Sunday, July 29, 2007

Activities, 23-29 July 2007


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I. Communication:

A. Telephone chats with chairs of committees; five more completed, scheduling others.

B. Sending brief updates to blog (url in signature banner, below)
Note: we have 4 blogs, 3 of which are devoted to our major task forces:
http://literacy-circle.blogspot.com/
http://lis-education.blogspot.com/
http://workplace-wellness.blogspot.com/

II. Media: Thank you to the Presidents of ALTA (Don Roalkvam) and PLA (Jan Sanders) for helping me in my preparation for the following media interviews.

Completed interviews with:

A. 23 July 2007. GENETics (Genetics Society of America newsletter). (topic: ISI impact factor, criteria used in serials evaluation, role of academic library subject specialists)
B. 25 July 2007. Chicago Tribune. (topic: library trustees and security badges)
C. 27 July 2007. Library Journal. (topic: impact of illegal immigration laws on libraries)
D. 27 July 2007. Newsweek. (topic: positive reception of new Harry Potter title by religious community)
E. 27 July 2007. The Washington Examiner (topic: public library collections and "book store" influence)
F. 27 July 2007. The Tampa Tribune (topic: public library policies on public access computing)

Selected media coverage:
A. "The Future of Library Science," Insider Higher Education, Podcast, http:insiderhighered.com/podcast. 24 July 2007.

Special honor:
A. The Senate of The State of Texas. Senate Proclamation No. 127. Available in "News" section at http://www.lorieneroy.com/. Reported on Newswatch Native America: http://www.newswatchnativeamerica.com/.

III. Meetings:
A. 23 July 2007: Workplace Wellness Taskforce conference call
B. 24 July 2007: Supporting LIS Education Through Practice: Capstone database project meeting
C. 25 July 2007: Call with WGBH-Boston about "We Shall Remain" PBS series
D. 25 July 2007: meeting with iSchool master's student on summer independent studies
E. 27 July 2007: meeting with colleague about the "Gathering of Readers" event for Circle of Literacy

IV. Upcoming Travel:
A. 2-5 August: 6th National Conference of African American Librarians, Fort Worth

V. Writing:
A. Preparing paper on traditional knowledge for IFLA
B. Preparing final evaluation report for the 2006 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
C. Preparing abstracts and papers for upcoming presentations

VI. For Fun!

A. Millwood Branch of Austin Public Library, 10th anniversary party. Live band: Jolly Garogers, a pirate band. Aarrgghh, maties!

Summary of Presidential Initiatives:

1. Workplace Wellness2. Circle of Literacy3. Supporting LIS Education Through Practice

Projects:
1. National Library Camp2. Meeting Effectiveness Training3. Oral History project of retired/retiring librarians

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Resources for media contacts:

I respond to media requests almost every day.
Many of the recent requests have related to youth services topics--Harry Potter tops the list!
Here's a great resource to help you prepare for media interviews, and see the results of these interviews:

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/YALSA_&_YA_Services_in_the_News

Cheers,
Loriene

National Day of the Cowboy ... and other reasons to celebrate

28 July 2007 is this year's National Day of the Cowboy (http://internationaldayofthecowboy.org/).

This reminds me of other events that we can celebrate at this time of the year:

27 July 2007: Centennial of the Kearny Public Library in New Jersey
25 July 2007: Ann Arbor District Library (Downtown Library)'s 50th Anniversary

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Happy 1oth Birthday, Millwood Branch, Austin Public Library!

Tonight I stopped by the Millwood Branch of APL and its 10th anniversary party. The party featured pizza and cake and (since it is Austin!) a live band--the Jolly Garogers. Aarrgghh! It's great to have a library-friendly pirate band!

http://www.jollygarogers.com/

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Senate of the State of Texas
Proclamation 127

Whereas, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to recognize Loriene Roy, who has been elected president of the American Library Association, the largest and oldest organization of librarians in the world; and

Whereas, Loriene Roy began her career as a public librarian in Yuma, Arizona; she has served as a professor at the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin since 1987; she is noted for her philosophy of inclusiveness and for drawing her American Indian heritage to embrace a library ethos based on the guiding ideas of community, collaboration, and culture; and

