The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a small and mighty division of ALA, will offer innovative and insightful preconferences, programs and events at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference; this year’s topics include disaster response, leadership development, effective decision-making, accessibility, services to older adults, arts programs for incarcerated youth and service evaluation. Participants in ASCLA’s [...]
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CHICAGO — “Accessibility is Usability,” a new webinar hosted by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), will tackle Web accessibility and its strong connection to usability and will also discuss adaptive technologies, how to write accessible website code and how to check a website for accessibility. “Accessibility is Usability” will cover key concepts of accessible [...]
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Tagged academic libraries, accessibility, ascla, online learning, people with disabilities, Professional Development, public libraries, state libraries, universal design, usability, webinar, websites
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Going to ALA Annual 2013 in Chicago? Want to find out more about the world of juvenile corrections & juvenile correctional librarianship in general? Are you already working in the field, and interested in seeing how another juvenile correctional facility library operates? ASCLA and Library Services for Youth in Custody (LSYC) are co-sponsoring and hosting a [...]
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Tagged #ALA2013, Annual Conference, ascla, chicago, Cook County, jail library, Juvenile Detention Center, library tour, LSYC, prison library, prison tour, youth in custody, youth services
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Here are the results for 2013 elections for ASCLA–congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all those who stood for election! ASCLA President-Elect: Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer Director-at-Large: Lisa Priebe Director-at-Large: Cheryl O’Connor Designated Director, Special Populations Constituency: Christopher J. Corrigan Designated Director, Library Consultants Constituency: Allan M. Kleiman
If you are interested in sharing an update on your library consortium at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference–whether it is a new direction, a new service or a new approach to providing services, or even to demonstrate the challenges you are facing–please contact Sheryl Knab, chair of the ASCLA Consortium Management Interest Group and executive [...]
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April 30, 2013 – 11:43 am
ASCLA’s ICAN (Interlibrary Cooperation and Networking) Collaborative Digitization Interest Group is soliciting proposals for presentations at its meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Saturday, June 29, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Add the meeting to your conference schedule (ALA Connect login required). Presentation topics should be of interest to librarians, archivists, curators, and developers working across a diverse array [...]
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Tagged #ALA2013, ALA Annual Conference, budgets, centralized services, chicago, collaboration, collaborative digitization, decentralized services, digitization, governance, interest group, multimedia, partnerships, staffing, standards, sustainability model
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When disaster strikes, where can the members of your community go for assistance? What does your community need in the wake of a hurricane, an earthquake or terrorist attack? How can you prepare your library to provide the answers to both of these highly relevant questions? On Friday, June 28, the Association of Specialized and Cooperative [...]
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ASCLA is now accepting proposals for: Institutes for the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia Preconferences for the 2014 Annual Conference in Las Vegas Programs for the 2014 Annual Conference in Las Vegas Institutes and preconferences are ticketed events held on the Friday of the conference. Programs are held throughout the Annual Conference and are [...]
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Tagged 2014, ala, Annual Conference, ascla, continuing education, institute, interest group, Las Vegas, member, Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, preconference, Professional Development, program, volunteer
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April 15, 2013 – 11:52 am
The next session of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’ (ASCLA) valuable online course “Improving Library Services for People with Disabilities” will take place April 22 – May 19 This course includes two live online chat sessions, scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 3-4 pm Central Time and Thursday, May 16, 3-4 pm Central Time. Registration will end [...]
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Tagged ascla, online course, online learning, people with disabilities
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April 15, 2013 – 11:42 am
The deadline for reservations for the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) trip to southern France in October 2013 has been extended to May 1! There’s no better way to put your tax refund to use than to join us for this awesome adventure! Destinations for this Mediterranean adventure include Nice, Cannes and Monaco. This is [...]
