Value of libraries

This highly informative infographic put together by Masters in Education and ObizMedia, is analyzing the role of a library and a librarian in our life.

For many people librarians have the reputation for being old book worms, and libraries are same-old-places that never change. This great infographic puts a lot of new light on the topic. It actually changes the whole perspective.

Each day in US libraries more items are circulated than on Amazon. Another fact from US: public library cardholders outnumber registered Amazon customers by 5 to 1. All the information in the infographic is extremely convincing, as it uncovers how much work librarians have to do to let us read books for free.

 

 

http://ebookfriendly.com/2012/11/16/library-librarians-infographic/?goback=%2Egde_38278_member_187475869

 

Call for Proposals: "Reinventing Libraries"

THE DIGITAL SHIFT: REINVENTING LIBRARIES
A Virtual Event presented by Library Journal and School Library Journal
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Since 2010, Library Journal and School Library Journal have produced a successful full-day program tackling the challenges presented by ebooks and the digital transition's impact on libraries, their communities, and related stakeholders. As planning begins for our October 2013 event, "The Digital Shift: Reinventing Libraries," we're also reinventing our approach to programming with an open call for proposals.

Do you have a vision for the future of libraries and ideas on how to make that future real? If you're a librarian serving children or adults in any library setting; focused on collection development or technology infrastructure; or partner with libraries in innovative ways, we invite you to submit your program proposals for our October 16, 2013 event.

Reinventing Libraries is a broad theme, and some of the areas we're particularly interested in exploring include:

• Rethinking physical space
• MOOCs
• Maker spaces
• Marketing & community engagement
• Optimizing discovery
• Ebooks/POD (print on demand)
• Self-publishing

If you have a proposal for a session you'd like to see on the program this year, whether it's based on one of the above topics or something else, we'd love to hear from you. And if you're interested and able to program and moderate that session, please be sure to indicate that.

How to submit a successful proposal

 

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/events/call-for-proposals-reinventing-libraries/

Diversity Research Report engagement of ethno-cultural communities with the environmental sector

Diversity Research Report

Download Earth Day Canada's report [2MB PDF] on the engagement of ethno-cultural communities with the environmental sector. Research funding generously provided by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.

 

 

http://www.earthday.ca/pub/assets/pdfs/2012-EDC-Diversity-Research-Report.pdf

LAC Group: The Premier Information Services Firm with a Global Reach

LAC Group: The Premier Information Services Firm with a Global Reach

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Since 1986, LAC Group has been a problem solver, providing innovative and practical solutions to information management challenges in personnel & staffing, collection & asset management, research, and consulting in the private sector, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide.

Today, with 300 employees, LAC Group enjoys its well-earned reputation as the leader information asset management, and an accomplished woman-owned firm. LAC Group is widely recognized for its integrity and ability to deliver the highest levels of service.

• See our Awards and Certifications

Our Results Guarantee, adheres to and protects your budget. With unparalleled accountability unique in our marketplace, we have been consistently exceeding expectations since 1986.We deliver as promised, within the cost structure approved. Tell us about your challenges, and we'll show you how we can save you money.

Many of our clients — from large-scale government agencies, to university libraries, prestigious law firms, and business — seek us because they've been disappointed by providers they've recently consulted. Unlike our competitors, we work to ensure client satisfaction in every facet of our operations.

• See our broad array of services for: 

  • Government
  • Law Firms
  • Corporations
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Academia
  • Broadcast & Media

• Read our Success Stories 

http://www.lac-group.com/about/

Libraries offer weird things to draw new borrowers usatoday.com

This spring, your next packet of garden seeds may come not from a hardware store or nursery, but from your local public library.

Fighting to stay relevant in the digital age, public libraries have taken to lending all manner of weird and wonderful items: hand tools, baking pans, fishing poles, telescopes and knitting needles, among others. Don't like the memoir offerings at your local branch? Bring a USB thumb drive, plug it in at one of several massive Espresso Book Machines and print a hard-cover copy of your own memoir — or any other obscure title the library doesn't keep on hand.

In Ann Arbor, Mich., the library circulates three kinds of energy meters that patrons can take home to test how much juice their appliances use. On a recent Monday, 27 of the library's 30 meters were checked out with the 28th on hold, said Celeste Choate, associate director for services, collections and access.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/06/public-libraries-loaning

Community garden grants

 

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada, www.agr.gc.ca/acaaf

caap-pcaa@agr.ca    T: (877) 290-2188

 

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, www.fef.td.com/funding.jsp

 

Home Depot Canada Foundation, www.homedepot.ca/foundation

 

Walmart Evergreen Grants, www.evergreen.ca/en/funding/grants/walmart.sn

 

With Schools and Daycares:

Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds School Ground Greening Grants

www.evergreen.ca/en/funding/grants/telg.sn

 

 

 

Industry Tourism & Investment, Government of the NWT, Small Scale Food Program, Gene_Hachey@gov.nt.ca     T: (867) 874-5408

 

 

Territorial Farmers Association, Andrew Cassidy, www.farmnwt.com

T: (867) 874-4706

 

 

 

Service-Learning Grants by The State Farm(R) Youth Advisory Board (YAB), Applications are available until May 3, 2013

The State Farm® Youth Advisory Board (YAB), made up of 30 amazing 17-20-year-old students from across the United States and Canada, has already stepped forward to lead this movement. State Farm pledges $5 million per year to this signature philanthropic initiative to address issues important to State Farm and communities across the United States and Canada. Now a little bit about the Board itself. The Board is made up of an amazing, diverse group of students selected from applicants across the United States and Canada. Even though they are full-time students at high schools and universities from Alabama to Ontario – (Roll Tide, Canada!) – Each member commits about 15 hours a month to the Board and participates in three face-to-face meetings per calendar year.

