Post Conference 2013

Preview of Midwinter Events

2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting: Save the Date The ASCLA Conference Program Planning Committee just completed its review of programs, preconferences and institutes for 2014, and we’re thrilled about what’s coming up at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia! The meeting will be held Jan. 24-28, and we have some incredibly valuable workshops that will...

Interest Group News

LSTA Coordinator’s Interest Group Are you an LSTA Coordinator? We need your help. Since Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer is now in the role of ASCLA Vice President, she can no longer serve as the coordinator and facilitator of the LSTA Coordinator Interest Group. The responsibilities are to book a day and time for the group to meet at Midwinter and Annual...

Need More Information on YOUR Interest Group?

There is a new connect community set up in ALA Connect for the reports from interest groups and committees.  You can visit the page here: http://connect.ala.org/node/208110  We’ll add the reports from Interest Groups to the community as they come in.

ASCLA Interest Group Leaders

Interested in joining as ASCLA Interest Group?  Contact the Leader for details on their activities. ASCLA Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group Leader: Mary Beth Riedner, mbried@comcast.net   ASCLA Future of Libraries Interest Group Leader: Peggy Cadigan, pcadigan@njstatelib.org   ASCLA ICAN Consortium Management Discussion Interest Group Leader: Sheryl Knab, sknab@wnylrc.org   ASCLA ICAN (InterLibrary Cooperation...

Book Review: Remarkable Books about Young People with Special Needs

Review submitted by Sara Loughlin Director, Monroe County (IN) Public Library Follos, Alison M. G.  Remarkable Books about Young People with Special Needs (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2013 “You can’t depend on the media or the publicity generated from trendy best sellers to routinely highlight special needs protagonists; such books may need your special delivery,” writes Follos,...