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Welcome to the new Twitter page for the Arkansas Library Paraprofessionals Division! We'll share upcoming events, information, and posts.
Happy Birthday ALPS! 29 years ago ALPS started out as a Round Table, then Division, and now Community of Interest in @ArLALibrary. A wonderful group, with wonderful people. ALPS has always been a great network of folks-here’s to more years with all these wonderful members!
Please join us for ALPS Happy Hour this Thursday, August 20th at 7 pm! We've had a great summer of professional development opportunities, and we wanted library staff to have the chance to catch up and talk about their library reopening plans. Zoom link is on ALPS listserve.
Join us Friday, July 17 from 4-5 pm for an online session on library marketing as a part of our ALPS Summer Training series! Marketing Manager Kari Beesley and Marketing Coordinator Jordan Reynolds of the @SCLIBRARY will present. More details at facebook.com/ArkansasLibrary…
Join ALPS for an online Summer Training Session on June 26, 2020 from 4-5 pm. The session on low-cost and Covid-friendly program ideas will be presented by the @SCLIBRARY's Teen Librarian Jennifer Watson. The Zoom link is shared on the ALPs listserve and will open at 3:30 pm.
Join ALPS June 12th from 4-5 pm for an online group discussion about circulation during COVID-19. Share how your library is managing circulation of library or interlibrary loan items and provide us with library updates. More on Facebook: facebook.com/ArkansasLibrary…
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This team of devoted mask makers is working on over 1,800 masks for Arkansas library staff! Huge thanks!
(Please prioritize your requests to the needs of your library staff; in the future they may be able to provide masks for family members and friends.)
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The Reference and Instruction Services Division of ArLA will be hosting its annual Reference Exchange Day virtually on May 29, 2020 from 9 am - noon.
Registration for this event is free! Register here - bit.ly/RefExc2020!
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The Arkansas Libraries journal wants to hear from you!
The journal is collecting pictures and accounts of your life as a library worker during the pandemic for the spring/summer issue of the journal!
DM them to us or Britt Anne Murphy at [email protected]!
Join us for the next ALPS Summer Training Session May 29th, 2020 from 4-5 pm online! Jasmine Jobe of
@CALibrarySystem
will show us how to do very simple recording, editing, and uploading for virtual programming. View full details at facebook.com/ArkansasLibrary…
We're excited that ALPS is offering a series of informal professional development and networking opportunities online. Our first ALPS Summer Training Session will be May 15th, 2020 from 4-5 pm on Zoom and will focus on online programming. Full details at facebook.com/ArkansasLibrary…
Sadly, we have postponed ALPS InfoBits due to COVID-19. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement about ALPS online summer training opportunities!
Save the date for ALPS InfoBits! The one-day conference is a free library training: May 15th, Garland County Library, Hot Springs. We're still looking for a few presenters, so we'd love to receive your submissions on a variety of topics: arlib.org/Arkansas-Library-P… @ArLALibrary
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We're happy to announce our upcoming event, ALA Virtual - Community Through Connection! Join us June 24-26, 2020 for educational programming and special activities! For event updates, follow #alavirtual20 and bookmark our new event website. 2020.alavirtualevent.org
Today is National Library Workers Day! Your dedication and flexibility in this time period has shown what we've already known: library workers are amazing! Your service and hard work is appreciated.
On National Library Workers Day, ALA's Executive Board reaffirms the need to protect the safety and well-being of library workers during COVID-19 pandemic.
Read the statement below. americanlibrariesmagazine.or…
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The 2020 State of America’s Libraries Report is here! 👏 Read about the national trends and issues impacting libraries and find out which books made the #BannedBooksList. #NationalLibraryWeek bit.ly/soal-2020
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#NationalLibraryWeek begins today! 🎉 View all the National Library Week digital resources available here: ala.org/nlw
ALT Find the Library at Your Place with lighthouse graphic. National Library Week, April 19-25, 2020.
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It's time to slow things down for a minute with this meditation from Courtney at the CALS Terry Library #CALSintheHouse
youtu.be/tmMpEolrFXQ
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How to Sanitize Collections in a Pandemic: Conservators weigh in on the mysteries of materials handling during COVID-19 bit.ly/3dCMJZs
Save the date for ALPS InfoBits! The one-day conference is a free library training: May 15th, Garland County Library, Hot Springs. We're still looking for a few presenters, so we'd love to receive your submissions on a variety of topics: arlib.org/Arkansas-Library-P… @ArLALibrary
Celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth with libraries across the state! We'd love to see how other libraries are celebrating. Tag us!
We’re celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth in the @ArkansasUnion’s Multicultural Center from now until 1:30. Stop by to make your own button, give a shout out to a strong woman, and see related items from our collections! #UARK #UARKLibraries
