By Katie Sparks Many people in the Atlanta area are familiar with the Center for Puppetry Arts. It is a popular destination, offering live puppet shows for families and adults, puppet-building workshops, and a Museum featuring puppets from around the world as well as a beloved Jim Henson exhibit. As you might imagine, it is…
The time to elect your 2021 GLA Executive Board and Division Officers is almost here! To help you prepare, check out the Georgia Library Association Election Guide for a full list of candidates and amendments that are on the ballot! From September 1, 2020 to September 20, 2020, all members of the association will receive…
The Scholarship Committee is seeking donations for the virtual Scholarship Raffle at the 2020 Georgia Libraries Conference taking place October 7-9, 2020. We look forward to hosting a raffle, but it will look a little different this year! We will be accepting donations of physical items (gift baskets, books, etc.), gift cards, and e-gift cards…
By Amber Spratlin and Felecia T. Moore So much has happened this year that many feel the passage of time at a different pace from usual – time seems to be moving too quickly as we lose track of weeks and months, but the days seem to crawl by. It is easy to feel as though current events are…
A year with challenges like never before has inspired a conference with opportunities like never before! For the first time, the 2020 Georgia Libraries Conference is entirely online with free registration for current GLA, SELA, and GAIT members. Registration is now open at www.galibcon.org. While we’ll miss seeing you all in person, we have many…
The Atlanta Emerging Librarians (AEL) Planning Committee is looking for nominations for next year’s (2021) planning committee. AEL is a standing committee of GLA’s New Members Round Table (NMRT) that strives to create in-person connections between MLIS students, new graduates, new librarians, and those interested in a career in libraries throughout the Metro Atlanta area.…
Date: September 1, 2020 Time: 2:00 -3:00 pm About the Workshop:Beginning in March of 2020, Mary Miller and Kathleen Carter coordinated the work of over 100 University of Georgia Libraries students, faculty, and staff on remote metadata projects for the Brown Media Archives. The great majority of these UGA employees were not catalogers, were not…
Join us in congratulating our own Wendy Cornelisen on the 2020 ASGCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award! From ASGCLA press-release Wendy Cornelisen lives and breathes innovation and collaboration for the public libraries in Georgia. In her role as Assistant State Librarian at the Georgia Public Library Service, she has led efforts to celebrate accomplishments and…
We’re just over nine weeks away from the 2020 Georgia Libraries Conference, so be sure to mark your calendars for October 7 through 9. This year’s conference is easier to attend than ever before with an all-virtual format and free registration for all current GLA and SELA members.Join GLA now starting at just $35, or…
By Amber Spratlin You may have noticed that the Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) has been very busy this summer, developing and hosting a series of training webinars. According to Linh Uong, TSIG Chair, the idea for this series originated in 2019. Uong reiterated the idea at GLA Midwinter 2020, and the Workshop Subcommittee (consisting of Linh Uong, Rachel Evans, Rebecca Hunnicutt,…