Nov. 10, 2009

 

New date!

 

Yukon Library Association (YLA) meeting

 

When:   Tuesday, November 17th, 2009, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

             Meeting call to order at 5:15 or as soon as confirmed attendees arrive

 

Where:  Yukon Archives Meeting Room (Tour and talk available if desired. Please request in advance)

 

Agenda items:  

 

Minutes/Business arising

Financial/Membership Update – Peggy

 

Update re: The Partnership Meeting - Clara & Aimee

Updates to mailing list:: please inform Clara of any necessary changes

Other items?

Open houses

Governance Conference

Handheld Librarian (Margaret/Anna)

CLA Conference (Margaret)

 

 

If you have any items that you would like to see on the agenda please forward them to Peggy.

Please confirm your attendance to: peggy.dorsay@gov.yk.ca

 

 

 

 

Sept 18, 09

As follow-up to the Library and Archives Canada survey, since I did not receive any input from YLA members, I responded to this survey from the point of view of the EMR Library alone.  In addition, Yukon Public Libraries responded to the survey on behalf of public libraries. Aimee

 

Sept 11, 09

Please send me your input or comment on this page re: Sept 4th post (Library and Archives Canada survey) by the end of today/Friday September 11th.  Thanks! Aimee (aimee.ellis at gov.yk.ca)

 

Message from Daniel Caron

I see that LAC has just posted a message from Daniel Caron regarding modernization at LAC

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html  Maybe be useful in completing the survey.

 

JulieO

 

September 4, 2009, Library and Archives Canada survey

Library and Archives Canada is conducting a brief national survey (10 questions examining the Relationship of Library and Archives Canada with Library Communities, see this document for description of survey and the questions), and would like YLA's input.  The timeline for responses is very short (deadline of mid-September). Given this short deadline, I am requesting that you comment on this wiki and/or send your responses to me (aimee.ellis at gov.yk.ca) by September 11th, and I will compile the responses into a single YLA response. I will share the compilation here, then send it on to "Partners in Access" (the consultant conducting the survey).  Thanks all, Aimee.

 

Minutes of the June 2009 meeting can be found in the YLA folder - see right hand folder.

 

Greetings everyone!

I have only heard back from 4 people who are planning to attend tomorrow night's YLA meeting.  Please write me a quick note if you are planning to come so that I know whether or not we should go ahead or postpone.  (Don't bother writing if you are NOT coming).  

 

I promise to keep the meeting short and sweet so that we can all get back into the beautiful sunshine.

 

Thanks, Janet

 

 

Current Events

 

Yukon Library Association meeting -

Tuesday, June 9 from 5 - 6 pm at the

Vanier School Library, 16 Duke Street in Riverdale.

 

Please park in the main school parking lot and enter the school through the front door.  Turn to your right and follow the hallway down to the library...you can't miss it.  Please call me at 667-5901 if you need more detailed instructions to the school.  

 

Agenda items which have been suggested: conferences and reports, future events ie. speakers.

If you have other items to add, please let me know.

Please send me an email if you plan to attend: janet.clarke@yesnet.yk.ca

 

 I look forward to seeing you all. 

 

Janet Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes from November 24th meeting available in YLA folder - see right hand column.

November 5, 08

NEXT YLA meeting is on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 7pm.  Where? WPL meeting room.  Agenda to follow.

Please forward me your agenda items. In the meantime, here is a preliminary agenda:

1. Review of minutes from October 21st, 2008

2. Name of association.

3. Finances.

4. What kind of association do we want to be (registered with societies act, non-registered, etc.). Info about registering can be found at: http://www.community.gov.yk.ca/corp/corpforms.html#societies and the actual registration form can be found at: http://www.gov.yk.ca/forms/forms/3500/yg3644_b.pdf

5. Future events:

    a. Social event for the holidays?

 

October 20, 08

Just a reminder that the YLA meeting will be on Oct. 21, 2:00-4:00pm at WPL meeting room.

