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The Digital Shift: Libraries @ the Center

Monday, August 25th, 2014

The Digital Shift: Libraries @ the Center, the 5th annual online conference on this issue, will provide answers to some of the challenges that libraries face in the transformation of our culture from analog experiences to digital experiences. Wednesday, October 1, 2014 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (EST) ONLINE This free, daylong professional development conference […]

Library and Museum Preservation: Stressed About Pests?

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Free webinar and Chat Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) Insect and rodent pests inflict irreparable damage to museum objects every single day. This webinar will cover the history and concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and how one can incorporate IPM within museum environments to prevent pest damage. A few of the […]

RICH Grants Information Workshops

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) will present two free workshops in September to share information about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for non-profit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Choose to attend one workshop on September 9 at the University of Rhode Island’s University Club in Kingston […]

Grants Available from the RI Supreme Court Historical Society Fund

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

The Rhode Island Foundation is accepting applications for grants from the Rhode Island Supreme Court Historical Society Fund. Grants from this fund may support nonprofit organizations that wish to provide programs that preserve the history of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and the Rhode Island judicial system, preserve artifacts and records of the courts system, […]

IMLS Introduces Changes in National Leadership Grant Program

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

FY2015 National Leadership Grants for Libraries IMLS seeks proposals that address new strategic priorities identified in nationally-webcast IMLS Focus meetings This year, IMLS is adding an additional opportunity to apply for FY 2015 National Leadership Grants for Libraries: IMLS will be accepting applications in October and again in February. Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and […]

Library Financial Education Webinar

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is offering a series of free webinars to inform librarians on financial education topics. From time to time, they also invite experts from other government agencies and nonprofit organizations to speak on other key topics of interest, too.  OLIS and the RI Library Association are partnering with the CFPB on […]

ASCLA seeks online course and webinar proposals

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

The ALA Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies seeks proposals for online course and webinars The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks proposals for webinars through September 1, 2015.  ASCLA encourages subject matter experts and experienced librarians to submit proposals for webinars to be presented October 2014 through August 2015. Deadlines: […]

Tactile Models Exhibit in the Library

Monday, August 4th, 2014

Blind persons were invited to touch tactile models in a Lithuania library exhibit. The library didn’t have a 3D scanner so volunteers used their own DSLR cameras to take pictures of celebrities in the library. The library then displayed 3D scan and 3D print faces of these famous celebrities and political leaders and 3D print models of historical landmarks and […]

Publishing Opportunities for Librarians

Monday, August 4th, 2014

Editors: Carol Smallwood, co-editor; Bringing the Arts Into the Library (American Library Association, 2014); public library administrator, special, school librarian. Lura Sanborn, co-editor; contributor, Women, Work, and the Web (Scarecrow Press, forthcoming); public, academic, school librarian. McFarland Books is offering a publishing opportunities for librarians in the forthcoming anthology. 1.  Attracting, Retaining, and Maximizing Library […]