SALS Library Program and Trustee of the Year Award Nominations Sought

The Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS) Board of Trustees approved the 2010 Library Program and Trustee of the Year Awards.Â The board wishes to recognize the good work and excellent services in the member libraries.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, April 1, 2011.Â Please send nominations on library letterhead.Â Nominations by e-mail or fax will not be accepted. The SALS Library Services and Personnel CommitteesÂ will select the award recipients.

The awards will be presented at the SALS 53rd Annual meeting on May 16, 2011.

Please call Sara if you have any questions.

Library Advocacy Day

March 1, 2011 is NYLA Library Advocacy Day.

Please check the schedule of our visits. Â Some of the rooms numbers have not been confirmed and may change.

This year, we need as many people as possible to join us at Library Advocacy Day.
If you cannot join us, please make appointments to visit your legislator in his/her home office.
When you visit the home office, bring people who reside in your communities with you to explain why libraries are the heart and soul of our communities.

There are 5 seats left in the SALS shuttle.Â The van will leave Saratoga around 7 am.Â Please contact Jennifer if you would like a ride.

Mental Health Workshop — Library Updates

Participants of the May 2010 Mental Health Workshop presented by the CDPC Mental Health Players, learned about mental illness and how to handle different situations involving mentally ill patrons in the library through improvisational skits.Â Mental health professionals were also available to answer questions and address concerns.Â As a result of this LSTA grant sponsored workshop, attendees were asked to tell SALS what they learned and how it has affected their interactions with mentally disabled patrons who visit the library.

Here are some of their stories.

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