Midwinter Meeting
Ben Bizzle on Award-Winning Marketing, Masters Session, 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO – Ben Bizzle will encourage attendees to “Start a Revolution: Stop Acting Like a Library” in an Masters Series session at 2015 Midwinter Meeting from 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31. Compelled to change the perception of the...
LLAMA Midwinter Career Institute explores project management
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CHICAGO — Congratulations, your boss has just handed you a new project. So what do you do now? LLAMA’s latest Career Institute, Project Management for Librarians: Planning for Success, will help you answer that question. The full-day institute will be...
JobLIST Placement Center to host etiquette luncheon during Midwinter Meeting in Chicago
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CHICAGO — The JobLIST Placement Center will host an etiquette luncheon from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, during the Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. This interactive luncheon presentation provides an extensive tutorial on the...
'Stop Running on Empty' session to be held during 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — The JobLIST Placement Center will host a session entitled, "Stop Running On Empty!: How to Build Up Your Physical and Emotional Reserves" from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, during the 2015 Midwinter Meeting in Chicago...
Human Rights Activist, Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2015 Arthur Curley Memorial Lecturer, 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO -- What happened to Islamic reform? Why have al Qaeda and Boko Haram become the faces of contemporary Islam? Why has the Arab Spring devolved into a battle over sharia law? Award-winning human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali believes that ordinary...
Cece Bell, Françoise Mouly, Jeff Smith and Gene Luen Yang in ERT/Booklist Author Forum, 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — Four acclaimed graphic novel authors and artists—Cece Bell, Françoise Mouly, Jeff Smith and Gene Luen Yang—join Booklist Associate Editor Sarah Hunter and Eva Volin, supervising children's librarian for the Alameda Free Library, to dig into...
Ignite Session proposals accepted through Nov. 5 for Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO -- 2015 Midwinter Meeting attendees will have the chance to inspire and entertain colleagues in the popular five-minute "Ignite" sessions, coming to Midwinter Meeting for the first time. Session proposals are accepted at the submissions...
Alice Hoffman, Auditorium Speaker at 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO -- A glance at the scope of award-winning author Alice Hoffman’s work shows why attendees won’t want to miss this Auditorium Speaker at 10-11 a.m.on Saturday, Jan. 31 during the 2015 Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. Hoffman’s books have been...
ALCTS presents its Midwinter Symposium on evolving strategies for collections
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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS) presents “Collection Development Strategies in an Evolving Marketplace: an ALCTS Midwinter Symposium,” a presentation of the ALCTS President’s Program Committee and...
ASCLA hosts consultants and networking luncheon at 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — Tickets are now on sale for a networking luncheon hosted by the Library Consultant’s Interest Group, one of the member interest groups of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), at the American Library...
ASCLA Announces 'Using Comics to Promote Literacy' institute at the 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) will host a noteworthy institute, "Using Comics to Promote Literacy," at the 2015 Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. The event will be held from noon – 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30...
Mick Ebeling Featured Speaker at President’s Program, 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO -- “Say yes first, ask questions later. Commit, then figure it out,” says Mick Ebeling, who promises Midwinter Meeting attendees an inspiring message about finding creative solutions to real-world problems by looking at them differently...
Dr. Cornel West to keynote 2015 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and Sunrise Celebration
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CHICAGO – Internationally renowned intellectual Dr. Cornel West will keynote the 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance and Sunrise Celebration during the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app’s () 2015 Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Chicago. The...
Registration, housing now open for 2015 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits
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CHICAGO — Registration and housing are now open for 2015 Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits in Chicago, Jan. 30-Feb. 3. “The conversation starts here . . . ” every year at Midwinter Meeting, which offers the usual gold-standard networking, updates...
President Courtney Young selects 22 chapters to participate in career development facilitator training
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CHICAGO — °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () President Courtney Young will partner with Chapters to provide training for a national cohort of 22 librarians from a cross section of libraries to become certified Career Development Facilitators (CDF)...
PLA Midwinter Institute features Valerie J. Gross and strategies to redefine the public library
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CHICAGO – The Public Library Association (PLA) is offering a thought-provoking Institute at the 2015 Midwinter Meeting. "Who We Are, What We Do, Why It Matters: Our Distinctive Purpose" will be presented by Valerie J. Gross, president and CEO, Howard...
EBSCO offers five scholarships to librarians attending 2015 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO — The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2015 Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. The meeting takes place Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2015, and offers an opportunity for...
Bundle Registration for 2015 Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference open Sept. 9-30
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CHICAGO — Bundle Registration for 2015 Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference is now open at . Bundling the registration for both conferences saves up to $130, and offers the opportunity to book housing for...
Free recordings of popular sessions from 2014 Midwinter Meeting
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CHICAGO – Recordings of a select group of sessions from 2014 Midwinter Meeting are being made freely available to allow members and others to enjoy, learn, discover or revisit speakers and other events from the Philadelphia meeting. No login is...
urges open access to government websites during government shutdowns
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CHICAGO — At its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibitions in Philadelphia, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () Council, passed a resolution calling for open access to essential information on public websites in the event of a government shutdown. In the...