Category Archives: Fun Stuff

NEWS: Innovation at your library: ASCLA workshops, programming and events at the ALA Annual Conference

May 23, 2013 – 9:34 pm

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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ASCLA hosts prison library tour at 2013 ALA Annual Conference

May 17, 2013 – 11:44 am

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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Call for Proposals: ASCLA programs, preconferences and institutes for 2014

April 22, 2013 – 5:14 pm

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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Deadline Extended! Deposits for ASCLA trip to Southern France due May 1

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 [...]

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Library Consultants: Sign up by April 30 to participate in Consultants Give Back event at ALA Annual Conference

April 5, 2013 – 4:13 pm

The ASCLA Library Consultants Interest Group (LCIG) will again be sponsoring Consultants Give Back (CGB) at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. We are currently seeking library consultants to participate in this event. This year’s sign-up process will be slightly different from previous years: we will now be using a website, www.consultantsgiveback.org, developed [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Strategies for Storytelling: Get Storied’s Michael Margolis empowers libraries at ASCLA President’s Program

March 29, 2013 – 11:38 am

CHICAGO — Michael Margolis, CEO of Get Storied, will offer strategies for crafting powerful stories about the value of libraries at “Storytelling Mojo: Creating the 21st Century Library Narrative” – the 2013 President’s Program hosted by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of ALA. The ASCLA President’s Program will focus on how we can think strategically about how [...]

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ASCLA Online Learning: Topics for upcoming offerings include services to Latinos, people with disabilities, youth in detention

March 15, 2013 – 4:34 pm

Our calendar is overflowing with online learning events–keep reading to find one or more that fits your needs. Whether it’s grabbing some quick tips or best practices from a webinar, or gaining a new perspective or relevant skills from an online course, there’s something here to improve your resume and directly impact service delivery at [...]

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Tour southern France and Monaco in October 2013: ASCLA hosts fourth European adventure

March 4, 2013 – 4:30 pm

Leave the gloom of fall behind with a trip to southern France, Oct. 5-13, 2013, hosted by theAssociation of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies(ASCLA). Destinations for this Mediterranean adventure include Nice, Cannes and Monaco. This is the fourth fundraising trip hosted by ASCLA, a division of ALA. Previous adventures include Paris, Ireland and the upcoming [...]

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ASCLA preconferences at ALA Annual Conference cover disaster response, servant leadership and resource sharing

February 11, 2013 – 11:36 am

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of ALA, will host three workshops at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Chicago covering important topics like disaster response, servant leadership and resource sharing. Add any of these events to your conference registration *or* you can register for this event without attending the [...]

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Volunteer for ASCLA! Plentiful leadership and virtual participation opportunities

January 18, 2013 – 9:26 am

Did you know that the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, as a small and mighty division of ALA, has excellent opportunities for you to become involved? There’s lots of room in our leadership ranks for you to collaborate, contribute and become a champion. Are you a new member or even a non-member who [...]

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