Good Morning CT Libraries, here’s what’s going on this week.

CLC HAPPENINGS

We’re live at the CLA Conference!  We’ve got a booth in the vendor hall (along with 18 of our vendors!) and we’re presenting throughout the next two days.  Please stop by, say hi!

• Take Your Child to the Library Day:  Family-Centric Advocacy – Monday at 10:50am
• Customer Service School:  What Vendors can Teach Librarians about Customer Service – Monday at 1:50pm
• Strategic Planning for Every Library:  A Collaborative Approach – Monday at 4pm
• LinkedIn: Your Link to Professional Growth, Networking and Opportunities – Tuesday at 9:20am
• The Nitty Gritty of Working with Elected Officials – Tuesday at 11:50am
• Three Simple Ways to Jumpstart Your Journaling – Tuesday at 11:50am

And on Friday we have an Assistant Director Roundtable!

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

We’re in the home stretch.  Session ends on May 8^th.   The House and Senate are both scheduled to convene several times this week.

eBooks: 

• The Planning and Development Committee bill is Senate Bill 148.  There was no action on this bill last week.
• The Government Administration and Elections Committee bill is House Bill 5312.  On Monday the Judiciary voted to send the bill back to the floor of the House without debate.  The bill is calendared for consideration on the floor of the house.  The question is:  will it be called?

School Librarians:

• HB 5417  was passed out of the education committee with substitute language. The substitute language is now available.  The bill has been reported out of committee and calendared for consideration on the floor of the house.  The question is:  will it be called?

• There was no action on this bill last week.

NEWS OF NOTE

Reed Library and Media Specialist Sara Wasley of Newtown receives Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the CT PTA.  Congratulations, Sara!

Library Journal covers the Connecticut eBook bills.

Here’s how Otis Library in Norwich is helping the blind and visually impaired.

40 pro-Palestine protestors march through Sterling Library at Yale.

Wilton Library has 80,000 books for sale!

Yay for Katie Tietjen, Library Media Specialist at East Hampton High School!! She had her first book published:  Death in the Details!

Homer Babbidge at UConn offers crafting, tea and button making to relieve the stress of finals.

If you or your library is in the news and I miss it, drop me a line!

Have a good week,

Ellen

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Ellen Paul

Executive Director

Connecticut Library Consortium