There has been only one addition to the proposed agenda and the following is the agenda as it now stands:

1) Do we want or need an association?

2) What kind of association should exist (informal (i.e. more of a social group) or formal (governed by the Society Act)

3) Who should be able to join? (archivists, librarians, records managers, general public, etc.)

4) Name of association (remain Yukon Library Association or revert to original name Yukon Information Providers or change it to another)

5) Financial report (current information on signing authorities, state of bank balance, membership fees, etc.)

6) Electronic/Internet based discussion group (who wants to join & why some people can't)

7) Priorities (Partnership & other future plans)

 

 

October 3, 2008

Press Release

September 29, 2008

The tenth Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute (NELI) will be held in Emerald Lake, British Columbia, from February 26th to March 3rd, 2009.

The Institute's mission is to assist professional librarians to develop, strengthen, and exercise their leadership skills so that they may be better equipped to formulate, articulate, and achieve the future changes required by libraries into the 21st century.

Based on the premise of experiential learning, the Institute includes group and individual exercises, as well as the opportunity to learn in conversation with mentors, who have been chosen for their own leadership skills, and who will be participating as volunteers.

Northern Exposure will target 24 librarians who have a desire to develop their leadership potential, received their library degrees generally within the past seven years, and a minimum of two year's professional library experience.

Individual nominations will be welcomed from a variety of sources, including employers, associations, library schools and the corporate information sector. Nominees will be asked to supply a one-page resume, a one-page synopsis of achievements, career goals, and expectations for the Institute, as well as a one-page description, employer or nominator validated, of a leadership opportunity to be made available to the nominee in the year subsequent to the Institute. Those chosen as participants must secure funding to cover a registration fee and transportation costs to Calgary. Meals, accommodation, as well as the programme and learning materials will be provided.

See: http://www.ls.ualberta.ca/neli/index.html for 'Description' and 'Nomination Criteria'.

Nominations must be received by November 30, 2008.

 

For more information contact:

Ernie Ingles,

Executive Director,

Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute,

c/o 5-07 Cameron Library,

University of Alberta,

Edmonton, Alberta,

Canada, T6G 2J8

Tel: 780-492-5170

Fax: 780-492-7925

Email: ernie.ingles@ualberta.ca

 

 

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Canadian Library MonthSept. 15, 2008

 

My response to Aimee's proposals is as follows.

1. I agree. In a small jurisdiction like the Yukon, we need to be inclusive or we will not have a strong association. I think YLA could also be expanded to include library board members, people who work in community or NGO libraries, school librarians, and perhaps even interested public. As we know, there are a lot of people out there who love our libraries, and it would be great to be able to call on them when we need political or other support.

2. I am in agreement that we should join The Partnership. I don't see a downside to joining, and there are a lot of advantages.

I am not in agreement that we need more meetings unless there is some very specific, practical reason for a meeting. We live in an internet age, and it makes sense to have a virtual association. This will save us all a lot of time, and we won't be leaving people out because they can't make it to a meeting. I am still in favour of using a Wiki rather than sending around emails. Using a Wiki is dead easy, and I would be glad to give a phone seminar to anyone who needs help with it.

The thrust of Stephen Abrams talk was to challenge us to be pro-active. If we each initiate or get involved in only 1 project, then stuff will happen.

 

Margaret Donnelly

 

September 11, 2008

A copy of the e-mail I sent to Yukon library/information workers:

First off, an “FYI”:  Clara Rutherford (from the Yukon Archives) and I, under the banner of YLA, are working on bringing the Hollywood Librarian film to Whitehorse in October for Canadian Library Month.  Dates and times are not finalized yet. We will keep you posted!

 

I have two proposals to put forth for approval:

1. That we designate all Yukon library and information workers (in all library/archives/information positions) and all Yukon students studying library science (at the college or university level) as members of the Yukon Library Association, if they so desire.

