All Sessions

All three youth divisions executive committees meet to discuss related youth activities.

Meeting of the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color Steering Committee planning the 2nd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC), September 19-23, 2012. Representatives from AILA, APALA, BCALA, CALA and REFORMA .

Reception for participants in the Smart Investing @ your library grant program.

New and experienced program reviewers and report compilers are encouraged to attend this session to learn about the NCATE program review process. Participants will learn about application of the standards, report preparation, and appropriate assessments. The session will include a discussion of the new revised ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians.

Meeting to continue development of strategic plan for REFORMA, the National Association for Promotion of Library & Information Services to Latinos & the Spanish-speaking.

The 2012 Batchelder committee will select the winner and honors (if any) for the 2012 award.

The 2012 Belpré committee will select the winner and honors (if any) for the 2012 award.

Training session for Smart Investing @ your library grant recipients.

The 2012 Odyssey committee will select the winner and honors (if any) for the 2012 award.

The 2012 Caldecott Committee will select the winner and honors (if any) of the 2012 award.

The 2012 Geisel Committee will select the winner and honors (if any) of the 2011 award.

The 2012 Newbery committee will select the winner and honors (if any) of the 2012 award.

The 2012 Sibert committee will select the winner and honors (if any) for the 2012 award.

Join ALTAFF’s popular Nuts & Bolts program featuring Dr. Ron Heezen, director of the Shreveport Memorial Library, who will talk about embracing change as an organization to achieve goals. Round table discussions on topics of interest to Trustees, Friends, and Foundations will be facilitated by ALTAFF board members. Coffee will be served at 8:30 a.m. A box lunched is included. Save $25 off the combined registration cost of Nuts & Bolts and the Advocacy Institute.

A closed meeting to draft the outline of a white paper on the intersections of scholarly communications and information literacy.

The web is evolving from a global information space for storing individual documents into a highly diverse information network in which pieces of data interlink and work synergistically together to create meaning. Speakers will introduce the Semantic Web and the basics of linked data. Particular attention on library linked data will include a review of the state of the art and some practical experience in linking library data to the greater linked data cloud.

Target Audience: Librarians, developers of web applications, information architects, and others interested in the basic concept of the semantic web, linked data and how libraries can take a leadership role in creating linked data solutions.

Create a powerful school library program with tools based on AASL’s learning standards and program guidelines. Explore AASL’s A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners with the School Library Program Assessment Rubric and learn how to collect and use data to drive program improvement. Then learn how AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action and Lesson Plan Database can take programs to the next level by building lessons cross-walked with the Common Core Standards.