| DATE
/ TIME |
WORKSHOP
/ MEETING / HOLIDAY |
 |
January 1
|
New Year's Day (Nioga Closed) |
| January 11 to 16 |
American Library Association Midwinter Conference (Philadelphia) |
| January 21 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Nioga Closed) |
| January 29 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees Meeting |
| January 31 |
System Advisory Committee |
 |
| February 1 |
Annual Report Workshop |
| February 7 |
Alms Governing Council |
February 8
|
Teleconference: Soaring to Excellence 2008 People Watching With a Purpose: Meeting Needs Before They Need It |
| February 18 |
President's Day (Nioga Closed) |
February 20
6:00pm to 9:00pm |
Trustees Workshop
Effective Library Governance: Part 3 "Understanding Finances and Library Laws and Regulations"
at Nioga Library System Headquarters |
February 27
6:00pm to 9:00pm |
Trustees Workshop
Effective Library Governance: Part 3 "Understanding Finances and Library Laws and Regulations"
at Richmond Memorial Library/Batavia |
 |
| March 5 |
Planning Workshop for the Summer Reading Program |
| March 7 |
Teleconference: Library Challenges and Opportunities 2008: Library Spaces Future Needs |
| March 11 |
New York Library Association Library Lobby Day (Albany) |
| March 18 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees Meeting |
| March 21 |
Good Friday (Nioga Closed) |
| March 25 to 29 |
Public Library Association (PLA) Conference (Minneapolis) |
 |
April 1
6:00pm to 9:00pm |
Trustees and Directors Workshop
Effective Library Governance: Part 4 "Assessing Your Library Facility"
at Nioga Library System Headquarters |
| April 2 |
System Advisory Committee |
| April 3 |
Alms Governing Council CANCELLED |
| April 9 |
Central Library Workshop |
| April 11 |
Teleconference: Soaring to Excellence: Trends, Fads, or Folly: Spotting the Library Trends that Really Matter |
| April 11 |
YSS Spring Conference 2008 (Long Island) |
| April 13 to 19 |
National Library Week |
| April 16 |
Outreach and Information Sharing Workshop |
| April 22 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees meeting |
| April 24 |
Outreach Advisory Council meeting |
| April 30 |
Spring Technology Week |
 |
| May 1 |
Spring Technology Week |
| May 1 to 3 |
2008 SLMS Conference: Literacy & School Libraries: It All Adds Up! |
May 7
9:00am to 11:30am |
Spring Directors Meeting
"Understanding Finances and Library Laws and Regulations" |
May 9 |
Teleconference: Library Challenges and Opportunities 2008: Library Challenges and Opportunities…Into the Future |
| May 21 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees Annual Dinner
Terry Hills Restaurant and Banquet Facility located at 5122 Clinton St., Batavia, NY |
| May 26 |
Memorial Day (Nioga Closed) |
 |
| June 11 |
Alms: Circulation Staff meeting |
| June 17 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees meeting |
| June 26 to July 2 |
American Library Association (ALA) annual conference (Anaheim) |
 |
| July 4 |
Independence Day (Nioga closed) |
| July 9 |
System Advisory Committee |
 |
| August 13 |
ALMS Governing Council meeting |
| August 26 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees meeting |
| August 27 |
Summer Reading Program Wrap-up Discussion Session |
 |
September 1
|
Labor Day (Nioga closed) |
| September 25 |
Central Library Workshop |
 |
| October 1 |
Fall Technology Week |
| October 2 |
Fall Technology Week |
| October 3 |
Fall Technology Week |
| October 13 |
Columbus Day (Nioga closed) |
| October 22 |
Outreach Advisory Council |
| October 28 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees meeting |
October 30
9:00am to 11:30am |
Fall Directors Meeting
General topic: "Successful strategies for dealing with your local funding sources" |
 |
| November 5 to 8 |
Annual Conference of the New York Library Association (Saratoga Springs) |
November 11
|
Veteran’s Day (Nioga closed) |
| November 12 |
Trustee Training/Discussion session |
| November 19 |
Trustee Training/Discussion session |
| November 25 |
Nioga Library System Board of Trustees meeting |
| November 27 |
Thanksgiving Day (Nioga closed) |
| November 28 |
Day after Thanksgiving (Nioga closed) |
 |
| December 3 |
System Advisory Committee |
| December 10 |
Alms Governing Council meeting |
| December 24 |
Christmas Eve (Nioga closed) |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day (Nioga closed) |
| January 1 (2009) |
New Year’s Day (Nioga closed) |