Azalea Coast Library Association (ACLA)

The Association for Rural & Small Libraries Conference housing is now open for reservations. Rooms at ARSL sell out fast, so book your room soon!

The Hilton Garden Inn is our conference hotel this year with a rate of $109 per night. Book your reservation now. Room rates are available for extended nights prior to and after conference. The online code should show up automatically but it’s ARSL just in case you need it. You can also book by calling 435-634-4100 to make your reservation. Be sure to tell the agent you are attending the ARSL Conference to get the discount. Booking early also ensures you get the room preferences you need, particularly for sharing with a friend or colleague.

The overflow hotel is the Holiday Inn in St. George: Book your room here. Room code is ARL. If you prefer to book by phone, call 435-628-8007 and mention you are attending the ARSL Conference for the $109 rate.

Both hotels are within walking distance of the Conference Center.

Contact Vicki Bartz, 2017 Conference Chair, with questions: vbartz99@gmail.com.

Registration for the 2017 Librarian to Librarian Networking Summit is open!! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, March 25^th, with children’s author and illustrator Don Tate as our featured guest. Register now because registration is limited to the first 125 paid registrants.

The Librarians’ Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) Conference Committee has opened registration for the 2017 LAUNC-CH Conference, scheduled for Monday, March 13, 2017 at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Details on the conference and registration information is available at http://launcch.web.unc.edu/events/annual-conference/

This year’s conference theme is Human-Centered Libraries: Crafting Value and Relevance.

This year, we’ll explore how we in the library and archives community are creatively solving problems by focusing first on the people we are serving. How are we creating services and spaces that are in harmony with the needs and desires of a diverse community of users? The titles and descriptions of the presentations and the presenters is available on our website: http://launcch.web.unc.edu/events/annual-conference/

Information about our keynote speaker: Donna Lanclos is an anthropologist, a researcher, a facilitator, and a writer who has been working in higher education and library contexts since 2009. She has done projects in the US and the UK, and her work informs policy in libraries, centers for teaching and learning, and university learning space planning.

Diversity Scholarships for LAUNC-CH Conference

The Librarians’ Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) is pleased to continue its program to provide two scholarships for undergraduate students, graduate students, or library staff to attend the 2017 LAUNC-CH Conference.

LAUNC-CH supports diversity in the profession and hopes that students and staff who would like to work in and foster a diverse professional environment will apply. Interested applicants should complete the application by 5:00 pm on Wednesday March 1, 2017. Scholarship recipients will be notified by Wednesday, March 8.

In addition to the cost of conference attendance, scholarship recipients will receive networking and mentoring opportunities with UNC Library Diversity Committee members.

To apply: https://tinyurl.com/zjgnway

Please contact Joanneke Elliott (joanneke@email.unc.edu) if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2017 LAUNC-CH Conference!