Tag Archives: #ala12

Library Consultants: An invitation to get involved with ASCLA

June 14, 2012 – 12:12 pm

Attention consultants and independent librarians! Carol Desch, chair of the ASCLA Library Consultants Interest Group, invites you to join ASCLA’s Library Consultants Interest Group, and to participate in this group’s many activities, including programs and social events at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. If you have any questions about the information below, contact Carol [...]

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Final Call for ASCLA Preconference Registration!

June 14, 2012 – 7:07 am

This is it–it’s the final 48 hours to get signed up for ASCLA preconferences! We’ll be closing registration for our preconferences on Friday, June 15–that’s tomorrow! If you want to reserve your seat at the learning table, you’ll need to act now. We will not be selling tickets at the door for either of these [...]

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Prison Librarians @ Annual Conference: Interest group meetings moved to Sunday morning

June 2, 2012 – 6:44 pm

NEW DATE, TIME & LOCATION at ALA Annual Conference!! ASCLA’s two interest groups for prison librarians will now be meeting Sunday, June 24, 8-10a.m. in the Palm East room of the Sheraton Park Hotel. The Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained Interest Group and the Library Services for Youth in Custody Interest Group will [...]

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Take a closer look: ASCLA workshops at ALA Annual Conference

May 23, 2012 – 10:57 am

Have you spent some time with the preconferences we’re hosting at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference? ASCLA–the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies–is a division of ALA focused on the future of libraries, and committed to cultivating librarians and libraries that provide universal access for all library users. Whether you are a public librarian [...]

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ASCLA workshops @ ALA Annual Conference: Advance registration ends Sunday, May 13!

May 9, 2012 – 6:30 pm

We have an outstanding lineup of workshops awaiting you in Anaheim! Hear from experts in the field about how to cultivate marketing and fundraising activities at your library, including creating a library champions campaign; how to bring online services to your library for people unable to read traditional print books and how to effectively promote [...]

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ASCLA’s President’s Program features Duct Tape Marketing author John Jantsch

April 18, 2012 – 11:12 am

Dear ASCLA Members, I am delighted to invite you to attend the 2012 ASCLA President’s Program in Anaheim at ALA’s Annual Conference. We have a fantastic speaker lined up for the program and a free gift for the first 200 people who attend. Our speaker, John Jantsch, is the best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing [...]

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ASCLA award for innovative universal access project shared by ‘Books for Dessert’ program and ‘Digital Access Project’

April 17, 2012 – 12:52 pm

Read the official ALA press release. This year’s ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award, an annual honor presented by the Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), will be presented to two organizations that produced noteworthy services and programming for library users with disabilities: the Port Washington (N.Y.) Public Library for its “Books for Dessert” Program, and the Perkins Braille & Talking Book [...]

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Carole Rose wins ASCLA Campbell Award for notable contributions to library services for the blind and physically handicapped

April 17, 2012 – 12:46 pm

Read the official ALA press release here. Carole Rose, who recently retired as a librarian at the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library, is the 2012 winner of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies’ (ASCLA) 2012 Francis Joseph Campbell Award. The award, which includes a citation and a medal, is presented to a person [...]

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New Jersey State Library’s Moeller-Peiffer honored with Cathleen Bourdon Service Award for contributions to ASCLA

April 17, 2012 – 12:44 pm

Read the official ALA press release here. Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, associate state librarian, New Jersey State Library, is the 2012 recipient of the Cathleen Bourdon Service Award, an annual achievement award given by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association. The award, which is named for former ASCLA Executive Director [...]

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Washington State Library’s Laura Sherbo receives leadership award from ASCLA

April 17, 2012 – 12:36 pm

Read the official ALA press release here. Laura Sherbo, branch library services program manager at the Washington State Library, is the 2012 recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Leadership and Professional Achievement Award – an annual award presented to an ASCLA member who exemplifies leadership and achievement in consulting, library cooperation, networking, [...]

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