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February 2008 VOLUME 5 y ISSUE 8
Highlights y Google Groups for Roundtables page 4
y Offers from WALDO page 5
y CLC News, Discounts, and More page 6
y CLC’s LROC Catalog page 7
y Scenes from ALA’s Mid-Winter page 7
y Trendspotting III page 8
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The Newsletter of the Connecticut Library Consortium
Summer Reading Program Showcase
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he Cheshire Library was anything but quiet when Connecticut Librarians "caught the reading bug" early at the Children's Librarians' Roundtable-South, Summer Reading Showcase on Monday, January 28. The theme of the showcase was crafted around the national collaborative summer reading program, and performers were recommended from librarians across the state, including: Gayle Byrne (Killingworth Library), Judy Rabin (Woodbridge Town Library), Julie Faraci (URS Corporation), Debra Verrillo (North Branford Libraries), and Suellen Heinrich (Guilford Free Public Library). Special thanks to Roundtable Chair Sue Hartley of Cheshire Public Library, who hosted the event. Emcee Bryan Flint, the consummate performer, comic, and magician, of Showtime Fun Productions, kept the fun rolling in between the whirlwind of 13 acts (see sidebar right).
Featured Performers from the Library Resource Online Catalog (LROC)
• Singer/songwriter Marjorie Warner • Wild Zoofari with Beardsley Zoo’s
In Every Issue
Jim and Bruce Knox
y Library Happenings
• The Magic of Christopher Hurlburt &
& Member News pages 2 and 3
his Percy Jackson Trivia Show
• DB Magic
y February Calendar page 3
Contact Us
• Deron Ash of Hands On Space and Pattie LaTerza (North Haven), Donna Cann (North Branford), and Debra Verrillo (Northford's Smith Library).
Imagine Nation Museum
• Singer/songwriter Maria Sangiolo
860.344.8777 (Middletown) 860.344.9199 (Middletown Fax) 860.465.5001 (Willimantic) 860.465.5004 (Willimantic Fax) 860.529.2938 (Donohue Group)
• Oddfellows Playhouse Circus
Toll-Free Numbers
• Art Farm
• Flow Circus (all the way from North Carolina!)
• Author Leslie Bulion • Animal Party with Eric Everett
800.304.5403 (Middletown) 800.260.5427 (Willimantic)
• Deborah Costine of Gerwicks Puppets • Stuart Woronecki with The Art &
www.ctlibrarians.org
Science of Beekeeping More showcase snapshots on page 7...
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Library Happenings and Member News To celebrate new Sunday hours at the Henry Carter Hull Library (Clinton), the Russ Becker Quartet performed a free jazz concert on Sunday, January 6 to an enthusiastic crowd of over 60 people. "The concert was a resounding success," said library director Maribeth Breen. "It was great to see so many people in the library on our inaugural Sunday." The quartet played for two hours and told the audience that the library had many of the songs they played in its compact disc collection. The event kicked off an exciting three months of a programs and activities for all ages from a beginner ballroom dance to the "Museums at the Library" lecture series. Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury is pleased to announce its 2008 "Ready To Read" summer program, designed to encourage youngsters to hit the books once school goes into recess. Registration is now under way for your library to participate and possibly win valuable prizes from Quassy that can be used for fundraising. Divisions have been established for school as well as public libraries. There is no fee to participate. The park's program is quite simple: Children completing three books at their reading level can earn a free all-day ride pass. Completed reading certificates may be redeemed during two weekends in September 2008. Email ron@quassy.com with the complete name and address of your library, and indicate if the library is a school or public facility, include a contact person and e-mail address. The kick off weekend for "Ready To Read" will be May 3 and 4 at Quassy Amusement Park with a special guest appearance by a favorite character among young readers. Lorri Huddy is leaving iCONN for a new job with the CTW Consortium. She also served as a member of the CLC Database committee. Kathy Cockcroft will be leaving her post as director of the Canton Public Library. She and her husband are off to Texas for a new adventure!
