The MALT Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 15th from 4:30 to 5:30 in the Westminster Room at the Delta Hotel. We invite our members to join us in welcoming the new executive and participate in planning for the upcoming year. Hope to see you there!
Public Library Services Branch is pleased to report that a significant collection of public domain EPUB eBooks from Project Gutenberg is now ready for patrons to enjoy via the eLibraries Manitoba partnership interface (on the main page see left side “Additional eBooks”).
Manitoba Association of Library Technicians (MALT) is seeking committed and enthusiastic people from a variety of library settings to serve on our executive. MALT is made up of people just like you, passionate library technicians and support staff who want to make a difference in the Manitoba library community. Please let us know if you or one of your colleagues would be interested in and willing to serve the profession at the Association leadership level.
The positions up for election at the 2012 AGM are:
President
Vice President / President Elect
Secretary
Communications Coordinator
Newsletter Editor
Nominations must be received by April 16, 2012. Please send name, contact information, position for which applying and a brief bio to: malt.mb.ca@gmail.com
Ballots will be mailed to the membership on April 20 and must be returned by May 11. Final voting will take place at the MALT AGM from 4:30 -6:00 pm, Tuesday May 15 at the Delta Hotel in Winnipeg, MB.
Dear library colleagues:
We need your help. The Presidents (or Directors) of CASLIS Manitoba, the Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers, Manitoba Association of Library Technicians, Manitoba Law Libraries Group, Manitoba Library Association, Manitoba Library Consortium Inc., Manitoba Library Trustees Association and Manitoba School Library Association created a Working Group to examine the current library associations structure in Manitoba and determine if there is support among the library community for the creation of an umbrella library organization or some other library association model.
To learn more about the environmental scan conducted by the Working Group please go to http://mblibraries.blogspot.com/ For comparison purposes, this environmental scan will give you information regarding the library association structures and fees in other Canadian provinces.
An additional deliverable of the Working Group is to conduct a survey of all members of the Manitoba library community.
Below please find the link to the short online survey we have created which will be available from February 27th to March 16th. We are trying to gather your opinions about the current strengths and weaknesses of Manitoba’s library associations and the services and functions they provide that are most important to you.
This survey should take you about 10 minutes to complete.To access the survey please go to:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/manitoba_library_associations_survey
Thank you for your participation and contribution to this important library issue. The Working Group will analyze the results and write a final report in Spring 2012 for distribution to and consideration by the various associations.
The members of the Working Group are:
Pat Routledge – PAR Excellence Library Education and Training Solutions
Diane Bazin – Manitoba Library Trustees Association Representative
Jo-Anne Gibson – Manitoba School Library Association Representative
Tanya Gottschalk – Manitoba Association of Health Information Professionals Representative
Emma Kepron – Manitoba Library Association and Academic Libraries Representative
Karen Sawatzky – Special Libraries and Law Libraries Representative
Catherine Taylor – Manitoba Association of Library Technicians Representative
Paddy Burt – Manitoba Library Consortium, Inc. Representative
Sherri Vokey – Manitoba Library Association Representative
Rick Walker – Public Libraries Representative
The Literacy for Life Fund supports family literacy programming in Manitoba. The fund, a partnership between The Winnipeg Foundation, Literacy Partners of Manitoba and Winnipeg Public Library, provides grants up to $4,000 for intergenerational literacy programs in libraries and community centres across the province. Since it was established in 2003, the fund has provided more than $600,000 to a wide range of literacy initiatives.
Application deadlines are February 1, June 1 and October 1. For eligibility, program guidelines, applications and submission details please visit their website.
The Canadian Library Association has announced the results of its first election under its new governance structure. MALT would like to extend congratulations to all those elected, but especially to Karen Hildebrandt and to John Tooth.
Karen is the Access Services Coordinator at Concordia University College of Alberta, and the only Library Technician to run for the executive. She was formerly convenor of the CLA Library Technician Interest Group and served as president of the Alberta Association of Library Technicians. She was the winner of the 2011 CLA LGIT Award of Merit. We are very proud of Karen’s achievements and happy to have such strong representation for Library Technicians at the national level.
John is the Coordinator of the Instructional Resources Unit, Manitoba Education and has long been an active member of the Manitoba library community. He has won numerous awards for his contributions, including the Margaret B. Scott Award for Leadership in School Libraries in Canada, the Manitoba Library Association Librarian of the Year, the Angela Thacker Memorial Award (with the other members of the CASL Publications Editorial Board) and most recently the Manitoba School Library Association Distinguished Service Award.
Every two years, MALT conducts a survey of Library Technicians and support staff working in Manitoba. We’ve changed the name this year from Salary Survey to simply MALT Survey because it is about so much more than what you are getting paid. The survey provides an overview of the employment and education levels of those working in the library field, and gives us insight into issues affecting Manitoba libraries.
We invite you to participate in the 2011 MALT Survey from October 24 – 30 hosted by Fluid Surveys. The results will be posted here in December and published in our Winter 2012 newsletter.
All responses are anonymous and will be presented in aggregate form.
The Canadian Library Association has proclaimed October 21 as Canadian Library Support Staff Day in order to recognize the essential services provided by these dedicated Library Technicians, assistants, clerks, pages, shelvers and others.
Please join us in acknowledging the valuable contributions made by all library workers!
Remember when you used to go to the MALT website and half the links were broken? You couldn’t find what you were looking for? And the 90s styling made your eyes ache?
Good news!
Our website has been redesigned with a fresh new look which features a clean layout, improved navigation, up-to-date information and (wait for it) pictures! Okay… so the only pictures so far are of the executive, but it’s a start.
We’d love to hear what you think. By the way, you can leave comments now, too.
