Activities

SGAL-L list-serve is open to SGAL members to encourage electonic communication for the purpose of promoting interlibrary cooperation and the exchange of ideas and library knowledge.

Past recipient of a LSTA grant for access to the Digital Sanborn Maps; and Genealogy and Local History Databases (Online).

Sponsor of numerous staff development workshops (e.g. Soaring to Excellence Teleconferences hosted at Odum Library).

Creating the Directory of South Georgia Libraries.

Meetings

Meetings are held three (3) times a year. The fall and winter meetings are hosted by member libraries. The spring meeting is usually held at Sapelo Island, Georgia.

2008 Fall Meeting - will be hosted by Deb Van Petten, Valdosta State University, Odum Library, Valdosta, Georgia. Date and time to be decided.

Winter Meeting - Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. The meeting started at 10:00 a.m. in the Zach S. Henderson Library. Ann Hamilton, Associate Dean of the Libary, provided a presentation about the library's construction project as well as tours of the Automated Retrieval Collection (ARC) and the library. 

Spring Meeting - April 23-25, 2008, was held at Epworth by the Sea on St. Simons Island. See http://www.epworthbythesea.org/ for more information on Epworth by the Sea.

Workshops

The South Georgia Associated Libraries hosted a reference workshop on Friday, October 26, 2007, at the Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College.

The workshop featured a morning and an afternoon session. The morning session dealt with the basic reference process, and in the afternoon we took a look at reference sources for health sciences.  Our instructor was Professor Anita Ondrusek, from the Valdosta State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) Program. This workshop provided an excellent opportunity for staff training.

The cost was $5.00 per person for SGAL member institutions and $10.00 per person for non-member institutions.

The Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College was chosen to host this event because it is located in the middle of the area we serve.  It is located at Exit 102 on Interstate 75.

Participants who planned attending the Reference Workshops payed at the door, as long as they had emailed, mailed, or faxed Anne Isbell their advanced registration form. If you have any questions, please call or email Anne Isbell at the Lake Blackshear Regional Library, (229) 924-8091.