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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...
Accessibility to Library Databases and Other Online Library Resources for People with Disabilities
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?
A message to ASCLA members from the Executive Director
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...
President’s Column: ASCLA Leadership Meeting Sparks New Ideas and Directions
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...