Wednesday, November 18, 2009

ALA Planning Forum

The Illinois School Library Media Association Conference was held in Springfield Oct. 29-31. For the next couple of weeks I will be sharing with you the information I gathered and learned about when attending the conference. As I have come to expect it was a jam packed conference with great sessions, good exhibits, great speakers at the meal events and so well organized everything ran seamlessly. Now on to the first session I attended.

How often do you get a chance to tell ALA what your needs are? Your answer might be, " not often." Those attending the recent ISLMA Conference did have that opportunity. Ann M. Martin the immediate Past President of AASL was there to hear what school librarians had to say. Ann posed four questions for the librarians to respond to.

What are the most important things that ALA can do to help you as a librarian or member?

What are the mot important tings ALA can do for libraries?

What are the most important things ALA can do for the public?

What are the most pressing/most important issues facing libraries and the profession?

If you had been at that session how would you have answered those questions?

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