State Farm divides the United States and Canada into 8 market areas, some of which are single states, and some of which contain multiple states. For the single-state market areas, each is represented by a Board member and an Associate Board member. For the multi-state market areas, there are two Board and two Associate members. The YAB also includes two at-large Enterprise members, who can hail from any region.

What is service-learning exactly? It might sound complicated, but it's really quite simple. Basically, it is the integrating of meaningful community service back into real classroom curriculum, and it's a method that has been proven effective to increase student engagement and impact student achievement. If you'd still like more information, please see our 'Partners' tab, and check out our service-learning partners' websites. They've got TONS of cool stuff over there. (But stay here as long as you want.)

 

http://www.statefarmyab.com/about/

 

Applications are available until May 3, 2013.

Use these guiding documents to help your application process:

Grant Supplemental Information (PDF) provides more perspective on the research that the YAB has done in various issue areas, and what types of approaches the YAB looks for in that particular issue area. 

Grant Budget Template Sample (Excel) provides an actual copy of the budget that the YAB requires with grant submissions.  Feel free to fill out and practice inputting the numbers!

Grant Application Sample (PDF) gives you an idea of what the actual application looks and feels like.  Feel free to download and print!

Read an E-Book Week

Thank you for a great Read an E-Book Week!

Our event is over for this year - but what a great time! Many of the retailers, publishers and authors have chosen to extend their promotions for the month of March so please continue to check the side panel for links - Deals and Steals.
Once again Read an E-Book Week spanned the globe. After English speaking guests, Hungary provided a huge number of visitors this year, followed by the Philippines and Brazil. Among the many others were: Angola, Thailand, Libya, Argentina, Switzerland, Mongolia... the list goes on!
Here's a comment on Read an E-Book Week and tips to expand your sales next year. Learn More . . .

Central Alberta Turtle Awards

On June 21, 2013 the Red Deer Native Friendship Society will host the 5^th annual "Central Alberta Turtle Awards" in recognition of Aboriginal achievement in Central Alberta. Last year the Red Deer Native Friendship Society recognized 18 Aboriginal community members for their outstanding contribution to Red Deer and surrounding areas. There are 14 categories that you can nominate a deserving individual for such as Aboriginal arts, 4 youth categories, education and training, sports and recreation, health care, Kokum, Musum, volunteer, service provider, life time achievement, outstanding parenting, and outstanding contribution. Deadline for nominations is May 1, 2013.

 

The success of the Central Alberta Turtle Awards depends greatly on the generosity of our sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring this event please complete the sponsorship package or for more information on this event please contact Nadette at 403-340-0020 or programdirector@rdnfs.com.

 

In Friendship,

 

 Nadette Agecoutay

Program Director

Red Deer Native Friendship Society

4808 51 Avenue

Red Deer, AB T4N 4H3

P: 403-340-0020 ext: 103 F: 403-342-1610

Email:programdirector@rdnfs.com    Web: www.rdnfs.com

Computers for schools in Alberta

Computers for Schools (CFS) is a Canada-wide initiative providing refurbished computers - at little or no cost to recipients - to Canadian schools, public libraries, and non-profit learning organizations.

This site contains information about the Alberta program (click on contents to the left, or see our Video).

Pour service en français, veuillez composer le 1-800-622-6232 (1-800-OCANADA).
Pour compléter le formulaire de demande d'équipements informatiques, cliquez ici.

http://www.cfsalberta.ca/application.asp

The NWT Needs Workers to Move Up and Help it Boom!

YELLOWKNIFE, March 27, 2013 /CNW/ - With a growing economy and an impressive list of resource mega-projects on its horizon, the Northwest Territories is on the verge of an historic boom. Add the upcoming economic jolt of Devolution, previewed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent trip to Yellowknife, and the future really does look like it belongs to Canada's North.

But lighting this boom's fuse will require an expanded labour force of both skilled and professional workers. That's why the Government of the Northwest Territories' Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment has launched Move Up, an innovative recruitment program that's part of its Come Make Your Mark awareness campaign (ComeMakeYourMark.ca).

"Move Up is creating awareness of the NWT as a great place to work, live and play," says Dave Ramsay, the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Government of the Northwest Territories.

"We realize that we have to compete against a lot of regions seeking the same first-rate workers, and we want to highlight the many benefits of an NWT job. So we surveyed jobseekers who'd previously responded to the Come Make Your Mark campaign and focused directly on what their key attractors were. And it turns out the NWT has what they're looking for. Things like higher salaries, lower taxes, faster career paths and a competitive cost of living."

The Move Up campaign has multiple elements: an on-line jobs board where jobseekers can directly apply for jobs posted by NWT employers; a partnership program that keeps those employers actively involved; key information about the many benefits of working and living in the NWT; a quick-response social media campaign; and intriguing, myth-busting facts about life in the Northwest Territories.

SOURCE: Outcrop Communications Ltd.

For further information:

Alexandrea Malakoe
Industry Tourism and Investment
Government of the Northwest Territories
Tel: 867-873-7003
Email: Alexandrea_Malakoe@gov.nt.ca

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1136955/the-nwt-needs-workers-to-move-up-and-help-it-boom