Summer 2009

News of Interest

Advocacy Events at ALA Annual Conference

There are several advocacy activities that ASCLA members may want to participate in at the ALA Annual Conference. 

ALA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates

The ALA 2010 Nominating Committee is soliciting nominees to run on the 2010 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-elect, ALA Treasurer and Councilor-at-large.

Program at ALA Conference

ASCLA and LSSPS are sponsoring a panel discussion entitled Large Print for All�Bigger is Better from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, July 12, at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Palmer House, Empire Room.

Ontario Library Association Superconference

Report from the OLA Superconference Session on Prison Libraries, January 2009 By Julia Schneider, retired Senior Librarian California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Inquisitive librarians at the Ontario Library Association�s Super Conference held in Toronto, Canada in January 2009 flocked to hear correctional librarian Joanne Lefebvre tell them everything they wanted to know about the...