{"id":26827,"date":"2022-03-09T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=26827"},"modified":"2022-03-08T18:51:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T23:51:10","slug":"alsc-heads-to-kansas-city-for-alsc22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2022\/03\/alsc-heads-to-kansas-city-for-alsc22\/","title":{"rendered":"ALSC heads to Kansas City for #alsc22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By now you\u2019ve probably learned the news of our <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/alscNI22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 Institute<\/a> happening this fall in Kansas City, MO. It\u2019s been a <em>long <\/em>time since we\u2019ve been together in person. (2018 Institute in Cincinnati feels like ages ago\u2026I guess it was!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Opening Session Speaker and Programs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to our friends at Scholastic Inc., we\u2019re excited to welcome <strong>Christina Soontornvat <\/strong>as our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/institute-general-sessions-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opening General Session Speaker<\/a>! More speakers will be announced very soon along with Big Ideas sessions and other exciting news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/confevents\/institute\/ed-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">education programs<\/a> are now available on the ALSC website and are all aimed to increase your ALSC Competency development! (But if you want to further enhance your Competency development before then, I encourage you to register for our spring online course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/utilizing-competencies-boost-skills-and-services-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Utilizing the Competencies to Boost Skills and Services<\/a>. This course begins the week of April 4th.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute is intentionally kept intimate to encourage small education programs, interactive learning, and networking. If you are able to, we encourage those who anticipate attending in 2022 to register as early as comfortably possible.\u00a0The <strong>ALSC member early bird rate is available through June 30th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What tchotchke do you want to see available at the Institute? Have you come across any new, useful, and fun items? I\u2019m starting to brainstorm this, so let me know what you think in the comments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Elizabeth Serrano (a.k.a. Elly) is ALSC\u2019s Membership and Marketing Specialist. She can be reached at eserrano@ala.org. Please feel free to reach out to her to say hello and ask your ALSC questions!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now you\u2019ve probably learned the news of our 2022 Institute happening this fall in Kansas City, MO. It\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve been together in person. (2018 Institute in Cincinnati feels like ages ago\u2026I guess it was!) Opening Session Speaker and Programs Thanks to our friends at Scholastic Inc., we\u2019re excited to welcome Christina Soontornvat as our Opening General Session Speaker! More speakers will be announced very soon along with Big Ideas sessions and other exciting news. The education programs are now available on the ALSC website and are all aimed to increase your ALSC Competency development! (But if you want to further enhance your Competency development before then, I encourage you to register for our spring online course, Utilizing the Competencies to Boost Skills and Services. This course begins the week of April 4th.) 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