The Georgia Library Association and Georgia Public Library Service are pleased to announce the January 2011 sessions of the Wednesday Webinar series (WWS), which highlights trends, innovation, and best practices in Georgia Libraries. The webinars feature Georgia speakers, but registration is open to anyone, anywhere. Topics are chosen to be of interest to employees of… Continue Reading January 19th Free Georgia Wednesday Webinars
Congratulations to Jonathan Lu, who was selected as this year’s GLA sponsored ALA Emerging Leader. Jon is presently the Adult Services Librarian in the Cartersville Library of the Bartow County Library System. In his present position, he offers reference assistance, plans programming, and maintains the library’s MySpace page. He also provides leadership in the areas… Continue Reading Jonathan Lu selected as GLA Sponsored ALA Emerging Leader
The Georgia Library Association and Georgia Public Library Service are pleased to announce the November sessions of the Wednesday Webinar series, which highlights trends, innovation, and best practices in Georgia Libraries. The webinars feature Georgia speakers, but registration is open to anyone, anywhere. Topics are chosen to be of interest to employees of all library… Continue Reading Free Webinars 11/17: Open Source Software and Ebooks/DRM
Please share your comments and suggestions regarding the 2010 GaCOMO Conference by taking a brief moment to complete the COMO Evaluation Form. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PVJVD8M Thanks so much for your feedback! Carol Stanley, GLA President and COMO Program Chair
The GLA Interest Group Council is soliciting member input on our current roster of Interest Groups and suggestions for new groups. Are you interested in the GLA Interest Groups? Uninterested? Either way, we want to hear from you! The following survey will be available from 10/7/2010 to 10/28/2010 and should take no more than 10-15… Continue Reading GLA Interest Group Survey
The GLA Officers for 2011 are: President: Carolyn Fuller, Henry County Public Library1st Vice President/President Elect: Elizabeth Bagley, Agnes Scott College2nd Vice President/Membership Chair: Pat Carterette, Georgia Public Library ServiceSecretary: Debbie Holmes, College of Coastal GeorgiaTreasurer: Cathy Jeffrey, Clayton State University Thanks to all the nominees agreeing to serve their state library association in these… Continue Reading GLA Election Results for 2011 Officers
How would you and your library benefit from learning the best practices in improving customer satisfaction through the creation of outstanding customer experiences? You just might be surprised! The Customer Service Experience @ Your Library blended learning program involves participants in three interactive learning environments as we explore best practices in improving customer satisfaction through… Continue Reading The Customer Service Experience @ Your Library: a blended learning opportunity
This workshop explores basic management principles, relates those principles to each individual’s self-perceptions of themselves as managers, and allows participants to clearly define their management style. Throughout it stays focused on the fact that of the library’s four essential resources—staff, technology, collections, and facilities—staff is the only resource where the “human factor” has to constantly… Continue Reading Basic Management Skills Workshop on Oct. 27 in Washington, GA
This two-day program will provide working librarians with the skills and knowledge they need to effectively market the library’s programs and services. The program is interactive and it includes a variety of group exercises based on a case study about a medium-sized county library with multiple branches. Using the same case study throughout the training… Continue Reading PLA Marketing Workshop Oct. 28-29 at the Decatur Library
I am so pleased to announce that you can now join or renew your membership or donate to our scholarship fund with our PayPal link: https://gla.georgialibraries.org/gla_membership.htmYou do not have to pay electronically. You can certainly still pay by mailing a check. I want to thank the GLA PayPal team of Kara Mullen, Cathy Jeffrey, Laura… Continue Reading GLA Now has PayPal Option!