahla.ca/

March 31

Deadline for AALT

Awards, Conference

Bursary and Professional

Development Bursary

For more information on AALT awards and bursaries visit www.aalt.org

April 30 - May 1

Fast Forward

Educational Media

ShowcaseNorth Vancouver, BC http://www.langara.bc.ca/ffwd/

May 21 - 24

CLA ConferenceVancouver, BC http://www.cla.ca/conference/2008/index.htm

June

June 2 - 6

Polar Library Colloquy

2008Canadian Circumpolar Institute and University of Alberta Libraries Edmonton, AB http://www.library.ualberta.ca/ocs2/index.php/plc/PLC2008

June 17 - 20

Canadian E-Learning

ConferenceCalgary, AB http://www.adeta.org/conference/

Calendar of Events... AALT

April 24 - 27, 2008 ALC 2008 Conference - Reach Out: Step Away from the Desk

Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper, AB http://albertalibraryconference.com/2008/

May 1 - 4, 2008 AALT 2008 Conference - Imagine… Red Deer Lodge, Red Deer, AB


May 21 - 24, 2008 CLA 2008 Conference - Libraries & Publishing 3.0

Vancouver, BC http://www.cla.ca/conference/2008/index.htm

November 6 - 8, 2008 Kaleidoscope 9 Conference - Calgary, AB

April 30 - May 3, 2009 AALT 2009 Conference - Delta Edmonton South, Edmonton, AB

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