Whether you’re already filling in a detailed schedule or still deciding if you’re going to make it to the windy city, be sure to keep these ALSC activities in mind:
- ALSC Preconference – “Meeting the Challenge: Practical Tips & Inspiring Tales on Intellectual Freedom.” Friday, July 10 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- ALSC 101 – Learn about the association, mix and mingle with other new members, and meet the ALSC Board at this informal session. Friday, July 10 from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
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Newbery Caldecott Wilder Banquet – Join us to celebrate this year’s author and illustrator Medalists and Honorees. Sunday, July 12 from 6:00 – 11:00 p.m.
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The 2009 Pura Belpré Awards Celebracíon – Featuring Medalists Margarita Engle and Yiyi Morales, as well as Honorees and other performers. Sunday, July 12 from 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
- ALSC Charlemae Rollins President’s Program featuring Melba Pattillo Beals – An ALA Auditorium Speakers Series Program. Monday, July 13 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
- The ALSC Awards Presentation – The Batchelder, Carnegie, Geisel, and Sibert Awards will be presented and the ALSC membership meeting will follow. Monday, July 10 from 10:30 a.m. – Noon.
- The Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production – Administered jointly by ALSC and YALSA and sponsored by Booklist. Monday, July 13 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Check the ALSC Web site for more information as it becomes available.
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I hope to see many of you in Chicago this summer! I have already registered for the Conference, the Preconference, and of course, I have my ticket to the Newbery Caldecott Wilder Banquet. I can’t wait to attend — as an attendee for the first time ever, rather than as an exhibitor or ALA staff.
–Diane Foote
I’m an attendee for the first time, have served on one regional library committee, and am the Children’s Department head at a library that is transitioning from small to mid size. I’ve been in this position for over two years; this is my first professional job. I’d like to know if there is a way to serve on a committee online. My library won’t pay for me to go to the conferences, so it’s all out of pocket and it’s difficult to get away due to the fact that we are far understaffed. I’m going to the new members round table. Is it possible to become involved with an ALSC committee that meets online? If anyone has information about serving on committees from a distance, please send an email to kimbrec@yahoo.com
I am posting this for Anastasia Suen, author and Plano Library patron. She would like to spread the word to as many youth services librarians as possible.
You are invited to Nonfiction Book Blast: Booktalks for Reluctant Readers
Sunday, July 12, 2009
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
ALA Annual Conference, Chicago
wiki at http://nfbookblast.pbworks.com/
Track: Children & Young Adults; Literature & Collection Development
Despite the emphasis on fiction for leisure reading in schools, many reluctant readers are often more drawn to reading nonfiction. Expand your nonfiction repertoire as 18 authors booktalk their latest work.
Panelists include award-winning and acclaimed authors April Pulley Sayre (Vulture View), Kelly Milner Halls (Albino Animals), and Carla McClafferty (Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium), as well as many additional prolific or brand new authors. Their booktalks, plus new ones crafted by audience members, will be yours to take back home to excite your students about reading nonfiction.
Speakers: Anastasia Suen; JoAnn Early Macken; Gwendolyn Hooks and more.
I hope to see you there!
Anastasia
Anastasia Suen
http://www.asuen.com/