The Southington Library and Museum's Food for Fines program during the holidays was a huge success. Patrons were able to clear their accounts of overdue fines by bringing in nonperishable food items, hats, mittens and small articles of winter clothing; but many more just contributed out of generosity and a spirit of giving. The library delivered three truckloads of food to the Southington Community Service Department. Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport has a new librarian, Shelley Strohm, shown far right with staffers (l to r): Mark Gore, Quiming Han, Doug Alton, Jennifer Falasco, and Lois McCrackne. The Stratford Library Teen Department was the grateful recipient of a $750 donation from the Stratford Police Athletic League (PAL) recently. The library used the donation to augment its teen collection of books dealing with sports, hobbies, biographies, health and nutrition. Stratford PAL Treasurer Officer Dave Mullane checks out the new book display funded by the Police Athletic League with Library Teen Services Department Head Lucretia Duwel. The Bethel Library was recently featured on the Bethel Today Show. Host Marty Lawlor chatted with former Library Board Chair, Jane Bickford and President of the Friends of the Library, Jenny Tesar, about the latest news from the library. Other topics included the library's upcoming programs, services, and how to help the library reach its fundraising goals. The program aired on local access cable. State senators Paul Doyle and John Fonfara at the State Capitol for the CHET College Savings Challenge Awards Reception. Kate Sheehan starts at Darien Public Library on March 1 as Head of Knowledge and Innovation Services.
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Library Happenings and Member News McDonald's Active Achievers® is thrilled to offer your library A Friendship Adventure® with Ronald McDonald— a program that focuses on teaching children about friendship, cooperation, active play and anti-bullying. Endorsed by kids and parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba, this 45-minute program includes music, magic and fun for elementary age children. To request a free Ronald McDonald® appearance call 860.659.0514, ext. 222, or email activeachievers@cronin-co.com. There are a limited number of shows available. Please note the following parameters: Audiences of all Active Achievers programs must be least 75 children or greater, participating libraries may only have one in-library assembly every two years, and Active Achievers shows are not available in Fairfield County. Dr. Clara A. Ogbaa was appointed Director of Library Services at Gateway Community College. Clara worked previously at GCC as a librarian on the North Haven and Long Wharf campuses. In addition to her new job, Clara co-authored the chapter "Implementing Virtual Reference on the Fly: Staff Motivation and Buy-In." in the recently published book, Virtual Reference Service: From Competencies to Assessment (Neal Schuman, 2008). Merry Uk started as the new webmaster at Danbury Public Library.
Send Us Your Latest Library Happenings & News! Send your library’s and staff members’ news, ideas, photos, etc., to CONNtext editor Kathy Charbonneau at kcharb2361@aol.com. The deadline is the 20th of each month.
OK, in 2007, we may have had another "Americans Don't Read Anymore" report from the NEA, public library closings and cutbacks across the nation, and school librarians threatened by No Child Left Behind. But that was then. And this is 2008. Our WWL (Wonderful Web Librarian) Christine Sarrazin located a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign saying that young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries! And are we proud of the CLA conference committee who has already asked CLC to co-sponsor an appearance by Pew Director Lee Reine at the CLA conference in April. Visit http:// www.usatoday.com/tech/products/200712-30-1107964518_x.htm to learn more about the study. Anne O'Connor is the new Head of Reference Services at Scranton Library in Madison, replacing Retia Cutbill who has retired. Anne previously worked for the Donohue Group and most recently was Head of Reference at the Peterson Library, University of New Haven. Dawn Higginson is the new Director at Oxford Library. Prior to this position, Dawn was Youth Services Librarian at Oxford Public Library. Bridget Quinn Carey, Director at Essex Public Library, has been appointed as Director at Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System. TechSoup's MaintainIT Project announces the latest Cookbook, packed with tips, techniques, and stories about supporting public computers from libraries across the country. Download the FREE Joy of Computing: Recipes for a 5-Star Library at http://maintainitproject.org/ cookbooks. Please get in touch and share your challenges and successes so libraries can learn from your experiences by sending an email to maintainit@techsoup.org.
