Have you seen the program for NELA's Fall Conference in Sturbridge, MA for October 20 - 22? Have you registered yet? Early registration (by October 11th) is cheaper!

Check out the conference at www.nelib.org/events.asp?eventHead=1. There's something for everyone. Sisters in Crime is presenting a tea party as three well-known New England mystery writers entertain and educate us in the ways of crime. Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winner, is our banquet speaker. Chris Bohjalian will be leading a book discussion of his Buffalo Soldiers. I received an advance copy at last year's conference and it's a great book! We'll be celebrating 100 years of Peter Rabbit with Betsy Bray. There are programs on mentoring, conflict resolution, library skills instruction, marketing plans for librarians, core values, and those are only a few as I scan my program.

Talk it up in your co-ops. Plan to carpool together. Book your rooms together. If you all can't go, maybe your co-op can send one representative to report back to the co-op.

I look forward to seeing even a bigger New Hampshire representation at NELA this year!

Two New Hampshire librarians have been elected Officers of the New England Library Association (NELA). Deborah Wilcox, Technical Services Librarian at the Southern N.H. University has been elected Junior Director. John Barrett, Director of the Nesmith Library in Windham, has been elected VP/President-Elect.