TBLC News

Friday, November 7, 2008
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Crowne Plaza
10221 Princess Palm Ave.
Tampa, FL 33610
$30 (includes breakfast & lunch; vegetarian options will be available)

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We are thrilled to announce that Michael Stephens, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual meeting, the theme of which is “Libraries are not made; they grow.”

Michael writes Tame the Web, a blog about libraries, technology and people, and how they intersect. He also collaborates with Michael Casey on The Transparent Library, a monthly Library Journal column about how to bring the concepts of Library 2.0 into the library. Michael is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill.

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Effective Oct. 1, 2008, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library has withdrawn from the Reciprocal Borrowing program (Bruton Memorial Library and Temple Terrace Public Library are still fully participating). We surveyed our participating libraries to find out who will continue to extend Reciprocal Borrowing privileges to Tampa-Hillsborough’s residents.

Click here to see the results. 

SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, November 7, 2008
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Crowne Plaza
10221 Princess Palm Ave.
Tampa, FL 33610

We are thrilled to announce that Michael Stephens, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual meeting, the theme of which is “Libraries are not made; they grow.”

Michael writes Tame the Web, a blog about libraries, technology and people, and how they intersect. He also collaborates with Michael Casey on The Transparent Library, a monthly Library Journal column about how to bring the concepts of Library 2.0 into the library. Michael is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill.

More details coming soon. Visit our Annual Meeting page for updates.

TBLC will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in observance of Labor Day.

We hope you all enjoy the holiday! 

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, which they have extended until Sept. 30. To access the content for the entire site, visit www.globalroadwarrior.com and use the following codes:

User name: grw
Password: baker

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. 30, 2008, at frostv@tblc.org or (813) 622-8252 (ext. 224).

We regretfully announce that Michelle Oleson has resigned from her member services assistant position with TBLC. She recently earned her master’s degree in library and information science and has accepted a wonderful new job as the web/digital services librarian at Salisbury University in Maryland. Although we will miss Michelle’s presence in the office, she has agreed to handle our web programming and development on a long-distance contract basis.

Best of luck, Michelle!

Please direct any questions to Beth Farmer at farmerb@tblc.org or (813) 622-8252 (ext. 228).

Through our group purchase program, TBLC members are eligible for a discount on Morningstar Investment Research Center (www.morningstar.com), which provides independent and in-depth recommendations and research on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds in an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand format.

Morningstar signed us up for a FREE trial period to share with our members until Sept. 15, 2008. To access, visit http://library.morningstar.com/Membership/setup.html and use the following codes:

User name: tampabay
Password: library

Please note that the cost of your subscription to Morningstar 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. 20, 2008, at frostv@tblc.org or (813) 622-8252 (ext. 224).

Nominations are now open for TBLC’s 2008 Library Champion Award.

The TBLC Library Champion Award recognizes elected or appointed officials in any level of government who have demonstrated exceptional support for and attention to libraries.

The 2007 recipient was Sen. Mike Fasano of New Port Richey.  In the past, we have also honored local officials including Rick Baker, Mayor of St. Petersburg, and Bob English, a Polk County Commissioner.

Voting representatives of any TBLC member library and the TBLC executive director may nominate someone for the Library Champion Award.  The TBLC Board of Directors will review all nominations and select the recipient. 

To nominate an elected or appointed official for this award, send an email to Charlie Parker at cparker@tblc.org by August 22, 2008, with “Library Champion Nomination” in the subject line.  Please include two to three paragraphs about why you believe your favorite official should receive this recognition.

The July 2008 issue of Wavelinks (our member newsletter) is now available for your reading pleasure here. A link to a PDF version of the newsletter is available on the “Welcome” page, or by clicking here.

Enjoy!

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).