From TLA:
Recent budget cuts have precipitated reductions in staff for every kind of library across Texas. Thousands of librarians now find themselves unemployed or underemployed, even as hundreds of new library school graduates enter the field for the first time. How will you position yourself to succeed in this new environment? Five experts in library [...]
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We’re organizing our Volunteer Signup online this year for the CTLS Booth at Texas Library Association Conference in April (13, 14, 15). These are one-hour shifts in the Exhibitor Hall where you would help a CTLS staff member meet and greet TLA participants, and talk about CTLS services that are useful to your library. If you’re coming to the [...] TLA released its 2×2 Reading List for 2011. Lots of great books here, and even better, the titles on the 2×2 lists are paired with simple ACTIVITIES (pdf) to make reading together even more fun. Here are the activities as LABELS (pdf) to put inside book covers. Thanks to the 2×2 Committee for putting this together! It’s a bit gloom and doom for library services. The State Library emphasized that this is only a starting point (like, worst case scenario) and TLA emphasized that we still have time to fight to keep these services alive, but here is a breakdown of the proposed budget cuts republished from TLA’s Texline (thanks, Gloria!): I. Proposed Budget Demolishes Statewide Library [...] TLA has launched a survey to gather information from libraries about their utilization of HB 2128 discounts. What is the HB 2128 discount? Good question. It is a telecommunications discount program for libraries, schools, institutions of higher education, and hospitals that was created in 1995. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) oversees this program, which specifies that telecommunications [...] Clara at TLA Tale Tellers at TLA Congratulations to Clara Mounce for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award this April at the Texas Library Association Conference in San Antonio! A well-deserved honor. And congratulations also goes to West Public Library, which was awarded the Library Project of the Year. Great job and great storytelling, Nancy and [...] |
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