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Go west to the ARSL conference!
Well, I'm certain many folks will be going west to the Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference--I'll be driving a bit eastward, but I love the pioneering spirit, the trailblazing moxie...
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Scholarships for the upcoming 2010 ARSL conference
I'm a big fan of the ARSL conference, so I was thrilled when I heard news of scholarships for librarians interested in attending the 2010 event in Denver this fall. There are three available...
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ARSL Conference Renews and Recharges Rural Libraries
After Sarah's post about the ARSL conference scholarships, scholarship winner Nola Ramirez wrote the following email to the California rural library list. Nola shared that "attending the conference...
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ARSL-ABOS 2010 Conference
The Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) and the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) will have their 2010 ARSL-ABOS Joint Conference in Denver, Colorado, on October...
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I laughed, I cried: why the ARSL-ABOS 2010 conference was a hit!
Librarians, bookmobiles, and a whole lot of inspiration captivated and captured my attention a couple weeks ago. The setting was the mile high city of Denver, where over 400 rural and small librarians...
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Best conference, hands down: ARSL!
I've attended the Association for Rural and Small Libraries conference a handful of times now, and each year my assessment is the same: my favorite conference of the year!This is not to say that I...
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I'm going to ARSL 2011, are you?
If you don't know what ARSL is or why you should go, you should. Allow me to take a few steps back to get everyone up to speed: ARSL is the most excellent Association for Rural and Small Libraries, and...
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"We are friendly and flexible. And we listen."
As I prepare to head to Frisco, TX for the 2011 Association for Rural & Small Libraries conference, I thought I'd share what a few librarians have to say about what it means to lead a rural...
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So glad for what it is... the ARSL conference.
Today as I walked in to work I was barraged by the enormous Salesforce conference (50,000 attendees!) in downtown San Francisco. This is the type of conference that defies all of my previous event...
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Strategic Planning on a Shoestring: Making Less = More (and Sharing It!)
Coming out of several years of budget cuts, the Cherokee County Public Library's determination to revamp and revitalize its resources, services, and programs provided the impetus for the development of...
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Upcoming Edge Benchmark Webinars
Please join us for two free upcoming webinars! On Wednesday, May 15th, Alexis Caudell, Director of the Mitchell Community Public Library in Indiana, will discuss Planning: A Small Library's Strategies...
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If you missed yesterday's webinar...
If you missed yesterday's webinar on supporting patron learning in small spaces with small budgets, never fear - it was recorded! As more people turn to their library to learn technology skills, even...
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Rural Libraries as Innovation Incubators: Notes from a Session at ALA
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to attend a session at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in Chicago: "The Future is Now: Rural Library as Innovation Incubator". Thank you to the...
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ARSL 2013 Follow-up: Free Tech Tools and More!
I was sad to miss the recent Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) conference in Omaha, Nebraska. ARSL is one of my favorite library conferences to attend. I am, however, really enjoying...
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Get out there with the help of your Friends
There's a lot of talk about the value in leaving the library building. Not for patrons, mind you, but for staff. I'm often reminded of a marvelous tip I learned from Gail Santy, a presenter at the...
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