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ISSN 2369-4939
Volume 4 Issue 12
December 1, 2018
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Holiday Greetings from Saskatoon!
It's a busy time of preparation and anticipation, both seasonally and in the work of our organization.
Members of the SLA Executive have spent time preparing for our meeting with the Public Library Engagement Panel that takes place on Saturday, December 1st. We look forward to a collaborative
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meeting and are hopeful that the Engagement session will help move us forward together in the best interests of Saskatchewan public libraries. SLA appreciates the opportunity to speak to the tremendous value that public libraries have in our communities.
The Happy Hour in Saskatoon was great fun and the turnout was excellent. The 2nd Avenue Grill was a great venue and our first time holding the Happy Hour there. It was a nice change from our usual spot! Thanks to those who organized the event. It was a lovely evening.
The SLA Board conducts business through a mix of in person and teleconference meetings and online communication. The Executive and Board are in regular contact via email and use an online communication platform called Basecamp. Those of you on SLA committees will be familiar with this platform. These tools are essential as board members are scattered around the province. By meeting via teleconference, Executive and Board members are able to participate in the work of SLA while being absent from work as little as possible. The face-to-face meetings are always preferred, but for the purposes of cost and time efficiency, the teleconference platform is a wonderful option. Our next Board meeting will be via teleconference in January.
Good tidings and best wishes to all of you throughout Saskatchewan as we approach the Holidays. May 2018 end well as we anticipate new challenges and joys for 2019!
Alison Jantz
SLA President
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SLA Nominating Committee
SLA is establishing a Nominating Committee responsible for
 recruiting members for the Board of Directors 2019-20. Terms of Reference for this committee may be found in section
5.11 of the SLA Handbook .
Please indicate your interest to Dorothea Warren at slaexdir@sasktel.net by December 30, 2018.
SLA is requesting expressions of interest for members to participate on the CFLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. Our current committee member, Donna Bowman is retiring. Terms of reference for the committee may be found here.
Please indicate your interest by submitting your resume along with a letter to slaexdir@sasktel.net.
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Global News has aired a story about the upcoming Public Library Engagement Panel.You can watch it here.
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Executive Directors Report
November was an active month at SLA.
Happy Hour
On November 8, Happy Hours took place in Yorkton, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina. The weather was colder than typical for early November, nevertheless each
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Regina Happy Hour Photo credit: Linda Winkler
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event reported a good turnout and a good time for all who attended.
Strategic Planning
The Board is finalizing a summary document based on the Strategic Planning exercise undertaken with facilitator Dawn Martin in August. Once completed this document will be shared with focus groups and available for further consultation through a session at the May Conference. Further details will be forthcoming.
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In support of discussions this past year regarding the move of the National Union Catalogue to the OCLC platform Voilà, CFLA-FCAB, in partnership with Library and Archives Canada is lau
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They would appreciate your comments by Friday December 14, 2018.
The CFLA is inviting nominations for a representative on the CFLA-FCAB Canadian Indigenous Ancestry (First Nation, Métis, Inuit) Board . Nomination forms are here.
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Learning Opportunity: Library Toolshed webinar
Are you a librarian or teacher-librarian looking for new ideas for training, programming or promotion?
You can discover great new ideas at the Library Toolshed, ranging from Indigenous resources and programming, accessibility, and makerspace, through to copyright and information literacy.
The Library Toolshed is a joint initiative of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan libraries that provides an online space for library staff to share, download and comment on resources. All of the materials in the repository are shared using a Creative Commons license which for re-purposing of any of the content.
This webinar will be presented on December 5, 2018 from 1:30 - 2:15 PM.
For more information, please contact: Teresa Wright Eastley, 306-787-2980,
teresa.wrighteastley@gov.sk.ca
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The submission deadline for the 2019 Saskatchewan Library Association Conference is just around the corner. We've received some great submissions and want to keep the momentum going right up to the Dec. 3rd deadline!
The conference committee is actively seeking panel speakers on the themes of 'Mental Health' and 'Indigenizing Libraries.'