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February 2008 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Northwest Audio Swap Bethlehem Library, 10:00
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Southwest Audio Swap Wilton Library, 10:00
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Capitol Region South Windsor PL, 9:00
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 CLC offices closed for Presidents' Day
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Northeast DVD, CD, Cassette Swap Willimantic Service Center, 9:30 CLC/OCLC Direct: What's It All About? New Haven Lawn Club, 10:00-4:00
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Southeast DVD Swap East Lyme PL, 9:00
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Northwest DVD Swap Harwinton Town Hall, 9:00 CLC Board of Directors Russell Library, Middletown, 2:00
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Southwest DVD Swap Southbury PL, 9:30
MONDAY, MARCH 3 Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Northwest, Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, 9:30
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 FLIC Circuit Swap Middletown Service Center, 10:30
THURSDAY, MARCH 13 Interlibrary Loan Roundtable: West, Easton PL, 9:30
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 Trendspotting III University of Hartford, 10:00-4:00 Young Adult Librarians' Roundtable: East, Mansfield PL, 1:00
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February Roundtable Highlights Mark your calendar for these upcoming roundtables. For more info, or to register, go to www.ctlibrarians.org.
Google Groups for Roundtables
February Recap
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Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Fairfield County
f you're a regular participant in one or more of CLC's roundtables, you already know how beneficial it is to gather with your colleagues to discuss topics of mutual interest. But what if you have something pressing to discuss that can't wait for the next meeting? What if you're rarely able to leave your library to attend?
Connecticut-based listservs exist for a variety of librarianship's specialties, such as children's librarians, young adult librarians, school media specialists, and the like, as well as CONNTECH and CLClist for library staff of all stripes. But for contacting local colleagues, or colleagues in your specialized area of expertise, we have nothing but messy home-grown email address books—until now... Using the elegant (and FREE) wizardry of Google, CLC has set up "Google Groups" discussion groups for each of our roundtables. Each group has a home on the web where anyone can view discussion topics and postings.
Chair: Tess Beck, Stratford Library Association Are you interested in chairing this roundtable? Contact Tess at tess@stratfor dlibrary.or g. tess@stratfordlibrary.or dlibrary.org.
The group discussed the 2009 Nutmegs at their meeting on February 4. Contact Margaret Borchers at mborchers@biblio.org or Tess Beck to request a confidential list of 2009 books.
Genealogy Librarians’ Roundtable Chair: Sherry Gelbwasser, Asnuntuck Community College Would you like to co-chair this roundtable? Email Sherry at sgelbwasser@acc.commnet.edu.
The Genealogy Librarians Roundtable invites all Connecticut librarians whose work involves helping people trace their family histories or who are interested in helping their patrons use Connecticut library resources for genealogical research. Staff from all types of libraries in Connecticut are welcome—academic, public, school, and special. Join us at our next meeting in March!
Young Adult Librarians' Roundtable: Capitol Region Chair: Ann Marie Naples, West Hartford Public Library Would you like to co-chair this roundtable? Contact Ann Marie at anaples@westhartfordlibrary.org.
To contribute to the discussions, or have postings sent to you via email or RSS, just join the group. It's easy and you don't need a Google (or "gmail") email address:
• Visit CLC's roundtable page at www.ctlibrarians.org/ events/roundtables.html
• Scroll to your favorite roundtable, and enter your email address into the appropriate "Google Groups" form
• Follow the link in the confirmation email you receive • Answer one question: What library do you represent? • Wait for CLC staff to approve your membership request • Become a member! Once you're a member, you can post messages to the group, and see who else has joined. Start discussions or contribute to them. How you use this tool is up to you—but it can be a powerful way to network without leaving your desk.
