The 2012 annual C&U Spring meeting with S&I, “Connected & Collaborating: Nebraska Libraries” will be held Friday, May 18th at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska.

We are looking for presenters for the break-out session (50 minutes) and the always exciting Lighting Round session (multiple presenters, 8-10 minutes each).
If you are interested in presenting at the Spring meeting, email your proposal to Marcia Dority Baker, mdoritybaker2@unl.edu

Proposals should include: your contact info, presentation type (breakout session or lighting round), and a brief summary of the presentation (1-2 paragraphs). Any questions about Spring meeting presentations can be emailed to mdoritybaker2@unl.edu as well. Presentation proposals are due by February 20th.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Marcia Dority Baker
C&U Chair

Spotlight! on NLM Resources -Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 1:00 Mountain Time, 2:00 Central Time -NLM Digital Resources

This Spotlight! session focusing on National Library of Medicine Digital Resources, will be presented by Marty Magee. It will include such resources as Turning the Pages, and History of Medicine Resources, tutorials and much more! Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE.

Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated).
URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone, Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in. Captioning will be provided. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

Thanks so much for saving February 27, 2012 in order to attend the Nebraska Library Association Library Advocacy Day. Registration is now open at

http://nebraskalibraries.org/legislationadvocacy/advocacy-day/

We are very pleased to have our state library commissioners attending and speaking on advocacy at the morning briefing. Volunteer recognition nominees are rolling in.

This will be a doubly exciting year for Advocacy Day, as the Nebraska League of Municipalities Winter Conference is February 27 & 28th at the Cornhusker. Please use this opportunity to invite your Mayor or other city official to have lunch with you and your senator on the 27th. The NLA Legislative Committee and the Regional Library Systems are currently planning to have a booth in the exhibit area during the conference.

The Senators have been invited by email and by snail mail. If you would like to pay for your senator’s meal, please include that on your registration form.

Please let me know if you have any questions, I will be happy to help. The weather, of course, will be a balmy Nebraska February day . . .

The Nebraska Library Commission’s 21st Century Librarian program offers support for student internships through grants to accredited public libraries. In partnership with the Nebraska Library Association and funded through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, the internship grants increase awareness about library professions and education and the opportunities for employment in Nebraska libraries. So, what can your library do with the internship program?

* Share your enthusiasm for library education and the library profession.
* Expand your programming.
* Bring in fresh faces.
* Show interns what happens behind-the-scenes.
* Partner with other library types to show the variety of work settings.

Internship grants range from $500 to $1,000. A library may provide one 100-hour internship during the summer months that might last eight weeks, or two 50-hour internships during the school year that might last ten weeks, depending on the needs of the library and the scheduling needs and qualifications of the internship candidates. Library grantees will recruit, select, and hire their interns. Usually, interns are hired as contract workers and paid on a stipend rather than an hourly wage, but the terms of employment are determined by the library’s governing body experiences. Interns provide valuable assistance with library service activities and local library programming. Library staff help introduce interns to the joys of library service careers.

Applications are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15, 2012. More information is available on the Now Hiring @ your library© website.

The Paraprofessional Section is currently offering a limited number of scholarships to Para members to attend NLA Advocacy Day (formerly known as Legislative day), Feb. 27. We are hoping to encourage Paras to be more active in government issues and make them aware of how legislative issues can affect libraries. For more information on Advocacy day, click here.

The scholarship recipients will be asked to submit a brief statement about their experience at Advocacy Day. The statements will be posted to the Para Facebook page and blog.

If you are interested submit a request to jennifer.wrampe@nebraska.gov by Feb. 1, please include your name, address, email, phone, and library affiliation.

Colleagues -

Please take a few moments to consider signing this petition.

Thanks,
Robin Clark,
NLA Legislative Committee Chair

Dear Colleagues,Carl Harvey, 2011-2012 AASL president, has initiated a White House petition on school libraries, which specifically petitions the Obama administration to “ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program.” 25,000 signatures are required in order for this petition to be viewed by White House staff, no later than February 4, 2012. Please take a few seconds to sign this petition, spread the word to your member groups, ask your colleagues and library supporters in your circles to sign on, and spread the word via Facebook, Twitter and other channels! The url is: http://wh.gov/Wgd . A few things of note: * We’ve heard that the petition software is temperamental. If you cannot sign in on your first attempt, please log out and log back in. Or, try a different web browser, or as a last resort, try a different computer. * This petition should not be confused with a petition begun in 2011. * White House petitions must be authored by individuals, not any association. Therefore, Carl has introduced this petition as an individual, not as a representative of AASL or ALA.

