SEMLS News

Everyone connected to your library (staff, board of trustees, friends members, teachers, principals) is welcome to receive our newsletter electronically. Sign up at http://www.semls.org/survey_003.htm.

As of January 1, 2007, each member library will only receive 1 paper copy of the newsletter!

Congratulations to our SEMLS participants. http://www.llma.org/Documents/LLMA07_participants.pdf

The SEMLS Sightings newsletter is available at http://www.semls.org/PDF_files/February%202007%20Newsletter.pdf.
In this issue:

• Entergy Charitable Foundation Awards Grant


• MassCat ILL Pilot Project Takes Off!


• Library Leaders Selected for Institute


• Trustee Symposium

The latest issue of the SEMLS Sightings newsletter is available. In this issue:

• SEMLS Revitalizes the Web Site
• Great Decisions @ Your Library
• Why Your Library Should Have an Interlibrary Loan Policy and What Should be In It

The SEMLS Web site has a new look. We launched our newly-redesigned Web site today with new features to make it a useful resource for members. Some new things you'll find on our site include:

• A SEMLS Community section, where members can interact with each other to share ideas and challenges.


• A Resource Shelf, where members can find professional support materials, grants and awards, and other resources to assist them in their libraries.


• More photos of members participating in SEMLS programs.


• RSS feeds for regional news and conversations.

Articles appearing in the June issue of SEMLS Sightings:

• SEMLS Adds RSS Feeds to Web Site


• Continuing Education Offerings


• A Reference Librarian's Field Trip to Second Life


• Waste Not Want Not This Summer


• On the Importance of Providing Information to the Information Provider

Articles appearing in the June issue of SEMLS Sightings:

• SEMLS Adds RSS Feeds to Web Site


• Continuing Education Offerings


• A Reference Librarian's Field Trip to Second Life


• Waste Not Want Not This Summer


• On the Importance of Providing Information to the Information Provider

If you haven't seen the thirty(30) second Catch the Beat at Your Library 2007 Summer Reading promotional ad airing on your town's local cable network, you can view the ad from Youtube. Both ads, however can be shared with family, friends and of course downloaded onto your library's webpages. So celebrate the ReadsinMa & SRP 2007 campaigns using Web 2.0 tools this year!

The August SEMLS Sightings Newsletter is now available.

This is a reminder to join your fellow trustees for a light buffet dinner and a discussion of state and regional programs, Tuesday, September 25 at the Lakeville Public Library. Learn how the MBLC and SEMLS can assist you in providing service to your community. Please RSVP to SEMLS at 877-923-3531 or cletendre@semls.org.

We're ready to take your materials order for the 2008 Massachusetts Statewide Summer Reading Program - Wild Reads at your library.

Check out all the great supplies and view JanWay's link to incentives for your program!

Ordering deadline is Friday, November 23, 2007.

http://www.semls.org/wild%20reads.htm

Please join us in celebrating ten years of service at the SEMLS Annual Meeting on November 15, 2007 from 10-12. This year the annual meeting will be held at the Lakeville Public Library.

Refreshments will be available at 9:30 a.m.

If you plan on attending, please call the SEMLS office at 508-923-3531 or e-mail us at semls@semls.org.

Hope to see you there!

The November SEMLS Sightings Newsletter is now available.

The February SEMLS Sightings Newsletter is now available.

Proposals are being sought for a Facilitator for the 3rd Library Leadership Institute to be held in July 2009. Participants in the Institute will include up to forty (40) professional or paraprofessional library staff, and possibly trustees and/or friends of libraries. Deadline for proposals is April 1, 2008

The full RFP can be found at: http://www.semls.org/news/llma proposal 2008.pdf

Please join us in welcoming our newest SEMLS member:

Gilmore Academy IRC
150 Clinton Street
Brockton, MA 02302

Nancy James, Library Teacher

Please join us in welcoming our newest SEMLS member: Freetown Elementary School Library, 43 Bullock Road, East Freetown, MA 02717, Maria Sylvain, Library Teacher.

The Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Library System is seeking proposals for delivery services for its member libraries. Proposals are due at SEMLS by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29th.

The SEMLS Delivery Request for Proposal - 2008 is now available at http://www.semls.org/what/delivery/rfp2008-semls.htm.