ALA President To discuss Creating Connections
Contact: JoAnne Kempf
Office of ALA Governance
(312) 280-3212
jkempf@ala.org
NEWS
For Immediate Release
September 16, 2008
Join ALA President Jim Rettig at the ALA Connections Salon, an online event scheduled for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST Friday, Sept. 26.
Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) Coordinator Tom Peters will begin the hour with an interview with Rettig, whose presidential focus is “Creating Connections.” Rettig’s initiatives foster connections among libraries, library workers, the communities libraries serve and those who make library funding and policy decisions. Rettig is particularly interested in fostering connections among ALA members and exploring new ways for members to benefit from and contribute to our association. The ALA Connections Salon is one such exploration.
Like its 17th and 18th Century European counterparts, the ALA Connections Salon offers a place for ALA members to gather and discuss professional topics of interest. Following the interview, participants will be free to ask questions and engage with Rettig and one another about ways to make the most of their ALA experience.
The salon will take place in OPAL, a user-friendly site offering online rooms where participants can interact via voice-over-IP, text chatting, synchronized browsing and other functions. The link for the salon is
http://tinyurl.com/6ncakq, and a tip sheet for users is available at
http://www.opal-online.org/firsttimetips.htm.
Future salons will take place each month throughout Rettig’s presidency on from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST Fridays as follows:
2008
October 17 Kid Connections
November 21 Political Connections
December 19 Gaming Connections
2009
February 20 ALA Connections
March 20 Next Generation Catalog Connections
April 17 Advocacy Connections
May 15 Education and Recruitment Connections
June 19 Future Connections
For more information about ALA President Jim Rettig’s initiatives, please visit
http://jimrettig.org/content/initiatives/initiatives.htm .