Thank you,Marci Merola Marci Merola, DirectorOffice for Library AdvocacyAmerican Library Association50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL, 60611312.280.2431; 800.545.2433, x2431mmerola@ala.org Visit www.ilovelibraries.org

The 2012 annual C&U Spring meeting with S&I will be held Friday, May 18th at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska.

We are looking for presenters for the break-out session (50 minutes) and the always exciting Lighting Round session (multiple presenters, 8-10 minutes each).

If you are interested in presenting at the Spring meeting, email your proposal to Marcia Dority Baker, mdoritybaker2@unl.edu Proposals should include: your contact info, presentation type (breakout session or lighting round), and a brief summary of the presentation (1-2 paragraphs). Any questions about Spring meeting presentations can be emailed to mdoritybaker2@unl.edu as well.

We look forward to hearing from you!

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ is a new series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of library associations and library schools working with new professionals, and groups by and for librarians. The free webinars are presented by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group in partnership with ALA.

Below, the date and time of the first webinar. No charge-Free!

January 17, 2011
2:00 p.m. CST
3:00 p.m. EST
8:00 p.m. CET
7:00 a.m. EDT (next day)
World Clock

Registration: https://ala.ilinc.com/register/cjfbvxz

Speakers:

Dr. Alex Byrne, New South Wales State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library NSW in Australia. IFLA President 2005-2007. Highlighting the topics: LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

Janice Lachance, J.D., CEO of the Special Libraries Association. Featuring a model of a library association’s work with new professionals in various regions of the globe.

JP Porcaro, Head of Library Acquisitions and Technological Discovery at New Jersey City University. Co-founder of ALA Think Tank, and originator of the Make It Happen philosophy for librarians. Featuring a group by and for librarians.

Future webinars

Come back to this page and stay tuned for announcements of future webinars. Speakers featured in upcoming webinars include:

Kay Raseroka, IFLA President 2003-2005
Maureen Sullivan, ALA President Elect
Barbara Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, ALA President 1997-1998
Jukka Pennanen and Mace Ojala, Cycling for Libraries
Rachel Bickley, LIS New Professionals Network

The series explore useful topics to help new professionals at various stages of their career, including:

· LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?
· Mentoring and best practices including pros and cons of different approaches like peer-to-peer, and classical mentor-mentee relationships.
· How to develop leadership skills as a new professional: programs, mentoring, learning by doing. Working abroad, leaving your home country.
· Continuing Professional Development for new professionals, how to stay up to date from the very start even if conditions at work (funding/permission to attend conferences, support with writing articles, etc.) are not the best.

The webinars will be recorded and made available at a later date.

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator of the series
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

Please circle February 27, 2012 on your calendar for the Nebraska Library Association Advocacy Day! (Which used to be called Legislative Day, yep it has been changed . . .)
We’d like to recognize your special library volunteer at Advocacy Day. The 2012 Legislative (soon to be called Advocacy) Committee would like stories and pictures of your favorite volunteer before January 31, 2012. This is a wonderful way  to share with our senators and other libraries the difference community involvement makes in a library.
An important note is that the volunteers selected are invited and expected to attend Advocacy Day and be recognized by their senator or his/her staff. The cost of the volunteer’s and one guest’s meal is paid by NLA. Please send us a paragraph or two about why your volunteer deserves to be recognized. We’d love to have a wide variety of applicants, so let’s hear your stories!
Send submissions to robin.r.clark@gmail.com.
Thanks!

The NMRT Resume Review Service (RRS) Committee is looking for volunteers to review resumes and greet participants at the Resume Review Service Booth for the ALA 2012 Midwinter Conference located in Dallas, TX!

The location of the Placement Center for Midwinter 2012 is yet to be determined, but our services will be available from 9 am – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday, January 21-22, 2012.

Volunteers usually work one or two hour shifts. You will be asked to greet and sign-up ALA members interested in getting their resumes reviewed. For more information see the Volunteer Guidelines: http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com/Conference+Volunteers or feel free to contact nmrtrrs@yahoo.com for more information.

To volunteer, please fill out either the Resume Reviewer form at http://bitly.com/rLtCsD or the Booth Greeter volunteer form http://bitly.com/tYH1Bp. We hope to have at least two greeters and four resume reviewers per shift.

The schedules of Resume Reviewers and Booth Greeters are available on the Committee’s Wiki: http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com.

This is a fun way to meet, talk, and network with people from all over the country!

Want more details on the RRS & what we do? Please visit us at the NMRT Resume Review Service Web Site:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/resreview/resumereview.cfm or http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com.

Hope to see you there!
Jodie Borgerding
NMRT Resume Review Service Committee