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Quick! You have 5 minutes to tell your colleagues about a great reference program, resource, service, or idea (maybe even about what you think will be the future of reference).

We’re looking for ideas that inspire and engage our students and patrons and make their lives easier and better. Maybe you'll tell us about a new technology that will change the way we do business. Or one that just makes it easier for users to reach professional help at the library.

Brooklyn Public Library is having its first regional health unconference: HealthCampNYC: Using Collective Knowledge to Improve Health Literacy and Community Health.

HealthCampNYC is a regional health unconference for librarians, literacy professionals, public health professionals, medical professionals, community-based organizations and people interested in sharing with and learning from each other.

http://plablog.org/2010/04/healthcampnyc-a-regional-health-unconference-......

What is National Library Week?
National library Week is an observance held by libraries across the country every year in the second week of April. It is a time to promote and celebrate the wonderful contributions of our local libraries and encourage additional library use and support. During this week, libraries will host special events centered on a special theme. This year’s theme is, "Communities thrive @ your library®." These events are designed to encourage reading and celebrate the staff and volunteers who work so hard to make our libraries a success.

The Editorial Team of the Journal of Library Innovation is proud to announce the publication of its first issue. This online, peer-reviewed journal can be viewed at: http://www.libraryinnovation.org.

There are no subscriptions necessary to read the journal. If you haven’t already done so, you may register as a reader in order to receive email notification whenever an issue is published. There is a bibliographic record in WorldCat too, if you would like to add it to your catalog!

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Rebekah Darksmith
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University of California Press, Journals + Digital Publishing
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Society of Architectural Historians Launches Bold Electronic Initiative in Partnership with University of California Press and JSTOR

Chicago, IL – March 16, 2010

We are very pleased to announce that seven new publishers have recently joined the Current Scholarship Program. While work continues to sign additional publishers and titles to the Program, with these new partners, libraries will be able to license and provide their users with access to the current issues of at least 100 journals on the JSTOR platform beginning in 2011.

The publishers that recently joined the Program include:

Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Michigan Historical Review, Central Michigan University

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

The Delaware Association of Environmental Education’s Child in the Wild conference will take place on Saturday, February 27th at the historic Blue Ball Barn. The conference is for both formal and non-formal educators, and will present tools and case studies on introducing environmental concepts into classroom education...a program entitled "No Child Left Inside".

Any bookmark collectors out there?

You are cordially invited to participate in the First Annual Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention, happening this weekend, February 20-21 at the Bookmark Collectors Virtual Convention out here in cyberspace.

Call for Participation

A Reference Renaissance 2010: Inventing the Future
August 8-10, 2010 – Denver, CO
Conference website: http://www.bcr.org/referencerenaissance
Sponsored by BCR

AURORA, Colo., January 26, 2010 — A Reference Renaissance 2010: Inventing the Future, co-chaired by Marie Radford and Rivkah Sass, will be held August 8-10, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. This exciting event will feature numerous presentations showcasing the latest reference trends and techniques that will give you new ideas and tools to better serve your customers. Also included are vendor exhibits, presentations specifically focused on products and services of interest to reference and information staff and plenty of opportunities for networking and sharing with colleagues.