Whereas, Known for her deep concern with matters of education, social justice, and literacy, Loriene Roy views librarians as guardians of intellectual freedom and defenders of the public's reading rights; and

Whereas, She has traveled the world in her effort to study libraries and the different ways in which libraries serve indigenous peoples; her doctrine is that library is a concept, not merely a building that houses books, and that library represents a gathering place and a font of collective wisdom; and

Whereas, An Anishinabe who was raised in rural Minnesota, Loriene was inaugurated as president of the American Library Association at a black-tie gala in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2007; now, therefore be it

Proclaimed, That the Senate of the State of Texas hereby commend Loriene Roy for her dedication to her profession and to the study of libraries and extend congratulations to her on her election as president of the American Library Association; and be it further

Proclaimed, That a copy of this Proclamation be prepared for her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Sentate.

Kirk Watson
Member, Texas Senate

I hereby certify that the above Proclamation was adopted.
Patsy Spaw
Secretary of the Senate

Monday, July 23, 2007

A new appointment; an upcoming radio appearance!

I received an invitation to serve for one year on the Advovcacy Coordinating Group for ALA's Public Awareness Committee. I look forward to working with this group, chaired by the PAC's able Chair, Judith Gibbons.

On Monday, 30 July, I'm scheduled to be a guest on the community radio program, "Native Horizons." "The Native Horizons Radio program airs every Monday from 11AM to 12PM on KOOP, 91,7FM or on the net @ koop.org."

I'm continuing to put my media training to work!

A new appointment; an upcoming radio appearance!

I received an invitation to serve for one year on the Advovcacy Coordinating Group for ALA's Public Awareness Committee. I look forward to working with this group, chaired by the PAC's able Chair, Judith Gibbons.

On Monday, 30 July, I'm scheduled to be a guest on the community radio program, "Native Horizons." "The Native Horizons Radio program airs every Monday from 11AM to 12PM on KOOP, 91,7FM or on the net @ koop.org."

I'm continuing to put my media training to work!

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Here's just a brief update on selected activities over the past week.

Cheers,

Loriene

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16-22 July

I. Communication:
A. Telephone chats with chairs of committees; one more completed, scheduling others.
B. Sending brief updates to blog (url in signature banner,
below)
Note: we have 4 blogs, 3 of which are devoted to our major task forces:
http://literacy-circle.blogspot.com/
http://lis-education.blogspot.com/
http://workplace-wellness.blogspot.com/

II. Media:

Attended a media day in Washington, DC, 18 July 2007. Thank you Macey Morales, Andy Bridges, and Rochelle Lefkowitz for making the arrangements for media day. Thanks to numerous colleagues for helping me prepare for media interviews: Presidents of AASL (Sara Johns), ALSC (Jane Marino), YALSA (Paula Brehm-Heeger), and PLA (Jan Sanders), along with librarians (including many former students) working in Texas, California, Washington, and New Jersey.

Completed interviews with:

A. 16 July 2007. Hosted one-hour national radio call-in program, Native
America Calling. (topic: “Native in the Spotlight” for July)
B. 16 July 2007. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (topic: classics; literary canon)
C. 16 July 2007. Waco Tribune-Herald. (topic: public library fines)
D. 18 July 2007. Indian Country Today. (topic: biography; ALA Presidential plans)
E. 18 July 2007. Inside Higher Education: podcast. (topic: LIS education)
F. 18 July 2007. WAMU’s Morning Edition. (topic: library trends)
G. 18 July 2007. NPR, “Tell Me More.” (topic: multicultural children’s books)
H. 19 July 2007. Real Simple Magazine. (topic: how can patrons make the work lives
of librarians easier!)
I. 19 July 2007. El Dorado News Times. (topic: libraries coping with new
technologies)


