Friday, January 24, 2014

ALA Midwinter 2014 - Philadelphia

While the weather outside is chilly...the information is warmly and freely flowing inside the Philadelphia Convention Center.   Today my colleague Sue and I participated in the training session for the Smart Investing @ Your Library grantees.  We are looking forward to hitting the ground running in March.  ICfL's pilot project will focus on enhancing the financial literacy for staff in 12 south central Idaho libraries which in turn the financial literacy outreach efforts of those libraries will be supported for one year following the training in their individual communities.

In Cognotes today two highlights.  There is free content on public awareness available for librarians to use.  Content targets teens, parents and kids, seniors, job seekers and many others.   Content is available under the Creative Commons license that allows libraries to repurpose content in either online or offline formats.  Check it out at www.atyourlibrary.org

The website was launched with funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York with additional support from the Disney Book Group.

ALA with assistance from Innovative Interfaces is sponsoring th 2014 ALA Leadership Institute for 40 mid career librarians in August 2014.  Led by ALA Past President Maureen Sullivan and ACRL Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss, the Institute will help future leaders develop and practice their leadership skills in areas critical to the future of the libraries they lead.

Last year, Natalie Nation, branch Diector at Silverstone Branch of Meridian Library District, participated in the Institute and has rave reviews of her experience.  "It has given me the confidence to take on new challenges that I would have never considered prior to the Institute."   Natalie used the 1st time conference attendee grant to defray costs of attending.  Details and guidelines for applying can be found at www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/ala-leadership-institute

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