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New APLA Bulletin Issue Available

The latest issue of the APLA Bulletin is available at http://www.apla.ca/bulletin/74/2.toc.

In this issue Christine Neigel talks about our perceptions of our profession, Pamela Maher tells us about the Human Library event in Wolfville, Alain Roberge gazes into his crystal ball to see what the future has in store for academic libraries, and the usual news and views from around the Atlantic Region.

The next submission deadline is being extended to February 8th, please submit all pieces to your provincial VP. Our submission guidelines can be found at http://www.apla.ca/bulletin/74/2.call.

Any questions or comments can be directed to either Alexandra Brooks Robinson or Ian Gibson.

Enjoy the new issue!

Interested in Collection Development?

Hello;

I have offered to be the convener for the APLA Collection Development Interest Group, which has been tasked with arranging a session for the APLA 2011 conference. While I may have left these arrangements too late, we can certainly try to meet the deadline of October 30, 2010. If you have any potential ideas for a session, please send them along!

This evening I decided to create both a Form and a Blog for the interest group in order to see how easy they are to use and how they appear visually. Many of the members that I have contacted directly have expressed preference of a blog over

a list-serve to cut down on the volume of email. They have also expressed that they still needed a visual reminder of the group. Hopefully they will set-up their RRS feeders for our entries.

I'm looking forward to our brainstorming sessions!

Best,

Cordelia

International Literacy Day and APLA Grows a Library in Mali / La Journée internationale de l’alphabétisation et APLA développe

In conjunction with International Literacy Day ( http://www.unesco.org/en/literacy/ ), September 8^th, APLA's Grow a Library Committee announces a new partnership with CODE, formerly known as the Canadian Organization for Development through Education, ( http://www.codecan.org ) to sponsor the Abdoulaye Maiga School and Community Library in Tabakoro, in the Sikasso Region of Mali.

Mali

New APLA Bulletin Issue

The latest issue of the APLA Bulletin is hot off the presses and available @ http://www.apla.ca/bulletin/73/5.toc. In this issue we have:

Lou Duggan reporting on the CanRED initiative;
Lise Brin lets us know about the Nova Scotia “Day of Discovery”;
the APLA responses to both the Long Form Census issue and the new Copyright bill;
the announcement of the APLA merit award;
Pamela Maher’s conference report as winner of the APLA Firsttimer’s award
and the usual updates from around the region.

Got something to say? Tell us about it! The next deadline for submissions for the APLA Bulletin is Oct. 1.

Please alert us to any errors or omissions.

Alexandra Brooks Robinson & Ian Gibson

Bulletin Co-Editors

Merit Award Winner /Récipiendaire du Prix de mérite

(L-R) Su Cleyle, Marie DeYoung, Peter Webster, Jocelyne Thompson, Donald Moses

Merit Award Winner Announced

The Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) Merit Award is given annually to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to library services in the Atlantic Provinces. We are pleased to announce this year’s recipient is Mr. Peter Webster, Saint Mary’s University. The award was presented at the annual conference, held this year in Saint John, NB, May 12-15, 2010.

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International Literacy Day and APLA Grows a Library in Mali / La Journée internationale de l’alphabétisation et APLA développe

New APLA Bulletin Issue

Merit Award Winner /Récipiendaire du Prix de mérite