- January 26, 2011: Business Meeting 11:30 until 2pm at Stanford Law School. Professor Dan Ho will speak about the promise and challenges of empirical legal studies and what lawyers can contribute. He will provide insight into how everyday layering impacts larger policy trends and decisions. Lunch will be provided.
- February 2, 2011: 9th Circuit Library and Building Tour 11:30 am, please contact Julie Horst for more info!
- March 23, 2011: Sunshine Week 2011 Please click here for all the information including registration.
- April 8-9, 2011: Spring Institute Please click here for all the information including handouts/slides from the Institute.
- April 8, 2011: Friday Morning Pre-Institute Workshop “What You Need to Know to Break The Code: RDA – Not Just Jargon for the Back of House” Please click here for all the information
- April 8-15, 2011: Children’s Book Project during National Library Week. Updated: Thank you note from CBP
- May 24, 2011: Annual Business Meeting
- June 7, 2011: KQED Volunteer Opportunity. Updated: Thank you note from KQED
- June 29, 2011: 4-Corners “Summer’s Finally Here!” Social Get-together. Hey wanna celebrate summer with NOCALL? Please join us for a drink and meet new colleagues, catch up with old friends (or say good-bye to someone who is moving to Colorado – you know who I’m talking about). Kindly RSVP to the host of your local event so we know you’re coming. San Franicsco – The Lone Palm – 3394 22nd Street (at Guerrero) SF 94110 RSVP: Julie Horst; Fresno – Yukon Jacks’, in Clovis (Gateway to the Sierras). Off the 168 on Clovis Ave, south Herndon RSVP: Kerry Prindiville; Sacramento – Blue Prynt at 815 11th Street on the corner of 11th and H., Sacramento RSVP: Coral Henning; South Bay – Scott’s Cantankerous Fish at 420 Castro Street (Castro & California St.) in Mountain View RSVP: Sharon Lahey.
- July 26, 2011: AALL Conference Attendees Networking Event 4 pm – 7 pm (Minors allowed until 6 pm):Buffalo Billiards 118 Chestnut St. Come join your fellow NOCALL members on Tuesday, July 26th after the conference ends. You can talk about your favorite programs, discuss exciting new products you saw in the exhibit hall, and plan your own future presentation with like-minded librarians.
- August 3, 2011: KQED Volunteer Opportunity 6:45 pm – 10:30 pm: Finding Billy Elliot/Bee Gees One Night Only. To RSVP e-mail Tricia Lee at community@nocall.org.
- September 22, 2011: Webinar – You are the Profession: Creating a Positive Professional Image 11 am (central) You can register here. The registration deadline is September 14.
- September 25, 2011: The Friends of the SFPL is offering all of the unsold books from their yearly book sale to the Internet Archive for scanning and preservation. Volunteers are needed to pack books into boxes at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this Sunday, September 25, any time between 4pm and midnight. Additional information available at: Internet Archive Blog and Facebook
- September 28, 2011: Business Meeting 11 am until 2 pm in Sacramento. Program Topic: The Emerging Field of Animal Law, Speaker: Julie Davies – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Information available here.
- October 17 – 19, 2011: Internet Librarian Planning To Go To Internet Librarian 2011 in Monterey, CA. NOCALL Members Can Save $200! The registration deadline was Friday, September 9th, but has been extended until Thursday, September 15th. Internet Librarian brings Web search and tools experts from around the world for panel discussions of how Internet trends are impacting libraries. Plus, web veterans dispense practical advice on how librarians can implement new technologies to improve their workflow and keep current with their user communities. For more information about the conference, please visit the Internet Librarian 2011 website.
- November 1, 2011: Four Corners “Day of the Dead” Social 5 pm to 7 pm – Hope you see you there (with or without your skull)! SF: Fuzio Financial District 1 Embarcadero Center. RSVP to Julie Horst. Sacramento: Il Fornaio 400 Capitol Mall (Wells Fargo Center). RSVP to Coral Henning. South Bay: Oak City Grill 1029 El Camino Real (corner of ECR and Ravenswood) in Menlo Park. RSVP to Ellen Platt. Fresno: The Standard 9455 N Fort Washington Rd (Friant & Fort Washington). RSVP to Sharon Borbon
- November 8, 2011: Fall Workshop Preservation Park, Nile Hall, in Oakland, CA. Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Click here for all the details. The deadline for registering is November 7th, 2011.
- December 7, 2011: Holiday Social – 4 Corners From 5 pm – 7 pm, join your colleagues for some holiday cheer in Frenso, Sacramento, San Francisco or Mountain View. Please RSVP to your location hostess by Monday, 12/5/2011. All events feature a no-host bar and kick-off bar-bites sponsored by NOCALL. We look forward to celebrating the end of another year with you!
*The 4-Corners Holiday Socials are also an opportunity to give back to our communities. This year, NOCALL is supporting Sleep Train’s Secret Santa Toy Drive for Foster Kids to help ensure that foster children have a bright, cheery holiday season. Please consider bringing a new, unwrapped toy for a child of any age with you to your Holiday Corner gathering. If you cannot make it on December 7th, please drop off a toy at your local Sleep Train Mattress Center, or making a donation online.