{"id":33654,"date":"2025-07-01T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=33654"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:19:21","slug":"volunteer-with-me-alaac25-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2025\/07\/volunteer-with-me-alaac25-day-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer With Me: #alaac25 Day Four!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo of attendees at the 2025 ALSC Awards Breakfast (photo courtesy of blogger).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Today, one of my colleagues referred to Monday of ALA as the day of \u201czombies.\u201d While I definitely felt a bit sluggish after a jam-packed weekend, I was also still rearing to go because today was a day full of ALSC programming. I started my morning at the 2025 ALSC Awards Breakfast hearing about the amazing honorees and winners of the Robert F. Sibert Medal, Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Theodore Seuss Geisel Award, and Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award. I then headed back over to the exhibit hall for one last walk-through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

After my quick stroll to purchase a few tchotchkes from the vendors, I then made my way to the ALSC Membership Meeting. While this session was only an hour, it certainly packed a lot into the 60 minutes. Awards and honors were presented, along with announcements about the ALSC National Institute, book lists, and more. The largest focus of the meeting, however, was the upcoming reunification of YALSA and ALSC. Current ALSC president, Dr. Rob Bittner, answered questions from the audience and questions that were asked of him throughout Annual. He also highlighted some next steps for the president, board members, and other committee members over the next year including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n