Selected media coverage:
Anna T. Hirsh, “Book it for the Summer,” Healthy Living: Mind Body Soul column, Greenbay Press Gazette, 15 July 2007.
Available at: http://greenbaypressgazette.ctwfeatures.com/health/health_20070713_reading.html
B. Anna T. Hirsh, “Book it for the Summer,” Body & More column, Cecil Whig, 15
July 2007. Available at:
http://cecilwhig.ctwfeatures.com/health/health_20070713_reading.html
Michel Martin, “Tell Me More,” (NPR), “Multicultural Books Offer Diverse
Reading Experience,”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12093236&sc=emaf
“Loriene Roy – Interview on the Future of Libraries,” posted on Stephen Abram’s Blog, “Stephen’s Lighthouse,” at http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/.
Long, Levi, “Local Fans Share Their Love for Harry Potter Series,” Arizona Daily Star, 15 July 2007. Available at: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/relatedstories/191666.php.

III. Meetings:
A. 16 July 2007. Monthly Executive Board monthly conference call.
B. 17 July 2007. Reading is Fundamental, DC. Support for reading.
C. 17 July 2007. REFORMA President, Mr. Mario Ascencio
D. 18 July 2007. Producer, The Diane Rehm Show.
E. 18 July 2007. WGBH-NMAI: planning for “We Shall Remain” PBS television
program
F. 18 July 2007. Chronicle of Higher Education
G. With iSchool doctoral student on progress of his protoproposal paper
H. With iSchool master’s student on summer independent studies project on developing a planning document for future international indigenous librarians forums.
I. With iSchool master’s student and Dr. Dale Lipschultz on literacy project

IV. Upcoming Travel:

A. 2-5 August: 6th National Conference of African American Librarians, Fort Worth

V. Writing:

A. Preparing paper on traditional knowledge for IFLA
Preparing final evaluation report for the 2006 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color
Revising program proposal for 2008 Public Library Association conference
D. Preparing abstracts for upcoming presentations

VI. For Fun!
20 June 2007: Stopped by local independent bookstore, Book People, as they prepared for a Harry Potter party.
20 June 2007: Attended local production of Martin McDonagh’s play, “A Skull in Connemara.” Great lead actors, especially Sam Kokajko as Mairtin Hanlon.
21 June 2007: Took another quick peek at “The American Twenties” exhibition in the Ransom Center Galleries at the University of Texas at Austin. Check out the website at www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/programs.

Summary of Presidential Initiatives:

1. Workplace Wellness
2. Circle of Literacy
3. Supporting LIS Education Through Practice

Projects:

1. National Library Camp
2. Meeting Effectiveness Training
3. Oral History project of retired/retiring librarians

Saturday, July 21, 2007

We invite you to contribute to the Task Force blogs:

1.
http://literacy-circle.blogspot.com/

Send us input on the Circle of Literacy plans--focusing on library services for those incarcerated, immigrant populations, and indigenous children

2.
http://lis-education.blogspot.com/

Send us input on our task force addressing how to support library and information science education through practice

3. http://workplace-wellness.blogspot.com/


Send us info on workplace wellness!


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Friday, July 20, 2007

10,000 Steps

You might be familiar with this great wellness tool. My issue is finding a good pedometer, remembering to wear it, and wearing clothing that makes it easy to wear a pedometer!

You can also receive daily email messages (sample, below) to remind you to record your steps!


Hi Loriene,
We hope your stepping went well yesterday. Here's a reminder to submit your steps from yesterday.
To enter your steps now simply follow this link:http://10000steps.org.au/?page=steplog/daily_entry
Happy Stepping,10,000 Stepshttp://www.10000steps.org.au/

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Recent reads

I mentioned a number of titles on the NPR program, "Tell Me More." Here they are!

*Board book:

Blacksheep, Beverly, illustrator. Baby's First Laugh. Flagstaff, AZ: Salina Bookshelf, 2003.


*Graphic Novels:

Helfer, Andrew. Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006.

Yang, Gene Luen. American Born Chinese. New York; London: First Second, 2006.

*Picture Books:

Buchmann, Stephen and Diana Cohn. The Bee Tree. ElPaso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2007.
Mora, Pat. Dona Flor. New York: Knof, 2005.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Jingle Dancer. New York: Morrow, 2000.

Tingle, Tim. Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom. El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2006.

*Poetry:

Roessel, David and Arnold Rampersad. Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2006.

