TBLC News

Poster Session Applications being accepted until Friday, February 22, 2008.

Applications for presenting poster sessions at the 2008 Florida Library Association Annual Conference at the Tradewinds Resort in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., are now being accepted.  Information and the application form are available here.

If you would prefer to send the application directly, direct information to Matt Torrence at torrence@lib.usf.edu. Please provide the title, author’s name, institutional address, e-mail address, and a 150 word abstract.

If you have any questions regarding the process, please contact Matt Torrence, Chair of the Continuing Education Committee, Florida Library Association, via e-mail at torrence@lib.usf.edu, or by phone at 813-974-2779.

The deadline for submitting an application is Friday, February 22, 2008.  Applicants will be notified by Friday, March 7, 2008, concerning the outcome of the review process.  Poster sessions will be presented April 23 – 25, 2008.  Please note that due to space restrictions, we are not offering roundtable sessions at the 2008 FLA Annual Conference.

The BRASS Dun & Bradstreet Public Librarian Support Award application deadline has been extended to Dec.31, 2007.  Please consider applying for this award.

The D&B Public Librarian Support Award Committee is seeking nominees for this award to be presented at ALA 2008.  The $1,000 award will support attendance at the Annual Conference for a public librarian who has performed outstanding business reference service or programming, and who needs financial assistance to attend the conference.  Click here for additional information.

Applications are to be made in writing to Nelly Somerman (nsomerman@stdl.org), the chair of this standing BRASS committee, by Dec. 31, 2007.

The 2008 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 28, 29, and 30, 2008.

Proposals will be due on or before January 31st, 2008.  Click here for more information.

The Florida Library Youth Program manuals for 2008 and teen posters are now available here. The children’s theme is the Whole Wide World @ My Public Library, with stories and crafts from each continent. For teens, the Technopop section has proven activities that will bring teens into your library.

Youth Services staff are invited to attend the December Florida Library Youth Program workshops. Each participant will receive a handout of over 50 craft ideas and instructions for elementary-school-aged children. Additionally, each participant will choose a professional resource book and a few will also take with them books from the elementary bibliography and puppets representing the continents. The December locations and dates are below. Click here to register. 

Upcoming workshops
Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City (Dec. 3)
Alachua County Library, Gainesville (Dec. 5)
West Regional Library, Jacksonville (Dec. 7)
Polk Community College, Lakeland (Dec. 10)
Central Brevard Public Library, Cocoa (Dec. 12)
Broward County Library, Coral Springs (Dec. 14)
Edison College, Ft. Myers (Dec. 17)

Follow-up information about the 2007 TBLC Annual Meeting is now available. Click here for a summary of David Lee King’s presentation, member highlights, and a link to some great photos.

Thanks to everyone who attended on November 2. We had a great time!