Archive for July, 2008
Free trial subscription to Global Road Warrior database
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Through our group purchase program, TBLC members are eligible for a discount on Global Road Warrior (www.globalroadwarrior.com), a comprehensive social, cultural and travel database covering 175 countries and territories.
Global Road Warrior signed us up for a FREE trial period to share with our members until Aug. 31. To access the content for the entire site, visit www.globalroadwarrior.com and use the following codes:
User name: grw
Password: madrid
Please note that your subscription to Global Road Warrior will depend on the total number of member libraries that subscribe through TBLC. If you’re interested in a quote, contact Vickie Frost no later than Sept. 5, 2008, at frostv@tblc.org or (813) 622-8252 (ext. 224).
Ask a Librarian hires virtual reference coordinator
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
The Tampa Bay Library Consortium welcomes Traci Avet as the new Ask a Librarian virtual reference coordinator. Traci was with the Palm Beach County Library System for five years before accepting the position with Ask a Librarian.
“Traci has a combination of face-to-face and virtual reference experience that is vital for this position,” said Diana Sachs-Silveira, virtual reference manager for Ask a Librarian. “We’re confident that she’ll go far with Ask a Librarian.”
Born and raised in Houma, La. – a town just south of New Orleans – Traci earned her Master of Arts in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. Her wide range of interests include glass mosaic tiling, sewing, snorkeling, reading and writing. She and her longhaired Chihuahua relocated from West Palm Beach to the Tampa area for this position, and Traci looks forward to exploring the area and getting to know the Ask a Librarian community.
Welcome, Traci!
Member news request for Wavelinks
Monday, July 7th, 2008
We will soon be distributing the July issue of Wavelinks, TBLC’s member newsletter. If you have news and announcements about your library that you would like to appear in the member news section, please email them to Karyn Bardes at bardesk@tblc.org. Photo submissions are encouraged as well.
Please note that the newsletter is only emailed to those of you on our Wavelinks mailing list. Please visit http://lists.tblc.org/mailman/listinfo/wavelinks to start receiving our quarterly newsletter.
Thank you!