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ALA Connect for LIS Students

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org ALA Connect offers the opportunity for users to create member communities- communities that any ALA member can participate in. This provides a great opportunity for LIS students and alumni to congregate in an unofficial sort of … Continue reading ALA Connect for LIS Students →

Keeping Up with Connect: What’s Going On

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org There’s so much happening on ALA Connect, you may feel a bit overwhelmed trying to find your way. But with a few easy features, you can quickly put your finger on the pulse of ALA Connect. … Continue reading Keeping Up with Connect: What’s Going On →

Finding New Groups that Might Interest You

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org ALA has over two thousand divisions, committees, task forces and round tables, and Connect offers an additional 500 member created communities- and this number is growing every day. So how does one find new groups that … Continue reading Finding New Groups that Might Interest You →

What’s New with My Groups: Finding and Featuring Group Information on ALA Connect

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org It’s easy to track your groups’ conversations and work with ALA Connect. Once you’re logged in to ALA Connect, your groups’ newest information is displayed right on your homepage, alongside information from other active groups and … Continue reading What’s New with My Groups: Finding and Featuring Group Information on ALA Connect →

What’s New with Other Groups

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org This is What’s New with Other Groups in ALA Connect Just like on Lost, it’s always good to know what Others are up to. In ALA Connect, groups can publish content so that anyone can view … Continue reading What’s New with Other Groups →

Online Docs: Collaborative Document Editing on ALA Connect

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org You and your group members can now collaborate on and keep track of your ALA work all in the same spot with ALA Connect’s Online Docs! From the ALA Connect page for any group or community … Continue reading Online Docs: Collaborative Document Editing on ALA Connect →

Manage Your ALA Commitments

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org If you’re part of any of the thousand member groups in ALA Connect, you are probably juggling time commitments from committees, events, or other association work. While ALA Connect can’t help you organize your personal life, … Continue reading Manage Your ALA Commitments →

Profiles and Networks: Finding People on ALA Connect

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org Using ALA Connect, ALA members can create a personalized network with colleagues, friends, classmates, and others around interests, issues, events, and more. Each ALA member has an ALA Connect profile, always accessible from the left sidebar. … Continue reading Profiles and Networks: Finding People on ALA Connect →

Using ALA Connect with Your Existing Social Media Tools

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org ALA recognizes that many of its members are well-versed in online social media tools. Connect isn’t intended to be a replacement for your favorite social media network, but it makes it easy to share information with … Continue reading Using ALA Connect with Your Existing Social Media Tools →

Dog Loving Librarians Who Knit and Watch Lost: Creating Communities in ALA Connect

September 15, 2009

One in a series of introductory screencasts created by the ALA Emerging Leaders Group I FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://connect.ala.org So say you’re a dog-loving librarian who likes to knit and watch Lost, and you’re looking for other librarians who share your interests. But how do you find them? Sure, you could try using your expert … Continue reading Dog Loving Librarians Who Knit and Watch Lost: Creating Communities in ALA Connect →

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Cindy Hohl writes: “As we look ahead to meet the information needs of our membership, it is important that we stand united to remember why we work in this trusted profession. ALA has some big goals ahead with the hiring of the next ALA executive director, celebrating the Association’s 150th anniversary, creating a strategic plan to elevate the role of ALA throughout the field, and ensuring that we have strong member leadership to offer guidance and support. Our core values help us see that what one holds sacred is a touchstone in advancing this work as we strive to serve everyone in #AGoodWay together.”

American Libraries column, July/Aug.
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Trey Walk writes: “Over the past few years, new policies and laws in Florida have stopped teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity, while also repressing any honest efforts to grapple with systemic racism and slavery. [But] many people have taken a stand against these prejudiced policies, including in Florida. Their goal: to build a brighter future for the state. We hope today’s leaders fighting censorship in Florida can offer a blueprint to people across the US to further truly free and just education.”

Human Rights Watch, July 18
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Angela Dennis writes: “Young scholars, parents, and staff from the East Tennessee Freedom Schools program, a local summer enrichment program, marched in downtown Knoxville July 17 to protest literary censorship in public schools and libraries across the country. Recent legislation in Tennessee has fueled concerns about literary censorship. In May, Gov. Bill Lee signed into law an expansion of the Age-Appropriate Materials Act. Opponents fear the new law might exclude the perspectives of marginalized groups in educational materials. The Knox County Schools Board recently revised its library policy to align with the new state law, further fueling debate.”

Knoxville News Sentinel, July 18
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Daniel Pfeiffer writes: “Information literacy has become a watchword for librarians—not merely a pedagogical aim but a moral obligation in a digital and political landscape riddled with misinformation. The clear necessity of information literacy in society belies a more difficult question: Should librarians be the ones to take on the full weight of this mantle?” Pfeiffer interviewed Amber Willenborg and Robert Detmering, librarians at the University of Louisville in Kentucky and authors of a new paper examining this question through interviews with 20 academic librarians.

Choice 360 LibTech Insights, July 17
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Jennifer Nardine writes: “I recently finished a second master’s degree, in counseling, from Virginia Tech’s School of Education (in Blacksburg). Shortly after graduating, I was startled when a colleague asked, ‘How are you going to show that [mental health] counseling is related to your work?’ Her implication: even though I’d put in the work to earn the degree, it wouldn’t serve me when it came time to apply for promotion. My response: It’s obvious to me that education, librarianship, and counseling are related.”

ACRLog, July 18
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Willem Marx writes: “Sometimes it’s not about catching up on the newest news or the hottest debut. Sometimes it’s about taking a bath with a cup of tea on a Sunday morning and listening to famous writers laugh about their MFA students while going nuts about their favorite short story writers. Sometimes it’s about taking a plane across the Atlantic just to visit a bookstore and pretend it’s still 1922 and Ulysses is all the rage. The book life is about a lot of things and these podcasts cover every single one.”

Electric Literature, July 19
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Stephanie Buffamonte writes: “Altamonte Springs (Fla.) residents came together to save their local library. In an Altamonte Springs City Commission meeting July 18, commissioners voted to keep the city’s local library after the city previously announced it would close. The city held a special meeting to discuss the library shutting down, and residents came out in droves. Most argued to commissioners that the library should not shut down and is vital to the city.” Commissioners voted at the meeting to raise the city’s property tax rate from 3.01 mills to 4 mills.

WRBW-TV (Orlando), July 19; WESH-TV (Orlando), July 9; Orlando Sentinel, July 19