LJ Paraprofessional of the Year

Library Journal has once again chosen a paraprofessional from North Carolina to receive their 2009 Paraprofessional of the Year award.  We extend our congratulations to Tina Adams who works at NCSU Libraries.

Read the article about Tina in the March 2009 issue.

You can also read the NCSU Libraries News entry.

Congratulations Tina!

Coping with Info Overload

The Librarian in Black wrote an article for Ariadne (an open access journal in the UK) about coping with information overload.

Read her blog entry about the article.

Read the article.

Flickr and LOC

The Library of Congress has a Flickr site with some pretty amazing photos. This came to my attention when reading Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites blog and saw a picture of the first all-woman jury. Enjoy!

State Library Continuing Ed Opportunities

The State Library of North Carolina has posted their Spring 2008 Continuing Education Schedule.
In person workshops are offered across the state and topics include:
Checking Out the Generations
NC LIVE Basics
NC LIVE Medical & Health Sciences Resources
NC LIVE Ready Reference Resources
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Beyond the Basics
Practical Approaches to Information Literacy
Stress Free Adult Programming

Online workshop topics include:
The Green(er) Library
Making the Most of Social Bookmarking in Your Library
Open Source:  Free as in Free
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Beyond the Basics

Space is limited, so register soon.  For dates, workshop descriptions, and registration, visit the State Library Continuing Ed website.

NCLA Conference Handouts, etc.

NCLA has added links to some of the conference sessions on their website. Included is a link to the NCLPA homepage, which has links to handouts and presentations from our sessions.

Happy Thanksgiving!