By Kahlil Griffin My name is Kahlil Griffin, and I am a youth services librarian with the DeKalb County Library System. Before accepting a position as a librarian, I worked as a library associate with the Fulton County Library System for nearly three years. My tenure working for the FCLS prepared me for a position… Continue Reading One Librarian’s Experience Working at the COVID Vaccination Site
Have you ever wanted to start a community garden and put your green thumb to work? Are you interested in harvesting your own fresh produce? If you answered yes to at least one of those questions, then we invite you to Grow with the Atlanta Emerging Librarians! The North Cobb Regional Library (NCRL) will soon… Continue Reading Grow with AEL on September 17
Join the Georgia Library Association’s Special Libraries and Information Services Division for a tour of the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film. SCAD FASH celebrates fashion as a universal language, garments as important conduits of identity, and film as an immersive and memorable medium. The museum focuses on the future of fashion design, connecting… Continue Reading SLIS Tour of SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion
The University of West Georgia Ingram Library is the winner of the 2021 American Library Association Library Instruction Roundtable (ALA-LIRT) Innovation in Instruction Award. The award was in recognition of LibraryDen, an online asynchronous information literacy course, created by a small team from Ingram Library, led by Anne Barnhart. In March 2020 when all USG… Continue Reading UWG’s Ingram Library wins Innovation in Instruction Award
Help us recognize these Georgia library staff and librarians! Meaghan Davidson, has been awarded the ALA Tony B. Leisner Scholarship (An annual scholarship consisting of $3,000 to a library support-staff member who is pursuing an MLS in an ALA-accredited program.) Meaghan is the Young Adult Specialist at the Fortson Branch of the Henry County Public… Continue Reading Georgia Library Staff and Librarians Achievements
September 17, 20211 PM – 2:30 PM (EST) Have you ever wanted to present at a library conference, but didn’t know where to start? GLA’s New Members Roundtable (NMRT) has partnered with the Special Libraries and Information Services Division (SLIS) to create PracticeCon, a mini conference dedicated to practicing presentation skills, getting feedback, and working… Continue Reading Join NMRT to Practice Your Presentation Skills
Join us in congratulating Angela Glowcheski, who was recently named one of the 2021 Cherokee County’s Top 10 Young Professionals to Watch! The Top 10 in 10 ‘Young Professionals to Watch’ initiative is designed to cultivate and showcase exceptional Cherokee County young professionals. Angela Glowcheski was selected for her leadership role in the Sequoyah Regional… Continue Reading Angela Glowcheski Named among 2021 Cherokee County’s Top 10 Young Professionals to Watch!
The Academic Library Division of the Georgia Library Association invites you to attend a free ACRL webinar “Online library instruction: Best practices for live synchronous teaching” on July 8, 2021 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Eastern). Please use this link to register for the webinar https://forms.gle/wJwTwHrTT2xxdkJV6 The first 30 people to register will receive… Continue Reading Free ACRL webinar “Online library instruction: Best practices for live synchronous teaching”
The GLC Conference Committee is hard at work on planning an exciting GLC 2021. In preparation, the committee has started an FAQ document that they graciously shared with us. This is a living document. Please come back often for more information. When is my presentation proposal due? June 25th. Submit here. When is the conference?… Continue Reading Everything You Need to Know about GLC 2021
Mark your calendars for the 2021 Georgia Libraries Conference!October 6th – 8th, 2021 The Call for Proposals for Georgia Libraries Conference 2021 is now open.This year our theme is “Enduring & Evolving”. We want to celebrate what Georgia libraries and librarians have done to innovate, problem-solve and adapt to serve their patron-base. So make sure… Continue Reading Georgia Libraries Conference 2021 Call for Proposals