Membership in the Division: What's in It for Me? -- Program at ALA Annual in Washington Dina Giambi 03 Jun 2010 20:27 UTC

Program Title: Membership in the Division: What's in It for Me?

Program Sponsor: ALCTS Leadership Development Committee

Location: Walter Washington Convention Center, Room 201

Date/Time: Saturday, June 26, 10:30a.m.-12:00 noon

What is ALCTS?  What can ALCTS do for you and your aspirations? Get to
know the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.

Come talk with colleagues about navigating ALCTS and how to become
engaged in its initiatives.  Share ideas for future directions that
ALCTS should pursue.

Get advice on facilitating professional mentor/mentee relationships.
Speakers will briefly introduce the topics. Most of the program will be
devoted to small group discussions on these important topics.
Attend this program to discuss how you can maximize the opportunities
that ALCTS provides.  New members and those interested in finding out
more about the opportunities that ALCTS provides are especially
encouraged to attend.

Speakers/Facilitators:

Peggy Johnson, Associate University Librarian, University of Minnesota
Bonnie MacEwan, Dean, Auburn University Library
Heather Lea Moulaison, Assistant Professor, School of Information
Studies,University of Ottawa

Facilitators/Topics:
.Navigating ALCTS: Peggy Johnson, Dina Giambi, Mary Case
(University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago)
.Mentoring:  Bonnie MacEwan, Lisa German (Asst. Dean for Technical
and Collection Services, Penn State University Libraries), Gay Dannelly
(Associate Director for Resources and Collection Services, University of
Notre Dame)
.Future Directions: Heather Moulaison, Amy Jackson (in-coming chair
of ALCTS New Members IG and Library Research & Publication, Grainger
Engineering Library, University of Illinois Library at
Urbana-Champaign), Shilpa Rele (2010 ALCTS Emerging Leader and Metadata
Librarian, University of Miami Libraries)

M. Dina Giambi
Past-President, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
(ALCTS),
  a division of the American Library Association

and
Assistant Director for Library Technical Services
University of Delaware Library
181 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19717-5267

Phone: 302-831-2829
Fax: 302-831-1046
E-mail: dinag@udel.edu