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The following provides descriptions of programs sponsored, developed, and offered by the NFLA. Dine and Discover The Dine and Discover program is co-sponsored by the Special Libraries Association and provides information professionals the opportunity to learn about local libraries and information centers in Tallahassee and surrounding areas. Librarians and other information professionals give tours and/or describe special projects, programs or services in their libraries or centers. Programs are offered during lunch or dinner to accommodate various schedules of participants. Program hosts provide support for networking and social time with others by offering drinks and an area to eat brown-bag meals prior to the presentations. Archive Membership Drive Annually, NFLA hosts a membership drive by inviting all information professionals and students in the area to an early evening social hour of gourmet edibles and beverages. The program is usually held in September to encourage new students in the College of Information and newly employed information professionals that may have recently relocated to the area to meet and network as well as to join the NFLA. Career Night The Career Night program is primarily geared to graduate students at the College of Information, Florida State University. A panel of Information Professionals representing academic, public, school, and special libraries present an overview of their job and open up questions from the students for an interactive exchange. Continuing Education Workshops NFLA sponsors a series of continuing education workshops on topics of interest to local information professionals based on the results of a needs assessment survey. Winter Festival of Writers The Winter Festival of Writers began in 1986 as a program to promote local authors, raise funds to purchase books for disadvantaged youth, and award a high school student through a student writing competition. The program is generally held once a year in early December and features several local authors and the winner of the high school writing competition to read from their works. Imagination Library The Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region's Imagination Library is a program designed to provide, at no cost, brand new age appropriate books for children under the age of five. The funds donated by NFLA help provide deserving children with a new book each month. Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner The annual meeting and dinner is held during the month of May. The president presents an annual report on NFLA activities and a speaker is featured to discuss a topic of interest to the membership. |