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Tennessee Group Vows to Fight Library Privatization
Three weeks after the Jackson*Madison County (Tenn.) Library board announced it would outsource its operations to management firm Library Systems and Services, a citizens’ group has formed to contest the plan. The group, Citizens Against Privatization, claims to have collected 1,000 signatures opposing any outsourcing contract, the Jackson Sun reported September 28.


The South Carolina Council on the Holocaust presents Teaching About the Holocaust, November 4, 2006
Columbia College, Breed Leadership Center, 8:00 a.m. * 3:30 p.m.
All teachers involved in teaching about the Holocaust are invited to attend this special daylong conference.
Emily Taylor
Swansea High School
Swansea, SC 29160
etaylor@lexington4.net


2007 LAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award seeks entrants:

CHICAGO - Students enrolled in American Library Association (ALA)-accredited library and information studies programs are invited to submit essays in the Student Writing and Development Award competition sponsored by the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) and YBP Library Services, Inc. The deadline for entries is March 1, 2007.
The LAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award honors the best essay submitted on a topic in the area of library administration and management. The topic for the 2007 competition is the LAMA President's theme -- "Library Associations: Learning, Leading, Looking Forward."
In celebration of LAMA's 50th anniversary, entrants are asked to address the relevance of membership in professional library associations for library school students and new librarians. The essay can address one or more of the following questions:

*What features attract new librarians to engage in professional associations or other networks?
*How does involvement in an association enhance a new librarian's professional and personal growth?
*How does association membership compare to other real or virtual professional networks? Is association involvement worth the time and resources required from a member?
*What changes should LAMA and similar associations make to best meet the needs and interests of new librarians?

The award recipient must be a current student member of ALA and LAMA.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/september2006/
2007LAMAYBPaward.htm