Ah, autumn in New England – the return of students, crisp air, and an overabundance of pumpkin-flavored things. And… lots and lots of library and archives conferences and events!<\/p>\n
Here’s just a handful of the upcoming options for professional development, networking, and skill-building around the area.<\/p>\n
The New England Assessment in Action Symposium<\/strong> Special Library Association (SLA) New England Fall Conference: Building Skills, Creating Value<\/strong> Society of American Archivists (SAA): Privacy and Confidentiality Issues in Digital Archives<\/a><\/strong> New England Archivists (NEA) Fall 2016 Meeting: Bridging the Gaps<\/strong> New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference: Imagining Tomorrow<\/strong> Massachusetts Library System 2016 Annual Meeting (“save the date” link)<\/a><\/strong> Ah, autumn in New England – the return of students, crisp air, and an overabundance of pumpkin-flavored things. And… lots and lots of library and archives conferences and events! Here’s just a handful of the upcoming options for professional development, networking, and skill-building around the area. The New England Assessment in Action Symposium presented by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,21,45],"tags":[57,58,52,55,53,38,56,49,51,59,48,50,15,54,47,46],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences-events","category-library-news","category-professional-development","tag-acrl-new-england","tag-archives","tag-conferences","tag-continuing-education","tag-library-conferences","tag-massachusetts-libraries","tag-massachusetts-library-system","tag-nea","tag-nela","tag-networking","tag-new-england-archivists","tag-new-england-library-association","tag-preservation-assessment","tag-professional-development","tag-sla","tag-special-library-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/a>presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)\/New England Chapter & Massachusetts Library System (MLS)<\/em>
\nTuesday, September 13<\/strong>
\nAssumption College, Worcester, MA
\n<\/strong>“Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success<\/a> is an initiative to help academic librarians build skills in carrying out data-driven assessment projects. Join your New England colleagues who participated and learn how the academic library community might build on its success at the national and regional level.”<\/p>\n
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\nFriday, September 30<\/strong>
\nSouthbridge Hotel and Conference Center
\n<\/strong>“Sessions from SLA members focusing on measuring value, working with stakeholders, and career transitions. Our keynote speaker for the conference is Tracy Z. Maleeff (@LibrarySherpa)<\/a>, the principal of Sherpa Intelligence, a research and social media consulting firm in the Philadelphia area.”<\/p>\n
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\nThursday, October 13<\/strong>
\nHampton Inn Hadley-Amherst (MA)<\/strong>
\n“This course covers privacy and confidentiality legal issues specific to archives of digital material. You’ll examine the intersection of (and the tension between) privacy\/confidentiality, free speech and freedom to research\/write, and focus on how electronic records and the digital realm have altered the scene.”<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>Friday, October 14
\nYiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA
\n#NEAfall16
\n<\/strong>“NEA’s Fall 2016 Meeting will offer inspiring examples of how archivists, associated professionals, and record stakeholders are working to bridge gaps in collection development and accessibility of materials.”<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>October 16-18<\/strong>
\nDoubletree by Hilton, Danvers, MA<\/strong>
\n#NELA2016<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nNovember 7<\/strong>
\nCollege of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA<\/strong>
\nKeynote speaker: John Palfrey, author of Bibliotech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
\n<\/em><\/a>More details to come, but presentations include final projects from this year’s ProjectSET (Skills, Empowerment, Talent)<\/a> participants and the MLS Strategic Plan for 2017-2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"