FLA/PLAN "Unconference"

FLA and PLAN (the Panhandle Library Access Network) are hosting an "unconference" on August 6, 2007 at the Niceville Community Center. What’s an "unconference"? It's a day-long meeting that is shorter, less expensive and, for some, a lot closer to home than a conference!

The "unconference" theme is "Web 2.0 and Library 2.0- Up Close and Personal." Lee Logan of the Alliance Library System (Illinois) is the featured keynote speaker. Other speakers include Gary Ross, Vice President for Technology at Thomson Gale, Mark Flynn of the Florida Electronic Library and Diana Sachs and Chad Mairn.

Registration

Please register online at http://www.plan.lib.fl.us/ Upon registration, FLA will send you an invoice payable by check, credit card or purchase order.

Fee (includes AM & PM breaks and lunch)

• $35 for FLA members and employees of PLAN member libraries
• $45 for non-members
  

Questions?

Contact Alicia Hedgecock, AHedgecock@plan.lib.fl.us, or Ruth O’Donnell, flaexecutivedirector@comcast.net.

Marshall Cavendish Essay Contest

This is from the ALA NMRT. I figured I'd send it along in case any of the FLA NMRT members are going to ALA this year.
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Marshall Cavendish Essay Contest

Don't forget to enter!

NMRT is pleased to sponsor the 2007 Marshall Cavendish Essay Contest. Thanks to the generous support of Marshall Cavendish, NMRT is able to offer three tickets to the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

This year's banquet will be held Sunday, June 24, 2007, from 6:00-11:00 p.m. Tickets are usually $89 each. Any ALA NMRT member may enter. Just write a short essay (around 250 words) telling us why you want to attend the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet and how you feel you would benefit.

Email your entry to Jen Dawson (jenniferdawson91@gmail.com) by May 31st. Winners will be notified shortly thereafter.