{"id":2795,"date":"2011-07-25T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2011-07-25T12:00:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:00:56","slug":"thinking-of-becoming-an-alsc-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/thinking-of-becoming-an-alsc-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of Becoming an ALSC Member?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ALSC-button.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ALSC-button-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ALSC button\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ALSC-button-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ALSC-button.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>As we get into August, it&#8217;s a great time to consider becoming an ALSC member. For one thing, ALSC is starting to accept committee assignments, so new members can volunteer to help out in a number of key areas. ALSC is also preparing to start accepting applications for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/profawards\/index.cfm\" title=\"ALSC Professional Awards\">professional awards and grants<\/a>. Every year, ALSC gives away over $82,000 in grants, awards, and scholarships. <\/p>\n<p>New members can also forward to joining one of the largest organizations dedicated to children&#8217;s librarianship in the world. Still not sure? Here&#8217;s just a quick list of some awesome benefits to ALSC membership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discounts on ALSC\u2019s fun, convenient and informative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/edcareeers\/profdevelopment\/alscweb\/index.cfm\">online education courses<\/a>\n<li>The opportunity to connect with thousands of other librarians, academics, and children&#8217;s librarians via ALSC&#8217;s social media networks\n<li>Become involved in one of many committees including the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott selection committees\n<li>A subscription to ALSC&#8217;s academic journal <i>Children and Libraries<\/i> and to ALSC&#8217;s quarterly newsletter <i>ALSConnect<\/i>\n<li>A discount on professional development opportunities like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/confevents\/institute\/index.cfm\" title=\"ALSC National Institute\">ALSC National Institute<\/a> and Annual Preconference\n<li>Reduced rates on ALSC publications, such as the recently released <i>El d\u00ed\u00ada de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00ed\u00ada de los libros: Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community through D\u00ed\u00ada<\/i> or <i>In the Words of the Winners: The Newbery and Caldecott Medals, 2001-2010<\/i><\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to remember that membership with ALSC can also be discussed in terms of the quality of relationships and interactions with other members. Every member that joins ALSC becomes a part of a community of professionals and advocates. <\/p>\n<p>Consider joining ALSC today. For more information on how to become a member, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/membership\/index.cfm\" title=\"ALSC Membership Page\">ALSC Membership Page<\/a>. Should you have any questions, you can also contact ALSC Membership Specialist Dan Rude at <a href=\"drude@ala.org\">drude@ala.org<\/a> or 800-545-2433 ext 2164. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get into August, it&#8217;s a great time to consider becoming an ALSC member. For one thing, ALSC is starting to accept committee assignments, so new members can volunteer to help out in a number of key areas. ALSC is also preparing to start accepting applications for professional awards and grants. Every year, ALSC gives away over $82,000 in grants, awards, and scholarships. New members can also forward to joining one of the largest organizations dedicated to children&#8217;s librarianship in the world. Still not sure? Here&#8217;s just a quick list of some awesome benefits to ALSC membership: Discounts on ALSC\u2019s fun, convenient and informative online education courses The opportunity to connect with thousands of other librarians, academics, and children&#8217;s librarians via ALSC&#8217;s social media networks Become involved in one of many committees including the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott selection committees A subscription to ALSC&#8217;s academic journal Children and Libraries&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[88,26,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alsc-online-courses","category-our-organizational-support","category-professional-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}