The SLA is pleased to announce that registration for the 2011 Saskatchewan Libraries Conference on May 7, 2011 at TCU Place in Saskatoon is now open! The registration deadline is April 26, 2011. For more information, please see the registration page: http://saskla.ca/conferences/registration The digital brochure is now online! It is available for download on the
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Splash! Celebrate Summer The Saskatchewan Library Association (SLA) is pleased to present the 2011 TD Summer Reading Club (SRC) this July and August. The TD Summer Reading Club promotes the fun of reading with young Canadians and encourages library usage during the summer months. More information on the TD Summer Reading Club is available at
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There is more to the My Favourite Book Contest than you might think. After the My Favourite Book Contest on-air winners with CBC Radio One are announced, there are still piles of entries that did not get chosen. With around 1,000 entries and only 15 on-air winners, this is bound to happen. Because of the
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Congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered our Online Limerick Contest this year! It was a great success again and we really enjoyed reading all the entries. Here are the winners and honourable mentions for each category! YOUTH Winner: Kendall Bistretzan, Moose Jaw Libr’ies are great adventures in deed You’d get lost in a
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The 2011 SLA Conference will be a one-day event at TCU Place on Saturday May 7. The SLA Board of Directors, along with Education Committee and Mary Donaldson Committee, are working hard to bring high caliber speakers to this event in order to provide an engaging and fulfilling program for all SLA members no matter
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Be sure to mark Saturday October 2 on your calendar. Watch for library volunteers around Saskatchewan using guerilla marketing tactics to raise awareness about Saskatchewan Library Week before Saskatchewan Library Week actually happens — October 18 – 25, 2010. We want everyone to know that Libraries Matter. Get a temporary tattoo, then tattoo your arm
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The Saskatchewan Library Week Committee needs your help! In an effort to raise awareness about Saskatchewan Library Week before it happens, the Saskatchewan Library Week Committee is organizing a guerilla advertising campaign and we are looking for volunteers. Saturday, October 2, 2010, we are looking for people willing to go out into their communities and
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The winners have been announced for the 2009 TD Summer Reading Club Library Awards. Congratulations to Wapiti Branch, Reid Thompson Public Library in Humboldt on receiving an honourable mention! Don’t forget to apply for the 2010 Library Awards if your library has been running the program this summer. The deadline is November 15, 2010.
What winning the award means to me…. Winning the Mary Donaldson Award has many special meanings to me. One of the meanings this award has for me is a strong sense of accomplishment. The Library and Information Technology Programme at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology is not an easy course by any
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Reading Together, Succeeding Together: The Importance of Family Literacy Presented by: Dr. Vianne Timmons President and Vice Chancellor University of Regina May 6, 2010 Good evening everyone, and thank you so much for coming. I am truly honoured to be here tonight, because it is a pleasure to speak with a group of people for
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