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Lake Superior Libraries Symposium – Sign Up! Call for Posters Extended!
May 7th, 2012 | Permalink | Comment?
At $25, a chance to see the great lake, and a content-rich program, it’s a deal! Participation is invited from staff of all library types and geographic locations. Location: Superior, WI (near Duluth)

Shared on behalf of Adam Brisk, WITC:

Lake Superior Libraries Symposium – Sign up for June 1st Conference! Call for Posters Extended!

The 2012 Lake Superior Libraries Symposium would like to extend an invitation to our inaugural conference on June 1^st, 2012 at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Superior, WI. Join archivists, technologists, librarians, directors, technicians, and students from around Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula. Just consider all of the experiences, resources, and ideas that are being gathered for this unique conference! Attendees will:

SEE ELI NEIBERGER, 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, offer a keynote address on the future of providing materials and services entitled “Access Schmaccess.”
- EXPERIENCE FOUR SESSIONS of informational presentations full of dynamic content featuring all aspects of librarianship. Sessions on digitization, leadership, assessment, children’s literature, collaboration, web-design, long term planning, and more.
- NETWORK THANKS TO ample time devoted to networking and sharing ideas This is an opportunity unlike any other to collaborate, develop relationships, and help create a stronger future for libraries. Imagine this:
  - Minnesotans shaking hands with Wisconsinites!
  - Librarians from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan speaking to you!
  - Academic librarians and public librarians exchanging pleasantries!
  - Archivists, Catalogers, and Reference Librarians conversing!
- SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES because our Call for Posters has been extended! Take a minute to sign up and share your research, organization, or future plans.
- EAT DELUXE TACO BAR, an amazing amalgamation of beans, tortillas, tacos, spices, lettuce, proteins, and joy!
- BE FRUGAL AND economical! all of this (and more) for the low, low price of 25 Dollars! A full conference experience for a webinar price! Penny Pinchers Rejoice!
So, what are you waiting for? Register by phone by calling 715-468-2815, or online at via the WITC Classfinder. Registration, due to fiduciary and organizational structure, requires personal information; all information is secured and used only by the state Wisconsin to better serve its community.

For more information, visit our site at https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiorlibrariessymposium/

Questions, comments, suggestions and condemnations should be directed to adam.brisk@witc.edu

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is marketed, staffed and supported by the collaborative efforts of librarians from University of Minnesota-Duluth, WITC, UW-Superior, Superior Public Library, the College of St. Scholastica, Superior Middle School, Northern Waters Library Service, and many others!

Call for Posters – Go North in June!

Lake Superior Libraries Symposium – Call for Proposals
Conferences, Continuing Education
Call for Posters – Go North in June!
April 4th, 2012 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Posted on behalf of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium……..

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium Announces a Call for Posters

March 14^th, 2012 - The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is announcing a “Call for Posters” as part of its June 1^st Conference in Superior, WI. Librarians, Educators, and organizations from Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan are encourage to submit a poster proposal to promote their programs, resources, and research. To sign up, visit http://goo.gl/vw66H or https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiorlibrariessymposium/

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium will provide a 6′ x 18″ table, power supply and WI-FI for poster sessions. Posters will be set up from 12:00 – 3:00 in the Conference Center.

The Call for Posters closes on April 30th

Questions regarding the Poster Sessions should be addressed to: Julie Rustad, jrustad@css.edu, (218) 723-6535

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium, June 1^st, 2012, is the off-shoot of informal gathering of library professionals in the Twin Ports, Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Designed as an easy to access, affordable education conference for the Northland, the LSLS features content and presenters covering the cutting edge of library leadership, programming and technology. Featuring Keynote Speaker, Eli Neiberger, a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, the conference will bring great content and networking opportunities to the Twin Ports at WITC-Superior.

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is staffed by librarians from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, University of Minnesota-Duluth, College of St. Scholastica, Northern Waters Library Service, Superior Public Library and many others.

