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YSS Spring Program

The Youth Services Section of the Massachusetts Library Association proudly presents:

"A Morning with the Illustrators"
Featuring Ruth Sanderson and Ralph Masiello
Friday, April 11, 2008
Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston, MA
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Refreshments & Registration at 9:30 AM; Program 10:00 AM-1:00 PM

Book Sale and signing included! You may pre-order books with your registration. Books will also be available for purchase during the event. Raffles too!

Members of the public are welcome to register at the non-member rate.

  • To register online and pay by credit card or purchase order, go to <http://www.masslib.org>.
  • If you are registering with a purchase order, you must register online.
  • To register by check, print and complete the form at <http://www.masslib.org>.
  • Registration will be accepted at the door, however ONLY checks or cash will be accepted at the door.

Due to our fixed financial obligations, no refunds will be made.

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Annual Conference - MLA is Growing Communities
May 6 - 9, 2008, at the SeaCrest Resort & Conference Center, Falmouth, MA

The MLA Conference Committee has pulled out all the stops to deliver an annual conference that just keeps getting better! This year sees formal partnerships with ACRL/New England, the Cooperative Libraries Association and the Massachusetts School Library Association to develop programming to appeal to libraries of all types in Massachusetts.

For more information, please visit <http://www.masslib.org/conference/2008Conference/index.htm>

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Library Leadership Massachusetts (LLMA) Invitation

All LLMA Institute alumni (2005 and 2007) are invited to a follow-up workshop on Negotiation at the Massachusetts Library Association Conference in Falmouth. The session will take place on Friday, May 9, from 1:45-4:30. Maureen Sullivan is the speaker.

Maureen is an organizational development consultant who focuses on the delivery of consulting and training services to libraries and other information organizations. She designed and facilitated the LLMA 2007 Institute with Jack Siggins.

On the faculty of the annual ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute, Maureen is a professor of practice in the new Ph.D./Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions program at Simmons College.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn and practice the skills for effective negotiation
  • Understand the key steps in the negotiation process
  • Determine specific steps to improve their effectiveness in negotiation and exercising influence
  • Identify next steps in their leadership development

    The workshop will be followed by a reunion of 2005 and 2007 alumni. You'll have an opportunity to re-connect with your LLMA colleagues amid conversation and refreshments.

    Join us! It will be a pleasant way to wait out the Cape traffic and start on the road re-charged!

    See the full Conference program at: <http://www.masslib.org/conference/2008Conference/index.htm>.

    Stay in touch with the LLMA Blog! : <http://llma.blogspot.com/>. Add your news, questions, and accomplishments! Can't remember to check it? Sign up for automatic email notifications!

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    First Ever Drill Cart Team Competition

    Be part of the first 8 teams to compete in the first Massachusetts Library Association Book Cart Drill Team Competition! Find out more and apply at <http://www.masslib.org/conference/2008Conference/PDFs/bcdtRulesGuidelinesApplication.pdf>

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