Tuesday, December 19, 2017


ALA Leadership Institute: Leading to the Future

The application process for the 2018 Leadership Institute opens on December 18, 2017. Applications will be accepted through March 9, 2018. 
The American Library Association (ALA) Leadership Institute is a unique 4-day immersive leadership development program for future library leaders led by past ALA President Maureen Sullivan and library and leadership consultant Kathryn Deiss.
The institute includes a structured learning track and the opportunity for individual development.
 

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Author Event: Jennifer Nielsen!

Join us for a night with author Jennifer A. Nielsen! Learn about the creative process and listen to a brief reading from her forthcoming book, The Traitor's Game!

Six lucky raffle winners will get the opportunity to enjoy breakfast with Jennifer Saturday morning!

Friday, December 1, 6:30 PM
North Logan City Library (475 E 2500 N, North Logan)

Part of the Friends of the North Logan Library's Authors & Illustrators Series.

Monday, November 6, 2017

UnConference II

Mark your calendars- it's time for CVLA’s second Unconference!

Saturday, November 18, 2017
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
North Logan City Library conference room

Unconferences are less-formal versions of regular conferences, where participants determine the agenda and outcome. Please join us for a few hours of discussing, learning from each other, collaborating, and brainstorming on our theme of Training and Advice-for-Work. Bring your questions, your ideas, your thoughts, and our classic CVLA can-do attitude as we explore this topic and how we can help CVLA members in this area. A few years ago we had our first Chat-for-Change Unconference; let’s carry it forward!

RSVP on Facebook HERE.

Thursday, September 21, 2017

CVLA at Five!

On October 11, our organization turns 5 years old so we're having a birthday party!

When: Saturday October 14, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Logan Library, Jim Bridger room (park and enter the library on the northeast side of the building)
Bring: potluck item to share (something small and easy is fine!)

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/343322716115066

At the party we will be sharing our memories of these great 5 years of CVLA. So please keep sending to anne.hedrich@usu.edu :

✦ 140 letter or 150 word thoughts and memories of CVLA and CVLA happenings (mundane or exciting or anything in between) (Possible prompts: I remember when we… OR To me, CVLA means… OR The best thing about CVLA is… OR I couldn’t stop laughing when… OR Without CVLA, I would be… OR CVLA helped me with… OR CVLA gave me new ideas about… OR Everyone needs a CVLA because... or another prompt that you want to use)
✦ Any pictures you have of CVLA events

Questions or Ideas: contact your CVLA social planner folks anne.hedrich@usu.edu or vicki.read@usu.edu or liz.woolcott@usu.edu

Woohoo!! Let’s Party!! Let’s Celebrate!!

Monday, September 11, 2017

September Membership Meeting

Join us at the new Logan High School library for an evening with Leah Checketts, President of the Bridgerland Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. Leah will tell us more about this organization that is devoted to producing amazing storytelling performers, where storytelling events are taking place, and give some great tips on how to tell stories! Whether you are a story enthusiast or a storyteller, you'll be sure to enjoy this event.

Thursday, September 14 at 6:30 PM
Held in the new Logan High School Library (162 W 100 S)

Monday, July 10, 2017

2017 Family Social & Membership Meeting

All are welcome to join us for an evening of fun with trivia games, popcorn, and a movie (Trolls). CVLA is an organization that brings Cache Valley librarians and their communities together so you're invited to bring your family to get to know local library staff members and their families. Admission is free, and popcorn and beverages will be provided.

When: Saturday, July 22, 2017 from 7:00-11:00 PM (membership meeting to begin at 6:30 PM)
Where: North Logan City Library (475 E 2500 N, North Logan)

You can RSVP and invite others on Facebook HERE.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

4th Annual Bikes to Books Ride


Join your CVLA friends for a bike ride, a picnic, or both!

Our RIDE this year will start at the Mendon Library and end at the Hyrum Library, with a PICNIC in Wellsville in the middle.

Details:
Saturday, June 10, 2017

• 10:00 – 10:15 meet at Mendon Library: time for a look around, fill your water bottle, and a bathroom stop before heading out
• 10:15 – 11:00 RIDE from Mendon Library to Wellsville Tabernacle parking lot
• 11:00 – 12:00 PICNIC at Wellsville Bookmobile stop (church parking lot at 30 South Center Street)
• 12:00 – 12:30 RIDE from Wellsville Bookmobile stop to Hyrum Library
• 12:30 – 12: 45 Hyrum Library: look around, bathroom break, drink more water!

What to bring if riding: your bike, a helmet, water bottle, sun protection, something to share for the picnic (can be carried in the support vehicle if needed)
What to bring if picnic-ing: something yummy to share! and a drink for yourself

Distances: Mendon to Wellsville 6.25 miles, Wellsville to Hyrum 5 miles
Terrain: Fairly flat with a slight elevation gain overall

CVLA will provide a support vehicle during the ride.
Click HERE for a link to route map.
Let Anne (anne.hedrich@usu.edu) know if you want to carpool to the event, or if you have any questions.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Bylaws Ammended

For Your Information: At our bimonthly membership meeting May 25, those in attendance approved the proposed changes to articles 2, 3, & 5 of our bylaws. Click here to review the current bylaws.

Monday, May 15, 2017

May Membership Meeting

Come tour the Logan Family Center and learn about their summer events and programs. Members will also vote on the proposed changes to the bylaws. Everyone is welcome!

