ALA Midwinter: Institutes
Assembling a Consulting Toolkit: What You Need to Know to be a Successful Library Consultant Ticket Purchase Required Our full day workshop is designed to prepare participants to begin – or advance – a successful consulting career. This workshop will help the current and prospective library consultant create a business that is sustainable and most...
ASCLA at Midwinter 2015
ALA’s Annual Midwinter meeting is just around the corner, and there are a number of opportunities to connect with fellow ASCLA members! Using Comics to Promote Literacy – Advance Ticket Purchase Required Hilton-Chicago, Williford Room A Friday, January 30, 12:00pm to 4:00pm; This topic is important and timely in today’s increasingly visual culture. Participants in “Using Comics to...
Consultant’s Networking Luncheon Canceled
The Library Consultant’s Interest Group (LCIG) regrets to say that it is not offering the popular Consultant’s Networking Luncheon at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Chicago. With the high (and ever rising) cost of local venues for the luncheon, LCIG has have decided to take a bit of a break to consider new strategies to bring you a program that has high...
ASCLA Councilor Report—ALA Midwinter 2014
Prepared by Liz Bishoff, ASCLA Councilor ALA Council met in Philadelphia during the 2014 ALA Midwinter Conference. ALA Executive Director Keith Fiels reported attendance of 12,207, at the Midwinter meeting in spite of snow and cold, exceeding attendance in Seattle and Dallas. Highlights of the Council meeting included Council passage of Resolutions on: o EXPANDING...
Report from the Library Consultants Interest Group
Submitted by Jeannette Smithee, Executive Director, SEFLIN (Southeast Florida Library Information Network) The ASCLA Library Consultants Interest Group (LCIG) celebrates an active year and looks forward to another exciting year. The LCIG membership grew along with general ASCLA membership growth. ASCLA as a whole added 55 members in 2012-13 for a 7.4% growth, the highest...