Call for Proposals: NSLA Conference 2024 Libraries are more important than ever before. Make it Happen, Make it Matter! symbolizes the positive impacts libraries, and library staff, have on everyone who passes through our physical or digital doors. We provide exemplary service, and fill societal gaps, while offering engaging resources and experiences. Libraries are an inclusive space that celebrate diversity, we make inclusivity happen, and make it matter. Learn more about what Make it Happen, Make it Matter! means to us here . This year we are accepting proposals for 1-hour sessions (including time for questions) and pre-conference sessions or workshops. If more time is required, please include the information in your proposal. Please submit your proposals via email to conference@nsla.ns.ca by July 12, 2024, and include the following information: ● Session title; ● Abstract (approximately 250-300 words); ● Presenters’ names, professional affiliation, and email address (indicate prima...

OCTOBER 25-27, 2024, AMHERST NS The 2024 NSLA Conference theme is Make it Happen, Make it Matter! Libraries are more important than ever before. Make it Happen, Make it Matter! symbolizes the positive impacts libraries, and library staff, have on everyone who passes through our physical or digital doors. We provide exemplary service, and fill societal gaps, while offering engaging resources and experiences. Libraries are an inclusive space that celebrate diversity, we make inclusivity happen, and make it matter. Library Staff Make it Happen. Whether we are helping a university student find the right article, or providing a warm and welcoming environment, library staff make our province a better place for everyone. We are a constant in an ever changing world, and have adapted to meet the needs of our diverse communities whenever necessary. Library Staff Make it Matter. Everyone approaches library work differently. The impact libraries have is a direct result of the passionate people ...

The Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) announced the recipients of their professional awards on October 19th, 2019 during the annual conference held at White Point Beach Resort in Liverpool. Wendy Trimper (L.), and Ann-Marie Mathieu (R.) The Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership was established to honour leadership in the Nova Scotia Library community and is given by NSLA for distinguished contributions to the promotion and development of library service in Nova Scotia. This year’s recipient was Wendy Trimper , Community Library Services Coordinator for the Annapolis Valley Regional Library. Denice Corey (L.), and Karen MacNeill (R.) The Emile Theriault Library and Information Technology Award, established in 2006, recognizes the efforts of a library support staff member who has made a major contribution to their library community. The award was given to Karen MacNeill from the Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library. Two student awards were also presented. NSCC graduate  Joshua...

The Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) announced their professional awards at their annual conference on September 29 at the Rodd Grand Hotel and Conference Centre in Yarmouth. The NSLA’s Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership recognizes library leadership in the Nova Scotia library community and is given in recognition of distinguished contributions of lasting significance to the promotion and development of library service in Nova Scotia. The award was presented to Laura Emery, CEO/Chief Librarian for Eastern Counties Regional Library. The award was given to Laura in recognition of her library leadership not only in the Eastern Counties Regional Library, but in the Nova Scotia-wide library community as well. The award particularly recognized Laura’s idea for and incomparable contribution to the creation, development and promotion of Nova Scotian authors and books in the 2017 library project, Reading Nova Scotia: 150 Books of Influence. Another Eastern Counties staff was rec...

Revitalized and full of hidden gems, Yarmouth is hosting the 2018 LBANS/NSLA annual conference. A mere three-hour drive from Halifax, the town has undergone an extensive facelift which has led to the blossoming of new or renewed businesses. There are now restaurants offering global cuisine well beyond Yarmouth’s fine fish and chips and lobster rolls. The region is far enough away from Halifax that it has a very independent spirit and can-do attitude, infused by a cultural mix of Mi’qmaq, Acadian, Métis, Mayflower descendants, African Nova Scotians, New England planters and English Loyalists. Immigrants have made their mark, highlighted by Middle-Eastern, Asian, Latin-American and East Indian additions to the cultural mosaic. Within the very walkable downtown core, there are many gastronomic choices (in no particular order) such as Murray Manor Creperie, Perky Owl Coffee Inc., The Shanty Café, Gaia Global Kitchen, Old World Bakery & Deli, Bread and Olive, Sip Café, Rudder’s Restaura...

Faye MacDougall (l.) and outgoing NSLA President Cindy Lelliot (r.) The Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) is pleased to announce that Faye MacDougall, Regional Librarian with the Cape Breton Regional Library is the 2017 recipient of the Norman Horrocks Award for Library Leadership. This award recognizes library leadership in the Nova Scotia library community, and is given in recognition of distinguished contributions of lasting significance to the promotion and development of library service in Nova Scotia. According to the NSLA President, Ann-Marie Mathieu, “Faye MacDougall has demonstrated an impressive level of creativity in service delivery and programming initiatives, including many firsts. She has embraced the concept of community development through partnerships, and the list is long and diverse. She has championed the value of public libraries to the community. Her passion for and belief in libraries is always present, in everything she does, and Cape Bretoners are truly w...

