2012 MidWinter Dallas Council III Tributes and Memorials Memorials: Dorothy Broderick, M-#1 D. Whitney Coe, M-#2 John Minto Dawson, M-#3 Robert W. Houk, M-#4 Tributes: Jill Nishi, T-#1 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood, T-#2 Maryellen Trautman, T-#3 William J. Boarman, T-#4 Norman A. Sugarman Children’s Biography Award, T-#5 Results of the election of of new members to [...]
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2012 MidWinter Dallas Council II
ALA Council II Jan 23, 2012 Received the Treasurers report. Of special interest was the ALA purchase of Neal-Schuman. We approved the following programatic priorities for 2013: Diversity Equitable Access to Information and Library Services Education and Lifelong Learning Intellectual Freedom Advocacy for for Libraries and the Profession Literacy Organizational Excellence Report from Policy Monitoring [...]
2012 MidWinter Dallas Information session-APA-Council I
ALA Information Session Sunday Jan 22, 2-012 Anyone 13 and over can sign the petition for school libraries. Registration at this point is 6,288 registrants and 3,666 exhibitors for a total of 9,954 about 500 less than last year. ALA-APA Council Financial reports Discussed the recommendation from last years task force to eliminate the ALA- [...]
Preparation for ALA Mid-Winter 2012
Published: January 17, 2012
Category: Blog
Tagged with: ALA • Council • Dallas • ebooks • Mid-Winter • Resolution • School Librarians
I haven’t gotten advance word on any resolutions for Mid-Winter. I know that the issues with Federal Law and School Librarians and with ebooks are two hot topics of conversation. Also the SOPA, PIPA, etc. debate is hot. I’ll be blogging from the conference and will keep you posted on activities as they occur. Please [...]
Listening to customers?
Published: September 30, 2011
Category: Blog
I’m an avid blog reader and usually curl up every night with my iPad – never thought I’d write that! – and catch up on blogs. Last night I ran into this post by Eric Brown, Always Listening to the Customer is a Race to Mediocrity. At my library a relationship with the customer is the focus of [...]
Ideas or Concerns for ALA
Published: September 6, 2011
Category: Blog
We are between ALA conferences and this is a good time to consider topics for resolutions at the January Mid-Winter meeting in Dallas. Are there topics you feel ALA should address? Do you have concerns about something in the profession that is not being discussed? I’m very interested in issues you would like me to [...]
Council III
Published: September 6, 2011
Category: Blog
2011 ALA Council III New Orleans Tributes and Memorials Report from the Treasurer Move approval of the new spending/payout formula and language changes in ala policy 8.5.1. I voted for this and it passed. Approval of FY 2012 budgetary ceiling of $62,912,676 I voted for this and it passed. Intellectual Freedom [...]
2011 Council II New Orleans
Published: September 6, 2011
Category: Blog
Report from Policy Monitoring Committee Report Item #1. Based on ALA CD#36.2, ALA Strategic Plan 2011-2015, submitted by the ALA Executive Board and adopted as amended by the ALA Council at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference, the PMC recommends the insertion of Policy 1.3.1 and the revision of Policies 1.4 and 1.5 into the ALA [...]
ALA Council 2011 New Orleans
Published: September 6, 2011
Category: Blog
Reports from Nominating committee Committee on Committees Planning and budget assembly Executive Director report on Actions since Mid Winter Chapter Relations Task Force Report This report provided some ideas on ways that Chapters and ALA can better work together. Future Perfect Presidential Task Force – This task force looked to possible governance for the future [...]
2011 ALA New Orleans Information Session and ALA-APA Council
Published: September 6, 2011
Category: Blog
ALA 2011 Annual New Orleans Information session We heard reports from the Budget Analysis and Review Committee ALA Endowment Trustees Report President’s Report President-elect’s Report Executive Director’s Report Announcements Registration 14,601 includes 11,273 Advance 3,388 on site 5,165 vendors 19,826 attendees A good number given the economy. Adjourned ALA-APA Information session and Council Jennifer Grady [...]