Training opportunity in Wyoming County

Do you live in Wyoming County??

Lindsay Stratton and Heidi Jensen from the Pioneer Library System will be hosting a 'Holdings Maintenance Overview' at the Perry Public Library on Wednesday, November 19th from 10 - 12:30pm. This is open to anyone who uses Workflows.
A description of the workshop is as follows:
Holdings Maintenance Overview presents holdings maintenance theory and procedure in context. We will cover: basics of the OWWL database and bibliographic records, item search, adding and editing item records, policies and best practices for new holdings, ways to maintain a clean item database.

Please sign up today on the PLS calendar of events located at www.pls-net.org

Get Angry... PLEASE!

[from Mike Borges, NYLA]

Dear Library Advocate, I want you to get really angry, I mean really fed
up with the way libraries and library systems are being treated by the
State of New York. The NYS Division of Budget has proposed a $20
million cut, that's right the largest cut ever in Library Aid, a 20%
reduction in funding, that no other educational institutions are being
asked to bear, to resolve the state's deficit for fiscal year 2008-09.

This cut will be devastating to library services throughout the state,
no library or system will go unscathed, if this happens layoffs may
occur, services will be curtailed or costs passed onto to local
libraries and their patrons.

I urge you to go our website www.nyla.org immediately and click on
Contact Your Elected Official button to send a letter to your state
legislator opposing this proposed cut that the Legislature will consider
when they return to Albany on November 18th for a special session. The
letter is editable so you may include your own comments about how
libraries are essential in your community, how library systems save your
library money and provide vital services. Or call/visit your
legislators in person if possible between now and next Tuesday.

The library community needs to act now in a strong, aggressive and
united fashion in order to prevent this outrageous proposal from
becoming reality.

HELP HELP HELP

Ok Everyone,
we really need more people to go to Albany with us next Tuesday to
protest the latest round of cuts. Gov. Paterson just released his new
proposal which includes cutting another $20 million in library aid from
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET! That means a yearly allocation of $78.5 million,
rather than the $101 million we were promised. It puts us back to 1998
levels.
UNACCEPTABLE!
Please join us on Tuesday! We need to fill up the halls of the
Legislative Office Building and make a lot of noise. The Rally starts at
1pm and should be over by 2pm. We have cars leaving from several
locations around the system, so we can make it pretty convenient for
you. Bring family, friends, neighbors too!

Wisconsin librarians boogie

Wisconsin librarians boogie to victory with book carts

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Librarians shook out their buns and dusted off their dancing shoes to compete in the Wisconsin Book Cart Drill Team competition.
The Baraboo Bookers took first prize Friday at the Wisconsin Library Association's annual conference.
Teams of librarians created short choreographed dances and rocked out with their book carts.
The Baraboo Public Library team danced to the rock 'n' roll classic "Born to be Wild" with four carts and a dolly.
They competed against the Mad City truckers, graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who used an Indiana Jones-themed routine.
The Baraboo team advances to the national competition in Chicago next summer and also gets a $250 gift certificate.

Library Journal Nominations

Did you know that the magazine....Library Journal (LJ)is NOT just for directors and staff with an MLS degree? I say this because LJ gives a 'Paraprofessional' award each year. YES I didn't mistype. This is to honor a 'Paraprofessional' - also known as a Library Assistant or Support Staff member. Below is the information - Just thought I would share that there is information out there for Support staff. Thanks!

Way to go Library Journal!!

Paraprofessional of the Year Nomination Guidelines

Deadline: January 19, 2009

Library Journal will honor one support staffer with its tenth annual Paraprofessional of the Year award in its March 1, 2009, issue. Sponsored by Brodart Library Supplies & Furnishings, which underwrites the $1500 cash prize and a reception to honor the winner at the American Library Association conference in June, the award recognizes the essential role of paraprofessionals, now the largest constituency of library workers, in providing excellent library service. It places special emphasis on the efforts of the winner to further the role of paraprofessionals in the library profession. The winner will be profiled in the March 1 issue of LJ.

Nominating criteria

The criteria for LJ's Paraprofessional of the Year are excellence in performing their job, including contribution(s) enabling the library to best serve its constituents and/or its community (whether town, college/university, school, or corporation), the encouragement of reading and the use of the library's resources, a commitment to free access to information for all, and the candidate's work to build networks, organizations, and/or groups to back excellence in library work and new career paths for support staff, and improved communication and the breaking down of barriers between support staff and the MLS librarians with whom they work. Nominating letters should name the candidate and describe in 500 words or less why the nominee deserves the award. Supporting letters and accompanying material will be considered, but the nominating letter itself will be of prime importance.

Nominations may be e-mailed to akim@reedbusiness.com.

Nominations sent through regular mail should be addressed to:

Ann Kim
c/o Library Journal
360 Park Avenue South.
New York, NY 10010.

Please note: the postmark deadline for all nominations is Monday, January 19, 2009.

Library Manager Position available

Library Manager Position Available ~
Bristol Library

The Bristol Library is currently accepting resumes for Library
Manager. Bristol is a small community in Ontario County, serving 2400
people. The library is open 28.5 hours, 6 days a week with an annual
circulation of 19,000. The collection of over 11,000 items is fully
automated and the library has 3 public access computers.

This position is for 26 hours a week consisting of day, evening and
weekend hours.

The Library Manager is responsible for carrying out library functions
and administrative tasks. This includes, among other duties, hiring and
supervision of personnel, oversight of building maintenance and repairs,
planning and carrying out library programs, ordering materials,
providing reference services, library technology management, grant
writing, community relations, preparing budget for board approval and
delegating work responsibilities. The Library Manager is also expected
to attend continuing education workshops and professional meetings.

Minimum qualification for the job is a bachelors degree or equivalent
experience.

Library experience preferred.

Salary for this position will be determined on education and experience;
with a starting base of $11.00 per hour.

Please send a resume and references to the following email address
bristollibrarydirector@pls-net.org
<mailto:bristollibrarydirector@pls-net.org>. Deadline for submittals is
at the close of business hours on November 21,2008.

Don't forget!

Don't forget to Vote today!

This has nothing to do with being a library assistant ~
It just has to do with being a US citizen.

Thanks!