Monthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you can feel more comfortable in reaching out to them with your concerns, questions, or comments. This month, we invite you to meet ALSC Board member, Sada Mozer. How did you first get involved with ALSC? While in library school, my professor conveyed the importance of actively supporting our professional organizations. I joined ALA and ALSC as I set my sights on becoming a children’s librarian. I attended ALSC sessions at conferences and read through each issue of Children and Libraries. As a librarian, I would look at the volunteer application form and felt I didn’t possess the skills to put forth for committee work. But I enjoyed meeting members and sharing ideas on how to improve the field I love. At the suggestion of a…
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Meet Your ALSC Board: Robbin Friedman
Monthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you can feel more comfortable in reaching out to them with your concerns, questions, or comments. This month, we invite you to meet ALSC Board member, Robbin Friedman.
We need YOUR input for the next ALSC Strategic Plan
The ALSC Board of Directors is beginning the process of updating our strategic plan, and we need your input! A strong strategic plan is rooted in the needs of the community it’s meant to serve. In the case of ALSC, that means we need the input of folks who serve children through libraries. That definitely includes people who work directly with kids through age 14 in public and school libraries; but it also includes many other types of work that are part of the ecosystem of children and libraries–publishing, state libraries and consultants, and more. As a reader of the ALSC Blog, you probably are part of that ecosystem–and so we want to hear from you, whether or not you are currently an ALSC member. As an association, we strive to engage communities to build healthy, successful futures for all children. You can see that is our vision as part…
Meet Your ALSC Board: Tori Ann Ogawa
Monthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you can feel more comfortable in reaching out to them with your concerns, questions, or comments. This month, we invite you to meet ALSC Board member, Tori Ann Ogawa.
Blueprint for Change
Everyone knows that change is inevitable. Today, I’d like to focus on two types of change in relation to ALSC. First, the change that happens inadvertently as the result of a sudden unexpected series of events. And then, there is the other type of change, the one that is the outcome of a concerted plan. Both, when they concur in the same time period, can have a definitive and lasting effect in the life of an organization.
Joanna Fabicon: 2022-23 ALSC Vice President/President Elect Candidate
In an effort to help ALSC members make an informed decision before they vote, the blog posts today consist of statements from the candidates for ALSC’s 2022-23 Vice President/President-Elect, Dr. Jonda C. McNair and Joanna Fabicon. Each candidate submitted a written statement. Voting begins tomorrow, March 14th.
Dr. Jonda C. McNair: 2022-23 ALSC Vice President/President Elect Candidate
In an effort to help ALSC members make an informed decision before they vote, the blog posts today consist of statements from the candidates for ALSC’s 2022-23 Vice President/President-Elect, Joanna Fabicon and Dr. Jonda C. McNair. Each candidate submitted a written statement. Voting begins tomorrow, March 14th.
Robbin Friedman: ALSC Fiscal Officer Candidate, 2022-23 Election
In an effort to help ALSC members make an informed decision before they vote, today’s blog posts consist of statements from the two candidates standing for election as the ALSC Fiscal Officer. In this position, there are two candidates: Denise Lyons and Robbin Friedman; one to be elected.