Beyond Hope 2007 Registration Now Open

Announcing Beyond Hope Library Conference 2007

Hip to be Square: Building Blocks for Libraries!

May 3-4th 2007

Prince George, BC

Registration is now open
www.lib.pg.bc.ca/beyondhope

WILU 2007 Conference - York University May 16-18

Registration for the 36th Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU) is now open.
http://www.yorku.ca/wilu2007/

Upcoming Education Institute Courses - June & July

June 4 - Communicating On Purpose: An Essential Skill for Managers - Understanding the Difference that Style Makes with Joan Giannone (audio conference)
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Jun 6 - Building Virtual Collections using Distributed Metadata with Mark Jordan (webcast)
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June 7 - Library Rated "T" for Teens with Ella Jones (audio conference)
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June 11 - Communicating On Purpose: An Essential Skill for Managers - Knowing and No-ing with Joan Giannone (audio conference)
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June 18 - Communicating On Purpose: An Essential Skill for Managers - A Manager's Essential "Assertiveness Toolkit" with Joan Giannone (audio conference)
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June 21 - Search Engines 101: How Search Engines Work with Rita Vine (audio conference)
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July 9 - Search Engine Master Class: Finding, Choosing and Using the Best Advanced Features of the Major Search Engines with Rita Vine (6wk online course)
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July 9 - Canadian Children's Literature: An Overview with Joanne de Groot (6wk online course)
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Upcoming Education Institute Courses - May

May 1 - Facebook and MySpace: Pros and Cons for Libraries with Aaron Schmidt (web conference)
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May 3 - Effective Governance and the High Performance Board with Ken Haycock (audio conference)
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May 8 - Connecting with Reluctant Teen Readers: Tips, Titles, and Tools with Patrick Jones (audio conference)
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May 9 - Researching Chinese-Canadian Ancestry with Janet Tomkins (audio conference)
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May 10 - RFID @ The Library: Everything You Need to Help Make the Big RFID Decision! with Diane Ward (audio conference)
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May 11 - Liaison Librarianship — pushing beyond 'traditional' roles with Stuart David von Wolff (audio conference)
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May 14 - The Board Chair and the CEO: Shared Leadership for Board Development with Ken Haycock (audio conference)
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May 15 - IM the library! Launching an IM reference service with Amanda Etches-Johnson (web conference)
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May 15 - Project Management for Libraries with Mary Auckland (6wk audio conference course)


May 22 - Live On-line Events: How Libraries Are Using Web Conferencing Services with Tom Peters (audio conference)
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May 23 - Mother Goose on the Loose with Betsy Diamant-Cohen (audio conference)
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May 24 - STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS SERIES: Effective Meetings Don't Happen By Chance! with Donna Scheeder (audio conference)
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May 28 - Community Development and the Role of the Board with Ken Haycock (audio conference)
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May 29 - YouTube Library Tour with Jane Dysart and Rebecca Jones (audio conference)
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May 30 - Training Library Staff And Volunteers to Provide Extraordinary Customer Service with Julie Todaro (audio conference)
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May 31 - It's a Web 2.0 World! How Will This Impact Our School Library Program? with Anita Brooks-Kirkland (audio conference)
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Upcoming Education Institute Courses - April

Apr 3 - Wikis and Libraries: Staff and User Opportunities with Darlene Fichter (web conference)
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Apr 3 - The Changing Nature of the Catalogue with Karen Calhoun (web conference)
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Avril 4 - VOUS AVEZ DIT « CONTES » ?...MAIS LEQUEL ? avec Marie Barguirdjian Bletton (audio conference)
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Apr 10 - Copyright and e-journals with Brett Waytuck (webcast)
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Apr 10 - Managing Virtual Library Collections with E-Metrics with Andrew White and Eric Djiva Kamal (webcast)
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Apr 12 - Collaborating with the REST of the Professional School Staff with Lesley Farmer (audio conference)
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Apr 13 - LGBTQ — More than an acronym: Library Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer Patrons with Denyse Rodriques and Stuart von Wolff (webcast)
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Apr 16 - The Board Chair and the CEO: Shared Leadership for Board Development with Ken Haycock (audio conference)
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Apr 18 - Designing Effective Questionnaires: What Every Librarian Needs to Know with Lisa M. Given (audio conference)
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Apr 18 - En français, SVP! 2.0: French-language literacy activities for preschool and primary children with Todd Kyle (audio conference)
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Apr 19 - From Plagiarism to Academic Honesty with Sya VanGeest and Beth McEwan (audio conference)
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Apr 23 - Wikipedia: Students Use It — How Are We As Educators Embracing it? with Anita Brooks-Kirkland (webcast)
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Apr 24 - Boys and Reading with Joanne de Groot (audio conference)
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Apr 25 - Librarianship And Human Rights: An Urgent Snapshot Worldwide with Dr. Toni Samek (audio conference)
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Apr 26 - Troubleshooting Techniques for Wireless Networks with Louise Alcorn (webcast)
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Apr 30 - Rethinking School Library Collections: Promoting Diversity in Your Library with Myra Junyk (audio conference)
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Upcoming Conference of Possible interest to BCLA Members - April 17&18

BC.NET 2007 Conference
SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver
April 17 & 18

Join BCNET for its 7th Annual Conference, known as Western Canada's
premier technology event for research & higher education, on April 17
& 18, 2007, at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

This year's theme, Making Connections: Sharing Knowledge for Greater
Innovation, highlights the goals of the event: to introduce new ideas,
learn and share experiences to enhance research, teaching & learning
through technology. Our aim is to stimulate critical thinking about
new and better ways to apply super high-performance networks and
applications technologies as well as enhance productivity and
innovation within the higher education and research community.

More information can be found at the conference web site
http://www.bc.net/2007-conference/overview.htm

AALT 2007 Conference - Edmonton

AALT 2007: Innovative Vision for the Future! May 24-27, Edmonton
(Alberta Association of Library Technicians)

Registration is now open!

It's that time of year again – time to register for this year's AALT (Alberta Association of Library Technicians) conference! The place to be this May 24th to 27th is in Edmonton at "Innovative Vision for the Future!"

More information, program and registration can be found at the conference website
http://www.aalt.org/conference/

Canadian Learning Commons Conference - April 29 - May 1

Canadian Learning Commons Conference 2:
Continuing the Conversation
April 29 - May 1, 2007

Visit the Conference website for more information
http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/clcc2/