Michel Martin is the host of a National Public Radio program, "Tell Me More."
I was fortunate to be a guest on her show. We taped on Wednesday, 18 July, and the piece is now available online!
The topic: Multicultural children's books.


Update on wellness:
Some years ago I roomed at ALA with Melissa Riley. I observed Melissa was a terrific flosser and the secret was to always travel with dental floss. Thanks, Melissa. I had a great dental check up this morning--and have already flossed twice today!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Here's just a copy of an outline that I sent to ALA Council.
--Loriene


Summary of Activities, 5-15 July

I. Communication:
A. Completed another phone call with a second in-coming ALA Committee. Scheduling others.
B. Sending brief updates to blog (url in signature banner,
below)

II. Media:

Working with Macey Morales and Jennifer Petersen at ALA's
Public Information Office to respond to media requests. Thank you, Presidents of AASL (Sara Johns), ALSC (Jane Marino), and YALSA (Paula Brehm-Heeger) and colleagues, Drs. Barbara Immroth and Bill Lukenbill.

Completed interviews with:

5 July 2007: Revolution Health (topic: family reading and post-Harry Potter)
6 July 2007: Content That Works syndicate (topic: impact of summer reading programs)
9 July 2007: St. Paul Pioneer Press (topic: Harry Potter)
10 July 2007: Business New Haven (topic: librarianship as a trendy field)
10 July 2007: Seattle Post Intelligencer (topic: Harry Potter and the series impact on family reading habits)
12 July 2007: Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (topic: Harry Potter)
12 July 2207: Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (topic: Harry Potter)
12 July 2007: Ventura County Star (topic: the phenomenon/culture of Harry Potter)
12 July 2007: Tampa newspaper. (topic: teen library services)
13 July 2007: pre-interview with NPR program, “Tell Me More” (topic: multicultural children’s literature)

Selected media coverage:
A. “White Earth Enrollee First American Indian President of the American Library Association,” Anishinaabeg Today: A Chronicle of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, 20 June 2007: 4.

Upcoming:
A. LRoy will host a national radio call-in program, Native
America Calling, on Monday, 16 July, noon to 1 p.m. Central Time, 11 a.m. Mountain Daylight time, 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. You can find a listing of broadcast stations at http://www.nativeamericcalling.com/. You can also listen to a livestream off of the NAC website. Topic: “Native in the Spotlight”
B. 18 July, 11 a.m. ET. Inside Higher Education: podcast. (topic: LIS education)
C. 18 July, noon ET. Taping: NPR interview for “Tell Me More” (topic: multicultural education)

V. Meetings:

A. With iSchool summer independent studies student working on prototype website for workplace wellness
B. With Corazon de Tejas representative on workplace wellness model project
C. Attended selected meetings of the Texas Library Association Annual Assembly, Austin, 9-10 July 2007
D. Attended surprise party for Pat Smith, celebrating her 20th year serving as Executive Director of the Texas Library Association, 10 July 2007
E. Supervising three iSchool master students’ summer independent studies (workplace wellness website, strategic planning for the international indigenous librarians forum, library board effectiveness)
F. Attended graduation social event for three PhD students in Computer Science
G. Attended 2007 Trejo Foster Foundation Institute, Tucson, 13-14 July
H. Visited TOCA, Tohono O’odham Community Action in Sells, Arizona and viewed media about traditional foods project. 11 July 2007
I. Tohono O’odham Community College. Thank you for the lovely traditional feast in my honor, especially for the tribal blessing in O’odham language and the traditional foods (including cholla buds, tepary beans, and saquaro cactus syrup). Visited the tribal college library with librarian Elaine Cubbins.
J. Visited the Venito Garcia Library, the public library for the Tohono O’odham community, and the tribal special collections. Megwitch, thank you, David Shaul, Dena Thomas and other library staff. Megwitch, especially, for the Beginning O’odham language CDs!
K. Visited staff and the library of the Arizona State Museum, Tucson.
L. Lunch with students, staff, faculty, alums of the U of Arizona’s School of Information Resources and Library Science. Megwitch, thanks, for the “SIRLS gone wild” t-shirt! 12 July 2007. Chi megwitch, thank you very much, Director Jana Bradley.
M. Toured: multicultural children’s literature teaching and research collection, U of Arizona, College of Education. Megwitch, thank you, Dr. Kathy Short. 12 July 2007
N. Toured the Joel D. Valdez Main Library of the Pima County Public Library system. Megwitch, thank you, library staff!
O. Gave talk at Trejo Foster Foundation Institute, 13 July 2007. Topic: “Wellness: For Our Communities, For Ourselves.”

