Something for Everyone, Everywhere
The Spring 2012, v. 62, no. 1 issue of The Idaho Librarian is now available online at http://theidaholibrarian.wordpress.com/
There is something for everyone and everywhere in this issue. With 26 articles and book reviews, covering everything from Advocacy to Yarn Bombing (A-Y).
There's Horror in Academia, Basques in the American West, Google Apps for Education, and a Winning Combination of Technology and Teens.
Submitted by tivie@uidaho.edu on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:09am.
Boise Public Library: Survey Finds Non-Users Don't Know What Libraries Offer.
From Joanne Hinkel at Boise Public Library:
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 4:38pm.
Nominate Today!
Hello LIBIDAHO community and ILA members!
The annual call for nominations has begun!
Submitted by amyvecchione@gm... on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 2:10pm.
News from the Freedom to Read Foundation
ILA is a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation. Here is an email they sent out today with news about the organization. One item of interest: our own Eric Suess is a candidate for the FTRF Board!
Submitted by steve.poppino on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 4:48pm.
S 1323
Hello All,
SB1323 is a bill that has been introduced that addresses clarification of the process of library trustee recall elections.
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/S1323.htm
On behalf of the Idaho Library Association, we are sending a letter to Senator Keough and the Senate State Affairs committee stating that we have no objection to the clarification that Senate Bill 1323 will bring.
Submitted by becca.stroebel on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 2:32pm.
HB 445
Hello all!
We've received some questions about HB 445, regarding the Persi retirement system. This bill sponsored by Rep Stevenson (Rupert) would redefine an "employee" for PERSI purposes as one who works 1387 hours/year. Currently an employee is someone who works 20 hours/week (=1040 hours/year.) See the link to the bill below.
Submitted by becca.stroebel on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 8:53pm.
Idaho Library Association Legislative Day re-cap
Hello all!
Hope this finds you well. We wanted to give you an update how the Idaho Library Association Legislative Day went. We met with legislative leadership, the Education committee chairmen, the Joint Financial Appropriations chairmen, the Taxation and Revenue Chairmen, and every legislator was delivered a packet containing information about the Idaho Library Association libraries in Idaho, a copy of The Memory Wall by Tony Doerr, and information about issues affecting libraries.
We focused on:
Submitted by becca.stroebel on Tue, 02/07/2012 - 3:41am.
