Pittsburgh District Library Center 

From the Desk of Mary Frances Cooper  

WELCOME to the first issue of the Pittsburgh District Library Center, District Services E-Newsletter. We intend to send the e-newsletter out monthly as a way to share opportunities and information regarding district library services. Of course, important and/or time sensitive information will be sent out directly as needed, but you can still look forward to this regular communication on our common interests and concerns. The e-newsletter will replace the District Services Monthly Report.

Continuing Education Opportunity

A free audio conference offered through the Urban libraries Council will be held on Wednesday, June 4^th from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in the Director’s Office Conference room at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main. The discussion topic “Scenario Planning: Learning to Think in the Future Tense” will be led by Marlyn Walton, Advance Development Group Manager, at Herman Miller, Inc. along with a panel of public library directors who will discuss the powerful Scenario Planning tools that can help develop your library’s future vision and focus your library’s strategy and decision making. Is your library ready and flexible enough to react to major shifts in social, technological, environmental, economic and political forces?-one of the many questions that will be addressed by this panel.

Pre-register by either emailing didianop@carnegielibrary.org or calling Phyllis DiDiano at 412.665.2332. The program is open to all local library staff and library trustees providing a 1.5 hour continuing education opportunity.    
  

Office of Commonwealth Libraries              

LSTA Grants
Thinking about submitting an LSTA grant this year? You may want to attend the Commonwealth Libraries sponsored Library Services and Technology Act  (LSTA) Grant Writing Workshop  on Thursday, May 29th at PaTTAN, Pittsburgh. The workshop is free and will begin at 9:30a.m. and finish at 4:00p.m. Full details are attached at the end of this newsletter. A 2-hour webinar planned for Thursday, June 5th from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. will offer a condensed package of information concerning the 2009 LSTA grant process; to register for the webinar, go to www.pdewebinars.org  
The LSTA guidelines and timeline can be found here. 

2008 Directory of Pennsylvania Libraries

All library directors should have recently received a paper copy of the 2008 Directory of Pennsylvania Libraries mailed directly from Commonwealth Libraries. If you have not received a copy, the District Services Office has extra copies for distribution; email Phyllis DiDiano with your request: didianop@carnegielibrary.org. Also, remember that you can access information contained in the Directory of Pennsylvania Libraries online at:http://www.libdir.ed.state.pa.us/screens/wfLibrarySearch.aspx?librariesNav=|2511|

Connie Galbraith
District Coordinator, District Services
May 15, 2008 

LSTA Application Workshop
Registration Form

Name:_______________________________

Title:_______________________________

Library Agency/School District Name : _________________________  

_________________________________________________________  

Address:__________________________________________________  

Daytime Phone No.: (         )_________________

Email Address __________________________

Date you have chosen to attend the workshop:_________________
Location:_______________________ 

Please insert only one date. The workshop is free and morning refreshments and lunch will be provided.

Registration closes seven days before the start of each session. E-mail Connie Cardillo at ccardillo@state.pa.us with additional questions.

Mail to :    Moose/LSTA Workshop
                Pennsylvania Department of Education    
                Office of Commonwealth Libraries  
                333 Market Street   
                Harrisburg, PA  17126-1745

or Fax to :   Moose/LSTA Workshop  717-787-2117

Please choose one of the following workshop locations:

Thursday, May 29, 2008   PaTTAN Pitttsburgh 
                                     3190 William Pitt Way
                                     Pittsburgh, PA 15238

Tuesday, June 3, 2008     PaTTAN Valley Forge
                                     200 Anderson Road 
                                     King of Prussia, PA 19406

Tuesday, June 10, 2008   PaTTAN Harrisburg
                                     6340 Flank Drive
                                     Harrisburg, PA 17112

Driving instructions and local lodging information for each PA Training and Technical Assistance Network may be found at the PaTTAN web site: 
http://www.pattan.net/contact/Offices.aspx

 

 
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