Thursday, May 25 at 6:00 PM
50 S 400 E, Logan

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Sad Occasion for Cache Valley Libraries

Dear Cache / Rich Bookmobile supporters,

We're very sorry that despite writing letters, showing up to council meetings, and drumming up support, we weren't successful in stopping Cache County from cutting the budget for your library [see this post about the end of bookmobile services in just a few weeks: http://bit.ly/2pUpww5]. We continue to feel that decision by the executive and council was short-sighted and that it will negatively impact the education, literacy, and cultural lives of valley residents, especially those with lower incomes and those without a town library nearby.

We encourage everyone to use your libraries on a regular basis and talk to your friends and neighbors about what they mean to you. Make support for libraries a part of your social and political conversations. Ask candidates for office whether they support funding libraries and then take their answers into consideration when voting. Let's not allow a shameful event like this to happen again in Cache Valley.

Sincerely,
Save the Cache/Rich Bookmobile
(a campaign of the CVLA Advocacy Committee)

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Social at Baby Animal Days

from www.awhc.org

Join us for our April social at the American West Heritage Center's Baby Animal Days on Friday, April 14th at 4:42 PM. Meet at the main building. $9 Adults • $7 Children ages 3-11. You can RSVP here. See you then!

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Proposed Bylaws Changes 3/30/17

Per Article 10 of the CVLA Bylaws, the Executive Committee is required to review the bylaws every 5 years. Which, just so happens to be 2017 (happy 5 year birthday CVLA!)

After a thorough review of the bylaws the Executive Committee and Webmaster would like to propose the following changes, which you can find below. For comparison, you can review the current bylaws by clicking here.

As per the bylaws, any changes must be submitted for review a minimum of 45 days before an official vote can take place. We are planning to hold an official vote at the next CVLA Business Meeting, Thursday, May 25th at 6:00 PM. We will also be soliciting an online vote at that same time for those who are unable to be in attendance. 

Please review the proposed bylaws changes and come prepared to discuss and vote on May 25th.

Changes are in bold and underlined.

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Article 2-3: Scope & Mission
Acknowledging the important role of libraries in the Cache Valley area of northern Utah and southeastern Idaho, CVLA seeks to:

  • Facilitate communication, networking, collaboration, mentoring, professional development, and socializing among all persons engaged in any aspect of library services 
  • Promote awareness of library resources, activities, practices, and goals both within its membership and to the community at-large
  • Advocate on behalf of all libraries and their services, resources, and workers
Article 4: Membership
Membership is free and open to anyone or any organization interested in or engaged in library services or librarianship in the Cache Valley area. Membership is established by registering in the official directory maintained by CVLA’s Secretary. Any currently registered member is eligible to serve in a CVLA leadership position, propose amendments to these bylaws, and vote. Membership is continuous unless and until a member asks that their name be removed from the directory or CVLA is unable to contact them.

Article 6: Officers and Their Duties
  • Members at Large (4 total)
    • 1 year term
    • Nominating Committee will make every effort to solicit candidates for members at large to fairly represent CVLA’s constituency.


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Explanations of proposed changes:
Article 2-3: Scope & Mission
  • We propose combining these two articles as they are similar. (If approved this will also trigger a necessity to re-number the other existing articles.)
Article 4: Membership
  • We propose this change to the bylaws to properly reflect how CVLA actually manages its membership directory.
Article 6: Officers and Their Duties
  • We propose this change to attempt to make the CVLA Executive Committee more diverse and to have better representation of our targeted membership. Traditionally the Members at Large positions have been unofficially targeted to have representation from Public, School, and Academic/Special libraries. By adding a fourth Member-at-large position we are hoping to add a voice to the Executive Committee better representing our total constituency i.e., paraprofessional staff, MLS students, and general ‘friends’ of libraries throughout the community.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Literary Potluck Social

You're invited to a literary potluck Saturday, February 25 from 3-5 PM at the home of our historian, Anne Hedrich! Bring a dish from your favorite book (or a great dish from a terrible book :P )!

***fiction or non-fiction, recipes can be detailed in the text or inferred***

Label it with the recipe name, and we will try and guess the book.

Plates, eating utensils, bowls, and cups will be provided. Bring serving utensils needed for your dish.

RSVP requested but not necessary: anne.hedrich@usu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/events/1373046992759140/

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

2017 Library Hero Award

We are very excited to announce that Shawn Bliss, Cache / Rich Bookmobile librarian, has been selected to receive our 2017 Library Hero Award!

Shawn has delivered library services to patrons in the rural parts of our valley for nearly 10 years and has been active in CVLA since the beginning, attending the very first planning meeting in January, 2012 and serving as a member of our Executive Committee twice. Congratulations, Shawn!

Monday, January 9, 2017

2017 Annual Meeting

You're invited to our 2017 annual meeting on Wednesday, January 18 at 6:00 PM. Come meet the new members of the Executive Committee, enjoy a short presentation on the amazing teen program at the North Logan Library, and congratulate the winner of the CVLA Library Hero Award. There will also be time to socialize with light refreshments being served. Please invite your coworkers to join us!

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Library Hero Award Nominations

Is there someone in the library profession or the Cache Valley community who deserves the title of "Library Hero"? Then now is the time to brag about them!

To nominate someone as the 2016 CVLA Library Hero, click HERE.

Tell us about your nominee at the link above. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 7, 2017. The award will be presented at the January meeting of the Cache Valley Library Association.

Please note: nominees do NOT need to be employed by a library. There is no limit on the number of people you can nominate.

Examples of library service include:
  • working or volunteering in libraries 
  • developing new, innovative, pertinent, or effective library programming
  • promoting libraries
  • standing up for library principles in a challenging situation
  • completing library related projects 
...and the list doesn't end there! We look forward to your nominations!