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Florida Library Association's One Book One State

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on January 7, 2012 - 9:54am

Good Afternoon Colleagues,

 

My name is Gene Coppola and I am the Chairman of the Leadership Development Committee of FLA.

 

In late 2011, Florida Library Association President Gloria Colvin announced the selection of Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding under Any Conditions by John P. Kotter as the inaugural “One Book, One State”program for 2012.  This is one of the Committee initiatives to create statewide "Leadership Legacy" programs.

 

This particular program provides a way “to create a network of activities and conversations about leadership throughout the state,” in the words

FLA Conference 2012 Poster Presentation Call For Proposals

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on January 3, 2012 - 11:55am

Call for Poster Proposals: FLA Annual Conference, April 18-20, 2012

The FLA Continuing Education committee invites proposals for posters to be exhibited during the FLA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. To learn more about the conference, please go to the conference page: http://www.flalib.org/conference_2012.php.

We encourage proposals for posters related to the program theme "Florida Libraries- Vibrant and Vital” chosen by current FLA president Gloria Colvin.

Florida Library Day, February 1, 2012

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on December 9, 2011 - 11:43am

Florida Library Day is fast approaching!  Our opportunity to come together to advocate for our libraries will be held February 1st. If you have never participated in Library Days, now is your chance!  It is a great time to network with others from around the state, spend quality time with folks from your own library, see the legislature in action and get lots of exercise trekking up and down the hills of Tallahassee and halls of government.

If you have not yet filled out a registration form for Library Day, the form can be found on the FLA website listed below.

PBCLA Inaugural FLA Registration Scholarship Official Rules

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on December 7, 2011 - 1:11pm

PBCLA Scholarship for FLA Annual Conference Details

One entry per PBCLA member. PBCLA board members excluded. Participants must be a current PBCLA member at the time of the drawing. We will be raffling 4 total scholarships – 2 of these to a regular member, 1 to a student member, and 1 to a first time FLA Conference attendee. If there are no student members, or first time attendees present, the remaining scholarships will go to regular members.

FLA Poster Presentation Proposal

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on December 5, 2011 - 4:10pm

Call for Poster Proposals: FLA Annual Conference, April 18-20, 2012

 

The FLA Continuing Education committee invites proposals for posters to be exhibited during the FLA Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. To learn more about the conference, please go to the conference page: http://www.flalib.org/conference_2012.php.

 

We encourage proposals for posters related to the program theme "Florida Libraries- Vibrant and Vital” chosen by current FLA president Gloria Colvin.

PBCLA Winter Quarterly Meeting Update

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on November 30, 2011 - 5:45pm

We are pleased to announce the date and location of our Winter Quarterly Meeting! The date is January 19th, 2012 and the event will be held at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth campus from 2-5pm. Our topic is The iPatron: Using Technology to Stay Connected to Your Patrons. This will be a panel presentation followed by a hands on technology petting zoo. If you are interested in demonstrating an emerging technology please contact us. There will also be a member’s only drawing where 4 winners will have their FLA 2012 Conference registration paid for!

ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship Program

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on November 14, 2011 - 8:47am

At its November 4 meeting, FLA’s Executive Board approved the donation of $250 to ALA’s Spectrum Scholarship Program.

 

FLA members are encouraged to contribute personally to the Spectrum initiative as well as to FLA’s own scholarship program. FLA offers three graduate and two undergraduate scholarships each year to those attending Florida schools.

 

The American Library Association is continuing its efforts to raise more than a million dollars for the Spectrum Scholarship Program which will support master's-level scholarships, provide two $25,000 doctoral scholarships, and increase the

Community Leaders Invited to Focus Group on LSTA Long Range Plan

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on November 1, 2011 - 3:37pm

Dear Community Leader,

 

We invite you or your representative to participate in a focus group about the best way to meet the information and learning needs of Florida residents and the government and community agencies that serve them. 

 

The Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services receives federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to be used to help Florida libraries meet the information and learning needs of the residents of Florida.

Share Your Online Presentation Skills at the 2012 FLA Conference

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on October 28, 2011 - 10:44am

Are you great at presenting online? Got all the skills and tricks for making a webinar or class just as good as face-to-face? Do you use Prezi, the presentation program in the cloud?

 

FLA Conference Planners want to provide a sixty minute program on these topics at the 2012 conference in Orlando, April 18 – 20. If you are interested and think you have the appropriate skills and experience, please send me a brief (one page max) proposal with:

 

Program title

Program description

Your name, organization  and contact information

Name, organization and contact information for any other speakers for the

Osceola County Schedules Meetings for Library Privatization Discussion

Submitted by briandelraylibrarian
on October 22, 2011 - 9:32am

Osceola County Schedules Meetings for Library Privatization Discussion

The Osceola County Board of County Commissioner’s is considering privatizing Osceola County Public Library to Library Systems and Services LLC (LSSI), a for profit library management company based in Maryland.  Several public meetings have been scheduled on this issue and it has been suggested that the Commission will likely take up the proposed LSSI contract on November 7 or 14.
 
Public Hearings Schedule
 
-  October 25 – 6:30 – 8 pm – St. Cloud Sr. Center, 17th Street, St.
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