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  SDLA Library Support Staff of the Year Award 

 

The SDLA Library Support Staff of the Year was not awarded in 2007.

Please remember to nominate support staff in the organization that work hard and deserve to be recognized!

Carol Hageman, Cataloging Librarian at the South Dakota State Library, is the 2006 recipient of the Library Support Staff of the Year Award. Carol has been actively involved in planning and providing professional development opportunities for library support staff. She coordinated the Spring Forums that were held in April, both East River and West River. She also organized the very successful BranchOut 2006 support staff conference which was held this past summer. Her outstanding work for support staff and librarianship in general is highly valued by her colleagues.

Congratulations, Carol!

Carol with her award - SDLA Conference 2006

Previous recipients are Peggy Whalen, Brookings Public Library, 2000; Deb Yoder, Siouxland Libraries, 2001; Vickie Mix (formerly Salonen), H.M. Briggs Library, SDSU, 2002; June Erickson, Brookings Public Library, 2003 and Susan Schleicher, H. M. Briggs Library, SDSU, 2005.

If you would like to nominate a library paraprofessional for the SDLA Library Support Staff of the Year Award, contact Todd Quinn, Todd.Quinn@dsu.edu. The nomination form is available from the SDLA Web site.

Jackie Cornette, manager of the Western Branch of the Watauga County Library in Sugar Grove, North Carolina is the 2007 Library Journal Paraprofessional of the Year. WCL is one of three county library systems that comprise the Appalachian Regional Library (ARL), headquartered in North Wilkesboro.

"Jackie Cornette has been a shining star in ARL since 1998," says Louise Humphrey, ARL director. "Jackie is a leader, a risk taker, and an explorer of uncharted waters"

It is that set of qualities and attitudes, and the really great work she'd done with them, that made Jackie Cornette the LJ Paraprofessional of the Year for 2007. -- LJ March 1, 2007

The winner of the Library Mosaics' and the Council on Library/Media Technicians' 2005 award for Outstanding Support Staff award is Diane M. Fay, retired supervisor, cataloging department at the Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts. Ms. Fay has been significantly active, locally and nationally, in organizing and promoting library support staff.

Cindy Mielke from the Hilton M. Briggs Library at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota was the 2002 recipient of this award. Congratulations, Cindy!

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EVENTS

The Soaring to Excellence Teleconference series for 2007-2008 continues the support staff training series that has been broadcast from the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn Illinois for the last twelve years. This year's professional development programs include:

October 26, 2007 11:00 a.m. CST Finding the Trends That Matter: Get Your Environmental Scan On

February 8, 2008 11:00 a.m. CST People Watching With a Purpose: Meeting Needs Before They Need It

April 11, 2008 11:00 a.m. CST Trends, Fads or Folly: Spotting the Library Trends That Really Matter

The sites below will offer this teleconference by satellite downlink or video streaming.

Please contact them directly if you plan to attend their site.

Briggs Library                                                        Mikkelsen Library                                       Williams Library
South Dakota State University                           Augustana College                                     Northern State University                
Box 2115                                                     2001 S. Summit Ave.                             1200 S. Jay Street
Brookings, SD 57007                                      Sioux Falls, SD 57197                             Aberdeen, SD 57401
Contact: Susan Schleicher                              Contact: Judith Howard                         Contact: Nancy Miller
Phone: 605.688.5571                                     Phone: 605.274.4385                             Phone: 605.626.2645
Email: Susan.Schleicher@sdstate.edu                Email: Judith_Howard@augie.edu                 Email: millern@northern.edu

The Siouxland Libraries, the State Library, and Hilton M. Briggs Library currently have copies of previous programs on DVD and VHS video-tape. If you would like to view any one of these programs or prior years' programs, contact your local library with an Interlibrary Loan request. Check the SDLN catalog for call numbers and locations.

Spring Forum 2008 - West River and East River

West River's Spring Forum was Wednesday, March 12th

at the Rapid City Public Library in Rapid City

East River's Spring Forum was held on Friday, March 14th

at the Brookings Public Library in Brookings

Branch Out 2008 will be held at South Dakota State University in Brookings SD on July 18th, 2008.

Check the website for more information.

Branch Out SD 2006 was held July 28th on the campus of Augustana College in Sioux Falls. 

Branch Out MN 2007 was held August 7-9, 2007 at Saint Cloud University in Saint Cloud Minnesota.

"Branch Out is a conference designed by and for library paraprofessionals, support staff, and media specialists. Its purpose is to bring library staff from all around Minnesota and the surrounding region together for career development and networking opportunities." (Branch Out MN website: http://www.branchoutmn.org/branchoutstory.html) For more information, see the conference website: http://www.branchoutmn.org

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GENERAL

The South Dakota Library Association features a discussion list for library support staff and those interested in support staff activities and issues. To subscribe, send an e-mail to Joe Edelen (jedelen@usd.edu) with sdla-support in the subject line and SUBSCRIBE YOUR NAME in the message.

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