By Diana Reese, Institutional Library Development, Colorado State Library The news is out! The Executive Board of ALA approved the establishment of the Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC) at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Endorsed by six of ALA’s eleven divisions (including ASCLA) and the Library Support Staff Interest Round Table, the program...

Press release The Arizona Secretary of State successfully requested the transfer of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records to his office from the Legislative branch of government. Arizona was the only state library under direct legislative supervision. As of September 30th, 2009, Arizona’s State Librarian, GladysAnn Wells, will report to former Arizona Senate...

Press release At the American Library Association meeting recently held in Chicago, the Committee on Legislation, Subcommittee on Government Information, and GODORT convened a forum on government information for the ALA divisions and groups. A report of the session will be widely available. The discussion centered on the crucial need for all librarians to understand...

ALA Press release The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) is now accepting nominations for its 2010 awards program.  The purpose of ASCLA awards is to recognize outstanding achievements in networking, enrichment, educational opportunities, and service by library agencies, libraries serving special populations, multitype library organizations and independent librarians. ASCLA encourages people to...

By Diana Reese, Institutional Library Development, Colorado State Library Continuing an LSSPS tradition started by Sarah Hamrick at the 2009 Midwinter Meeting, a pair of sandals was auctioned off at Annual’s LSSPS dinner to raise funds for the Century Scholarship. The sandals were one of a limited edition of 750,239 and came with a stunning...