A silent auction held at the ASCLA/COSLA reception at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting raised $1,145 to benefit the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Century Scholarship.
The following ALA Counciler-at-Large candidates are personal members of ASCLA. These names and candidate statements are provided for informational purposes only and imply no endorsement of the candidates. Detailed information about each candidate can also be found in the biography provided with the ALA ballot. View the full list of candidates for the ALA 2009 Elections.
By: Jeannette Smithee, Director of Staff Development Services, SEFLIN
The tenth anniversary of the SEFLIN Sun Seeker Leadership Institute is being celebrated this year! The Sun Seeker Leadership Institute is one of the first library leadership institutes for emerging leaders which is held as a monthly series of events over the period of a year. The long-term goals of the Sun Seeker Leadership Institute are:
by Kathleen Hegarty, Chair, ASCLA Awards Committee
At the ALA Midwinter Conference, the ASCLA Awards Committee selected as the winner of the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award “Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected,” a remarkable project developed by Margaret Kolaya, director of the Scotch Plains Public Library, and Daniel Weiss, director of the Fanwood Memorial Library, both in New Jersey.
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By Allan M. Kleiman, Chief Consultant, Library Consultant(s)-on-Call, Old Bridge Public Library
The “silver tsunami,” is near! The population throughout the United States aged sixty and older is projected to grow substantially in the near future as the baby boomer generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) reach retirement age. In 2000 there were 1,443,800 New Jerseyans aged 60 and over. By 2025, it is projected, that the NJ population will number over 2.5 million in this age group. While the current US national average for those over the age of 60 is 13.5%, New Jersey already has over 17.2% of the population over 60, and this it is expected to grow to 23.6% by 2025.
The Informed Librarian Online selected Danielle H.M. King’s Our Changing Users: The Aging of the Population as one of their February 2009 Editor’s Picks. Each of their monthly issues, in addition to linking directly to the latest tables of contents to over 320 journals, selects a few journal articles to highlight for their many thousands of readers. For more information about The Informed Librarian Online, go to Informed Librarian. Congratulations Danielle!
By Laurie Gemmill, Digital Services Program Manager, PALINET
As a member-owned and governed library network, PALINET has always focused on the development of programs and services to meet member needs. In the digital arena, PALINET initially provided workshops and educational opportunities for members, as well as consulting services on identifying potential collections and developing digital programs.
Plinkit, which stands for Public Library Interface Kit, is a multi-state collaborative that uses an uncomplicated template-based web site creation toolkit, is delighted to announce it has added a ninth organization as a member. The Library of Michigan has joined Colorado, Illinois, Oregon and Texas, in addition to recent members such as the Library of Virginia, INCOLSA, PALINET and NEBASE. (more…)
The Routledge/Taylor & Francis peer-reviewed journal Resource Sharing & Information Networks is now accepting articles for Fall 2009 publication. Of particular interest are articles regarding interlibrary loan, unmediated borrowing, cooperative collection development, shared virtual library services, digitization projects and other multi-library collaborative efforts including the following topics:
Collaborative Librarianship (eISSN: 1943-7528) is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural issue in conjunction with ALA Midwinter 2009, held in Denver, Colorado. (more…)
Educator, library student, and ASCLA member Jessica Fenster-Sparber was one of the ten honorees at the 2008 Maybelline New York Beauty of Education dinner, held at the historic New York Public Library in Manhattan. Fenster-Sparber is a library coordinator who works with the city�s incarcerated youth as well as the CEO of Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT), the only non-profit organization that raises money to fund the building of libraries and literacy programs in New York City�s juvenile detention centers.
by Adina Mulliken, Reference Librarian, Social Work, CFS, MFT, Aging, Library Disability Services, Bird Library, Syracuse University
Are your library’s databases accessible to people with disabilities? Do they comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? (more…)
Recently I made the very difficult decision to resign from my position as Executive Director of ASCLA. An opportunity to do association management consulting came available and it is just right for me. Still this was far from an easy decision. Over the two years I have served, I have come to know many ASCLA members and appreciate even more the work you all do. From my previous work in ALA I was aware of ASCLA’s commitment to accessibility, to funding for libraries and to library legislation, to resource sharing and to continuing education but over the past two years I’ve had the priviledge to see that commitment in action and it is inspiring.� You do important and valuable work and I will always treasure the opportunity I had to work with you and assist where I could.
by Carol Ann Desch, ASCLA President, New York State Library
ASCLA Leadership met at the Midwinter meeting in Denver on Saturday morning to discuss trends in the profession and new ideas, directions and opportunities for the Division. Roundtable discussions facilitated by Ann Joslin, State Librarian, Idaho Commission for Libraries launched ASCLA’s planning efforts. Timing could not have been better, as ALA is also beginning its work to develop a new 2015 strategic plan.