United Against Book Bans

CVLA's Executive Committee has voted to become a local partner of the American Library Association's Unite Against Book Bans initiative. 

We encourage everyone to visit their site, learn about the issue, and share your support.

Small and Rural Libraries Encouraged to Apply for Libraries Transforming Communities Grant

 The ALA is now accepting applications for their Libraries Transforming Communities grant program for small and rural libraries. Applications are open until March 4, and ALA is hoping to see more applications from the West Coast. The grant has a very simple application and very minimal reporting requirements, and public, academic, and school libraries are all eligible to apply.

To apply, a library must either serve a population of 25,000 or less (small) or be more than 5 miles from an urbanized area of 25,000 or more (rural).

If a library is awarded the grant, a staff member (or multiple) takes part in an online course designed for small and rural libraries on holding a community conversation, and that the library agrees to host one community conversation, which can be virtual, using the model. The grant provides access to the training and $3000 to spend on something related to the conversation -- and that could be ANYTHING, from staff time to books to a Zoom license to hotspots to circulate to a traveling makerspace kit... literally anything. This is a great opportunity to fund a purchase and fill community needs.

To apply, or for more info see: http://www.ala.org/tools/librariestransform/libraries-transforming-communities/focusgrants/libraries

Hopefully we'll have some Cache Valley libraries take part in this great program!

Join us for our next meeting!

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.

 

Nominate Your Favorite Librarian

Librarians in our valley’s many libraries make a difference in the lives of thousands of people every day. If a librarian has made a difference in your life, the Cache Valley Library Association encourages you to tell your story.

The I Love My Librarian Award, administered by the American Library Association, encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community.

Nominations will be accepted until September 28 at www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Up to 10 librarians in public, school and college, community college and university libraries will be selected to win $5,000 and will be honored at a ceremony and reception in New York, hosted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. In addition, a plaque will be given to each award-winner’s library. Winners will be announced in December 2015.

Each nominee must be a librarian with a master’s degree from a program accredited by the ALA in library and information studies or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an educational unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education. Nominees must be currently working in the United States in a public library, a library at an accredited two- or four-year college or university or at an accredited K-12 school.

The award is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Public Library, and The New York Times.