Metrowest News

June 2007



Beth's Last Day!

Thursday, 28 June 2007 10:45 A GMT-05
Dear friends,Tomorrow, Friday June 29, is my last day of employ for Metrowest. I've been asking folks to save the date of Friday June 29, so if you'd like to come celebrate/mourn with me, join us anytime after 4:30PM tomorrow in the lounge at
Rita Gavelis

Woburn Library Summer Reading Program featured in Boston Globe

Thursday, 28 June 2007 9:30 A GMT-05
Congrats to Christi Showman at the Woburn Public Library, whose teen summer programs were mentioned in the Boston Globe today.  According to Christi: "There's a decent paragraph in the Northwest edition's "Community Briefing&q
Rita Gavelis

Summer Institute at the National Archives, Northeast Region-Boston

Tuesday, 26 June 2007 3:15 P GMT-05
forwarded by Priscilla Foley, Regional Archives DirectorWe still have openings in our Summer Institute where teachers, educators, and school media specialists are able to receive PDP points for participation. Please forward this information to any in
Category: Events, Programs and Workshops Professional Development school librarians
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CE Survey Report!

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 7:24 P GMT-05
 Thanks so much to the 152 people who took the 2007 Metrowest CE Survey! Results follows. The entire report is online at http://www.metrowestce.org/Materials/JuneCEWeb.pdf The majority of participants attended 4-6 workshops last year. For those
Rita Gavelis

Retirement Planning for Librarians Audio

Monday, 18 June 2007 5:24 P GMT-05
If you missed this late winter session with Kurt Czarnowski from the Social Security Administration, catch up with the audio from our program on Retirement Planning for Librarians! The first 320 minutes are here on the blog, catch the rest at: h
Podcast
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What's Next: New Technologies to Help Build Your Library's Sustainability

Monday, 18 June 2007 5:18 P GMT-05
The MBLC has just announced a new workshop for public libraries titled "What's Next: New Technologies to Help Build Your Library's Sustainability" that we want to let you know  about. It will be presented by Linda Braun in July
Rita Gavelis

Ashland Catches the Beat

Tuesday, 12 June 2007 6:21 P GMT-05
Children's Librarian Lois McAuliffe reports, "Attached is a photo of our 3' tall Flat Staney, dressed in his band uniform to advertise the Summer Reading Program. All the little boys think he's a police office because I made the unif
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