Hi Everyone:

Thanks to all of you who have signed up for this year's Professional Partners Program.  I know you'll find it a rewarding experience.  The students love this program and many of them have signed up for this year.  So many, in fact, that we need more professionals to participate.  Please have a look at the note below from Lise Brin and Shannon Clarke, co-chairs of the Dal CLA Student Chapter.  Becoming a professional partner need not be a big time commitment; each matched pair works out their own schedule of meetings and activities.

Michael

Dear Librarians and Information Professionals:

Please note: Applications for the Professional Partnering Program must be
received no later than September 27, 2007. Forms and details can be found at
http://myweb.dal.ca/ls654311/ppp.html 

What is the Professional Partnering Program (PPP)?

For the past five years, the Professional Partnering Program (PPP), 
sponsored by the Canadian Library Association Student Chapter at Dalhousie's School of
Information Management, has provided an opportunity for library practitioners
and information managers from a variety of organizations to share their
experiences with students enrolled in the Masters of Library and Information
Studies program at Dalhousie.  Since its inception, well over one hundred
students have participated in the program and gained valuable insights 
into the working life of practicing librarians, archivists and information
professionals.

Participating professionals are matched with students with similar 
interests for the duration of the academic year.  The program is very flexible, with 
each pair deciding on their own activities.  In previous years these activities have
included resume and job hunting advice, meeting for coffee, tours of libraries
and workplaces, and attending meetings and workshops together.  There 
will be a reception to start the program and to give partners an opportunity to 
meet, and also a wind up event at the end of the winter term.

If you are interested in participating in the 2007-2008 Professional 
Partnering Program, please complete the form found at
http://myweb.dal.ca/ls654311/ppp.html and return it via email to
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Best regards,

Lise Brin and Shannon Clarke, co-chairs
CLA Student Chapter, Dalhousie University
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Forms at: http://myweb.dal.ca/ls654311/ppp.html 



Michael Colborne
Coordinator of Public Services
Nova Scotia Provincial Library
3770 Kempt Road
Halifax, NS B3K 4X8
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902.424.4852  902.424.0633 fax