Category Archives: Institute 2010

Why do I love ALSC Institutes? Because I get to . . . Meet . . . incredible authors and subject experts and then, in turn, inform, inspire, and impress folks back home. In Salt Lake City Laura Vaccaro Seeger … Continue reading →

The Institute started off the way any great endeavor should: at a brewery sharing good food and beer with new acquaintances! The meet-up in the brewery was the evening before the start of the actual Institute and helped everyone get … Continue reading →

This was the first time I attended one of ALSC’s National Institutes, and it was a truly gratifying and inspiring experience.  The quality and know-how of the speakers was particularly impressive.  Being fairly new in my position as Children’s Materials … Continue reading →

A little nudge for those of you contemplating attending ALSC Institute in Atlanta! Just want to say that the connections and friendships formed at an ALSC program are real and long lasting.  I presented at the Institute in Salt Lake … Continue reading →

I have attended several ALSC Institutes and they are consistently the best conference I attend every two years, and the 2008 conference was no exception. I took back so many great ideas…in fact; I just referred to my folder again … Continue reading →

The ALSC Institute is the best conference a children’s library could ever attend. All the workshops are totally relevant for children’s librarians. There are always many children’s authors for you to meet, talk to, and of course get your books … Continue reading →

The 2008 ALSC Institute in Salt Lake City was the very first that I had ever attended. Though I felt sure it would be good, the Institute was even more valuable than I had imagined. Not only were the sessions … Continue reading →

The ALSC Institute was a fabulous conference attended by 260 youth services oriented staff people-all things Youth Services. All sessions were filled with useful and inspirational ideas.  There were so many opportunities for networking, author visits, book sales, autographing and galleys … Continue reading →