If you are planning on attending the Texas Library Association Conference in Houston in late March-early April, please see the message below from Danielle. Laurie
Laurie Mahaffey, Deputy Director Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 West 41st Street Austin, Texas 78756 www.ctls.net [email protected] 512-583-0704 x18 800-262-4431 x18 -----Original Message----- From: Plumer, Danielle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:33 PM To: Public Libraries Division Subject: [pld] Pre-conference on conservation at TLA; stipends available Dear PLD members, I want to call your attention to a pre-conference session planned for the 2009 TLA Annual Conference in Houston: "Connecting to Collections: Constructing the Future." Did you know that building projects in public and community college libraries may be eligible for stimulus funds from the federal government? Start thinking about how to build the future while preserving the past! Providing the best environment to care for collections is challenging in any building. When the building is itself part of your historic collection, the challenges can seem insurmountable. This may help to explain why only 4 of the 32 Carnegie libraries built in Texas remain still serve their original purpose. Learn how libraries, museums, archives, and other collecting institutions can balance collections care, historic preservation, and information access while building communities of ideals and innovation. In the morning, speakers will discuss architectural, ethical, and financial concerns in renovating historic buildings and caring for unique collections. In the afternoon, attendees will have the opportunity to visit historic sites that have been, or are in the process of being, renovated for use as libraries and museums. Funding for this workshop is provided in part by a Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Workshop cost: $65. To register, see http://www.txla.org/conference/conf.html A limited number of stipends (ranging from $65-$400) are available to assist attendees from small institutions with travel and registration costs. To apply, send an email to Danielle Plumer, [email protected], including your name, the institution you represent, and a short description of how attendance at this workshop would benefit your institution and region. Please also include a short budget with the funds you are requesting, including travel, workshop registration fee, and up to one night's lodging. Recipients will be asked to complete a short report on the workshop within six months of attending, describing their experiences and how they have shared their knowledge with others. Reports may be included in the project website or other publications. If you have any questions about this conference or the available stipends, please contact me. I hope to see you in Houston! Danielle Cunniff Plumer, Coordinator Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative Texas State Library and Archives Commission 512.463.5852 (phone) / 512.936.2306 (fax) [email protected] ******************************************************* You are currently subscribed to pld as: [email protected]. Subscription is automatic, based on member preferences. If you would like to be removed from all of your unit distribution lists, please update your membership setting "I do not want to be automatically subscribed to my Unit electronic distribution list(s)" via the Modify Membership Information/Choices found in the Members Only Section of www.txla.org.