To participate on a panel, pitch your talking points to
michelle.dalidowicz@saskhealthauthority.ca
They are also looking for more 'Research Stream' submissions. If you are passionate about research in your practice and evidence based librarianship, we want to hear from you! Add your submission to the research stream.
Want to share an initiative or project but not sure you can get a full session's worth out of it? 'Spotlight On' sessions are a great way to collaborate cross-institutionally by sharing the spotlight with other presenters. Find your common ground and pitch us!
#saskla2019 is shaping up to be a conference you won't want to miss! Make your conference experience all the more meaningful and become part of the conversation by submitting today!
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Applications for Continuing Education Grants Due February 15, 2019
Have a great idea for a workshop for library staff? Interested in attending a conference, workshop, or professional development opportunity? SLA offers Continuing Education (CE) grants to provide and support relevant educational opportunities for its members. Applications for CE category one, two, and three grants are now being accepted. All applications are due by February 15th, 2019. Details are available on the website.
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Name: Moraya Coleman
Title: Programming Associate at J.S. Wood and Round Prairie Branch, Saskatoon Public Library.
Born and lived: I was born in Saskatoon, but I have travelled quite a substantial portion the world. I've moved away several times, twice during the summer with my best friend, to Kananaskis to work at a hotel, and then to Vancouver. I resided in
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Edmonton for two years, most of that time my best friend was primarily a bar called the Buckingham on Whyte Ave. I fell in love there, and that was sweet, but then I decided to leave (my brain is a mystery), c'est la vie! I travelled around Asia for 3 months before moving back to Saskatoon. And here still I can be found, for better or for worse!
Early Life: I grew up as an oblivious and happy child (and a big flirt in my teenage years), my favourite things to do were reading the same books over and over again, playing my N64 (the same games over and over again), and being a social butterfly. My father took my sister, brother, and me out for dinner almost every Tuesday and Friday when he had us, and afterwards we would go to the movie store, 49 Cent Video or Blockbuster, where we rented the same movies over and over again. Mostly Clue, Three Men and a Little Lady, and Mighty Ducks 2. I'm an extrovert, as it is, and making friends to invite over for tea parties is still one of my favourite activities.
Kari Zinkhan-Davies, previously a librarian at RPL, began a new position at the Provincial Library and Literacy Office in October as Public Library Ccoordinator, Ministry ofEducation, Public Library Planning. She was previously Outreach Librarian at RPL.
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 TD Summer Reading Club Participant Survey Results are here.
Mark Your Calendars!
Freedom to Read Week 2019 is February 24 to March 2, 2019.
SLA is once again offering 10 $200 grants to libraries planning special projects. This is a perfect opportunity for Academic Institutions to take advantage of grants for special projects. The application form is
here. There is also a dropbox full of graphics, including a web banner, that are free to use.
Preparations are underway for the Saskatchewan Library Association's third annual One Book One Province program. One Book One Province will be held in March 2019 and will centre around Lisa Bird-Wilson's award-winning book Just Pretending, published by Coteau Books. This powerful short story collection addresses notions of identity and belonging, inviting readers and program participants to consider their own identity and sense of belonging. Thanks to generous  sponsorship from SIGA, celebration events are being planned for Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. These celebrations will feature readings by Lisa and other writers from the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Writers' Circle. Additionally, support from the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild will allow Lisa to visit several libraries around the province for readings and discussion around the key question: Who do you think you are?
Get your copy of Just Pretending now so you are ready to join the conversation on March 2019. Encourage your library, your book club, and your friends to read and gather to talk about the book. Check out the One Book One Province web site-new information is being added regularly.
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Call for Presenters
The International Programme Committee of the Evidence Based Library and Information Practice bi-annual conference to be held in Glasgow in June 2019 has issued a call for presenters.
Learning Opportunities:
- The Saskatchewan School Library Association is hosting author Ruth Culham on April 11, 2019 in Saskatoon and on April 12, 2019 in Regina. Please refer to their website for more information.
Other News
- Here are the links to the latest brochure and map of Project BookMarks Canada.
Newsletters from other cultural organizations
The next full issue of SLAte will be published January 8, 2019. Deadline for submissions for this issue is January 3, 2019.
The SLA office will be closed from December 22, 2018 to January 2, 2019 inclusive.
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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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