III. Upcoming Travel:

A. Media visit, Washington, DC, 18 July
B. 2-5 August: 6th National Conference of African American Librarians, Fort Worth

IV. Writing:
A. Submitted second ALA President column in American
Libraries
Prepared Trejo Foster Foundation Institute Paper, “Wellness: For Our Communities, For Ourselves.” (to be published in Institute proceedings)
Preparing paper on traditional knowledge for IFLA
Preparing final evaluation report for the 2006 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color

Summary of Presidential Initiatives:

1. Workplace Wellness
2. Circle of Literacy
3. Supporting LIS Education Through Practice

Projects:

1. National Library Camp
2. Meeting Effectiveness Training
3. Oral History project of retired/retiring librarians

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Report on Week 1 Activities, June 28-July 4, 2007

Note: We are seeking:
1. Examples/cases of libraries involved in workplace
wellness activities
2. Ideas for presidential programs (speakers, format,
and so forth)
Send any ideas to LRoy at loriene@ischool.utexas.edu

I. Communication:
A. Starting to contact in-coming ALA Committee chairs to
schedule phone-call updates. One call completed.
B. Sending thank you notes and congratulations cards to award
winners and Library Champions.
C. Sending brief updates to blog

II. Media:

Working with Macey Morales and Jennifer Petersen at ALA's
Public Information Office to respond to media requests. Thank you also
to the Presidents of AASL (Sara Johns), ALSC (Jane Marino), and YALSA
(Paula Brehm-Heeger) for helping me prepare.

Completed interviews with:

A. NYTimes (topic: 'hipster' librarians)
B. McClatchy Newspaper in DC (topic: varying use of library resources by
patron demographics)
C. Arizona Republic (topic: impact of Harry Potter)

Selected media coverage:

A. Buchholz, Brad, "Reading Roy," Austin American Statesman, 24
June 2007. www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/06/24/
0624roy.html

B. Lee, Tanya and Alex Herwitz, "Gates Foundation, American
Library President-Elect Roy Share Goal of Literacy for Native
American Children," 26 June 2007. newswatchnativeamerica.com

Upcoming:
A. LRoy will host a national radio call-in program, Native
America Calling, on Monday, 16 July, noon to 1 p.m. Central Time.


III. Upcoming Travel:

A. Bringing my son to National Guitar Camp on Sunday, 8 July:
flying to St. Louis and back
B. Preparing for the Trejo Foster Foundation Institute in
Tucson, Leaving 11 July, returning on 14 July.

IV. Writing:

A. Completed paper for IFLA Satellite conference on innovative
multicultural library services
B. Reviewed proofs of book chapter for the International
Handbook of Information Technology in Education
C. Prepared draft of second ALA President column in American
Libraries
D. Preparing Trejo Foster Foundation Institute Paper

V. Meetings:

A. Bob Bullock Texas History Museum: discussion of upcoming
exhibits on Native culture, possible program speakers, and resource
development
B. Lance Armstrong Foundation: review of free resources
available to individuals and libraries, including Spanish language
resources
C. With incoming iSchool adjunct professor about his course
development
D. Attended UT-Austin Fulbright Scholars departure event
E. Attended iSchool school library students summer Capstone
presentations

Summary of Presidential Initiatives:

1. Workplace Wellness
3. Supporting LIS Education Through Practice

Projects:

1. National Library Camp
2. Meeting Effectiveness Training
3. Oral History project of retired/retiring librarians
2. Circle of Literacy

