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The Connecticut State Library’s Division of Library Development has begun a long range planning process to examine the needs of Connecticut libraries and determine our service priorities. Library service is undergoing dramatic changes at a time of severe budget constraints and Library Development believes that it is essential to carry out a planning process [...]
Bank of America has three opportunities through its Neighborhood Excellence Initiative for which the communities of their two Connecticut markets (Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk and Hartford) are eligible:
Neighborhood Builders offers operating support and leadership training;
Local Heroes recipients receive a $5,000 contribution and an award;
Student Leaders get a paid internship and attend a Washington, DC summit.
The application period [...]
Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by David Woodbury, Jason Casden, and the topic will be “Library in Your Pocket: Strategies and Techniques for Developing Successful Mobile Services.”
Students are arriving on college campuses with the ability to connect to the web with a diverse array of mobile devices. However, some online services aren”t a [...]
Finding the right library job in desired geographic locations and library types can be a challenge. The webinar presenter will explore the best resources among the wealth of jobs and employment research and networking tools available online. The Finding and Keeping Library Jobs webinar is intended for librarians and library paraprofessionals who are seeking employment, [...]
The official version of Connecticut’s Public Libraries: A Statistical Profile, July 2008 – June 2009 is now available for download. There will not be a printed version of the Profile as in previous years, but libraries may download a PDF or an Excel version. The Excel version is particularly useful because of its sorting and [...]
Implementation of web accessibility can seem excessively complicated. In reality, the best accessibility practices dovetail with good overall usability, and are easy to implement via standard tools such as templates and cascading style sheets (CSS). This session will cover topics such as understanding the difference between various accessibility guidelines, avoiding common accessibility errors, when – [...]
Reference collections are changing, driven by technology and new patterns of use. Join Booklist’s Mary Ellen Quinn, editor of Reference Books Bulletin, and a group of library and publishing experts as they talk about how the traditional reference collection is being transformed. Panelists include David A. Tyckoson, Associate Dean, California State University Henry Madden Library; [...]
Use this form to nominate a school library for an Acer and Intel ‘Technology Makeover’ which will award 10 new Acer Aspire Timeline notebook computers and two all-in-one desktop computers to two finalists.
There’s only one essay question, with a 2,000 character maximum: “Tell us what makes your school great and why it deserves to win [...]
These $10,000 awards are given to nonprofits providing children and youth the chance to contribute to their communities with out-of-school arts and humanities programs.
Visit the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities web site for complete information; the deadline is Friday, January 29, 2010.
The Coming Up Taller awards are an initiative of the President’s Committee [...]