ASCLA Councilor Report—ALA Midwinter 2014
Prepared by Liz Bishoff, ASCLA Councilor ALA Council met in Philadelphia during the 2014 ALA Midwinter Conference. ALA Executive Director Keith Fiels reported attendance of 12,207, at the Midwinter meeting in spite of snow and cold, exceeding attendance in Seattle and Dallas. Highlights of the Council meeting included Council passage of Resolutions on: o EXPANDING...
Do You Need To Know More About ASCLA?
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 and...
ASCLA Events at ALA Annual Conference
You are cordially invited to the ASCLA/COSLA Reception and Awards Presentation! A conference tradition featuring delicious hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar while celebrating this year’s achievement award recipients. All conference attendees are invited! Annual Conference attendees employed or interested in these areas—state library agencies; networks, cooperatives and consortia; specialized libraries such as those for...
Join an Interest Group List
All of the ASCLA Interest Groups now have lists. To subscribe, send an email to sympa@ala.org, with the subject as in the examples below. Replace firstname and lastname with your first and last names. Do not put anything in the body of the message. To subscribe to the Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group, for...
Interest Groups and Their Leaders
Here is the list of current interest group leaders. For instructions on how to join an of the Interest Groups, see http://www.ala.org/ascla/asclaourassoc/asclainterest/list or contact the Interest Group leader. ASCLA Alzheimer’s & Related Dementias Interest Group This interest group focuses on creating, disseminating and implementing guidelines for library services to people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias....