2010 Paraprofessional Grants

ANNOUNCING THE 2010 PARAPROFESSIONAL GRANTS

Five (5) $250 grants will be given to the award winners for expenses to attend
GaCOMO 2010 in Athens, Georgia on October 13-15, 2010, and a free one-year paraprofessional memberships in the Georgia Library Association.

Recognition award plaques will be presented at a GLA function.

Applicants do NOT have to be members of the association in order to compete, but must be full-time employees in a library which falls under GLA's auspices (normally a college-level academic, public library, public school or special library).

All applications due by Friday, June 11, 2010.

For more information, including the application and recommendation forms, please see http://adminservices.clayton.edu/library/GLA/awards.htm.

or contact:

Rhonda Boozer
Clayton State Library
2000 Clayton State Boulevard
Morrow, Georgia 30260
rhondaboozer@clayton.edu

New Forsyth County Library Opens

Hampton Park Library Celebrates Grand Opening
(3/18/2010 Press release from Hogan Construction, LLC)

CUMMING, GA — On March 21, 2010, the Hampton Park Library is celebrating its dedication and grand opening. A construction project ten years in the making, the new Hampton Park Library is the jewel of the Forsyth County Library System, one of the finest in the country.

Built on a four-acre site, the new 22,858 square foot Hampton Park Library offers a variety of features that increase exemplary meeting and educational opportunities for North Forysth, one of the fastest developing areas in the state of Georgia. The unique design takes advantage of the spacious site and maximizes the aesthetic appeal of this new facility.

Built with the preservation of the environment in mind, the library includes innovative sustainable features such as a gray water irrigation system and wide roof overhangs that shade windows from heat and ultraviolet rays. Low maintenance, native water plants comprise the landscape and filter runoff from the parking lot. Once inside, library patrons can peruse the 60,000 item collection in a comfortable environment designed to resemble a mountain lodge,
with exposed beams and warm, autumn colors.

The library includes a 100-seat meeting room, self-checkout stations, children’s area, nonfiction, fiction, reference, a magazine room and 38 public access computers. The architecture firm Pope Partners and construction manager Hogan Construction Group are honored to be a part of this great initiative for the improvement of our local community, the preservation of the environment and the benefit of the citizens of Forsyth.

GaCOMO Call for Proposals

The website for the annual GeorgiaConference of Media Organizations conference is now available. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Georgia Library Association, Georgia Association for Instruction Technology, and the Georgia Library Media Association.

On the site you will find the presentation proposal form. The deadline for submissions is May 31st.

COMO will be held October 13-15 in Athens with the theme "Celebrate With One Voice" to show the solidarity of all the organizations who put this together.

Job Hunting Workshop

WHAT: Job Hunting Workshop
WHEN: April, 17th, 2010
WHERE: Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library

TIMETABLE
10.00 Tour new building
10.15 Meet & Greet
10.30 Welcome and introductions
10.40-11.10 John Szabo, Atlanta-Fulton County Library Director.
11.10-11.30 Lesley Barber, Principal Librarian DCPL, presenting Optimal Resume Database.
11.30-12.00 Christian Steinmetz, GSU Library Creative Manager: On Public Speaking.
12.00-12.10 Coffee Break
12.10-12.40 Dianne Smith, Human Resources Officer, Emory University.
12.40-13.00 Panel discussion: Joe Hurley, Data Services Librarian, and Kat Hart, Electronic and Continuing Resources Librarian at GSU.


Contact hours: 2
Please register in advance at:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/603201191/?ref=eivtefrnd

Text the Library Services Covered by the AJC

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's higher education reporter recently wrote about several Georgia libraries that offer or are considering implementation of services to allow users to text a question. Agnes Scott College and Georgia State, Savannah State and Valdosta State University were mentioned:

Library text messaging latest trend on campuses

Doing Frontline Advocacy From Where You Sit

Date: Monday, April 26, 2010

Time: 10:00am-2:30pm - Check in and coffee starting at 9:30

Location: DeKalb County Public Library - Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St. Decatur, GA

Anyone can and should get involved in advocating for their library from anywhere they sit in the library. Be part of the movement of frontline librarians and other library staff who are trained to articulate the value of their libraries to people they know best. Help fight the funding cuts of our libraries in Georgia! All levels of library staff, including administrators, are invited to attend.

Presented by ALA President Camila Alire.

More details and Schedule and Printable Registration Form
are available.

Paulding County Breaks Ground on New Library

ACWORTH, GA - On February 25, 2010, Hogan Construction Group broke ground on the new North Paulding Library on Harmony Grove Church Road.

Built behind Fire Station 11, which Hogan completed in December 2009, North Paulding Library features five distinct wings and state-of-the-art networking capabilities. The 10,500 square foot library includes Nonfiction, Reference, Children's, Fiction, Reading and Administrative spaces and will be open to the public in October 2010.

Selected through a competitive bidding process, Hogan is providing construction management services for the precinct, which will be complete in October 2010. The West Georgia Regional Library System is excited to increase their library space for the benefit of the North Paulding community with this $1.5 million facility.

Hogan was awarded the North Paulding Library project through a competitive bidding process. The library marks the company's third project with the County. Hogan is currently building Paulding's 160-acre Burnt Hickory Park, which will be completed in December 2010.