The group discussed Teen Tech Week. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries' nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology. The 2008 celebration is March 2-8.
Coming Up Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Capitol Region Co-chairs: Shelley Spoering, Simsbury Public Library; and Helen Aveline, Lucy Robbins Welles Library/Newington
Don't miss the next CLR-CR meeting on Intermediate Nutmegs at the South Windsor Public Library on Monday, February 11. Meeting starts at 9 am for coffee and networking and the roundtable discussion starts at 9:30 am.
CLC's Snow Policy If school is delayed in the town hosting the event, the event will go on as scheduled. If school is cancelled in the host town, the event will be postponed to the snow date.
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New Offers from WALDO H.W. Wilson Discounts for New Subscribers y Art Gallery & Art Full Text Package—25% discount y Essay & General Literature—discounts for current print subscribers y Book Review Digest—45% discount for web print subscribers y Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus—Access full text of historical primary sources including manuscripts, photographs, speeches, case law, and government documents through an easy-to-use interface y Colleges under 2,000 FTE—25% discount on standard databases, 15% discount on retrospective databases y Retrospective Databases—additional discounts available on packages y NEW! Business Periodicals Index Retrospective: 19131982—more than 1,000 business periodicals dating back to the first World War. Compile vivid portraits of historical business trends, events, people, and innovations, complete with insights that only contemporaneous journalism can offer. Searches seamlessly with Wilson Business Full Text, offering nearly a century of data combined. Sign up for a free 30-day trial at hwwilson.com/trial or contact WALDO.
Alexander Street Press: New! The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. The database includes:
IGI Global New Subscriber Offers InfoSci Journals Database—15% additional discount for first year subscription plus free access now through July 31, 2008 when ordering a subscription beginning August 1, 2008. Content in InfoSci Journals Database is growing rapidly. By the end of 2008, it will include the full-text of 60 journals and by the end of 2009, it will include 100 full-text journals. For more information on IGI Global, visit their website at http://www.igi-online.com/.
Country Watch Country Watch—Available to CLC/WALDO Members CountryWatch is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world. CountryWatch provides critical country-specific intelligence and data to over 4000 clients including public and private sector organizations with overseas operations and global interests. In addition, CountryWatch provides country information to large media audiences in various venues as part of its media strategy. For more information on CountryWatch visit their website at: http://www.countrywatch.com.
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y Military records for soldiers as well as Official records y Pension index records y 1860 census records y Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) records y Roll of Honor records y Medal of Honor records y Regimental histories For more information visit their website at http:// alexanderstreetpress.com/.
For discounted pricing and order information on products, contact Joanne Montgomery, Senior Electronic Resources Specialist, at 800.326.6495, ext. 2, or email joanne@waldolib.org. Send faxes to 617.327.5516. Visit www.waldolib.org.
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The Latest CLC News, Discounts, and More BookExpo America Update
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nfortunately, we did not get enough people for a charter to BookExpo 2008 in Los Angeles. (Most of us will have to wait until 2009 when it returns to New York!) But for those brave souls who will be California bound, BEA’s Steve Rosato has done some looking into fares, and right now the average fare from Bradley to LAX is well under $400 for a direct flight and under $350 out of JFK. For CLC members, BEA will provide a $65.00 badge rate (saving $20.00 off the standard rate). Lastly, they still have rooms at the BEA Librarian Hotel for $199/night and that is walking distance to the convention center (it is the closest hotel) and the only hotel downtown that is not sold out.
