[LM_NET] ALA Virtual Poster session on community involvement

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

      When I read this press release
on the ALA site, I immediately
thought of the many school libraries who are vital to their
communities. I KNOW that many, many school libraries are centers of
learning and are visible outside their buildings and hope that there
will be entries and winners from school libraries. 

Here’s a chance to promote your library program (Nov. 15
deadline):
This year, under American Library Association (ALA) President Jim
Rettig’s leadership, members will have new opportunities to participate
in ALA and to communicate their success stories. One of these
opportunities is an ALA-wide virtual poster session. 
The first of two poster sessions will debut this fall. Its focus is “Community 
Central.”
Share your experiences of making your library vital in your
community (any kind of community). The possibilities are almost
endless. Are you reaching underserved populations? Are you vital to
local political activity? Is your library a center of learning? Are you
visible outside the building? Demonstrate the specific purpose of your
community involvement and the ways that you have achieved that purpose.
Photos, images, and sounds may accompany your presentation.
To be considered for inclusion in the poster session, please send a
proposal in the form of a summary of your library’s efforts, making
sure to address the following points: 
Question    or problem (need not be stated as hypotheses)Environmental    context 
of the question or problem (such as public libraries, academic    
libraries)Organizational    context of the question or problem (internal services, 
outreach, community    analysis, etc.)Approaches
to address the question or problem (i.e., the specific ways the library
and its staff have addressed the kinds of programs and activities
mentioned in the Community Central description)Outcomes
(details on the effects of the approaches, including data, testimonials
or other evidence of community involvement)
The summary must be no longer than three pages, double-spaced (one or more photos 
or images may be included as part of the three pages).
The deadline for submitting proposals is Nov. 15.
Approximately 25 submissions will be selected and will be available for
viewing during January 2009. Please send the proposals via e-mail to
Dr. John M. Budd at BuddJ@missouri.edu.
A second virtual poster session will take place in the spring of 2009.
Rettig’s initiatives for his presidential term are about “Creating
Connections” –connections among our libraries; connections between the
communities we serve and those who make funding and policy decisions;
connections with prospective library workers; connections with ALA
members. His initiatives address three critical issues: Advocacy,
Diversity and Member Participation.
For more information about ALA President Jim Rettig’s initiatives, please visit 
http://jimrettig.org/content/initiatives/initiatives.htm .

      

    

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Sara Kelly Johns

Immediate Past President, AASL

Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest

Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC

34 School Street

Lake Placid, NY 12946

518-523-2474, ext. 4132

FAX: 518-523-4861

johns@northnet.org

SaraKJohns@aol.com

 



"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson

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