Thanks to all who submitted their ideas for presentations for the 2015 Symposium.  The selection committee had a blast reading through a descriptions of programs, histories, collaborations, and projects last Friday. Armed with a rubric, spreadsheets, and post-it notes, the group bantered, advocated and share feelings and reasoning.  Our decisions were tough to make but ultimately we made them, and we are now extending invitations for 17 presentations and some lightning rounds. You will be hearing from us very soon!

Additionally, the team is building the conference schedule this week! It’s a fun task. We have to pack in a Thursday afternoon workshop with our Keynote Char Booth and social mixer that evening featuring the return of Librarian Trivia.  Then we have our full Friday with a keynote speaker, 4 sessions of presentations, a lightning round of mini-presentations, not to mention a deluxe Taco Bar!  All the details out by the first week of April!

The organizers of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium (LSLS) invite breakout session proposals for our fourth annual conference to be held on June 5, 2015 at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

This year’s theme, “Sharing Our Stories,” focuses on learning from our successes and failures, and crafting stories to demonstrate our impact and advocate for change. We all have our own bookshelves of experiences, but we often don’t circulate them widely. At LSLS15, take your ideas off the shelf and lend them!

Read more and submit your proposal for a breakout session.

We’ll always remember our humble beginnings, before we knew any graphic designers. But we are happy to announce that LSLS has a new logo! A big thank you to dannDESIGNS for our new look.

Registration for our third annual Mid-Winter Unsymposium is now open! Join us for an afternoon of networking and conversation.

Join us for an informal happy hour to relax and connect with colleagues. Open to anyone in the Twin Ports area who works in and/or loves libraries!

When: Tuesday, October 14, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Thirsty Pagan Brewing, 1623 Broadway St, Superior, WI