Nova Scotia VP Report

 

As part of the Vice-Presidents’ Series, I hosted a session: Ten Trends & Technologies for 2009 on January 13^th. It was a very popular topic, attracting 35+ attendees. Due to room capacity, a second site was opened up at the Nova Scotia Provincial Library. Participants were from school, government, special, public and academic libraries.

 

Ilga Leja, retired Director of Library Service, NSCAD University, was the recipient of the Dalhousie School of Information Management 2008 Outstanding Alumni Award. 

 

Carmelita Cousins was selected as the winner of the 2008 CLA/ACB Library Technician Interest Group Award of Merit. Carmelita is the Facilitator of Library Support for the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board in Sydney, N.S.

 

The Cape Breton Regional Library and Cape Breton University Library were the recipients of the 2009 CLA/OCLC Award for Resource Sharing Achievement. These libraries were recognized for their successful, innovative and extensive resource sharing initiatives.

 

Congratulations to our APLA Treasurer, Penny Logan on being awarded the Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership at the Fall NSLA conference.

 

Darlene presented the APLA Prizes at Dalhousie=s School of Information Management and Nova Scotia Community College (LIT Program) award ceremonies. The prizes are awarded to the students, who in the opinion of faculty, show the most professional promise. The prizes in 2008 were awarded to Ian Fraser (NSCC) and Kimberley MacInnis. (Dalhousie SIM).

 

I attended the Dalhousie School of Information Management Student Association orientation and library association display on September 5th with other representatives from library associations. It was a great opportunity to speak with students about the value of participating in associations. At least fifteen new student memberships were generated during this event.

 

Representing APLA, I gave a presentation at the Nova Scotia Community College on the benefits and value of participating in library associations.   In attendance were Library and Information Technology students, and representatives from eight other library-related associations.

 

Together with my provincial VP counterparts, I am on the planning team for the APLA sponsored “Games @ The Library” event to be held October 18-24.    I am keeping the Nova Scotia regional libraries informed of developments through periodic e-mails sent via the NS Provincial Library.

 

Together with my fellow provincial Vice-Presidents and VP/President Elect, reviewed applications and selected a candidate. With so many worthy applicants, it was a tough decision.

 

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Darlene Beck

Vice-President, Nova Scotia