The Computers in Libraries Conference will be held in Arlington, Virginia from April 12 -14, 2010.  NEO-RLS is offering those planning on attending the opportunity to pay for the conference at the group rate price of $244 (as opposed to the $489 single person price).  If you are interested (or for more information) please send an email to Bill Martino at bill.martino@neo-rls.org  Payment will be due March 10, 2010 with checks payable to NEO-RLS.  This offer is available only to dues paying members of NEO-RLS. More information on the conferences is available at the conference website:  http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2010/

NEO-RLS would like to introduce their new Fiscal Officer, Rebecca Blackson, who joined the NEO-RLS staff January 11, 2010. 

Rebecca graduated in 1999 from Hiram College with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with emphasis in accounting. She is currently attending the University of Akron School of Law and will graduate with her Juris Doctorate in May, 2010.  She was an Accountant at Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio prior to coming to NEO-RLS.   She is also a co-owner of a small business and has held positions of Accounting Manager in the manufacturing industry.

Rebecca currently resides in Champion with her husband and two children. 

You can contact Rebecca at 330.847.7744, extension 21 or via email at rebecca.blackson@neo-rls.org.   

Please join us in welcoming Rebecca to the NEO-RLS team!

We are once again pulling together the purchasing power of NEO member libraries to make a group purchase of Dell computers and equipment.  Our last purchase saved members up to 18.5% off state and local government pricing and we expect to realize similar, if not better savings with this next group purchase. 

Laid off - those dreaded words. Those of us who are employed can only imagine the fear and frustration that must face the many people who have lost their jobs in recent months. At the same time nobody knows what tomorrow will bring either.

What can we do? It's never too early to prepare. Let's start with the resume. Do you have one? Is it updated?   This workshop is to help your patrons and yourself.

The CE catalog has been sent in US Cargo to your library. The catalog contains the first three months of the year.   Click here to print your copy.

Welcome to 2010.  I’m sure that we are all glad to see 2009 go by the wayside and hopefully the new year will see libraries of all types and sizes get back on their collective feet again.  Beyond that, as usual, if there is anything that NEO can do for your library (short of driving the bookmobile … which I have done - - poorly) please let us know....

No need to battle the snow or the cold.  These programs come directly to your library.  They are effective, effiencient and economical.

Hi.  I officially received the news yesterday that I did, in fact, have the swine flu two weeks ago … this being at least ten days past the time that I felt 100% better.  Beyond feeling lethargic and run down and coughing like there was no tomorrow it really wasn’t that bad.  ...