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• It’s Time to Vote for BCALA Connecticut’s New Slate of 0fficers!
  Deadline: No Later than Wednesday, June 25 th, 2008.
  This is the slate of Officers presented for the 2008-2009 Term.
  The slate shall become effective when ratified by two-thirds of the vote. Votes can be submitted in three ways to Astoria H. Ridley by:

  1. E-MAIL: astoriar"at"yahoo.com || OR FAX to: 203-789-6499
  2. MAIL to: New Haven Law Library at New Haven Courthouse, 235 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510, Attn: Astoria H. Ridley

   

• Fall LTA Courses at Capitol Community College.
  For the Fall 2008 semester, Capital Community College, located in Hartford, Connecticut is offering the following courses as part of its Library Technical Assistant Program. Courses can be taken for for professional development as well as enrolling in the certificate or degree program. View Courses[doc]

• Nomination Deadline : May 31 st, 2008
  It is again time for the membership of BCALA-CT to begin to think about the selection of nominees for the 2008 - 2009 Executive Board offices. The mission of the Nominating committee is to reach out to the BCALA-CT Affiliate membership to solicit candidates for the office of Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer.

   If you know of someone who might be interested in serving as an officer, please complete this form and e-mail it to phara.bayonne "at" uconn.edu or FAX to: ( 203) 251-8501, Phara Bayonne, Chair- Nominating Committee. Self-nominations are accepted.

  All nominations must members in good standing.

• BCALA-CT Program at CLA 2008: Urban Lit
  conference program description, April 29th
  Download: Young Adult Reading List (compiled by Andrew "Sekou" Jackson) and BCALA-CT compiled bibliography of suggested authors

• The BCALA-Connecticut Affiliate would like to announce a scholarship in honor of Dr. Spencer G. Shaw. Dr. Shaw is a retired public librarian, educator and world renowned expert on storytelling and library services to children. He was also the first African American Librarian to be hired at the Hartford Public Library in 1941(more about Dr. Shaw here). The scholarship will be available to a Connecticut resident and African-American student accepted in an MLS degree program from an ALA accredited Master’s Program in Library and Information Studies.  The $500 award will be given for the first time this Spring at the Connecticut Library Association annual 2008 conference. Deadline is March 30, 2008 .

• Join BCALA-CT Members at the Dr. Martin Luther King 2008 celebration at the Peabody Museum. January 21, 2008. We are seeking from libraries, librarians and friends to donate adult, YA and/or childrens books in excellent condition to be given out at this worthwhile event. Please contact Debra Williams for further information. 203.946-8130 x310 dawilliams61"at" yahoo.coom.
  Read the write up from this wonderful day!

• The Connecticut Library Association Scholarship 2008 Deadline is February 1, 2008. Find out more about the scholarship here.