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Update on ALA's Conference Accessibility Task Force

Update on ALA’s Conference Accessibility Task Force

The ALA Conference Accessibility Task Force (CATF) was created following ALA Midwinter 2016, as a result of the passage of Council Document 31: Resolution Concerning Accessibility of ALA Conferences and Meetings for People with Disabilities. The charge of the Task Force reads as follows: Collect data from ALA members and conference attendees with disabilities Establish a process for...

ASCLA Members Needed

Submitted by Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer, ASCLA Vice-President/President-Elect ASCLA has over 800 members, and yet we still have openings to fill on our committees! Committee work is fun, can be done virtually (in most cases) and you meet new people who are interested in some of the same topics you are. The standing committees of ASCLA that...

Executive Director’s Message

Dear ASCLA Members, I invite you to volunteer for one of ASCLA’s committees or interest groups. If you are already a committee or interest group volunteer, thank you for your service: you are so much appreciated!  Because of your contributions, our division accomplishes much. ASCLA, through its volunteers, has provided: •Member expertise on accessibility and...

Confessions of an Overachieving Program Planner

Contributed by ASCLA Member and BRAVE Conference Program Planner Ray James Far be it for me to discourage anyone determined to take their stress level up a few notches but read my testimony carefully before you decide to plan and execute two events at one annual conference. I have to grant that the thrill of...

All Committee Meeting at Annual Conference

Do you want to become more active in ASCLA? It’s easy to do! Just show up at the ASCLA All Committee Meeting during the Annual Conference and join in. If you have never attended one of these in the past, it could be quite daunting. You will enter a large room with about a dozen round tables. At...