Children's Services Networking Partners "Party"

Date: 9/10/07 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Lincoln Public Library
Registration required: Yes
Intended Audience: Children's services library staff who have been or would like to be matched with a networking partner.
Contact: Melody Allen, 222-5758 or melody_allen@olis.ri.gov

Friends of Tiverton Library Annual Meeting

Date: 09/16/07 Sunday 5:00 pm
Location: Sakonnet Fish Company, 657 Park Ave., Portsmouth
Contact: Eileen Browning, 401-816-0216, eileenbrowning@cox.net
Details: www.tivertonlibrary.org / or 401 816-0411, evenings
Sponsor/Organization: Friends of Tiverton Libraries
Note: For those wishing to stay for dinner at 6 pm, there will be a $25 charge, collected at that time. Speaker: Following dinner, Howard Boksenbaum, Chief of the RI Office of Library & Information Services, who is noted for witty and lively presentations, will speak on "Libraries, Fiscal Challenges and Power Sharing."
Fees: There is no fee for the meeting or presentation.
Registration: The public is invited and reservations are not needed.

Excel Basics

Date: 9/18/07 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Cumberland Public Library – Hayden Ctr, Meeting Room 2
Snow Date:
Presenter: Shane Sher, Providence Public Library Technology Trainer
Registration required: Yes. Limited to 10 participants.
Intended Audience: LORI library staff

Reference Round Table
Topic: The Future of Print Reference

Date: 9/19/07 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Cranston Public Library
Snow Date:
Presenter: Reference Working Group & OLIS Library
Registration required: No
Intended Audience: Reference librarians and those who are interested in a discussion on the transformation of the reference collection as it shifts from printed resource to networked access.

More Excel

Date: 9/25/07 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: West Warwick Public Library – Computer Lab
Snow Date:
Presenter: Shane Sher, Providence Public Library Technology Trainer
Registration required: Yes, Limited to 12 participants.
Intended Audience: LORI library staff

Surviving a Disaster: Spills, Splashes, Floods and Fires in the Library

Date: 9/26/2007 Wednesday 9:15 am - 4:45 pm
Location: Cranston Public Library
Presenter: Lori Foley, Northeast Document Conservation Center
Contact: Donna Longo DiMichele, donnadm@olis.ri.gov
Sponsor: OLIS
Registration required: Yes Limited to 30 participants.
Bring a bag lunch and beverage or purchase them at a nearby eatery.(Eateries across from the library on Sockanosset Crossroad: Burger King, Boston Market, and Dunkin Donuts. Behind the library is a Shaw's Market and Pei Wei, an Asian Diner.)
Fees: no
Intended Audience: Open to any library staff member of Rhode Island libraries and archives that may have to oversee the recovery of library materials damaged in a disaster.

YART
Topic: GLBT - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Literature

Date: 09/27/07 9:30 a.m.
Location: Cumberland Public Library
Presenter: Robin Lensing and Jennifer Beiermann
Contact: Hope Houston, hhouston@olis.ri.gov
Sponsor: OLIS
Registration: No
Intended Audience: Library staff working with young adults, library school students, teachers
Meeting Notes: Coffee is available 15 minutes prior to start of each meeting. Reading lists will be posted to the YART listserv a few weeks before the relevant meeting.

Banned Books Week "Free People Read Freely"