ASCLA at ALA Conference

Message from the Executive Director

Dear ASCLA Members, The annual conference is just a few days away and I’d like to invite all ASCLA members and potential members to attend the ASCLA board meetings in Chicago. The board meetings, whether you attend all or part of them, are great places to get involved with ASCLA and its concerns, and to...

Annual Conference Events

ASCLA/COSLA Reception event details are here:http://ala13.ala.org/node/11434 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...

ASCLA Member News

Everyone wants to know what their fellow ASCLA members are doing. Please send your news to the ASCLA Interface Editor for the next issue.  Congratulations to this year’s ASCLA award winners! ASCLA Leadership & Professional Achievement Award: Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, executive director of Mother Goose on the Loose, LLC, and early childhood specialist at the...

Program Proposals Now Being Accepted

ASCLA is now accepting proposals for institutes for the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia and preconferences and programs for the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The best topics represent ASCLA’s core member areas–state library agencies, special populations librarians, independent librarians and library consultants,...

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:...