Libraries 150: a celebration Libraries 150 In honour of the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the Nova Scotia Library Association and Nova Scotia’s nine regional library systems are pleased to present Libraries 150 , a province-wide library project to promote reader engagement in the celebration of Nova Scotia’s writers and citizens, ideas and attitudes, culture and environment, stories and treasures. The cornerstone of Libraries 150 is the “150 Books of Influence,” a compilation of 150 books that Nova Scotians feel have somehow influenced or defined them. The titles on the list will be those books that have captured Nova Scotians’ hearts and minds; books that tell Nova Scotia’s stories and inspire its citizens. The “150 Books of Influence” will be launched on Saturday, September 16, at Halifax’s Word on the Street. The second component of Libraries 150 is the incorporation and celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary at the 2017 NSLA/LBANS Annual Conference...

The theme of the 2016 NSLA/LBANS conference is Sense of Place: you, your community, your library, your work. Keynote speaker, Elena Madison, knows all about the importance of space. Elena Madison, keynote speaker for the 2016 NSLA Conference Elena is Vice President of the Project for Public Spaces and a veteran of Placemaking. She is an urban planner with rich experience in the planning and design of parks, plazas, campuses, civic and cultural institutions. An expert in collaborative visioning, concept development as well as management and programming for public spaces; she works closely with designers, economic development experts and public space managers to seamlessly bring the concepts developed in the public visioning process through design development and into implementation. She is currently working on placemaking initiatives in Detroit’s Belle Isle and Campus Martius, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond; at Houston’s Central Library; on Astor Place in New York City...

Online registration for this years conference is now open! The complete conference schedule and session list (PDF) is also available. Please Note: some locations have changed due to popularity of certain sessions. Fill out my online form . HTML Forms powered by Wufoo .

2011 NSLA/LBANS Conference is hosted by Cape Breton Regional Library with assistance from Cape Breton University Library and Canadian Coast Guard College Library. The conference will be held on September 23 – 25 2011 in Sydney, Nova Scotia at the Delta Sydney hotel. For the detailed information on the conference location, schedule and activities, hotel reservation, and conference registration, please see the attached Programme (PDF format).

The 2011 NSLA/LBANS conference is being hosted by the Cape Breton Regional Library and will be held in Sydney, NS at the Delta on September 23-25. Please mark your calendars and plan to join your colleagues and friends in Sydney to celebrate libraries, literacy and life-long learning.

Miss the 2009 LBANS/NSLA Conference already? Here are some photos for you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44009671@N02/ Enjoy!

Have you booked your room yet for the NSLA/LBANS Conference 2009 in Yarmouth, Oct. 23-25? If not, you had better hurry. Yarmouth is also hosting Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala and Conference on Saturday, Oct. 24 and there are 125 people attending so space/rooms will be at a premium. We have only 10 rooms left (as of Oct. 1 morning) from the ones we have had set aside for the special rate at the Rodd Grand hotel and they could go quickly.

This is a reminder to everyone coming to the 2009 NSLA/LBANS Conference in Yarmouth, Oct. 23-25 that the banquet on Saturday, Oct. 24 is a Caribbean theme so dress accordingly, por favor! It’s going to be hot, hot, hot …

The 50 Things to Do on the Way to Yarmouth and the 2009 LBANS NSLA Conference program are available online: http://www.westerncounties.ca/events/NSLA/50thingstodo.pdf http://www.westerncounties.ca/events/NSLA/conference.pdf Please let fellow NSLA members know and begin planning to register soon and have some great things to do on the way!

The 2009 LBANS NSLA Conference program is now available online: http://www.westerncounties.ca/events/NSLA/conference.pdf Please let your fellow NSLA members know and begin planning to register soon. It is going to be hot, hot, hot!

The Nova Scotia Library Association and Library Boards Association of Nova Scotia 2009 Conference Web pages have been updated with new information about the hotel, reservations and exhibitor and sponsor forms. You can check them out here: http://www.westerncounties.ca/events/NSLA/nslaindex.html We’ll see you in Yarmouth from Oct. 23-25, 2009 where we will help You Find the balance!

Here is the link to the LBANS/NSLA conference Web site: http://www.westerncounties.ca/events/NSLA/nslaindex.html

The 2009 NSLA/LBANS conference planning team is seeking photographs from past conferences for a slideshow. If you have old photos (digital), please send them to iwhite (at) nsy.library.ns.ca. We look forward to receiving those photos!