The Alberta Readers' Choice Award committee is pleased to announce its five jurors: the Honourable Tommy Banks, Senator, musician and longtime broadcaster; well-known Alberta author Fil Fraser; Red Deer Mayor, Morris Flewwelling; independent bookseller, Simone Lee; and bookstore owner and literacy advocate, LaurieGreenwood. The five jurors will select the final five titles from the current top ten list, which were voted on byAlberta librarians. The final list of five will then be subject to a public vote, during March and April, to determine the winner. Each of the jurors has been encouraged to choose a title to champion during the public voting phase. The $10,000 cash award is one of the largest literary awards in Canada and will be announced at the Book Publishers Association of Alberta Awards Gala on May 14, 2010 in Edmonton.

The 10 shortlisted titles as selected by Alberta librarians:

• The Frog Lake Reader by Myrna Kostash, published by NeWest Press
• Crossing the Swell by Tori Holmes, published by Rocky Mountain Books
• In Bed with the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics by Daniel Coleman,published by University of Alberta Press
• 100 Years of Anne with an "e": The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables Edited by Holly Blackford, published by University of Calgary Press
• The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockiesby Samuel Fay, published by Rocky Mountain Books
• The Weekender Effect Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns by Robert Sandford, published by Rocky Mountain Books
• Fishing for Bacon by Michael Davie, published by NeWest Press
• Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media by Chantal Allan, published by AU Press
• Fifth World Drum by Anna Marie Sewell, published by Frontenac House
• Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross, published by Freehand Books

The Alberta Readers' Choice Award is presented by the Edmonton Public Library, in partnership with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta.

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The students of the University of Alberta School of Library & Information Studies are pleased to invite Librarians from the Foothills Library Association to the 2010 Forum for Information Professionals (formerly Professional Development Day).

This one-day conference will be held on Friday, February 5, 2010, at the School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS) on the University ofAlberta campus. The theme of the conference is Back to our Roots: For Foundations, For the Future. Rory Litwin will be the keynote speaker.

Registration is free before January 31st, 2010. Please register through the event webpage at http://www.ualberta.ca/~lissa1/fip/. (Late registrations can be made at the event for $20. Receipts provided.)

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Each year, the Foothills Library Association offers funding to its members in the form of a Conference Travel Grant of up to $500.00. The purpose of this grant is to assist those FLA members with limited or no access to funding to attend a library conference related to their work. The grant may be applied to cover conference fees or the cost of accommodation and travel to the conference.

Guidelines, additional information and access to the application form can be found here:
http://www.fla.org/grant.php Members must complete the application form prior to January 31 in order to qualify for funding during the current year.

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Attention Calgary AALT Members! Join us on December 29th for Zoo Lights at the Calgary Zoo. Bring your family (or just yourself!) and meet up with members of the board and other AALT members. We will meet at the North Gate around 6:30 pm and will begin the light extravaganza at 6:45 pm.

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for... children. Parking is included!

Visit http://www.calgaryzoo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=287 for more information.

Comment to RSVP or send a message to membership@aalt.org.

Hope to see you there!

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Please join the Foothills Library Association Special Bylaw Meeting.

This event will be held on Tuesday December 15, 2009.
Time: 7:00pm.
Location: 3508 Underhill Drive NW.

Please RSVP to flarsvp@fla.org by Dec. 11, 2009.
There is no charge for this event.


We know this is a busy time of year, but your support is critical to the future of the FLA.
For your review, here are the revised bylaws we will be voting on. Our current bylaws are here.

Thank you to Jerremie and Rita to for kindly hosting this event.

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We are pleased to invite you to a very dynamic Lunch Symposium with T. Scott Murray,
one of Canada's leading experts in Literacy. After his talk, Scott will be engaged in conversation
by Janet Lane of Literacy Alberta and Michael Bopp of the Four Worlds Centre for
Development Learning. We hope that this symposium will launch an on-going discussion
in Calgary on an important and timely issue.

We look forward to seeing you at the John Dutton Theatre in the Central Library at
12:00 pm on Monday, November 23rd.

More information on the event can be found at the Calgary Public Library Web site:
http://blog.calgarypubliclibrary.com/blogs/cplnews/archive/2009/11/02/health-literacy-the-whole-community-approach.aspx

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to shauna.may@calgarypubliclibrary.com or
by calling 403-260-2664.

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You are invited to attend the:

Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association Annual General Meeting
Thursday, October 29, 2009
6:00-6:45 pm
Library Administration Boardroom, G201, Mount Royal University (on second floor near West Gate entrance)

Refreshments will be provided.

If you are planning to attend the AGM, please RSVP to sahla.members@gmail.com by Friday, October 23.

The meeting will be followed by a screening of the documentary, “Hollywood Librarian" <http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/> from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm in the Mount Royal Library viewing room. Admission is free for SAHLA members and $5 for non-SAHLA members. All proceeds will go to the One Laptop per Child program (http://laptop.org/en/).

Evening parking is available for $4. Details on parking can be found at: http://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/TransportationParking/ParkingRates/index.htmSeveral Calgary Transit routes also serve the campus.

Elections for the 2009-2010 SAHLA executive will take place at the AGM. Nominations are currently sought for the following positions:

• Vice-president
• Secretary
• Treasurer

Nominations may be forwarded to sahla.members@gmail.com prior to the meeting. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor during the meeting.

You will also have the opportunity to renew your annual SAHLA membership at the meeting for $15. Membership forms are available on the SAHLA website: http://www.chla-absc.ca/sahla/

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cari Merkley, Secretary, at sahla.members@gmail.com.

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