Bright and early this morning ALSC leaders and members alike gathered together for Leadership & ALSC. President Starr LaTronica opened up the session with a “Show and Tell” of the new and exciting things going on in ALSC. Here are the highlights:
- Charlemae Rollins will be presenting the ALSC Presidents Program, entitled “The Ripple Effect: Library Partnerships That Positively Impact Children, Families, Communities, and Beyond” at ALA Annual in Las Vegas on June 30th.
- ALSC will be holding Community Forums on Common Core Collaboration in February and March.
- Registration for Dia! (Diversity in Action) Day programs is now open.
- Everyday Advocacy is a fairly new site that is a resource for librarians for “both day-to-day advocacy and crisis advocacy”. If you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s a great site!
- Registration for the ALSC Institute on September 18th to 20th in Oakland, California is now open! Steve Shenkin is presenting the Opening Session and special events include an afternoon visit to the Children’s Fairyland theme park!
- ALSC has two forthcoming publications. The first is Popular Picks for Young Readers Ed. by Diane Foote, which is a helpful reader’s advisory/collection development guide for librarians with more than 500 newer titles recommended for children ages birth through 14. The second is The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, newly updated with the 2014 titles. Both of these will be available in the spring.