Summer Reading Program Deadline
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he deadline to order "Choose Your Adventure." SRP materials, with artwork by award winning artist, author, and CT resident Leonard Everett Fisher, has been extended to February 14. Visit www.ctlibrarians.org to download, complete, and submit an order form by the deadline.
y Library DV is a downloadable broadband database that is provided by Recorded Books. It allows patrons to choose from over 600 videos that they can download to their computers and watch on either their computer or TV. The cost of a one year subscription to My Library DV is determined by the library's circulation. Invoices will be sent 30 days after service begins. In August, Recorded Books launched Hollywood Favorites/ World Cinema. Hollywood Favorites has over 500 movies and TV programs. This is an additional program to My Library DV, and is priced in addition to MLDV. The cost for Hollywood Favorites/World Cinema is determined by a library's circulation. Go to www.ctlibrarians.org for pricing. Recorded Books is currently offering a 15% discount to CLC member libraries that sign with My Library DV and/or Hollywood Favorites/World Cinema by July 1, 2008. Member libraries that have already signed with My Library DV will receive a 15 % discount when renewing My Library DV and Hollywood Favorites/World Cinema. Interested librarians should contact Jim Keating at jkrecbooks@aol.com, or 317.844.9313 to access My Library DV for a weekly trial.
VenMill CD/DVD Repair Systems
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Connecticut Family Day 2008
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his year is the 10th anniversary of Family Day. Recently, Senator Crisco (the founder of Family Day), the Family Day Organizing Committee, many state agencies, and CLC met at the state Legislative Office Building to begin planning for this year. Connecticut Libraries were held up as an example truly wonderful and successful Family Day programming, especially the Meriden Public Library.
Thank you to the Family Day Committee for extending minigrants to help insure this valuable programming continues in our libraries. And thank you to Kathie Matsil of Meriden PL, and all libraries that support Connecticut families on this day, and all throughout the year.
wo of the VenMill CD/DVD repair systems are available at Baker & Taylor with free shipping. The VMI 3500 is $1839. The Skip-Away is $239.99. Members wishing to purchase these machines should contact Daeneen Powers at 800.775.2600, ext. 2026. The ELITE60 is available from VenMill for $1079.99 (until 2/29/08) plus shipping costs. To order call Luke at 866.864.0210, ext. 38, or 774.230.1668. We are still working on a discount for the supplies for these machines. Below: At the AV Roundtable at Russell Library where the CD/DVD cleaner/repairer VenMill made a presentation. (l to r) Roundtable chair Gail Thompson-Allen (Russell Library), Denise Ricota (Windsor), and Pattie Noren of CLC; Pat Aldrich and Judy Rabe (Salem).
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Snapshots from the Summer Reading Program Showcase Check Out CLC’s Library Resource Online Catalog (LROC)
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he performers featured at the showcase and hundreds of others can be found in CLC's Library Resource Online Catalog (LROC)—a one-stop clearinghouse of educational and cultural programs for your library.
If you still have the itch to attend another showcase, the Children's Librarians' Roundtable - Southeast is planning a very special Local Authors Showcase this spring (the date is still to be determined, but keep March 18 open, just in case). Top row (l to r): Carole Fisher (Belden Library, Rocky Hill) with Roberta La Monaca (Prosser Library, Bloomfield;
You can search the LROC by:
• Performers Name - NEW! • Audience Type and Age Group • Price Range • Dozens of Categories and Subcategories—Performing Arts; Authors; Science; Multicultural; Health; Music and more, or just browse….
Diedre Sullivan and Alice Sherwood (Greenwich Library) and Liz McKay (Ferguson Library, Stamford); 2nd row (l to r): John Jessen (New Haven Free PL), and Candace Herbst (Wesport PL); Gayle Byrne (Killingworth Library) and Diane Therrian (Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam);
The LROC also helps you pick just the right program for your library by listing "Feedback" with performer profiles. The LROC is a central location to review Feedback from other librarians, familiar with a performer. New performers are added constantly, and many more changes will be coming to the LROC this Spring. Please check back often. If you know of a great performer, please ask them to sign up for the LROC on at www.ctlibrarians.org. And if you've seen a great performer, please share your Feedback on their profile.
Above: Performer Eric Everett of Animal Party; Paul Miller of Flow Circus (all the way from North Carolina); and DB Magic.
