Upcoming Library Events

Here's a look at some important library events happening in the fall:
September 26 - National Book Festival (Washington, D.C.) http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/a/NationalBookFes.htm
September 26/October 3 - Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
October 12/October 16 - PLA's Results Boot Camp (Seattle) http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaevents/plabootcamp/index.cfm see below
October 18/October 24 - Teen Read Week http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2009/home.cfm
October 24 - TLA District 10 (San Antonio Public Library) http://www.txla.org/groups/dist10/Index.htm
October 31/November 1 - Texas Book Festival (Austin) http://www.texasbookfestival.org/
More Information on PLA's Results Boot CampPLA is offering an intensive 5-day management training camp that is based on the Results series. Sandra Nelson and June Garcia will be the instructors.
The Results series consists of Planning for Results, Managing for Results, Creating Policies for Results, Staffing for Results and other titles.
From the Boot Camp site:By the end of the week, you will have the skills you need to develop and implement a strategic plan in your library. You will be able to:
Identify community needs Understand and explain the recently revised public library service responses Write goals and objectives that will enable you to measure progress toward achieving your strategic plan Incorporate outcome measures in your strategic plan Identify and select the most effective activities to support the priorities in your strategic plan Identify current staff workload and skills and determine the staffing requirements to accomplish your selected activitiesUnderstand the issues that affect the allocation of collection, technology, and facilities resources in a Results environment Review your current library policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that they support the strategic plan Manage change in your library more effectively

Fees - Individual RegistrationIndividual applications must be submitted by July 1, 2009: