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CLC Roundtables

CLC's roundtables are a wonderful opportunity for people from different libraries but with similar responsibilities and interests to come together to share knowledge and ideas about a variety of professional topics.

For more information about the programs below, or to suggest a roundtable topic, please contact Kirsten Kilbourn at CLC: kkilbourn@ctlibrarians.org.


Adult Programming Roundtable

Chairs: Karen Ronald, Fairfield Public Library (kronald@town.fairfield.ct.us and Cynde Lahey, New Canaan Public Library (CLahey@NewCanaanLibrary.org)

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Schedule of Events:

  • Our most recent meeting took place on June 19, 2008. Please check back often, or subscribe to our Google Group, for updates on future programs!

Audio Visual Librarians' Roundtable

Promotes professional development, communication, and cooperation among staff of CLC member libraries working in audio visual services. Open to staff of all CLC member libraries working or interested in Audio Visual services.

Chair: Gail Thompson-Allen, Russell Library, Middletown.

Schedule of Events:

  • This roundtable last met on January 23, 2008. Check back soon for future program announcements.

Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Northwest

Chair: Martie Smolka, Gunn Memorial Library, Washington

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Schedule of Events:

All meetings will have coffee, tea and refreshments provided at 9:30 with the meeting to begin at 10:00. In the event of snow, check with the hosting library's school system for cancellations (in which we will cancel) or delays (in which we will delay the meeting to 11:00).

  • Our last meeting took place on May 5, 2008. Check back soon for future meeting announcements.

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Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Capitol Region

Chairs: Shelley Spoering (shelleys@simsburylibrary.info, 860-665-8700), Simsbury Public Library; and Helen Aveline (haveline@newingtonct.gov, 860-665-8700), Lucy Robbins Welles Library/Newington

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Schedule of Events:

All meetings will be on Mondays with coffee and networking at 9:00 a.m. and the meeting at 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise specified. On-line registration for all meetings is preferred, but walk-ins are always welcome. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the co-chairs.

  • Our most recent meeting took place in June 2008. Please check back soon for future program announcements!

Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Northeast

Chairs: Ginny Brousseau, Tolland Public Library; and Jennifer Needham, Booth & Dimock Memorial Library, Coventry

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Schedule of Events:

Unless otherwise stated, all programs take place from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Locations TBA.

  • Our most recent meeting took place on May 23, 2008. Please check back soon for future meeting announcements!

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Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Fairfield County

Chair: Tess Beck, Stratford Library Association

Are you interested in chairing this roundtable? Contact Tess (see above).

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Schedule of Events:

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings have registration & networking at 9:30, program at 10:00.

  • Our most recent meeting took place on June 9, 2008. Please check back soon for future program announcements!

Children's Librarians' Roundtable: South

Chair: Sue Hartley, Cheshire Public Library

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  • This group last met in March 2008. Check back soon for future program announcements!


Children's Librarians' Roundtable: Southeast

Chairs: Nancy Brewer, Ledyard Libraries, nbrewer@ledyard.lioninc.org; and Linda Slate, Jonathan Trumbull Library, Lebanon, lslate@lebanonctlibrary.org

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Schedule of Events:

All meetings are at 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise indicated below. We have decided to adjust our meeting dates so that those of us in Region 6 who have not been able to make the meetings might be able to attend. We are also going to try to alternate meeting sites so some people will have less of a drive.

  • Our most recent meeting took place on May 13, 2008 - hope you were there! Check back soon for future meeting announcements.

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Genealogy Librarians Roundtable

Chair: Sherry Gelbwasser, Asnuntuck Community College - SGelbwasser@acc.commnet.edu

Would you like to co-chair this roundtable? Please email Sherry Gelbwasser at SGelbwasser@acc.commnet.edu for information or to volunteer.

The Genealogy Librarians Roundtable invites all Connecticut librarians whose work involves helping people trace their family histories or who are interested in helping their patrons use Connecticut library resources for genealogical research. We welcome staff from all types of libraries in Connecticut - academic, public, school, and special. Join us!

We'd love your feedback. Please download an information sheet (PDF) and fill it out with your ideas and contact information so we can keep you informed about our plans.

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  • Our most recent meeting took place on May 13, 2008. Check back soon for future meeting announcements - or subscribe to our Google group, above.

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Interlibrary Loan Roundtable East

Chairs: Kim Farrington, Elihu Burritt Library, Central Connecticut State University - farringtonk@ccsu.edu; and Gail Avino, Hall Memorial Library, Ellington - hallmlib@biblio.org

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Unless otherwise stated, registration and networking begin at 9:30 a.m., with the program from 10:00 a.m. to noon. If you are interested in hosting an ILL roundtable, please contact the chair, Kim Farrington (farringtonk@ccsu.edu).

  • Our last meeting took place on May 8, 2008. Check back soon for fall meeting announcements.
  • Over the summer, don't forget to check out CT ILL NEWS: http://ctill.blogspot.com

Resources & Minutes

Roundtable meeting minutes, presentations & handouts

Connecticut ILL resources

General ILL Information


Interlibrary Loan Roundtable West

Chair: Mark Gore, Housatonic Community College (mgore@hcc.commnet.edu); & Liz Pisaretz, Norwalk Community College (EPisaretz@ncc.commnet.edu)

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Unless otherwise stated, all meetings have registration & networking at 9:30, program from 10:00 to noon. If you are interested in hosting a future ILL roundtable meeting at your library, please contact either of the co-chairs, Mark Gore (mgore@hcc.commnet.edu) or Liz Pizaretz (EPisaretz@ncc.commnet.edu).

  • Our last meeting took place on May 8, 2008. Check back soon for fall meeting announcements.
  • Over the summer, don't forget to check out CT ILL NEWS: http://ctill.blogspot.com

Resources & Minutes

Roundtable meeting minutes, presentations & handouts

Connecticut ILL resources

General ILL Information


Library Managers Roundtable

Chairs: Siobhan Grogan, Cragin Memorial Library, Colchester - sgrogan_craginml@yahoo.com; and Meryl Farber, Case Memorial Library, Orange - mfarber@leaplibraries.org

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  • Our last meeting took place on January 15, 2008. Check back soon for future meeting announcements.


Public Library Directors Roundtable: Northwest

Chair: Linda Senkus, Beardsley & Memorial Library, Winsted

Schedule of Events:

Please email Linda Senkus with suggested topics or speakers for our meetings. Topics can be problems you are having, solutions you want to share, or the general "how do others do this" type of questions. Help make these meetings useful by guiding their content!

Unless otherwise stated, meetings start at 9:30 with coffee and munchies, with the meeting following from 10:00 to noon.

  • Thursday, July 17, 2008 at Southington Library & Museum. Register online now!
  • Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (Looking for a location. Any volunteers?). Doug Lord will be speaking to us about services to older adults.
  • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at Goshen Public Library

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Reference Roundtable

Co-Chairs: Linda Sousa (lsousa@russell.lioninc.org), Russell Library, Middletown; and Patricia Watson (pwatson@libraryconnection.info), New Britain Public Library

Schedule of Events:

  • Our most recent program took place on June 9, 2008. Please check back soon for future program announcements!

Services to Older Adults Roundtable (SOAR)

Chair: Doug Lord, Connecticut State Library

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  • Our most recent meeting took place on June 24, 2008. Check back soon for future program announcements - or, better yet, subscribe to our Google Group and let the announcements come to you!

Resources & Minutes


Technology Roundtable

Chairs: Nancy Haag, North Haven Memorial Library; and Julie Lee, Russell Library, Middletown

Schedule of Events:

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings have registration & networking at 9:00, program at 9:30.

  • Our most recent meeting took place on June 9, 2008. Please check back soon for future program announcements!

Web Librarians' Roundtable

Chairs: Cecelia Becker, Somers Public Library (cbecker@biblio.org) and Susan Ray, Simsbury Public Library (sray@simsburylibrary.info)

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  • This roundtable last met on January 17, 2007. Check back soon for future meeting announcements.

Young Adult Librarians' Roundtable: Capitol Region

Chairs: Ann Marie Naples, West Hartford Public Library (anaples@westhartfordlibrary.org, 860-561-6996) and Chris Angeli, Scranton Memorial Library, Madison (angelic@madisonct.org)

Would you like to co-chair this roundtable? Please contact Ann Marie Naples.

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Unless otherwise stated, all meetings begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. Coffee, etc. will be served.

Schedule of Events:

  • Our most recent meeting took place on June 11, 2008. Please check back soon for future program announcements!

Resources & Minutes


Young Adult Librarians' Roundtable: Eastern CT

Chair: vacant

Would you like to chair this roundtable? Please contact Linda Williams at lwilliams@cslib.org.

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This roundtable meets every other month on the second Friday of the month at alternating times - 10am-noon or 1-3pm. Libraries will volunteer to host the meetings, and the hosting library will provide refreshments. Each meeting will have a predetermined topic for discussion or presentations.

For the latest info on the roundtable, or to contribute your YA-related musings, visit the ECYA Blog.

Schedule of Events:

  • Our next meeting will take place on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at the Willimantic Library Service Center computer lab. Our focus will be on how to use iGoogle, blogs and other internet tools that can help us with what we do! Please let Linda Williams know if you have a particular web feature you would like covered at the next meeting. Check for online registration in August.

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Young Adult Librarians' Roundtable: Western CT

Chairs: Margaret Walsh, Greenwich Library, mwalsh@greenwichlibrary.org; and Geri Diorio, Ridgefield Library, GADiorio@ridgefieldlibrary.org

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Schedule of Events:

Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are on Wednesdays and feature coffee & networking at 9:30, program from 10:00 to noon.

  • Our most recent meeting took place on May 21, 2008. Please check back for future program announcements!

Resources & Minutes


Last update: June 25, 2008
  
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