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Events and Updates for Mid-October
October 15, 2017
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Libraries Matter! Library Week is Coming!
Saskatchewan Library Week (SLW) is a province-wide, annual event, which promotes the wonderful resources and services that libraries have to offer. This year, Library Week, is October 15 to 21.
The theme this year is Libraries Matter!
Read more or download the poster. Enter the Book Spine Poetry
Contest - Join the discussion
#SaskLIbWeek on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook.
SLA Happy Hour - November 2
The SLA Board is excited to be hosting the 4th Annual Saskatchewan Libraries Happy Hours across the province on November 2 from 5:00 to 7:00.
All SLA members, library friends, and supporters are invited to attend to visit, network, and find out more about SLA and its initiatives.
Cash bar with appetizers provided.
Locations are:
Regina - Mr. Mike's (east) - Prince of Wales Drive
Saskatoon -Amigos - 806 Dufferin Ave,
Moose Jaw -Brown's Social House, 11 River St W
Coronach Public Library -Rustic Tavern,Coronach
Dysart Public Library -Dysart Dugout on Main Street,
Avonlea -Blue Hills Motor Inn
Yorkton - Tapp's Brewing Company, 69 Broadway Street W
Please print the attached
poster
and post/distribute in your libraries, etc.
Thank You! and Farewell!
On November 2, at the Regina SLA Happy Hour at Mr. Mike's (east) take the opportunity to say a warm "Thank You" and "Farewell" to SLA Executive Director Judy Nicholson, who is taking her well-earned retirement.
SLA Raffle opens on November 1, 2017
Enter for your chance to win one of five prizes in the Saskatchewan Library Association Raffle! Up for grabs are:
- a Samsung Galaxy Tab A Tablet,
- a Bose SoundLink Mini Wireless Speaker and
- one of three portable battery chargers.
The raffle will start on November 1st, with the winners randomly drawn after 12:00 noon on December 8. Proceeds go towards the One Book One Province project coming in March 2018.
Watch for details in the November 1 issue of SLAte.
Culture Days final reports due
Congratulations to everyone for great Culture Days events and activities!
Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week - Oct. 19 to 21
Library staff and justice stakeholders are invited to join the conversation on access to legal information during Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week and Saskatchewan Library Week.
There are various activities as shown below. Visit the
SAJ website for details.
1. The McKercher Lecture Series: How can your library help you access legal information? Oct. 19,
Morrison Central Library Theatre, Saskatoon
2. Livestream the SALI Conference, Oct. 20-21
3. Attend / Livestream the SALI Conference Keynote - Legal Information, Legal Advice, and Access to Justice - The Distinction as it is Understood in the United States, Lecture Theatre (Room 150), College of Law, University of Saskatchewan and online livestream, Oct. 20
National Network for Equitable Library Service
The Canadian Accessible Library System has opened its virtual doors to eligible readers from across Canada, no matter where they live, through their local public libraries and is now truly national.
To learn more, please visit the website.
IFLA Global Vision: Voting Extended until October 16
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has extended the deadline of the Global Vision online voting until Monday, October 16.
Explore how a connected library field can meet the challenges of the future. Six questions - each with 10 possible choices - will help create a worldwide library road map that will unite the library field and make it stronger in the face of ever-increasing globalization. This is our last chance to vote and have our say!
A Survey for IFLA and LSN
IFLA and the Section on Library Service to People with Special Needs (LSN) need your help on a survey for the United Nations to participate in an important United Nations project on serving people with disabilities. You can help IFLA/LSN participate in this project by providing a response to the survey below, and so show the unique value of libraries. We ask that the surveys be returned by 20 October, 2017.
This project will result in a report to the UN General Assembly.
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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
Email: slaexdir@sasktel.net or slaprograms@sasktel.net
Web: saskla.ca
 
The Saskatchewan Library Association gratefully acknowledges
the support of our funding agencies.
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