{"id":4840,"date":"2012-09-19T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T04:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2012-09-18T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T00:43:12","slug":"live-blogging-from-the-alsc-institute-alsc12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/live-blogging-from-the-alsc-institute-alsc12\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Blogging from the ALSC Institute #ALSC12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Institute-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4846\" title=\"Institute Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Institute-Logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Tonight at 6:00 pm, the biennial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/institute\" target=\"_blank\">ALSC Institute<\/a> will kick off in Indianapolis, IN with a Happy Hour<em>. <\/em>Tomorrow, the Institute will <em>really<\/em> begin and attendees will be treated to 30 hours of programming, three keynote sessions, and many, many, many networking activities<em>.<\/em>\u00a0 Want to know more about the educational opportunities being offered? Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/institute-education-programs\">here<\/a> for information about the programs. Interested in what else is going on? Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/institute-special-events\">here<\/a> to learn about the author presentations and other special events. You\u2019ll find all kinds of programs, including a wide variety of learning &amp; networking opportunities for youth services librarians.<\/p>\n<p>For the next few days, we will <em><strong>not<\/strong><\/em> have our regular, daily posts on this blog. Instead, we will have multiple shorter posts each day. To make it easier for everyone to follow the excitement on Twitter, each post will include the hashtag <strong>#ALSC12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ALSC-Live-Blogger-button.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4866\" title=\"ALSC Live Blogger button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ALSC-Live-Blogger-button-124x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>An even dozen bloggers have committed to writing short \u201cmicro-posts\u201d\u009d throughout this Institute so ALSC blog readers can have a feel for what is happening in Indianapolis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Amy Koester<\/strong><\/strong> is the Children\u2019s Librarian at the Corporate Parkway Branch of the St. Charles City-County (MO) Library District. A monthly ALSC blogger, Amy also blogs regularly at <a href=\"http:\/\/showmelibrarian.blogspot.com\">http:\/\/showmelibrarian.blogspot.com<\/a>, and you can find her on Twitter @amyeileenk.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dianna Burt<\/strong> is the Children&#8217;s Librarian at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpl.lib.in.us\/hessencassel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hessen Cassel Branch<\/a> of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she loves to work with kids of all ages in the library and through outreach.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharon McClintock <\/strong>is a Children\u2019s Librarian at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainview.gov\/city_hall\/library\/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\">City of Mountain View Public Library<\/a> in Mountain View, CA. She has also been a Guest Blogger posting about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/mother-goose-programs-families-flock-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Goose Programs Families Flock To<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Abby Johnson <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>is the Children\u2019s and Outreach Services Manager at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library in New Albany, IN. One of the ALSC Blog\u2019s regular bloggers,\u00a0 you can also find her blogging at Abby (the) Librarian \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abbythelibrarian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.abbythelibrarian.com<\/a>.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ashley Waring <\/strong>is a Children&#8217;s Librarian at the Reading Public Library in Reading, MA and a guest reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jill Hutchison <\/strong>is the Children\u2019s Department Supervisor at Leonardtown Library in St. Mary\u2019s County, Maryland. Jill loves cooking, kayaking, reading, and flying (she\u2019s a licensed pilot). She\u2019s learning to play the ukulele. Jill also contributes regularly to the Kids\u2019 Book Blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsbookblog.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.kidsbookblog.net<\/a>).<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrea Vernola<\/strong> is the Children\u2019s Programming Librarian at Kalamazoo Public Library in Kalamazoo, MI and is excited to be micro-blogging from the ALSC Institute. (You might remember Andrea from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/alsc-member-profile-meet-andrea-vernola\/\" target=\"_blank\">her profile<\/a> several months ago.)<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Megan Fry<\/strong><\/strong> is a Youth Services Librarian at the Winnetka-Northfield Public LibraryPublic Library in Winnetka , IL. As the Outreach Liaison, her responsibilities include offering story times at a local toy store, parks, Panera and area preschools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Rude <\/strong>is a regular contributor to the ALSC Blog and is also the Staff Liaison to this blog as part of his position as Marketing\/Membership Specialist at ALSC.\u00a0<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Eck <\/strong>is the Youth Services Coordinator at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpl.lib.in.us\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Allen County Public Library<\/a> in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she is involved in both collection development as well as system-wide programming.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>Rachel Fryd <\/strong><\/strong>has been a children\u2019s librarian for 8 years with the Free Library of Philadelphia and recently became the Youth Services Coordinator. \u00a0\u00a0Now she gets to help coordinate great programs for children and teens for libraries all across the city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Brenda L.<\/strong> <strong>Dale<\/strong> is in the Department of Teacher Education at Miami University and is looking forward to sharing some of the information she learns at the Institute.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Check out her blog about books for children and young adults at <a href=\"http:\/\/brendadales.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beware of Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope you enjoy these snippets of Institute attendance over the next few days. We\u2019d love to know what interests you about the ALSC Institute. What do you hope we snap a picture of or write a quick post about? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight at 6:00 pm, the biennial ALSC Institute will kick off in Indianapolis, IN with a Happy Hour. Tomorrow, the Institute will really begin and attendees will be treated to 30 hours of programming, three keynote sessions, and many, many, many networking activities.\u00a0 Want to know more about the educational opportunities being offered? Click here for information about the programs. Interested in what else is going on? Click here to learn about the author presentations and other special events. You\u2019ll find all kinds of programs, including a wide variety of learning &amp; networking opportunities for youth services librarians. For the next few days, we will not have our regular, daily posts on this blog. Instead, we will have multiple shorter posts each day. To make it easier for everyone to follow the excitement on Twitter, each post will include the hashtag #ALSC12. 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