Conference Registration opens April 10^th. Conference Cost is 25 dollars and includes CEU’s, Cookies, Coffee, and Deluxe Taco Bar, plus three session of dynamic speakers and trainers covering topics such as management, leadership, design, teaching, outreach, digitization and books!

For more details, regarding the LSLS, visit our site https://sites.google.com/site/lakesuperiorlibrariessymposium/ or contact adam.brisk@witc.edu for more details.
Conferences, Continuing Education
Big Talk From Small Libraries – 2/28/12
February 15th, 2012 | Permalink | Comment?

Big Talk From Small Libraries
February 28, 2012
8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (CT)
Registration (364 registered to date, and room for 600 more!)

This free one-day online conference, Big Talk for Small Libraries, is aimed at librarians from small libraries. Each of the speakers is from a small library or directly works with small libraries. The schedule was just updated, and hot topics include: e-books/e-readers, community partnerships, working in the Cloud, gaming, helping the public learn technology. The buzz is building – consider attending all or part of this day-long conference!

Everyone is welcome to register and attend, regardless of how big or small their library is. While there is a public library focus, many of the topics will be relevant to other library types.

Sponsors: Association for Rural & Small Libraries, Library Renewal, and The Nebraska Library Commission
Conferences, Continuing Education, Uncategorized
Lake Superior Libraries Symposium – Call for Proposals
February 10th, 2012 | Permalink | 1 Comment

If you live in northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin, live proffessional development opportunities for library staff are limited. The more common offerings are in the Twin Cities or Madison – a three to eight hour drive. So, this event caught my attention when I saw it in a blog posting the other day.

It’s being organized by library staff in the Lake Superior area. One of the Wisconside-side organizers, Adam Brisk, tells me they are very open to program proposals and attendance from people outside the region. Their goal is to develop learning opportunities for local library staff that don’t involve hours of travel for them. So, if presenters are willing to travel to the conference, they would welcome a proposal. I didn’t get the impression there would be travel reimbursement for speakers. Apparently they plan to charge the hefty conference fee of $13 for food. (Watch their site for final details!)

Call for Proposals:

From Lake Superior Libraries Symposium, posted to PerfectDuluthDay blog, Feb 2, 2012:

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is placing a call for proposals with local librarians, teachers, IT professionals and community members to participate in our inaugural conference to be held on Friday, June 1, 2012 at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College Conference Center.

We are actively seeking presenters on Leadership, Teaching & Learning, and Technology; if you believe you can share a viable program, message, workflow, idea, demonstration, or other experience in a breakout/classroom format, then we encourage you to submit here.

Presentations should be 45 minutes in length including Q&A. The Symposium will provide audio visual support. Presenters will be thanked for their service and sharing, and will also be able to go to the front of the buffet line for Deluxe Taco Bar. Call for Proposals closes on February 24th, with presentation schedule released in mid-March.

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by local librarians from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our goal is to develop and foster an enhanced network of skills, programs, and literacy types that will benefit the libraries of Northern Wisconsin, Northern Minnesota, and their respective communities. Recognizing the limitations of budgets and time available to most library staffs, the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is designed to be a low-cost, centrally located event to maximize our reach. This inaugural conference will be held on Friday, June 1st at WITC-Superior with minimal costs for attendance.

From Lake Superior Libraries Symposium site, About Us:

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is a conference developed by local librarians from Wisconsin and Minnesota. Our goal is to develop and foster an enhanced network of skills, programs, and literacy types that will benefit the libraries of Northern Wisconsin, Northern Minnesota, and their respective communities. Recognizing the limitations of budgets and time available to most library staffs, the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium is designed to be a low-cost, centrally located event to maximize our reach. This inaugural conference will be held on Friday, June 1st at WITC-Superior with minimal costs for attendance.

Organized by rock-star librarians from
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
University of Wisconsin – Superior
University of Minnesota – Duluth
College of St. Scholastica
Northern Waters Library System
And many, many others!