Friday, July 06, 2007

First week in as ALA Prez

Been writing, organizing, meeting, and planning.
Yesterday my Second Life trainer, Jo Sanchez, stopped by. He helped Mukwa Dibou teleport to some locations in information island. I found a reference desk and stopped by to chat. Joe is doing some interesting work and will be teaching one of our undergraduate classes in SL this fall. Here's some of his papers that have recently been accepted:

Creating Transitional Spaces in Virtual Places: Learning in Second Life.Association of Internet Researchers 8. Vancouver, Canada. October 2007

Using Second Life in an English course: Designing class activities to addresslearning objectives. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &Telecommunications. Vancouver, Canada. June 2007

A Sociotechnical analysis of Second Life in an undergraduate English course.World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications.Vancouver, Canada. June 2007

Sanchez, J. (March 2007) Second Life: an Interactive Qualitative Analysis.Proceedings Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, SanAntonio, Texas.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

ALA AASL, ALSC, and YALSA Presidents, Sara Johns, Jane Marino, and Paula Brehm-Heeger, are putting their great media skills to work in answering many current media requests regarding Harry Potter!

Yesterday I checked out the great content on the division websites that can help librarians and their readers prepare for Harry#7 and beyond. Also check out mugglenet.com!

My son, Owen, recommends these authors for your readers who want read on beyond Harry Potter: Orson Scott Card and Philip Pullman.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Capstone presentations: Students in School Librarianship Summer Practica

Yesterday students completing their practica in school libraries over the first summer session gave their presentations. You'll find their projects listed, below and will see a strong interest in providing instruction on the use of the statewide databases.

Presentation 1:
"Destination Databases: Increasing Teacher Use of Databases," Student: Emily DeJong,Westwood HS, Round Rock ISD. Emily has a librarian position in the fall.

Presentation 2:
"Genrefication of Fiction Collection," student: Rachel Roe, Stony Point HS, Round Rock ISD.Rachel has a librarian position in the fall.

Presentation 3:
"Miss, What's a Database?," Student: Emily Arnold, Travis HS, Austin ISD. Emily will becompleting her MSIS course work in the fall.

Presentation 4:
"Once Upon A Time--Together at Lanier HS for Teen Parents and Their Children," Student: Emily Chapman, Austin ISD. Emily will work as a Kindergarten teacher for one more year before taking a librarian position.

Presentation 5:
"The Library: Making Google Obsolete, Jennifer Hardin, Lamar Middle School,Austin ISD. Jennifer will be a librarian in the fall.

Students are on target with their programs of studies, completing their degrees, receiving their required classroom teaching positions, and finding employment as school librarians!

Monday, July 02, 2007

National Library Service: Council Passes Resolution calling on Full Funding to support the transition of recorded book analog formats to digital formats.


Congratulations, Council, on developing and passing the resolution supporting full funding for the National Library Service's digitization project.

Special thanks to Melora Norman, Cindy Roach, Barrett Wilkins with support from others--Michael Golrick, Ruth Nussbaum, Elizabeth Ridler, and others who supported these efforts!

Posting to AL Direct

AL Direct is providing Members with a greatly appreciated update between issue of American Libraries. AL Direct is a list of links; the latest issue that I've seen links to articles that appeared on blogs and in issues of Cognotes, the ALA Conference newsletter.
Press releases prepared by ALA's Public Information Office are added automatically to AL Direct. I believe that actions by ALA Council at the 2008 ALA Annual Meeting will be reported on AL Direct in August. Send relevant urls to Leonard Kniffel to help keep AL Direct meaningful to readers and up to date.

ALA Council Committees/ALA Committees


A few ALA members have contacted me over the past several days, requesting appointments to ALA Committees and ALA Council Committees. Here's just a note about what you might do if you are interested in volunteering for similar service.

James Rettig, ALA President-Elect, will chair the ALA Committee on Committees (elected from Council) and the ALA Committee on Appointments (President-Elects of the ALA Divisions). Later this summer Jim will broadly broadcast a call, inviting members to submit online applications to serve on these committees. At that time you can click on a URL which will lead you to an online application. That application will allow you to enter information about yourself and indicate your committees of preference. Jim will work with the committees and will develop slates of appointments by the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Appointments will be made between February and April 2008.

Thanks for your interest in serving!