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As Priority Group consultant for the Child Advocacy group, I work with seven committees, one discussion group and one task force in ALSC. The official job of these groups, as drily stated in the ALA Handbook, is to “help identify, evaluate and make recommendations to ALSC on issues and services concerning children on local, state and national levels”. But the way I look at it, they are some of the most “creative sparks” in ALSC – you see a lot of programs and publications sponsored by these folks. They really advance excellence in youth librarianship and model that excellence nationally. They are also masterful collaborators with ALA committees, other youth divisions and PLA. It would take an entire blog a good two months to go through everything these great members do, so I’ll try to highlight a few of the things that each group has recently been doing! Early Childhood...