Walden Media to sponsor Dessert Reception at the 2006 AASL Fall Forum

Contact: Kathy Agarwal


Communications Specialist


312-280-4381


kagarwal@ala.org

For Immediate Release


March 21, 2006

Walden Media to sponsor Dessert Reception at the 2006 AASL Fall Forum

CHICAGO — The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), is pleased to announce that Walden Media will sponsor the Dessert Reception at the 2006 Fall Forum, “Assessing Student Learning in the School Library Media Center.”

The Fall Forum will be held at the Crowne Plaza at the Crossings in Warwick, R.I. on October 13–15, 2006, and will feature a panel of nationally recognized speakers on the subject of school library media professionals’ role in student assessment.

The Dessert Reception will be held on Friday, October 13, 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will provide an opportunity for the arriving Fall Forum participants to come together in a social setting prior to the start of the sessions to meet one another and the Forum presenters and to network and exchange ideas.

For more information about the 2006 AASL Fall Forum and to register, see the AASL Web site at
www.ala.org/aasl/fallforum. Online registration is now open.

The American Association of School Librarians www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library media services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library media field.