Friday, September 11, 1998

08:32:37 AM

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NOLA Needs Your Input

NOLA is at a crossroads. This spring we need to make decisions concerning our preferred future and develop strategies to move us in that direction. To assist in our planning retreat scheduled for April 21st, we are asking staff in NOLA member libraries to answer four questions. Please encourage staff in your library to complete this brief online survey before April 10th. Click here - - Thanks for your help.

Funding Resources: Online Orientation to the Grantseeking Process

The Foundation Center, located in New York City, has created an Online Orientation to the Grantseeking Process. It covers the following areas and more: What is the Foundation Center?; Who gets foundation grants?; Effective tools for funding research; and Hints on proposal writing. Click here for the Orientation.

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Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

Ninth Annual Youth Services Symposium

Family-Based Library Programming is the theme of the Ninth Annual Youth Services Symposium to be held on April 30 and May 1 in Sandusky, Ohio. Sponsored cooperatively by MOLO Regional Library System, NOLA Regional Library System and the Northwest Library District (NORWELD), this year's symposium will be held at the Four Points Hotel by Sheraton, adjacent to the Sandusky Mall.

Featured speakers include internationally known storyteller, Margaret Read MacDonald, author of Twenty Tellable Tales; Booksharing: 101 Programs to Use with Preschoolers; Peace Tales and many other folk tale and storytelling titles. Also, two individuals involved with the nationally known "Family Place" projects, model projects to integrate family-centered services in public libraries, and supported by the Libraries for the Future Foundation, will be sharing what is happening nationally in this exciting endeavor. In addition, several speakers from Ohio libraries will be presenting programs they have undertaken for families, including family literacy projects. Libraries featured will include the Family Learning Connection at Cleveland Public Library, Elyria Public Library , Hubbard Public Library, Medina County District Library, and Geauga County Public Library. Ruth Metcalf, Youth Services Coordinator from the State Library of Ohio, will be sharing statewide family literacy efforts.

Registration for the two-day event is $85.00 for members of NOLA, NORWELD and MOLO and $135.00 for nonmembers, plus the cost of the hotel room ($40 for a single or double). Register online for the conference. After registering online, please send a check for $85.00 or $135.00 to: NOLA Regional Library System; YSS Symposium; 4445 Mahoning Ave. N.W.; Warren, OH. 44483. Payment must be received no later than April 24 to hold your reservation. Hotel reservations must be made separately by contacting the hotel at 419-625-6280.

If you need more information contact Sue McCleaf Nespeca at NOLA Regional Library System/phone 800-589-6652 or continue checking the web site for updated information.

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NOLA Regional Library System

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