ANNOUNCING THE 2010 PARAPROFESSIONAL GRANTS Five (5) $250 grants will be given to the award winners for expenses to attendGaCOMO 2010 in Athens, Georgia on October 13-15, 2010, and a free one-year paraprofessional memberships in the Georgia Library Association. Recognition award plaques will be presented at a GLA function. Applicants do NOT have to be…
Hampton Park Library Celebrates Grand Opening(3/18/2010 Press release from Hogan Construction, LLC) CUMMING, GA — On March 21, 2010, the Hampton Park Library is celebrating its dedication and grand opening. A construction project ten years in the making, the new Hampton Park Library is the jewel of the Forsyth County Library System, one of the…
The website for the annual GeorgiaConference of Media Organizations conference is now available. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Georgia Library Association, Georgia Association for Instruction Technology, and the Georgia Library Media Association. On the site you will find the presentation proposal form. The deadline for submissions is May 31st. COMO will be held…
WHAT: Job Hunting WorkshopWHEN: April, 17th, 2010WHERE: Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library TIMETABLE10.00 Tour new building10.15 Meet & Greet10.30 Welcome and introductions10.40-11.10 John Szabo, Atlanta-Fulton County Library Director.11.10-11.30 Lesley Barber, Principal Librarian DCPL, presenting Optimal Resume Database.11.30-12.00 Christian Steinmetz, GSU Library Creative Manager: On Public Speaking.12.00-12.10 Coffee Break12.10-12.40 Dianne Smith, Human Resources Officer, Emory University.12.40-13.00 Panel…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s higher education reporter recently wrote about several Georgia libraries that offer or are considering implementation of services to allow users to text a question. Agnes Scott College and Georgia State, Savannah State and Valdosta State University were mentioned: Library text messaging latest trend on campuses
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010 Time: 10:00am-2:30pm – Check in and coffee starting at 9:30 Location: DeKalb County Public Library – Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. Decatur, GA Anyone can and should get involved in advocating for their library from anywhere they sit in the library. Be part of the movement of frontline librarians and…
ACWORTH, GA – On February 25, 2010, Hogan Construction Group broke ground on the new North Paulding Library on Harmony Grove Church Road. Built behind Fire Station 11, which Hogan completed in December 2009, North Paulding Library features five distinct wings and state-of-the-art networking capabilities. The 10,500 square foot library includes Nonfiction, Reference, Children’s, Fiction,…
Additional information and directions for Georgia Library Day are now available. A message from Carol, the GLA President: I’ve had a suggestion that we wear the same color for identification. How about RED?! I know we don’t have time to get this message out, but for those who want to, please wear red. Red scarf…
Victoria “Vickie” Horst, has been a photography buff for many years, and her interest paid off in February when her entry was judged the overall “Best Photo” in the inaugural Georgia Libraries Photo Contest. Horst is director of the Tifton-Tift County Public Library, part of the Coastal Plain Regional Library System. Jointly sponsored by the…