ISSN 2369-4939
Volume 2 Issue 9, September 1, 2016
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Hello everyone!
I hope that you have had a wonderful summer. The SLA Board, staff, and committee volunteers have been working hard on several projects. One of which is that key members of our 2017 conference planning committee have been drafting a guidelines document. It looks fantastic and it will be beneficial to many future Conference Planning Committees (CPC).
Your association Executive (President, both Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Executive Director) have been meeting over the summer and discussing high level agenda items. Many will be brought forward to Board of Director meetings in the coming year for further discussion and decisions. The Board retreat is scheduled for August 28th to 29th at St. Peter's College near Muenster, SK. It's a wonderful place for new and continuing Board members to strategize about in SLA's strategic plan. This, in turn, will guide the work of the committees. We've got a great agenda I'm really looking forward to it and to socializing with everyone.
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The Partnership, Education Institute (EI), is providing students with a great opportunity to present webinars and earn a little extra money.To find out more about this opportunity, please read the attached letter.
Call for Committee Members, Saskatchewan Library Association Committees
As the SLA Board prepares to undertake their work for the coming year, a few vacancies are apparent on the committees, which need to be filled right away. Read more.
Happy Hour 2016 The 3rd annual board hosted reception for members and friends of libraries will be held on Thursday November 3 2016. Hosts in cities and towns around the province are needed. Please volunteer to be a Happy Hour coordinator in your community. Email
slaexdir@sasktel.net.
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Photo credit: Dat Girl Fotos by Kim Yausie |
Name:
Cassandra Mireau
Title:
Assistant Director / Branch Manager Wheatland Regional Library
Born and lived:
Born and raised in Saskatoon.
Professional career and activities:
After completing my Masters in Library Science from the University of Alberta I worked for Lakeland Library Region as the Regional Librarian. I have been at Wheatland Regional Library since 2012 as the Assistant Director/Branch Manager handling a number of portfolios including working with front line staff for training and managing youth collections and services. I am also the Co-President for the Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards (the Willow Awards) and read for both the Snow Willow Award and the Shining Willow Award category selection committees. The Willow Awards nominates 30 Canadian books every year which are then voted on by Saskatchewan students to select their favourite. Winners are announced at the SaskEnergy Willow Awards Gala hosted by a Saskatchewan school each Spring.
Family:
I have a daughter who is nearly 2 who loves books - her current favourite is The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen.
Favorite books:
Picking a favourite is impossible.
I'm currently reading:
I just finished reading Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.
Pet peeves:
Empty display racks. You'll likely find me creating rogue-book displays if I see an empty stand or shelf end.
Philosophy:
Drink Tea. Read Books. Be Happy.
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- September 30, October 1 & 2, 2016 Culture Days
- October 16-22, 2016 is Saskatchewan Library Week
- May 4-5, 2017 The Saskatchewan Libraries Conference will be held at Elk Ridge Resort, Waskesiu Lake.
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- Registration is now open for the Digital Shift: The Service Continuum, the 8th Annual Virtual Conference.
- Word on the Street will happen in Saskatoon. The program can be found here
- Be sure to look at the MLB Newsletter
- SaskBooks are holding their fall PD sessions
- You can read the Lobbyist Registry Media Release here
- Think Before You Appropriate
- Ontario's new cultural policy
- Library useage is declining in England.
- Registration is open for the C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers to be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at the University of Saskatchewan. A pre-symposium workshop will be held the afternoon of Tuesday, October 11. For more details, please visit their website.
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In celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary, award-winning filmmaker Trish Dolman and CTV/Bell Media will present Canada In A Day, a crowdsourced film event created by Canadians. Inspired by Ridley Scott's 2011 phenomenon Life In A Day and subsequent projects around the world, Canada In A Day will encapsulate the ordinary and the extraordinary events of one day in the life of Canadians in a memorable, touching film to be released Summer of 2017. For more information, please contact:Jen Newsted, CANADA IN A DAY, 604-687-7591
jen@canadainaday.ca
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The Saskatchewan Association of Library Technicians are holding their annual Fall Workshop on September 30th, 2016 at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This year's theme is "Indigenizing Library Spaces".
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Library & Archives Canada is looking for your help in evaluating parent & child responses to the TD Summer Reading Club. The surveys can be found
here.
They would also like to inform you that the statistics and evaluation survey will be done by Harris Decima this year as usual. However, the company has been acquired by Nielsen Company of Canada and for that reason you will see a different name but it is same team working with them.They have started sending out the URL addresses for the online survey.
The new dates for submitting your statistics data for TD summer Reading Club 2016 program will be from August 24 to September 23. Please contact Marietta Mikova at marietta.mikova@canada.ca or 613-852-7938 with any questions or concerns.
Saskatchewan Library Week: October 26-22, 2016
Plans
- SLW posters will be on their way to you by the time you read this.
- Unfortunately, due to a funding shortfall, we will not be printing bookmarks, however, a printable, 2" x 7" version is posted on the SLA website. This will allow any library or school who wishes to have bookmarks to print them themselves.
- There is a web banner available. Please contact Anne at the SLA office if you would like one. There are also decorative graphics posted on the SLA website for your use.
- The Book Spine Poetry contest will run from September 20 to November 1, and contest information will be sent with your posters.
- Congratulations to all of the libraries who will be receiving Culture Days grants from SLA. A complete list of the projects is available here.
- Final reports for Culture Days projects aren't due until November 18, 2016.
- To find out more about other types of activities province wide don't forget to visit the Culture Days website.
- Your Culture Days activities can be registered here.
The One Book, One Province project will be held in March 2017. Planning is underway. Please see the information sheet and media release.
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Prince Albert Parkland Health Region Library
Name of Library: The PAPHR Library opened in 2007, five years after the PAPHR was established. It is utilized by all clinicians and staff within the PAPHR.
Library milestones: When I came on board the PAPHR Library was not automated. Not to discredit my colleagues, they did use free library social cataloguing and social bookmarking web services such as Library Thing and Delicious. Today, the PAPHR Library collection is shared locally through LibGuides and requires no technical knowledge to set up! I credit my colleague Susan Baer for her help, support and expertise.
Building/renovation history: The PAPHR Library is located within the Herb Bassett Wing of the Victoria Hospital but has not always been in its present location. The Library is easily accessible to the clinicians and staff. It is within easy access for the Residents and JURSIs enrolled in the Rural Medicine Program offered through the University of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Program (SHIRP), through the University of Saskatchewan's Library, provides
access to a comprehensive suite of online health information resources for all clinicians in Saskatchewan. In addition, t
he clinicians and staff, the Residents and JURSIs have ready access to the print resources housed in the PAPHR Library's collection too.
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Saskatchewan Library Association
15-2010 7th Ave.
Regina, SK S4R 1C2
Phone: 306-780-9413 or 306-780-9409
Fax: 306-780-9447
SLA reserves the right to change or edit any submission or to refuse publication in its entirety.
The deadline for receipt of submissions for SLAte is the 25th of each month.
Everyone, Including Culture, Wins When You Buy Lottery Tickets
The core funding that SLA receives through SaskCulture is part of the Lottery Trust where a percentage of every lottery ticket sold goes to support sport, culture and recreation groups within Saskatchewan. It appears that recent lottery sales are not meeting expectations, which will not have an immediate effect on SLA. However we encourage you to remind audiences and arts council members that buying lottery tickets benefits the entire community. Saskatchewan Lotteries has also launched an app that you can download in the App Store or Google Play. More information is available on the Saskatchewan Lotteries website.
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