“Public Spaces, Community Places” is this year’s theme and will be held in Halifax from September 25-27.  For professionals or those who are interested in the field of archives, libraries and museums, all are encouraged to attend, network and engage.

Register now!

Looking forward to seeing you at the ALM conference this fall!

Lynn Lavoie
ALM Conference Co-Convener
Public Services Librarian
Halifax Public Libraries

Elaine D. Murray
ALM Conference Co-Convener
Branch Manager
Tantallon Public Library
J.D. Shatford Memorial Public Library

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• Preparing and implementing a coordination plan
• Recruiting and training volunteers for the conference
• Developing tools and materials used for volunteer coordination
• Performing other functions required to ensure successful coordination of conference volunteers
• Help volunteers meet role expectations
• Resolve volunteer problems which may arise in delivering an exciting and successful conference!

This position will require a volunteer with strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. Leadership skills are an asset.

Registration Desk Greeters
Registration desk greeters will welcome and check-in conference delegates, ensuring delegates have:

• Completed payment
• Received receipt of payment
• Received their Conference bag, and any other hand-outs for distribution
• Communicated any important information arising to delegates
• Directing delegates as required

Volunteers in this position should possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and be dependable.

Session Convenors (20+ positions)
Session convenors will:

• Greet, support, and introduce presenters
• Distribute handouts as required
• Distribute and collect evaluation forms
• Count and record attendance
• Provide traffic control for the session

Volunteers in this position should possess strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Conference Reception Assistants
Conference Reception assistants will assist in the setup, cleanup, and other tasks that might be required during the event, including:

• setting up and cleaning up tables, chairs, or other equipment
• cleaning
• moving boxes or equipment

Volunteers in this position may be required to lift and move medium weight objects.

Writers
Writers will assist in the crafting and delivery of communications to conference delegates and conference workers leading up to and during the conference while using print or electronic formats, including social media. Volunteers in this position will need to have strong communication skills, and be proficient using social media.

Social Events Coordinator
The Social Events coordinator will help coordinate informal social events during the conference that provide delegates the opportunity to network, relax, and socialize together in casual environments. This position will require a volunteer with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Swag-baggers
In advance of the conference weekend, swag-baggers will stuff printed materials, promotional items, and other goodies into bags that each conference delegate will receive. Volunteers in this position may be required to lift and move medium weight objects.

Unassigned Floaters
Unassigned floating volunteers will help out where ever they are needed. This position might involve setting up or breaking down equipment, gathering or delivering urgent information, or other last minutes tasks that might arise. Volunteers in this position will need strong communications skills and adaptability, and may be required to lift and move medium weight objects.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please email lavoiel@halifax.ca and
indicate which positions you’re interested in. All positions require English language proficiency, and may involve the lifting and moving of medium weight objects.

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There is a common thread in what archives, libraries and museums do: we collect, manage, and share resources. The approaches and perspectives may be from different fields, but the knowledge sharing, technology, access and future of information resources, and places in which they exist are a common conversation. We have the opportunity to learn and exchange with each other to offer Nova Scotians the engagement and public and community resources they seek.

The conference website is now live! Look through the program and see the opportunities: almconference.ca

This year’s conference, in Halifax from September 25-27, will for the first time bring together the Association of Nova Scotia Museums (ANSM), the Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA), the Library Boards Association of Nova Scotia (LBANS), and the Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA). We look forward to exploring and engaging relevant discussions that you can take-away for professional development.  We will explore the convergence of our roles and goals, ways to enhance lifelong learning across disciplines, practical ways to safeguard our cultural and written heritage, and topics of shared interest like advocacy, governance, infrastructure, and legislation.

We are also excited to announce our keynote speaker, Mr. Danny Graham. With over 30 years’ experience in business, law, public policy and politics he has started a wide range of citizen-led initiatives focused on public issues including the establishment of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program and Envision Halifax. Mr. Graham has been Nova Scotia’s Chief Negotiator in aboriginal rights and title negotiations. Since 2012, he has been mobilizing the development of Engage Nova Scotia – a grassroots initiative fostering a province-wide culture of collaboration, self-reliance, entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2014, the Ivany Commission recognized the work of Engage Nova Scotia in fostering new ideas and changing attitudes to meet the province’s economic and demographic challenges.

Early bird registration is now available until August 20! Register now.

We hope you can attend and be inspired by the many sessions, pre-conference activities, and convergence of participants from all realms to discuss, debate and envision.  Looking forward to seeing you at the ALM conference this fall!

Lynn Lavoie
ALM Conference Co-Convener
Public Services Librarian
Halifax Public Libraries

Elaine D. Murray
ALM Conference Co-Convener
Branch Manager
Tantallon Public Library
J.D. Shatford Memorial Public Library

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Globally, archives, libraries and museums are recognizing the similarities in the work we do. We all collect, manage and share resources. While professionally we approach these functions from different perspectives. there are many opportunities for us to learn from each other, and to optimize the experiences that we can offer the people of Nova Scotia. In joining together, we can explore practical ways to provide better experiences for the public, increase productivity, and work more efficiently.
For the first time, the Association of Nova Scotia Museums (ANSM), the Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA), the Library Boards Association of Nova Scotia (LBANS) and the Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) have joined forces to offer an engaging, collaborative conference exploring these ideas in a Nova Scotia context. We will explore:

• the convergence of our roles and goals
• ways to enhance lifelong leaning across disciplines
• practical ways to safeguard our cultural and written heritage
• topics of shared interest, like advocacy, governance, infrasstructure and legistration

Please join us for this unique opportunity to meet with colleagues across disciplines, make new connections and together envison new ways to enrich our public places and community spaces.

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