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NSLS Professional Development Calendar:
January - June 2010

Check out the new NSLS Professional Development Brochure for our January – June 2010 offerings. This new PDF format includes live links to more detailed course descriptions and registration.

State Budget Cuts to Systems and Other Per Capita Grants

Library Systems will experience a 16.5% budget decrease. For NSLS, this means a decrease of $406,192. Learn the immediate changes being made and possibilities for the future in a letter from Executive Director Sarah Long.

Behind the Scenes @ NSLS

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From the NSLS Blogs

Data Everywhere
Perennial Searcher, Yesterday, 11:16 AM

New directors, new directions
Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, March 16, 12:38 PM

The Web’s Shady Side
Perennial Searcher, March 15, 2:29 PM

Open Access
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Our Libraries, A Daily Herald Column by Sarah Long

Book says introverts need to shout out accomplishments

Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Daily Herald

In 1950s Atlanta, Ga., when I was a child, my mother taught me to be modest and demure. Don't be a braggart, she would say. And if I got a compliment, Now don't get too big for your britches! Or, Pri...

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