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The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) enhances the effectiveness of library service by providing networking, enrichment and educational opportunities for its diverse members, who represent state library agencies, libraries serving special populations, multitype library organizations and independent librarians.

ASCLA Election Results In

Congratulations to those elected and thanks to everyone for running and for their support of ASCLA. Results are below:

ASCLA vice-president; president elect: Brenda Bailey-Hainer
ASCLA director-at-large: Ann Joslin
ASCLA director-at-large: Jerry Krois

ICAN vice chair, chair-elect: Liz Bishoff
ICAN secretary: Carolyn Noah
ICAN member-at-large: Jean Sheviak

LSSPS vice chair, chair-elect: Melora Ranney Norman
LSSPS rep to ASCLA board: Diana Reese
LSSPS Library Service to Older adults with Special Needs Forum vice chair: Kathleen Owens Mayo
LSSPS Library Service to People with Visual or Phyical Disabilities Forum vice chair: Will Reed
LSSPS Library Service to People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing vice chair: Vivian Bordeaux
LSSPS Library Service to Prisoners Forum vice chair: Diane Walden

SLAS vice chair, chair-elect: Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer
SLAS Secretary: Suzy Szasz Palmer
SLAS member-at-large: Maribeth Krupczak


ASCLA Seeks Editor for Membership Journal Interface

The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) seeks an editor for ASCLA’s quarterly membership journal, Interface.  Interface serves as the primary source of information and communication between ASCLA and the library and user community and reaches ASCLA’s 1,000 members each quarter.  Guided by ASCLA editorial policy, the editor is responsible for the content, format and timely publication of Interface. Compensation of up to $1,000 annually will be provided to the Interface editor to cover travel to ALA annual and midwinter conferences.   More information is here. 


LNCC Survey Results Are Available

ASCLA is pleased to announce that it will house the Library Networks, Cooperatives and Consortia (LNCC) final report data. The data was collected from more thanover 200 participating library networks, cooperatives and consortia. The data was collected through a project administered by the ALA Office for Research and Statistics (ORS) and funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The LNCC survey results provide a wide range of data about how library networks and cooperatives operate and the many ways in which these collaborative organizations help to advance learning communities. ASCLA will encourage participants from the base study to regularly update directory information and the data derived from the surveys to keep the data as up-to-date as possible. A tutorial and podcast are available to help users search, view and export records from the survey database. Go to the survey page.

Additions to Professional Tools

Information about social networking tools and Second Life have been added to the Professional Tools section of the ASCLA Web site. Look for links in the left-hand menu once you arrive on the PT page. Also, the way to handle electronic mailing lists has been changed (for the better) and instructions have been revised, so please check that page, too, under Professional Tools. This was noted by Donavan's blog, but to ensure everyone sees them, it's being announced here as well. Finally, Donavan took part in a video produced by ALA Membership as part of "ALA in Focus." Use this link to view 10-minute video.

Professional Development Online

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