Dear ASCLA Members,
I invite you to volunteer for one of ASCLA’s committees or interest groups.
If you are already a committee or interest group volunteer, thank you for your service: you are so much appreciated! Because of your contributions, our division accomplishes much. ASCLA, through its volunteers, has provided:
- Member expertise on accessibility and diversity for ALA committees and work groups, such as the Advocacy Coordinating Group and the Working Group on Digital Content and Libraries
- Standards and guidelines, such as those for libraries serving the blind and physically handicapped and for state library agencies
- Outstanding conference programming
- A great member newsletter
- Assistance vetting online learning opportunities of value to ASCLA members
- Special recognition of people and library services such as awards for specialized library services for people with disabilities or the homebound.
This is just a small sampling of what our volunteers plan and take part in, and what makes ASCLA a terrific place for opportunities for service, your professional growth, and networking with colleagues.
If you are not yet a member of any of our committees or interest groups, please join:
Committees: All current members may volunteer for ASCLA committees here: http://www.ala.org/cfapps/committee/volunteerform (you will be asked to login using your ALA login).
Second, write to the ASCLA vice-president, Sara Laughlin (saraglaughlin@gmail.com), our ASCLA president-elect, who will appoint the committees for 2014. Tell her about your experience and why you can be of help to these groups.
Interest Groups: To join a free interest group, all current ASCLA members may call MACS (ALA’s member services department) at the following number: 1-800-545-2433, x5 and request to have the interest group added to their membership; or send an email to membership@ala.org with your request to be added to the interest group with subject line: ASCLA free interest groups.
Second, write to the specific interest group leader below. Tell him or her about your experience and how you can be of help to the group:
ASCLA Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group
Leader: Mary Beth Riedner, mbried@comcast.net
ASCLA Future of Libraries Interest Group
Leader: Peggy Cadigan, pcadigan@njstatelib.org
ASCLA Consortium Management Discussion Interest Group
Leader: Sheryl Knab, sknab@wnylrc.org
ASCLA Collaborative Digitization Interest Group
Leader: Rhonda Marker, rmarker@rci.rutgers.edu
ASCLA Interlibrary Cooperation Interest Group
Leader: Scherelene L. Schatz, slschatzie@aol.com
ASCLA Physical Delivery Interest Group
Co-Leader: Gregory Pronevitz, greg@masslibsystem.org
Co-Leader: Mr. James E. Pletz, jpletz1968@hotmail.com
ASCLA Library Consultants Interest Group
Leader: Jeannette Smithee, smithee@seflin.org
ASCLA Library Services for Youth in Custody
Leader: Camden Eadoin Tadhg, Tadhg_C@cde.state.co.us
ASCLA Bridging Deaf Cultures @ your library Interest Group
Leader: Alec Mcfarlane, alec.mcfarlane@gmail.com
Leader: Carli Spina, carli.spina@gmail.com
ASCLA Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained
Leader: Diane Walden, diane.walden@doc.state.co.us
ASCLA Universal Access Interest Group
Leader: Marti Goddard, mgoddard@sfpl.org
ASCLA State Library Agencies – Library Development Interest Group
Leader: Gina Persichini, Gina.Persichini@libraries.idaho.gov
ASCLA State Library Agencies – LSTA Coordinators Interest Group
Leader: Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, kpeiffer@njstatelib.org
ASCLA State LibraryAgencies – Youth Services Consultants Interest Group
Leader: Sharon Rawlins, srawlins@njstatelib.org
ASCLA Tribal Libraries Interest Group
Leader: Lillian Chavez, mescalero_library@yahoo.com
Thank you again to all our current, past and future volunteers – you are truly what makes ASCLA such a wonderful, and fun, place to be!
Best Wishes,
Susan Hornung
ASCLA Executive Director