Post Midwinter 2013

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...

Join ASCLA in Southern France

Say au revoir to the gloomy fall weather and bonjour to lavender fields, vineyards and outdoor markets! Destinations for this Mediterranean adventure include Nice, Cannes and Monaco. This is the fourth fundraising trip hosted by ASCLA. Previous adventures include Paris, Ireland and the upcoming trip to Italy in April 2013, which is sold out. This...

Upcoming ASCLA Webinars

REGISTER NOW! All webinar times are Central (Chicago) Time. We use Blackboard Collaborate for our webinar presentations. May 1: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Positive Interactions: Making the Library Welcoming for People with Disabilities  May 15: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Creating a Latino Friendly Library  May 31: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Accessibility is Usability August 14, 21, and...

Program Proposals Now Being Accepted

ASCLA is now accepting proposals for institutes for the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia and preconferences and programs for the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The best topics represent ASCLA’s core member areas–state library agencies, special populations librarians, independent librarians and library consultants,...

Do You Need To Know More?

  Have you visited the ASCLA Resources page recently? This blog post covers all the recent updates. Go directly to the page–and visit it often–for new information about library services related to the following topics: blind and physically handicapped; certification; cooperative library organizations; deaf/hard of hearing; equity of access; impaired elderly library users; independent librarians...