Why spend your summer trapped at your desk when you could come to ALA’s Annual Conference in Chicago? We’ve got an awesome program and pre-conference lineup in store for this event where you can acquire new information and develop skills immediately applicable to your daily work. Mark your calendars!: Conference registration opens January 2, 2009....

Please check the ALA Midwinter Meeting website or wiki for the most up-to-date information about ASCLA events at Midwinter. ASCLA Saturday, January 24 8-10 A.M. ASCLA Board of Directors I This is an open meeting and a good place to get an overview of ASCLA, as officers, section chairs, and committee chairs give reports. 10:30...

When that membership renewal form comes in the mail as it does for many of our members at this time of year, don’t forget about ASCLA! We have great things in store for 2009, but we need your fiscal support to follow through on our plans. Your continued membership also allows you to get the...

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) will hold a silent auction at the 2009 Midwinter Meeting’s ASCLA/COSLA reception to benefit the ASCLA Century Scholarship. The scholarship is an initiative of ASCLA, the Library Service to Special Populations Section (LSSPS) of ASCLA and the Library Service to People with Visual or Physical Disabilities...

After 37 years of state service, Library Program Manager Beth Perry retired from the Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS) in the Rhode Island Department of Administration. Perry worked at OLIS since its inception in 1996, and at its forerunner, the Department of State Library Services (DSLS). Beth joined DSLS in 1988 as Chief...