Volunteer Opportunities Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the 2015 ALM Conference! Below you’ll find a list of volunteer opportunities that are available.   Volunteer Coordinator The Volunteer Coordinator will organize conference volunteers and their work including: 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…

Announcing the Must Attend, First Ever ALM Conference September 25-27, 2015, Halifax, Nova Scotia 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…

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb 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…