Banned Books Week Virtual Event

We're excited to be partnering with the Logan Library on a virtual event for Banned Books Week!

Katie Wegner, Co-Chair of the Utah Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee, will give a talk titled 

Banned Books & You: Protecting the Freedom to Read 

on Thursday, September 22 at 7:00 PM.

To receive a link to this free event, you must first register at https://forms.gle/oEAKaPRACARGH3JT9. 

You can RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/476496714488032

We hope to see you there!

Failure...Again! Professional Workshop

In a workshop, librarians in the Cache Valley will be meeting for an interdisciplinary discussion of failure. Although the focus of the discussion will be intended for implementation by librarians, those of other disciplines are welcome to attend.

Saturday, April 30, 9:00-11:30 AM
North Logan City Library (475 E 2500 N North Logan)

‣ Frank discussion will be conducted about how to cope with mistakes, accept imperfection, and learn from failure.
‣ Participants will learn from attendees of the recent Utah Library Association Strikethrough Failure Workshop and two guest presenters:

Mark Lee Koven – Assistant professor in the USU Art + Design department will discuss failure as it’s perceived in the art community.

Pat Sadoski – Trained nurse will speak on what losses and challenges seniors face in our community and how we might learn from these experiences.

CVLA Serving in ULA

Congratulations to the following CVLA members on their election to positions in the Utah Library Association!

🌟 Shawn Bliss (Cache / Rich Bookmobile) will be a Member-at-Large on the Executive Board!
🌟 Sherrie Mortensen (Logan Library) will be a Member-at-Large on the Youth Services Round Table (YSRT)!
🌟 Becky Skeen (USU Merrill-Cazier Library) will be Vice Chair of the Archives, Manuscripts & Special Collections Round Table (AMSC)!
🌟 Anne Diekema (SUU Sherratt Library, formerly of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library) will be Chair of the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)!

We know you'll all do great!

Incredible Showing at ULA Conference!

Our own Pamela Martin
conducts the business
meeting as ULA President. 

The 2015 conference of the Utah Library Association was held May 13-15 in St. George and programs involving our Cache Valley colleagues were very prominent. In fact, CVLA President Liz Woolcott did the math and found that while Cache Valley's population is only 4% of Utah, we were represented in 33% of the conference programs! Great work, everyone!

Wednesday:
• Social, Dinner and St. George Library Tour sponsored by the Reference and Adult Services Round Table (Jason Cornelius is Chair)

Thursday:
• Personal Information Management Skills for Librarians and Library Patrons presented by Anne Dikema
• Marketing Like a Mad Man: So Easy a Librarian Can Do It presented by Paul Daybell, Adam Winger, Stephanie Western, Michelle Tippetts
• Research Data Management presented by Becky Thoms
• Local Connections: Creating a Community Librarians' Association presented by Joseph Anderson, Anne Hedrich, Shawn Bliss, Pamela Martin, Puanani Mateaki, Robert Shupe, Liz Woolcott
• Small Budget, Big Ideas: Stacking the Shelves with Help From a Stay-at-Home Librarian presented by Adam Winger & Stephanie Western
• Conference Keynote given by Lynne S. McNeill

Friday:
• What We Learned from the Air Force and a Couple Bakeries: A New and Improved Instruction Website presented by Erin Davis, Britt Fagerheim, Kacy Lundstrom
• Fifty Shades of Greatness: Removing the Handcuffs from Library Staff Bondage presented by Paul Daybell, Adam Winger, Michelle Tippetts, Chelsey Hawkes
• Library Peer Mentors presented by LaCretia Burgess, Pamela Martin, Andrea Krebs
• Extreme Makeover: Subject Guide Edition presented by Kacy Lundstrom
• Latino Outreach at the Grassroots Level: Success with a Latino Advisory Council presented by Robert Shupe, Sherrie Mortensen, Ernesto Lopez, Zinthia Acevedo
• Reporting Challenges and Self-Censorship presented by Shawn Bliss
• Minding the Gap: How the Ben Franklin Effect Can Transform Staffing Limitations Into Powerful Library Advocacy presented by Adam Winger
• The Many Faces of Marketing presented by Becky Thoms, Darcy Pumphrey, Alex Sundt
• Innovative Solutions for Library Integration: Using iPads to Support Curricula presented by Angela Neff & Erin Sorensen
• Tech Tools & Strategies for Quick and Effective Content Creation presented by Adam Winger, Paul Daybell, Michelle Tippetts, Chelsey Hawkes, Brittany Benson
• Introduction to FDSys: Free Full-Text Access to U.S. Federal Publications presented by Flora Shrode
• Copyright Overview for Librarians presented by Becky Thoms & Flora Shrode

Posters:
• Tablets Aren't Just for Moses by Bonnie Jorgensen
• Utilizing Data for a Fresh Perspective on Website User Experience by Alex Sundt
• Braaaiiinnss: The Zombie Movement in Teen Programming by Paul Daybell, Brittany Benson, Chelsey Hawkes
• UPLIFT Grant Phenomemon by Sydney Anderson
• Writing Center and Library Communication by Andrea Krebs