FLA Events Line

The Foothills Library Association provides the Events Line as a service to the library community, primarily in Calgary, Alberta, and the surrounding area, but also includes events of interest to library workers in the rest of the Prairie Provinces, British Columbia and the North. It is a free service to you can use to advertise your local library’s or library associations’ events.

Although the Events Line service is free and run by volunteers (like the Jobline), your membership fees help to support it. If you are not a member, we encourage you to obtain a $25 yearly membership. More information may be found on the Membership page.

The Events Line lists library related events at the professional, technical, and community levels. It is updated daily as submissions are found or received. To list an event, e-mail the relevant information as text in the body of the message and not as an attachment to events@fla.org. Please note that because of the very high risk of receiving a virus through email attachments, they will not be accepted.

The Foothills Library Association reserves the right to choose whether or not to post events on its Events Line. Please try to include all the necessary information in your events posting as will not be able to contact groups for clarification. For questions about the Events Line, send an e-mail to events@fla.org.

Recent Postings

AALT Conference - Early Bird Extended!

The AlbertaAssociation of Library Technicians’
35th Annual Conference
At the Delta EdmontonSouth from April 30, 2009to May 3, 2009.

The Conference Brochure and AGMpackages are now available online.

Check out our page on the AALT website at
http://www.aalt. org/conference/ index.html

Or contact the Conference Co-Chairs directly at
conference@aalt. org

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AALT 2009 CONFERENCE: Come Celebrate With Us!

Celebrate!
Learning something new about yourself.

Celebrate!
Meeting up with old friends—and new.

Celebrate!
Increasing or improving your job skills.

Come to Edmonton
April 30, 2009 to May 3, 2009

Celebrate!
Our 35th Annual Conference.

Watch our page on the AALT website at
http://www.aalt.org/conference/index.html

Or contact the Conference Co-Chairs directly at conference@aalt.org

Labels: AALT, conference, Edmonton

NetPub @ Netspeed 2008!

Mark your calendars!!!

The Foothills Library Association (FLA), University of Alberta Library and Information Studies Student Alumni Association (LISSAA) and the Greater Edmonton Library Association (GELA) invite you to this popular social event.

Where: Jekyll & Hyde Pub, 10209 100 Avenue, across the street from the Chateau
Lacombe Crowne Plaza (the conference site).

When: Thursday, October 23rd from 5-7pm

Please join us for refreshments, food and fun!

Labels: conference, Edmonton, FLA, Foothills Library Association, GELA, LISAA

Pages: a learning forum on supporting readers through partnerships

You are invited to a premiere –and free!--forum on readers and reading on November 14, 2008.
PAGES is a one-day workshop on supporting readers through partnerships. Providing reader support calls for breadth of knowledge, awareness of available tools, and subtle social skills. Although it is often unnoticed by the reader, this service is an essential element in many reading lives.

We welcome library staff, reviewers, teachers, authors, booksellers, university or college instructors, or a student aspiring to any of these professions, as well as the general public. Please join us as we explore topics on reading, readers, literacy, writing, publishing, and readers' advisory. This is a day to create partnerships with other professionals who actively work with readers.

Featuring keynote speakers Nancy Pearl, librarian and author of Book Lust; and writer/broadcaster Eleanor Wachtel of CBC Radio's Writers & Company.

Date: November 14, 2008, 9-5

Location: Stanley A. Milner Library, Edmonton

Online registration begins September 15. Don't miss your chance to join us!
Check out our website at http://pages.sclibrary.ab.ca/.

Labels: conference, Edmonton, forum

State of the World: Information Infrastructure Construction and Dissemination for Humanities and Social Science Research

State of the World: Information Infrastructure Construction and
Dissemination for Humanities and Social Science Research Conference

University of Alberta, October 3rd to 5th, 2008

Conference admission is free, banquet is $25.

More information and registration at: http://stateoftheworld.ca/index.php

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BC Library Association Conference Announcement

Mark your calendars!

The BC Library Association's Information Policy Committee is pleased to present, "Jumpstarting the Public Sphere: Information Policy in the 21st Century," a conference that will take place in Vancouver at the Vancouver Public Library on October 23-25.

Its purpose is to give librarians and interested community members an overview of pertinent information policy issues such as net neutrality, telecommunications policy, trade agreements, media concentration and intellectual property.

Our keynote speaker will be Michael Geist. Watch for further details. Registration fees will be affordable!

Thank you,

BCLA IPC Conference Committee

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Elena Bianco
Public Services Librarian
Vancouver Community College Library
(604) 443-8652
ebianco@vcc.ca

Labels: BC Library Association, BCLA, conference

Northern Lights Library System Annual Conference: Hooked for Life.

Northern Lights Library System Annual Conference: Hooked for Life.

The conference will be held at the Northern Lights Library System headquarters in Elk Point, Alberta from September 18 – 20, 2008.

This year we are showcasing many great sessions relating to such topics as space planning, volunteer motivation, literacy for life, budgeting for the future, web design, and much more! NLLS also welcomes Margaret Mackey from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. Margaret will be speaking about literacy, play and new media.

Check out the NLLS website at www.nlls.ab.ca for more information and to use our online registration option.

Join us and become Hooked for Life!

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