BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1baf385527d13a39e1b379e198c36e7688 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:POSTPONED: The Accidental Library Worker: VLA Professional Associates Forum 2020 Regional Workshop Tour LOCATION:Chinn Park Regional Library: Prince William Public Library System\, 13065 C hinn Park Dr. \, Woodbridge, VA 22192\, US DESCRIPTION:
The Virginia Library Association Professional Associates Forum (VLAPAF) is bringing together library support staff from around the Commonwealth at workshops this Spring and Summer. Here is your chance to ne twork with other library staff as part of our educational training series.< /p>
Each workshop will featur e a discussion of Cataloging/Technical Services/Collections, presentations about setting SMART goals (professionally and personally), roundtable discu ssions of topics relevant to YOU and a break for lunch, where you’ll be wel come to chat with others about your experiences working in your library.
Did you plan to work in lib raries? Were you looking for a change and just happened to come across libr ary work? Are you are new to the library world? Your voice and experience m atter. As part of our workshop, we’ll be looking for you to tell us what yo u want from continuing education experiences – since we will be hosting a c onference in 2021 geared specifically to library support staff – and you ca n help shape the future of those events,
Are you new to VLA? This is a great way to learn more about what other libraries are doing in VA. We encourage staff at academic, publ ic, government, special and law libraries to attend.
Registration for the workshops is now open . Cost is $20 for VLA members, $30 for non-VLA members. You will be able to specify dietary restrictions on the registration form.
The Accidental Library Worker events are fro m 10am-4pm:
Thank you in advance for your support of this program.
Sinc
erely,
Kristi Jerome, Longwood Univers
ity: Chair, VLA Professional Associates Forum
Is
aak Hopson, Virginia Commonwealth University: Co-Chair, VLA Professiona
l Associates Forum
and the members of the VLA Professional Associates
Forum Board