Events at ALA Annual Conference This Summer
ASCLA has some great events planned for the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago this summer. This year, our preconferences cover: How your library can serve as a disaster recovery center and address community needs after an emergency; Servant leadership: Help your employees develop and perform better by cultivating your servant leadership persona; Rethinking resource sharing:...
Interest Group News
New Interest Group ASCLA has a new Interest Group: Serving Those with Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias. The leader of this new group is Mary Beth Riedner. Please contact Mary Beth for more information (mbried@comcast.net). Library Consultants Interest Group — Seattle Wrap-up ASCLA and ALA members enjoyed Library Consultants Interest Group (LCIG) interactive events and...
ASCLA Interest Groups and Their Leaders
Here is the list of current interest group leaders. For instructions on how to join an of the Interest Groups, see http://www.ala.org/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclainterest/list or contact the Interest Group leader. ASCLA Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group Leader: Mary Beth Riedner, mbried@comcast.net ASCLA Future of Libraries Interest Group Leader: Peggy Cadigan, pcadigan@njstatelib.org ASCLA Consortium...
Member News
Ruth J. Nussbaum retired Dec 31, 2012 after 25 years, as reference librarian at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH), Library of Congress. She continues to be active in ASCLA remaining on two committees, and is a new member of Retired Members roundtable. Rand Simmons was appointed Washington State...
Welcome New ASCLA Members
We welcome the following new members to ASCLA! Do you recognize anyone here? We encourage you to connect with these new colleagues! Send them an email or, if they happen to be in your office, drop by their workspace and say hello! Alexander Andrasik Alicia V. Zuniga Andrea G. Barkley Art Spanjer Basheer L. Kareem...