Conference Recap by Stephanie
Stephanie Race of NEFLIN wrote a great recap of her experiences at the conference.
It was even voted as the April "Blog Post of the Month" on the NEFLIN Blog. Check it out!
FLA develops programs and undertakes leadership activities for all areas of librarianship. FLA works with other professional organizations facilitating productive links within the library community; provides opportunities for librarians and support staff to advance their skills so that they can maintain their effectiveness in the new information age; and continues its role as legislative advocate for excellence in all types of library service within the State of Florida and beyond.
Stephanie Race of NEFLIN wrote a great recap of her experiences at the conference.
It was even voted as the April "Blog Post of the Month" on the NEFLIN Blog. Check it out!
Did you take pictures at FLA in St. Petersburg this year? If so, please share them with us by adding them to the FLA Flickr Group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/floridalibrary/.
If you did attend - or missed the event, you can also visit our page and see photos of the conference today!
Imagine having a personal assistant to help you organize, share and discover information from “networks of like-minded people” (Twine). Twine is the web application to help you do this! Twine will sort through an amalgamation of information that you have foraged for and accumulated over the years and try to make sense of it all. Nova Spivack released the beta version of Twine recently and said that he is “trying to amplify human intelligence with machine intelligence” (Thompson). Twine is working to help make sense of the machine-readable Semantic Web.
Want to be part of the Twine revolution? Register for the Invite Beta here. http://www.twine.com/
The Internet Member Group is sponsoring: From 'Web Two Point Oh No' To Greatness: Using the Read/Write Web to Uncover Your Inner Leader.
The focus of the presentation is leadership using Web 2.0 tools. Learn about Web 2.0 applications and how you can use these low-tech tools to bring out your inner leader to accomplish collaborative initiatives at your library. Please join us on Wednesday, April 23rd in the Indian Key Room from 3:30-4:45 pm.
The FLA award winners for 2008 have been announced. Congratulations to all of these terrific people and organizations. Award presentations will be at the Closing Session of the FLA conference, April 25, 2008 at the Tradewinds Resort Hotel in St. Pete Beach.
Library of the Year Award - Pasco County Library System, Linda Allen, Director
Leader of the Year Award - Bradley Ward, NEFLIN, Executive Director
Chavez-Herndandez Libraries Change People's Lives Award - Kathleen Mayo, Lee County Library System (new this year)
Betty Davis Miller Youth Services Award - Clearwater Public Library System, Barbara Pickell, Director
Trustees and Friends Award - Bettye Stevens Coney, Leesburg Friends of the Library
Public Library Web Site Award, Osceola Library System, Edward Kilroy, Director
Friends, Foundations & Boards Member Group Awards:
Newsletter of the Year, Friends of South County Regional Library (Lee County)
Special Projects Award - Friends of the Elsie Quirk Library (Sarasota County)
Outstanding Program Award - Friends of the Bloomingdale Regional Library (Hillsborough County)
Get it Write: Make your resume work for you!
FLA session - Thursday, April 24 from 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Board Room. Tracey Reed, Chair, NMRT (and Computer Services Librarian, Clearwater Public Libraries), Vic Nunez (Reference Librarian- Bartow Public Library), and Cheryl Davis (Florida Institute of Technology), will be facilitating the session and also participating as reviewers.
Other reviewers include: Linda Chancey, (Director, Bartow Public Library), Kiersty Cox, (Instructor, University of South Florida SLIS), and Roxana Tovrea, (Assistant Director, Bartow Public Library).
The agenda is below. Attendees will be signing up for individual review sessions in 15 minute increments.
Agenda 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. General Q&A 3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Resume review sessions