April 11, 2012 – 11:26 am
Member Feedback Needed! 5 minute online learning survey ASCLA is in the process of upgrading its online training offerings in order to better serve the diverse needs of the members. We need your input now to be able to meet your specific online training needs. Even if you don’t ever expect to attend sessions, we [...]
What are “Interest Groups”? Approved by the membership in the 2011 ALA/ASCLA election, interest groups provide a way to easily create a “home” within ASCLA for topics and issues that have an active member base, are specifically of interest to ASCLA members or may be currently underrepresented in the organization. They provide a dynamic system [...]
We are just days away from the end of advance registration for 2011 ALA Annual Conference preconferences, which means prices are about to increase! Advance registration officially ends Friday, May 13. This year’s ASCLA workshop topics are leadership skills they never taught you at library school, how to become an independent consultant and preservation planning [...]
February 1, 2011 – 1:25 pm
The 2005 Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped guidelines are currently being reviewed and revised by ASCLA thanks to a grant from the Library of Congress. A project director, a working team, and an advisory team have been appointed to develop [...]
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks an editor for ASCLAs quarterly online membership journal, Interface. Interface serves as the primary source of information and communication between ASCLA and the library and user community and reaches ASCLAs 1,000 members each quarter. Guided by ASCLA editorial policy, the editor is responsible for the [...]
The ASCLA Planning and Budget Committee, at the request of the ASCLA Board, has put together a proposal for restructuring ASCLA. This document includes valuable background information on trends within associations in general and a situational assessment of ASCLAs particular circumstances which were the impetus for proposing structural changes. Please note that this document contains [...]
Everyone is invited to attend a public open forum about the current project to review and revise the Standards and Guidelines of Service for the NLS Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The open forum will occur on Monday, June 28, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. to noon Eastern Daylight Time in Room [...]
Here are the results of the 2010 ASCLA elections. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who ran for office. Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies: Norma E. Blake, vice-president/president-elect Marti Goddard, director-at-large Brad Ward, director-at-large Kendall French Wiggin, councilor Adopted: Approval of bylaws amendment to include single type library cooperatives [...]
A great clip about the importance of prison libraries! Many thanks to Diana Reese, incoming ASCLA president, for sharing this with us! We rarely hear how prison library services impacted offenders once they leave prison. At a recent Earth Day Fair, Denver Public Library recorded videos of people sharing why they love their libraries. One [...]
The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks an editor for ASCLAs quarterly online membership journal, Interface. Interface serves as the primary source of information and communication between ASCLA and the library and user community and reaches ASCLAs 1,000 members each quarter. Guided by ASCLA editorial policy, the editor is responsible for the [...]