Scenes from ALA’s Mid-Winter in Philadelphia Top row (l to r): Three generations of Library Guys—grandfather Jay Johnston of Farmington PL, son Rob Walsh of Three Rivers CC, and father, and CLA president, Carl Antonucci of Capital CC; Janet Woycik of C.W. Booth Library in Newtown and Sandy Ruoff of Guilford PL; Some of our Trendspotting III (March 14) speakers: John Stromquist of WALDO; Carl Grant, formerly of VTLS, now with CARE Affiliates; and Josh Ferraro of LibLime. Bottom row (l to r): Chris Bradley with Sunday's president's program speaker Kareem Abdul Jabbar; Kate Sheehan from Danbury PL (soon to be from Darien PL), Amy Terlaga of Bibliomation and the CLC Board, and the Sirsi-Dynix users group, and Bob Gualtieri, of Hamden PL. Alice Knapp of Ferguson Library in Stamford, and Scott Hughes of Bridgeport PL.
Connecticut Library Consortium CONNtext • February 2008 Board of Directors
Mark Your Calendar for These Events! CLC/OCLC Direct—What's It All About? February 20 from 10-4 at the New Haven Lawn Club. Register Online!
Randi Ashton-Pritting, Chair
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ur featured speaker is Cathy De Rosa, OCLC's Vice President for the Americas and Global Vice President of Marketing for OCLC. Cathy will speak about OCLC's most recent membership report, "Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World."
University of Hartford Libraries pritting@hartford.edu Francine Aloisa Somers Public Library faloisa@biblio.org Carl Antonucci Capital Community College CAntonucci@CCC.Commnet.edu
Bernadette Baldino Easton Public Library bbaldino@optonline.net Anita Barney The Brookfield Library abarney@brookfieldlibrary.org
Candice Brown New Britain Public Library cabrown@nbpl.info
This OCLC membership report explores the web of social participation and cooperation on the Internet and how it may impact the library's role. The research provides insights into the values and social-networking habits of library users. Also on the agenda are: OCLC/CAPCON's Irene Hoffman, speaking about the CLC/OCLC Direct Training Program and other services from CAPCON; OCLC's Andy Bush and Patrick Moriarity speaking about OCLC products, including CONTENTdm and WorldCat Local; WALDO's Rob Karen and John Stromquist speaking about their experience with Open Source technology in an academic library consortium.
Susan Burke Griswold High School sburke@griswold.k12.ct.us
Trendspotting III
Mary Etter South Windsor Public Library metter@libraryconnection.info
Mike Moran Asnuntuck Community College mmoran@acc.commnet.edu
Arthur Meyers Russell Library ameyers@russell.lioninc.org
Roslyn Rubinstein Waterford Public Library rrubinstein@waterfordct.org
Friday, March 14, 2008 at the University of Hartford This year's event will take place at the University of Hartford, and the agenda is packed: OCLC's George Needham, LibLime's Josh Ferraro, CARE Affiliates' Carl Grant (formerly of VTLS), WALDO's John Stromquist, David Lindahl from the eXtensible Catalog project, and Karen Schneider, the Free Range Librarian. Our focus will once again be Open Source technology applications and implications. Vendor presentations after lunch include LibLime, CARE Affiliates, Ebrary and Books 24x7. Visit www.ctlibrarians.org for the full agenda.
Sandra Ruoff Guilford Free Library sruoff@guilfordfreelibrary.org
Register for both events today at www.ctlibrarians.org.
Keith Stetson Fairfield University kstetson@mail.fairfield.edu
Alison Wang
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Naugatuck Community College AWang@nvcc.commnet.edu
234 Court Street Middletown, CT 06457
Amy Terlaga Bibliomation aterlaga@biblio.org Carol Weinshel Helen Keller Middle School CWeinshel@eastonps.org
Janet Woycik Cyrenius H. Booth Library jwoycik@biblio.org
Christine Bradley, Exec. Dir. cbradley@ctlibrarians.org
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