ASCLA President’s Report 2009 By Carol Ann Desch, ASCLA Past President It has been an honor and privilege to serve as President of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) from 2008-2009.� I am pleased to report that this was a busy and productive year for the Division.� ASCLA produced a strong slate...

Suzy Palmer Named Deputy Librarian After a nation-wide search the Library of Virginia is pleased to announce that Suzy Szasz Palmer has been selected as deputy librarian. She assumed her new duties on July 10. For the past two years, Palmer has served as director of Research and Information Services Division at the Library of...

By Will Reed, ASCLA Representative to the ALA Web Advisory Council As ASCLA Representative to the ALA Web Advisory Council (WAC), I wanted to take this opportunity to encourage members to use and perhaps even introduce members to ALA Connect. The following statement was drafted by the WAC as a recommendation about the use of...

Tamar Wolfe, Adult Programming Librarian and Greg Carlson, Manager, Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Public Library Sarasota County Government enshrined environmental sustainability in its 2006 comprehensive plan: “Planning for a sustainable community is (our) overarching theme… Sarasota County Government is committed to lead by example, promote public participation and work in community partnership to improve our...

By Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ASCLA President Everywhere you turn, there is news of change. Many of our home organizations have had to take a hard look at the way we do business and serve our clientele, as well as devise new ways to do it more cheaply. Jeff Jarvis, on his Buzz Machine blog, speculates that...