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Welcome to the 2008 Maine Libraries Conference!
The Maine Libraries Conference is a state-wide collaborative opportunity to celebrate, support, and strengthen librarianship in Maine.
The Maine Libraries Conference 2008 was held at
the Grand Summit Resort Hotel at Sunday River in Bethel, Maine.
Here's some video to tide you over. (900 KB download)
Conference Theme:
Renew friendships,
Reconnect with colleagues,
and return to work
Refreshed!
Conference logo by Peggy Becksvoort
Announcements:
- Conference Testimonials.
- Help make the next conference even better. Please download the Conference Evaluation Form, complete it and return it to Edna, so we can know what worked and what didn't.
- Send your conference photos to mlarson@rockport.lib.me.us.
- Betsy Webb, Superintendent of Schools for the Bangor School Department, was recognized as the Administrator of the Year and the Maine Libraries Conference on October 23rd. Nominated by Deborah Averill, Library Media Specialist at Bangor High School, Ms. Webb was lauded as “the kind of administrator we as school library personnel can often only dream of.”
Betsy York was named the Walter J. Taranko School Library Media Specialist of the year at the Maine Libraries Conference on October 23rd. The announcement was made by Teri Caouette, past president of the Maine Association of School Libraries. Betsy was given a plaque and $500 donation to the school library media program in her name. Nominated by Roger Shaw, Superintendent of Schools, MSAD #42, Betsy has been the district’s library media specialist for over 30 years.
- Edna Comstock is the recipient of the Maine Libraries Conference Co-Chair Award 2008-This award honors a person who was particularly helpful (invaluable, really) in making the conference a success. Edna was the conference manager and so much more. Through it all she never lost her patience and good humor. Thanks, Edna. From Conference Co-Chairs Molly Larson (MLA) and Peggy Becksvoort (MASL).
- Senator Beth Edmonds received the Presidents' Award which is given by the president of both MASL and MLA. Jeff Small and Molly Larson presented Senator Edmonds with this award honoring her terms of service in the Maine State Senate, her service to the people of Maine, and for her advocacy on behalf of all Maine libraries.
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Abraham Schechter offers 20% discount coupon to go toward the purchase of the textbook he wrote and illustrated, which is the basis for the workshops he's been teaching around the state. 9 years and counting!
Program Content added:
- Georgina Sweeney's conference powerpoint on Marketing for Libraries.
- Senator Beth Edmonds and advice to librarians here.
- Peer to Peer Networks handouts from Nelson Eubanks.
- Sarah Prescott International Librarian: Her notes are on the Marketing page.
- Library Bill of Rights with Melora Norman and the presentation of the Proquest Intellectual FreedomAward.
- Second Life with Sonja Plummer-Morgan.
- Iris Eichenlaub's blog entry on MLC 08.
- Web 2.0 with Nancy Grant and Gail Garthwait http://melibweb2.pbwiki.com/
- Janet McKenny and Webjunction here.
- Jim Lampert recommends http://www.librarycopyright.net./ Mr. Lampert's slide presentation on copyright is under his program description on this website.
- Linda Oliver has added notes from her presention on non-fiction Readers' Advisory.
- Christopher Boynton's handouts from his presentation on Resources and textbooks for students with special needs are now on the youth programs page.
- Marc Pitman's presentation slides are now linked from the Marketing programs page.
If your membership has lapsed or you are not a member, please join us!
Join MLA (Maine Library Association) here. (56K PDF file)
Join MASL(Maine Association of School Libraries) here.