2024 CVLA Executive Committee

 Your 2024 CVLA Executive Committee members are:

☆ President: Robert Heaton, EBSCO

☆ Vice President: Anne Hedrich, USU Merrill-Cazier Library, retired

☆ Past President: Debbie Ogilvie, Logan Library

☆ Secretary: Breanna Van Dyke, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Kacy Lundstrom, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Public): Karen Bowling, Smithfield Public Library

☆ Member at Large (School): Jan Jenson, Spring Creek Middle School Media Center

☆ Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Abbie Chesley, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

It is time to vote

All members should have received an email with a link to the ballot. Please take a minute to vote for our 2024 leadership. 🗳️

December Activity

Please join us for our next activity with the Cache Makers 4-H Club on Tuesday, Dec 5 at 6:00 PM.

1410 N 1000 W (Bridgerland Technical College west campus) room 1910 in Logan.

Call for Nominations

It's time to hold elections for the CVLA Executive Committee for 2024. CVLA is a great place to meet other library-minded people who stand for libraries everywhere. It would be so great to have your ideas and guidance for 2024! 

Please nominate yourself or someone else for the following positions:

• Vice President/President Elect (3 Year Commitment)
• Secretary (1 Year Commitment)
• Member at Large - 4 positions representing different types of libraries/library staff - Public, School, Academic/Specialty, Student/Paraprofessional. (Each is a 1 Year Commitment)

Please let your fellow coworkers know we are seeking nominations for election to the Executive Board! Send nominations (Name, position, contact information) to cachelibraries@gmail.com by the end of the day, Wednesday, November 15th. 

 

As you're thinking of amazing library service workers, we are also seeking nominations for our upcoming Library Hero Award. Nominations can be made via email, or this online form: https://forms.gle/CT7XAmyXPdQ2NNUZA. For additional information about the Library Hero Award visit cachelibraries.blogspot.com/p/library-heroes.html.

There's More to the Story...

 

Does your library have a makerspace or otherwise facilitate things like 3D printing, textiles work, or video editing? Do you lend telescopes, board games, internet hot spots, cooking supplies, anatomical models, graphing calculators, or other interesting items?

We want to get ideas from each other, know where to refer patrons looking for something, and highlight the great things going on in Cache Valley’s libraries.

In the spirit of National Library Week’s “There’s more to the story” theme, December’s CVLA activity will focus on the unique kinds of materials that area libraries offer to their communities. To do that, we need to hear from you! Email CVLA Vice President Robert Heaton at r.s.heaton@gmail.com, and we’ll tell you how you can participate and boost awareness of what your library is doing.

Annual Pie Social

Join your colleagues for BYOP (Buy Your Own Pie) and shop talk!

Saturday, 9 September

2:00 PM

Angie's

Open House Service Project

You're invited to lend a hand at our open house service project! Come help with weeding, book repair, and display design for one hour or three. Pizza and veggies will be provided at 6 pm.

Wed, Aug 9, 4-7 PM
Cedar Ridge Elementary School
65 N 200 W, Hyde Park

Meet Our President

Debbie Ogilvie is the 2023 President of the Cache Valley Library Association

What's your library story?

I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love books and reading and libraries. We didn’t have a public library in the small town where I attended elementary school, but I remember visiting the bookmobile on the way home from school as often as it came, and I was a regular visitor at my local library branch when my family moved to West Valley City. One of my favorite memories was the day I realized the librarians knew who I was… they had my holds ready for me before I handed them my library card. When my family moved to Cache Valley I got a part time job at the Logan Library, thinking it would be a fun way to earn a little bit of spending money while I went to college. 31 years later, I’m still there, and have recently earned my Master’s degree in Library Science.

Who are your favorite authors and genres?

Anne McCaffrey is the one who comes to mind first, but there are so many others. In no particular order, some others that I love are Lloyd Alexander, L M Montgomery, J R R Tolkien, Patricia Wrede, Diana Wynne Jones, J K Rowling, Marissa Meyer, Stephenie Meyer, Robin McKinley, Sarah Eden, Elsie Lee, Eoin Colfer, C S Lewis, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Bill Peet, Gary Larson, Bill Waterson, E D Baker, Tamora Pierce, Gail Carson Levine, Elizabeth Peters, Dorothy Gilman, Heron Carvic, L Frank Baum, Rick Riordan, … and the list could go on and on. As you can probably tell from this list of authors, my favorite genres are fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, historical fiction, and middle grade fiction. I’m really not fond of most non-fiction, but I do enjoy a good narrative biography.

What do you hope to accomplish as President?

As president of the Cache Valley Library Association for 2023, my main goal is to continue the revitalization effort that the 2022 executive committee started, recovering from the slump that the 2020 pandemic threw us into. I hope to keep the activities fresh and on schedule to encourage regular participation from everyone in Cache Valley who works at or loves libraries.

Bikes to Books 2023

You're invited to join our annual bike ride! Bring yourself, your bike, a helmet, water, sunscreen, and a road snack.

Saturday, June 24
Ride starts at 9:30 am - please arrive by 9:15 am.

Begins and ends at Lucky Slice Pizza (64 Federal Ave, Logan).

This is not a race. All riders are welcome. Riders stop often and can walk bikes up any hills.

Non-riders are welcome to join afterwards for lunch and socializing at Lucky Slice (food not provided). We anticipate cyclists will return there at about 12:30 PM.

This event is free & open to the public.

2023 Library Hero Awards

Congratulations to
Karen Bowling & Karen Clark
who have been named our 2023 Library Heroes! 

Meeting Video

 The video of our March 30 meeting is available now on our Facebook page:

Membership Meeting: Social Media & Libraries

You're invited to 'Social Media & Libraries: A Panel Discussion' with Angela Hepworth, Smithfield Public Library, Jan Jenson, Spring Creek Middle School, Kellianne Gammill, USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Moira Ross, Hubsuite, and Morgan Stoker Taylor, Logan Library.

Thursday, March 30, 6:00 PM
Smithfield Public Library
25 N Main, Smithfield

This event is free & open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Watch for information about our annual Bikes to Books event coming up in June!

2023 Annual Meeting

The CVLA board will be meeting at 5:30 PM in the Merrill-Cazier Library on Tuesday, January 31st in order to pass the gavel from Jennifer Duncan to Debbie Ogilvie. We'll provide a few snacks and an opportunity for visiting with colleagues before we kick off the new year.

Anyone wishing to park for up to two hours for free on campus should go to the Gateway Terrace (adjacent to the Performance Center on the East end of USU campus). Please contact Jennifer ahead of time for a parking validation code (jennifer.duncan@usu.edu).

Please help us welcome the new executive committee membership.

2023 CVLA Executive Committee

 Your 2023 CVLA Executive Committee members are:

☆ President: Debbie Ogilvie, Logan Library

☆ Vice President: Robert Heaton, EBSCO

☆ Past President: Jennifer Duncan, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Secretary: Breanna Van Dyke, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Seth Westenburg, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Public) Lauri Hancey, Logan Library

☆ Member at Large (School): Heidi Grange, Summit Elementary

☆ Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Heather Housley, USU Merrill-Cazier Library