Interest Group Updates
ASCLA Members Create New Consortial E-Books Interest Group ASCLA members recently approved a petition to create a new Interest Group: Consortial E-Books. The purpose of the ASCLA Consortial E-Books Interest Group is to provide a regular forum for consortial discussion and to meet at Annual and Midwinter conferences. We believe that consortia represent a large...
ASCLA Member News
Everyone wants to know what their fellow ASCLA members are doing. Please send your news to the ASCLA Interface Editor for the next issue. ASCLA Awards Greenville County Library System (S.C.) is the winner of the ASCLA/Keystone Library Automation System (KLAS) & National Organization on Disability (NOD) Award. Greenville County Library System was selected for...
Cassandra Artale Retires from New York State Library
Library Development Specialist Cassandra Artale is retiring after more than 30 years of service at the New York State Library. Her retirement will be effective June 19, 2014 and her last day in the office will be June 18. Ms. Artale began her first State Library position in 1979, as School and Youth Services Librarian...
IMLS Awards Federal Planning Grant to New York State Library
Assistant Commissioner for Libraries and State Librarian Bernard A. Margolis announced that the federal Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a $48,577 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Collaborative Planning Grant to the New York State Library. The grant, covering the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015,will support the...
Editor’s Notes
The year just seems to fly by! We are already on our way to Las Vegas. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue, especially our Interest Group leaders. We cannot put out regular issues without regular content contributors. If you have anything to tell, tell it to ASCLA through Interface! Thanks for the memories!...