 

2. That we (YLA) officially join the Partnership, effective immediately.  I was a guest at their last meeting (August 2008) as I was in the area.  They would like us to join. There are no membership dues and no formal bylaws or membership requirements for the Partnership.  In order to join the Partnership, all we have to do is agree to join.  There are no financial or paperwork requirements.

Benefits for YLA if we join the Partnership:

- networking with the national library community at a grass-roots level (i.e. provincial/territorial)

- give a voice to Yukon library issues on the national stage

- reduced costs for Education Institute/EI courses for all YLA members

- reduced costs for postings by all YLA members at the Partnership's national job board

- royalties for YLA (for all EI courses taken by YLA members and all jobs posted by YLA members)

General notes:

the Partnership is generously subsidized by the Ontario Library Association/OLA.  As such, the Partnership/OLA will assist with partial travel and accommodation costs for each member association to send a representative to one of the two meetings held annually in Toronto (the two meetings are usually held in August and January).

 

Please “reply to all” by Tuesday September 16th with your thoughts, comments, questions, and suggestions re: the above two proposals. 

If you do not wish to be a member of YLA and/or you don't want to continue to receive these e-mails, please "reply to all” so we can each remove you from our respective YLA e-mail list/group.

Please feel free to share this with anyone I may have missed. If I have included you by mistake, please let me know.

Thanks, Aimee

 

September 2, 2008

 The future of YLA

 Is there interest in the Yukon Library community to revive YLA?  So far our efforts to create a virtual library association through a Wiki or Facebook have received very little response.

 

 

Personally, I think it would be great if YLA could be revived and work on projects such as:

     - organizing an event/conference for October 2009 (during Canadian Library Month), including guest speakers from both inside and outside of the Yukon (there is strong interest from outside guest speakers who would love to visit and speak in Yukon)

-  screen "The Hollywood Librarian" this fall (perhaps in conjunction with Yukon Film Society?)    

 - share information about the challenges that we face and how we solve them ... we can avoid each of us re-creating the wheel   

     - formally join "the Partnership" so that we can participate nationally in library-related issues/events.  Revenue generation for YLA (from Education Institute courses YLA members take) could be used for professional development for members, or potential scholarships for Yukon library or library tech. students. Other?      

     - and I am sure there are many other reasons for us to revive YLA.  What do you think? How can you contribute towards a vibrant and active Yukon Library community?

 

 

I believe very strongly that we should work together and share our experiences and knowledge.   I am happy to work hard towards this goal, if others believe it is worthwhile.  Aimee

 

 

Please respond to this question by whatever means you would like (wiki, facebook, other).

 

Sept 2, 2008

Thanks to Clara Rutherford for this information.  The Association of Canadian Archivists will be meeting in Whitehorse in 2012.

http://archivists.ca/conference/future.aspx

 

 

 

 

Our first topic of discussion is facebook vs wiki where do you stand?  Please add your comments at the bottom of this page.

 

In order to add comments you must first click on the edit button at the top of the page and when you are finished adding to the wiki click on save in the lower left corner.

 

 

 YLA Wiki vs Facebook - your comments

 

 

Hi All, I just uploaded a pdf of the feedback document. You can find it here:   Library guest speaker 2008 feedback.pdf   Aimee

 

August 6, 2008: I have created a page about the upcoming meeting of "The Partnership" in Toronto.  Aimee

 

August 12, 2008

 

EMR Library is featured in a chapter written by Aimee Ellis in a book which has just been launched at IFLA called Reaching out – Innovations in Canadian libraries. The chapter is titled "SKYLINE - finding a needle in a haystack: the Yukon EMR Library's online aerial photograph search tool". More information can be found at http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/whats-new/013-352-e.html (general release) and http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/whats-new/013-353-e.html (Governor General receiving 1st copy)

CBC North radio did an excellent interview with Ken Roberts (President of CLA) on August 11th about IFLA.

 

Tune in to CBC radio tomorrow morning, Thursday August 14th, to hear Aimee Ellis being interviewed about IFLA http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/index.htm and about the above book which was launched at this conference.

 

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