BCLTA WEEKLY BULLETIN – July 10 2009
CONTENTS
Announcements
Featured Grants
Featured Resources
Upcoming Events
Member Information Requests
Advertisements
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- In response to member feedback, the weekly BCLTA Bulletin will soon be circulated on a bi-weekly basis – or less often in the event of little news. Urgent announcements will be issued in between bulletins as required. Also in response to member requests, we will be sending the bulletin as both a formatted .htm attachment and a simplified text version in the body of the email notice.
- City of North Vancouver Receives Three Major Regional Awards for Landmark Library. The new City of North Vancouver Library has received three prestigious regional awards within the past few months. In June, the Library was awarded an EARTH Award from the Building Owners & Managers Association of BC for environmental building practices. In May, the Library was a Merit Award recipient of the 2009 BC Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture; and in April the library received a BC Library Association Merit Award for outstanding achievement in a building project. For a detailed description of the new facility and the full text of the City of North Vancouver press release, please click on the following link: City of North Vancouver Receives Three Major Regional Awards…
- District of North Vancouver Library Workers Ratify First Agreement. The 115 members of CUPE 389 who work at the North Vancouver District Public Library have voted 93% in favour of accepting their first collective agreement. The contract includes provisions for wage increases of 3.5% retroactive to January 1, 2009, 4% on January 1, 2010 and 4% on January 1, 2011. The agreement retains existing health and welfare benefits and, effective January 1, 2010, adds group life insurance. The library board ratified the agreement at its regular meeting on July 9. To view the full text of the CUPE BC press release, please click on the following link: North Vancouver Library Workers Ratify First Agreement…
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FEATURED GRANTS
- Has your library taken advantage of a grant or funding program you’d like to pass along to the rest of the trustee community? If so, please contact Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org with the details.
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FEATURED RESOURCES
- Check out the new Board Liability Insurance page on the BCLTA website for a brief summary of library board insurance requirements and recommendations.
- Have you been thinking recently about bringing wireless networking capability to your library, but are unsure of the whats, the hows and the wherefors? Already hooked up, but worried about how to offer wireless support to your patrons? Have a look at WebJunction’s Guide to Wireless Networking for the answers to these questions and more...
- Do you have an interest in a particular library topic or service and want to connect with others who share your passion? Check out the Groups on WebJunction page to locate and join existing groups (e.g., Bookmobiles, Digital History Projects, Green Libraries, Library 2.0, Tough Times, Trustee Roles and Responsibilities, etc.) or learn how to create your own.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
- July 22 – Free WebJunction Webinar: Living Libraries, Understanding Diversity
Join us for a free one-hour webinar, Living Library Project: Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. The Living Library is a unique event that brings together people who have special interests, beliefs or experiences to share their personal story with members of the community. In this innovative program, participants can "check out" Living Books for a personal conversation. Join project leads Rebecca Judd from Kitsap Regional Library System (WA), and Julie MacDonald and Rachel Foyt from Santa Monica Public Library (CA). Hear how they planned and implemented the project in their libraries, and find out how you can create a Living Library in your community. For more project information, read this BlogJunction post from last fall. Register for the webinar…
- October 1 – BC Library Reception at UBCM
As in years past, BCLTA and partners (BCLA and ABCPLD) will host a Library Reception in conjunction with the annual Union of BC Municipalities Convention. This year's reception will be held at the Vancouver Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in the MacKenzie Room from 4:30-6:30 pm. This is an excellent opportunity for members of the library community to meet informally with UBCM delegates from around BC and to celebrate local government support of public libraries. We welcome all UBCM delegates and members of the library community to join us. If you would like additional information about the reception please contact admin@bclta.org.
BCLTA welcomes the submission of upcoming events of interest to trustees. Please send notice to Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org to have your event included in next week’s bulletin.
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MEMBER INFORMATION REQUESTS
- BCLTA is looking to update its Strategic Planning Resources webpage at www.bclta.org. Please contact Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org if you have experience with a project consultant who provided excellent facilitation of your strategic planning process – or if you know of, and would recommend to other library boards, a company or person working in this field.
- BCLTA is interested in gathering examples of small library budgets to establish a best-practices repository for member use. If you would be willing to share your budget for use as an example, please contact Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org. Anonymized budget documents are welcome.
Do you have an information need, issue or concern you’d like to put to the larger trustee community? If so, consider submitting a member information request to Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org. Often our best resource is each other!
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ADVERTISEMENTS
Advertising in BCLTA’s Open Door newsletter, weekly member bulletin and website is now available to businesses, consulting firms and others who provide goods and services of interest to library trustees and public libraries. Please contact Errin Morrison at execdirector@bclta.org for information on BCLTA advertising criteria and pricing.
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