Hello AACL-ers-
Given the conversation we had at our last meeting about promoting College libraries at the local Library School, I thought you might be interested in the details of their next P.D. Day, to which members of the library community are invited. It is a great event, in my experience, and I would highly recommend it as a good way to meet upcoming librarians and others in the profession, outside the college network.
Apologies if you have already received this info via the Jerome listserv.
Cheers-
Alice
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University of Alberta's School of Library and Information Studies'
Professional Development Day
Friday, February 8, 2008
Edmonton Room (basement),
Stanley A. Milner Edmonton Public Library,
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
The student association at the School of Library and Information Studies is pleased to announce that its annual Professional Development Day will be held on Friday, February 8, 2008. The theme of this year's event is Reaching Out: Serving Diverse Populations.
We are especially honoured to present Dr. Loriene Roy, President of the American Library Association, as this year's keynote speaker. Dr. Roy is the director of a national reading club for native children in the United States, called If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything, a professor in the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, and was named one of Library Journal's "Movers and Shakers" in 2005.
Other speakers include:
• Dr. Ann Curry, incoming Director of the University of Alberta's School of Library and Information Studies. Dr. Curry will be speaking on Serving the LGBTQ Community: Reference Services and Relevant Resources .
• Jason Openo, Head Librarian at Edmonton Public Library's Whitemud Crossing Branch and Past-President of the Pacific Northwest Library Association. Mr. Openo will be presenting on the Solid Ground program, Meet Them Where They Are, a mobile service delivery program for homeless individuals and families in Seattle.
• Sarah Polkinghorne, Reference Librarian, University of Alberta's Augustana Campus, and Cameron Hoffman, Education Librarian, University of Lethbridge. Ms. Polkinghorne and Mr. Hoffman will be speaking on information literacy and web 2.0 in a session entitled Consumers or Learners? Discursive Constructions of Undergraduates and Social Media.
• Laura Morin, Aboriginal Community Development Librarian at Edmonton Public Library. Ms. Morin will be presenting on how library services to aboriginal peoples came to be developed and some current initiatives to promote community involvement.
The event is free of charge and lunch will be provided. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Please RSVP by January 31, 2008 to slispdday@gmail.com (or reply to this e-mail). We would also appreciate knowing whether you will be attending the luncheon. More details will be available soon at http://www.ualberta.ca/~slis2/pdday.htm.
We greatly appreciate the support this event has received in the past and hope that many of you will be able to attend this year as well.
